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HDTV Buying Guide

2011-11-25T10:35:00.000-08:00

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Are you maniac TV watcher?? If yes, mybe you need a TV that make you relax, good looking and much more. By the way about TV, many TV model that making many people confused when buying a TV. Ya, like me, i'm so confused when buying a TV at a Shop. Many point that must we to see when buying a TV like : the right size, the black, weight, connection, and much more the features. Ok, mybe this article can help you to buying HDTV, please click read more

Economical Notebook Battery Tool

2011-11-06T03:15:00.000-08:00

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When doing activity with notebook like access internet, browsing, or doing presentation, many people want long power battery on their notebook. Very disturb if low battery when we still working with notebook. As help tool for this problem, you can using a tool software that name is Laptop Battery Doubler.

Laptop Battery Doubler can help economical electricity of notebook with doing off activate to power hardware notebook that not using by system. As example work of this system, this tool will searching usb port that not using, next the port will off activate

Laptop Battery Dubler so can help to fast recharging notebook battery, I feel this software is best tips for economical notebook battery. Are you want it ? please download here

Best Browser of 2011

2011-11-06T00:29:00.000-07:00

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Many people browsing internet with all kinds of browser. Mybe we are ever thinking "Which is best browser for internet browsing", this article can help you to choice a best browser for internet browsing. Ok, please read complete article about this, click read more

Protecting Your Business's Website

2010-11-09T13:25:00.000-08:00

If you are a Webmaster concerned about your members' (or customers') becoming victims of session hijacking, follow these rules.

1. When a user logs in, maintain the HTTPS connection.

Do not switch to HTTP. In the past, certain issues with CPU performance have necessitated a switch to the less computationally intensive HTTP. But Gmail has shown that the processor impact is negligible and well worth the additional security.

2. Monitor the source IP address.

If anything changes, consider it a bit suspicious and prompt the user for their password again. If someone has stolen a user's cookie, the culprit might try to access your site from a different network. There are very few reasons for a user's source IP address to change spontaneously during their shopping-cart checkout. (One valid reason would be that the user walked away from a Wi-Fi hotspot and their smartphone switched from Wi-Fi to a 3G connection.) The minor inconvenience of asking a customer to reenter a password is nothing next to the significant security benefits of challenging a suspicious connection.

3. Monitor Web browser characteristics.

In the case of a public Wi-Fi hotspot, both the valid user and the attacker are usually masked behind the same source IP address, so rule #2 isn't a good indicator of a session hijack. So another thing to monitor is Web browser characteristics. Every Web browser has a user agent string (an identification badge showing what browser and version a person is using). If your Web application notices that a customer started a transaction on Internet Explorer 8 running on Windows 7 but then in the middle of the session the Web browser changes to Safari 5, you should consider that to be suspicious and prompt the user for their password once again.

A visit to Panopticlick tells how trackable a browser is.Since a clever attacker can fake the user agent string, try looking at other metadata--a combination of the user's screen resolution, installed Flash version, and system time zone, for example. Panopticlick contends that a particular user's mix of plug-in versions, security patch levels, and Web browser versions is almost a unique fingerprint. Any of those data points would be useful to monitor during your customer's transaction session.

4. Make use of the HTTPONLY flag when setting a cookie.

HTTPONLY, an optional flag that Microsoft created in 2002, can append to any set-cookie header that a Web server generates. Although it is left up to the Web browser to enforce this setting (notably, Safari ignores this setting), a statement that a cookie should be accessed only by HTTP prevents the JavaScript Document Object Model (DOM) from accessing the contents of that cookie. While this measure won't stop session hijacking and tools such as Firesheep, it is an important mitigating step to prevent future cross-site scripting.

5. Use a strong random number generator to create your session identifiers.

If an attacker can guess or influence a valid user's session ID, the intruder can easily jump into the same session. If your Web application has a very simple numerical increment for every session, an attacker could just send ID=1, then ID=2, and so on until they found a valid session. That's why the entropy of a session ID generator is important. Search for "session entropy" and other security tips for the particular type of programming language your Web application uses.

6. Regenerate the session identifier whenever privilege levels change.

On many Websites, a session begins with the visitor's very first page access. Even if the visitor has not logged in yet, you as the site's owner might want to track their session so that you can recommend related products to the user or track their clicks for advertising or lead-generation reasons. Many times, the session ID that a site issues to a user upon first visit remains the same after the user has logged in. This behavior is dangerous. Instead, every time a privilege level changes (moving from anonymous user to authenticated user, or vice versa), your site should regenerate the session ID.

The above items are just a small sampling of session security initiatives. You can find entire books discussing the merits of different Web-application security implementations.

If you are a Web developer, you should become familiar with session-hijacking attacks, as well as with mitigating techniques.

If you are a part-time Webmaster who just wants to protect customers from point-and-click session hijacking tools such as Firesheep, the most important advice we can provide is to enable full-time HTTPS. SSL certificates have come down in price in recent years, and you can purchase a domain-validated certificate for around $30 a year. The safety of your customers is most definitely worth 8 cents a day.

source:pcworld

Windows Phone 7 Flying Off Store Shelves, Report

2010-11-09T13:19:00.000-08:00

The HTC DH7, one of the first smartphones featuring the Windows Phone 7 OS, has sold out, one day after its release. This instantaneous success can be credited either to HTC's impressive track list of making great smartphones or the public's strong interest in Microsoft's revamped mobile OS. Either way, it's a good day for Microsoft -- though there's a long road ahead.

HTC Sees Great Launch for Impressive Phone

The HTC HD7 -- with its 4.3-inch WVGA display, second-generation 1GHz Snapdragon processor and 5-megapixel camera -- received positive reviews, with PC World giving it 4 out of 5 stars.

Now T-Mobile's customer service is claiming the HTC HD7 is on back-order. When you try to order the phone online, a message appears: "This item is not available for immediate shipment." It's precisely this kind of carrot-dangling buzz that makes consumers want an item even more.

Prior to the Windows Phone 7 launch in Europe, HTC told Slashgear that carriers had been "tentative in their enthusiasm" for Windows Phone 7, but that HTC was committed to "producing more devices than the operators said they wanted." That means the HTC HD7 will likely reappear in stores soon.

How Much Credit Should Windows Phone 7 Take?

Like the carriers Slashgear spoke to, many people have been tentative about Windows Phone 7's impact on the market. PCWorld's Tony Bradley says that while Microsoft's revamped OS may be too little, too late, the native integration of Microsoft Office tools, Microsoft Exchange and Outlook for messaging could make it great for business phones (and perhaps tablets, further down the road).

Interest in the platform is expected to grow steadily, and some are predicting device shortages may loom into the holiday season. Good for the carrot-dangling effect; bad for actual sales.

Apps are probably the most important aspect of new smartphones, and Microsoft isn't slacking: the app submission process has been opened up to any developer who has registered to publish apps on the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace. This open-turnstile approach will help fatten the marketplace's 1,600 apps already available. Compared to the iPhone's 300,000 apps and Android's 100,000 apps, this number isn't spectacular, but that number has grown by 37 percent since November 1 -- an indication that Microsoft is motivated to play catch-up.

Then again, O'Reilly Research found that, on average, Windows 7 apps are more expensive than iPhone apps, with the mean price for Windows' Mobile apps at $6.16 versus $3.43 for the iPhone. Good news for developers, but potentially bad news for consumers.

But I Want One Now

If you're aching for a Windows Phone 7 handset, other carriers may have them in stock -- first check out this comparison chart to see which one is suited for you. And if you're not convinced that Windows Phone 7 can hold a candle to either the iPhone or Android handsets, there's a comparison chart for that, too.

source:pcworld.com

Top Network-Attached Storage Devices

2010-06-30T12:24:00.000-07:00

Network-attached storage devices let you share your data amongst multiple PCs, local and remote.

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	1. Synology DS509+ The DS509+ is a superfast NAS box that provides great features and software. Test Report • Specs

	2. Seagate BlackArmor NAS 440 Seagate's NAS 440 is a top-notch network-attached device with pro features. Test Report • Specs	$649.99 - $1,199.99 Check Prices

	3. Synology Disk Station DS209+ Speedy NAS box has tons of robust server-level features and streams photos, music, and videos well. Full Review • Test Report • Specs

	4. Western Digital ShareSpace Four-bay network-attached storage device boasts multiple RAID options, speedy performance, and smooth media serving. Full Review • Test Report • Specs	$479.00 - $800.00 Check Prices

	5. Netgear ReadyNAS Duo Compact, two-bay, hot-swappable NAS device packs a strong punch, both in features and performance. Full Review • Test Report • Specs	$282.00 - $399.99 Check Prices


	6. HP MediaSmart Server LX195 This single-drive device provides network storage, but does so via an ungainly interface and a sluggish connection. Full Review • Test Report • Specs	$349.99 Check Prices

	7. Buffalo Technology LS-WS This compact network-attached storage drive offers plenty of capacity and RAID, in a box that you can slip into your laptop bag. Full Review • Test Report • Specs	$319.99 Check Prices

	8. Linksys by Cisco Media Hub NMH 410 1TB This model is an excellent, easy-to-use choice for streaming media, but it's poky at data transfers. Full Review • Test Report • Specs

source:pcworld.com

Is Open Source Safe?

2010-06-30T12:16:00.000-07:00

The IT Department where Daniel Toth works won't let him use open source software because they believe it's a security risk. Is it?

No. If anything, open-source software has the potential to be safer. Not that it always is, of course.

An open-source program is one whose source code is open to anyone who wishes to study it--or improve upon it. Open-source software is usually free and often public domain. Popular open-source programs include Linux, OpenOffice, and a program you're quite likely using to read this blog post: Mozilla Firefox.

I might also add that two of my favorite security programs, Password Safe and TrueCrypt, are open source. I wouldn't trade them for anything.

At first glance, this seems counter-intuitive. If any hacker can read your code, why can't they use that knowledge against you? Think of what the Rebel Alliance did with the Death Star plans in the original Star Wars.

Reality and Star Wars don't always coincide. When everyone has access to the source code, a great many experts are able to examine that code thoroughly and determine if it really is secure. That's prohibitively expensive if the only people with access to the code are on the payroll.

And it's not as if closed-source programs are especially secure. People find exploits in Windows all the time.

Back in 1999, security expert Bruce Schneier wrote that "Public security is always more secure than proprietary security...For us, open source isn't just a business model; it's smart engineering practice." (I checked with Schneier while researching this piece; he still stands by those words.)

But don't be too hard on your IT department. They have to approve every program put on company computers, and checking out new programs is time-consuming. Open-source or not, they don't want programs on their PCs that they haven't vetted, and they don't have time to research or test everything. Besides, they may have to answer to executives who think that k is an effective password.

source:pcworld.com

Location-Tracking Services: Why You Should Think Twice

2010-06-30T12:08:00.000-07:00

The three most important keys to retail success are also the most important ones to your privacy in the 21st century. Which is why you should be keeping a watchful eye on all those big corporations that are keeping a watchful eye on you -- like Google, Twitter, Facebook, AT&T, Verizon, and Apple, to name a few.

All of these companies have recently added (or are on the verge of adding) location-centric services. Twitter can now not only tell what city I'm in, but what neighborhood (and I don't live in a very big place). Apple just made headlines thanks to its new iPhone privacy policy, which as the Los Angeles Times notes, lets it collect

"...the "precise," "real-time geographic location" of its users' iPhones, iPads and computers.

In an updated version of its privacy policy, the company added a paragraph noting that once users agree, Apple and unspecified "partners and licensees" may collect and store user location data.

When users attempt to download apps or media from the iTunes store, they are prompted to agree to the new terms and conditions. Until they agree, they cannot download anything through the store."

Gowalla, FourSquare, Loopt, and all the others that let people check in with their locations or use their handset's GPS to connect with their peeps are just acquisitions waiting to happen. I predict within two years the small fry will be swallowed up by the big fish or driven out of business. (Not that my crystal ball is 100 percent accurate -- it's closer to a Magic 8-Ball. But just you wait and see.)

Now, before I go all Big Brother on you, here are a few caveats. Most of this location tracking is voluntary. I don't have to let Twitter know where I'm tweeting from or check in obsessively with my peeps on FourSquare. And much of the data gathering, like Apple's with the iPhone, is done anonymously (at least in theory -- I'm sure if Apple can deliver a specific ad to your cell phone based on your location it can ID you if it really needs to).

Why should you care? Well there are a few reasons. One is whether you welcome the idea of getting ads sent to you based on your location in meatspace (ie, real life) as opposed to virtual space. That's pretty minor. Apple will let you opt out of targeted ads (though not out of location tracking). Many people may even find targeted ads a convenience.

The problem with data collection like this is almost always the secondary, unanticipated uses of the data. One example is what happens when a company that collects your location data goes out of business or is acquired. Any agreement it might have had with you vis-a-vis privacy is essentially moot. And when Internet companies go out of business, their data is often their only tangible, valuable asset.

So, conceivably, the company that tracks how often you go to Mickey D's might end up selling that information to your health insurance company. Expect your rates to rise accordingly.

Still, that's nothing compared to what happens when the authorities or a particularly aggressive divorce attorney gets ahold of this information. That's when the fecal material hits the rotating blades.

Here's an instructive anecdote. Back when I was writing a book about privacy with an awful title that nobody bought ( Computer Privacy Annoyances, still available at Amazon, amazingly enough) I had a conversation with someone at the New York State Department of Transportation about their E-ZPass program, which used RFID tags to let drivers to pass through the toll gates on bridges and tunnels without having to stop and pay. Their cars were automatically ID'd by sensors and their owners charged a monthly fee. The cars' comings and goings were recorded and stored by the DOT.

I asked how many times the DOT had received legal orders requesting E-ZPass location data. The woman I spoke to told me it had happened about 250 times in 2003 -- twice as many as the previous year -- and the DOT provided that information in roughly half those cases. This only came to light because I found a news report about four NYC cops who got fired for being clocked in at work in Manhattan when they were actually at home in New Jersey. The E-ZPass data was how they got caught.

This was one state, back in 2003. Imagine the wealth of location data available to legal authorities now. At this moment a Federal Appeals court is determining how much location data cops can request from wireless companies, and if they even need a subpoena to get it. Congress is mulling new location privacy protection laws (though if past laws are any indication, don't expect much protection from them).

Sure, location based services are cool. It's a heckovalot more convenient to use your phone's GPS to locate the nearest Thai restaurant or gas station. If you're stranded, they could help save your life. But there's a dark side to them most people don't think about. What kind of location information are your service providers storing about you, and how long do they hold onto it? Those are two questions everyone should ask before blithely clicking Yes on a terms and conditions tick box. Your liberty may depend on it.

source:pcworld.com

Usefulness Of Bees And Honey

2010-06-30T11:09:00.000-07:00

Before we initiate a discussion on the benefits of bees and honey, here is a small story that will help us to understand their usefulness. Many years back, the Museum of Natural History in New York City had displayed the flawlessly conserved body of a bee encased in amber. According to carbon-dating, the bee was stated to live around 80 million years ago, but it is possible that the insect may be as many as 135 million years old! It is presumed that the small insect got trapped in a drop of a tree juice when it was on a routine job of collecting the muggy liquid with the purpose of producing propolis. It may be noted here that propolis is an antibacterial or antibiotic substance produced by bees with a view to shield their colonies or hives from different maladies. Generally, it is thought that compared to modern-day hospitals, the bees are so efficient and health conscious that they maintain their hives in a more disinfected manner and keep them free from microbes.

Just imagine, despite the different kinds of hazards from viruses, bacteria, fungi and a multitude of small and large pests for a minimum of over 80 million years, bee has remained intact. In fact, there seems to be not anything that has posed a threat to the existence of bees during the millions of years since it first came into existence on the planet. Not only do the bees keep thriving withstanding all odds, they also provide mankind with their produce such as honey and wax and help us to carry out different studies for our own progress.

For several years, man as well as different animals has collected the yields of the beehive both for their delight and also their very existence. In fact, bees have managed to survive for over 80 million years reveals that all actions by them are effective. The story mentioned above offers us a valuable lesson and each one of us must take the lesson seriously for it is ultimately beneficial for us.

In addition to honey, the beehive offers us numerous products and that includes bee pollen, propolis, royal jelly and many other things that are a powerful blend of nourishments that have been created since time immemorial. It may be noted here that honey is an extremely useful product that encloses different sugars such as glucose and fructose, minerals like magnesium, calcium, potassium, chlorine, sulfur, iron, phosphate and sodium. Honey also contains small proportions of iodine, copper and zinc. In addition, honey contains an assortment of vitamins, including vitamins B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, and C. However, significance of these substances varies depending on the excellence of the nectar and bee pollen found in a beehive. It is interesting to note that honey also encloses a number of hormones.

Many will be surprised to learn that so far experts have identified over 10,000 varieties of bees and among all of them only one genus produces honey. It has been found that the honey bees are a sort of social pests that live in settlements, each of which may comprise up to 80,000 bees. And each bee in a colony lives with an objective of its own.

There are numerous stories concerning the lives of honey bees and this has raised immense interest among the common people regarding their way of living. In fact, the life of a honey bee depends entirely on its standing at birth. If a honey bee happens to be a female, the chances are more that it will lead the life of a worker. Throughout its life, a worker honey bee is engaged in the development and preservation of its colony’s nest or bee hive. The most juvenile among the honey bees are usually entrusted with the duty of cleansing the vacant cells in a bee hive as well as taking care of the young insects or the larvae. The honey bees that one usually sees moving around are the worker bees engaged in collecting nectar from flowers. They also gather pollen grains and water from the flowers they visit to feed the young bees residing in the hives. The worker honey bees follow a certain pattern in their movements. When they are engaged in collecting nectar, pollen or water, these worker honey bees normally fly haphazardly. However, when they have collected sufficient amount of nectar, pollen and water that they are able to carry, the worker honey bees fly directly or make a ‘beeline’ to their hives.

Although the worker honey bees strive a lot to provide food, water and nectar to the bees in the hive, it is said that the achievement or prosperity of a hive largely depends on the queen bee. It still remains a mystery to man as to why the worker honey bees only select a few larvae and develop them into queen bees. The larvae selected to develop as queen bees are kept in special cells in the hive and fed with special food - the royal jelly. Normally, the queen bee comes out of her special cell only after 16 days of laying the egg.

The queen bee usually feeds on honey to gain potency and become strong. In the event of having multiple queen bees in one colony, the rival queen bees fight amongst themselves till death leaving one to rule the nest. In such a situation, one of the queen bees may even leave the colony with a swarm of worker honey bees to set up a new colony. Having established her supremacy in the nest, the new queen bee will then fly outside the hive and mate with one or many drones or male honey bees. It has been found, that only one mating with a drone enables the queen bee to lay eggs for the remaining part of her life. Normally, a queen bee can lay as many as 2,000 eggs daily and altogether around 1,000,000 during her entire life span.

It may be mentioned here that drones or male honey bees that grow from unfertilized eggs. As the word ‘drone’ denotes, the male honey bees are lazy and do not perform any work. In addition, the drones do not possess any sting and their sole function is to mate with the queen bees. When the flowering season comes to an end in autumn and there is no supply of honey, the requirement of the drone honey bees too comes to an end. When the season for laying eggs is over, the worker honey bees make the drones starve to death by not providing them with any food or water. One reason for killing the drones such mercilessly is that if they are allowed to survive through the winter, these drones will feed on the stored honey and finish the reserves.

Honey and health

As mentioned earlier, honey encloses several nutrients and is said to be one of the best nourishing substances ever produced by nature. Hence, the health benefits of honey are varied and many. Basically, the use of honey is widespread since time unknown for its anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties. In addition to this, honey has many other health benefits and they are mentioned below.

Honey possesses superb qualities that are useful in curing injuries. Among other things, honey has the ability to heal burns, injuries and ulcers. Moreover, it is often used as an antibacterial healing means.
Honey has been found to be immensely beneficial for athletes as it can enhance their performance owing to the presence of ergogenic aids in this natural substance.
Honey also helps in maintaining the purity of blood by counteracting the harmful free radicals in our system.
Honey is especially beneficial as a substitute for sugar for people suffering from type 2 diabetes and having high cholesterol levels in their blood.
In addition, honey helps in alleviating blockage of the nasal openings, offers respite from cough and aids in the absorption of ingested food in the alimentary canal and cures conjunctivitis. When honey is taken along with a mug of hot milk, it also helps in inducing sleep.
Researches have demonstrated that honey is useful in alleviating the body tissues and also aids in preserving calcium in the body.
Honey is also an effective medication to avoid anemia. In fact, honey is known to work against anemia.
Regular intake of honey also helps to invigorate the immune system in our body.

Honey as a beauty helper

Applying honey on your body not only helps to make your skin shine, but also improves the blood circulation. Before taking a shower, rub some honey on your skin and keep patting it until the honey becomes muggy. Then wash off the honey while showering and see the pleasant change. Bathing your hair with a blend of honey and lime helps to bring back the shine to your hair and keeps it healthy. Similarly, your skin will become radiant if you mix one-fourth teaspoon of honey in your bath regularly.

A paste made of honey along with crushed almonds and oatmeal functions as an excellent face cleanser. Apply this paste on your face and keep it for around 20 to 30 minutes and you will find your face glowing. This is primarily because the paste acts as scrub and peels off the dead skin cells, while toning the facial muscles. On the other hand, if you prepare a paste mixing apple and honey and apply it on your face for about 15 minutes, it will act as an excellent moisturizer. Applying this natural moisturizer regularly will help to keep your facial skin supple as well as compact.

Honey can also be used to prepare a facial mask. To prepare this facial mask blend two teaspoon of honey with two teaspoon of milk and apply it on your face. Leave the facial pack undisturbed for about 10 minutes and then wash it off with cold water. You will now be amazed to see how your facial skin radiates. It has been found that applying honey on dry skin acts as an effective lotion. Blend one-fourth teaspoon of lemon with one teaspoon of any vegetable oil and one teaspoon of honey and apply it on your skin. Leave the lotion for 10 minutes and then wash it away with cold water. Now, see the effect. Your skin has become soft and supple with no sign of dryness.

Here, it is important to remember that the above mentioned processes need to be followed regularly with a view to get the best results.

Preparing seasoned deserts and fruits with honey

It has been a common practice to use honey to add essence or tang to desserts and several fruits. The tartness contained in honey enables the fruits to preserve their natural hue. However, when adding honey to fruits it is essential to bear in mind that you use a gentle quality of honey, or else the honey will overshadow the essence or taste of the fruits. Honey also helps to preserve fruits for a longer time enabling you to enjoy them when they are not in season. Here is how you can preserve the fruits, both cut pieces as well as whole fruits.

If you want to preserve a seasonal fruit for the next winter season, you may add honey to the cut or squashed fruits and keep them in the refrigerator. Normally, one cup of water and two cups of honey are required to preserve a whole fruit. While preserving a whole fruit make certain that the entire fruit is covered by the water and honey.
Honey is also useful as a spread over fruit puree as it enhances the latter’s flavor.
A blend of honey and yogurt is an excellent desert. Give it a try and you will remember the flavor for long.
Substituting sugar with honey in pancakes makes them taste delicious.
You may also spread honey over banana to prepare a delicious pudding.

source:herbs2000.com

Attackers Exploiting New Flash Bug, Adobe Warns

2010-06-21T12:00:00.000-07:00

A new, critical bug in Adobe's Flash Player is giving some attackers a back door into victims computers, Adobe warned late Friday.

The bug affects Adobe Flash Player version 10.0.45.2 and earlier on all operating systems, including Windows, Macintosh and Linux. It is also found in the latest versions of the widely used Reader and Acrobat software, Adobe said. "There are reports that this vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild against both Adobe Flash Player, and Adobe Reader and Acrobat," Adobe said in its security advisory.

When exploited, the flaw can cause Adobe's software to crash, but it can also give attackers control of the computer, Adobe said.

The attacks are not yet widespread. Adobe has so far received two reports of online attacks. The first one came in at 10:30 a.m. Pacific on Friday, according to company spokeswoman Wiebke Lips.

Trend Micro Researcher Paul Ferguson agreed that the attack is new, and does not appear to be widely used. "It may just be ramping up," he cautioned via instant message. "I just haven't seen anything so far."

Versions 8 of Adobe Reader and Acrobat are not vulnerable to the attack, Adobe said.

Adobe's free Reader software has become a favorite hacker target in the past few years. Attacks that involve malicious PDF files now make up about nearly 50 percent of all Web-based attacks, according to Symantec.

source:pcworld.com

Still running Windows XP SP2? Why?

2010-06-21T11:53:00.000-07:00

OK, I get why many Windows users haven't moved from XP to Windows 7. For one thing, while you can upgrade some XP PCs to Windows 7, chances are you really need to buy a new PC. And, whether you're just buying a new PC for yourself or a few thousand for your company, cash is tight these days. But, why the heck is anyone still running XP SP2!?

I was shocked to see that, according to security risk and compliance management provider Qualys, that half of its corporate customers were still using Windows XP SP2. Again, I get why people don't do major upgrades. "If it's not broke, don't fix it," right?

But, I really didn't see why people are sticking with XP SP2 this long. Windows XP SP3 was and is still, as far as I'm concerned, the best Windows desktop ever. Yes, that's me, Mr. Linux saying nice things about Windows. Get over it. I'm not so much in favor of Linux per se as I am in favor of what works well, even if it does come from Microsoft.

I found XP SP3 to be faster, more stable, and to work better with my peripherals and Windows software than any other version of Windows. I recommended that all Windows users -- including the poor devils running Vista -- upgrade to XP SP3 as soon as possible.

Now, whether people paid attention to me or not, I still assumed that by 2010, two-years after Windows XP SP3 had arrived, that 90% of XP users, and 99% of XP business users, would have upgraded to XP SP3. I mean, it was better in every way and it was free to boot? What was there not to like?

Inertia is a powerful force, though, and so here we are with 50% of all business users still stuck on XP SP2. It looks like unless XP SP2 users get a kick in the rump, they're not going to upgrade. Well, too bad for them, because Microsoft is about to give them that kick.

On July 13, Microsoft is going to stop issuing patches for XP SP2. This isn't just the minor fixes; this includes the big security patches you're used to installing every Patch Tuesday. After July 13th, if you want to try to keep Windows XP SP2 secure, you're out of luck. You won't be able to do it.

It's not just the base XP SP2 operating system by the way. Microsoft also isn't going to release patches for IE (Internet Explorer) 6, IE7 or IE8 patches after July 13. I think it's a perfectly safe prediction to say that if you're still running XP SP2 in August, your systems are almost certainly going to be infested with botnets, rootkits, and other malware.

In short, it's time to get off the pot and download and install Windows XP SP3. It's not that hard. If you don't, well, don't blame me if you sit down some morning soon and find your computer spilling your credit card numbers to J. Random Hacker or cheerfully sending Viagra spam to all your friends.

source:pcworld.com

Hands On With Apple's New iPhone 4

2010-06-21T11:42:00.000-07:00

The Apple iPhone 4 is everything that a new piece of technology should be: It's innovative, attractive, and ahead of its competition. In comparison, previous iPhone upgrades seem inconsequential--that's how much iPhone 4 brings to the table.

The phone will ship on June 24, priced at $199 for the 16GB model and $299 for the 32GB model (in white or black).

Premium Look

I spent some hands-on time with the new handset at the Apple event. I'll start with the visuals: It's stylish. Whereas the iPhone 3GS looks and feels plasticky, the iPhone 4 is svelte and has a premium feel. Surprisingly, it achieves that impression while retaining the same general design, although the edges appear a bit more squared than before.

It's noticeably slimmer than the iPhone 3GS, measuring 0.37 inch deep versus the iPhone 3GS's thickness of 0.48 inch (that translates to 24 percent less). The iPhone 4 is also slightly narrower, 2.31 inches to 2.44 inches. The weight stays the same at 4.8 ounces, but the tweaks to the dimensions make the current iPhone 3GS seem downright kludgy in comparison. (See all iPhone 4 specs.)

However, it's the aesthetic design touches that make the iPhone 4 stand out. The overall design screams elegance--from the rounded, individual volume up and down buttons that replace the plastic volume rocker on the iPhone 3GS to the ring/silent switch and the power/sleep button up top. The face and back are made of glass that is specially treated to withstand scratches and oily fingers, according to Apple. The side edging is stainless steel, and doubles as the device's three cellular and wireless antennas.

Sharp Display

Of course, the iPhone 4 isn't just about cosmetic enhancements, pleasing as they are. What makes this phone such a technological improvement is what's inside the handset.

Like its predecessor, the iPhone 4 has a 3.5-inch display. But the new phone's display doubles the resolution to a 960-by-640-pixel IPS display. At 326 pixels per inch, this is the highest resolution available on a phone to date.

That display truly makes a difference. Whereas the iPhone 3GS's text--in the menus, in apps, or on Web pages--appears thick, fuzzy, and undefined, the iPhone 4's text is razor sharp, even when enlarged (as I tried doing when viewing a PDF).

The new "Retina display"--so named because it surpasses the number of pixels the human retina can process--also greatly improves the sharpness, clarity, and visible detail of images.

In both cases, I'd liken the magnitude of difference to that between a standard-definition 480p DVD and a high-definition 1080p Blu-ray Disc: When you view both on an HDTV, the differences are striking. And once you see them, you can't go back.

The real value of the new display will become evident for people who spend time reading on the iPhone 4. I expect the display will make reading a more pleasurable experience (although, clearly, limits will remain given the inherently modest screen size--modest, at least, as compared with handsets such as the Sprint Evo 4G, which has a 4.3-inch screen, and the much larger 9.7-inch iPad screen).

iBooks Goes Mobile

The high-res display, coupled with the addition of iBooks on the iPhone 4 (and with iOS 4 upgrades), makes the iPhone a more relevant e-reader. iBooks retains its structure, appearance, and function from what we've already seen on the Apple iPad; and with this OS's ability to sync the iPad, desktop, and iPhone, readers gain the flexibility to move seamlessly among devices. This capability is available for Amazon's and Barnes and Noble's respective e-readers, as well, but not for other competitors.

iBooks also gains a few new features previously unavailable on the iPad. You can now create notes and bookmarks, and see those notes, bookmarks, and highlights in the table of contents. I suspect that the notes remain trapped in line--for example, there's no way to create cheat sheets, summaries, or other such personalized shortcuts that you could then utilize on your computer or elsewhere--but these new functions are a step in the right direction.

The major new feature in iBooks is its native support for PDFs. You'll find tabs for both books and PDFs. Each one gets a bookshelf or list view (your choice). You can add PDFs via e-mail or Safari, and PDFs can sync back to iTunes and to other Apple devices such as the iPad or iPod Touch.

iPhone 4: A Computer in Miniature

The iPhone 4 uses Apple's A4 CPU, the same processor powering the Apple iPad. And it runs the newly renamed iOS 4 operating system (which the iPad will also use, starting in the fall).

As part of iOS 4, the iPhone 4 gains a bevy of capabilities. One of them--multitasking--feels long overdue, but as with Apple's long-awaited cut-and-paste feature, the company delivers on the promise of making multitasking work smoothly.

Quickly double-tap on the home button to pull up a pane that shows which apps are open. From there, you can swipe horizontally through the apps that the iPhone 4 has retained in either a running or suspended state.

When you find the app you want, you just click on the icon. The app will then resume its activity, and, if written to take advantage of this new feature, it will pick up precisely where you left off. At the very least, reaccessing the app will be faster.

Comparative Use Tests

Let's take the example of the side-by-side tests I did with an iPhone 3GS (running iPhone OS 3.1) and the iPhone 4. I navigated between the Safari Web browser and the Photos application and back again to Safari, and then back again to Photos.

iPhone 4: On the iPhone 4 using iOS 4, the phone jumped quickly and smoothly between the apps, with virtually no pause or hesitation. I left a fully drawn Web page in Safari to go to Photos, navigated to a folder within Photos, and then to a picture in the middle of that folder. When I popped back to Safari, I resumed at the fully drawn Web page, and when I jumped back to Photos, I was looking at the same photo I'd left moments earlier.

iPhone 3GS: That same exercise on the iPhone 3GS required the Web page to draw the first time. To change apps, I had to press the home button to exit Safari. I then went into the Photos app and found my image in its album. To go back to Safari, I pushed the home button to return to the home screen and then clicked on Safari. (On one pass, the page loaded immediately; on another, it did not). I then pressed the home button to return to the home screen, selected Photos again--and found myself back at the top-level list of Photo Albums, as opposed to drilling down to a specific image within a specific folder.

To close an app out of the multitasking bar, you click on the icon and hold. The icons then get a red button with a dash; touch there, and you can close the app.

Equally as elegant as multitasking is Apple's implementation of Folders, an increasingly necessary addition. To add icons into a folder, you simply drag one icon on top of the other to create the folder; the folder automatically gets the name of the category those apps share. Or, if you prefer, you can rename the folder on the spot. You can pack a maximum of 12 apps within a single folder (that gives you three rows of four apps across the home screen). And, thanks to the addition of Folders, you can now add up to a maximum of 2160 apps.

Dramatic Camera Boost

The iPhone 4 brings much-desired camera and video recording advances, as well. The primary camera on the back bumps up from 3 megapixels to 5 megapixels, while retaining the same pixel size (which can further improve image quality). The camera also gains an LED flash, a backlit sensor, and an integrated 5X zoom. The camera now lets you shoot in high-def, at 720p, 30 frames per second; in addition, video gains the tap-to-focus feature already available on the camera.

I did not test these features--the lighting at the demo room was a bit funky, and I would have only been able to view the results on the demo device. However, the examples that Apple showcased during its keynote were compelling evidence that these upgrades are indeed worthy ones. These will be among the first features I'll try when I get my hands on a device for our full review.

I didn't fully test the front-facing camera, another addition to the iPhone 4, either. This camera is integral to Apple's FaceTime videophone app, which works only for communicating between two iPhone 4 handsets.

iPhone: Upgrade?

From my early look at the iPhone 4, this handset appears to be a must-have for anyone with an original iPhone or iPhone 3G (the former won't get the iOS 4 upgrade at all, while the 3G won't support some features). And people who have an iPhone 3GS will find this a worthy upgrade, too.

Unlike the previous jump, from the iPhone 3G to the 3GS--which focused on slight performance improvements--the iPhone 4 bolsters the hardware's digital imaging capabilities and its display, making it a comprehensive and measurable upgrade over its predecessor.

source:pcworld.com

How Google Helps Hackers (Accidentally)

2010-05-28T16:27:00.000-07:00

Because of Google's large market share in the Internet search engine business, hackers developed a vested interest in ensuring that their attacks are effective in poisoning Google results, according to software company Symantec.

"Google's breadth and speed of indexing also play a role," added Symantec, a company involved in providing security, storage and systems management solutions.

Symantec reported that search engine results poisoned with links to fake antivirus software have been a constant problem for Internet users. However, it is an effective way for cyber attackers to infect users' machines.

Based on Symantec's report on "Rogue Security Software" -- the culprits of these "toxic" search results are typically scam perpetrators who use a range of black hat search engine optimization (SEO) techniques to poison search engine results and increase the ranking of their scam websites on search engine indexes. A rogue security software program is a misleading application that pretends to be legitimate security software, but provides the user with little or no protection. In some cases, it actually facilitates the installation of malicious code that it claims to protect against.

Symantec has observed search results constantly and generated statistics on the top search trends every hour and determined how many were malicious (within the first 70 Google search results).

Among the key findings identified between March to April 2010, on Google search results include the following:

• On average at any given hour, 3 out of the top 10 search trends contained at least one malicious URL within the first 70 results;

• On average, 15 links out of the first 70 results were malicious for search terms that were found to be poisoned (had at least one malicious URL);

• On average on any given day, 7.3% of links are malicious in the top 70 results for top search terms (see Figure 1);

• The most poisoned search term resulted in 68% of links leading to malicious pages in the first 70 results;

• Almost all of the malicious URLs redirect to a fake antivirus page.

It is apparent that attackers continue to be effective at poisoning search results. They have an automated infrastructure that is able to automatically collect the latest, most popular search trends and poison the results, the company said.

Symantec advises netizens to be careful when clicking on search result links, especially when searching for hot search topics. The company also advised to follow its Twitter feed to find out the latest news on Internet threats.

source:pcworld.com

Test Your Facebook Privacy Settings: Here's How

2010-05-28T15:10:00.000-07:00

We've been talking about Facebook's privacy mess for days now. We all know the story, right? Privacy controls are broken, everyone's getting irritated, Facebook's not too concerned, blah flippidy-freakin' blah.

Don't get me wrong: That's all important information. What's been lacking all this time, though, is a simple fix -- an easy way to make sure your personal Facebook data is actually protected. Sure, you could go on a scavenger hunt to find Facebook's 170-plus privacy options scattered throughout a dozen different pages. But even then, you're likely to miss something in the virtual labyrinth the company's created.

Today, there's a better way. Behold: the one-stop privacy fix-up tool for your Facebook profile.

The Facebook Privacy Scanner

The tool is called ReclaimPrivacy, and its name pretty much tells you what you need to know. Using it is simple: Just surf over to ReclaimPrivacy.org and look for the link that says "Scan for Privacy." Add that link as a bookmark in your browser, either by dragging it onto a bookmark toolbar or by right-clicking it and selecting the "Bookmark" option.

Now hea over to Facebook. Sign into your account, then open the bookmarked link.

This will cause ReclaimdPrivacy's Facebook privacy scanner to open right at the top of your current Facebook window. Within a few seconds, ReclaimPrivacy will scan through six areas of potential privacy concern and let you know how your account stacks up.

ReclaimPrivacy analyzes everything from your personal information controls to your "instant personalization" settings. It even checks account settings that affect what your friends could inadvertently share about you without your knowledge.

For each area, ReclaimPrivacy will give you a green ("good"), yellow ("caution"), or red ("insecure") ranking. If you hit yellow or red, it'll provide you with specific steps to fix the problem so you don't have to waste time searching for the right setting.

After seeing some of the very personal details now floating around out there (hint: someone lost their virginity this weekend), that's one function well-worth "liking."

Despite his immaculate privacy settings, JR Raphael frequently embarrasses himself on Facebook. Come say hello: facebook.com/The.JR.Raphael

source:pcworld.com

How To Remove Keylogger

2010-03-28T13:40:00.000-07:00

Keylogger is a dangerous software that executes almost invisibly as a low level system process. It is usually started up in an invisibility mode when your computer is booted - so there is no way the user can detect it. This program logs all the key strokes that you type on the keyboard and then transmits the logged information to the intruder who infected the computer with the keylogger program.

Keyloggers are extremely dangerous and can be used to steal personal information such as your social security number, credit card number, and passwords to just about everything. This may lead to identity theft or theft in general. Keyloggers are especially dangerous to anyone who uses online banking or online cash sites such as PayPal for a large amount of money.

When you suspect that you are infected with a keylogger, do NOT type any personal information. Even if you are typing in a normal word document, the keylogger still keeps track of everything you type.

If you desperately need to login to your Email or somewhere secure and password protected, there is one way to get around the keylogger.

Click on Start -> Go to All Programs -> Click on Accessories -> Select Accessibility ->Click on On-Screen Keyboard

Executing the above steps opens a keyboard on your screen so that you can click whatever letter you would like to type. Since a keylogger does not track where and what you click, this helps you to get around it in times of urgency. Typing with the on-screen keylogger is a great hassle. The only alternative is to eradicate the keylogger program completely from the computer.

Before you can eradicate the keylogger program and make the compute safe, you will need to detect it. Detecting a keylogger is not simple. It can be installed in over a 100 places on your computer, usually located in one of the system files. However, there is a much easier way to detect if a keylogger is running or not. Right click on your desktop’s task bar and click on Task Manager. Alternatively you can press Ctrl + Alt + Del simultaneously to open the Task Manager. Task Manager displays a list of all the applications currently executing on the computer. Click the tab that says Processes. This gives you information about all the programs, hidden and visible that your computer is currently running.

Unless you know a lot about system processes and application processes, you will have difficulty figuring out what you are looking at. The name of each process is under Image Name. The keylogger will show up on the list of processes as well as many other programs and background processes. However, you may not be able to distinguish between the different processes.

You will need to know which process to end before you can stop the keylogger. There are many sites available on the Internet that provides a vast amount of information on each and every process that you may encounter. One of these sites is Liutilities. This site provides some background information on each process as well as specifying the author and which program it is part of. One of the best features of this site includes a recommendation about what to do with that process. Most of the time, the process you look up will be harmful and simply part of the operating system or another program you are running.

Another fantastic site for information on processes is Neuber. As with Liutilities, Neuber gives you background information on that process. A special feature they have is user created comments. Anyone can rate a process in terms of its security a leave a comment about how to deal with the process. Generally, these comments are very accurate. Neuber also provides a 'security rating' for each process based on the average rating by users.

However, some find it hard and long drawn out to research each process individually. Thankfully, there is a program called Security Task Manager that is free to download. It will display information about each of the processes that are currently running, as well as specifying if they are dangerous or not. You will immediately be notified should anything harmful come up. Produced by Neuber, the program also shows the security rating and a random comment made by a user for each process. This program does have its disadvantages though. Processes that the program has never encountered before are not given a security rating or a comment. It is therefore advised that you research these processes individually.

Once you have found the harmful process in the Task Manager, click the process and then click the 'End Process' button towards the bottom right. The process you have selected should be terminated immediately.

Once this is complete, you should be safe until you reboot your computer. If you do not delete the keylogger, upon rebooting your computer, the keylogger will start up again.

Once you have stopped the keylogger, run anti-virus and spyware checks on your entire computer. Some free virus scan utilities that are recommended are A2, Dr. Web and AVG. However, highly advanced keyloggers such as TypeAgent, KGB, and SpyOutside can often slip through these scans and remain undetected.

If the antivirus scans fail to show any result, you will need to manually detect and delete the keylogger. Keyloggers are usually located in the system files, so do not delete anything that you aren't 100% sure is the keylogger. Doing so may lead to errors in other areas of the computer. Go to 411-spyware and search for the type of keylogger that has infected your system. If it is listed, there should be instructions about how to manually remove the keylogger.

A great way to check if the keylogger has been completely removed from the system is to reboot. Remember the name of the keylogger's process and reboot the computer. If the process is not there when the computer has rebooted, you are safe.

source:www.topbits.com

Top Differences between Intel Core 2 Duo and AMD Athlon Processors

2010-03-28T13:29:00.000-07:00

There were always a tug-of-war between AMD and Intel as it will always remain. Each company comes with their latest processor ranges and beats their rivals with either price or performance. We have always been more concerned about the name and the product rather than delving deep into the underlying technology that separates them. What makes people rely on Intel Core 2 Duo? What are the answers from AMD’s side? All these questions are answered in here. Take a look and the battle of processors won’t ever be a thing of Mars to you.

Design Differences

Intel Core 2 Duo Processors are a complete redesign of its former processors. The engineers took elements from the Pentium D NetBurst architecture and added ingredients that made the Pentium M and Core Duo mobileprocessors successful and made the Core 2 Duo Processor.

AMD’s processors were delivering better performance per Watt of energy at a stage when Core 2 Duo Processors did not launch, and the public was complaining about unreasonably high power consumption and cooling requirements for Intel platforms. So, key design goals of Core 2 Duo processors were an ideal relation between processing performance and power consumption.

Let us take a look at some of the key design differences.

1. Cache

On the AMD side, only the FX-62 sports 1MB of L2 cache per core. The rest of the product line offers 512KB of L2 cache per core. You can still find the Athlon 64 X2 4000+ CPUs, which clocks at 2.0GHz (same as the 3800+) and has 2 × 1MB of L2 cache, but that product isn’t being manufactured currently. Since the 4000+ is being phased out, we didn’t include it in our roundup.
On the Intel side, the two lower-end CPUs—the 1.83GHz E6300 and 2.13GHz E6400—offer only 2MB of shared L2 cache, while the E6600, E6700, and X6800 have 4MB of L2 cache.

2. CMOS Technology

AMD Athlon64 X2 processors are built on the company’s 90nm SOI process. All of Intel’s Core 2 Duo products are currently manufactured on 65nm technology. This figure is the size and spacing of the transistors on the chip which is measured in microns (1micron = 1 / 1,000,000 meters).

3. Memory Controller Chips

AMD Athlon’s memory controller is built into the CPU while in Core 2 Duo it is not.

Price Differences

From this table, you can have an idea of the pricing of different models of processors of Intel and AMD in this range

Intel Core 2 Duo Frequency Price AMD Athlon 64 X2 AM2 Frequency Price

———E6300 1.83GHz $190 3800+ 2.0GHz $152

———E6400 2.13GHz $230 4200+ 2.2GHz $187

———E6600 2.40GHz $360 4600+ 2.4GHz $253

———E6700 2.67GHz $559 5000+ 2.6GHz $346

Core 2 Extreme X6800 - 2.93GHz $1,075 FX-62 2.8GHz $825

It’s worth pointing out that each increment in core clock frequency occurs in 266MHz jumps, while AMD’s steps are 200MHz.

Performance Differences

1. PC Mark 05 Benchmarking

PC Mark is a very popular benchmarking tool that is widely used. It will measure the performance of your PC and assign each component a score which is intended to give you relative performance of an entire system.
The AMD’s 5600+ was able to compress and decompress files up to 15% faster than Intel’s E6420.
Both processors were able to encrypt a file at the same rate, but Intel’s E6420 was able to decrypt a file about 15% faster.
As for the image and audio compression and decompression, AMD’s 5600+ was able to perform 10% faster.

2. Super Pi Performance

Super Pi is a very basic program that calculates pi at different size intervals, then records the data of pi to a file and also tells you the time that it took to achieve the value. You are able to select sizes from 16kb to 32mb and will range in times according to the amount of data you want it to accumulate.
The Intel E6420 was able to perform better at each and every different size interval. But after the 256k interval there was no real world noticeable differences. At 32M though the difference is sizable at more than 3 and a half minutes.

3. Synthetic Benchmarking

Let us see the results using SiSoft Sandra. Sandra is an acronym for System ANalyser, Diagnostic and Reporting Assistant. Sandra is a very useful program for determining componentperformance as it has several other results stored for many other processors, so it is easy for you to compare your computer to others.
AMD achieved a higher ranking Processor Arithmetic, Memory Latency, and Power Performance. Intel did better in Processor Multi-Media, and Cache & Memory. Once again the integrated memory controller in the AMD 5600+ allows it a sizable lead over the E6420 in the Memory Latency benchmark, while the E6420 pulls out a win in the cache and memory with its new Core 2 microarchitecture.

Source : techwarelabs.com, extremetech.com

Conclusion

As the battle between these processor giants is going on from hard to harder every day, the winner of this battle is us, the consumers. We can get a much more powerful computer for less money than we had to spend if there were no competitor to Intel.

source:www.gadgetophilia.com

The #1 Online Rx Glasses Store

2010-03-26T09:26:00.000-07:00

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Easy Tips Making Blog/Website became Top Rank on Google

2009-12-06T09:50:00.000-08:00

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Hellow, this time I give a short, simple and easy "Tips Making Website became Top Rank on Google". I have already proved this tips on my blog bukaniseng.wordpress.com (since 23-12-2008, i have leave bukaniseng.wordpress.com ) and I have already proved this tips on my blog info-utama.blogspot.com

In september 2008 to - + 2 months ahead of my blog bukaniseng.wordpress.com, ranked 1-3 on Google.co.id, as well as in early 2009 my blog info-utama.blogspot.com also ranked 1-5 on Google.co.id with simple keywords, the keyword is "sn avg" and all of the keywords contain the words "sn avg"

To do that I did not learn all the theories about SEO, I just capital "analysis of information required a lot of people" and if your learning about SEO it is added better :-).

OK, go to the steps:

1. Hard work and analysis of information required a lot of people, remember what you wrote and you think that good, not necessarily good by other people. Below, you can making "tools" to help search for the search keywords are often "in type" by the netter at Google.com

a. KeywordToolExternal
b. google-trends
c. google-hottrends (to see the 100 pieces of keywords (keywords) are most popular today)

In addition to the above 3 tools much more. Please search on Google with the search keywords "Free Free Keyword Tool" ato "Free Keyword Tool" etc. ..

2. Writing Content of the website/Blog with information required a lot of people

3. Do not forget to tag or Identity Website / Blog. examples: keepdol.blogspot.com - technology, business and health => This is the Tag/identity theme web/blog

4. Promote your address blog, if you are writing about information required a lot of people, the promotion of website / blog, you can do it only 5-10 promotion adding, most likely its website / blog you will "rise" heheheh ...

5. Prove and Practice My Tips.:-)

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Addition for websites/blogs are selling/buying products. This type of web/blog not easy like web news/articles to improve rankings on Google, because the content of the web/blog is monotonous. To overcome this, web owners like e-commerce must add an article or news pages.

For example: Website or Blog that Cellular selling, added the article page about Cellular Information like information Cellular series and features brand-new series, etc. ...

ok, good luck and work :-)

Unique Christmas Gifts

2009-12-03T12:16:00.000-08:00

The atmosphere of Christmas will arrive soon, for those who celebrate Christmas generally they make a pine tree decorated with lights in the home, office or home pages to add more festive Christmas mood. Room buildings, malls, shopping centers where the equipment gives a chance for Christmas. In addition there are various activities in celebration of Christmas as celebrated Christmas with visiting each other's relatives, friends or perhaps to celebrate Christmas at home with family and hanging out with each other mementos or busy-busy with the family decorated the house with various knick-knacks Christmas or perhaps giving a surprise in the form of prizes.

Speaking gifts, prize is an integral part of Christmas celebrations. Small things that might be warm this holy day. You can knit a sweet memories for your loved ones, with a unique gift, which can be a fun and memorable. Gift itself is an expression of feelings and love, a chosen people who give to the recipient. No need of expensive items, but enough to give pleasure. Here I would like to place very useful to get a unique Christmas gifts for those you love and ready to assist in completing your Christmas celebration, please visit the eDivvy.com an online shopping easy and practical to provide a variety of products that is ready you make a gift.

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Comparison Guide Buy Notebook

2009-10-20T10:37:00.000-07:00

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Here are some factors to consider in choosing a laptop/Notebook. These results dummy for dummies mind, hehehe ... Who knows useful.

1. Specify Price Range Limit

According to the financial consultants should we buy based on NEED not WANT.

2. What Applications Are Often Used

* If only for typing, make a powerpoint presentation, excel, internetan, occasionally photoshop class Intel Celeron or AMD Sempron was enough. In fact, many already equipped with Wifi access. No need to buy a Centrino laptop processor with expensive. Celeron / Sempron too strong for the Photosop, Corel Draw, even QuarkExpress (design for making paper as used Koran Tempo), was tested at home. If you want more power with cheap laptop, upgrade yourself memory or RAM of 256 MB -> 512 MB. Because Windows XP is like Linux when installed on your computer on memori 256 MB is less good.

* If partial work with code programming or create computer programs, heavy graphic design, is more comfortable upper-class processor such as Core 2, AMD Turion. Centrino Core Solo or even the ordinary is really Not too bad.

* And remember laptops Core Duo processor that currently can not even running 100 percent as the manufacturer wants. Because, Core 2 processors requires new software suitable for the "brain". And now the software is still very little, and only New Windows Vista that siutable .Thus, the expected speed aspect of the work of this laptop Core 2 , Not too dramatic.

3. How Your Mobile

* The mobile select a small and lightweight. Ideally, under 2 pounds . If for work in the office or just a 1-2 months working at the cafe's weight 2,3-2,5 kg's still ok.

* The mobile select long-lasting battery. The average laptop's battery is 2.5 to 3 hours. The ultra low output voltage such as Fujitsu, Sony Vaio, Toshiba Portege be 4-7 hours.

* For users who are not high-class frequent flyer wrote 2,5-3 hour battery was enough. ( Anyways, how strong do we work in cafes like Starbucks? better Look barista guest or a cafe rather than work, hehehe...)

4. Screen

* For those who like small, of course, select the display 8, 10, 11 or 12 inch -> unfortunately this little reply is usually more expensive

* The medium's 13 or 14 inches. That 15 inches is usually even cheaper. Want wide but not look large select the wide screen. 13 wide sreen display decent, not too small or large.

* For the Designer ideally 14 or 17 inches

5. Also Keep In Mind That We Have Laptops That Tend To Buy The Price Free Fall

In the 2-year old laptop that can cheapen 2-4 million. So if you buy expensive considering the value of depreciation also panicky.

If I still prefer to buy a laptop that was too sophisticated to remember 2-4 years after all the price will drop-out and resell the laptop was not easy. Select medium technology, high prices may be one alternative to consider because of the technology behind not so, the price of guns is also really drained pockets.

6. Brand Reputation

* IBM (now Lenovo) - rigid design (type last but wrote a bit sweet like Z61), but strong and stubborn, the most appropriate size of the keyboard in hand

* Dell-cool to type like Inspiron

* Toshiba - have for years so the laptop no 1 in the world and in Indonesia, quite stubborn

* Sony Vaio - Hfff ... what type of design TX is cooolll...really small and cute. Unfortunately the price is still at 18-20 million.

* HP / Compaq - Unfortunately I have never liked the design

* Fujitsu - the type of little cool..though not as funny as Vaio

* Powerbook - cool and different, thin, but heavy and not suitable for majority of computer users because Macintosh operating system.

* Acer - taiwan brand sweet design, her claims still number one in Europe in 2006

* ECS - Taiwan brand, he's ok and he's fine after-sales

Other factors still just accessories like bluetooth connection, infrared, fingerprint security, SD card reader. Everything can be a minor consideration. Yes, this my opinion for hunters and fans of laptop/Notebook, can be heard or not. So, then it's up to you.

Make Money With Facebook

2009-10-19T15:43:00.000-07:00

In The Facebook Economy Business 2.0 outlined a few ways application developers are making money off of Facebook.

1. Selling advertising space

Facebook apps with large audiences can make a lot of money selling ad space on their page through ad networks like Lookery, Userplane and Google Adsense.

2. Sponsorship

Advertisers are lining up to sponsor popular Facebook applications. The Food Fight! application which lets you throw virtual food at your friends is soon to be serving up virtual chicken wings from a major food chain. Tyson???

3. Sell goods and services

The future of Facebook applications is utility, not fun. Facebook application Band Tracker searches upcoming concerts and links to ticket vendor web sites. Soon, it will be common for people to make purchases from their own Facebook pages.

Lee Lorenzen, CEO of Altura Ventures provided us with the following four ways to make money with Facebook.

4. Write a Facebook book
I 've heard about a number in the works and that means advances/royalties for authors.

5. Write a Facebook blog

There are already a number of good ones beginning to cover the Facebook eco-system but there is room for more. Once you have an audience for your blog you can start selling ads and sponsorships.

6. Develop Facebook apps as a consultant
Good / great Facebook developers are in very limited supply and so the demand is high. I've heard of hourly rates in the $200 per hour range for folks who can architect, write and deploy viral Facebook apps.

7. Sell your Facebook app

If you can create an app on Facebook, get it to 10K to 100K users, harvest some ad revenue from it by partnering with AdBrite for CPM/CPC ads, offer Cost Per Install ads via Adonomics and you provide data to get an Adonomics certified valuation, then you will be in a position to get top dollar for your application should you decide to sell it.

At the moment, the big winners of the Facebook jackpot are application developers. The big losers might be other social networks like MySpace, if they fail to open up their networks.

The Effects Of Smoking

2009-10-19T15:31:00.000-07:00

Although the negative health effects of cigarette smoking cannot be debated, it remains the single most common cause of preventable deaths. Each year, over 430,000 people die as a result of a smoking related disease. Yet, over 50 million continue to smoke, including over 3 million teens. An estimated three thousand teenagers begin to smoke each day, and one thousand of them will eventually die as a result. According to the American Lung Association, cigarette smoking leads to 87% of lung cancers, emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Healthcare and lost productivity costs of $97.2 billion dollars per years arise from smoking related illnesses. Cigarettes contain over 19 known cancer-causing chemicals in addition to nicotine.

Quitting is a frustrating and difficult proposition for these people who despite the knowledge that they are seriously harming their bodies. Addiction to nicotine causes very uncomfortable symptoms of with drawl. Irritation, agitation and anxiety as well as loss of concentration, sleep disturbances, headaches, coughing and cravings.

Smoking cigarettes is so compelling because of the effects of nicotine. A stimulant, nicotine causes a temporary increase in alertness and a calm feeling. And it can be incredibly addictive. Some studies have found nicotine to be more highly addictive that cocaine or heroin. Additionally, it suppresses the appetite and smokers tend to keep weight off.

How Smoking Harms Your Body

Here’s why cigarette smoke causes so much damage to our bodies. While nicotine itself isn't thought to be carcinogenic, the highly addictive drug is toxic and potentially lethal in large doses. Long-term smokers have a much higher risk of developing a host of life threatening diseases. Just about any cancer you can think of, including cancer of the lung, mouth, nose, voice box, lip, tongue, nasal sinus, esophagus, throat, pancreas, bone marrow, kidney, cervix, liver, bladder and stomach can result from smoking.

Heart and lungs are most damaged by smoking

Lung diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema, are largely due to smoking. Heart disease, which includes coronary artery disease, heart attack and stroke are far more common in smokers. One of the effects of nicotine is constricting the blood vessels, which in turn causes high blood pressure. Another effect is raising your heart rate, which adds extra stress on your heart.

Not only does smoking affect the heart, but every part of your circulatory system. Your blood becomes thicker and stickier, further taxing the heart. The lining of the blood vessels is damaged, allowing fat deposits to adhere, and is most likely a significant cause of arteriosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries.

As a result, diminished circulation to the feet and hands leads to painful neuropathy, and impaired ability to fight local infections. This can lead to gangrene and sometimes requires amputation.

Inhaled smoke contains poison

The inhaled smoke contains many harmful substances, such as tar, carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide, heavy metals and free radicals. Each of these damages the body in various ways. Tar is sticky and brown, containing many chemicals known to be carcinogenic, including benzopyrene. It also and stains teeth, fingernails and lung tissue.

It causes damage to the mouth, teeth and gums, as well as ulcers of the digestive system.

Osteoporosis is caused by a leeching of calcium from the bones and predisposes smokers to fractures. The hip joint is particularly vulnerable to fractures and Avascular Necrosis, a disorder where the bone dies.

Because carbon monoxide, a major component of the smoke, binds with higher affinity to hemoglobin, it displaces oxygen carried by the blood. Since less oxygen is carried within each blood cell, the heart must pump more blood through the body to transfer the same amount of oxygen to the cells.

Hydrogen cyanide prevents the lungs from cleaning themselves of poisonous chemicals. Cilia, the tiny hairs that help to clean the lungs by moving foreign substances out are damaged. Harmful chemicals are allowed to collect in the lungs, preventing oxygenation of the blood.

Other chemicals in smoke that damage the lungs include hydrocarbons, nitrous oxides, organic acids, phenols and oxidizing agents. Free radicals are highly reactive chemicals that can damage the heart muscles and blood vessels When they react with cholesterol plaques are formed, which increase the risk of arterial damage, heart disease and stroke. Finally, tobacco smoke contains dangerous metals including arsenic, cadmium, and lead. Many of these are known to cause cancer.

The tars in smoke can trigger cancer of the esophagus and throat. Smoking causes increased stomach acid secretion, leading to heartburn and ulcers. Smokers have higher rates of deadly pancreatic cancer. Many of the carcinogens from cigarettes are excreted in the urine where their presence can cause bladder cancer, which is often fatal. High blood pressure from smoking can damage the kidneys.

Smoking Damages Other Systems

Smoking adversely affects the reproductive system, especially in women. Many female smokers experience irregular or absent periods. Fertility is compromised, and menopause occurs one to two years earlier. The risk of cervical cancer is increased. For women over 35 taking oral contraceptives, there is a significantly increased risk of stroke or heart attack if they are smokers. Men, experience lower sperm count, more abnormal sperm with decreased motility. There is also an effect on the man’s level of sex hormones. Decrease circulations also predisposes male smokers to impotence as a result of overall compromised circulation and damage to the blood vessels in the penis. .
Smoker’s immune systems are impaired, leaving the smoker vulnerable to a host of minor infections. A smoker needs more time to recover from infections than a non-smoker. Coupled with diminished circulation, a smoker’s risk of infection from minor cuts or abrasions to the arms or legs skyrockets.

Cigarette smoking decreases bone density, promoting osteoporosis. Skin becomes dry and loses it’s elasticity as a result of poor circulation. Premature wrinkling is common. Irritation and inflammation of the stomach and intestines is frequently seen, including painful ulceration of the entire GI tract.

Even more serious are the risks to an unborn child if the mother smokes. Miscarriage is more common in women who smoke. Infants of smoking mothers are at increased risk of low birth weight, prematurity, cleft lip and palate, infections and SIDS.

How To Find Free Internet Marketing

2009-10-19T15:21:00.000-07:00

New ecommerce businesses are caught up in SEO and web optimization. They view Google as the holy grail of making profits via the internet. Their internet marketing budget is sank into buying traffic, optimizing pages, and establishing major PayPerClick programs with the major search engines. All the work, and expense, involved in following the pack, is virtually unnecessary in today’s ecommerce world.

Marketing the Website

Submitting to search engines is only the first step toward a strong Internet Marketing campaign – it should never be the full focus. There are several ways to market a website.

- search engine optimization
- Pay Per Click
- Search Engine Submission
- Generating Inbound Links and increasing Page Rank
- Building Content
- Adding Social Networking Tools such as forums

Each one of these tools have a benefit. Recently a blog community went from PR0 – PR4, and receiving 300 000 hits a month with a budget of $50 a month. The blog community invested $20 a month in a PayPerClick program to ‘boost’ their exposure on Google and be accepted and ‘ranked’ faster.

www.communati.com submitted the website to more than 3000 search engines, free, using www.webceo.com. Despite the ‘old’ search engine hype, this should only be done once or twice a year. They embarked on an article writing, forum promoting, and encouraging members to ‘put the word out.’ The inbound link campaign increased their Page Rank to PR4 within 5 months, an incredible feat.

Next, communati added social networking features like points and a chat. The important ‘trick’ to remember is that search engines give more rank to pages inside the website, not the index or home page. Building links to the home page is becoming a waste of time. Five articles with specific topics that contain high keywords, links to the rest of the ecommerce website, and ‘hooks’, will generate more PR than links to a buy now page, the index page, or a page with heavy images and graphics.

Marketing the Blog

All websites should include a blog. Not because a blog is necessary, or because people read them. The number one reason for putting up a blog is to increase keyword density, but keep in below the 5% ‘red flag’ level. It also generates dozens of extra content pages, increases the number of ‘in house’ links which are also important to increasing page rank.

A blog can also be submitted to blog directories. The best way to submit is using a service. When an Internet Marketing manager submits a blog to a directory, they must include a backward link. When they use a service they can submit to about 1000 directories without back links. The price ranges from $200 - $500. http://www.lazyurl.com/, http://www.submitcomfort.com/

One advantage of a blog is that it is submitted to the blog directories every time someone writes a new post. Web sites that are submitted more than 4 or 5 times a year may find themselves banned. However, a blog can ping the search engine several times a day without risk of being banned.

In turn, the blog search engines ‘ping’ the big search engines who give the ‘new’ content high page rank for the first few hours.

Marketing The Podcast

No podcast on your ecommerce website? Why? Submitting it to the podcast directories is another way to generate free exposure. The podcast only needs a few streaming or downloaded files to qualify. Podcasts can also be listed on dozens and dozens of free services, each building links to the main site, as well as increasing the exposure to the website. AmigoFish.com, Digg Podcasts , Podcast Pickle , www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts or http://podcasts.yahoo.com.

The most popular podcatcher software is iTunes, which is available as a free download from www.apple.com/itunes/download.

Promote Video

Does your product Appeal to younger people? Then load video at facebook, youtube, etc and then submit those videos. Don’t make a dry workshop or seminar style tutorial, but make it interesting. It is amazing how many younger people click in keywords, and then use the ‘search video only’ link to view relevant videos instead of reading articles.

The list continues. Submit your newsletter, forums, and chat directories. A single article can be submitted to more than 50 000 article submission ‘free content’ sites. No cost involved, except time, and the exposure will create a ripple effect sending your message farther across the web than a $100 000 SEO, traffic buying, and search engine submission campaign.

Simple Money-making Secrets of Online Millionaires

2009-10-19T15:20:00.001-07:00

Now anyone can be an online millionaire! These day it's easier, cheaper, and safer than ever to start an Internet business using readily available technology and turnkey opportunities. In this strategy-packed guide, Scott Fox reveals the powerful but simple methods he and thousands of others have used to strike it rich on the Net. Exclusive interviews with “mom and pop” entrepreneurs prove how easy it is to get started and build a million-dollar enterprise.

Readers get:
* a guide to e-business opportunities, including “instant e-businesses” that require no start-up capital * strategies for making money from home and turning hobbies into businesses * marketing and product tips * legal and financial advice * a list of recommended vendors * years of expertise and experience in one easy-to-use book

Internet Riches also features an action lan for brainstorming new business ideas, and exercises to help readers determine the best moves for their particular situations. Filled with practical pointers and inspiring intervews, it's the most powerful book ever on starting and enjoying a million-dollar online business!

Spyware Past Facebook Safeguard

2009-10-19T13:40:00.000-07:00

Hackers have found a way to create automated Facebook pages and are using them to spread spyware to unsuspecting users, says antivirus and Internet security firm AVG Technologies.

facebook malware
In a blog entry posted last week, Research Chief Roger Thompson said that AVG's LinkScanner users had started detecting some "rogue spyware attacks" that were coming from Facebook pages. When AVG started looking at the pages, it noticed that the Facebook profiles featured pictures of the same woman and merely had different names to differentiate them. Each page had a link to a supposed video that would infect user computers with spyware if clicked.

Thompson says that there are likely untold numbers of such rogue Facebook profiles on the Web right now, meaning that the hackers have somehow found a way to bypass Facebook's CAPTCHA system that requires users to retype a series of letters to activate an account. Thompson said that while Facebook will certainly delete any rogue accounts it finds, the accounts "can't be an easy thing for them to find" and will thus be difficult to eliminate.

facebook malwareThe Facebook spyware attack coincides with an FBI warning released today saying that cybercriminals are increasingly using social networking websites such as Facebook to launch attacks. Among the popular techniques used by hackers are hijacking a user's account and sending spam to their friends that leads to a phishing site; creating applications on the site that include malware or rougue antivirus software; and using malware to gain access to users' personal information on their profiles.

Optimize Your Windows 7 PC

2009-10-19T13:38:00.000-07:00

Windows 7 comes as a significant performance improvement over its predecessor, Windows Vista. But if you want to get the very best performance possible, you should make a few system tweaks to eliminate resource-hogging programs and features. In this guide, I'll show you a few good ways to boost your PC's performance without upgrading your hardware.

First, one warning: A quick Internet search will lead you to treasure troves of advice for making the most of your OS, but beware--many of those suggestions are fool's gold, myths inherited from Vista and XP optimization guides that could actually do more harm than good for your Windows 7 system's performance.

The tweaks and suggestions I offer here won't transform your rusty old junker into a screaming new Porsche, but they will help you squeeze some extra speed and space out of your native Windows 7 installation. If you intend to perform additional modifications to Windows 7 beyond the options I describe here, be sure to run a quick search for "Windows 7 performance myths." Don't be fooled by the more outlandish tweaking claims and tutorials you'll find on the Internet. Investigate the changes you intend to make to your system before you do anything, or you might find yourself in an undesirable (or even irreparable) situation.
Speed Up a Fresh Windows 7 Upgrade

When you reach the first, fresh desktop after completing a successful Windows 7 installation, you might be stunned to find your components in perfect working order. For the most part Windows 7 is quite good about setting up drivers for networking, video, input devices, and other elements--good, that is, but not great.

To maximize your PC's performance, first hunt down and install Windows 7 drivers for all of the critical components attached to your system. Motherboard drivers are the most important consideration, especially if your system's video and sound are integrated onto the system board. If those components aren't integrated in your PC, add drivers for your video card and sound card to the list, followed by your input devices and any additional parts you've attached to your system in some capacity (including, but not limited to, a Wi-Fi card, any PCI-based devices, and printers). If you're not sure what components you have, grab the free program DriverMax and use it to scan your system for components and for potential driver updates.

Troubleshoot CompatibilityCan't find Windows 7 drivers for a product? Try using Windows Vista drivers instead. If you run into trouble, try right-clicking on the executable file and left-clicking Troubleshoot Compatibility. Run through the wizard and select the option that refers to the program's running fine in an earlier version of Windows but not in Windows 7. Select Windows Vista as the subsequent operating system, click Next through the offered prompts, and then run the installation executable again.

Finally, though it might sound odd, don't use the Windows Updater to install drivers for your machine--Microsoft is notorious for releasing old and/or incompatible drivers through this service.
Optimize Your Storage

If you installed Windows 7 as an upgrade from Windows Vista, you'll find a folder labeled C:\Windows.old. This folder, as you might expect, holds the full contents of your old Windows Vista system. It's huge, and it's a waste of space. Scroll through the folders for any files that you want to save in your new Windows 7 OS, and then delete the entire folder from your drive. Space saved.

Paging FileIf your PC has multiple hard drives, you can boost performance by moving the location of the system's paging file from the drive containing the C:\ partition to a separate hard drive. To do that, open Control Panel and choose System. From there, click Advanced System Settings. Select the Advanced tab, and then click the Settings button under the Performance category. On the new window that pops up, choose the Advanced tab. Finally, click Change. Uncheck the box labeled Automatically manage paging file size for all drives. Select C: from the Drive box and switch it to the No paging file option. Next, select a different hard drive and choose System managed size. Click OK and restart your computer.
Pushing Your Performance

Windows 7 RegistryTo create a faster Windows 7 experience, start by modifying the amount of time that mouse-over boxes and clicked menus take to appear. Click on the Windows Start button and type regedit into the 'Search programs and files' box. Welcome to the Windows 7 Registry--don't touch or modify anything without good reason. Left-click on the expandable arrow next to HKEY_CURRENT_USER. Expand the Control Panel folder, and then click directly on Desktop in the hierarchy. In the right pane, look for and double-click MenuShowDelay. Change the value from 400 to any lesser number that's 1 or greater; this figure represents the milliseconds of delay between your click and a menu's display. Restart the computer to apply the changes immediately, or continue to the next tweak.

See the folder labeled Mouse (below Desktop)? Click that, and then search for and select the MouseHoverTime Registry key. Just as before, change this value to any lesser number that's 1 or greater. Close the Registry Editor, restart the computer, and you'll have faster mouseovers.

Performance OptionsIf you're willing to sacrifice looks for speed, you can modify the visual settings of the Windows 7 interface to emphasize performance over presentation. Go back to the System section of Control Panel and click on Advanced System Settings again. On the System Properties window that appears, choose the Advanced tab and then click on the Settings box underneath the Performance category. The Performance Options window will pop up. There, you'll see a list of checked boxes that correspond to all of the window dressing in the operating system.

If you don't mind transforming your OS into a clone of Windows 2000, click the button that tells Windows to adjust its visual settings for best performance. It's a harsh step to take, though--if you'd prefer a piecemeal approach, uncheck only the boxes that relate to Windows Aero (such as Aero peek and transparent glass). You'll retain a semblance of a pretty desktop while still improving performance a teeny bit.

Ebuddy - Web and mobile messaging, for everyone everywhere

2009-10-19T12:31:00.000-07:00

eBuddy, your online messenger for MSN, Yahoo, Gtalk, Facebook, ICQ, MySpace and AIM (AOL). Whether you're at home, school, work or traveling; with eBuddy you can chat online everywhere anytime. eBuddy is available as a web based and mobile version. eBuddy provides instant messaging on every computer, it even works when you are behind a firewall! eBuddy means no downloads, no installation of software or upgrades and no registration. Best of all it's free

Free web service for Upload, Saving, Sharing your file and Video anywhere and anytime

2009-01-06T21:57:00.000-08:00

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How To know ID Yahoo Messenger is Invisible or Offline

2009-01-06T21:47:00.000-08:00

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2009-01-05T19:57:00.000-08:00

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Creating and Maintaining Secure Passwords

2008-02-24T09:28:00.000-08:00

In my day I’ve seen more than my share of passwords taped to the bottom of keyboards, written on sticky notes on the monitor, or scribbled hastily on a notepad. I’ve even see text files on peoples desktops containing the passwords to their banking websites. If anyone reading this things that’s a good thing you definitely should put into place the practices I’m about to outline in this article.

The basic premise of a password is that it is a SECRET. No one else should know your passwords. And yes, I said passwordS plural, with an “S” on the end. Every password you have for every site that you deem important should be different. And your throwaway password should be different from all of those. I can already hear the gnashing of teeth after that last sentence, “remembering all of those passwords is impossible! I’ll forget them all and be locked out of everything!”. SILENCE PEASANTS! The Emperor will show you the way.

The secret to maintaining secure passwords and still being able to remember them all is a Password Schema. To create a Password Schema you first choose a five word phrase, our example will be “The Best Five Word Phrase”. Now we head on over to the “Leet” Speak Translator , www.brenz.net/l337Maker.asp and convert that phrase into letters, numbers, and symbols. What I get for our example phrase is “7|-|3 b3$7 pH1\/3 \/\/0rD p|-|r4$3″. Some of those symbols aren’t valid password characters, so we will have to clean it up a bit. The final result is “7H3 b3$7 pH1V3 W0rD pHr@$3″. This is the basis for every password we are going to make. This is what you can write down. Ideally you only write down the unconverted phrase, but if you aren’t familiar with “Leet” speak conversions you can safely write down the converted phrase.

The next step is to choose a separator character. I like to use ! for my separator. You can use any symbol which is valid for a password field. Generally ! @ # $ % ^ and & are all valid.

Now to generate a password with this phrase. I chose as our example website Bank of America. We have 3 words to work with, Bank, Of, and America, so our password will have three sections. We start it off with our separator character !, then we take the first vowel in the first word, bank. So we use the first word in our phrase 7H3. So far our password looks like this !7H3. Now add another ! and take the first vowel in the second word, of, so our next password part is the fourth vowel (A E I O U) which means it will use the fourth word in our phrase, W0rD. The password has become !7H3!W0rD. Now the last word is America, the first vowel is A again. So one more separator character and the final part of our password is 7H3, then the closing ! and you have your new Bank of America password which is “!7H3!W0rD!7H3!”. That password will pass even the most rigorous security analysis. It is impossible to guess and very resistant to cracking attempts. It’s also easy to remember. You know your phrase, and you know how the phrase is applied so you never need to remember a password again. Just write down your pass phrase and start generating secure passwords.

For a quick reference breakdown here is how the schema works in a nutshell:

Separator: !

Base Phrase: The Best Five Word Phrase

Translated Phrase: 7H3 b3$7 pH1V3 W0rD pHr@$3

Vowel Assignment: A E I O U

Site Name: Bank Of America

Final Password: !7H3!W0rd!7H3!

If your banking and personal information is really important to you, then I strongly recommend using this approach. Your middle name and the last 4 digits of your SSN is NOT a secure password.

Secure Your Computer Today

2008-02-24T09:10:00.000-08:00

With more people than ever using their computers to purchase goods, on-line banking, stock market investments and services such as pay pal, the need for securing your personal computer from potential hackers has become paramount. Some of these criminals may be trying to "Phish" your personal information (send bogus links in emails in hopes you will give them information on seemingly legit websites), others may be trying to use your computer as a platform from which to attack other unknowing targets. And, others may be trying to install malicious programs on your computer to steal your personal information.

The following are some easy to use steps to help secure your computer.

1.Always make backups of important information and store in a safe place separate from your computer. Don't save important information in any email account. Print it out and delete the original email, making sure the original email doesn't sit in the trash bin either.

2.Update and patch your operating system, web browser and software frequently. If you have a Windows operating system, set your update options to automatic. This program will help you find the latest patches for your Windows computer.

3.Install a firewall. Without a good firewall, viruses, worms, Trojans, malware and ad ware can all easily access your computer from the Internet. Consideration should be given to the benefits and differences between hardware and software based firewall programs. Still redundancy is a good thing, so try to use a router with a built in firewall along with your PCs firewall and anti-virus software.

4.Review your browser and email settings for optimum security. Why should you do this? Active-X and Java Script are often used by hackers to plant malicious programs into your computers. While cookies are relatively harmless in terms of security concerns, they do still track your movements on the Internet to build a profile of you. At a minimum set your security setting for the “Internet zone” to High, and your “trusted sites zone” to Medium Low.

5.Install anti-virus software and set for automatic updates so that you receive the most current versions.

6.Do not open unknown email attachments. It is simply not enough that you may recognize the address from which it originates because many viruses can spread from a familiar address, and anyone can pretend to be someone you trust.

7.Do not run programs from unknown origins. Also, do not send these types of programs to friends and coworkers because they contain funny or amusing stories or jokes. They may contain a Trojans horse waiting to infect a computer.

8.Disable hidden file name extensions. By default, the Windows operating system is set to “hide file extensions for known file types”. Disable this option so that file extensions display in Windows. Some file extensions will, by default, continue to remain hidden, but you are more likely to see any unusual file extensions that do not belong.

9.Turn off your computer and disconnect from the network when not using the computer. A hacker can not attack your computer when you are disconnected from the network or the computer is off.

10.Consider making a boot disk on a floppy disk in case your computer is damaged or compromised by a malicious program. Obviously, you need to take this step before you experience a hostile breach of your system.

Finally, if you are using a wireless network, secure it by using strong encryption! If you incorporate these steps, you will ensure a safer, and more enjoyable on line experience.

Web Accessibility a Universal Goal!

2008-02-24T08:34:00.000-08:00

Introduction:

Over the last decay, an increase number of research were conducted to determine ways Information Technology can assist in meeting special needs to ensure universal accessibility. Findings to date suggest that by being more knowledgeable about accessibility issues, Web designers and developers are able to accommodate end users with special needs.

As we enter the knowledge age, it is no longer acceptable that people with limited or no vision are on their own when it comes to accessing the web, nor those with mobility problems are on their own when it comes to use a hardware. To ignore

website accessibility raises moral, business, and legal issues. It is morally wrong to discriminate
against disabled people on the web simply through lack of thought, consideration, or awareness. Many business web sites designed without considering accessibility issues result in loss of revenue. Some countries, such as the US, UK, and Australia has introduced legislation that requires organizations to adhere to accessibility issues.

In June 1999, the Disability Discrimination Act (1999) has been used to fight for access rights in

Australia. The 2000 Olympic Site Games, jointly developed by Sydney Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games (SOCOG) and IBM was found inaccessible to the blind users, and SOCOG was fined A$ 20,000 [1].

The purpose of this paper is raising awareness among web designers and developers, to achieve universal web accessibility goal. The paper looks at the disability issues and the existing assistive technologies or methods used by disabled users to assist them in accessing the web.

Afterwards, the paper reviews guidelines for good web site design, and provides analysis for designing an accessible website. Furthermore, the paper highlights on the challenges and gaps in the web accessibility area.

Literature Review:

Two years ago, a Conference was held in ‘London’ and attended by representatives of commerce, industry, government, and the IT Sector aiming to raise awareness of the potential benefits of assistive technology to disabled users. The outstanding number of speakers highlighted through number of cases how technology can transfer lives. ‘Sue Bassoon’ a Business Development Manager at IBM said: “IBM’s goal is to have a speech recognition system as good as the human ear by 2010” [2].

The objectives of this literature is two folds: (1) explain how a particular disability (e.g.

visual impairment, mobility restriction, hearing impairment) can impede the use of the web, and what can be done to accommodate special needs; and (2) show how web designers and developers can construct accessible web sites to end users with disabilities, such as visual or hearing impairment.

(1) Disability Issues

The section begins with a descriptive part concerning disabled user functional limitation

and dependence on assistive technologies.

A- Vision Issues:

A web user who has no sight (totally blind) is likely to use the screen reader technology to reads a load the content of the web page. Other web users, with partial or poor sight need to be able to enlarge the text on web page using a screen magnifier.

B- Mobility Issues:

A web user may have mobility problems as a result of an accident or disease such as:(loss of limb, Injury, or aging process). The technologies used by users with mobility problems are:

- Sticky Keys: For users with one finger typing.

- Filter Keys: Ignores repeated strokes for people with hand tremors.

- Mouse Keys: Permits moving pointer with numeric keypad.

- Serial Key: Permits access to alternatives for mouse and keyboard functions such as Foot Mouse.

- Eye gaze: A video camera that racks eye movement as the user look at an on screen keyboard. It is customizable as how long a key must be looked at to be recorded. When system has identified the key looked at the symbol appears and the user look at next key.

C- Hearing Issues:

A web user may be deaf or experiencing problems with hearing due to the natural aging process. To assist those users the audio or video need to be translated to the ASL (American Sign Language) language of the deaf, in which certain signs represent words.

(2) Design for Accessibility

In the above section, the paper provided readers with a general knowledge about disability issues, disabled users, and the existing assistive technologies. This section is intended for web designers and developers, because it provides them with tips and guidelines on ways to design a good and accessible website. There are two main aspects

to take into account:

I- Look and Feel

Web designers need to present a user friendly interface that addresses specific ability needs. The designer should be able to describe ways disabled users interact with a website, and how they move through the pages and how they achieve their goals. Below, are helpful tips that designers need to consider when designing an accessible website.

- Web Designers & Developers; should follow the four principles of visual organization in the process of designing a website which are: Proximity, Alignment, Consistency, and Contrast.

- Web Designers & Developers; must avoid using HTML tables to control the layout, instead use style sheets.

- Web Designers & Developers; should use legible fonts, and font size to allow disabled users to easily change them from the browser interface.

- Avoid poor color contrast in your design, and do not use color for meaningful description.

- Avoid the use of animation, and flash which may affect users with photosensitive epilepsy.

- Avoid using Frames because it can pose problems for technology used by some disabled users.

- Try not to use graphics for menu and button forms.

- Avoid hiding menu items (using DHTML or applets)

II- Content

Web designers should organize content in a way that can provide ease of use and simplicity. Below, are helpful tips that designers need to consider when designing an accessible website:

- Use a clear language, and write short sentences.

For example, a web page should provide blind users with a short summary of what they can find. A Search Functionality is important because a blind person can’t scan the page, and will generally trust first result he/she receives.

- Add Accessible tags and attributes by using rich set of tags to enhance accessibility. For instance, an ALT tag is used to provide a text equivalent for images within a website. The

ALT text description is what the screen reader or talking browser will read to the blind users .

- Use clear link descriptions, and include links that a user can click to skip repetitive regions of the page.

- Ensure the pages are usable when scripts, applets, or style sheets are turned off or not

supported.

- All audio and video content should contain captions, transcription, and descriptive information.

Analysis:

It is estimated that 20% of the population has some kind of disability. The internet opens

a new window of opportunity and independence to disabled users from reading news to banking to conducting business. For example, by using the screen reader technology a blind user can listen to the latest newspaper published electronically. Similarly, a user with mobility problem who can not go out shopping to buy a newspaper, nor use a

keyboard or mouse independently, can rather use the eye tracking software that allow people to use a computer with nothing more than eye movement.

Nowadays, organizations are asking designers to make their web sites accessible and for

good reasons. First of all, the more people who can use a site, the more potential it can

generate. Online stores, in particular have a great deal to gain, since many people with

functional limitation problems, find it much easier to shop online. Most Web designers

are not personally opposed to the concept of making web sites accessible to people with

disabilities. In fact most accessibility errors on web sites are the result of ignorance. A large proportion of web designers and developers have simply never thought about accessibility issues. A small proportion of web designers (4%) do not understand the needs of users with disabilities; another (46%) understand some of the needs of users with disabilities. While only (26%) of designers understand most of the needs of users

with disabilities and can accommodate them [3].

The Challenges and Gaps of Web Accessibility:

In this section, we highlight the challenges and the requirements posed by user needs, to

access the web. We argue the need for a new approach to address accessibility issues, and

include it in each and every web project life cycle.We recognize that the vast majority of disabled users face challenges when accessing the web. Why is this? Is it the lack of technical solutions to meet their needs – absolutely not! You will hear today that there are new technological solutions to address even most extreme form of disability. Is it cost?

Again it is not! Some technical solutions, cost nothing at all, and already exist in software. So, What then? Is it that web applications are being developed that present challenges to accessible design? Is it lack of knowledge and skills to meet their needs?

There does seem a general lack of awareness of web accessibility issues. Web Designers and Developers, need to have a better approach to tackle the problem in each phase of the web development process. For example, during the requirement analysis phase a web developer must define the target audience of the site, and should take into account people with a combination of disabilities. In addition to this, during prototyping phase a web designer must have the knowledge to accommodate end users with special needs, and also the skills to meet their expectations.

Moreover, testing the web site using different

technologies is critical for a successful web site, to ensure it meets the accessibility

standards and user requirements [4].

Therefore, in each phase of the web development process, accessibility plays an important role. Accessibility and Usability should be completely embedded in web design and development cycles from beginning to end.

The future looks bright for web accessibility. It promises to educate web designers and developers about accessibility issues, through training courses offered at universities.

Conclusion:

The Internet offers independence and freedom. But, this independence and freedom is limited to certain users. Many websites are not created with accessibility issues in mind.

Whether it is the Web Designer lack of knowledge or ignorance, they exclude a segment of users that in many ways benefit from the internet [5].

In short, designing accessible websites does not require an enormous effort or time. It simply, requires commitment, and accountability, to achieve a universal goal.

s for web designers to follow for achieving Universal Accessibility.

The Secret Menace Of Spyware

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Spyware is a small piece of software that you install onto your system usually without knowing it, that then makes a nuisance of itself or evens starts to perform dangerous actions that could make you susceptible to identity theft etc. This article will give you more information on this silent menace.

The biggest problem with Spyware that makes it most irritating is that is places itself on your computer without you ever knowing. Spyware works in the background of your computer to the point where your computer system will become sluggish. You won't know it is there until you either do an investigation of your computer processes, or notice it listed on your program register.

Most spyware will give up when it is found, you just uninstall it, scan you computer for more of them using remover software and then you are clean. However there are some which make it intentionally difficult for you to remove, I am talking REALLY difficult to remove! Don't ask me why, it is not like you are just going to leave it there potentially giving out all your details across the web, but that shows the type of people who make these programs.

The initial wave of this software started because market research companies wanted to know what people were up to online. Of course now that has been twisted. You can get software that allows you to track every key pressed on a keyword, imagine that combined with the ability to track everywhere you go, every file you open, all your details will be exposed...

For some reason spam is still going strong - who buys from these emails and ads? One less dangerous thing this software can do is to display ads that popup on your screen every so often (or all the time!) for products they are promoting. Usually high value products so expect Viagra etc, the usual junk, but as soon as you close them down you know soon you are getting another one, a huge pain.

Along with monitoring your online activity, Spyware can also collect personal facts about you. That means if you go to your banking website each morning, it can at times watch that action. However, most popular websites have several layers of safety in place to avoid the opportunity of a thief stealing your personal data.

Some Spyware even tries to steal affiliate sales from affiliate marketers online by redirecting a customer to their own affiliate page. Imagine buying something to get a bonus from someone then finding some scammer has stolen their part of the sale so they can't give it to you.

It is not all doom and gloom, there are programs out there that are perfectly legitimate and harmless, like the Alexa toolbar which I have on my computer. I allow it to track my activities willing and I know it is safe. However sadly 95% of the software out there has ulterior motives and can be used to steal from and manipulate you, that is why there are calls to ban this scourge completely.

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