Search Gala (also named Gala Search) is a parasitic browser hijacker. This program will redirect your search results from any of your browser (like IE, Chrome or Firefox) to some web pages by modifying your Windows DNS settings once this threat has infected a PC. If your computer becomes infected by this application, you will be redirected (when using Bing, Yahoo, Google, and so on) from your search results to the Search Gala website. This site will promote various products. Something else you should know is that Search Gala will block the user from getting access to security websites. Here Gala Search you will learn more about how to remove Search Gala.

You should know that this browser hijacker will force you to visit some specific websites to it can generate traffic for those sites, or promote various products/services, or even use your visits to earn money from the “pay-per-click” feature. Check here Remote PC Repair : it is a great online remote computer service that will help you delete this threat from your system.

There are lots of ways this threat (Search Gala) can compromise your computer. It can exploit various flaws part of Internet Explorer. Your PC system can also become compromised by this threat the moment you’ll visit unsafe websites full of pop-up ads. When you’re going to click on such pop-ups, it is fully possible that this virus, Search Gala, will start installing itself on your computer: you won’t even know it.

This threat, Search Gala, can also affect the performance of your system, making it very difficult to surf the Web. Besides, it can download more threats unto your system. Your PC will thus become even more compromised.

So if you see you’re being redirected to one of those Search Gala websites if you click on a link from Bing, Google, Yahoo or any similar search result, and you’re not going to the location needed. You have to do the right measures to fix this problem.

You will find out that there are many nice malware removal program out there that can effectively help you delete this threat from your PC. You can either go for an online virus removal service or run a legitimate antivirus software for the removal of Search Gala or can use a manual removal guide to get the job done all by yourself.

If you are intrigued by electronic gadgets and are keen on more than just using them, then you will probably be enthusiastic about radio-controlled hobby. If its designing and assembling of electronic devices that draws you, then you should perhaps choose RC models, whereas if it’s the wireless transmission that fascinates you and you want to make communication contacts with people all over the world, then ham would be a better bet for you.

Very often these overlap and almost all ham operators know how to work radio-controlled gadgets and vice versa. This is because they are drawn to anything concerning radio waves. The Internet is the best source of information for all radio-controlled hobbies. All the material and knowledge you may need on this hobby is available on the net. But unlike amateur radio that is a topic widely searched for on the net, information on RC models and more importantly their enthusiast groups is just a little more tricky than you would think. Usually if you try searching for remote controlled toys on a search engine, you’re most likely to get results on hobby grade or toy grade models.

But this doesn’t mean there is absolutely no information on the subject on the internet. More often than not, it is just a matter of the correct keyword. Another way is to hook up to online forums and communities, which is a great way of connecting to people who have similar interests. You can find a number of groups on yahoo, AOL, google and MSN for this purpose. Apart from these, there are also online communities as well as friend network sites and blogs. The best thing to do would be to find people who are close to where you live and also who share activities related to your hobby. But it is advisable that you do not reveal personal information and details unless you are certain that it is safe.

The advantage of searching online is that space and distance are not restrictions. You might even meet experienced hobbyists who can offer you help and assistance when it comes to making a decision about your hobby. The added advantage is that they can even teach you a thing or two. Information online is abundant and you must be able to systematically track down what it is that you want to find out. You could start by searching on the history of your hobby and move on to more current and relevant issues of contemporary nature concerned with it.

You must be clear on how much time you want to spend on your interest. Time is a necessity when it comes to pursuing radio-controlled hobbies in a serious manner. You will need enough time at hand if you want to pursue the amateur radio hobby. The same holds good for RC hobbies dealing with toys and other gadgets.

It goes without mention that financial investment is of vital importance. Infact it is the crossing where you go from an aspiring radio hobbyist to a real radio hobbyist. Amateur radio sets usually come in ready to use form. The more expensive a model, the better its quality and range is. Similarly, the latest and most updated RC models will need a substantial investment.

If you’ve paid attention over the past few days, Google has said they would pull out of China if the Chinese law continues to say that the search engine has to censor its search results. The money quote:

These attacks and the surveillance they have uncovered–combined with the attempts over the past year to further limit free speech on the web–have led us to conclude that we should review the feasibility of our business operations in China. We have decided we are no longer willing to continue censoring our results on Google.cn, and so over the next few weeks we will be discussing with the Chinese government the basis on which we could operate an unfiltered search engine within the law, if at all. We recognize that this may well mean having to shut down Google.cn, and potentially our offices in China.

What attacks, you may ask? Apparently, the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists were the target of hackers, according to evidence compiled by Google.

No doubt Google’s “threat” to leave China is significant, especially when you’ve got numerous websites sharing their opinion or reporting issues related to the situation:

• Beijing’s Foreign Internet Purge
• Google Said to Have Tried to Get Support Over Attack
• Yahoo knew of attacks before Google, kept mum
• Google Moves Gmail to More Secure HTTPS Service
• China begins monitoring billions of text messages as censorship increases

The official company response when previously criticized for doing business in China in the first place: “We’re just simply following their laws”. Looks like recent actions have made them reconsider their stance, an indication that whoever was behind the hacking attempts simply pushed things to far perhaps?

Some cynics are questioning the motives driving Google’s announcement, especially in relation to Google’s failure to acquire significant market share from Baidu, China’s largest search engine. Whatever the case, the way everyone’s buzzing right now, the search engine can claim moral ascendancy.

Post from: The Gadget Blog

You got a new Mac for Christmas? Awesome. But don’t let Justin Long’s smarmy face fool you, it doesn’t just give you a warm hug and set itself up. Here are 10 things you need to do pronto:

1. Check Out Snow Leopard’s Interface Tweaks: They’re not life-altering, but Apple’s spiffed up the OS X interface in a couple of ways in Snow Leopard. Notably, there’s Dock Expose (which works like Windows 7′s Aero Peek) to show you all the windows of open app by clicking and holding on its icon in the dock. Also, giant, scalable thumbnail previews.

2. Move All Your Stuff: The funny thing about switching OSes or moving to a new one is that it’s really not hard anymore, since so much of the stuff we do is online. The most complicated gambit for most people, I’d wager, is moving your iTunes library to a new machine—especially going from Windows to Mac—since organizing that stuff (if you’re anal about it like me) takes forever. Luckily, there’s a hack for that. And if you’re going from old Mac to new Mac, well it’s pretty easy to move all your crap with the built-in Migration Assistant.

3. Learn What’s Actually Under the Hood of Snow Leopard: Apple says a lot of the magic of Snow Leopard is actually under the hood, so you can’t see it, like Grand Central Dispatch, which promises in the future to make applications use all of those cores in your machine that much better to become superfaster. Or OpenCL, which uses your graphics card for non-graphics applications to go more fasterer. And there’s a whole bunch of other standards Apple’s real big on too.

4. Don’t Buy MobileMe, Sync Your Stuff With Yahoo or Google: Don’t buy MobileMe. Instead, sync your contacts with Google, straight from Address Book, and use Google Sync to deliver ‘em to your phone. Same deal with calendars—use the open standard CalDAV to sync iCal with Google or Yahoo, which is as simple as putting in your account info now. And you can upload photos to Flickr directly from iPhoto. Online storage? That’s free too.

5. Install Windows: Whether you do it through Boot Camp so you can play PC games (’cause gaming on a Mac sucks, at best) or use Parallels or Fusions to virtualize it and run alongside your Mac apps, with Windows 7 being $30 with a valid .edu address, there’s no reason not to. It’s even easier to move your Windows apps and files over that you wanna keep if you’re making the slow transition, with Parallels Switch edition, which has a handy USB transfer tool.

6. Back Up to Any NAS With Time Machine: Time Machine, OS X’s built-in backup, is indispensable. Unfortunately, if you wanna do it over the network, it’s kinda limited, unless you know what you’re doing. After you figure out your network storage of choice (HP’s Windows Home Server with Time Machine compatibility is a damn good option; and for those on a budget, there’s Iomega’s ix2 200), it takes just a few minutes a couple of lines of code in Terminal to get your Time Machine backup going on any NAS you please.

7. Make It Play Nice With PCs On Your Network: If you get a NAS, you obviously don’t have to worry about moving crap back and forth directly between your Macs and PCs, but if you want a method that will work every single time, this is how to do it. It’s progressively easier with newer versions of Windows—stuff seems to just work more often.

8. Forget Apple TV, Stream to Your Xbox or PS3: If you’ve already got an Xbox 360 or PS3 (who doesn’t?) there’s no reason to bother with another media streamer, even if you’re ditching Windows. The programs Connect 360 and Rivet will stream music, movies and photos from your Mac to your Xbox for $20. For the PS3, there’s MediaLink, from the guys who make Connect 360, which does pretty much the same deal, but with slightly better integration with iTunes and iPhoto. The P2P app Vuze—which is free—also streams videos to Xbox 360 and PS3 from any OS it runs on, but obviously it’s a little less feature-rich.

9. Download the Best Free Software: At first, there seems to be less freeware on a Mac, but you just need to know where to look. Lifehacker’s essential free apps has you covered on everything from the best IM app (Adium) to better disc burning (Burn) to video playback (VLC, of course).

10. Remote Control It: Sure, you could shell out for MobileMe to use Back to My Mac—except, you shouldn’t—but why bother when you do the same thing and remote control your computer from anywhere with VNC? An afternoon and you’re done.

That’s it from us. Share your own tips and tricks in the comments, and Merry Christmas!

Back in April, Panasonic was the first company that announced a Blu-ray player for installation in cars, and today [JP], the CY-BB1000D – and the even cooler “Strada CN-HX3000D” navigation system – finally got a price tag and a release date. But first the specs and some pictures.

CY-BB1000D Blu-ray player (pictured above)

• world’s first in-dash Blu-ray drive
• HDMI port
• AVCHD and AVREC support
• SD card support

Strada CN-HX3000D navigation system

• “world’s first navigation system of its kind” (Panasonic)
• GPS and Bluetooth
• 80GB HDD
• CD/DVD drive
• 7-inch WXGA screen with amazing 1,280×720 resolution
• Yahoo Japan Maps and Google Maps support
• 50W×4ch amplifier
• iPod/iPhone 3G connector
• One-Seg digital TV tuner
• HDMI port
• CY-BB1000D connectivity

Both devices go on sale in Japan on September 10. And quality has its price: Expect to pay $1,000 for the Blu-ray drive and $3,800 for the navigation system.

New Yahoo Haifa Labs co-leader Yoelle Maarek

(Credit: Yahoo)

Yahoo has snagged a Googler, adding Yoelle Maarek from Google’s Haifa Engineering Center to its ranks.

The company announced Friday that Maarek would be joining Yahoo Labs as co-leader of Yahoo’s Haifa Lab in Israel. Maarek, also a veteran …