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  1. 1. Mercedes-Benz Maybach Exelero $8m Maybach Exelero is a one-of-a-kind sports car, first manufactured twelve years ago. This 700-hp, two-door, four-seater has a twin turbo V12 engine and is famous for being purchased by an American rap star. The cost this car comes out to being around $8 million. Nevertheless, the cost is not the only lofty number. This vehicle can also reach a speed of 218 mph. 2. Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita $4.8m The mid-engined Koenigsegg CCX is engineered to comply with US automotive standards, thus opening up that market to US car buyers. The name CCX stands for Competition Coupé X, the X commemorating 10 years since the first 1996 model came out. With a V6 engine, it can reach a top speed of 246 mph. It is one of the most expensive vehicles on this list at $4.85 million. 3. Lamborghini Veneno $4.5m The Lamborghini Veneno is $4.5 million, ultra-limited production car of the future. This car manufacturer has always been focused on optimum aerodynamics and cornering stability and the design of this – the third most expensive car in the world—is breathtaking. Modeled after the Lamborghini Aventador, the Veneno was built to celebrate Lamborghini’s 50th anniversary. The engine is a development of the Aventador’s 6.5 L V12 and produces 750 PS (552 kW; 740 bhp) and it can reach a max speed of 221 mph. 4. W Motors Lykan Hypersport $3.4m The Lykan Hypersport is a limited-production hypercar by a manufacturer out of the UAE. It is the first car of its kind to be produced in the Middle East, and is notable for being seen in the Hollywood hit Furious 7, and multiple video games. It can reach a top speed of 240mph and is currently the third most expensive car in the world, coming in with a price tag of $3.4 million. 5. Limited Edition Bugatti Veyron by Mansory Vivere $3.4m Mansory has manufactured a modified Bugatti Veyron, and it is both one of the fastest and most expensive cars for the privileged car buyer to consider. The modifications took six months to perfect and the total cost of upgrades totaled 1 million euros. This is the only US-spec Vivere in the entire world, and it is only one of two Viveres by Mansory. The German design has a titanium exhaust, Vivere wheels and a bottom line cost of $3.4 million. The top speed of this car is 252 mph.
  2. To reduce your risk of cancer, look no further than your fridge. "All the studies on cancer and nutrition point to eating plant-based foods for their phytonutrients and other special compounds," says Richard Béliveau, PhD, chair in the prevention and treatment of cancer at the University of Québec at Montreal and author of Foods to Fight Cancer. Aim for five to nine daily servings of all kinds of fruits and vegetables—especially these six superstars. Broccoli All cruciferous veggies (think cauliflower, cabbage, kale) contain cancer-fighting properties, but broccoli is the only one with a sizable amount of sulforaphane, a particularly potent compound that boosts the body's protective enzymes and flushes out cancer-causing chemicals, says Jed Fahey, ScD. A recent University of Michigan study on mice found that sulforaphane also targets cancer stem cells—those that aid in tumor growth. Helps fight: breast, liver, lung, prostate, skin, stomach, and bladder cancers Your Rx: The more broccoli, the better, research suggests—so add it wherever you can, from salads to omelets to the top of your pizza. Berries All berries are packed with cancer-fighting phytonutrients. But black raspberries, in particular, contain very high concentrations of phytochemicals called anthocyanins, which slow down the growth of premalignant cells and keep new blood vessels from forming (and potentially feeding a cancerous tumor), according to Gary D. Stoner, PhD, a professor of internal medicine at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Helps fight: colon, esophageal, oral, and skin cancers Your Rx: Stoner uses a concentrated berry powder in his studies but says a half-cup serving of berries a day may help your health, too. Tomatoes This juicy fruit is the best dietary source of lycopene, a carotenoid that gives tomatoes their red hue, Béliveau says. And that's good news, because lycopene was found to stop endometrial cancer cell growth in a study in Nutrition and Cancer. Endometrial cancer causes nearly 8,000 deaths a year. Helps fight: endometrial, lung, prostate, and stomach cancers Your Rx: The biggest benefits come from cooked tomatoes (think pasta sauce!), since the heating process increases the amount of lycopene your body is able to absorb. Walnuts Walnuts Their phytosterols (cholesterol-like molecules found in plants) have been shown to block estrogen receptors in breast cancer cells, possibly slowing the cells' growth, says Elaine Hardman, PhD, associate professor at Marshall University School of Medicine in Huntington, West Virginia. Helps fight: breast and prostate cancers Your Rx: Munching on an ounce of walnuts a day may yield the best benefits, Hardman's research found. Garlic Phytochemicals in garlic have been found to halt the formation of nitrosamines, carcinogens formed in the stomach (and in the intestines, in certain conditions) when you consume nitrates, a common food preservative, Béliveau says. In fact, the Iowa Women's Health Study found that women with the highest amounts of garlic in their diets had a 50 percent lower risk of certain colon cancers than women who ate the least. Helps fight: breast, colon, esophageal, and stomach cancers Your Rx: Chop a clove of fresh, crushed garlic (crushing helps release beneficial enzymes), and sprinkle it into that lycopene-rich tomato sauce while it simmers. Beans A study out of Michigan State University found that black and navy beans significantly reduced colon cancer incidence in rats, in part because a diet rich in the legumes increased levels of the fatty acid butyrate, which in high concentrations has protective effects against cancer growth. Another study, in the journal Crop Science, found dried beans particularly effective in preventing breast cancer in rats. Helps fight: breast and colon cancers Your Rx: Add a serving—a half-cup—of legumes a few times a week (either from a can or dry beans that've been soaked and cooked) to your usual rotation of greens or other veggies.
  3. New malware is being created and released into the wild everyday, and it’s a fact that your antivirus software does not protect you 100% from everything. Sometimes it may take a few days for the antivirus analysts to get hold of the sample which will then be added to the latest virus definition. Within this time frame of unknowingly being infected by a new computer virus, probably all your sensitive information such as passwords, are already being stolen through a keylogger and the damage has been done. A keylogger is a common feature found in most Remote Access Trojans (RAT). When either the offline or online keylogger mode is activated, anything that you type on the keyboard will be recorded and logged to a file or transferred instantly to the controller. The purpose of a keylogger is to steal the login credentials or probably to know who the user is talking to on the Internet. Whatever the reasons are, keylogging is an invasion of privacy and is against the law in some countries. When an antivirus fails to detect the threat, a very effective extra layer of defense to keep your sensitive information safe is through keystroke encryption. Basically a keystroke encryption software works in a very deep level of the Windows operating system kernel to prevent the keyloggers from logging the real keystrokes, either completely blocking them or sending garbage text. Currently there are 4 pieces of keystroke encryption software available today. We’ve tested them against 13 different keyloggers and compared the features offered by these applications. The tested keystroke encryption software is listed below. If you prefer to jump straight to the performed tests and the verdict for the best software we tested, they can be found on page 2. 1. GuardedID Premium 3.01.1060 Price: USD 29.99 for 1 year, 2PC Encryption Method: Replaces logged keystrokes with sequential numbers Password Protection: None Additional Protection: Block Screen loggers by sending black screenshots. Will also do the same for legitimate screenshot software. Supported Operating System: Win 2003/XP/Vista/7/8 32-bit only Supported Applications: Limited and unspecified 2. Zemana AntiLogger Free 1.5.2.652 Price: Free Encryption Method: Blank output. Only the application with keyboard focus receives the keystrokes while others are blocked. Password Protection: None Additional Protection: None Supported Operating System: Windows XP/Vista/7/8 32 & 64-bit Supported Applications: All 3. KeyScrambler Premium 2.9.3.0 Price: Free (Personal), $29.99 (Professional), $44.99 (Premium) Encryption Method: Blowfish (128-bit) and RSA (1024-bit). Output random characters. Password Protection: None Additional Protection: None Supported Operating System: Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/7/8 32 & 64-bit Supported Applications: Limited and published 4. NextGen AntiKeylogger 3.3.0.1 Price: Free, $25 (Pro), $39 (Ultimate) Encryption Method: Unknown but replaces logged keystrokes with random characters. Password Protection: Yes Additional Protection: None Supported Operating System: Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista/7 32-bit only Supported Applications: Limited and published . Scroll to the bottom of the page to view the protected applications list.
  4. Washington and Minnesota file court papers warning of "chaos" if travel ban reinstated Apple, Google & Uber among 97 companies filing motion in support of the two states Justice Department must respond by 3pm Pacific Time (11pm UK) Travellers rushing to US in window of time while ban is lifted Decision on ban could come later on Monday Trump begins week with angry tweets about polls and TV stations Donald Trump's administration has until 3pm on Monday (11pm UK) to file its latest report in a court battle over his immigration ban, which begun on Friday evening. The president has spent the weekend in Florida, at his Mar-a-Lago estate, working with his aides on ways to halt the temporary block on his travel ban.The ban, introduced a week ago, sought to prevent travel to the US from seven countries - Syria, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Yemen, Somalia and Sudan. Lawyers for Washington state and Minnesota, in court filings made in the early hours of Monday, said: "Defendants now ask this Court to unleash chaos again by staying the district court order. The Court should decline." The actions by Washington and Minnesota sparked a Twitter rant by Mr Trump, who dismissed James Robart, the Washington judge, as a "so-called judge" and called his decision "ridiculous." Mr Trump renewed his Twitter attacks against Judge Robart on Sunday. "Just cannot believe a judge would put our country in such peril. If something happens blame him and court system. People pouring in. Bad!" He followed with another tweet saying he had instructed the Homeland Security Department to check people coming into the country but that "the courts are making the job very difficult!" Mike Pence, the vice president, said on Sunday that "we don't appoint judges to our district courts to conduct foreign policy or to make decisions about the national security." Mr Trump himself had offered an optimistic forecast the previous night, telling reporters during a weekend at his private club in Florida: "We'll win. For the safety of the country, we'll win." Democrats and some Republicans are deeply troubled by Mr Trump's actions, especially his attack on the judge who instituted the lifting of the president's travel ban. In his ruling, Judge Robart said it was not the court's job to "create policy or judge the wisdom of any particular policy promoted by the other two branches," but to make sure that an action taken by the government "comports with our country's laws." Senator Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, predicted the appeals court would not have the last word, and said it would likely be referred to the Supreme Court.Senator Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, predicted the appeals court would not have the last word, and said it would likely be referred to the Supreme Court. In the early hours, Washington and Minnesota filed court papers urging that the block on Mr Trump's travel ban be upheld. "Defendants now ask this Court to unleash chaos again by staying the district court order. The Court should decline." The Justice Department has until 6pm Eastern Time (11pm UK) to respond.
  5. We’re driving through the Atlas Mountains in the rain, feeling glad to be out of the sensual onslaught that is Marrakech. Our new friend, the cab driver who had picked us up at the airport, is taking us to meet a mate who, he says, makes the best lamb tajine. But first we have to stop for breakfast, another treat. In a village market – where women hunch over stalls selling aluminium coffee pots and couscousieres – we tread through mud towards a small stone building. This is where the local blacksmith, a stooped figure with hair and beard the colour of the ash that drifts around him, works. He begins to cook on the edge of the fire, eventually producing warm, scorched flatbreads wrapped round chicken livers, mint leaves and a generous smear of harissa. He hands these to us along with sweet mint tea. 'Eat!’ says our driver. 'This is the best breakfast in the world.
  6. A 1963 Jaguar E-type Lightweight Competition became both the most valuable E-type and most valuable post-1960 Jaguar to ever sell at auction when it fetched $7.37 million (£5.86 million). The Australian GT Championship-winning car is said to be one of the most original of the 12 Lightweights that Jaguar produced in the early Sixties, which was sold to a telephone bidder during Bonhams’ annual sale of collectors’ cars in Scottsdale, Arizona last week. It has only had three owners from new and has only covered 4,000 miles in that time. The auction record-breaking car is the 10th of only 12 E-type Lightweights built, despite an original target of 18 cars. Jaguar recently produced the “missing six” Lightweights, faithful in almost every facet to the original. Jaguar E-type Lightweight sells for £5.86m at Bonhams USA auction Jan 2017 The car is reckoned to be one of the most original E-type Lightweights Despite the D-type racer’s immense success, including three consecutive victories in the Le Mans 24 Hours from 1955 to 1957, Jaguar was already at work in 1957 on its successor. Its E1A development car eventually became the production E-type, which caused a sensation on its debut at the Geneva motor show in March 1961 - although Jaguar had delivered production E-type Roadsters to racing customers before the car’s official debut. The history of JaguarWatch | The history of Jaguar 01:39 Lightweights were fitted with aluminum alloy bodies and an aluminum hardtop that strengthened the shell's rigidity. The 3.8-litre, straight-six racing engines were further upgraded with Lucas fuel injection and dry-sump lubrication, while the chassis featured revised suspension geometry and many other competition parts. Jaguar E-type Lightweight sells for £5.86m at Bonhams USA auction Jan 2017 Jaguar's famed 3.8-litre straight-six featured significant upgrades from the version that won at Le Mans for three consecutive years in the D-type As Jaguar didn't intend to build enough cars for the Lightweight to be homologated separately, the model was passed off as part of the production E-type family even though very few parts were shared, and it was never formally marketed or acknowledged in sales materials. The first two purpose-built Lightweights were completed for the 12 Hours of Sebring in March 1963, while at the 24 Hours of Le Mans that June, Briggs Cunningham entered three Lightweights with official support from the factory. At the same auction, Bonhams also sold a former Scuderia Ferrari 1952 Ferrari 340 America Vignale Spider competition car for $6.38 million (£5.05 million) - a new world auction record for the model. It was driven in period by noted factory drivers in almost every prominent race, including the Mille Miglia, Le Mans 24 Hours and Targa Florio. Another top seller was the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance multiple prize-winning 1928 Mercedes-Benz Type S 26/120/180 Supercharged Sports Tourer. Undeniably the fastest car of its day, it symbolises the elegance, performance and sheer quality that is still associated with the German marque today. It sold for $4.81 million (£3.84 million) Ferraris performed characteristically well, with the 1960 Ferrari 250 GT Series II Cabriolet making a very respectable $1,430,000 (£1.14 million). Rather more affordable was a 1984 Ferrari 308 GTS Quattrovalvole apparently used by Tom Selleck in the Magnum PI TV series, which fetched $181,500 (£144,590).
  7. Adata moved its production over to 3D NAND and revamped its entire product line just a few months after it released its most aggressive portable SSD lineup in history. Many of the new products retain similar names and model numbers, but the SD700 emerges as a new product with rugged specifications. The era of planar (2D) NAND is over unless you buy an SSD with Toshiba NAND, but that will end soon, too. Micron cranked up its 3D NAND production, and now third-party SSD manufacturers have trouble securing older 2D flash. The 2D spigot isn’t completely shut off, but most older 2D designs serve guaranteed supply contracts and are destined for specialty components, such as the auto industry. 3D will join the likes of stereophonic, color, surround sound, and 4K. These are all technologies that were buzz words at one time or another but quickly became standard. By next year, 3D NAND will not be an option or even a bullet point on a specification sheet. Between now and 2018, though, many products will "feature" (say it with a repeating echo) 3D NAND. We've actually had 3D NAND for many years, but it only came in Samsung products. Samsung paved the way and taught us that the technology increases endurance over modern planar (2D) NAND. It also resets the lithography clock in many cases, which gives companies a new path to innovate for increased performance and reduced price. Adata based many of its new portable products on the Ultimate SU800 2.5-inch SSD we tested in a desktop and notebook environment. The base drive uses a modern controller loaded with advanced technologies designed to prolong endurance and sustain high transfer speed. For several years, aging technology cobbled together to drain leftover NAND stock plagued the portable SSD category. This year, companies got serious about making external SSDs as advanced as what's inside the beige box. The Adata SD700 utilizes the Silicon Motion, Inc. (SMI) SM2258 controller paired with Micron's 384Gbit TLC 3D NAND. The combination leaves us with some interesting raw capacities. You get access to 256GB of data capacity, but there is 288GB of raw NAND inside the case. Adata programmed the extra space for SLC writes, background operations and wear leveling. The larger the drive, the more space there is to write data to the SLC programmed area. All three capacities share the same performance specifications but offer different real-world performance, especially when you transfer large amounts of data. For what it's worth, the SD700 series reads sequential data up to 440 MB/s and writes sequential data at 430 MB/s. Your mileage may vary, though. Going beyond the speeds and feeds, the SD700 has an IP68 rating. This is one of the highest IP ratings we've seen on a portable SSD. Most of the products we've tested have an IP65 rating. The ratings quantify the water resistance level. IPx5 provides splash resistance, but IPx8 offers total resistance during immersion up to a specific depth. The IP6x portion denotes dust resistance. In this case, the products are completely resistant to the ingress of fine dust particles. We should note that the SD700, and the other portable SSDs we've tested, are only certified for these conditions with a door or some type of blocking device installed. Pricing And Warranty We found the Adata SD700 available in two capacities of 256GB and 512GB at both Newegg and Amazon, though the 1TB option wasn't listed. Amazon has both color options available, but Newegg only has the all black version we examine below. The 256GB portable SSD retails for roughly $109.99, and the 512GB model sells for $189.99. All SD700 portable SSDs carry a 3-year warranty. Software The Adata SD700 doesn't come with an expansive software package, but it does work with Adata's SSD Toolbox. Adata originally designed the software for its internal products. The software allows you to check the amount of wear to the flash and to perform some maintenance functions, such as secure erase operations. PackagingThe SD700 pays tribute to the Ultimate SU800. The package uses the same Chroma reflective blue design as the 2.5-inch SSD. Inside the package, we found the drive, a USB Type-A to USB Micro Type-B cable, and a paper quick start guide. The SD700 is smaller than the Adata SC660 and SV620, but larger than the SE730. We compared the three products in this roundup-style review. The SD700 differs from those products because it leverages a rugged design built for active users and professionals on location. Unlike some of the other products in the rugged category, you don't have to pay more for robust features over a portable SSD designed for regular home and office use. For several years, the rugged category came with a stiff up-charge, and in many cases, the premium was quite high. Overall, we like the SD700 design, but we can make some suggestions as well. At this point, every product should take advantage of the USB Type-C connector. It doesn't increase performance, and it doesn't change much, but it makes connecting the drive easier while boosting the adoption rate of a superior connector. Adata recessed the USB connector back into the housing. This reinforces the USB plug and makes it more difficult to break the connector where it mates with the board inside.
  8. t's a crisis we haven't seen the likes of since the National Biscuit Shortage of 2016. Just weeks after our supermarket shelves were left depleted of courgettes, big name chains have been forced to deploy a fresh veg quota in their stores. Tesco and Morrisons have introduced a cap of three lettuces per buyer, in a bid to maintain stocks of the leafy salad favourite. The latter is also rationing the amount of broccoli that customers can buy. A spokesman for Tesco blamed the shortage on severe weather in the Mediterranean: "Due to bad weather conditions in Spain, we are experiencing some availability issues, but are working with our suppliers to resolve them as quickly as possible." "To make sure none of our customers miss out, we are asking them to limit the number of iceberg lettuces they buy to three." Other foods affected include baby spinach, rocket, lollo rossa, cauliflower, broccoli, peppers, and cucumbers. The crisis began in mid January, when some supermarkets raised the price of courgettes after unexpectedly cold weather in Spain and Italy, where European supplies of the vegetable are grown, affected the harvest. Speaking to the Guardian, Jordi Vorderman, the UK distributor at Dutch vegetable supplier Valstar Holland, said courgette prices had almost quadrupled since the summer: "The main issue is that supplies are low because of cold nights in Spain and Italy. The cold affects courgettes a lot."He added: "Prices are very high – they are above £20 for a 5kg box. So what retailers are probably doing is that they are not buying at these prices and would rather go empty in the stores than buy at these silly levels. During the summer prices are between £4 and £6."Fans of the vegetable took to Twitter to complain about the shortage, apparently not realising that the UK courgette season doesn't begin till June. The reaction is indicative of a widespread attitude about the availability of fresh produce. A 2014 study found that the British public are "ignorant about seasonal fruit and veg" – 90 per cent or more of those asked struggled to name the correct months when certain foods are in season. Writing in the September issue of BBC Good Food Magazine, investigative food journalist Joanna Blythman said: "The supermarkets' obsession with stocking every fruit and vegetable grown on the planet, every day of the year, makes it hard to detect the ebb and flow of seasonal produce." So, how well do you know your seasonal fruit and veg? Take our quiz to find out ...
  9. LG ushered in the curved ultra-wide display genre with its 34UC97 just a little over two years ago. Since then the category has seen new models from every major manufacturer offering 34", 35", and recently 38" screens; vertical resolutions ranging from 1080 to 1600 pixels; IPS and VA panels; and of course, high refresh rates with adaptive refresh. Most of these have come at premium prices however. Early screens required a $1000 or higher cost of entry, and there has been little movement on that score. But recently we’ve seen a couple of models break that barrier. A few weeks ago, we looked at AOC’s C3583FQ. That VA panel impressed us with its high contrast, 160Hz refresh rate, and FreeSync that works down to 45 FPS. Today we’re checking out a new IPS display from LG: the 34UC79G. First we’ll talk about the specs that might give some users pause. Yes, the resolution is 2560x1080 and FreeSync only works down to 50Hz. But if you’ve read our other reviews of 1080p gaming monitors then you know we favor things like contrast, color accuracy, and motion processing quality over resolution. We’d rather have a smooth experience free of tears, stuttering, and ghosting over a high pixel count any day. The 34UC79G is one of the few FreeSync monitors to offer Low Framerate Compensation (LFC). Because its max refresh is more than two-and-a-half times the minimum, it can buffer additional frames when the rate drops below 50Hz and therefore avoid switching out of adaptive refresh mode. Coupled with lower resolution, that means users with more modest systems will enjoy the same smooth experience when the action dips below 50 FPS. Based on what AMD has published, and our own visual observation, LFC monitors the render rates and then repeats frames adaptively in order to fool the monitor into thinking the refresh rate is still above 50Hz. That way, tearing is never a factor and you won’t have to resort to latency increasing V-Sync to keep the action flowing. Aside from this extremely attractive feature, the 34UC79G sports an IPS panel with a factory-certified calibration (for grayscale and gamma only), 144Hz, blur-reduction in the form of a backlight strobe, a subtle 3800mm-radius curve, OSD joystick, and new styling that announces its gaming intent. And the price? $699 from LG’s website. It certainly seems to offer a lot for the money. Let’s take a look. Panel Type & Backlight IPS / W-LED, edge array Screen Size & Aspect Ratio 34in / 21:9 Curve Radius 3800mm Max Resolution & Refresh 2560x1080 @ 144Hz Packaging, Physical Layout & Accessories LG is the master when it comes to protecting curved monitors from the rigors of shipping. The panel is completely surrounded by foam blocks and a sturdy double-corrugate box. The upright and base are wrapped separately and must be assembled. No tools are needed. Attach the base with two captive bolts and snap the panel on and you’re set. Bundled cables include HDMI and DisplayPort. The power supply is a moderately-sized brick with a detachable power cord. You also get a calibration data sheet that certifies each panel for grayscale and gamma accuracy. Color tests are not included. A CD with supporting software and a user manual round out the package. The styling of past LG curved ultra-wide displays has been aimed squarely at Apple users with their white trim and sleek, understated lines. The 34UC79G takes aim at a different target: Asus’ ROG line. The black chassis with not-so-subtle red accents could easily be mistaken for a Republic of Gamers product, minus the molded-in spaceship hull features of course. A balanced mix of shiny and matte-finished plastic is used with texture in all the right places, and the bezel is free of buttons or LEDs. Control and power status are in the centrally mounted joystick, a feature we’ve come to expect and enjoy from LG’s ultra-wide displays. From the top, you can see the subtle 3800mm-radius curve. It strikes a great balance between gaming immersion and workaday practicality. You won’t see any image distortion in your word processor or spreadsheet, but a richly detailed gaming environment will seem to wrap around you as it fills your peripheral vision. The subtle curve means a slimmer side profile. The panel is only three inches thick, which means a wall mount won’t look too strange. That can be accomplished by unsnapping the upright and installing a bracket into the 100mm VESA mounting lugs. Just be sure to provide clearance for the rear-facing input panel. Speaking of inputs, there are two HDMI 2.0 connectors. They can be switched to version 1.4 in the OSD if you have compatibility issues. The DisplayPort is version 1.2. Both digital interfaces support the max 144hz refresh rate. The USB hub is version 3.0 and includes one upstream and two downstream ports. Analog audio is supported by a 3.5mm input and a headphone output.
  10. French authorities say they believe the man who tried to attack the Louvre museum in the capital Paris on Friday was a 29-year-old Egyptian man. Prosecutor Francois Molins said he is thought to have travelled to Paris from Dubai on a tourist visa last month. Police are trying to establish if the man acted alone or under instructions, he added. The machete-wielding attacker was critically injured after he was shot by French soldiers in a bid to stop him. One of the soldiers received minor injuries when the man tried to enter the museum. At the time of the incident, hundreds of visitors were inside the Louvre, which is home to numerous celebrated art works, including the Mona Lisa. President Francois Hollande praised the soldiers' actions, saying "this operation prevented an attack whose terrorist nature leaves little doubt". He told reporters at an EU summit in Malta on Friday that he expected the suspect to be questioned "when it is possible to do so". Prosecutor Molins said the Egyptian man had no identity papers but mobile phone data showed he had arrived in Paris on 26 January after acquiring a one-month tourist visa in Dubai. However, he cautioned, the authorities have not yet formally established the suspect's identity. Egyptian security sources though say they have identified him, Reuters news agency reports. He was believed to have been staying in the capital's 8th district (arrondissement) which was searched in a police raid earlier on Friday. There, he bought two machetes from a shop selling guns.According to the prosecutor, the attacker, armed with the machetes, approached four soldiers guarding the entrance to crowded shops beneath the Louvre just before 10:00 local time (09:00 GMT). When the soldiers challenged him, he attacked two of them while shouting in Arabic "Allahu Akbar" ("God is greatest"). One of them shot him at least three times, hitting him in the stomach. "The attacker fell to the ground, seriously wounded. He has been taken to hospital and is fighting for his life," the prosecutor said. He was carrying a rucksack which contained paint spray cans - but no explosives. The guards on patrol outside the museum were just some of the thousands of troops lining the streets as part of the stepped-up response to a series of attacks in France since 2015. Though still hugely po[CENSORED]r, the Louvre has suffered a drop in visitor numbers amid fears of a militant attack. A series of assaults by gunmen and suicide bombers claimed by so-called Islamic State killed 130 people in November 2015. In January of the same year, 17 people were killed in an attack on the Charlie Hebdo magazine and linked shootings. Last July, 86 people were killed when a lorry ploughed through crowds celebrating Bastille Day in Nice. Security has become a theme of the French presidential election in April, which sees far-right leader Marine Le Pen and centrist independent Emmanuel Macron leading the polls.
  11. Motor racing was Enzo Ferrari’s passion. Road cars were an annoyance, a distraction. Yet without the latter, Scuderia Ferrari as we know it today wouldn’t exist. Simply, Ferrari built road cars to sell to wealthy customers to fund his racing team. These were people for whom Il Commendatore famously had no time as he felt they were buying the cars for their prestige rather than their performance. The truth is that they were probably buying the cars for both prestige and performance reasons. And that’s certainly the case today, exactly 70 years after the first official Ferrari was built. It’s a landmark that is being marked by an exceptional display of Ferrari road cars that will form the centrepiece of the London Classic Car Show, which takes place from February 23-26 at ExCeL, London). The story of Ferrari road cars goes back more than 70 years, in fact, to the 1940 Fiat-based Auto Avio Costruzioni Tipo 815. This was a straight-eight-powered racer built by Ferrari for that year’s Brescia Grand Prix, a shortened version of the Mille Miglia. But it couldn’t be called a Ferrari due to a legal restraint imposed by Ferrari’s previous employer, Alfa Romeo. By the end of the Second World War, however, that bar had been lifted allowing the first “real” Ferrari, the 125 S sports racer, to appear in 1947, thus marking the starting point of the 70th anniversary. It was powered by a 1.5-litre V12 engine and just two examples were built. Neither exists today, having been dismantled once their racing days were over, although some parts are thought to have been re-used in the production of subsequent 166M or 195 Inter models. Ferrari does, however, own a replica produced by Michelotto in 1987, built to mark the marque’s 40th anniversary. Those early Ferraris were essentially road-going sports racers built in tiny numbers and sold to fund Ferrari’s Formula One team. But 1954 saw the introduction of the 250 Europa GT, a 3.0-litre V12 road car that marked the start of Ferrari as a serious manufacturer of Gran Turismo cars. And while any Ferrari, even the occasional duffer, is better than money in the bank, a 250 should be regarded as a serious investment: DJ Chris Evans sold his 250 GT Lusso Berlinetta at auction in September 2015 for a £1.25 million. There will be a number of variations on the 250 theme at the London Classic Car Show as part of a display conservatively reckoned to be worth more than £100 million. They will include a 250 Lusso, a 250 California Spyder and a 250GT SWB and will be joined by a pair of later models, the 275GTS and 275GTB. The 250 also gave us Lamborghini. While the cars were fast and undoubtedly beautiful, they weren’t always totally reliable. Tractor magnate Ferruccio Lamborghini was so frustrated with regular clutch problems with his 250s – and Ferrari’s apparent unwillingness to do anything about it – that he decided to make his own cars to show Ferrari how it should be done. By the late 1960s, however, Ferrari’s financial difficulties were rising. More and more money was needed for new car development and to meet increasingly demanding safety and emissions requirements. This, in turn, meant the road car division could no longer fund the race team. Ferrari’s response was to look for a partner. He needed someone not only with deep pockets but one which would leave him in peace to run the race team while they looked after the road car side which, at the time, was producing essentially only three models: the V12-engined 365 GT and 365 GTB/4 Daytona and the beautiful V6, mid-engined Dino. A Dino and a Daytona will be displayed at the show. Enter Fiat, which in 1963 had taken a small share of the company after negotiations with Ford had broken down. In 1969, Fiat increased that holding to 50 per cent, and after Ferrari stood down as managing director of the road car division in 1971, a new era began. Over the years, a series of V8-powered mid-engined cars leading to today’s 488 have provided the majority of sales while the greats include cars such the V12 550 Maranello, the flat-12 Berlinetta Boxer and Testarossa, as well as the current GTC4Lusso, a V12-engined grand tourer in finest Ferrari tradition. And then there are the supercars like the F40 – the world’s first 200mph supercar and the last road Ferrari produced while Enzo was still alive – the F50, the aptly-named Enzo (an example of which will also be at the show) and the LaFerrari hybrid hypercar. Even the less than great Ferraris – the Mondial 8 springs to mind – have their devoted followers. Since the 1970s, Ferrari production has increased to the point where record sales in 2015 hit 7,664 cars and the range has expanded to embrace V8 and V12 models; two- and four-seaters; four- and rear-wheel drive; coupés, spiders and convertibles. If you include limited edition special models such as LaFerrari, LaFerrari Aperta and the F12tdf, the current range is nine models strong… a far cry from those early days. For all the latest news, advice and reviews from Telegraph Cars, sign up to our weekly newsletter by entering your email here
  12. In Windows, if you delete an important file, even from the Recycle bin, it’s still entirely possible to recover that file as long as it doesn’t get overwritten between its deletion and your attempt at recovery. That’s because the file is never truly deleted and Windows is just told that the space the file occupies is available to write over when needed. In this case, a free tool that you can use to recover data is all that’s required. But this is obviously not good if you want to permanently delete a personal or private file because anyone could just try to recover it. Once a deleted file has been overwritten by something else, it’s very difficult to recover and more professional methods would be needed to get any readable data back. There are various ways to overwrite deleted files; If you sell/give your drive to somebody else, it needs to be completely wiped so nothing is left on it that can be recovered at all by the new owner. You can also erase the deleted data off a currently used drive by wiping all its free space, which overwrites all old deleted files. Then there’s the method we’re talking about here which is to completely overwrite and wipe the file or folder as you go. This method is the quickest and most secure as the files are erased immediately and not left in a recoverable state until the next time you decide to wipe the drive’s free space, which could take a long time depending on its size. Here are 10 free tools which can securely erase or “shred” your files making them unrecoverable. This is something which should be used with care as once the file is gone, you won’t be able to get it back even with recovery software. All tools were tested in Windows 7 64-bit but should also be XP, Vista, 8/8.1 compatible. 1. WipeFile WipeFile is a portable only program so is also useful for your USB toolkit. It supports 14 different erasing methods ranging from a quick 1 pass zero fill up to a full 35 pass Gutmann erase. Individual files or whole folders can be added to the program, something that is very useful is an editable file mask for folders so you can filter what gets erased by file extension. The default of *.* will delete all files in the folder, whereas a mask of *.doc will only shred the Word documents and leave all other files. WipeFile is multilingual with 18 languages supported and in Settings you can create a context menu or Send To menu entry to send files to the program via right click. A few options such as a user defined erase string and logging are only for the Pro version which requires a donation. 2. HardWipe There’s quite a lot to like about HardWipe because it has several different types of erasing on offer, such as wiping Recycle bin contents on selected drives, wiping a drive’s free space, wiping a drive or volume completely or shredding files and folders. There’s also a portable version as well as a setup installer version, the latter is needed to use the right click context menus. Sadly an annoyance in the program is the inclusion of advertisements inside its main window unless you upgrade for $8.99. There are 6 wiping algorithms to choose from (1 pass up to 35 pass) and an option to rename the files up to 10 times to lessen the chance of recovering the filename. A speed mode can help system responsiveness on long operations and the system can be auto powered off after a wiping operation has completed. 3. CyberShredder CyberShredder is a small and compact tool that needs you to enable the “Confirm file deletion” option in the Settings menu if you want a final warning. Otherwise any files or folders dropped onto the program window will be instantly erased which could be a costly problem if you make a mistake. There are Very Quick (a single zero pass), Quick (a 3 pass of 0’s, 1’s then random) and Normal (an NSA approved 7 pass) shredding methods available in the settings menu. During erasing files are also renamed multiple times to help reduce recovery chances even more. CyberShredder is portable but still allows you to create a Send To right click entry to erase files and folders instantly through Windows Explorer. 4. Eraser The Eraser application is definitely a more serious and focused shredding tool with some advanced features compared to many other tools of this type. One such addition is the erasing scheduler which allows you to run tasks to shred files, folders, free space or the Recycle bin contents at specific times or on system restart etc. It also has 13 different erase algorithms to choose from, Windows Explorer integration, an option to unlock locked files before erasing them, drive free space erasing when you right click on the drive in Explorer, and the ability to replace erased files with pre selected files to allow for “plausible deniability” as the program calls it. The latest version of Eraser is installer only but there is a slightly older version on PortableApps.com . 5. File Shredder File Shredder is more of a permanent erasing solution because it needs installing and there’s no portable version, but it does have some useful functions which could make it worthwhile. Erasing algorithms include simple 1 or 2 pass, DoD 3 pass, secure 7 pass or the Gutmann 35 pass method. There’s also Explorer integration which can directly erase the file/folder immediately or add it to a queue to be shredded later on. Another useful function is the free space shredder which will completely erase all unused space on the selected drive using one of the above methods. Files and folders are added to the list using drag and drop or the add buttons on the left. 6. Zer0 Made by KCSoftwares, Zer0 is a plain and simple tool that will allow you to drop files onto its window (folders are not accepted), and then deletes them securely. There appears to be very little information about the erasing method used by the program although some reports suggest it could be as many as 100 passes for each file. The procedure is still fast though thanks to the multithreading nature of the program. Zer0 has both a portable and installer version, installing will add a “Delete with Zer0” option into your right click context menu. Make sure to use the “Lite” installer as the full setup package contains several items of adware. 7. DP Wipe DP Wipe is a little bit like Zer0 in that it’s easy to use and only requires you to drop what you want to erase onto the main window. Where it does differ though is firstly, dropping folders onto the window is supported, and secondly the erase method to use is selectable. Zero’s, pseudo-random, RCMP, 2 US DoD’s and Gutmann are available so you can decide based on the importance of the data to shred. It does only come as a setup installer which will place a Send To icon in the right click menu, a portable version can easily be created by extracting the setup exe with 7-Zip. 8. TurboShredder Although the TurboShredder tool itself is small and portable, it does require the Java Runtime Environment to be installed which some users won’t have. TurboShredder does work in a way similar to most other tools allowing you to drop files and folders onto the main window or via the + button, but the number of erasing cycles is completely configurable. Just select the method of zero’s, one’s, random or securerandom and drag the slider to anywhere between 1 and 100 passes, obviously more is better security but slower. Using the zero pass option adds a +1 to the number of passes. The Regex box gives those with more experience the ability to filter filenames to be erased by using regular expressions. Command line options are available. 9. EraserDrop This tool is based on the Eraser program API albeit the slightly older version from PortableApps.com, meaning EraserDrop itself is also portable. It works by simply adding a drop target icon onto your desktop, any files and folders you want to shred just drag and drop them onto the icon. Right clicking on the icon (you can move it around by holding the left Shift key) will bring up the Options menu where the erasing method of 1 pass up to 35 passes can be chosen, a hotkey can be setup, warnings and reports are turned on or off, or even change the icon if you wish. A few other useful tasks in the menu are wiping the free space on a selected drive and erasing the Recycle bin contents. 10. SDelete SDelete is different from the other tools here because it’s a command line tool making it more useful in scripts and batch files. SDelete is made by SysInternals, the same people behind Process Explorer and AutoRuns. In addition to being able to wipe files and folders with the number of passes you choose, it can also clean or zero the free space on a selected drive letter. The syntax is: SDelete -p {number of passes} {files and folders to erase} or SDelete -p {number of passes) {-z for zero pass/-c for clean} {drive letter} You can also use -r or -s to recurse into sub folders and -q to suppress errors. The default number of passes is 1 so you don’t need to ue the -p command unless you want to increase it. There does seem to be some sort of bug in the current version which won’t delete a folder and its contents, the contents will be erased but the folder itself will remain intact with a “directory not empty” error. Running the same command again will then delete the folder as well.
  13. Someone, I know not whom, once said: "the virtue of a pot lies not in the clay, but the potter’s skill". You’ll never find a car to which it applies more readily than this new Porsche 911 GTS. On paper it’s a go-faster Carrera S with numerous modifications to its driveline and powertrain which, upon closer inspection, have simply been taken from the extant options list and made standard. There’s a further 30bhp for its engine bringing it up to 444bhp, but you can order that as a 'Powerkit’ for the S. There’s the wider body you’d already have if you bought a four-wheel drive Carrera, and lowered sports suspension, which you can be fitted to any more junior 911 coupe you like. It has active engine mounts and sports exhausts, and so can a Carrera S if you so choose. But look a little harder and there are other refinements too: Porsche has removed some sound deadening, increased the size of the brakes and equipped them with the pads from the 911 Turbo. And then there’s a revised aerodynamics package and a bespoke visual treatment featuring black centre-lock 20in wheels, black badging, black exhausts. Inside you’d find Alcantara suede trim on the seats, steering wheel and gear lever and a smattering of GTS badges too. Even so, it shouldn’t feel that different to regular 911s. But it does. It is the way these raw materials have come together that’s created a little bit of magic, as if Porsche had been keeping its most skilled potters in reserve just for this car. It is, of course, flashingly fast: choose the right specification with four-wheel drive and a double-clutch gearbox and it’ll hit 62mph from rest in 3.6sec, which is junior supercar performance; but it is also comfortable, quiet and unless you do something really silly like hit the rear-seat delete button on the configurator, as practical as any other 911 in history. But, as is almost always the case with 911 models, the best GTS is the cheapest. The rear-wheel drive GTS equipped with a slick-shifting seven speed manual gearbox is one of the sweetest ways of getting from one place to the next yet devised, a car with even better handling than lesser Carreras, blended with a proper slug of Turbo performance, but without the latter’s excess width, weight and price. It is an ceaseless joy to drive, only 25bhp less powerful than the revered GT3 911s produced by Porsche’s Motorsport department, and a sight easier to live with. The GTS even manages to sound quite good, allaying to some extend at least the fears of those who thought this new generation of turbocharged 911s would rob us of its inimitable flat six growl and howl for all time. Of course you can also choose your GTS with convertible or Targa bodywork (though Targas remain four-wheel drive only) and I’d not blame you if you did. I drove a rear-wheel-drive convertible and enjoyed it as much as any modern open car I can remember, but ultimately it is too structurally compromised and the Targa too heavy to stand a chance of offering a driving experience as impressive, intimate and memorable as that provided by the coupé. The secret of the 911, the formula that has ensured its survival these last 54 years, is that no other sports car has worked as well in the real world as on the deserted mountain passes of our dreams. This is a car that will reward like few others on the right road, while still fitting your life beautifully on entirely the wrong roads we must take far more often. That has always been what’s best about the best 911s: all the GTS does is take that principle, and turn it up to eleven.
  14. Imagine a choice of foods that were tasty, nutritious and good for your health - i.e. they helped you maintain a healthy body weight, improved your overall mood, and reduced your risk of developing diseases. This Medical News Today information article provides details on the top ten foods considered to be the most healthy, according to surveys and sources across North America and Western Europe. 1 - Apples Apples are an excellent source of antioxidants, which combat free radicals. Free radicals are damaging substances generated in the body that cause undesirable changes and are involved in the aging process and some diseases. Some animal studies have found that an antioxidant found in apples (polyphenols) might extend lifespans. Researchers at The Florida State University said that apples are a "miracle fruit". In their study, the investigators found that older women who starting a regime of eating apples daily experienced a 23 percent drop in levels of bad cholesterol (LDL) and a 4% increase in good cholesterol (HDL) after just six months.1 Apples and pears can reduce stroke risk by 52%. Researchers from Wageningen Uninversity in the Netherlands, found that consuming fruit with white edible portions, such as pears and apples, can potentially reduce the risk of stroke by 52%. They reported their findings in the journal Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.2 2 - Almonds Almonds have more fiber than any other tree nut. The fatty acid profile of almonds, which is made up of 91-94% unsaturated fatty acids, may partly explain why it helps maintain healthy cholesterol levels.Almonds have more fiber than any other tree nut. The fatty acid profile of almonds, which is made up of 91-94% unsaturated fatty acids, may partly explain why it helps maintain healthy cholesterol levels. Appetite decreased by snacking on almonds, no increase in body weight. Research published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that participants who ate 1.5 ounces of dry-roasted, lightly salted almonds every day experienced reduced hunger and improved dietary vitamin E and "good" fat intake with no increase in body weight.4 Research review suggests almonds contain nutrients that provide cardioprotective effects. A scientific review, published in Nutrition Reviews, suggests that nutrient-rich almonds may promote heart health, and may help maintain healthy cholesterol levels.5 Eating nuts every day may prolong life. Eating a handful of nuts a day could help you live longer and lower a your risk of death from heart disease and cancer, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.6 3 - Broccoli Broccoli is rich in fiber, calcium, potassium, folate and phytonutrients. Phytonutrients are compounds which reduce the risk of developing heart disease, diabetes and some cancers. Broccoli also contains vitamin C, as well as beta-carotene, an antioxidant.A single 100 gram serving of broccoli can provide you with over 150 percent of the recommended daily intake of vitamin C, which in large doses can potentially shorten the duration of the common cold.7 Another ingredient, sulforphane, which exists in broccoli, is also said to have anti-cancer as well as anti-inflammatory qualities. However, overcooking can destroy most of the benefits.Lightly steamed broccoli contains the powerful anticancer enzyme myrosinase. Researchers from the University of Illinois wrote in Nutrition and Cancer that lightly steamed broccoli can significantly reduce your risk of developing cancers (steaming it slightly does not destroy the enzyme myrosinase). However, if you overcook it the health benefits are undermined.8 Eating broccoli may help prevent osteoarthritis. A UK study found that sulforaphane, a compound found in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables such as cabbage and Brussels sprouts, could help fight osteoarthritis, the most common form of arthritis.9 4 - Blueberries Blueberries are rich in fiber, antioxidants and phytonutrients. Phytonutrients are natural chemicals found in plants. Unlike minerals and vitamins that are also found in plant foods, phytonutrients are not essential for keeping us alive. However, they may help prevent disease and keep the body working properly. According to a study carried out at Harvard Medical School, elderly people who eat plenty of blueberries (and strawberries) are less likely to suffer from cognitive decline, compared to other people of their age who do not.10 Scientists at Texas Woman's University found that blueberries help in curbing obesity. Plant polyphenols, which are abundant in blueberries, have been shown to reduce the development of fat cells (adipogenesis), while inducing the breakdown of lipids and fat (lipolysis).11Regular blueberry consumption can reduce the risk of hypertension (high blood pressure) by 10%, because of the berry's bioactive compounds, anthocyanins, scientists from East Anglia University, England, and Harvard University, USA reported in the American Journal of Nutrition.12 5 - Oily fish Examples of oily fish include salmon, trout, mackerel, herring, sardines and anchovies. These types of fish have oil in their tissues and around the gut. Their lean fillets contain up to 30% oil, specifically, omega-3 fatty acids. These oils are known to provide benefits for the heart, as well as the nervous system. Oily fish are also known to provide benefits for patients with inflammatory conditions, such as arthritis. Oily fish also contain vitamins A and D. Scientists at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center found that prostate cancer progression was significantly slowed when patients went on a low-fat diet with fish oil supplements.14 6 - Leafy green vegetables Studies have shown that a high intake of dark-leafy vegetables, such as spinach or cabbage may significantly lower a person's risk of developing diabetes type 2. Researchers at the University of Leicester, England, said that the impact of dark green vegetables on human health should be investigated further, after they gathered data from six studies. They reported their findings in the BMJ.16 Spinach, for example, is very rich in antioxidants, especially when uncooked, steamed or very lightly boiled. It is a good source of vitamins A, B6, C, E and K, as well as selenium, niacin, zinc, phosphorus, copper, folic acid, potassium, calcium, manganese, betaine, and iron. 7 - Sweet potatoes Sweet potatoes are rich in dietary fiber, beta carotene, complex carbohydrates, vitamin C, vitamin B6, as well as carotene (the pink, yellow ones). The Center for Science in the Public Interest, USA, compared the nutritional value of sweet potatoes to other vegetables.17 The sweet potato ranked number one, when vitamins A and C, iron, calcium, protein and complex carbohydrates were considered. 8 - Wheat germ Wheat germ is the part of wheat that germinates to grow into a plant - the embryo of the seed. Germ, along with bran, is commonly a by-product of the milling; when cereals are refined, the germ and bran are often milled out. Wheat germ is high in several vital nutrients, such as vitamin E, folic acid (folate), thiamin, zinc, magnesium, phosphorus, as well as fatty alcohols and essential fatty acids. Wheat germ is also a good source of fiber. 9 - Avocados Many people avoid avocados because of its high fat content; they believe that avoiding all fats leads to better health and easier-to-control body weight - this is a myth. Approximately 75% of the calories in an avocado come from fat; mostly monosaturated fat. Avocados are also very rich in B vitamins, as well as vitamin K and vitamin E and have a very high fiber content of 25% soluble and 75% insoluble fiber. Studies have shown that regular avocado consumption lowers blood cholesterol levels. Avocado extracts are currently being studied in the laboratory to see whether they might be useful for treating diabetes or hypertension. Researchers from Ohio State University found that nutrients taken from avocados were able to stop oral cancer cells, and even destroy some of the pre-cancerous cells. Want to know more? Read our article looking at the health benefits of avocados. 10 - Oatmeal Concluding our list of top 10 healthy foods is oatmeal. Oatmeal is meal made from rolled or ground oats. In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, the term "porridge" or "porridge oats" are common terms for the breakfast cereal that is usually cooked. Interest in oatmeal has increased considerably over the last twenty years because of its health benefits. Studies have shown that if you eat a bowl of oatmeal everyday your blood cholesterol levels, especially if they are too high, will drop, because of the cereal's soluble fiber content. When findings were published in the 1980s, an "oat bran craze" spread across the USA and Western Europe. The oats craze dropped off in the 1990s. In 1997, the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) agreed that foods with high levels of rolled oats or oat bran could include data on their labels about their cardiovascular heart benefits if accompanied with a low-fat diet. This was followed by another surge in oatmeal po[CENSORED]rity. Oats is rich in complex carbohydrates, as well as water-soluble fiber, which slow digestion down and stabilize levels of blood-glucose. Oatmeal is very rich in B vitamins, omega-3 fatty acids, folate, and potassium. Coarse or steel-cut oats contain more fiber than instant varieties.
  15. Keystroke loggers, or simply keyloggers can come in the form of software installed on an operating system or hardware that is connected in between the computer and keyboard to capture and record typed keystrokes. Security software such as antivirus will normally report a detected keylogger as malware due to the nature of such a program that has the ability to hide its presence and possibly be misused to steal login information to banking sites and etc. There are a couple of methods to defeat keyloggers to protect your identity and each has its own advantages. The first method is obviously a good antivirus software but it certainly cannot detect every single keylogger out there so you’ll need an additional layer of protection. Next you can use a behavioral analysis software such as SpyShelter or Zemana AntiLogger that notifies you when it detects any logger actions (screen capture, keystroke and clipboard logging, webcam logging) that are normally used by keyloggers. Keystroke encryption software such as KeyScrambler is also very effective against keyloggers by feeding them with gibberish data. Another method that is more suitable to be used on public computers, such as in a cybercafé, that prevents you from installing third party software is a virtual keyboard. A virtual keyboard is basically a portable program that simulates an actual keyboard on your computer where you can send keystrokes by using your mouse. The idea of using a virtual keyboard to defeat keyloggers might seem flawless since the keyboard is not being used to type in the password but this is a common misconception. To see the effectiveness of virtual keyboards against keyloggers, we’ve tested 5 virtual keyboards programs against 12 commercial paid keyloggers. 1. Neo’s SafeKeys Neo’s SafeKeys defeats keyloggers by transferring the characters you selected with your mouse using drag and drop method. It is one of the most secure method to date because you are not using your keyboard nor your clipboard since it does not involve copying and pasting. All you need to do is run Neo’s SafeKeys, select the characters using your mouse, double click on the asterisks, then drag and drop into the password box on your web browser. Do note that that Injection Mode will need to be enabled from the Options menu bar if you intend to drag and drop the password into non web browser applications. Neo’s SafeKeys has not been updated for nearly 3 years but it worked perfectly on Windows 7 and 8 during testing. 2. Oxynger KeyShield The first thing that you’d notice in Oxynger KeyShield is that the layout of the keys are totally random and it gets reshuffled each time you run it to protect against mouse logging. Oxynger KeyShield may look just like any other virtual keyboard but it is actually made specifically to fight keyloggers. It even includes a screen capture protection when Oxynger KeyShield is running. 3. Mouse Only Keyboard Mouse Only Keyboard is another really old tool which was last updated 8 years ago. It is portable and small in size at only 73KB in size. Mouse Only Keyboard doesn’t really resemble an actual keyboard but surprisingly is quite effective even against modern keyloggers. It helps you to transfer sensitive information such as passwords through the clipboard (copy and paste) while disabling to prevent keyloggers from capturing clipboard data. Additional custom characters can be permanently added to the list by adding it to the mok.ini configuration file. 4. Anti-Keylogger Virtual Keyboard We found this software in one of the download portal website that advertises it as a virtual keyboard which protects against hardware and software keyloggers. There’s nothing to configure in this virtual keyboard and the only annoyance we find is it starts up together with Windows which can be disabled from the “msconfig” tool at Startup tab. The download link below points to CNET’s Download.com so make sure you click on the Direct Download Link to avoid using their wrapper installer. Instead of installing it, you can extract the program using Universal Extractor to obtain the portable executable file. 5. Windows On-Screen Keyboard Windows users can find a built-in virtual keyboard called the On-Screen Keyboard (osk.exe) that allows you to enter data without relying on the physical keyboard. We realized that many people think that the Windows On-Screen Keyboard can help to protect against keyloggers so we are including it in the test. You can run the On-Screen Keyboard by typing “osk” in the Windows search.
  16. Champions of Anteria has been developed under the banner of Blue Byte for Microsoft Windows. It is released on 30th August 2016 and Ubisoft published this game. You can also download Thea The Awakening. Champions of Anteria is an excellent game where you have to defeat your enemies with different strategies and kill all the beasts. You need to make different plans every time you are up against some baddie. There are five champions and you can choose 3 of them every time you go for a mission. You must choose the right combination of champions otherwise you will serve as a good meal for the monsters. This game transcends from the mysterious jungles to parched deserts. you must develop your city and the upgrades you need in Armor and weapons. You must arm your champions with the most lethal weapons because the enemies will not have any mercy on you. All in all this game is very much enjoyable and you will love playing it.You can also download The Escapists. Following are the main features of CHAMPIONS OF ANTERIA that you will be able to experience after the first install on your Operating System. It’s very amazing RPG and strategy game. You must make different plans to defeat your enemies. The graphics are really commendable. The game is set in different places. You have different upgrades for five different champions. System Requirements of CHAMPIONS OF ANTERIA Before you start CHAMPIONS OF ANTERIA Free Download make sure your PC meets minimum system requirements. Tested on Windows 7 64-Bit Operating System: Windows 7/8/8.1/10 CPU: Intel Core i3 3.3GHz or faster RAM: 4GB of RAM is required Setup Size: 8.9GB Hard Disk Space: 12GB of free space is required.
  17. Last summer I tested an assertion that for gamers running one graphics card, the choice of chipset was no longer going to meaningfully affect performance. The older H81 chipset allows only PCIe 2.0 mode for the CPU's 16 lanes to the graphics card, which has made builders looking for even minimum future-resistance uneasy. Even if the difference hasn’t been big so far, most gamers would try to at least squeeze a B85 board (16 PCIe 3.0 lanes to the CPU) into even a tight budget, just in case. The H110 chipset cured that problem altogether by providing a full 16 lanes of PCIe 3.0 connectivity for the primary graphics slot. As a result, the 100-series chipsets ought to offer the same graphical performance if a single card is used. My H110M Pro-D review showed this to be true: even the cheapest H110 board I could find matched the performance of the much more advanced H170 boards I’d been testing. Might it be worthwhile to spend a little more? What might you get? Let’s bump the motherboard budget just a little and see what happens. MSI sent me the H110M Grenade, a board from its weapon-themed Arsenal gaming series. Let’s see what sort of blast radius it has. The Grenade is clearly a step up from the PRO-D. It includes a Type-C USB 3.1 Gen 1 port (aka USB 3.0) and an M.2 slot, both missing from the cheaper board. We also gain a couple of video ports (VGA and HDMI) and a different Ethernet controller. In the box you get the board, I/O plate, a pair of SATA cables, driver CD, and a tiny 4x6” manual with 18 pages in each of eight languages that are not identified in a table of contents. I recognize English, German, French, and Russian; and there's no Spanish. The font is minuscule. Fortunately, I did not need the manual. The board is silkscreened, showing front panel connector placement. Audio comes from the ALC887 codec, an upper-mainstream part, with a 90dB S/N ratio on the input, and 97dB S/N on the output. While not pro quality, most people using motherboard sound for games will find it sufficient. Intel’s I219-V is the gigabit LAN controller. There is no status code display on the board. There are, however, four diagnostic red LEDs to help identify a CPU, RAM, VGA, or boot device issue on POST. Beginning at the left rear and working counter-clockwise, the audio section is bordered with an LED strip that has a breathing effect (if you want it). The front panel audio is in the very corner. Moving forward you've got the COM1, TPM, and USB2.0 headers. JSP11 and JC1 headers are not described, and I left them alone. In the front corner are the front panel and speaker headers, with a tiny but readable silkscreen of their pinouts. The front left corner has the SATA connectors. The first two point up, and the second two point to the front. Neither set alternates. Heading right on the front edge are the USB3.0 header and ATX power connector in their usual places. Next is the SYS_FAN2 header. It has four pins, but is not PWM; it uses voltage control, so a three-pin fan will work fine in it. In the front right corner is a neat feature I’m seeing on MSI boards now: a set of diagnostic LEDs to help pinpoint boot problems. There are four on this board: for the Boot Device, VGA, RAM, and CPU. The two RAM slots are behind these connectors and LEDs, and have latches on both sides. The PCIe slot is encased in metal to help protect that slot. The common CR2032 coin cell is between that and the CPU socket, so nothing will ever block it. On the other side of the PCIe slot is the M.2 slot, which will be partially covered if a two-slot graphics card is installed. The CPU power connector is in the upper right behind the PS/2 connector. It has plenty of finger room around it, and the latch faces to the outside. All in all, nothing feels awkward about this layout.

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