Mozilla’s new browser Firefox 3.0 has been downloaded over 8 million times within 24 hours of its launch. The Mozilla Foundation had encouraged users worldwide to download their latest browser on the Download Day in an attempt to enter the Guinness Book of World Records. The target of five million downloads was reached earlier on June 18, and with few minutes to go, the eight million mark was reached as well. Read on» » » »
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Nearly 20,000 websites have been attacked by unknown hackers using a technique known as an SQL injection. The hackers have inserted code to install malware onto visitors’ computers. The code exploits a newly-discovered weakness in Adobe Flash Player, a very common web-browser plugin. The attacks prompted an investigation by the Taiwanese information security industry into the source of these attacks. Read on» » » »
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On June 3rd, 2008, two United States Internet service providers (ISPs) announced they would begin tests to slow web access for their most active customers and charge them for extra speed. Comcast and Time Warner Cable, two of the largest ISPs in North America, both made separate announcements of their plans. The actions come in the wake of an investigation by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), over whether Comcast had restricted some customers from sharing videos, music, and similar files. The FCC investigation led to a US Congress debate over whether and how much control ISPs should have over the flow of customer data. Read on» » » »
Mozilla Firefox 3 is on the way to set a Guinness World Record to become the most downloaded software in 24 hours.
You too can participate. Firefox 3 will soon be launched. All you have to do is to download Firefox 3 within 24 hours. Currently as I write this post, there are 728,067 supporters already who will download FF3 within 24 hours of its launch Read on» » » »
Having shorter URLs to your blog posts has its advantages -
At the same time, short URLs do not describe the content of the page and hence are not as search engine friendly as longer ones. SEO experts suggest using descriptive URLs. These are useful for search engines but for the readers they may not be easy to use. Long and huge URLs may scare some of your readers.
So how can we provide a page which has the advantage of being SEO friendly at the same time providing ease of use to the readers? Read on» » » »
Watch what you post on Orkut. Your comments on your favourite communities, if considered inappropriate, could land you in jail. Rahul Krishnakumar Vaid, a Gurgaon lad, learnt it the hard way when he was arrested for posting obscene comments about Sonia Gandhi on the community ‘I hate Sonia Gandhi’.
Vaid was arrested under section 292 of the Indian Penal Code and section 67 of the Information Technology act. He could be jailed for five years and fined one lakh rupees. Read on» » » »
Did you notice this? Gmail has got a brand new favicon! See the screenshot below -
However when you login to Gmail with your Google Account, you still see the old favicon with a red envelope. May be the new one is being rolled out slowly.
Update: In fact this favicon is as well being used by many other Google Services as well.
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Internet Explorer 8 beta 2 is expected to be released in the third quarter of 2008, which is between April 1, 2008 and June 30, says Microsoft employee Nick MacKechnie in a blog written and posted yesterday. The beta will be aimed at end-users, whereas beta 1 was aimed at web developers. Read on» » » »
I love to connect with my readers in ways they like. I was looking for a contact form that I could readily add to my site so that people can easily get in touch with me. I was previously using a custom contact form written by myself. However, now as I have moved to WordPress, I wanted something that I could handle from within WordPress. Read on» » » »
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