At TEDIndia, Pranav Mistry showed demos of SixthSense and other tools that would help our physical world interact with the digital world. He also showed an outstanding, amazing, mind-blowing “paradigm-shifting” , out of the box, innovative papertop (in my own words) technology. I know I am prasing Pranav a lot, not because we share the same last name, but he has some amazing work that will blow your mind away. During his Q&A, Pranav mentioned that he is planing to make software behind SixthSense open-source to open up the tremendous, possibilities.  Click below link to see his new TEDIndia video.

Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology | Video on TED.com

Hat’s off to this men.

You can find more info about him:

1) TED speaker page of Pranav Mistry

2) Pattie Maes and Pranav Mistry demo SixthSense in TED March ‘09

A great article on data security by Lifehacker.com. Web browsers are not very secure in terms of data security. Flaws were found in internet explorer and firefox security which, lacks in protecting users from spyware, viruses and password sniffing. Article by Kevin Purdy gives great insight on software tools available in market to help individual protect their data. With use of these tools and some common sense anyone can get high level of security and in any case if someone manages to get in to your device, it will be very hard for them to hack / crack your information and you will leave nothing but headache for that hacker.

Top 10 ways to Lock Down Your Data includes:

10. Wipe that iPhone (or BlackBerry) before trading in.

9. Use virtual credit cards for iffy online buys.

8. Hide data inside files with steganography.

7. Plan for the worst.

6. Get smarter on security questions.

5. Boost your browsing and downloading privacy.

4. Theft-proof your laptop (and its files).

3. Secure your wireless network.

2. Encrypt your data whole or piecemeal.

1. Use KeePass. Love KeePass. Be secure.

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