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Google using Flash to illustrate Search results...

maroush — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:18:19 GMT

I don't know how many of you are familiar with this:

Google Image Swirl

I'm clicking around and just thinking ....no....no....God no!! :smack:

Google dashboard: Track your privacy

TofiBaba — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:28:14 GMT

I know, flip side to the paranoia. I think they're trying to set people's minds at east by showing how transparent their "data collection" process is and where our information is coming from in their storate:

https://www.google.com/dashboard/

This is what they have to say about Dashboard:

"Right now, the Dashboard focuses on the most popular products that you use when you're signed in to your Google Account. Also, the Dashboard shows only data that you generate or that Google records that's specifically associated with your Google Account. For example, searches you perform when you're signed in to Web History, or a shipping address you've stored in Google Checkout.

There are other kinds of data that Google records when you use its services, but which are not associated with your Google Account. To protect your privacy, that data is intentionally kept separate from your Google Account and thus is not visible on this page. Here are a few examples:

* Server logs
Like most websites, our servers automatically record the page requests made when users visit our sites. These server logs typically include your web request, IP address, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your request, and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser. We store this data for a number of reasons, the most important of which are to improve our services and to maintain the security of our systems. We anonymize this log data by removing part of the IP address (after 9 months) and cookie information (after 18 months).
* Cookies
When you visit a Google product, Google remembers your preferences (for example, whether to use strict SafeSearch when you search the Web) using small files called cookies, which are stored on your browser. Google separates data that is associated with your browser's cookies and data that is associated with your personal Google Account; since the Dashboard displays data from your Google Account, cookie information is not shown.
* Interest-based advertising
Many websites, such as news sites and blogs, partner with us to show ads on their sites. To show ads that are more related to each user's interests, Google associates interest categories to an advertising cookie that's stored in your browser. The interest categories are based on sites you've recently visited and can be viewed, edited and deleted in the Google Ads Preferences Manager. (The Google Ads Preferences Manager also lets you opt out of interest-based ads altogether.)"

Google: should we be paranoid (YT Video)

TofiBaba — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:13:51 GMT

So, opinions

RAM upgrade

NaMaan — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:56:49 GMT

I have Dell Vostro 1000 with 1 GB of RAM . Thanksgiving is near and I want to take advantage of it .

I'll be buying DDR PC2-5300 200 Pin RAM . Any idea from where I can get the best deal in America ?

Trillian brings impressive multi-network chat to the iPhone chat

GSBot — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:30:02 GMT

Trillian, the excellent all-purpose chat app we've loved for years on the PC, just made the leap to the iPhone.

There are a lot of things to love about this pocket-sized version of Trillian, including its great-looking interface and its support for several different chat services. You'll need to sign up for a free Astra account if you don't already have one, but it's nice that Trilian's existing desktop users can just plug and play with no account setup required.

Little perks of Trillian on the iPhone include push notifications (yay!) and the ability to send photos. Managing contacts is also pretty easy. In fact, Trillian's the first iPhone chat app I've seen that has a straightforward way of moving contacts between groups.

I do have a couple of minor bones to pick with Trillian, though. First, no landscape keyboard? Seriously? IM is a typing-intensive activity, and the iPhone's small portrait keyboard doesn't cut it for fast and furious chats.

Second: it takes two clicks to close your current chat (the "more" button and then "end conversation"). Can't we just get a close button? These are minor issues with what's otherwise a great app, and a decent value at $4.99, especially if you use more than one chat service at a time.

[via CNET]Trillian brings impressive multi-network chat to the iPhone chat originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sand to Silicon - the Making of a Chip

NaMaan — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:17:36 GMT

iphone 3g multi tasking query.

funlover — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:16:25 GMT

hi ! i have been using nokia e71 for past one year and nowadays planning to switch over to iphone. can someone guide me about the multitasking capabilities of iphone 3g. can two sites be surfed(one in minimised form) simultaneously using this phone? can dictionary and net or music be used simultaneously?

Google plan to change http protocol

cadet018 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:47:09 GMT

Quote:

Google�s Plan to Make the Web Twice as Fast

Google is apparently in the early stages of a research project that appears to aim as high as perhaps replacing the HTTP protocol, the fundamental technology that essentially makes the World Wide Web possible.

In a somewhat obscure post on the Chromium blog, the development branch of their ChromeChromeChrome browser, GoogleGoogleGoogle reveals they�ve been working on a new protocol dubbed SPDY for �SPeeDY� for its goal of making the web faster.

While HTTP is an �elegantly simple protocol� that has powered the web since 1996, the tone of Google�s post is almost patronizing, as if HTTP were our doddering old uncle that�s had his day and needs to be put out to pasture. Then again, Google�s hubris is perhaps warranted as one of the only companies with enough clout and resources to indeed spur on the �evolution of websites and browsers� with an entirely new protocol designed to speed up the communication between web servers and clients.

They reveal they�ve already got a prototype web server and a Chrome client with built-in SPDY support that they�ve been testing in the lab. With these tools they�ve reportedly been able to see an up to 55% speed increase in page loading, and feel like the project is now stable enough to warrant soliciting feedback from the web community. The SPDY documentation is now available, as well as the source code. Google encourages feedback on the new protocol in the Chromium Google Group.

What do you think, is Google onto something in thinking the basic protocol underpinning the web needs a refresh? Is it time to focus on the need for speed? Let us know in the comments.

src: Google’s Plan to Make the Web Twice as Fast

At first I thought they are also planning to change html ........but thnx God *phew*

Another (Yahoo service) one bites the dust!!

TofiBaba — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:27:41 GMT

Yahoo Go service for mobile phones and portable device is out of service:
"We will stop Yahoo! Go 2.0 and Yahoo! Go 3.0 services on January 12, 2010"

RIP!!!

Close of support

Microsoft Office 2010 Beta

NaMaan — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:23:20 GMT

Microsoft Office 2010 Beta is now available for public .

http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/default.aspx

FF and Windows 7

Khumar — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:12:18 GMT

My taskbar decides to have a tiny fit when i open a new window or a tab in FF. Is this something to do with Win7 or FF? Like it flickers/flashes until i click on it and then it stops.

FYI I have the new version of FF, i actually switched from en-gb to en-us because i thought i clicked on en-us during installation :blush: and it's been happening a lot since then =/

Help needed with Troubleshooting guide

Heart Desire — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:08:45 GMT

Can someone plz write me the guidance notes on how to identify and resolve these problems.

1. The program I am using has frozen
2.Changing screen orientation
3.Work disappears from your folder
4. Slow to open programs

iPhone App: Card Bank

TofiBaba — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:26:14 GMT

This sounds like a nifty little package. Has anyone tried it out?

iPhone Apps - CardBank | Apptism

CardBank conveniently stores all of your loyalty / preferred shopper cards right on your iPhone/iPod Touch!

✓ Never forget your preferred shopper card when grocery shopping!

✓ Never lose rewards points because you left your card at home!

✓ Never be weighed down by numerous cards on your keychain again!

●Features●
✓ All of your preferred cards and key FOBs in one convenient location
✓"Favorites" function stores your most frequently used cards for quick access
✓ Easy to add/update cards and FOBs
✓ Self checking feature while entering card numbers
✓ 120 current programs, with over 100 more to follow
✓ Works in both portrait and landscape views
✓ Dedicated support team to expand retailer list
✓ Built in communication through Info screen to request new retailers

trouble shooting guide

curiosity — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:22:25 GMT

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Ding dong the torrent's dead -- Pirate Bay's tracker closes down

GSBot — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:30:04 GMT

In rather shocking news this morning, The Pirate Bay (TPB) has shut down its torrent tracker. The search engine remains, but instead of dishing up torrents it will instead serve as a magnet-link repository.

TPB cites that the concept of the BitTorrent tracker is dead. "There is no need to run a tracker any more" says their blog. Long-live DHT and PEX -- dynamic, decentralized torrenting technologies!

What this actually means for you and I -- the implications -- is that you need to make sure you have an updated torrent client, like uTorrent or Azureus. Something that supports DHT and PEX. Most of you will already have these technologies enabled by default -- you just don't know about them. In fact, even with this rather dramatic announcement, you probably won't realise any difference in your download speeds.

Piracy will continue as normal, don't worry.

It's simply the end of an era. Perhaps more interestingly, TPB have been talking to other tracker owners and torrent-download sites. They're pushing for everyone to move away from trackers and towards decentralization.

Whether this is simply a 'viva la piracy!' move, or a more sinister strategy by their new owners remains to be seen.

[via TorrentFreak]Ding dong the torrent's dead -- Pirate Bay's tracker closes down originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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