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Microsoft’s New OS Win 7 - New OS Same Old Packaging
May 26th, 2009 by Frank
The company has announced that their new and latest operating system package would be released into several forms beginning with a starter pack up to the most expensive one designed for extreme users. This is already drawing anger form people who were hit with the same dilemma when Vista came out with different flavors to the popular OS prompting most who jumped onto the new system to downgrade back to Windows XP. The OS would also come out in two variants of 32 and 64 bit with three flavors to each of the variants for a total of six types. This may prove problematic to Microsoft due to the bad aftertaste they are still getting from the backlash of Vista’s failure so they are treading in dangerous waters. « Read the rest of this entry »
Search Engine Relevance
April 26th, 2009 by Frank
As it seems, the tides are turning for the Google search engine which has been increasingly receiving challenge from Facebook as the search engine of choice for more realistic day to day situations, why? Well, trust plays a key part in the said shift of focus and with millions of problem results given by Google as part of their searches, they simply cannot go through the vast amount of web page data to determine which sites can be trusted or not. Questions like; “Where’s the best place to eat true Italian Pizza in Chicago?” or “Which Day-care center has better people?” are quite personal and with too much commercialized focus on Google searches, they may be loosing in the overall battle for search engine supremacy. « Read the rest of this entry »
Microsoft Aims High with their Search Engine
March 26th, 2009 by Frank
Microsoft, hurt much and itching to get a piece of the search engine market pie, a majority of which is held by Google followed by Yahoo, which they have failed to acquire is betting high on their version of the search engine dubbed “Bing” (formerly “Kumo”). The software giant is projecting expenditures of around $80 to a $100 million in advertising in hopes of getting people onto their new product to host their Live Search facility. People are quite wary of Microsoft due to the very much proprietary software it makes, some of which like IE subject of anti-competitor features and other quite humiliating commercial moves like the failed Vista. They have been itching a lot since repetitive talks with Yahoo Inc., has resulted in no winners and seemingly frustrated, they have been working on their own search engine to rival both of the biggest in the industry. « Read the rest of this entry »
If you think you won something, you didn’t
February 18th, 2009 by editor
Have you ever heard of the online phonomenon (more ILLEGAL activity actually) of “Phishing“?
“Phishing” refers to the illegal collection and procurement of people’s private and sensitive information like passwords and credit card numbers - illegal, because of the way it is procured.
Phishing is done primarily through data entered into forms by unsuspecting individuals. It starts of quite innocently - you receive an unsolicited email informing you that you won or are entitled to a certain amount of money (although you did non join any contest or know the person who’s supposedly sending you money). All you have to is go to a website and fill out an online form. This in turn, becomes the gateway for which phishers digitally “fish” your information for their personal use.
So to be safe, steer clear of promos or offers that seem too good to be true, because chances are, they are.
Of spam, splogs and scams
January 10th, 2009 by Frank
The internet is truly a dangerous place where the uninformed and the gullible are the best prey for the internet’s predators called hackers, black hats or whatever you’d want to call them abound. Get that crazy email that tells you you won a ton of money, its a phishing(more on the next post) scam, they are only after your information if you fall for them. Splogs target your blog/s, flooding them with tons of comments or posts that are aimed to promoting Viagra and many other crazy stuff. Scams abound in the net, from fake web sites that look good as the real thing, except they are downloading malware into your computer as you go on your way, finding weaknesses inside, leaving software to wreak havoc in your life.
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Beware of dangerous sites!
December 19th, 2008 by editor
Although most people are aware that trojans and worms are easily contracted just by viewing a site, there are still some who needs education, as the report below will show you:
The investigation, conducted by McAfee(R) SiteAdvisor(TM), studied the five major U.S. search engines (Google, Yahoo!, MSN, AOL, Ask) and found that the overall chance of clicking through to a risky site declined by 12.0%. Still, McAfee estimates that consumers click through to risky sites more than 268 million times each month.
“It’s good to see that clicking on search engine results has gotten modestly safer,” said Chris Dixon, director of strategy, McAfee SiteAdvisor. “But when almost one of 12 sponsored links still clicks through to a risky site, there remains significant room for continued improvement.”
With significant awareness, the average internet user will be able to discern which sites seem dangerous and which isn’t.
Gracias Google
November 24th, 2008 by Frank
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Google recently released its newest feature that ultimately takes out the language barrier in the blogosphere. It has suddenly become more universal for the millions of users and subscribers. The multi-billion dollar company is now offering an option in its Google Reader… “Translate Into My Language”. Before, it was quite a pain to browse through important information. You just have to put your patience to its max level to be able to go through the whole thing. With this recent release, with just a click on a button, that hard to read article can simply be read according to your need. Whether you want it in English or Spanish. You choose. So read on, read the blog that you’ve been so eagerly waiting to read. Dont forget to thank Google. Our hero.
Blog Terms Part1
October 7th, 2008 by Frank
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The popularity of blogging has contributed to the development of specialized blogging vocabulary which only bloggers most often than not, purely understands. Here are some of the terms that have been compiled to help you understand few words and common phrases that are widely used on the blogging community.
Autocasting is an automated form of podcasting. It allows bloggers and blog readers to generate audio versions of text blogs from source like an RSS feed.
Audioblog is a blog post that is made out of voice recordings sent through mobile phones. Sometimes it has some messages text added to it.
Blog Carnival is blog article that contains links to other articles that covers a specific topic. These are commonly hosted by a list of frequent contributors to the carnival.
Blog client is a software that posts and edits blogs from operating system without using the web browser.
Blogger is a person who runs a blog. It may refer to blogger.com also which is a very popular blog hosting web site.
Bloggernacle are blogs written for the Mormons. It refers to faithful Mormon bloggers.
Bloggies is the most popular blog awards.
Blogroll is a list of blogs, which you can usually see in the sidebar of a blog. it lists recommended sites of other blogs.
Blogosphere refers to the entire blogging community.
Spyware: What is it?
September 24th, 2008 by Frank
Spy ware is a malicious software or mal ware that lurks behind your computer without your knowledge. The software penetrates your personal computer when you visit online web sites offering free downloads of any sorts. Games, MP3s, applications, videos or music, or any files that you might be sharing , such as when you download that comic digest email from a friend. Spy ware programs are piggybacked into your machine while you download a file. And undeniably it has and will continue to infect millions of home computers today.
Spy ware tracks your computer habits online. It can keep tabs of each site you visit and what you have looked up on that site. Some powerful spy wares even record each keystroke you make on your keyboard, including every bit of information you fill out on a form. Credit card information is the number one target for these malwares. It can often lead to identity theft and stolen credit card numbers. . Spy ware has grown to be a large industry, people getting rich selling your information without your permission.
You can get rid of spy ware by running a trusted anti-spy ware programs readily available online today. Run these programs often. So as to avoid being infected and hacked by these malicious programs. Still, the best way to avoid spy ware is to refrain from downloading free stuff. Delete emails if you don’t know the sender. When downloading any software, read the EULA thoroughly. Only you have the power to protect your personal information.
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The Blu- Ray Specs
August 18th, 2008 by Frank
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Storage Capacity - Pre-recorded Playback Material (BD-ROM): Single-layer (25GB) - Dual-layer (50GB)
Storage Capacity: Home Recording (BD-R/BD-RE): Single-layer (25GB) - Dual-layer (50GB)
Data Transfer Rate: 36 to 48 MBPS (Megabits per Second) average - capable of up to 54 MPS - This exceeds the 19.3 Mbps transfer rate approved for HDTV broadcasts.
Disc Properties: New format requiring retooling and/or construction of new disc manufacturing and replication plants.
Video Specifications: Compatible with full MPEG2 Encoding, as well as MPEG4 and VC1.
Audio Specifications: Only Dolby Digital, DTS, and Uncompressed PCM are required on all players. However, the following formats are optional - Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD.
Network Capability: Although the Blu-ray format supports networking and internet capabilities, built-in networking and ethernet ports on individual Blu-ray Disc Players is optional.