Showing posts with label software. Show all posts
Showing posts with label software. Show all posts

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Top 10 worst passwords ever...


Here is a list of the ten worst passwords that you can ever use::

123456
123456789
Your first or last name
111111
password
iloveyou
username
qwerty
abc123
batman or superman

- There are lots of other funny and easy to remember passwords that users are using as passwords but seriously guys how safe and strong is your password. Just think about this...

Pic homepagedaily

Thursday, October 8, 2009

War of the Social Networking sites - Guess the winner!!!


Here is a chart of comparison between the social media gaints Twitter, facebook and myspace and the number of unique visitors to these sites. Just saw this somewhere on the huge web and thought to share with you guys. Facebook is growing without any bounds and Myspace as usually has got its loyal visitors but what is interesting is the growth of twitter, that is now a days a bit on the down side, may be that's just a hiccup.

by Adi
Via chicagotribune

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Yahoo logo makes a sound similar to "Yahooooooooo" !!!


Someone was telling me today about their new catch. Whenever you get a chance, go to the Yahoo search homepage and if you can see the exclamatory mark that ends the Yahoo logo. Try and locate the dot in the exclamatory mark and click exclusively on it. You will hear the dot screaming out "Yahooooooooo"!!! in a sweet lady voice.

Remember to pump up the volume and definitely it is not safe for work, remember this...

by Adi

Google celebrates the barcode invention...


Google is celebrating the barcode invention in its own way. Just look at the logo of Google in it's homepage of Google Search. You will now see a barcode in place of the usual Google logo. On this day 57 years ago a patent was granted to its inventors Bernard Silver and NOrman Woodland. Just thought to share with you guys...

by Adi

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Google chrome Themes by Artists.... Cute Move....


Slowly but steadily Google Chrome is winning hearts of net users. It is now targeting the areas where Firefox has been dominant and trying to master the trade. One such move is made yesterday and it involves Google Chrome 3, which comes with themes that you can download and install. Now they have intro-ed a new section called Themes by Artists.


This new addon to Google Chrome is such a cool thing. Its more like the themes addon for Firefox but here it is something different as you don't need to go to some other section and download them and install them. Chrome does all this for you and you can enjoy freely all the themes available. When you just press the "Apply Theme" button below the themes, Chrome automatically downloads the theme and installs it for you.


If you are in a doubt about how to access the themes in your Chrome browser, first update your browser to chrome 3.0 and then go to the tools section on the top right corner and then go to the "options" field and then select "Personal stuff" tab and in there you will find the "Get Themes" button. Upon clicking this button you will be directed to the themes page where you can play around.

by Adi

Thursday, October 1, 2009

What is Google Wave - Slight introduction, my way!!!

Yesterday every where in the news channels to newpapers to facebook and twitter, everyone was buzzing about the new Google Wave and its 100,000 invites but what exactly is Google wave. I will definitely not tell you what it is all about but can guide you to someone with more knowledge about it or someone who got hands-on this one.

Actually I was one of those early birds who asked Google for the new Google Wave access but haven't yet received any invite from them. It's ok I am not upset or something like that, by the way who cares for one............ Baaaaahhhhhhhhhhh I want an invite!!! BAAhhhh I want an invite, I am desperate, the world is gonna end....


Ok seriously in the words of Mashable, Google Wave is a real-time communication platform, which combines the aspects of e-mail, instant messaging, social networking, web chat, project management and wikis. Waves can be embedded on any blog or website. Just like a facebook application, developers can build their own apps within the waves.

Google Wave is an open source application which means it will be easily innovated and can be adopted by developers with less trouble. You don't need to upload a file or attach it, you can just drag and drop the files so that everyone else can access it. That's so easy.

Right now I don't have access to one account of Google Wave, hence can't divulge much information about it to you. But once I get access to it, I will give maximum information about it. Keep cool, you will get access pretty soon as well....

by Adi
Google Wave

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Can you eat a computer cookie??? NO...


When I started using the computer basically I never used the computer, I just used to open the Internet Explorer 6 and access my mail or some *&^%^&%$#^ websites., you know what I mean. Back then, when you don't want others to know what you have accessed through the IE, you just had one option to delete all the cookies and history from the browser. I just did that but was always worried what these cookies are???

Cookies are like a tag placed on your computer by the websites that you visit. It is more like a file that stores information about the site, the pages that you visited on the site and the information that you stored on the site like usernames, passwords and things like that. When you visit the same site again and if your cookies are still intact, then the website recognizes you and grants you access instantly.

These cookies fall into two types:: Temporary cookies and permanent cookies. Temporary cookies are cleared off as soon as you close the browser or a session but permanent cookies are stored permanently on your computer hard drive and even if you delete them will be recreated again as soon as you access the website.

You now have the option to allow or disallow cookies at will and you can play around with them. But having cookies disabled will greatly decrease your access speed on a website and just not that you have to re-enter any kind of information you gave in previously. Now you know what a Computer cookie is all about...

by Adi

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Firefox 4 theme - looks like glassy look is gonna rule...


Firefox 4 theme is out and its more like a glass bottle sticker rolled out for our viewing. There are lots of changes to the User Interface as well. Of course this is just a mock up which might be rolled out as early as Firefox 3.7 as well but this definitely is looking cool. There is a tools button on the top right corner and the home button and a gmail quick launch button are added to the tab bar which is now the top most bar in Firefox.

Several major additions and changes are being discussed to the UI for 4.0. Keep in mind these changes are farther out and therefore more in flux than ideas for 3.7.

  • Merging the LocationBar and SearchBar
  • Merging stop/refresh/go into one button
  • Adding a Tab-on-Top Option
  • Introduction of App Tabs
  • Expanded Home Tab Functionality
  • Hiding Bookmarks Bar
  • Profile Stuff
  • Removal of Status Bar
These are a few changes to list out. Head over to the mozilla site below for a clear crisp understanding of what you are gonna taste pretty soon and in the future from your dearest browser Mozilla Firefox 3.7 and 4.

by Adi
Mozilla Wiki