Archive for December, 2007
Bhutto's Assassination Videos's targeted to spread Malware
On December - 29 - 2007
Malicious JavaScript pushes TrojanIt is just sad to see that after the brutal assassination of our nation's Leader and the Muslims World's first ever Lady Prime Minister, Muhtarma Benazir Bhutto, Virus writers are exploiting, the event's hype to spread dangerous Malware.Surfers searching for video footage of the suicide attack that killed Bhutto and at least 21 others on Thursday are liable to find Malware posing as video clips that attempts to trick users into running malign ActiveX controls. The Continue Reading
Google Video Sitemaps Released
On December - 29 - 2007
Something else for webmaster to-do lists Google will make use of an extension to the Sitemaps protocol to do a better job of indexing the videos people publish. Indexing text data became old hat to Google and every other search engine over the past few years. Multimedia, especially video, has everyone's attention these days (including Hollywood screenwriters.) To enable better video indexing, Google has taken the lead in introducing and accepting Video Sitemaps. "By submitting this video-specific Continue Reading
What is Web 2.0 – A Funny Answer by Nokia
On December - 24 - 2007
Well the SAGA continues, as many of my dedicated readers must have viewed the much hyped video "HERE COMES ANOTHER BUBBLE" about the web 2.0 and the funny side to it; here comes another funny video about the web 2.0 but this time by the"People Connector"Well here is the video Courtesy of Daily MotionGet your comments hopping on about the new definition described by NOKIA...ENJOY Continue Reading
FireFox 3 Beta2 – A Review – Is it Going to Take Down IE???
On December - 24 - 2007
Mozilla has released the Firefox 3 Beta 2. As expected, this release is more about polishing the long list of features and improvements introduced during the previous nine milestones (eight alphas and a beta). But, as usual, there’s room for some noticeable changes.Theme of Firefox 3As you may know, every Firefox release has a code name from major parks around the world. Gran Paradiso, (Great Paradise), “evokes images of travel from an earlier, more glamorous era so we decided to center our Continue Reading
Weaving the WEB Together – Mozilla
On December - 23 - 2007
Mozilla is expanding its browser platform into new realms, creating API's and a portable storehouse for bookmarks, customizations, passwords, histories, preferences and other metadata. Just like Microsoft, Google, Yahoo and others, Mozilla wants its platform, called Weave, to serve as a kind of a Web operating system, managing basic services for users . Under the auspices of Mozilla Labs, the non-profit also plans to build tools and API's to extend its framework for creating new user experiences. Continue Reading
BBC goes web 2.0 Style… The News is now… 2.0
On December - 23 - 2007
Round about the 20th of this month, world news leader BBC has launched its beta site, bringing upon the web 20 culture within itself. Although now still the final version BBC believes that as the Internet evolution goes on and the web progress, its Website has also moved along to support and focus on the the NEW web 2.0. Embracing the new style, the new Website helps users customize page sitting accordingly and features are much more dynamic There is a clock synchronized to your system time also Continue Reading
The Office is Online Now – WatchOut Google Docs – Office Live Workspace is Here…
On December - 17 - 2007
Microsoft today has officially posted their advertisement on their website about their soon to be released, in bet a program Office live Workspace. although a late competitor but Office live workspace is a big tough one to be launched as an interface for online web and office publishing.Arch rival Google has already made its mark in the online office world and currently offers Google Docs and Spreadsheets to its users of Gmail and other services and offers live editing of documents in doc format Continue Reading
The Latest MAC and PC advertisement for the Holidays…
On December - 16 - 2007
Well we all know how much good the MAC is, and these advertisements are very well famous on the internet.Well here is the latest of the lot from the Employees of Steve Jobs.... well isnt the PC Cute in this....Enojoy...and let your comments hop on... Continue Reading
Windows Live maps New Acquire (Multimaps.com) A Challenge aimed at Google Maps…
On December - 15 - 2007
Microsoft Corp. said Wednesday it has acquired a United Kingdom online mapping company to enhance its existing Windows Live Web-based services. The software maker did not say what it paid for Multimap, which provides street-level maps, travel directions and local information. Multimap also offers hotel and restaurant-booking services and builds private-label mapping tools for companies, including Hilton Hotels and Ford Motor Co. Microsoft said Multimap will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary Continue Reading
Google Wiki – The Wikipedia Killer (Let the GWikis Roll…)
On December - 15 - 2007
' Print Share Sphere Embrace, improve and extinguish. That’s what Google has done to search, Web advertising, digital mapping and the like; now it plans to do it to online encyclopedias as well. Yesterday the company announced Knol (defined as a “unit of knowledge”) , its improvement on the social encyclopedia. With it, the company hopes to encourage experts on a particular subject to write authoritative articles about them, which it can then rank. “The key idea behind the Continue Reading
XBOX 360, Wii, Tv, Consoles, PC – Share it with a Wiz – Leaf Networks
On December - 15 - 2007
What if you could share not just selected files and folders, but your entire network with a group of trusted friends? Leaf Networks software lets you do just that. The Leaf Networks software establishes a connection between your network and those of your friends, allowing the sharing of network-attached devices, PCs, even game consoles and Tivos, and all the content that resides upon them. It's not "all-or-nothing" sharing, though. Leaf users can choose whether or not they want to share Continue Reading
Job Post by Microsoft : "Building a Flickr Killer"…
On December - 13 - 2007
Microsoft recently told many of the tech savvies on the web that Microsoft is interested in building a head-to-head competitor with Flickr. But read the first couple of lines of that Microsoft job posting again: “Come make Windows Live the best place to share your digital memories! Heard of Flickr? YouTube? How about. Mac? This role will work across the new Windows Live division with teams like Spaces, SkyDrive, Messenger and Hotmail to construct a winning strategy for Microsoft in photo Continue Reading
Office 2007 SP1- Out Today…
On December - 13 - 2007
Well I just got an email from Microsoft TechNet that they have shipped out the Final Office 2007 Suite Service pack in the market which is quite to the surprise "EARLY" as expected. The 218 MB download is said to be a major upgrade in features and services of the revamped office. "Crashes are one of the most frustrating experiences customers have, and the team worked hard with SP1 to make our products more stable. We've also included most of the previously-released hotfixes that also help Continue Reading
Internet Explorer 8 Announcement
On December - 13 - 2007
Just as he was the first to talk about IE7, Bill Gates kept the tradition alive and discussed IE8 at the Mix ‘n Mash event here on campus yesterday. Bill was talking to some blogger's about IE.Next and called it IE8, the same way we do here in the IE team hallway. So, yes, the version after IE7 is IE8. We looked at a lot of options for the product name. Among the names we considered and ruled out: IE 7+1IE VIIIIE 1000 (think binary)IE Eight!iIEIE for Web 2.0 (Service Pack 2) IE Desktop Continue Reading
Will the Software Giant buy Yahoo!!!
On December - 13 - 2007
Well since the inception of Google in 1998, many companies have grown tremendously and well many have suffered due to immense tough competition. Google the web giant is creating troubles for major arch companies like Yahoo!, Microsoft and etc. So now what do they do As they Say Cant beat Em , Join Em It seems like the rumors of Microsoft buying yahoo are still on the go. Much is being made of Microsoft President of Platforms & Services Kevin Johnson’s statement this week that Continue Reading

