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Google has not abandoned the idea of providing results before search and in fact, the search giant has reiterated that it's working what it calls as 'contextual discovery' which will give users search results before they even know they want them, reports Sharon Gaudin from computerworld. The concept revolves around the idea of being able to look at either a person's browsing profile or their location profile and serving up interesting data to them without them searching for anything. Marissa Mayer, Vice President of Location Services at Google said the company is working on giving users results without the search at the LeWeb '10 conference in Paris. "The idea is to push information to people," said Mayer, during an on-stage interview. "It's location in context. Inside the browser and a toolbar, we can look at where people have been going on the Web - then we deliver it. But it's a big UI challenge." Google aims to provide information

Cyber attacks against critical infrastructure providers in India have become more frequent and increasingly effective, said a survey released by Symantec. According to its India findings of its 2010 Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Survey, successful attacks on cyber networks of critical infrastructure providers could have a significant societal impact and potentially even threat national security.   "Critical Infrastructure Protection is not limited to protecting government and defense infrastructure, but extends to both publicly and privately run infrastructure such as telephone networks, power generation and distribution, oil refineries and gas pipelines," said Shantanu Ghosh, Vice President, India Product Operations, Symantec. According to Ghosh, today security threats have become so advanced that they require a comprehensive and risk-based approach that encompasses security, disaster recovery and information management technology to maintain true network resil