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Privacy = Security
2006-12-12 15:00:00
What is our privacy level on the internet ? How secure are we on the internet ? Most of us who use the internet are unaware of privacy and security.You've often read of something like this when signing up : We'll never give your email address or disclose your personal information to any 3rd party member. Your privacy is very important to us - or something similar. And as a result, most of us sign up trusting whats written.There are two kinds of people who are overcautious of entering sensitive information over the internet : ones who use the net just for surfing and ones who know how the internet works to some technical level. The ones who use the net just for surfing are just browsin' around to kill time and/or checking mail. They wouldn't dare enter their credit card number for any reason what-so-ever and so they don't shop online. Ones who know the inner mechanisms may check for SSL certificate validity, safer browser, cookies etc. Not all sites can be checked manually, and ...
More About: Security , Privacy , Riva

Today's Shoplifting = Tomorrow's Shopping ?
2006-11-28 13:30:00
Today we call it Shop lifting - tomorrow it'll be just called Shopping ! A lot of people have already envisioned what the future would be like based on the current trends in technology.Here, is what shopping could be like in the very-near-future:Person goes to a shop in a mall and takes the stuff off the rack that he wants (to buy).He walks out of the shop taking the items with him, not checking in at the counter because there is no counter !Its the future payment system that we're looking at. Sensors in the shop detect who you are and what what you've taken from the shop. The advanced computerised system will then use this information to track down the person's bank account details and debit the amount from his or her account. This concept may sound too simple to narrate but we all know this is no joke to implement. The level of sophistication for a system this complex can only be semi-dreamed of today but implausible till the next decade or so. Obviously, this and many other '...
More About: Today , Shoplifting , Tomorrow

Conned !
2006-10-19 10:30:00
For the past 4 days, I've been trying to restore my internet connection which got suspended as a result of non-payment from my ISP's (YouTeleCom) point of view. Formerly known as Iqara, YouTeleCom has its Navi Mumbai office located at Sector 17, Vashi. I've always considered YouTeleCom's internet service far better than the others - for home based internet connections. Their internet speed is always at a constant, uptime is almost 99% a month except for those days when heavy floods become a remediable calamity. Customer support at the call-center is good enough, though their circle of information is always within their main office (Guregaon) and seem to know little or nothing when it comes to the point where information has to be gathered from the branch office. But its their billing system thats a total mess, esp their renewal section where it can take days for your connection to get renewed. Apparently, they've outsourced the home-to-home payment collection part to various ag...

Google To Buy YouTube Rumor
2006-10-08 13:38:00
I always had this gut feeling that Googl e would try to buy YouTube one day real soon. Google Video was defintely hitting on far better than MSN Video and Y! Video but if you place the tripod at YouTube and look at Google Video, the latter looked like a total disaster. Sure, Google is more conscious of copyright issues and has its legendary simple layout design which makes it more aesthetically appealing, but the content on YouTube is what people want to see ! Lets try to categorize the people who are going to surf the internet and check out YouTube Videos:· Children & Teenagers - They have all the time in world for playing around esp teenagers who are totally into the internet these days· The Jobless / Unemployed - You think they are busy job-hunting all day long ? This is their best pass-time in between 2 unsuccessful interviews, or maybe even trying out a video-resume ?· New Moive Production Company on the lookout for aspiring Actors & Directors - Well, if...
More About: Youtube , Rumor

The Coolest Mobile Phone Design
2006-09-25 20:30:00
Apart from my PIV 3.0 GHz HT HP dc7100 desktop (nothing really to brag about these days after the launch of the Core Duo and Dual Core based machines) and HP laptop, I got myself a multi-functional AOI printer-scanner-copier, a LightScribe Double-layer DVD Writer, a Canon PowerShot 4.0MP and a Sony CyberShot 6.0MP digital cameras, 2 pen drives, an external hardisk, an iPod Nano and a Nokia 6681 (which I presented to my aunt) over a period of one year. For the past few months, I've managed to control myself in gadget-shopping...well, I finally realized that I've been draining all my income on gadgets and absolutely on nothing else ! But for the last few days I was thinking of finally getting a mobile phone for myself - the last gadget I wanted to get by the end of this year. So I pondered over the idea of getting just one more gadget within the budget.Being a total gadget freak and keeping myself abreast of the latest general technology trends, I haven't owned a mobile-phone so fa...
More About: Design , Mobile , Phone , Mobile Phone , Cool