Security Friday: May 9 2008

New Spam Record

Figure this, 50% of spam comes from a single source, a 3,00,000 zombie computers strong botnet called Srizbi.

An excerpt from Infoworld:

Arun on May 9, 2008 | Filed Under Security | Leave a Comment

How Rich Will You Be?

If you would like to find out the answer to this question, check out this cool online quiz titled How Rich Will I Be?.

Daniel Scocco on May 8, 2008 | Filed Under Funny Stuff | 3 Comments

Gmail Versus Windows Live Hotmail. Which Will Win?

One of Google’s most recent moves that kept it as one of the top search engine based companies out there was Gmail. In recent years the top online email website was Hotmail. You know, Hotmail; you almost never saw anyone without one (unless they hosted their email on their own website). Hotmail had all the features and they were convenient too.

Kade on May 8, 2008 | Filed Under Web Tools | 18 Comments

Make Your Windows XP Genuine

Keep in mind that I don’t recommend anyone to use a pirated copy of Windows. It is not ethical, and it is also against the law. That being said, I recently came across an interesting Forum post detailing how one can make Microsoft recognize your pirated copy of Windows XP as genuine.

Daniel Scocco on May 7, 2008 | Filed Under Software | 6 Comments

Adobe’s Open Screen Project: A Major Effort To Get Flash At The Center Of Mobile Internet

Adobe’s recent announcement on its Open Screen Project is a move the graphics software maker is making to get its Flash Technology deeply entrenched in the mobile internet experience. The stupendous success of Apple’s iPhone and the great mobile internet experience that it delivers have accelerated Adobe’s decision to bring major changes to its Flash Model by way of the Open Screen Project.

Arun on May 6, 2008 | Filed Under Mobile | 1 Comment

Microsoft Walks Away From Yahoo

Its the anti-climax but this is how it appears it is best for all. Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer in a letter to Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang mentioned five reasons for deciding to walk away from the Internet Major, chief among them being that it was not ready to raise its bid to the $35-$37 per share that Yahoo’s board demanded and also that the partnership with Google in ads was simply not acceptable.

Arun on May 5, 2008 | Filed Under Internet | 1 Comment

Microsoft’s Mesh, Google’s iGoogle and Yahoo’s Y!OS

This past few weeks definite indicators have come forth as to how the interface to the internet is being reshaped to better suite our needs. Some of the biggest names in the industry have revealed their plans on making the internet experience a lot more user centric while at the same time keeping people rooted to their respective platforms.

Arun on May 2, 2008 | Filed Under Internet | Leave a Comment

RSS Awareness Day

Today is RSS Awareness Day. What is that all about? It is simple: a day to spread the word about the RSS and feed formats, and to get more people using it. As of today just 5 to 7 percent of the Internet users are actively using RSS. That is a shame given the usefulness of that tool.

Daniel Scocco on May 1, 2008 | Filed Under Internet | 2 Comments

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