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Beware of your Web browser!

YOU are surfing the net, and stop at a sports site you regularly visit to read the latest headlines. You are always careful to avoid sites that appear suspect, so you feel safe online. Unbeknownst to you, though, and to the innocent owner of the website, a piece of malicious code has been added to the page you are viewing. This uploads software onto your computer via your browser, turning it into a “zombie” PC under the remote control of a malicious user.

While installing firewalls and antivirus software on your computer may keep it safe from conventional threats such as worms and viruses, these security tools do not inspect data downloaded through browsers – a loophole that attackers can exploit. “The firewall is dead,” says Google security specialist Niels Provos.

Read more of this scarey newstory by clicking here

Beware..but don forget to Njoi!

Huge list of File Sharing and Image Hosting Sites!

Tired of sending files and images through email?

It’s time you shift to hosting your files/images on a file-hosting site and then pass on the link to each one of your contact with whom you want to share the same! This is where you can find out a huge list of such sites:

Click here to get a huge list of file-hosting sites

Click here to get a huge list of image-hosting sites

Thanks to Veer for this (and for everything else )

Njoi! 

Unlimited Storage Email account!!

Move over Gmail, Yahoo! et al. India’s Rediffmail.com has taken the lead in providing unlimited Storage Space to its email users!!

Get an account here >> Rediffmail.com

Also check out this funny ad by Rediffmail that led to much controversy: Is it really that big?

Njoi!

Download.com: Think Globally, Act Locally

“Earth Day is a time to reflect on pressing environmental issues such as global warming, mercury contamination, and plastic six-pack rings. With the raising awareness about the threats of global warming, this year’s Earth Day is especially important. Ring in Earth Day 2007 right with this collection of eco-conscious downloads and start taking steps to reduce your carbon footprint. Al Gore will be proud.” quotes CNET Download.com’s Mark Sikes.

Click here to go to eco-conscious software download page

P.S. The above message was targetted at a ‘western’ audience.

Google’s April Fools Day Joke!

GMail Paper!

Read it to believe it (not!)

April Fools’ Trick Warez at Download.com

April Fools’ Day is around the corner. And to mark the occassion, Download.com has listed some of its prank warez!

Check them out and have fun with your friends!!!

The Finger 1.0 : Change your cursor into a familiar impolite hand gesture.

Mouse Move : Fool your friends by configuring their mouse to move in random positions.

Copy Cursor : Replicate the Windows mouse cursor all over your friends’ screens.

Avoid : Make the Windows Start button run away and avoid your mouse clicks.

ReplaceKeys : This little prank app lets you change what different keyboard keystrokes will do to the computer.

Njoi!

Web 2.0 Logo Generator!

Check out this cool Web 2.0 Logo Generator!

Web 2.0 Logo Generator

Njoi!

Nine Plane formation – Faked in Google Earth!

As reported by the GoogleEarthBlog, what started out looking like a pretty cool find of nine small planes in flight in near-perfect formation, was quickly determined to be a fake. At a lake about 35 km west of Copenhagen, someone photoshopped this formation of what is apparently a single plane before the photos were supplied to Google.

So, anyone can see the faked formation (at least until Google removes them). See the planes here in Google Earth , or here in Google Maps. If you look closely at the aerial photo you can easily see that the water around each plane is identical.

You can also check out some more errors in the Google Earth Data by clickin here.

Njoi!

Widgets!

Widgets are becoming a common thing around the www despite the fact that there are many who will not be able to define what a widget really means.

This reality was realized by Peter Bruce – Senior Editor (CNET Download.com) who explains the word in the following manner:

“Widget” is a confusing word because it has a deliberately vague etymology. It was originally used as a placeholder term for any type of mechanical device. Later, it found a niche in computing circles as a term for graphical interface elements like check boxes and drop-down menus.

Konfabulator, now known as Yahoo Widgets Engine, released an environment a few years ago that let users create their own widgets, and several competitors have since followed suit. Google Desktop added “gadgets” (read: widgets) in version 4, and Windows Vista finally moved beyond Active Desktop with its inclusion of a gadget sidebar.

Aside from the major players, there are a couple other interesting software programs that incorporate the widget concept. Klipfolio recently added its own sidebar in version 4. It specializes in running lightweight, utilitarian “Klips” that scale well to any size or interface design. The alternative browser Opera also now supports widgets that run directly from your desktop.

The big news this week is the prerelease of Adobe Apollo, a new integrated development environment, or IDE, that lets developers use their existing HTML, JavaScript, and other Web skills to build rich Internet applications–another fancy term for widgets.

Adobe already dominates browser-based rich Internet applications with its Flash Player. Can it take over our desktops as well? With gadgets built into Windows Vista, the popularity of Google Desktop, and a three-year head start for Yahoo Widgets Engine, Adobe has a lot of ground to make up.

In the context of modern software, the word “widget” generally refers to a small desktop application. Both Mac and Windows operating systems have experimented with widgets, including Active Desktop in Windows.”

Njoi!