Starred links #1

Want to make your online experience even more worthful, then sit back and enjoy reading the starred links mentioned below for gaining a broader knowledge about the latest News, Stories and all that blogosphere talks about. here goes the list

• Bajaj pulsar 300 cc a hoax? by Sankaranand
• Some bloggers Fail to Understand... by michael lica
• Flauntr: web 2.0 photo editing by leshie poston
  
• you've got no m@il by Fun_da_mental
• Order a Ubuntu OS for free by Nazir Aziz
• Bengaluru is incorrect form of Bangalore by Manjunatha
  
• Inside pictures of Bill gate's house by Amit Agarwal
• How to get a fully licensed Winzip for free by lytebyte
• Microsoft I want a zune phone by Arpit Jacob
• Stop yahoo messengers to startup with windows by Shankar Ganesh
  
• Use blacklist to keep away unwanted callers by Ashfame
• How to signup for shopping ads by Rishi raj
  
• I am hired as a freelance blogger by Ram karthick
  

5 tips for a secure password

Password hacking are very common nowadays, Most of passwords, which are hacked, are due to very weak password or easily guessable passwords. Secure passwords aren’t that hard to make one, here are a few tips to make secure and non-hackable password.

1. First thing before selecting password, use alpha-numeric keys as your password, use Caps lock in between your passwords.

2. Do not use words from dictionary, according to Microsoft, hackers use special kind of software to guess the dictionary words.

3. Do not use your girlfriend's name or any other family relative or phone numbers or any personal information, as they will easy to guess.

4. Do not use the Password for all your e-mail Id's or account's, make sure that you use different passwords for different accounts. Try to change your password regularly.

5. Try to have a lengthy password, at least 8 characters. Don’t use repeated words in your passwords.

Adobe and you are in trouble....

Adobe system Inc, one of the most popular software firm, Recently posted on its company's website that some of it's software are vulnerable to viruses and malicious programs, Hackers are able to hide malicious programs inside adobe's software. Malicious programs are those programs which takes control of the computer and send confidential informations to its remote programmer. Adobe quoted that these flaws only effect windows operating systems(95% of worlds computer runs on windows) and internet explorer(popular web browser among windows user). Adobe system is yet to rectify the problem, if you face any kind of problems using adobe's software, visit Adobe.com/support/security for more information and support

9 Simple reasons to own your domain

9 Simple reasons to own a domain instead of a Sub domain

1. First and foremost reason, it gives a professional to your blog/site, if you own a domain

2. Most of the times, sub domain are ignored by search engines to be listed in their search results,

3. Subdomains are subjected to follow certain rules and regulation, in some cases show compulsory link to their main site

4. Sub domain are not registered on you, You are no more than a tenant, Sub domains are registered on their respective owner, whereas if you own a domain your are the real boss

5. Subdomain url's are hard to remember with those slashes, dots, hyphens, numbers etc
example- Http://.123-mysite.free-site.com/
In the other hand if own a domain url's are based on your name or company so its easy to remember

6. Subdomains like blogger, wordpress and other free platforms does not support PHP, MYSQL database, ASP etc, In the other hand domains PHP, MYSQL database,ASP and lot more are supported

7. In sub domains like Blogger,Wordpress, or any other free platforms do not support file hosting of word,PDF,.exe files on to their server.In domains you are allowed to upload and host many files on to their servers

8. Sub domains(expect wordpress) do not have multiple pages like http://You.subdomain.com/contact. In other hand in domains, you can have a number of multiple pages

9. Moreover sub domains you do not have email address support, like you@yoursite.subdomain.com, whereas in domain you have a support for email address like you@yourdomain.com

There are a lot more advantages of a domain than a subdomain. No one can deny it. If you ask me, I would prefer domain instead of a subdomain. I would strongly recommend hosting your domain at Top Hosting Center , an award winning, affordable, reliable, secure domain host provider

Microsoft to acquire facebook

As I being a Die hard fan of Mr.Bill Gates, I cant Resist Posting about the Microsoft's Next big plan.Microsoft,The software Giant, is all set to buy FacebooK, a popular social Networking site to compete against Google's Orkut, Which is also a very popular form of Social Networking site. I personally feel It is a right move by Microsoft because facebook, which has 34 million active members worldwide according to wikipedia, Facebook is believed to be $6 Billion US Dollars worth according to online sources. Hope they buy Facebook make it more attractive.

Superstar Rajnikanth's New avatar

Rajnikanth also popularly known as the Superstar, One of the most powerful actor in the history of Indian cinema, with over a millions of crazy fans all over the world.His latest movie "Sivaji the boss" proving to be a great success in the boxoffices worldwide. Now the superstar is to hit the screen in a brand new way that the world never witnessed him, Yes Rajnikanth in an expensive animation movie called "Sultan The Warrior", in which Rajnikanth in a leading role, created by none other than his own daughter Saundarya Rajnikanth.Music by legendary A.R.Rahman The film is produced by Adlabs,in association with Orcher studios and it is believed to be the most expensive animated movie ever made in India.

Glimpse(Trailer) of the Movie

Links: official website

Blogs to Inspire from!

Just Two years backs when first started my blog!. I had no much idea or knowledge about blogging.Here are a few "The best Blog" on the blogosphere which i inspired from,and if you are a new blogger these blogs will sure help you!

BLOGS OF INSPIRATION

• Kiruba shankar
• Amit Agarwal
  
• Sankar Anand
• Shankar Ganesh
• Srinivasan Paul Joseph
• Rishi Raj
• Ashfame
• Vivek
• Xen Zu
• Sumesh
• lytebyte
  

Microsoft launches Halo 3

Halo 3,Third version of the game from the Halo series. The much awaited and having crazy fans allover the globe, Halo 3 is expected to be Big Blockbuster for Microsoft with already a having 1.5 million pre-orders according to online sources.

according to Reuters UK the game is estimated to be sold upto 5.2 million copies within the first day of the launch, The Halo 3 game is believed to be the biggest launch in the history of gaming industry, The game sale was kicked off by Bill Gates with a price tag of Rs.$59.99(2339.61 INR) at 24.01Hrs(12.01 am) Midnight,According to Microsoft, first-day sales of Halo 3 reached $170 million in the U.S., making it the highest grossing entertainment product within 24-hours of release in history. The performance beat the previous record setter, predecessor Halo 2, which earned $125 million within 24-hours after its launch.

Breath taking trailer of halo 3

Download Halo 3 trailer

Buy halo 3

The apple effect - Wow!

Recently I had a chance to experiment 2 gig 2nd generation iPod nano,which was bought to college by my friend called Rohit. I was attracted by its simple, sleek design and of course the quality of the product. I could have easily settled for so many cheaper varieties of media players available in the market but thought there is difference between ‘riding a toyota corolla vs Benz’. It’s really amazing how engineers at Apple managed to squeeze flash memory, a processor(or better SOC) and Lithium ion battery in that slim case. More importantly, Apple provides a host of services to its customer: extended product/battery protection plan, number of accessories for the product, songs (in protected AAC(Advanced Audio Coding) format) for 99 c per song from its iTunes store.Every product of Apple has its own distinctive features that regalises it.May it be iMacs, iPods or softwares developed by the computer.

Firefox hack

Generally I prefer to switch to different browser every once in a while. It may be that I am browser-maniac or it may be just to avoid monotony of using the same browser. As a Blogger, I remain hooked on to the Internet most of the time. Though I use Firefox,Opera, Mozilla(in the order of usage), I have to test Web Applications in Internet Explorer as majority of users still rely on it despite of its limitations and security loop-holes. One thing which excites me is the possibility of playing around with configuration settings of Firefox and Mozilla. The so-called “hacks”
lets us tweak the browser performance and get the maximum in terms of performance, security and of course a bit of thrill. The following browser tweaks I found in a tech column in PC Magazine and is expected to speed-up the loading of pages.
1)Open up the configuration variables by typing “about:config” in the address bar and pressing “Enter”.
2) Search for “network .http.pipelining” and set it to “true”.
3) Search for “network.http.proxy.pipelining” and set it to “true”.
4) Search for “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests” and increase it to value like “20 “.
Basically, these changes allow the browser to make multiple page requests at the same time.

Beware! software cracks may be dangerous!

Most of the cracks available for softwares inject either spywares or trojans into the computer when they are run.Few days back, I tried out a crack for a file-transfer application and while using the machine an alert pops up informing that there are so many critical errors in the machine and that I must download certain patch from a fishy-like website. It’s annoying to see the distracting message showing up every once in a while while I am browsing. Only remedy should be to clean up the registry.....

Tips for defensive Web Designing

Recently, I perused a book titled “Defensive design for the Web” by 37signals.com.It contains a number of useful guidelines for Web Designing followed by illustrative examples. Some of the

notable points are listed below:

About Error Messages
1)Error messages should be distinctly noticeable.
2)Color, Icons, Text should be used to highlight/explain problem area.
3)Error identification should be consistent throughout the system.
4) Need for back and forth clicking in error pages be eliminated.
5) Custom “404-Page not found ” pages should include following information:
a) company’s name and logo.
b) reason for displaying that page.
c) links back to home/other pages.
d) search engine.
e) email links so that problem can be reported.

About Web forms
5) Required fields should be highlighted in the form.
6) Sample entries, drop-downs, formatting hints should be provided.
7) Entries should be validated ASAP both at the client and the server.
8) Use of “Reset” or “Clear” button be discouraged and the “Submit” button be disabled after it is clicked to avoid multiple form submissions.
9) Entries made in the form needs to be saved periodically
to handle premature drop-outs.

About URL redirection
10) Near-miss URLs should be successfully redirected using sub-domain wild cards(*) etc.
e.g. addresses like www3.abc.com or www2.abc.com can be directed to abc.com.

Use of HTML ALT tags for images
11)As usual, ALT tags should contain concise but precise description of the images being used so that users withslow Internet connection or with text-only browsers may use it without hindrance. Moreover, it aids Search Engine Crawlers to grant high ranking to thepage.

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