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Quick Hacks for Firefox 3:
As you might have noticed, Firefox 3 is a current hot topic. I’ve found some useful hacks for Firefox 3.
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9103878&pageNumber=1
Command Line Email Using Mutt in Linux to send Attachments:
echo “Message Body” | mutt -a attachment.tar.gz -s “Subject” user@domain.org < /dev/null
More Mutt Email options Mutt Man Page
Firefox 3 Launched:
Finally Firefox 3 is out. Please take the screen shot tour of Mozilla Features. As reported on few blogs, the primary advantage is that it’s fast compared Firefox 2 and it uses a lot less memory so it won’t slow down all the other programs that you’re using.
Best Free MP3 to Wav converter’s for Windows:
I’m listing best free resources for converting your .mp3 files to .wav format.
And obviously everything is free :p
New iPhone 3G Unveiled:
Almost a year after upending the mobile-phone world with its first wireless handset, the iPhone, Apple unveiled a souped-up second version of the device, the iPhone 3G.
Introduced by Apple (AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs in a June 9 keynote address in San Francisco, the iPhone 3G will sell for $199 for an 8GB version and $299 for a 16GB version. The new prices represent a departure from a year ago when the first devices sold for $599 on the upper end. The iPhone 3G will be available in 22 countries beginning July 11, and will eventually be sold in 70 countries in all.
The new phone derives its name from the faster Internet downloads available on advanced, or third-generation (3G), wireless networks. Jobs told the audience the new iPhone downloads Web pages as much as 36% faster than comparable phones from Nokia (NOK) and Palm (PALM). The new phone also sports a feature that lets users know their location using GPS satellites. Phones that run GPS technology are able to access an array of location-aware applications, including mapping within address books. Other improvements over the original device include improved audio quality on phone calls.
Full Source Article:
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2008/tc2008069_946161.htm?chan=rss_topEmailedStories_ssi_5
Love Starbuks & Have idea’s?:
Some interesting stuff from the Starbucks. Your voice can be heard or your vote can be counted..
Take a look at the http://mystarbucksidea.force.com/home/home.jsp
In short, they say you can shape the future of starbucks. Then why are you waiting…scrach your head!!
Security Flaws in Safari:
I came across this article by Nitesh Dhanjani. He claims that he found 3 security issues in the Safari browser.
Here is the list of reported issues:
1. Safari Carpet Bomb. It is possible for a rogue website to litter the user’s Desktop (Windows) or Downloads directory (~/Downloads/ in OSX). This can happen because the Safari browser cannot be configured to obtain the user’s permission before it downloads a resource. Safari downloads the resource without the user’s consent and places it in a default location (unless changed).
2. Sandbox not Applied to Local Resources. This issue is more of a feature set request than a vulnerability. For example, Internet Explorer warns users when a local resource such as an HTML file attempts to invoke client side scripting. I feel this is an important security feature because of user expectations: even the most sophisticated users differentiate between the risk of clicking on an executable they have downloaded (risk perceived to be higher) to clicking on a HTML file they have downloaded (risk perceived to be lower).
3. Issue disclosed due to high vulnerability
Source Article: http://www.dhanjani.com/archives/2008/05/safari_carpet_bomb.html
Facesaerch: I recently found this new Google based face search engine. It’s an image search engine for faces powered by Google. The GUI is nice with MAC style image scrolling. It supports the safe search. Although it has very limited functionality, the idea is not a bad one.
Microsoft Live Search Cashback Analysis:
In order to counter Google, Microsoft has come with Cashback option by offering money back on select purchases.
Microsoft Corp. today announced it will offer ad-funded cash rebates to customers who find and purchase their favorite products through a new program called Microsoft Live Search cashback. Key partners include top Internet retailers eBay, Barnes & Noble.com, Overstock.com, Sears, Zappos.com, and WPP. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates made the announcement this morning at advance08, Microsoft
2nd International ACM Workshop : Workshop Oct 2008 - iNEWS08 Improving Non-English Web Searching (iNEWS08) Fotis Lazarinis, Efthimis Efthimiadis, Jesus Vilares, John Tait July 2008 SIGIR 2008 Workshop on Aggregated Search Mounia Lalmas, Vanessa Murdock