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Tag2find..better than the desktop search tool.

December 30th 2006 12:47
tag


This tool I stumbled upon at Techcrunch lets you tag everything on your desktop. That way you can tag everything on your desktop and arrange it properly. The tags will simply stick to your files. It only works with Windows XP

and vista.

All you have to do is download the tool and you can use it either as a floating tool bar on your desktop or you can integrate the search box into your tool bar. To integrate into your tool bar right click on the tool bar and the tool bar>tag2find tool bar. To have the floating tagbox just double click on the tag2find icon in your systray.

You can even drag and drop files to the Icon for tagging.

To have a good look at what this amazing tool can do visit the learn more page or watch the video here.

It is now in the beta stage and you have to apply for a technical preview program here to use the tool.










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It's time to Participate in Pixelotto.

December 29th 2006 11:37
pixelotto

I guess many of you have heard about Alex Tew the man who made a million out of his milliondollarhomepage by excellently executing his unique idea. There have been many copy cats that followed but they just remain rip offs.


And Alex is back this time with his new website Pixelotto.com. This time the idea is to give some benefit to the user too after the ads are clicked on. It is done by giving the registered user a ticket for a lottery which at the end can earn you a million bucks.

A free registration is required. And you can click on 10 ads in a day each earning you a ticket. If you click more than 10 times only the first 10 clicks are accounted for.

Also, make sure that you click on all the ads at least once because according to the site the draw is made in such a way that an Ad is chosen at random after all the space has been sold and then all the users who clicked on that Ad will be included in the draw.


This time it is $2 per pixel where as in in the milliondollarhomepage the advertisers paid $1 per pixel. But since the revenue is split with the user it will send more visitors to the site and also more clicks. So the advertisers are willing to pay $2 per pixel and in the end it would give Alex a cool One million dollar again after splitting the other One million with the lucky winner as part of the lottery scheme.


Visit Pixelotto.

Or

Sign up to participate.
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EULA analyzer.

December 24th 2006 11:04

How many of us read the End User License Agreement before we install a software? One of the perils of not reading the EULA and installing the software is that you could be agreeing for spywares to be installed along with the software. And that is how the people who install the spyware escapes the law by claiming that the software was installed with the "Informed consent" of the user.

Yeah, it is definitely a hard thing to read the whole agreement especially when they are written in such small fonts and too long. This where the EULA analyzer called EULAlyzer comes to your help. EULAlyzer can analyze license agreements in seconds, and provide a detailed listing of potentially interesting words and phrases. Discover if the software you're about to install displays pop-up ads, transmits personally identifiable information, uses unique identifiers to track you, or much much more.

All you have to do is drag the EULAlyzer's capture icon to the text. Or you can even copy and paste the agreement into the program and click on the Analyze button. The program analyzes the words and flags it at different Interest ID levels and draws the attention of the user even to words that are cunningly phrased to trick the user.

So before you click on the "I Accept" button next time use this program and analyze it.

Download EULAlyzer.
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Allofmp3.com sued by RIAA for $1.65 Trillion!

December 23rd 2006 08:24
The Russian Mp3 site Allofmp3.com has been sued by the RIAA for a whopping $1.65 Trillion. The RIAA have been trying it's best to shut down the site and so far there has been no success.

The site is legal in Russia but is considered to be illegal in other countries since they don't pay royalties to artistes.Instead of paying royalties to the record labels, they share a cut of its revenue with a Russian licensing group, which according to the owners of the site claims is in complete compliance with local laws


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8 security fixes released for Firefox 2 by Mozilla.

December 21st 2006 13:37
Users of the recently released Firefox 2 are advised to download the updates since Mozilla has released 8 security updates of which 5 are rated critical. However the recent vulnerability which allowed phishing attackers to steal passwords has not been fixed yet. The only solution for this is to disable the password manager.

The users should get an automatic update notification and if automatic update is turned off then use the "Check for updates" option on the help menu. The updates can also be downloaded directly from the Mozilla website. To do that use the following links


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Opera brings browser for the Wii world.

December 21st 2006 12:16
On friday (Dec.22) Opera's free Beta version of it's browser for the Nintendo's Wii users will be available. The browser can be downloaded by the Wii owners who who are connected and who have activated the Wii shop channel and be connected to the net. The beta version which is an extented free trial will last through May 2007. After that the users will be charged US $ 5. The browser will allow the users to have a simple navigation on the net.

However after the trial period is over, paying for the browser is not going down well already. In these days when browsers and plugins are available free for everyone, people have started asking why Wii users should be given a different treatment


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Kishkish lie detector for Skype users.

December 19th 2006 07:54
Over the internet you tend to meet different types of people and there are times when you wish that you know how the true the person at the other end is. Half of things you listen you listen with an element of doubt and wouldn't it be great if you can erase that element and be on the clear about what kind of person you are interacting with?

Well this is no longer a thing behind your reach if you are Skype user. The Kishkish software that can be dowloaded from the Kishkish site is lie detector that is capable of monitoring in real-time the stress level in a person's voice. This software works in conjuction with Skype


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Coming soon..Google phone.

December 18th 2006 07:15
Reports from various sources across the net confirms that Google and Orange is entering into a multi-billion dollar partnership to launch a Google phone.

The plan is to create a branded Google phone which would also carry an Orange logo. The device is to be manufactured by HTC, the Taiwanese firm that is already a well known name in the field of Smart phones and PDA's


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YahooMessenger users advised to upgrade to 8.1

December 16th 2006 09:28
There is a major security flaw that has been detected in all Yahoo Messenger versions that have been dowloaded before Nov.2, 2006. This is an active X flaw and it could lead to problems right from your machine or browser crashing to opening back doors for malicious attackers to take control of your machine.

Secunia the security firm reported this just almost a day ago. Yahoo advises all the users to upgrade the Messenger to the latest version which is 8.1


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Microsoft users--time to patch your system.

December 13th 2006 10:32
With all the security issues and the Zero day vulnerabilities with Microsoft , the Microsoft users have been living in fear. And it was high time that Microsoft released some patches. And finally they have done that. Some of the issues are rated critical and if you haven't patched your system go here and do it.

Also check out this handler's diary which gives you an idea about whether there is any know exploits for any vulnerabilities


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Happenings during the past week in the security and web world.

December 10th 2006 09:48
Here is a look back at the past week's happenings in Internet secuirity and web world.

Firefox 3 Alpha version.
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7 active Zero day vulnerabilities in Windows.

December 8th 2006 11:31
According the Eeye's Zero day vulnerability tracker there are currently seven active (unpatched) zero day vulnerabilties and all of these are related to Windows. According to the list the currently unpatched ones are:-

*Word Unspecified Exploit


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An encrypted USB drive with Fingerprint Access.

December 7th 2006 10:05
sony usb drive

How about an USB drive which is secured with a finger print reader? You might wonder why you need such a thing especially when you see the Pound 59 price tag for an USB drive. Well, the idea behind this is that this USB drive can be shared by a group of users (if not single person who does not care about spending that much money for a USB drive with a Thumb reader)for storing sensitive information such as passwords etc:-

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World's thinnest 3G smart phone with a full QWERTY keyboard.

December 5th 2006 13:09
i600 samsung


The "Samsung Ultra Messaging i600." the launch of which was announced today by Samsung along with Microsoft is claimed to be the world's thinnest 3G smart phone with a full QWERTY keyboard. It also the first smart phone that supports Web applications like podcasting and RSS Feeder, which scan Web sites for updates. It can connect with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0


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Myspace users...watch out for the Worm attack.

December 5th 2006 12:47
Everyone who users Myspace please be warned. There is a worm that uses QuickTime player that has hit the Myspace. It is said that almost one third of the user profiles are infected with this worm.

This utilises a weakness in myspace and exploits the HREF track function in the QT player


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Two free tools to organize your audio files.

December 3rd 2006 05:43
Audiograil

Audiograil

There is nothing more frustrating than some badly organized Mp3 files with vague file names and not properly tagged. Now you can stop pulling out those hairs (well whatever of it is left after all the past bout with frustrations) and have a well organized and correctly named mp3 files, thanks to AudioGrail


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Brando USB MP3 Pen FM Radio Voice Recorder

December 1st 2006 12:43
Brando USB MP3 Pen

For $68 you get a 1GB USB thumb drive, an MP3 player, a voice recorder, an FM radio and a very sleek looking pen that you can actually write with! The 512MB comes for $48. It is shock proof and moisture proof..which is a good thing for the pen but unfortunately we are not.If you want anything more for that kind of money then..let me say..don't be greedy. So far there is no shuffle mode on mp3 player.

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