A new and innovative technique has been developed by the security researchers, with which they can copy house keys just by using its picture as reference.

This technique has been developed by computer scientists at UC San Diego, and it needs no physical access to keys and only a fairly low resolution picture for the software to work. The scientist say that this technique has been developed by team with the aim to reveal to everyone that keys are not that secure as they are thought to be.

The preview version of Microsoft’s Windows 7 was presented at PDC in Los Angeles earlier this week. Basically, Windows 7 by Microsoft is an upgrade or extension to Vista. Theoretically speaking, Windows 7 is the result of amendments and improvements done in Vista, which could not impress the users due to its dysfunctions.

Let us now focus on the features of Windows 7. The users would notice the changes done in the interface design that are mostly concentrated on functionality. Other than this, a new taskbar for one has also been added, which has been created by the maker of the Office Ribbon in Office 2007, Steven Sinofski.

The Hacking Netflix recently reported that the Mac version by Netflix of its streaming movie player has been opened into the public stage of beta testing. This player, which is based upon the Microsoft's Silverlight animation plugin can be tried by anyone now. As of now, the entire collection by Netflix is not available, however, more than 12,000 titles are already accessible and the company is constantly adding more content to its "Watch Instantly" section. By the end of this year, the service would be available to all the customers.

The number of authorized devices has been kept till six due to DRM restrictions. Furthermore, if the user chooses to opt in, then each device requires using Silverlight for the Watch Instantly playback.

London, Nov 3 : One of the largest deposits of Roman coins ever found in Wales, UK, which consists of nearly 6,000 copper alloy coins, has been declared a treasure trove.

According to a report by BBC, the Roman coins hoard was found buried in two pots in a field at Sully, Vale of Glamorgan, by a local metal detector enthusiast in April.

Two separate hoards were found by the metal detectorist on successive days, one involving 2,366 coins and the other 3,547 coins, 3m away.

London, November 3: Intel and ASUS are urging people to dream about and tell them what do they want in an ideal computer so that they could design PCs in accordance with the user community’s desires.

The companies have created a website, WePC. com, to enable people to share and comment on ideas to "enable a global conversation about the ideal elements of a PC."

Both companies insist that they are actually committed to building an ideal machine based on their customers’ feedbacks.

Apple's MacBook Pro is built from a sinlge block of aluminum, called unibody. This 15in MacBook Pro is quite stylish and will definitely tempt the business executives. It is not that heavy too, so could be carried from one place to place easily.

However, the extra-glossy coating might create a problem while it is being used outdoors, since it would be really prone to reflections. But in office environments, it would be perfectly fine.

The company claims that LED-backlit will use less of battery and the users could use it continuously for four and a half hours.