iPhone 2.0 : Developer Ready, Enterprise Ready
Boom! Apple has finally unveiled the official SDK and looks like Apple has a winner at its hands in the form of the iPhone. The Apple Special Event just wrapped up a few hours ago, and surprisingly Apple had quite a bit to say. The first half of the event was concentrated upon enterprise users while the second half focused on the SDK and a few other things. With complete enterprise support coming, Apple surely has a winner at its hands. Here’s a rundown into what enterprise features the... Read The Rest →
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 : Early Bird Review
I’m pretty sure you have all heard about Internet Explorer 8 either here or elsewhere. The 1st Beta of IE8 was released to public today and I quickly downloaded and I’ve been playing with it the whole day long. Being a long time Firefox browser, it was like ages since I used Internet Explorer. I’ve been a Firefox fan since the 1.2 days. So coming back to IE8 after such a long time was an experience in itself for me. Anyway’s I’d better cut the crap and focus on the... Read The Rest →
What If Microsoft Builds IE On Top Of Firefox ?
Just done with reading an Interesting Post at PCWorld titled “Dear Microsoft: It’s Time for Internet Explorer, Powered by Firefox”. The headline caught me unawares and the article itself was quite an interesting read. The article was quite provocative, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. I just thought I should present my opinions on this idea as well, so here you go.. If you have any ideas please drop in your opinions in the comments. For a start lets get it straight on, that IE will never embrace Firefox come... Read The Rest →
Get SMS Notifications When Someone Contacts You On Pidgin
I just found this amazing plug-in available for Pidgin called gSMS which sends you SMS notifications whenever someone leaves a message for you on Pidgin and you aren’t able to respond to it within a specified time frame. This could be particularly useful if you need to step away from your desk but you are expecting an important message. By configuring this amazing plug-in, you can be notified by SMS that the person left a message. With this you can get back to them as soon as possible. While the... Read The Rest →
Breaking : Credit Card Magnetic Strips Hacked!
If the security risks faced by credit card users weren’t already enough, now the security information that is stored in a magnetic strip behind the card can be hacked and be used for malicious purposes. Hacking the data on the magnetic strip so far has been unsuccessful but RFID security guru Adam Laurie has come up with a test program named CHaP.py, specifically designed to read the chip and PIN credit cards that comply with the EMV standard. Here’s what Wikipedia has to say about the EMV Standard : The... Read The Rest →
Blu-ray Trumps HD-DVD, A HD Download Battle Lies Ahead
The Format wars for the next generation DVD’s are over. Blu-ray backed by Sony Corp. has finally managed to trump Toshiba backed HD-DVD. Toshiba finally gave up yesterday, and the decision that Toshiba took was an “agonizing decision” that Toshiba had to take, says Toshiba president Atsutoshi Nishida. But then this decision had to be taken in the best interests of the company. The tipping point came when Warner Bros. decided to join Sony Pictures Entertainment, MGM, Disney, 20th Century Fox, New Line Cinema and Lionsgate to support Blu-ray... Read The Rest →
Feedburner Quietly Kills All Time Feed Stats
Feeburner, the leading Syndication Engine for just about most of the blogs on this planet, has pulled out one small but very useful feature from its statistics. Feedburner which was acquired by Google late last year has not yet come up with an explanation as to why the All Time Stats option was removed. But as of now, the data of the past is still preserved and there are workarounds for you to get it. But Still it isn’t nice on the part of Feedburner to remove this useful option... Read The Rest →
Harvard Site Hacked And Leaked Onto BitTorrent
The Website of Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences seems to have had what you call major security breach. The whole of the website complete with Server backups, Databases of Students, Site Databases, and the Complete directory structure have been leaked onto BitTorrent. At the time of writing this, a 125MB Zip File is being tracked by Pirate Bay. According to Torrentfreak, the Harvard University website has become a victim of a major security breach. A Torrent that is currently available on Piratebay claims to be a... Read The Rest →
The Next Killer App : Digsby IM Client
A Friend of mine told me about Digsby and I’ve been testing it for about a week now, and I have to say it is very very impressive. Till now I was using Pidgin as my choice of IM client. But in comparison to Digsby Pidgin falls very short. The Social Network features of it is simply amazing and the best thing is that it has been beautifully integrated. Well Digsby is a multiprotocol IM client that lets you chat with all your friends on AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ,... Read The Rest →
iPhones Infected With 'Chickenpox'
Several iPhone who snapped onto iPhones early when they were released are now reporting that their iPhones are having tiny bubbles under the glass layer. I’m not sure when this started, but a few users noticed this earlier, but didn’t bother much. But to make things worse, these bubbles apparently have multiplying nature. The Good thing is that Apple is replacing every single iPhone thats caught up with ‘Chickenpox’ with a brand new iPhone free of cost. Here are few selected quotes on what the users have to say on... Read The Rest →
