Browser
Why Ubiquity Will Not Become Ubiquitous
One of my friends is an architect. No,not a technology architect but a real one, the sort who builds buildings. During work most of her time is spent with Autocad. Outside work she spends most […]
Security
General
New Type of Phishing Emails – Act Responsibly
A new phishing email has been floating around recently claiming that the user’s Bank of America account was accessed by an international IP from an unregistered computer and that their “Foreign IP Spy” detected that […]
Microsoft
Microsoft Equipt – Subscription Offering Combining Microsoft Office and Windows Live OneCare
Microsoft unveiled Microsoft Equipt, an all-in-one security and productivity software subscription service. Yeah, there is nothing to get excited for non-US users! Microsoft Equipt offers Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and […]
General
Cell Phone Alert & Communication Systems for Campuses
Rave Wireless and Mobile Campus, the startup companies in the US specializing in text messaging offers the universities an effective cell phone medium for instant communication and alerts. When Virginia Tech shooting happened, people became […]
Microsoft
Log in, Log in, Log in… ahh! Only 10 More to Go!
Guest post by Peter Pawan EJ from Kochi, Kerala. How much time do spend every time you get online, just to sign in to all the web services that you use? Back in the days […]
Blogging
OpenID & Blogger Commenting
Blogger announced that OpenID commenting is now available for all Blogger blogs. OpenID eliminates the need for multiple usernames across different websites. You can disable anonymous commenting in Blogger and get rid of any comment […]
Internet
IMSafer – Keep Your Kids Safer Online
IMSafer is a web-based service for parents to protect their kids from potentially dangerous interactions by monitoring the online relationships they have through instant messaging and social networking sites. The service is released in October […]
General
What is Zero-Day Security Vulnerability?
You would have already heard about the Microsoft Word 2003 Zero-Day vulnerability, which is rated as critical by antivirus vendors. What does ‘Zero-Day’ mean in this context? Zero-Day usually means information that is not publicly […]
Microsoft
Critical Zero-Day vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2002 – 2003
A new ‘zero-day’ vulnerability has cropped up recently in Word 2002 and Word 2003. No patch exists currently for this. This is categorized as high threat by antivirus vendors as a few viruses already started […]
Google
Orkut Buyukkokten & Email Hoax on Orkut Account Getting Deleted
Today I received the following message in orkut from one of my friend. Dear user because of sudden rush of people signing upto orkut is come to an attention that we are vastly running our […]