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Orkut Revamped!

Saras — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:03:20 +0000

Orkut’s revamped look is the talk of the town. It has decided to woo back it’s users from Facebook, one of its toughest competitors, by adding a horde of new features.

Besides a new look, it has a UI or homepage which is much easier and faster to use as the user does not have to open new pages to view videos or post scraps.

Video chatting along with Google chat is in, while you scroll down to look for more friends on line.

Around 30 million photos are uploaded daily on Orkut. To encash on this, Google has introduced a host of exciting features with a view to generate more traffic.

With the introduction of features like photoslider, sharing your most cherished moments with friends has become much easier as photographs can be uploaded much faster and in bulks.

The new Orkut is initially not open to all. It will be shared with selected users only through invitation. But soon it shall be made available to other users as well.

At present Orkut has around 80 to 100 million users all over the globe. Orkut, being the second largest market after Brazil, has plunged in this most competitive networking business, with this changed look to lure more of them.

“Orkut is a fun thing. It provides seamless experience to users,” said Rahul Kulkarni, Google product manager.

Cyber Crime On The Increase

Saras — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:59:05 +0000

Innovative ways of cheating and fraud are becoming more and more sophisticated and rampant with the advance in technology, and cyber crime heads the list.

Fred Touchette, a senior security analyst has informed of yet another scam, where a legitimate looking replica of a popular site has been created and people are being tricked into providing their passwords, thus downloading a virus which can steal their financial data.

The security analyst at AppRiver announced that a notice on the popular ‘facebook’ site has been put up informing people through their mail boxes that their passwords need to be filled in to help them update the log-in system on their site. On clicking the ‘update’ button the user is directed to a fake log in screen on facebook where the user name and password is required to be filled.

One click on the update button and you have passed off all your financial information and personal data to the ‘Zeus bank Trojan’.

6 million e-mails have been captured by AppRiver, realizing that these messages are being received at a rate of 30,000 messages per minute.

The researchers informed that fake ‘Facebook Password Reset Confirmation’ e-mails were being distributed by a botnet, Bredolab. As many as 730,000 Bredolab Related e-mails had been intercepted by Cloudmark, a security provider on Wednesday night.

All the users of Smartphones with Facebook application should be extremely cautious, while accessing such e-mails for protection against such phishing attacks.

Also a tip-off to the Facebook users informing them of no such account update might help.

In case of doubts, the best option is to close the e-mail and access the official site for any notice.

Cyber Criminals Beware!

Cyber Criminals Beware!

Saras — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:07:02 +0000

Cyber Cafes are a popular a hub for all kinds of activities. Bomb threats, Hoax Mails, hate mails or any such nefarious activity can be very easily executed from such places as the culprits cannot be traced easily. The IT Act has asked the cyber cafes to maintain a record of all the customers but it is more of a hassle as they might lose customers if they go by the rules.

So what follows is an unending spree of despicable, reprehensible, activities, which keep the police and the management on their toes. And the culprits move scot-free.

But now, cyber criminals beware! As your days are numbered. A private company in Bangalore has come up with a unique software, which can maintain a digital record of the details of all the people who visit the café, along with their photographs.

The company ‘Ideacts Innovations’, has provided this software, ‘Click- Cyber Café Manager’, to all the cyber cafes owners free of cost. By creating a database of all the customers, tracking down any threats or any illegal activity being conducted there, like hoax mails or bomb threats, etc. will become very easy.

The Bangalore East division police held a meet along with the proprietors of Ideact Innovations, in which around 200 cyber café owners were invited. During this meet, Joint Commissioner Alok Kumar of the Crime branch who presided over this meet, said that “cyberspace security is now an important facet of law enforcement.” As amongst the various internet access points, cyber cafes still cover around 47% of them. Hence the need for a comprehensive management becomes all the more imperative.

He also added, “According to the IT Act 2000, and the state IT Act, it is mandatory for a cyber-cafe owner to take down name, address, contact details and a photo identity. If any owner does not maintain these records and if the law-enforcement authorities finds about it, they can be fined up to Rs 25,000.”

The free software, ‘Click Cyber Café Manager’ will help the café owners to create a user ID, with all the relevant and comprehensive information and photo Identity of the users, which can be maintained for a longer duration.

So ‘Auf Weidersehen’, (good-bye) to cyber criminals and cyber crimes.

Cyber Crime On The Increase

Windows 7 -A breath of Fresh Air

Saras — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:37:44 +0000

Microsoft’s latest addition to the world of computers is the new operating system, Windows 7, much more advanced than Windows XP. So if you have been stalling your idea of buying a good and reliable computer for yourself now’s the time to implement it. With Windows 7 you do not have to bother about performance issues, or accessing complicated programmes, as it is much more stable than any existing Operating Systems. It can run on practically all the existing notebooks.

It’s easy to use and performance based features have come as a sigh of relief to all those users who were constantly under the pressure of their systems crashing. With a modified userface, sharing and organizing files has become much easier.

Windows 7 is faster and easier to install. 1 GHz processor and 15 to 16 GB of space is its basic hardware requirement with a minimum of 1 GB memory.

Intuitive features like a different colored taskbar which also provides shortcuts to most commonly used applications and the facility of maximizing or minimizing a window simply by dragging it on top or the bottom of the screen respectively. Fast search of the entire hard drive is another important feature which has been added in Windows 7.

To run Windows 7 on a PC, the basic requirement is 16 GB hard drive space, 1 GHz processor and at least 1 GB RAM. Since PC’s are generally used for Internet surfing, office documents, emails, videos, etc. Microsoft has revamped Win 7 keeping them in mind.

The rates for some Windows 7 loaded PCs are as follows:

Acer PCs fall between Rs 15,000 to Rs 35,000

HP India ha priced them between Rs 27,990 to Rs 90,000

Acer notebooks will cost around Rs 21,000 to Rs 70,000.

Vitalicious- The Tastier Way To Be Healthy

Saras — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:22:05 +0000

Vitamins which are healthy, essential and delicious make Vitalicious.

Whenever we undergo a diet program, we invariably end up eating stuff that is tasteless, unpalatable and boring. When it comes to picking desserts, you seldom find anything which is rich in fiber, fat free, or void of preservatives and tasty as well. As we are never really satisfied with what we eat we tend to overfeed ourselves, with food which does not taste like it ought to. Fruits and vegetables are devoid of their original taste and deserts whish should melt in the mouth are hard, dry and tasteless.

I was absolutely dejected when one day I happened to come across some products of Vitalicious. It was like I had struck gold! I had loads of it Vitatops, Vitabrownies, Vitamuffins, Vitacakes, name them and I had them.

Since the time, I had switched on to high fiber, fat free, low calorie diet to stay slim and trim, I had not tasted something so delicious. It was too good to be true. It had all that I had I had been looking for, all that the nutritionist had prescribed.

Now was the time, to investigate more about this lovely product. I found the site which was so easy to navigate. In a jiffy I had known everything about this marvelous product. Vitalicious sold muffins, cakes, brownies and muffin tops which had natural and rich fiber. They were less in calories, fat-free and packed with Vitamins and Minerals. Diabetics also could have a treat as there was a different range of products for them which were sugar-free and low in carbs.

As I navigated further into the site, they had a home page with all the information of their latest range of products, with a link to each of them. Just imagine all those tasty, muffins, muffin tops and chocolate cakes just a click away. I could resist no further and placed the very first order of muffins and Vitatops.

When my consignment arrived, it was a treat to watch. The muffins were decked with large, juicy chunks of fruits, and were simply amazing! So soft, that they could just melt in the mouth. I was so glad I had discovered Vitalicious, with the best of fiber, vitamins, cholesterol free and taste and quality second to none.

As for the price, although they are not outright expensive, they are not cheap either.

A dozen of muffins weighing 4 ounces cost you$18.00 which means $1.50 a muffin, which I guess is not big a price for the taste and nutrition that you get. While the smaller ones cost 94 cents per piece.

If you want them shipped, then the minimum cost is $4.95, which further increases with weight and the distance to be travelled.

Having said so much do I have to ask you to rush and send an order?

Well here’s the Link.

Steve Jobs- The Teenage Icon

Saras — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:55:49 +0000

Steve Jobs the co founder and CEO of Apple and Pixar is the most respected and admired entrepreneur amongst the teenagers in U.S. A survey conducted by Junior Achievement rated him above celebrities like Oprah Winfrey, Mark Zuckerberg, Tony Hawk, Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen.

He firmly believes that, “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”

And it was this quest for innovation which was always the driving force behind him. Apple, iPod, Pixar, and Next are his contributions to the world. His innovations have changed the face of the world and affected the lives of millions.

At the age of 21, Steve founded the Apple Computer Company in 1976, in his garage. It was here that he made his first computer which was sold for $666.66 and by 1980 three more improved versions of Apple were launched in the market by him. It was a wild success which made him a millionaire although a tiff at Apple led to his resignation.

He then ventured into hardware industry. Result? A new company, called the NeXT step and a new product, the NeXT Computer. It was a commercial washout. He then started Pixar Inc. and produced animated movies which made him the most sought after in Hollywood. He has films like, Toy story, A Bug’s Life, Toy story 2, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo and the Incredibles, all time favorites in animated films, to his credit.

After Pixar, it was the music industry. The iPod and iPhone his new creations brought about a revolution followed by iTunes a digital jukebox, a craze the world over. With so many feathers in his cap and so much for the Gen- Next, he is bound to be the most respected and sought after icon amongst teenagers. And by choosing Jobs over Oprah the young teenagers have clearly shown their choice of science over showbiz.

No More Slashes

Saras — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:17:33 +0000

Slashes (//) at the beginning of addresses on the internet always appeared time consuming and irrelevant. And now the very man, who began it all, feels the same.

Internet Pioneer, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the brain behind the World Wide Web, now actually calls it “unnecessary,” as it makes addresses on the website needlessly long.

When he designed the web 30 years ago, he thought it was a brilliant idea. The intent he said, “Was to separate the protocol name (HTTP or FTP) from the rest of the address, but as it turned out only the colon was necessary.” Now he feels it is ‘much of a hassle’.

He further added in his lighthearted apology, while talking to the New York Times, that adding a slash to every address, besides being unnecessary, was also wastage of time, paper and printing.

The director of the World Wide Web Consortium, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, is at present working with the UK government, helping them access government data, which means making data more open and accessible on the web.

Considered as one of the fathers of Internet, Berners-Lee earned a Knighthood in 2004 and was also awarded the ‘Order of Merit’.

Zachary Christie—A Criminal?

Saras — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:39:44 +0000

Zachary Christie a six year old, ‘child’, is being treated like a hardened criminal and has been sent to reform school for 45 days.

His Offence? In his excitement he carried a three-in-one camping utensil, which could serve as a knife, fork and spoon in one, to his school. Very excited on joining the Cub Scouts, very pleased with his proud possession.

Offence no. 2? He ‘violated’ his school’s Zero-tolerance policy on weapons.

The sweet little Cub Scout violated the rules! And now he faces suspension!

The school officials are absolutely insensitive. They say they had no choice as, “regardless of possessor’s intent”, he was carrying an object, which was banned.

Zachary is not the only case. There was another case in which a girl brought a cake to school to celebrate her birthday. She was expelled because she was in possession of a knife which she had brought to cut her cake. How Ridiculous!!

But that’s the way it is. The school authorities have their own reasons. What if the child uses the knife to scoop out somebody’s eyes? Who will bear the responsibility?

Rules are made for convenience but if they are followed without common sense, they can become a curse.

New York Times has reported that Zachary’s mother, Debbie Christie and her fiancé are trying to revert his punishment. She is appealing for support through a website ‘helpzachary.com’.

HP Board Result 2009

Troy — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:53:49 +0000

If you are a student waiting desperately for the HP Board results, then you will be happy to hear that the results have been declared finally. The Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education has declared the Supplementary board results.

The HP supplementary board results 2009 for Class 10th, 11th and 12th are available at www.ExamResults.net and http://results.himachaleducation.net.

Students will have to visit the following links to get the result, The HP board results were announced on Monday evening.

Results are also available on the mobile. Students will have to type Result space HPClass(eg10,11,12) space rollno and send it to 56263.

Massive Earthquake Hits Santa Cruz Islands

Saras — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:41:55 +0000

A massive earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 struck the regions between Santa Cruz Islands and Vanuatu, today at 9:10 A.M., soon followed by consecutive shocks at 9:18 and 10:13 A.M. These were accompanied by strong aftershocks.

Although no damages or casualties have been reported as yet, the people were terrified and shocked.

The areas of Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji and Kiribati have been put on red alert, while Australia and New Zealand have been put under Tsunami watch.

This incident occurred just after a week when a strong wave had taken 178 lives in the regions of Tonga and Samoas.

The memories of the disaster were still fresh in the minds of the people.They panicked and scrambled their way up hillsides trying to go away from the coastlines as far as possible.

The Tsunami warnings at Hawaii were cancelled as the readings of the waves were not high enough to cause any harm.

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