Archive for April 26th, 2008


Apr 26

YouTube glitch compromised Gmail accounts in UAE

Google's owned video sharing service YouTube is currently affected by a glitch, that allows users to access others' Gmail accounts and  view the information stored inside. ArabianBusiness reports, the glitch only occurs to the UAE users, currently customers of the Etisalat ISP. "When signed in on their own accounts, UAE users are able to view the
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Apr 26

Windows XP SP3 RTM Build 5512 Slipstream ISO Image “Do Not Download”

With the release of Windows XP SP3 RTM Build 5512, many website started offering the slipstream ISO image of the third and final build. You’ve to understand that the downloads do not contain an official build from the Redmond company, as it has not  as yet delivered the slipstreamed version of the service pack. “We still plan
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Apr 26

Cuzillion: Website, Blog Performance Tool

Steve Souders has released a website, blog optimization tool called “Cuzillion”, which lets you you test out different techniques for optimizing performance in browsers, and these tests can be saved and shared by the community. The tag line is ‘cuz there are zillion pages to check.” Full Article
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Apr 26

Click Fraud Rate Drops for first quarter 2008

Click Fraud Rate Drops to 16.3 Percent; Click Fraud Rate for Content Networks Lowers to 27.8 Percent Click Forensics, released industry pay-per-click (PPC) fraud figures for the first quarter 2008 from the search advertising industry’s leading independent click fraud reporting service – the Click Fraud Index™ (www.ClickFraudIndex.com). Now in its third year, the Click Fraud Index
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Apr 26

How Microsoft Live Mesh would mesh with Yahoo’s Y!OS?

While it’s still premature to be trying to map how Microsoft and Yahoo! assets will align if and when Microsoft ends up taking over Yahoo, the Web-services development arena is likely to be one area where the two vendors’ offerings look increasingly unlikely to mesh. At the Web 2.0 Expo this week, Microsoft
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Apr 26

Google Product Search formerly Froogle: Identical Products Detection

Google Product Search formerly known as Froogle has received some important updates, since its launch in 2002. For some queries like [cell phone] or [scanner], Google detects identical products that are available in multiple online stores and lets you compare prices, read reviews and technical specifications on a single page. Until now, Google Product Search linked directly to
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Apr 26

Samsung BD-P1500 Blu-ray Player

Samsung has announced the release of 4th generation Blu-ray player called “BD-P1500”, which supposed to significantly improve the home viewing experience. The BD-P1500 can upconvert standard DVDs to 720p, 1080i and 1080p resolutions and offers Full HD video playback capabilities for very clear pictures. Designed with fans of multimedia technology in mind, the
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Apr 26

Beyond Compare: Compare Text files, folders, and archive

Beyond Compare is a utility for comparing text files, folders, zip archives, and FTP sites. Use it to manage source code, keep folders in sync, compare program output, and validate CD copies. It can create a snapshot of a live directory structure, and compare it against the live copy at a later date.
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Apr 26

Google Docs: Updated, gets CSS Editing, Insert Videos, Saved Searches and More

Google Docs is updated with couple of new features. You can now, both add and remove people's access and set advanced permissions from the Docs list. You can now access browser contextual menu by hold down the shift key while you right click to use the browser (rather than Google Docs') right-click menu in the Docs
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Apr 26

Origami Experience 2.0

Origami Experience 2.0 which was announced at CES this year. The Origami Experience software is a "pack" of applications designed specifically for the Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC) running Windows Vista. The Origami Experience 2.0 software comes with 3 applications that do specific tasks on the UMPC. I'll give a quick overview of these applications
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Apr 26

Y!OS: Yahoo!’s open social web services

If the software industry truly is to transcend the PC level and start an entirely new economy on a Web platform, then it doesn't appear any one player will have an automatic, native advantage. Yahoo is gambling it will be one of those players. There are four centers of gravity emerging in the complex and semi-defined social
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Apr 26

TomTom adds new features to TomTom RIDER 2nd edition navigator – New maps, safety features and more

TomTom improved their popular TomTom RIDER 2'nd edition navigator and have added some interesting software-related new features like: “TomTom Map Share, extensive safety features such as the Help Me! menu, TomTom’s latest map guarantee and pre-installed Tele Atlas maps of Western & Eastern Europe. In addition, bikers now have easy access to dedicated trip statistics. This
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Apr 26

Setup Live Mesh client on non-US English systems

Well, now, you’ve read these two “how to get early access to Live Mesh” & “Live Mesh invite” posts, and has got the invitation, but wait! if you live outside United States and your Operating System’s defualt language is not US-English, you’ll receive these little words “you cannot install the Live Mesh desktop client onto your computer because
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Apr 26

Windows Server, SQL Server & Visual Studio – Heroes Happen {Here} Launch 2008 Resources

Microsoft posted the resources from the Windows Server, SQL Server & Visual Studio Heroes happen {Here}  launch. Check them out they are very informative indeed!
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Apr 26

Debut: Record video from webcam, capture devices or screencast

Debut is a free, simple, and easy to use video recorder that lets you capture video files directly on your PC using a webcam (video camera), or capture device (from video). This software can also capture and record almost anything that can be played or displayed on the computer screen. The program saves the video on your hard drive as avi, wmv or many other file types.
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