COMMUNICATIONS TIMELINE
1. In, 3500BC to 2900BC; the Phoenicians develop an alphabet . The Sumerians develop cuneiform writing- pictographs of accounts written on clay tablets. The Egyptians develop hieroglyphic writing.
2. In,1775BC ,The Greeks use a phonetic alphabet written from left to right.
3. In,1400BC,Oldest reocrd of writng in China on bones.
4. In,1270BC,The first encyclopaedia is written in Syria.
5. In,900BC,The very first postal service, for government use, in China
6. In,776BC,First recorded use of homing pigeons used to send a message the winners
of the Olympic Games to Athenians.
7. In,530BC,The Greeks start the very first library.
8. In,500BC to 170 BC; Papyrus rolls and early parchments made of dried reeds- first portable and light writting surfaces.
9. In,200BC to 100 BC; Human messenger on foot or horseback common in Egypt and China with messenger relay stations built. Sometimes fire messages used instead of humans.
10. In,14AD,The Romans establish postal services.
11. In,37, Hellographs-Roman Emperor Tiberius uses mirrors to send messages.
12. In,105,Tsai Lun of Chins Invents paper as we know it. Many say that this, along with the invention of the wheel, wehre what changed the word most.
13. In,305,First wooden printing press invented in China, which used symbols carved on a wooden block.
14. In,1049,First movable type, clay, invented in China by Pi Sheng.
15. In,1450,The first newspaper appeared in Europe.
16. In,1455,Johannes Gutenberg invents a printing press with metal movable type. His first printed book? The Holy Bible.
17. In,1560,Camera Obscura invented primitive image making makes its entry.
18. In,1650,First daily newspaper is published in Leipzig, Germany. It was called the Einkommende Zeitung.
19. In,1714,Englsihman Henry Mill receives the first patent for a type-writer.
20. In,1793,Claude Chappe invents the first long-distance telegraph line.
21. In 1814,Joseph Nicephore Niepce achieves the first photogrpahic Image.
22. In 1821,Charles Wheatstone reproduces sound in a primitive sound boc the first microphone.
23. In 1831,Joseph Henry invents the first electric telegraph.
24. In 1835,Samuel Morese inventes the Morse code.
25. In 1843,Samuel Morse invents the first long distance electric telegraph line. Alexander Bain patents the first fax machine.
26. In 1861,The US starts the Pony Express for mail delivery. Coleman sellers invents the Kinematoscope- a machine that flashed a series o f still photographs onto a screen.
27. In 1876,Thomas Edison patents the mieograph , an office copying machine. Alaxender Graham Bell patents the electric telephone.
28. In 1876,Melvyl Dewey invents the Dewey Decimal System for ordering libray books.
29. In 1877,Thomas Edison patents the phonographith a wax cylinder as recording medium.
30. In 1879,Eadward Muybridge invents high-speed photgraphy creating the first pictures that captured motion.
31. In 1887, Enile Berliner invents the gramophone. This is debatable, though- some say it was Edison, Some say it was Charles cros.
32. In 1888,George Eastman patents the Kodak roll film camera.
33. In 1889,Almon Strowger patnets the direct dial telephone or automatic telephone exchange.
34. In 1894,Guglielmo Marconi improves wireless telegraphy.
35. In 1898,First telephone answering machines come up.
36. In 1904, First regular comic books.
37. In 1906, Lee DeForest invents the electronic amplifying tube or triode. It allowed electronic signals to be amplified, improving telephone and radios.
38. In 1910, Thomas Edison demonstrates the first talking motion picture
39. In 1914,First cross-continental telephone call made.
40. In 1916, First radios with tuners giving access to different stations.
41. In 1923,Iconoscope, the first TV camera, is invented by Vladimir Kosma Zworykin..
42. In 1925,John Logie Baird transmits the first experimental television signal.
43. In 1926, Warner brothers studios invents a way to record sound separately from the film on large disks and synchronised sound and motion picture tracks upon playbac.
44. In 1927, NBC starts twp radio networks. CBS is founded. First television broadcasts in England. Warner Brothers releases The Jazz singe, the first successful talking motion picture.
45. In 1930,Radio poularly spreads with the Golden Age of radio. First TV broadcasts in the US. Movietone system of recording film sound on an audio track right on the film invented.
46. In 1939,Scheduled TV broadcasts begin.
47. In 1944,Compuers such as Harvard's Mark I put into public service.
48. In 1948,The Long Playing record is invented, playig at 33rpm. The transistor is invented.
49. In 1949,Network TV starts in the US. The 45-rpm-record is invented.
2. In,1775BC ,The Greeks use a phonetic alphabet written from left to right.
3. In,1400BC,Oldest reocrd of writng in China on bones.
4. In,1270BC,The first encyclopaedia is written in Syria.
5. In,900BC,The very first postal service, for government use, in China
6. In,776BC,First recorded use of homing pigeons used to send a message the winners
of the Olympic Games to Athenians.
7. In,530BC,The Greeks start the very first library.
8. In,500BC to 170 BC; Papyrus rolls and early parchments made of dried reeds- first portable and light writting surfaces.
9. In,200BC to 100 BC; Human messenger on foot or horseback common in Egypt and China with messenger relay stations built. Sometimes fire messages used instead of humans.
10. In,14AD,The Romans establish postal services.
11. In,37, Hellographs-Roman Emperor Tiberius uses mirrors to send messages.
12. In,105,Tsai Lun of Chins Invents paper as we know it. Many say that this, along with the invention of the wheel, wehre what changed the word most.
13. In,305,First wooden printing press invented in China, which used symbols carved on a wooden block.
14. In,1049,First movable type, clay, invented in China by Pi Sheng.
15. In,1450,The first newspaper appeared in Europe.
16. In,1455,Johannes Gutenberg invents a printing press with metal movable type. His first printed book? The Holy Bible.
17. In,1560,Camera Obscura invented primitive image making makes its entry.
18. In,1650,First daily newspaper is published in Leipzig, Germany. It was called the Einkommende Zeitung.
19. In,1714,Englsihman Henry Mill receives the first patent for a type-writer.
20. In,1793,Claude Chappe invents the first long-distance telegraph line.
21. In 1814,Joseph Nicephore Niepce achieves the first photogrpahic Image.
22. In 1821,Charles Wheatstone reproduces sound in a primitive sound boc the first microphone.
23. In 1831,Joseph Henry invents the first electric telegraph.
24. In 1835,Samuel Morese inventes the Morse code.
25. In 1843,Samuel Morse invents the first long distance electric telegraph line. Alexander Bain patents the first fax machine.
26. In 1861,The US starts the Pony Express for mail delivery. Coleman sellers invents the Kinematoscope- a machine that flashed a series o f still photographs onto a screen.
27. In 1876,Thomas Edison patents the mieograph , an office copying machine. Alaxender Graham Bell patents the electric telephone.
28. In 1876,Melvyl Dewey invents the Dewey Decimal System for ordering libray books.
29. In 1877,Thomas Edison patents the phonographith a wax cylinder as recording medium.
30. In 1879,Eadward Muybridge invents high-speed photgraphy creating the first pictures that captured motion.
31. In 1887, Enile Berliner invents the gramophone. This is debatable, though- some say it was Edison, Some say it was Charles cros.
32. In 1888,George Eastman patents the Kodak roll film camera.
33. In 1889,Almon Strowger patnets the direct dial telephone or automatic telephone exchange.
34. In 1894,Guglielmo Marconi improves wireless telegraphy.
35. In 1898,First telephone answering machines come up.
36. In 1904, First regular comic books.
37. In 1906, Lee DeForest invents the electronic amplifying tube or triode. It allowed electronic signals to be amplified, improving telephone and radios.
38. In 1910, Thomas Edison demonstrates the first talking motion picture
39. In 1914,First cross-continental telephone call made.
40. In 1916, First radios with tuners giving access to different stations.
41. In 1923,Iconoscope, the first TV camera, is invented by Vladimir Kosma Zworykin..
42. In 1925,John Logie Baird transmits the first experimental television signal.
43. In 1926, Warner brothers studios invents a way to record sound separately from the film on large disks and synchronised sound and motion picture tracks upon playbac.
44. In 1927, NBC starts twp radio networks. CBS is founded. First television broadcasts in England. Warner Brothers releases The Jazz singe, the first successful talking motion picture.
45. In 1930,Radio poularly spreads with the Golden Age of radio. First TV broadcasts in the US. Movietone system of recording film sound on an audio track right on the film invented.
46. In 1939,Scheduled TV broadcasts begin.
47. In 1944,Compuers such as Harvard's Mark I put into public service.
48. In 1948,The Long Playing record is invented, playig at 33rpm. The transistor is invented.
49. In 1949,Network TV starts in the US. The 45-rpm-record is invented.
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Downloadable Goodies
Very useful sites, all free, all full versions, got my hand dirty.
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Collection of Complete computer tutorial ebooks useful for students,computer engineer,programmers,analysts,geeks. It's easy download. Just right click, save target as and choose the location for saving. OR you could use some other download managers like FlashGet too.
http://lab.lpicn.org/pub/books/
This is the collection of commercial java games for mobile phones supporting JAVA technology. There are lots of addictive games under various genre
http://gallery.mobile9.com/c/java-softwares/1/
If your phone is Symbian based, then this one is the best in world so far. It has everything, everyyyyything. You name it , you get it. Just register for free and start to have fun.
http://www.dotsis.com
This is russion warez site for mobile phone games/softwares/tones. I won't recommend it but if you can find and know how to dig that site, you'll be charmed.
http://games.mobiguru.ru/?ph_page=2
note: this is russian site(see that '.ru' country level domain). You need site translation service like of
http://babelfish.altavista.com to translate the whole site into English.
More on next time..
Check Inside
Collection of Complete computer tutorial ebooks useful for students,computer engineer,programmers,analysts,geeks. It's easy download. Just right click, save target as and choose the location for saving. OR you could use some other download managers like FlashGet too.
http://lab.lpicn.org/pub/books/
This is the collection of commercial java games for mobile phones supporting JAVA technology. There are lots of addictive games under various genre
http://gallery.mobile9.com/c/java-softwares/1/
If your phone is Symbian based, then this one is the best in world so far. It has everything, everyyyyything. You name it , you get it. Just register for free and start to have fun.
http://www.dotsis.com
This is russion warez site for mobile phone games/softwares/tones. I won't recommend it but if you can find and know how to dig that site, you'll be charmed.
http://games.mobiguru.ru/?ph_page=2
note: this is russian site(see that '.ru' country level domain). You need site translation service like of
http://babelfish.altavista.com to translate the whole site into English.
More on next time..
Sunday, February 25, 2007 |
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Man mistakes porn DVD as woman's cries for help
Oconomowoc - Instincts took over, James Van Iveren says, when he rushed out his door to the sound of a woman being raped in an apartment above.
"It was a woman screaming," he recalled Tuesday. "She was screaming for help."
Sword in hand, he bounded up the stairs, kicked in the door and confronted a man who turned out to be alone - watching a pornographic movie.
Van Iveren
"Now I feel stupid," Van Iveren said.
Worse yet, police seized his sword - a family heirloom - carted him to jail and referred the case to a prosecutor who charged Van Iveren with three criminal counts.
"This really is nothing," Van Iveren insisted, "nothing but a mistake."
Van Iveren's "mistake" unfolded on the morning of Feb. 12 when Van Iveren, 39, of Oconomowoc, was listening to music in the apartment he shares with his mother behind Red & Bunny's Diner on S. Main St.
Suddenly, according to Van Iveren, the distinct cries of a woman pleading for help could be heard coming from the apartment above him. He tried putting them out of his mind at first, but when they persisted, Van Iveren decided something had to be done.
"I don't have a telephone," he said. "I couldn't call the police."
The cries seemed to be coming from the apartment of a tenant he barely knew, but that, Van Iveren said, didn't matter.
"It had nothing to do with him," he said. "I didn't even know if he was there. It was the woman. I thought there was a woman."
The woman, according to a criminal complaint, was on a DVD being watched by the neighbor, who later played part of the movie back for police to point out what he figured Van Iveren heard downstairs.
To Van Iveren, the neighbor's film sounded like a rape in progress.
"So I grabbed the cavalry sword and ran upstairs," he said. "I intended to hold it behind my back and knock.
"But I froze and instead, what happened happened."
According to the criminal complaint, the neighbor told police that Van Iveren pounded on the door and kicked it open without warning, damaging the frame and lock in the process.
"Where is she?" Van Iveren demanded, thrusting the 39-inch sword at the neighbor, according to the complaint. "Where is she?"
The neighbor told police that Van Iveren became increasingly aggressive as he repeated the question, insisting that he'd heard a woman being raped. With the sword pointed at him, the neighbor led Van Iveren throughout the apartment, opening closet doors to prove he was alone, according to the complaint.
Van Iveren said it wasn't nearly that dramatic.
"I walked in the front room and looked around," he said. "When I saw there was no woman, I left.
"I went downstairs and when I looked out the window, I saw the police had come, so I went out to tell them what happened."
Van Iveren insisted that he never threatened the neighbor with the sword.
"I had the sword extended," he said. "But that was all."
The neighbor wasn't home when a reporter visited the building Tuesday, and he could not be reached by telephone.
For his effort, Van Iveren was charged with criminal trespass while using a dangerous weapon, criminal damage to property while using a dangerous weapon and disorderly conduct while using a dangerous weapon, all criminal misdemeanors that carry a maximum total penalty of 33 months in jail.
"All of them are going to be dismissed," he predicted. "They have to.
"This was all just a big mistake."
The prosecutor who issued the charges could not be reached for comment Tuesday. Van Iveren, who was released on a signature bond when he was charged last week, is due to appear in court March 5.
He faces charges after entering apartment with sword in tow.
By DAVID DOEGE
ddoege@journalsentinel.com
"It was a woman screaming," he recalled Tuesday. "She was screaming for help."
Sword in hand, he bounded up the stairs, kicked in the door and confronted a man who turned out to be alone - watching a pornographic movie.
Van Iveren"Now I feel stupid," Van Iveren said.
Worse yet, police seized his sword - a family heirloom - carted him to jail and referred the case to a prosecutor who charged Van Iveren with three criminal counts.
"This really is nothing," Van Iveren insisted, "nothing but a mistake."
Van Iveren's "mistake" unfolded on the morning of Feb. 12 when Van Iveren, 39, of Oconomowoc, was listening to music in the apartment he shares with his mother behind Red & Bunny's Diner on S. Main St.
Suddenly, according to Van Iveren, the distinct cries of a woman pleading for help could be heard coming from the apartment above him. He tried putting them out of his mind at first, but when they persisted, Van Iveren decided something had to be done.
"I don't have a telephone," he said. "I couldn't call the police."
The cries seemed to be coming from the apartment of a tenant he barely knew, but that, Van Iveren said, didn't matter.
"It had nothing to do with him," he said. "I didn't even know if he was there. It was the woman. I thought there was a woman."
The woman, according to a criminal complaint, was on a DVD being watched by the neighbor, who later played part of the movie back for police to point out what he figured Van Iveren heard downstairs.
To Van Iveren, the neighbor's film sounded like a rape in progress.
"So I grabbed the cavalry sword and ran upstairs," he said. "I intended to hold it behind my back and knock.
"But I froze and instead, what happened happened."
According to the criminal complaint, the neighbor told police that Van Iveren pounded on the door and kicked it open without warning, damaging the frame and lock in the process.
"Where is she?" Van Iveren demanded, thrusting the 39-inch sword at the neighbor, according to the complaint. "Where is she?"
The neighbor told police that Van Iveren became increasingly aggressive as he repeated the question, insisting that he'd heard a woman being raped. With the sword pointed at him, the neighbor led Van Iveren throughout the apartment, opening closet doors to prove he was alone, according to the complaint.
Van Iveren said it wasn't nearly that dramatic.
"I walked in the front room and looked around," he said. "When I saw there was no woman, I left.
"I went downstairs and when I looked out the window, I saw the police had come, so I went out to tell them what happened."
Van Iveren insisted that he never threatened the neighbor with the sword.
"I had the sword extended," he said. "But that was all."
The neighbor wasn't home when a reporter visited the building Tuesday, and he could not be reached by telephone.
For his effort, Van Iveren was charged with criminal trespass while using a dangerous weapon, criminal damage to property while using a dangerous weapon and disorderly conduct while using a dangerous weapon, all criminal misdemeanors that carry a maximum total penalty of 33 months in jail.
"All of them are going to be dismissed," he predicted. "They have to.
"This was all just a big mistake."
The prosecutor who issued the charges could not be reached for comment Tuesday. Van Iveren, who was released on a signature bond when he was charged last week, is due to appear in court March 5.
He faces charges after entering apartment with sword in tow.
By DAVID DOEGE
ddoege@journalsentinel.com
Sunday, February 25, 2007 |
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Opensource Windows Application
By Opensource, most of us naturally mistake it only as Linux based softwares. Almost all softwares for Linux operating system are free and they are quite capable to stand next to commercial windows Application in terms of their performance,usuability and stability.
Now, for them who don't want to dive into the world of Linux to taste those opensource programs, they can still enjoy using Opensource Windows Application. We know few of them OpenOffice,Gimp etc.
http://www.opensourcewindows.org is one such location for free opensource windows application.
In their words:
"Open Source Windows is a simple list of the best free and open source software for Windows. We aren't trying to be a comprehensive listing of every open-source Windows application, instead we want to showcase the best, most important, and easiest to use. This page should be a handy reference and a useful tool for getting more people to start using free and open-source software. If you think we're missing any great apps, please let us know. "
Free and open-source software is good for you and for the world. This is the best Windows software that we know of.
No adware, no spyware, just good software.
Some of the glipmse of excellent Opensource softwares you can find at www.opensourcewindows.org are:
ClamWin
Open Source Anti-Virus. Very good at detecting viruses. Can be plugged into hMailServer for e-mail protection
Wireshark
Network Protocol Analyzer, formerly called Ethereal
CC Publisher
Host Creative Commons video or audio files for free on archive.org with this easy uploader.
Celestia
Open-source 3D planetarium software. Akin to traveling through space (outer space).
TurboCASH
Simple, easy to use application for managing personal finances.
Now, for them who don't want to dive into the world of Linux to taste those opensource programs, they can still enjoy using Opensource Windows Application. We know few of them OpenOffice,Gimp etc.
http://www.opensourcewindows.org is one such location for free opensource windows application.
In their words:
"Open Source Windows is a simple list of the best free and open source software for Windows. We aren't trying to be a comprehensive listing of every open-source Windows application, instead we want to showcase the best, most important, and easiest to use. This page should be a handy reference and a useful tool for getting more people to start using free and open-source software. If you think we're missing any great apps, please let us know. "
Free and open-source software is good for you and for the world. This is the best Windows software that we know of.
No adware, no spyware, just good software.
Some of the glipmse of excellent Opensource softwares you can find at www.opensourcewindows.org are:
ClamWin
Open Source Anti-Virus. Very good at detecting viruses. Can be plugged into hMailServer for e-mail protection
Wireshark
Network Protocol Analyzer, formerly called Ethereal
CC Publisher
Host Creative Commons video or audio files for free on archive.org with this easy uploader.
Celestia
Open-source 3D planetarium software. Akin to traveling through space (outer space).
TurboCASH
Simple, easy to use application for managing personal finances.
Saturday, February 24, 2007 |
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Prank a friend
This is a funny clip how a friend plays a prank on his bestfriend.
To find out if your bestfriend is woes or not, check this video out and get some idea.
(Don't forget to turn on sound else it's useless to see and laugh at. )
It is YouTube video
To find out if your bestfriend is woes or not, check this video out and get some idea.
(Don't forget to turn on sound else it's useless to see and laugh at. )
It is YouTube video
Saturday, February 24, 2007 |
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Using your Digital Camera for Best Photography
Photography is an art to capture those moments of our lives for future reference. I was taught these things when i took a basic crash course on photography and indeed it's very true. Taking the best shots of subject without knowing much about what you are into, it has no meaning. A picture speaks a thousand words and to portray that into, photography is must.
A great ebook on using digital camera. With this, even a novice would have a concept on how to do photography. One can learn very fast with the concepts in ebook.
The ebook download link is inside. Please check in.
From the book: "
All great images, digital or otherwise, start by capturing a great photo and capturing great photos requires an understanding of your camera. It's these aspects of digital photography that this on-line book is all about.
A great photograph begins when you recognize a great scene or subject. But recognizing a great opportunity isn’t enough to capture it; you also have to be prepared. A large part of being prepared involves understanding your camera well enough to capture what you see. Getting you prepared to see and capture great photographs is what this book is all about. It doesn’t matter if you are taking pictures for business or pleasure, there’s a lot here to help you get better results and more satisfaction from your photography.
To get better, and possibly even great photographs, you need to understand both concepts and procedures; the "whys" and "hows" of photography. "
Download the photography ebook
A great ebook on using digital camera. With this, even a novice would have a concept on how to do photography. One can learn very fast with the concepts in ebook.
The ebook download link is inside. Please check in.
From the book: "
All great images, digital or otherwise, start by capturing a great photo and capturing great photos requires an understanding of your camera. It's these aspects of digital photography that this on-line book is all about.
A great photograph begins when you recognize a great scene or subject. But recognizing a great opportunity isn’t enough to capture it; you also have to be prepared. A large part of being prepared involves understanding your camera well enough to capture what you see. Getting you prepared to see and capture great photographs is what this book is all about. It doesn’t matter if you are taking pictures for business or pleasure, there’s a lot here to help you get better results and more satisfaction from your photography.
To get better, and possibly even great photographs, you need to understand both concepts and procedures; the "whys" and "hows" of photography. "
Download the photography ebook
Saturday, February 24, 2007 |
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Nepal Telecom Launching GPRS , MMS And CRTB(Caller Ringback tone) from 15 falgun
Nepal Telecom is launching GPRS - MMS and CRBT (Ringback Tone Solutions) from 15 falgun, 2063. GSM Post-paid Customer can subscribe GPRS and both Post-Paid and Pre-Paid customers can register CRBT Service.
-Configuring GPRS
General Packet Radio Service offer 'always-on', higher capacity, Internet-based content and packet-based data services. GPRS enables services such as Internet browsing, e-mail on the move, multimedia messages. GPRS offers complete solutions through which you can always stay online and get connected with family, friends.
How to Access GPRS?
Following are the pre requisites to utilize GPRS on your handset
1. GPRS compatible handset or mobile devices
2. Service activated on your mobile number
3. Respective handset / mobile GPRS settings on your handset
Settings for Sony Ericsson k700, k750i
1. Enter the main menu.
2. Select Connect (Connectivity) select Data comm select Data accounts
3. Press YES at Add account?
4. At Account type, select GPRS data.
5. Enter New account: NTGRPS
6. Enter APN: wap
8. Enter Password: Leave this field blank
9. Press Save.
10. Again go to the main menu.
11. Select Connect (connectivity), select Internet settings, select Internet Profiles
12. Add New profile
13. Enter Name: internet
14. Select Connect using: wap
15. Changes made save? Yes
16. Select the new profile just created click more advanced change homepage
17. Use http://wap.ntc.net.np/index.wml as address
18. Select save.
19. Use internet services to browse Internet through Nepal Telecom Mobile GPRS.
Settings for Motorola V3, L6, L7
1. Enter the main menu.
2. Select WebAccess, select Web Sessions, select New Entry
3. Enter Name: NTGPRS
4. Enter 192.80.7.133 in Proxy1
5. Enter 8000 in Port1
6. Scroll to GPRS APN: wap
7. On Homepage: http://wap.ntc.net.np/index.wml
8. Leave everything default and press done.
9. You are now ready to surf internet with Nepal Telecom Mobile GPRS service.
Settings for Nokia 3100, 3120
1. At the main screen Select Menu 'Services ' Settings
2. Select Set 1 for Active Service Settings.
3. Go to Edit Active Service Settings.
4. Make Changes as follows
Settings' Name: NTGPRS
Homepage: http://wap.ntc.net.np/index.wml
Session Mode: Permanent.
Connection Security: Off
Data Bearer: GPRS
Bearer Setting
Enter GPRS Access Point: wap
IP Address: 192.80.7.133
Authentication Type: Normal
Login Type: Automatic
Username: " Leave this field blank "
Password: " Leave this field blank "
5. Exit Settings
6. Turn off and on your phone set, you are ready to surf internet with Nepal Telecom Mobile GPRS service.
Setting for Nokia 6610, 6610i, 7210
1. At the main screen, select MENU' Services ' Settings button.
2. Select Set 1 for Active Service Settings.
3. Go to Edit Active Service Settings.
4. Make Changes as follows
Settings' Name: NTGPRS
Homepage: http://wap.ntc.net.np/index.wml
Session Mode: Permanent
Connection Security: Off
Data Bearer: GPRS
GPRS Access Point: wap
IP Address: 192.80.7.133
Authentication Type: Normal
Login Type: Automatic
Username: " Leave this field blank "
Password: " Leave this field blank "
5. Press Back to exit Settings.
6. Turn off and on your phone set, you are ready to surf internet with Nepal Telecom Mobile GPRS service.
Settings for Nokia 6600
1. At the main screen Select MENU ' Services 'options ' Settings
2. Select Default access point and make changes as follows:
Connection Name: NTGPRS
Data bearer: GPRS
Access point name: wap
User name: none
Prompt password: no
Password: none
Authentication: non secure
Homepage: http://wap.ntc.net.np/index.wml
3. Select Back to exit settings. Leave the rest of the field as it is, do not make any other changes
4. Turn off and on your phone set, you are ready to surf internet with Nepal Telecom Mobile GPRS service.
Setting for Samsung SGH C210, S200
1. Press Menu ' Funbox ' WAP Browser
2. Go to Settings and select Profile1 Info
3. Change the profile1 Info as follows
Profile Name: NTGPRS
Homepage URL: http://wap.ntc.np/index.wml
Security: Non-Secure
IP Address: 192.80.7.133
Bearer: GPRS
User Name:
Password:
Enter APN: wap
4. Press the back arrow key to exit Settings
5. Select Home to start your Nepal Telecom Mobile GPRS service
To send/receive mms messages, do the settings similar to above but choose APN as mms and use MMS server IP address as listed below. Please note that using APN wap to send/receive mms messages may incur double charging of mms services. Hence please make sure that you have select correct APN; that is "mms" to send/receive mms messages.
MMS Setting parameters
NT MMS server IP address : 192.80.11.180 Port :8000
APN: mms
Source :- www.ntc.com.np
-Configuring GPRS
General Packet Radio Service offer 'always-on', higher capacity, Internet-based content and packet-based data services. GPRS enables services such as Internet browsing, e-mail on the move, multimedia messages. GPRS offers complete solutions through which you can always stay online and get connected with family, friends.
How to Access GPRS?
Following are the pre requisites to utilize GPRS on your handset
1. GPRS compatible handset or mobile devices
2. Service activated on your mobile number
3. Respective handset / mobile GPRS settings on your handset
Settings for Sony Ericsson k700, k750i
1. Enter the main menu.
2. Select Connect (Connectivity) select Data comm select Data accounts
3. Press YES at Add account?
4. At Account type, select GPRS data.
5. Enter New account: NTGRPS
6. Enter APN: wap
8. Enter Password: Leave this field blank
9. Press Save.
10. Again go to the main menu.
11. Select Connect (connectivity), select Internet settings, select Internet Profiles
12. Add New profile
13. Enter Name: internet
14. Select Connect using: wap
15. Changes made save? Yes
16. Select the new profile just created click more advanced change homepage
17. Use http://wap.ntc.net.np/index.wml as address
18. Select save.
19. Use internet services to browse Internet through Nepal Telecom Mobile GPRS.
Settings for Motorola V3, L6, L7
1. Enter the main menu.
2. Select WebAccess, select Web Sessions, select New Entry
3. Enter Name: NTGPRS
4. Enter 192.80.7.133 in Proxy1
5. Enter 8000 in Port1
6. Scroll to GPRS APN: wap
7. On Homepage: http://wap.ntc.net.np/index.wml
8. Leave everything default and press done.
9. You are now ready to surf internet with Nepal Telecom Mobile GPRS service.
Settings for Nokia 3100, 3120
1. At the main screen Select Menu 'Services ' Settings
2. Select Set 1 for Active Service Settings.
3. Go to Edit Active Service Settings.
4. Make Changes as follows
Settings' Name: NTGPRS
Homepage: http://wap.ntc.net.np/index.wml
Session Mode: Permanent.
Connection Security: Off
Data Bearer: GPRS
Bearer Setting
Enter GPRS Access Point: wap
IP Address: 192.80.7.133
Authentication Type: Normal
Login Type: Automatic
Username: " Leave this field blank "
Password: " Leave this field blank "
5. Exit Settings
6. Turn off and on your phone set, you are ready to surf internet with Nepal Telecom Mobile GPRS service.
Setting for Nokia 6610, 6610i, 7210
1. At the main screen, select MENU' Services ' Settings button.
2. Select Set 1 for Active Service Settings.
3. Go to Edit Active Service Settings.
4. Make Changes as follows
Settings' Name: NTGPRS
Homepage: http://wap.ntc.net.np/index.wml
Session Mode: Permanent
Connection Security: Off
Data Bearer: GPRS
GPRS Access Point: wap
IP Address: 192.80.7.133
Authentication Type: Normal
Login Type: Automatic
Username: " Leave this field blank "
Password: " Leave this field blank "
5. Press Back to exit Settings.
6. Turn off and on your phone set, you are ready to surf internet with Nepal Telecom Mobile GPRS service.
Settings for Nokia 6600
1. At the main screen Select MENU ' Services 'options ' Settings
2. Select Default access point and make changes as follows:
Connection Name: NTGPRS
Data bearer: GPRS
Access point name: wap
User name: none
Prompt password: no
Password: none
Authentication: non secure
Homepage: http://wap.ntc.net.np/index.wml
3. Select Back to exit settings. Leave the rest of the field as it is, do not make any other changes
4. Turn off and on your phone set, you are ready to surf internet with Nepal Telecom Mobile GPRS service.
Setting for Samsung SGH C210, S200
1. Press Menu ' Funbox ' WAP Browser
2. Go to Settings and select Profile1 Info
3. Change the profile1 Info as follows
Profile Name: NTGPRS
Homepage URL: http://wap.ntc.np/index.wml
Security: Non-Secure
IP Address: 192.80.7.133
Bearer: GPRS
User Name:
Password:
Enter APN: wap
4. Press the back arrow key to exit Settings
5. Select Home to start your Nepal Telecom Mobile GPRS service
To send/receive mms messages, do the settings similar to above but choose APN as mms and use MMS server IP address as listed below. Please note that using APN wap to send/receive mms messages may incur double charging of mms services. Hence please make sure that you have select correct APN; that is "mms" to send/receive mms messages.
MMS Setting parameters
NT MMS server IP address : 192.80.11.180 Port :8000
APN: mms
Source :- www.ntc.com.np
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How to install Nepali Unicode??
Due to lots of requests and askings, i'm compelled to write this article here. It's about enabling Nepali unicode on your machine. I showed them the way to www.mpp.org.np but still they come and ask me to do that myself. So, i've put this very very simplified version here.
By default, unicode support is present in windows XP unlike Windows 98/me etc. So, you really don't have to care much about reading unicode enabled websites or documents from Windows XP unless you want to create one at your own machine.
For this you've to install Nepali Unicode Enviroment if you want to type in Romanized Nepali.
Well, unicode is 16-bit character set standard, designed to include characters appearing in most languages. This is very helpful in localization project. Nepali unicode font has been developed by Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya (MPP). Since, unicode is a standard, we really don't have to think of individual font. For ex; Preeti font(It is true type nepali font), if someone has worked on that font, then he/she may not be able to open his document in someother computer where there is no Preeti font. So, Preeti font must be there too. This is lots of hassles. There are lots of Nepali TTF fonts which means all fonts have to be installed everytime you work on any documents that is created using those fonts.
Therefore, Unicode removes all these restrictions. It's the universal standard. MPP has released a software to write in Nepali unicode from you own computer. But before that you've to know what are the process. Though, all these processes are mentioned in their official website www.mpp.org.np. I've simplified and tried to put them here concisely:
1) First of all, you've to make your system ready for Nepali Unicode. The process is different for windows 2000 and windows xp.
For windows 2000
- Click Start/Settings/Control Panel
- Click Regional Options
- On the General tab go to the 'Language settings for the system' and scroll down. Ensure that Indic Language is checked.
(You will need Windows 2000 CD to complete the installation)
For windows XP
- Go to Control Panel
- Click on the "Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options"
- Click on the "Regional and Language Options"
- On the Languages tab, ensure that "Complex script and right-to-left languages" is checked
- On the Languages tab, ensure that "Complex script and right-to-left languages" is checked. (You will need Windows XP CD to complete the installation)
2) Now install the Nepali Unicode Environment. Download this from here or here
3) Okay, last step is to configure the keyboard settings.
In windows XP,
- Go to the "Date, Time, Languages, and Regional Options" on the control panel again.
- Click on the "Regional and Languages Options"
- Click on the Languages Tab
- Click on the Details button
- In the installed services, click on the Add button
- In the Input Language, select Sanskrit
- In the Keyboard layout/IME, select Nepali Unicode
In windows 2000,
- Go to the "Regional Options" on the control panel again.
- Click on the Input Locale tab
- Click on the Add button
- In the Input Locale, select Sanskrit
- In the Keyboard Layout/IME select Nepali Unicode from the selection box.
- Click ok and ok on the Regional Option panel as well.
After Rebooting your computer you will be ready to use Nepali font and the typing tutor as well as the sorting utility.
Oh yes, if you need additional unicode utilities, download it
for TypeMaster
for Nepali Thesauras
for Nepali Dictionary
Okie everything is done. You've to type but how? Romanized unicode is very easy. Forget the 'ba,ka,ma,na' in old type methods. That's hectic. Just check out the keyboard layout and start practicing. Layouts are here.
Practicing?? you opened Notepad or wordpad (anything) but couldn't figure how to type there in nepali. You did it right? but failed.. i know. You've to change the language settings. You could do that in shortcut way. Just press ALT + SHIFT while you are in Notepad or anyother wordprocessor and start typing. To revert back to English language, press ALT + SHIFT once more. SO, this ALT+SHIFT is the magic key combo, you see!!!
Now, if you've documents in True Type nepali font formats, then there is a utility to convert them to unicode font. That little software is called converter(Rupanter). Now,i don't need to tell you each and everythhing here, how to use this. This is so easy, you can take help of your common sense. Download this utility from here.
Last but not the least, while saving documents in Unicode format, don't use the classic ANSI format as encoding. You've to set it as UTF-8 format as encoding. And, now the web part, some forums or website don't easily take unicode. If you want to write there, type unicode documents in word processor, copy it and paste on website forums. It's the simple trick you can use.
For latest edition, don't forget to check www.mpp.org.np. The information is very overwhelming out there, so i put this simplified version of my own here.
NOTE: .NET FRAMEWORK is needed if you are unable to install anyone of the utility mentioned above. Download it from here
By default, unicode support is present in windows XP unlike Windows 98/me etc. So, you really don't have to care much about reading unicode enabled websites or documents from Windows XP unless you want to create one at your own machine.
For this you've to install Nepali Unicode Enviroment if you want to type in Romanized Nepali.
Well, unicode is 16-bit character set standard, designed to include characters appearing in most languages. This is very helpful in localization project. Nepali unicode font has been developed by Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya (MPP). Since, unicode is a standard, we really don't have to think of individual font. For ex; Preeti font(It is true type nepali font), if someone has worked on that font, then he/she may not be able to open his document in someother computer where there is no Preeti font. So, Preeti font must be there too. This is lots of hassles. There are lots of Nepali TTF fonts which means all fonts have to be installed everytime you work on any documents that is created using those fonts.
Therefore, Unicode removes all these restrictions. It's the universal standard. MPP has released a software to write in Nepali unicode from you own computer. But before that you've to know what are the process. Though, all these processes are mentioned in their official website www.mpp.org.np. I've simplified and tried to put them here concisely:
1) First of all, you've to make your system ready for Nepali Unicode. The process is different for windows 2000 and windows xp.
For windows 2000
- Click Start/Settings/Control Panel
- Click Regional Options
- On the General tab go to the 'Language settings for the system' and scroll down. Ensure that Indic Language is checked.
(You will need Windows 2000 CD to complete the installation)
For windows XP
- Go to Control Panel
- Click on the "Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options"
- Click on the "Regional and Language Options"
- On the Languages tab, ensure that "Complex script and right-to-left languages" is checked
- On the Languages tab, ensure that "Complex script and right-to-left languages" is checked. (You will need Windows XP CD to complete the installation)
2) Now install the Nepali Unicode Environment. Download this from here or here
3) Okay, last step is to configure the keyboard settings.
In windows XP,
- Go to the "Date, Time, Languages, and Regional Options" on the control panel again.
- Click on the "Regional and Languages Options"
- Click on the Languages Tab
- Click on the Details button
- In the installed services, click on the Add button
- In the Input Language, select Sanskrit
- In the Keyboard layout/IME, select Nepali Unicode
In windows 2000,
- Go to the "Regional Options" on the control panel again.
- Click on the Input Locale tab
- Click on the Add button
- In the Input Locale, select Sanskrit
- In the Keyboard Layout/IME select Nepali Unicode from the selection box.
- Click ok and ok on the Regional Option panel as well.
After Rebooting your computer you will be ready to use Nepali font and the typing tutor as well as the sorting utility.
Oh yes, if you need additional unicode utilities, download it
for TypeMaster
for Nepali Thesauras
for Nepali Dictionary
Okie everything is done. You've to type but how? Romanized unicode is very easy. Forget the 'ba,ka,ma,na' in old type methods. That's hectic. Just check out the keyboard layout and start practicing. Layouts are here.
Practicing?? you opened Notepad or wordpad (anything) but couldn't figure how to type there in nepali. You did it right? but failed.. i know. You've to change the language settings. You could do that in shortcut way. Just press ALT + SHIFT while you are in Notepad or anyother wordprocessor and start typing. To revert back to English language, press ALT + SHIFT once more. SO, this ALT+SHIFT is the magic key combo, you see!!!
Now, if you've documents in True Type nepali font formats, then there is a utility to convert them to unicode font. That little software is called converter(Rupanter). Now,i don't need to tell you each and everythhing here, how to use this. This is so easy, you can take help of your common sense. Download this utility from here.
Last but not the least, while saving documents in Unicode format, don't use the classic ANSI format as encoding. You've to set it as UTF-8 format as encoding. And, now the web part, some forums or website don't easily take unicode. If you want to write there, type unicode documents in word processor, copy it and paste on website forums. It's the simple trick you can use.
For latest edition, don't forget to check www.mpp.org.np. The information is very overwhelming out there, so i put this simplified version of my own here.
NOTE: .NET FRAMEWORK is needed if you are unable to install anyone of the utility mentioned above. Download it from here
Friday, February 23, 2007 |
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How to Get Emails from Gmail account in outlook express
To get mails into your outlook express(or any other client), two steps are needed.
1. Enable POP access in Gmail Account
2. Change Settings in Outlook express
1. Enable POP access in Gmail Account
*Login to your Gmail Account
*Choose Setting from the top Gmail Navigation Bar. -->Select "Forwarding and POP" tab
*Select POP for all mail
*Save changes
2. Change Settings in Outlook express(or with any other email client)
*Select Tools-->Accounts-->Add-->Mail
*Type your name and click Next
*Enter your Gmail Address and click Next
*Make sure that POP3 is selected under 'My incoming mail server is .... "
*Type "pop.gmail.com" under Incoming mail(POP3,IMAP or HTTP) server
*Type "smtp.gmail.com" under Outgoing mail(SMPT) server and click Next.
*Type your full Gmail address under account name and Gmail password under password and click Next
*Click Finish
*One more thing, highlight the newly created gmail account and click 'properties'
*Go to the servers tab and Make sure 'my server requires authentication is checked' under Outgoing mail server.
*Go to Advanced tab and make sure 'This server requires a secure connection(SSL)' is checked under both Outgoing
mail(SMTP) and Incoming mail (POP3)
*Type "465" under Outgoing server (SMTP) and "995" under Incoming server(POP3)
*Click OK and close.
If you fail to complete any of these two steps shown above, your emails won't get downloaded to your computer.
Rest is to set rules in outlook express which is pretty easy. So that Gmail emails would go to it's desired folder, say " Gmail folder" or whichever folder you create.
1. Enable POP access in Gmail Account
2. Change Settings in Outlook express
1. Enable POP access in Gmail Account
*Login to your Gmail Account
*Choose Setting from the top Gmail Navigation Bar. -->Select "Forwarding and POP" tab
*Select POP for all mail
*Save changes
2. Change Settings in Outlook express(or with any other email client)
*Select Tools-->Accounts-->Add-->Mail
*Type your name and click Next
*Enter your Gmail Address and click Next
*Make sure that POP3 is selected under 'My incoming mail server is .... "
*Type "pop.gmail.com" under Incoming mail(POP3,IMAP or HTTP) server
*Type "smtp.gmail.com" under Outgoing mail(SMPT) server and click Next.
*Type your full Gmail address under account name and Gmail password under password and click Next
*Click Finish
*One more thing, highlight the newly created gmail account and click 'properties'
*Go to the servers tab and Make sure 'my server requires authentication is checked' under Outgoing mail server.
*Go to Advanced tab and make sure 'This server requires a secure connection(SSL)' is checked under both Outgoing
mail(SMTP) and Incoming mail (POP3)
*Type "465" under Outgoing server (SMTP) and "995" under Incoming server(POP3)
*Click OK and close.
If you fail to complete any of these two steps shown above, your emails won't get downloaded to your computer.
Rest is to set rules in outlook express which is pretty easy. So that Gmail emails would go to it's desired folder, say " Gmail folder" or whichever folder you create.
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Catch Me If You Can
He posed as a doctor, a pilot, and a lawyer without any training and got away with it. But he'll appear simply as himself to keynote an upcoming security conference.
Frank Abagnale, whose life story was depicted in the film "Catch Me If You Can," has signed up to keynote the RSA Conference Europe, taking place in London in October.
Within a five year period, starting when he was 16 years old, Abagnale cemented his reputation as a famous confidence man. He cashed over $2.5 million in fake checks and illegitimately worked in a variety of professions, including college professor and pediatrician.
Abagnale got caught in France when he was 21 and was released after five years in prison on the condition that he teach and assist law enforcement agencies without pay.
Since then, for more than 25 years, Abagnale has served as an associate with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, conducting lectures about forgery and embezzlement for trainees. He has also developed technology used by banks and businesses to help prevent check fraud. His security procedures and educational programs are used by thousands of companies and law enforcement agencies.
In a statement on his Web site, Abagnale wrote that the book and the film, which starred Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks, exaggerated the facts of his life. He also said he regrets his past life of crime. "I consider my past immoral, unethical and illegal. It is something I am not proud of. I am proud that I have been able to turn my life around and in the past 25 years, helped my government, my clients, thousands of corporations and consumers deal with the problems of white collar crime and fraud," he wrote.
The RSA Conference is an information security meeting that takes place several times each year in different locations, including San Francisco, London and Japan. The London event will occur Oct. 22 through Oct. 24.
Author:Nancy Gohring
Frank Abagnale, whose life story was depicted in the film "Catch Me If You Can," has signed up to keynote the RSA Conference Europe, taking place in London in October.
Within a five year period, starting when he was 16 years old, Abagnale cemented his reputation as a famous confidence man. He cashed over $2.5 million in fake checks and illegitimately worked in a variety of professions, including college professor and pediatrician.
Abagnale got caught in France when he was 21 and was released after five years in prison on the condition that he teach and assist law enforcement agencies without pay.
Since then, for more than 25 years, Abagnale has served as an associate with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, conducting lectures about forgery and embezzlement for trainees. He has also developed technology used by banks and businesses to help prevent check fraud. His security procedures and educational programs are used by thousands of companies and law enforcement agencies.
In a statement on his Web site, Abagnale wrote that the book and the film, which starred Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks, exaggerated the facts of his life. He also said he regrets his past life of crime. "I consider my past immoral, unethical and illegal. It is something I am not proud of. I am proud that I have been able to turn my life around and in the past 25 years, helped my government, my clients, thousands of corporations and consumers deal with the problems of white collar crime and fraud," he wrote.
The RSA Conference is an information security meeting that takes place several times each year in different locations, including San Francisco, London and Japan. The London event will occur Oct. 22 through Oct. 24.
Author:Nancy Gohring
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Windows Live Messenger Ad threat
Well fellas! this news was released worldwide in 20th February 2007. But i forgot to write something on it. Now,i'm doing that. Microsoft has always been into arguments/contradictions and scandals. They are the targets of many hackers/crackers/spoofers/scammers.. Now, the recent news discloses that a false AD has been generating on Client sides messenger, that's apparently on Windows Live messenger.
That AD is related to security application and it warned the IM user, a computer has been seriously infected with virus or some other malware. Something like that, and the innocent user has no other choice but to purchase their bogus program. That program, as microsoft said, falsely generated illogical threats in computer so that users could be scared.
News ahead..
Banner advertisements for a security application said to report false or inflated threats appeared for at least a few days on Microsoft's instant messaging (IM) program, prompting warnings from security analysts.
Microsoft appears to have removed the ads, which were displayed in the contacts panel for its IM program, Windows Live Messenger, said Sandi Hardmeier, a Microsoft Most Valued Professional, a designation the company gives to people who have expertise with its products.
The program, known as Winfixer, falsely warns a computer has been infected with malicious software, according to Symantec. It asks users to buy a program to remove the unwanted software.
"Quite often, it reports files that are perfectly safe," Hardmeier said. "It uses a lot of false positives. Basically, it's a rip off."
Other security companies, such as Sophos and McAfee, classify Winfixer as a "potentially unwanted application."
Hardmeier, who notified Microsoft of the problem, said the ads that appeared on Windows Live Messenger tried two ways to get users to install Winfixer on their machine.
The first was via a pop-up window offering to scan the computer for problems, she wrote. Depending on the version of Internet Explorer used, Winfixer would try to download itself through an Active X control, she said.
The second way was through a banner advertisement that a user would have to click before being taken to a Web site offering Free PC-Secure, a program that is detected as Winfixer by most security software, she said. Winfixer goes by several different names, including ErrorSafe and DriveCleaner.
Microsoft had done well preventing spyware programs from being advertised in banner ads on Windows Live Messenger, formerly known as MSN Messenger, Hardmeier wrote on her blog on her blog, Spyware Sucks.
But Winfixer has proved a tricky foe. Advertising networks have had trouble with Winfixer ads suddenly being served up by their networks despite no affiliation with its creators, Hardmeier said.
The suspicion is that organizations have falsely registered with the networks and substituted Winfixer ads -- hosted on their own servers -- instead of the advertisements they agreed to supply, she said.
Microsoft officials contacted in London on Monday morning could not immediately comment.
Author:Jeremy Kirk
That AD is related to security application and it warned the IM user, a computer has been seriously infected with virus or some other malware. Something like that, and the innocent user has no other choice but to purchase their bogus program. That program, as microsoft said, falsely generated illogical threats in computer so that users could be scared.
News ahead..
Banner advertisements for a security application said to report false or inflated threats appeared for at least a few days on Microsoft's instant messaging (IM) program, prompting warnings from security analysts.
Microsoft appears to have removed the ads, which were displayed in the contacts panel for its IM program, Windows Live Messenger, said Sandi Hardmeier, a Microsoft Most Valued Professional, a designation the company gives to people who have expertise with its products.
The program, known as Winfixer, falsely warns a computer has been infected with malicious software, according to Symantec. It asks users to buy a program to remove the unwanted software.
"Quite often, it reports files that are perfectly safe," Hardmeier said. "It uses a lot of false positives. Basically, it's a rip off."
Other security companies, such as Sophos and McAfee, classify Winfixer as a "potentially unwanted application."
Hardmeier, who notified Microsoft of the problem, said the ads that appeared on Windows Live Messenger tried two ways to get users to install Winfixer on their machine.
The first was via a pop-up window offering to scan the computer for problems, she wrote. Depending on the version of Internet Explorer used, Winfixer would try to download itself through an Active X control, she said.
The second way was through a banner advertisement that a user would have to click before being taken to a Web site offering Free PC-Secure, a program that is detected as Winfixer by most security software, she said. Winfixer goes by several different names, including ErrorSafe and DriveCleaner.
Microsoft had done well preventing spyware programs from being advertised in banner ads on Windows Live Messenger, formerly known as MSN Messenger, Hardmeier wrote on her blog on her blog, Spyware Sucks.
But Winfixer has proved a tricky foe. Advertising networks have had trouble with Winfixer ads suddenly being served up by their networks despite no affiliation with its creators, Hardmeier said.
The suspicion is that organizations have falsely registered with the networks and substituted Winfixer ads -- hosted on their own servers -- instead of the advertisements they agreed to supply, she said.
Microsoft officials contacted in London on Monday morning could not immediately comment.
Author:Jeremy Kirk
Thursday, February 22, 2007 |
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Evolution of Computer Virus
1.
1949
Theories for self-replicating programs are first developed.
2.
1981
Apple Viruses 1, 2, and 3 are some of the first viruses "in the wild", or in the public domain. Found on the Apple II operating system, the viruses spread across Texas through pirated games.
3.
1983
Fred Cohen defines a computer virus as "a program that can affect other computer programs by modifying them in such a way to include a (possibly evolved) copy of itself."
4.
1986
Two daredevil Pakistani Progammers, Basit and Amjad, replace the Executable code in the boot sector of a floopy disk with their own code designed to infect each 360 KB floppy accessed on any drive.
5.
1987
The Lehigh virus, one of the first file viruses, infects command.com files.
6.
1988
One of the most common ciruses, Jeruselem, is unleashed. The virus, affects both .exe and .com files. MacMag and the Scores virus cause the first major Macintsh outbreaks.
7.
1990
Symantec launches North Antivirus , one of the first anti-virus programs developed by a major company.
8.
1991
Tequila is the first widespread polymorphic virus found in the wild. Polymorphic viruses were specialy designed to make detection difficult for virus scanners.
9.
1992
As many as 1300 viruses are in existence.
10.
1990
The Dark Avenger Mutation Engine (DAME) is created. It's a tooklit that turns ordinary viruses into polymorphic viruses. The Virus Creation Laboratory(VCL) is also made available.
11.
1994
The God Times e-mail hoax tears through the Internet community. The hoax warns of a malicious virus that will erase an entire hard drive.
12.
1995
Word Concept becomes one of the most prevalent viruses in the mid 1990s . it is spread through Microsoft word documents.
13.
1996
The Baza, Laroux and Staog viruses are the first to infect Windows 95 files, Excel, and Linux respectively.
14.
1998
StrageBrew was the first virus to infect Java files. The Chernobyl virus spreads quickly via.exe files.
15.
1999
The Melissa virus executes a macro in a document attached to an e-mail, which, in turn, forwards the document to 50 people in the user's Outlook address book. Bubble Boy is the worm that does not depend on the recipient opening an attachment for infection to set in . As soon as the user opens the e-mail, Bubble Boy strikes.
16.
2000
The Love Bug, also known as the ILOVEYOU virus, sends itself out via Outlook. It also sends usernames and pass words to the virus' author.
17.
2000
W97M. Resume.A, a new variation of the Melissa virus, is determined to be in the wild. The 'resume' virus uses a Word macro to infect Outlook and spread itself.
18.
2000
China tightens regulations against viruses, mandating a fine and imprisonment for people who spread them.
19.
2000
The 'stages' virus, disguished as a joke e-mail about the stages of life, spreads across the Internet.
20.
2000
'stages' is hidden in an attachment with a false".txt" extension, luring recipients in opening it.
21.
2001
Shortly after the September 11th attacks, the Nimda virus infects computers all over the world. The virus is one of the most sophiticated to date.
22.
2001
The 'Anna Kournikova' virus worries analysts who beleived it was written with toolkit that would allow programmers to create virus.
23.
2002
Author of the Mellissa virus, David L. smith, is sentenced to 20 months in federal prison in New jersey.
24.
2003
In january, the relatively benign 'Slammer' worm, also known as Sapphire, becomes the fastest spreading worm till date, infecting 75000 computers in just 10 minutes.
25.
2003
The Sobig worm becomes the one of the first to join the spam community.
26.
2004
The MyDoom or Novarg worm spreads throug e-mails faster than any previous virus or worm. The target is 'denial of service attack' on the SCO group.
1949
Theories for self-replicating programs are first developed.
2.
1981
Apple Viruses 1, 2, and 3 are some of the first viruses "in the wild", or in the public domain. Found on the Apple II operating system, the viruses spread across Texas through pirated games.
3.
1983
Fred Cohen defines a computer virus as "a program that can affect other computer programs by modifying them in such a way to include a (possibly evolved) copy of itself."
4.
1986
Two daredevil Pakistani Progammers, Basit and Amjad, replace the Executable code in the boot sector of a floopy disk with their own code designed to infect each 360 KB floppy accessed on any drive.
5.
1987
The Lehigh virus, one of the first file viruses, infects command.com files.
6.
1988
One of the most common ciruses, Jeruselem, is unleashed. The virus, affects both .exe and .com files. MacMag and the Scores virus cause the first major Macintsh outbreaks.
7.
1990
Symantec launches North Antivirus , one of the first anti-virus programs developed by a major company.
8.
1991
Tequila is the first widespread polymorphic virus found in the wild. Polymorphic viruses were specialy designed to make detection difficult for virus scanners.
9.
1992
As many as 1300 viruses are in existence.
10.
1990
The Dark Avenger Mutation Engine (DAME) is created. It's a tooklit that turns ordinary viruses into polymorphic viruses. The Virus Creation Laboratory(VCL) is also made available.
11.
1994
The God Times e-mail hoax tears through the Internet community. The hoax warns of a malicious virus that will erase an entire hard drive.
12.
1995
Word Concept becomes one of the most prevalent viruses in the mid 1990s . it is spread through Microsoft word documents.
13.
1996
The Baza, Laroux and Staog viruses are the first to infect Windows 95 files, Excel, and Linux respectively.
14.
1998
StrageBrew was the first virus to infect Java files. The Chernobyl virus spreads quickly via.exe files.
15.
1999
The Melissa virus executes a macro in a document attached to an e-mail, which, in turn, forwards the document to 50 people in the user's Outlook address book. Bubble Boy is the worm that does not depend on the recipient opening an attachment for infection to set in . As soon as the user opens the e-mail, Bubble Boy strikes.
16.
2000
The Love Bug, also known as the ILOVEYOU virus, sends itself out via Outlook. It also sends usernames and pass words to the virus' author.
17.
2000
W97M. Resume.A, a new variation of the Melissa virus, is determined to be in the wild. The 'resume' virus uses a Word macro to infect Outlook and spread itself.
18.
2000
China tightens regulations against viruses, mandating a fine and imprisonment for people who spread them.
19.
2000
The 'stages' virus, disguished as a joke e-mail about the stages of life, spreads across the Internet.
20.
2000
'stages' is hidden in an attachment with a false".txt" extension, luring recipients in opening it.
21.
2001
Shortly after the September 11th attacks, the Nimda virus infects computers all over the world. The virus is one of the most sophiticated to date.
22.
2001
The 'Anna Kournikova' virus worries analysts who beleived it was written with toolkit that would allow programmers to create virus.
23.
2002
Author of the Mellissa virus, David L. smith, is sentenced to 20 months in federal prison in New jersey.
24.
2003
In january, the relatively benign 'Slammer' worm, also known as Sapphire, becomes the fastest spreading worm till date, infecting 75000 computers in just 10 minutes.
25.
2003
The Sobig worm becomes the one of the first to join the spam community.
26.
2004
The MyDoom or Novarg worm spreads throug e-mails faster than any previous virus or worm. The target is 'denial of service attack' on the SCO group.
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PopStar Britney Spear BALDED
"Look at that jerk, myan.. it's kevin federline..darn him. he is such a jerk. It's so much shame on him to feed on britneys money." i never saw him as a celebrity like Austin Timberlake or other. These are the words for kevin federline when i see him on TV, everytime. Now, ever since, he was found cheating on britney's back, as news source quoted, britney signed on their divorse paper lately.
The rumors are on that eversince that happened , britney's gone out of mind, reckless and mad. Her behaviours in public,party bars were adequate to prove her mental condition. No matter if her proponents won't agree with the fact but amateur photo shots and video reveal pretty much.
Now, she is loosing her career. She is on the verge of her destiny. she earned a lot of thing and now, she is loosing them one by one in a split of time. Her official fan site club is now no more. It's stopped. She is condemned for her deeds. Her fans are turning into rivals. But no matter what, i blame that jerk kevin federline. He deserve to rotten in jail.
That jerk is showing his way up on SmackDown WWE too. It's really pleasing to see when he's beaten up badly but it's lousy script really sucks when he is put on strong spree. When he brags , i feel like smash up my TV monitor. But that's my TV, not of that son of a bitch. Whatever, it's their life. WWE is all about acting and wrestling. Great actors..:)
Now, britney is doomed with this new look.. ooopppppsssss. she shaved her head. it's horrible. She has lost her charm. I don't know what does that mean to her. But i really really feel sorry for her. My mother was great fan of her but ever since, she shaved her hair, she too thinks spears has gone crazy.
At MTV(indian) channel, once i saw (amidst channel surfing)a balded lady taking part in the competition and later withdrawing back from. I mean, is it fashion for a lady to become bald or what? On one movie too, recently i saw few balded women. ahemmm..they'll loose charm if all these women on earth started to become bald. Prena,if you are reading this, don't get bald.. ho ho just kidding. ahem... Now, why women becomes bald,for that i really have to tinker with the great thinkers/writers mind around or read a book on Britney spears in coming days.
someone has ripped the clips from channel off his TV tuner,and to the Youtube,
here is the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neweNjMUO_s
The rumors are on that eversince that happened , britney's gone out of mind, reckless and mad. Her behaviours in public,party bars were adequate to prove her mental condition. No matter if her proponents won't agree with the fact but amateur photo shots and video reveal pretty much.
Now, she is loosing her career. She is on the verge of her destiny. she earned a lot of thing and now, she is loosing them one by one in a split of time. Her official fan site club is now no more. It's stopped. She is condemned for her deeds. Her fans are turning into rivals. But no matter what, i blame that jerk kevin federline. He deserve to rotten in jail.
That jerk is showing his way up on SmackDown WWE too. It's really pleasing to see when he's beaten up badly but it's lousy script really sucks when he is put on strong spree. When he brags , i feel like smash up my TV monitor. But that's my TV, not of that son of a bitch. Whatever, it's their life. WWE is all about acting and wrestling. Great actors..:)
Now, britney is doomed with this new look.. ooopppppsssss. she shaved her head. it's horrible. She has lost her charm. I don't know what does that mean to her. But i really really feel sorry for her. My mother was great fan of her but ever since, she shaved her hair, she too thinks spears has gone crazy.
At MTV(indian) channel, once i saw (amidst channel surfing)a balded lady taking part in the competition and later withdrawing back from. I mean, is it fashion for a lady to become bald or what? On one movie too, recently i saw few balded women. ahemmm..they'll loose charm if all these women on earth started to become bald. Prena,if you are reading this, don't get bald.. ho ho just kidding. ahem... Now, why women becomes bald,for that i really have to tinker with the great thinkers/writers mind around or read a book on Britney spears in coming days.
someone has ripped the clips from channel off his TV tuner,and to the Youtube,
here is the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neweNjMUO_s
Thursday, February 22, 2007 |
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BORAT
I was getting bored late afternoon. I knew what is concerned at that moment, i went to one local shop in mid-ktm area and bought a movie with a skinny guy posing awkwardly in its cover. His name was Borat, i figured that out after i watched the movie. It was quite unusual to see an american flag on Muslim looking guys hand.
At it's cover, there was subheading"Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan". i couldn't get at first go what was that really meant but it's how Borat make conversation with others in the whole movie. His broken language at times made me laugh whereas leaving other native speakers speechless out of curiosity or anxiety.
whateva,.. he belongs to his country land called Kazakistan and the whole movie is based on journey to America to learn american culture for the benefit of kazakistan. I think he is presenter or reporter of his local news. In the middle somewhere, i felt it's a documentary episode but as story goes, you couldn't stop laughing.
The story starts with something unexpected. He feels no guilt telling everyone that his very own sister is awarded prostitute in town. Morever, as story continues,some of the moments like " his brothers willingness to sexually abuse his own sister, his wife would break his cock(penis) if found looking after another women,.. " are some of the uncomfortable and disgusting situations presented.
Besides,if i've to comment this movie, it's one of the hilarious movie. I started to laugh and making gestures on my face from the very begining to end. well..ha ha h aha ha.. there is one scene. He is shown interviewing one ambassador,Borat convinces him there is ritual and ritual is to feed a cheese before any initiation to a guest. So, he feeds a cheese and now he starts to bluff his own way about cheese. At last, he paralyzes the ambassador by telling him that it is made of his wife's breast milk. ha ha ha ha.. the look on th ambassador's face is to be noticed.. that was damn worthy of noting down something.
There are lots of other funny scenes that you wouldn't want to miss. But, seriously i've to warn you guys, this movie is full of profanities. Just like caressing gay's genital,showing pics of his cousins 17 cm long penis to his host, naked wrestling with his producer Azamat(i'm not sure if this is the name).. these are something more than fun. So, you should stay away if you are not adult. i found it gross when their pet bear is beheaded and kept like on dish plate in freezer. When is the bear beheaded, there is no clue but the bears beheaded head is shown when the conversation was going on for the topic of "Animal rights".
Well, yah.. this movie is eccentric,every fun loving people must watch it, jokes are not awful they are great, and moreover there is pamela anderson at last. See how borat knocks out pamela anderson. the whole journey takes place to see pamela anderson.
last word, go and watch it.
from net, i could fetch some of the technical data on it like:
United States, 2006
U.S. Release Date: 11/3/06 (wide)
Running Length: 1:22
MPAA Classification: R
Theatrical Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Pamela Anderson
Director: Larry Charles
Screenplay: Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Peter Baynham & Dan Mazer
Cinematography: Luke Geissbuhler, Anthony Hardwick
Music: Erran Baron Cohen
U.S. Distributor: 20th Century Fox
At it's cover, there was subheading"Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan". i couldn't get at first go what was that really meant but it's how Borat make conversation with others in the whole movie. His broken language at times made me laugh whereas leaving other native speakers speechless out of curiosity or anxiety.
whateva,.. he belongs to his country land called Kazakistan and the whole movie is based on journey to America to learn american culture for the benefit of kazakistan. I think he is presenter or reporter of his local news. In the middle somewhere, i felt it's a documentary episode but as story goes, you couldn't stop laughing.
The story starts with something unexpected. He feels no guilt telling everyone that his very own sister is awarded prostitute in town. Morever, as story continues,some of the moments like " his brothers willingness to sexually abuse his own sister, his wife would break his cock(penis) if found looking after another women,.. " are some of the uncomfortable and disgusting situations presented.
Besides,if i've to comment this movie, it's one of the hilarious movie. I started to laugh and making gestures on my face from the very begining to end. well..ha ha h aha ha.. there is one scene. He is shown interviewing one ambassador,Borat convinces him there is ritual and ritual is to feed a cheese before any initiation to a guest. So, he feeds a cheese and now he starts to bluff his own way about cheese. At last, he paralyzes the ambassador by telling him that it is made of his wife's breast milk. ha ha ha ha.. the look on th ambassador's face is to be noticed.. that was damn worthy of noting down something.
There are lots of other funny scenes that you wouldn't want to miss. But, seriously i've to warn you guys, this movie is full of profanities. Just like caressing gay's genital,showing pics of his cousins 17 cm long penis to his host, naked wrestling with his producer Azamat(i'm not sure if this is the name).. these are something more than fun. So, you should stay away if you are not adult. i found it gross when their pet bear is beheaded and kept like on dish plate in freezer. When is the bear beheaded, there is no clue but the bears beheaded head is shown when the conversation was going on for the topic of "Animal rights".
Well, yah.. this movie is eccentric,every fun loving people must watch it, jokes are not awful they are great, and moreover there is pamela anderson at last. See how borat knocks out pamela anderson. the whole journey takes place to see pamela anderson.
last word, go and watch it.
from net, i could fetch some of the technical data on it like:
United States, 2006
U.S. Release Date: 11/3/06 (wide)
Running Length: 1:22
MPAA Classification: R
Theatrical Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Pamela Anderson
Director: Larry Charles
Screenplay: Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Peter Baynham & Dan Mazer
Cinematography: Luke Geissbuhler, Anthony Hardwick
Music: Erran Baron Cohen
U.S. Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Thursday, February 22, 2007 |
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War of mobile phones
Being loyal to Sony Ericsson phone for so many years, greed to own a symbian based smartphone, i switched to Nokia N70. That was the best with the money i could ever buy. In fact, i wanted to buy N80 but with the price it was tagged with, i couldn't get with my limited budget. Anyways, i've no regrets owning N70. Because, it's feature rich,3G ready and more. You could just google if you are interested on any mobile phone. Okay, the fantastic things i've done with my N70 is that i've installed an app called 'N70 torch' and whao, this phone is super-crazy torch light(very helpful during loadshedding). I've installed some emulators which let me play gameboy and NES games. Now, it's handheld game device for me as well. May be lots of people don't know about what they can do with their devices, usually i tinker around with everything i own, most of the time, seriously.
One night, i was updating N70's firmware to latest one and it took whole 4 hours on my mere crawling Dial up. But, it was really horrific moment when it was updating it's firmware because, the connection could die any moment. It was infact a praywork that worked most. :) If connection would have lost, it would have rendered my newly owned N70 to useless crap, irrecoverable. Lucky me, i succeeded.
Well, i was about to blog about Apple iPhone. So far, to my personal experience, APPLE computers were and still are owned by different group of people who could pay more for a computer. Apple computers often called as Macintosh system, i don't know, are the luxury for richest or for them who hates Microsoft and IBM whatsoever.
Whatever, i've not yet used Macintosh, i was astonished to read about their IPOD's popularity. Now, they released iPhone. If i'm not wrong, it's their first initiative on mobile phone business. Now, time will tell us if their Apple iPhone will become a success story as of their Ipod series or just a mere failure. There are already big fishes in a pond like Nokia,SE,Samsung,LG,alcatel and more. It's now Apple iPhone.
I came to know they changed their corporate brandname APPLE COMPUTER to Apple Inc. Now, this is a sign that they are into variety of businesses. They are no more restricted to computer business. Good for them.
One thing really fascinated me about iPhone is their multi-touch display technology. I mean one needs no stylus or any sort of pen-like sensored device, it's just your finger with which you've to access innumerable menus and application within it. But sadly, i also learnt no symbian app or java app would work there. I call it Apples way of doing business. But who cares, there are emulators in progress, may be. Lets see that to in coming up days.
To learn more about apple iphone, you can check their official url http://www.apple.com/iphone/
You may also be interested on Samsung unveils mobile phone with features similar to Apple's iPhone
More on next time.
One night, i was updating N70's firmware to latest one and it took whole 4 hours on my mere crawling Dial up. But, it was really horrific moment when it was updating it's firmware because, the connection could die any moment. It was infact a praywork that worked most. :) If connection would have lost, it would have rendered my newly owned N70 to useless crap, irrecoverable. Lucky me, i succeeded.
Well, i was about to blog about Apple iPhone. So far, to my personal experience, APPLE computers were and still are owned by different group of people who could pay more for a computer. Apple computers often called as Macintosh system, i don't know, are the luxury for richest or for them who hates Microsoft and IBM whatsoever.
Whatever, i've not yet used Macintosh, i was astonished to read about their IPOD's popularity. Now, they released iPhone. If i'm not wrong, it's their first initiative on mobile phone business. Now, time will tell us if their Apple iPhone will become a success story as of their Ipod series or just a mere failure. There are already big fishes in a pond like Nokia,SE,Samsung,LG,alcatel and more. It's now Apple iPhone.
I came to know they changed their corporate brandname APPLE COMPUTER to Apple Inc. Now, this is a sign that they are into variety of businesses. They are no more restricted to computer business. Good for them.
One thing really fascinated me about iPhone is their multi-touch display technology. I mean one needs no stylus or any sort of pen-like sensored device, it's just your finger with which you've to access innumerable menus and application within it. But sadly, i also learnt no symbian app or java app would work there. I call it Apples way of doing business. But who cares, there are emulators in progress, may be. Lets see that to in coming up days.
To learn more about apple iphone, you can check their official url http://www.apple.com/iphone/
You may also be interested on Samsung unveils mobile phone with features similar to Apple's iPhone
More on next time.
Tuesday, February 20, 2007 |
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Killer Thermometer
I never knew the mercury inside the glass thermometer is so harmful. It is on today's local newspaper i found that if accidental spilt of glass thermometer occurs, it can cause serious poisoning effects on human body. We have been using glass thermometer for so many years which contains the most lethal ingredients. Mercury, silvery liquid like metal, easily turns into vapour at normal room temperature(i.e 22-24 degree Centigrade) and when someone inhales it, it gets absorbed into the human body.
It's very common that we ignore the accidental breakage of glass thermometer. The mercury which can be easily absorbed by our skin into the blood stream, leading to tremors, nausea and blurred vision. Mercury is a neurotoxin which attacks the human nervous system and brain. it is more fatal on growing children than on adults. It can cause coma and death in many cases. Other symptoms mostly seeen on adults are tremors,headaches,blurred vision, poor concentration, hair loss and nausea. But, it takes 6 months or more for the body to naturally secretes the mercury only if he/she has no exposure to it.
In Asia, many doctors and health practioners still uses thermometer whereas it is learnt that westerners have already stopped or banned it's clinical use due to it's risk to human health.
According to Ravi Agarwal,head of the Delhi-based environmental group Toxics link,"Just one gram of mercury is enough to contaminate a 20 acre lake and make the fish unfit for eating. That is the kind of toxicity of mercury." So, we can calculate how dangerous it could be,using glass thermometer. Anyone in the vicinity could be the victim of mercury poisoning. So, the only way out is to use Digital thermometer.
Two months ago, I bought Digital thermometer, it is very safe and scientific. The measurement can be taken in degree or fahrenheit units and it is more accurate than glass thermometer. I urge everyone to discard the use of glass thermometer and be digital,be safe. Get digital thermometer from your neareset medical store.
It's very common that we ignore the accidental breakage of glass thermometer. The mercury which can be easily absorbed by our skin into the blood stream, leading to tremors, nausea and blurred vision. Mercury is a neurotoxin which attacks the human nervous system and brain. it is more fatal on growing children than on adults. It can cause coma and death in many cases. Other symptoms mostly seeen on adults are tremors,headaches,blurred vision, poor concentration, hair loss and nausea. But, it takes 6 months or more for the body to naturally secretes the mercury only if he/she has no exposure to it.
In Asia, many doctors and health practioners still uses thermometer whereas it is learnt that westerners have already stopped or banned it's clinical use due to it's risk to human health.
According to Ravi Agarwal,head of the Delhi-based environmental group Toxics link,"Just one gram of mercury is enough to contaminate a 20 acre lake and make the fish unfit for eating. That is the kind of toxicity of mercury." So, we can calculate how dangerous it could be,using glass thermometer. Anyone in the vicinity could be the victim of mercury poisoning. So, the only way out is to use Digital thermometer.
Two months ago, I bought Digital thermometer, it is very safe and scientific. The measurement can be taken in degree or fahrenheit units and it is more accurate than glass thermometer. I urge everyone to discard the use of glass thermometer and be digital,be safe. Get digital thermometer from your neareset medical store.
Tuesday, February 20, 2007 |
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Wikipedia breaks into U.S. top 10 sites
Wikimedia Foundation popular Wikipedia online encyclopedia cracked the top ten list of most popular Web sites in the U.S. for the first time in January, according to comScore Networks.
Wikipedia sites ranked ninth with 42.9 million unique visitors last month, ahead of the sites from The New York Times (No.10), Apple (No.11) and Viacom International (No.12), comScore reported Thursday.
Wikipedia, which already ranked in the top 10 list of most popular Web sites globally, has been quickly gaining popularity in the U.S., where its parent company, the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, is based.
In January of last year, Wikipedia sites ranked in the 33rd spot with 18.3 million unique visitors. By July, it had climbed to the 18th spot on the list with 28.1 million unique visitors, and in November it ranked 12th with 39.1 million unique visitors, according to comScore.
In doing its tally for Wikipedia, comScore also counts visits to other Wikimedia sites, such as Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikibooks and Wikinews, but most of the traffic comes from the Wikipedia encyclopedias, a comScore spokesman said.
Wikipedia started in January 2001 with its English-language site, which currently has more than 1.6 million articles. The Wikipedia project has since grown significantly and has more than 5 million articles in more than 200 languages, according to WikiMedia. Access to Wikipedia is free. Volunteers contribute the encyclopedia's content, which can be edited by anyone accessing the sites.
Globally, Wikipedia sites ranked sixth in December with almost 165 million unique visitors, according to comScore.
Wikipedia sites ranked ninth with 42.9 million unique visitors last month, ahead of the sites from The New York Times (No.10), Apple (No.11) and Viacom International (No.12), comScore reported Thursday.
Wikipedia, which already ranked in the top 10 list of most popular Web sites globally, has been quickly gaining popularity in the U.S., where its parent company, the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, is based.
In January of last year, Wikipedia sites ranked in the 33rd spot with 18.3 million unique visitors. By July, it had climbed to the 18th spot on the list with 28.1 million unique visitors, and in November it ranked 12th with 39.1 million unique visitors, according to comScore.
In doing its tally for Wikipedia, comScore also counts visits to other Wikimedia sites, such as Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikibooks and Wikinews, but most of the traffic comes from the Wikipedia encyclopedias, a comScore spokesman said.
Wikipedia started in January 2001 with its English-language site, which currently has more than 1.6 million articles. The Wikipedia project has since grown significantly and has more than 5 million articles in more than 200 languages, according to WikiMedia. Access to Wikipedia is free. Volunteers contribute the encyclopedia's content, which can be edited by anyone accessing the sites.
Globally, Wikipedia sites ranked sixth in December with almost 165 million unique visitors, according to comScore.
Saturday, February 17, 2007 |
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Windows Mobile phones to pack Opera
Some of the first Windows Mobile 6.0 phones to hit the market will include Opera Software ASA's mobile browser, in addition to Microsoft Corp.'s browser.
Motorola Inc.'s Q as well as phones from High Tech Computer Corp., Asus and Toshiba Corp. will include Opera Mobile, Jon von Tetzchner, co-founder and CEO of Opera, said at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona.
Microsoft launched Windows Mobile 6.0, the latest version of its mobile phone operating system, this week. Internet Explorer Mobile, Microsoft's browser, comes with the software. A number of handset makers announced this week plans to release phones running the operating system.
Von Tetzchner said the handset makers decided to add the Opera browser because most of the phones come with big screens and may be relatively expensive so they want to offer customers a good browsing experience. "People do want a quality browser when on Windows Mobile," he added.
Opera's browser technology renders Web sites to fit inside the area of a mobile phone screen. The browser is also designed to display sites faster than competitors', von Tetzchner said.
In addition to Opera Mobile, the company also offers Opera Mini, a free browser that works on most Java-enabled phones. It communicates with a server hosted by Opera or a mobile operator that strips down Web sites for quicker, less data intensive mobile browsing.
Mozilla Corp. also offers a mobile browser called Minimo that hasn't gained much traction in the market. Nokia Corp. has used Opera browsers historically but is now primarily using a browser it developed internally.
By Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service
Motorola Inc.'s Q as well as phones from High Tech Computer Corp., Asus and Toshiba Corp. will include Opera Mobile, Jon von Tetzchner, co-founder and CEO of Opera, said at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona.
Microsoft launched Windows Mobile 6.0, the latest version of its mobile phone operating system, this week. Internet Explorer Mobile, Microsoft's browser, comes with the software. A number of handset makers announced this week plans to release phones running the operating system.
Von Tetzchner said the handset makers decided to add the Opera browser because most of the phones come with big screens and may be relatively expensive so they want to offer customers a good browsing experience. "People do want a quality browser when on Windows Mobile," he added.
Opera's browser technology renders Web sites to fit inside the area of a mobile phone screen. The browser is also designed to display sites faster than competitors', von Tetzchner said.
In addition to Opera Mobile, the company also offers Opera Mini, a free browser that works on most Java-enabled phones. It communicates with a server hosted by Opera or a mobile operator that strips down Web sites for quicker, less data intensive mobile browsing.
Mozilla Corp. also offers a mobile browser called Minimo that hasn't gained much traction in the market. Nokia Corp. has used Opera browsers historically but is now primarily using a browser it developed internally.
By Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service
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Television Shows!!!
Television is the great source of information,knowledge,entertainment,music,politics and movies. There are so many channels in different regional languages. To talk about my hood, the history of Television channel is not very old. It's just mere 14-15 years old. We used to have one channel and starting with that one channel, we now have abundance of around 100 channels these days. It takes so much time for me to concentrate on single channel. So, i keep changing channels on and on.
I love something related to special effects which are used in movies,music videos songs etc. I also watch programs based on technology,computer games, etc. Almost all channels are satellite based which we get through the receiver antenna of local
cable operator. Those cable operators, i don't know much, have authentic as well as pirated channels being shown.
Of all the channels, it's really irony not to see a single channel showing properly on tech issues. May be i haven't noticed any such programs but being Nepalese, i always loved to see one.
But it's unfortunate, that we've no single television program is based on it. There are almost 5 Nepalese channels. Their programs are based on every theme and topic. But they missed out on technology. They could have included some programs based on information technology. It would create awareness to masses about the technology. But to me, i think it's the lack of sponsorship that existence of such educational programs is proved to be hard.
I used to watch one such program in NTV metro but that program dissappeared without much sponsors or you can say ad. People don't trust on technology, they trust Comedy shows rather and they collect more Ads than others. Due to this negligence towards the technology, there is no single TV program based on this particular theme.
This is really something to think upon.. really!!!
I love something related to special effects which are used in movies,music videos songs etc. I also watch programs based on technology,computer games, etc. Almost all channels are satellite based which we get through the receiver antenna of local
cable operator. Those cable operators, i don't know much, have authentic as well as pirated channels being shown.
Of all the channels, it's really irony not to see a single channel showing properly on tech issues. May be i haven't noticed any such programs but being Nepalese, i always loved to see one.
But it's unfortunate, that we've no single television program is based on it. There are almost 5 Nepalese channels. Their programs are based on every theme and topic. But they missed out on technology. They could have included some programs based on information technology. It would create awareness to masses about the technology. But to me, i think it's the lack of sponsorship that existence of such educational programs is proved to be hard.
I used to watch one such program in NTV metro but that program dissappeared without much sponsors or you can say ad. People don't trust on technology, they trust Comedy shows rather and they collect more Ads than others. Due to this negligence towards the technology, there is no single TV program based on this particular theme.
This is really something to think upon.. really!!!
Thursday, February 15, 2007 |
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NETWORKING pinpointed
1. 'Finger 'is an Internet tool for locating people on other sites. It gives access to non-personal information.
2. The term 'petabit ' is used in discussing possible volumes of data traffic per second in a large network.
3. RDF(Resource Definition Framework) is a set of rules for creating descriptions of informations available on the World Wide Web.
4.SOAP( Simple Object Access Protocol) is a protocol for client-server communication that sends and receives information on top of HTTP.
5.Wake-on-LAN (WOL) is a technology that enables a computer motherboard to switch itself on (and off) based on signals arriving at the computer;s network card.
6. A hacker with benign intentions is called a "white hat".
7. A 'blue bomb' is a technique for causing the Windows operating system of someone you are communicating with to crash.
8. OSCP(Online Certificate Status Protocol) is one of two common schemes for maintaing the security of server.
9.Certificate Revocation List (CRL) is a method of using a public key infrastructure for maintaining the access to a server
10. South Pacific Railroad laid down telegraph wires across trak\cks to help railway stations keep in touch.
11. The high-speed data highways of the Internet are called backbones. Sprint and AT&T own the major backbones in the US.
12.Silver is the most conductive material, but copper is widely used in communication because it costs much less and is better in terms of strength and glexibility.
13. A typical fibre-optic cable five thousandths of an inch thick can carry up to 2.5 billion bits of data per secon, or 32000 simultaneous telephone calls.
14.The idea of Blue tooth technology was born in 1994. The name Bluetooth is derived from a Danish Viking King. Harald Blatand-translated as Bluetooth in English-who lived in the latter part of the 10th century. Blatand united and controlled Denmark and Norway, hence the inspiration for the name, as in 'uniting devices through Bluetooth'.
15. Long before the expression 'local area network' (LAN) became part of the world's technical vocabulary, IBM researchers were working on this type of technology that connects printers,work stations and various serversin office building, factories and college campuse. IBM devised token-ring technology to control LAN traffic more efficiently and reliably. A token ring controls access of individual computers to the network, or ring. Since its introduction in 1985, IBM's token-ring architecture has become an industry standard for LANs.
16. Modems use ASCII character encoding.
17. Vannevar Bush, later the vice-president and dean of the Electrical Engineering department, MIT, first proposed the basics of hypertext in 1945. Tim Berners-Lee set down the basics of the World Wide Web, HTML (hypertextmarkup language), HTTP(Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) and URLs (Universal Resource Locators) in 1990.
18. Chuq von Rospach of Apple computer, CIrca 1983, coined the word 'netiquette'.
19. NANA is the newsgroups news.admin.net-abuse.*, devoted to fisghting network abuse sand spam. Each individual newsgroup is often reffered to by adding a letter to NANA. For example, NANAU would refer to news.admin.net-abuse.usenet.
20. Programs that are small and un-useful, but demonstrate a point are caleed 'Noddy' programs,Noddy programs are often written by people learning a new language or system. The archetypal noddy program is the "hello world" progra. In north America this might be called a 'Mickey Mouse' program
21. In the mid 1980s, engineers at Apple Computer developed a high- speed method of transferring data to and from the hard drives in Macintosh desktops while simplifying the internal cabling. They called it firewire.
22. About 60 million devices shipped with Firewire ports in 200, according to research firm in Stat/MDR.
23. In 1994, Ericsson Mobile Communications Initiated a stduy to investigate the feasibiltiy of low-power low-cost radiointerface between mobile phones and their accessories. In 1998, a special interest group was formed, codenamed "Bluetooth" by five Companies; Ericsson,IBM, Intel, Nokia, and Toshiba.
24. 'Toothing' is random sending of sexually charged, flirtatious messages that users of Bluetooth enabled mobile devices broadcast to other Bluetooth enable devices in the area.
2. The term 'petabit ' is used in discussing possible volumes of data traffic per second in a large network.
3. RDF(Resource Definition Framework) is a set of rules for creating descriptions of informations available on the World Wide Web.
4.SOAP( Simple Object Access Protocol) is a protocol for client-server communication that sends and receives information on top of HTTP.
5.Wake-on-LAN (WOL) is a technology that enables a computer motherboard to switch itself on (and off) based on signals arriving at the computer;s network card.
6. A hacker with benign intentions is called a "white hat".
7. A 'blue bomb' is a technique for causing the Windows operating system of someone you are communicating with to crash.
8. OSCP(Online Certificate Status Protocol) is one of two common schemes for maintaing the security of server.
9.Certificate Revocation List (CRL) is a method of using a public key infrastructure for maintaining the access to a server
10. South Pacific Railroad laid down telegraph wires across trak\cks to help railway stations keep in touch.
11. The high-speed data highways of the Internet are called backbones. Sprint and AT&T own the major backbones in the US.
12.Silver is the most conductive material, but copper is widely used in communication because it costs much less and is better in terms of strength and glexibility.
13. A typical fibre-optic cable five thousandths of an inch thick can carry up to 2.5 billion bits of data per secon, or 32000 simultaneous telephone calls.
14.The idea of Blue tooth technology was born in 1994. The name Bluetooth is derived from a Danish Viking King. Harald Blatand-translated as Bluetooth in English-who lived in the latter part of the 10th century. Blatand united and controlled Denmark and Norway, hence the inspiration for the name, as in 'uniting devices through Bluetooth'.
15. Long before the expression 'local area network' (LAN) became part of the world's technical vocabulary, IBM researchers were working on this type of technology that connects printers,work stations and various serversin office building, factories and college campuse. IBM devised token-ring technology to control LAN traffic more efficiently and reliably. A token ring controls access of individual computers to the network, or ring. Since its introduction in 1985, IBM's token-ring architecture has become an industry standard for LANs.
16. Modems use ASCII character encoding.
17. Vannevar Bush, later the vice-president and dean of the Electrical Engineering department, MIT, first proposed the basics of hypertext in 1945. Tim Berners-Lee set down the basics of the World Wide Web, HTML (hypertextmarkup language), HTTP(Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) and URLs (Universal Resource Locators) in 1990.
18. Chuq von Rospach of Apple computer, CIrca 1983, coined the word 'netiquette'.
19. NANA is the newsgroups news.admin.net-abuse.*, devoted to fisghting network abuse sand spam. Each individual newsgroup is often reffered to by adding a letter to NANA. For example, NANAU would refer to news.admin.net-abuse.usenet.
20. Programs that are small and un-useful, but demonstrate a point are caleed 'Noddy' programs,Noddy programs are often written by people learning a new language or system. The archetypal noddy program is the "hello world" progra. In north America this might be called a 'Mickey Mouse' program
21. In the mid 1980s, engineers at Apple Computer developed a high- speed method of transferring data to and from the hard drives in Macintosh desktops while simplifying the internal cabling. They called it firewire.
22. About 60 million devices shipped with Firewire ports in 200, according to research firm in Stat/MDR.
23. In 1994, Ericsson Mobile Communications Initiated a stduy to investigate the feasibiltiy of low-power low-cost radiointerface between mobile phones and their accessories. In 1998, a special interest group was formed, codenamed "Bluetooth" by five Companies; Ericsson,IBM, Intel, Nokia, and Toshiba.
24. 'Toothing' is random sending of sexually charged, flirtatious messages that users of Bluetooth enabled mobile devices broadcast to other Bluetooth enable devices in the area.
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Rape Punishment
So many of us have heard of extremist society's rule governing
their citizens. We know stealers/thiefs have to trade off in jury
by letting their hands cut off. It's like brick for brick, an eye
for an eye.
Now, this video is something graphic and mind disturbing.
Here , a rapist is shown mercilessly beaten and later his
genital is cut in front of victim and other general public.
This kind of punishment in muslim society is not rare.
If you are weak heart or underage, i warn you not to watch
this video.
It's inside!!!
Download Video here(1 MB)
their citizens. We know stealers/thiefs have to trade off in jury
by letting their hands cut off. It's like brick for brick, an eye
for an eye.
Now, this video is something graphic and mind disturbing.
Here , a rapist is shown mercilessly beaten and later his
genital is cut in front of victim and other general public.
This kind of punishment in muslim society is not rare.
If you are weak heart or underage, i warn you not to watch
this video.
It's inside!!!
Download Video here(1 MB)
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100 ways to insult
This little nifty tool will generate countless 'insulting sentences'
for you that you can throw at your foes at chat rooms,forums wherever.
If you like you can download, you've to run it in compatibility mode
under windows XP.
If so,Download here(20 KB)
for you that you can throw at your foes at chat rooms,forums wherever.
If you like you can download, you've to run it in compatibility mode
under windows XP.
If so,Download here(20 KB)
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More than 10 ways to Fart
Every single living being, who eats from mouth shall release the
gas or air swallowed along with food chewed, through lower hole
and that release of air is, well, farting.
Some smell and some is so quite and doesn't smell at all,that it
goes unnoticed.
Well, celebrities farted,your friends farted,your girlfren farted,
your teacher farted, your brother farted,your sister farted,your
doctor farted,your uncle farted, your aunt farted,your cousin farted,
your boss farted,your worker farted,lawyer farted,scientist farted,
farmer farted,everyone farted, so, why do you care when you fart??
give it a blow and feel that action one more time.
This fart tool is flash program. Download this here(480KB)
gas or air swallowed along with food chewed, through lower hole
and that release of air is, well, farting.
Some smell and some is so quite and doesn't smell at all,that it
goes unnoticed.
Well, celebrities farted,your friends farted,your girlfren farted,
your teacher farted, your brother farted,your sister farted,your
doctor farted,your uncle farted, your aunt farted,your cousin farted,
your boss farted,your worker farted,lawyer farted,scientist farted,
farmer farted,everyone farted, so, why do you care when you fart??
give it a blow and feel that action one more time.
This fart tool is flash program. Download this here(480KB)
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Valentines Day "E-LOVE"
The consequences of Electronic Love. If you want to know the
real faces of electronic love, online love, wateva, then
this little flash, attractively made shockwave movie
will leave you laugh for long.
Download this moviehere(907KB).
real faces of electronic love, online love, wateva, then
this little flash, attractively made shockwave movie
will leave you laugh for long.
Download this moviehere(907KB).
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Valentine Day Special - Love ' 6 9 '
This flash movie will surely entertain you. I'm damn sure. See
'6' and '9's karamat in valentine days.
Please see that movie inside. It'll take less than 10 seconds to load in
dialup.
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'6' and '9's karamat in valentine days.
Please see that movie inside. It'll take less than 10 seconds to load in
dialup.
The movie is loading.........
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Ella - The classic chatbot for your Windows OSes
This is based in part on the program Eliza written in the 1960's by
MIT scientist Joseph Weizenbaum and named after Eliza Doolittle.
EllaDemo5 is also based on ideas and work of several others in the
field, but I will not attempt to list them all here at this time.
My code was written in loosely coupled cohesive objects that can
easily be adapted for use as part of an efficient interface between
a database and Active Server Pages for Internet access . One
straightforward enhancement could be to add voice synthesis to the
words Ella generates as text.
Kevin Copple
Check inside for download link.
Download EllaBot here(305 KB)
MIT scientist Joseph Weizenbaum and named after Eliza Doolittle.
EllaDemo5 is also based on ideas and work of several others in the
field, but I will not attempt to list them all here at this time.
My code was written in loosely coupled cohesive objects that can
easily be adapted for use as part of an efficient interface between
a database and Active Server Pages for Internet access . One
straightforward enhancement could be to add voice synthesis to the
words Ella generates as text.
Kevin Copple
Check inside for download link.
Download EllaBot here(305 KB)
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THE INTERNET pinpointed
1. Yahoo! derived its name from the word yahoo coined by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver's Travels. A Yahoo is a person who is repulsive in appearance and action and is barely human!
2. In the Deep web, the part of the Web not currently catalogued by search engines, public information said to be 500 times larger than on the WWW.
3. Researchers consider that the first search engine was Archie, created in 1990 by Alan Emtage, a student at McGill University in Montreal, Canada.
4. The first search engine for Gopher files was called Veronica created by the University of Nevada System Computing Services group.
5. Tim Berners-Lee predicted in 2002 that the Sematic Web would "foster global collaborations among people with the diverse cultural perspectives", but the project never seems to have really taken off.
6. The top visited websites in February 2004, including affilated sites, were Yahoo!,MSN, the Time Warner Network, EBay, Google, Lycos, and About.com.
7. In February 2004, Sweden led the world in Internet penetration, with 76.9 percent of people connected to the Internet. The world average is 11.1 percent.
8. Marc Andreessen founded Netscape. In 1993,he had already developedMosaic, the first Web browserwith GUI.
9. The search engine "Lycos"is named for Lycosidae, the Latin name for the wolf spider family.
10. The US International Broadcasting Bureau (Voice of America,basically), created aproxy service to allow Chinese, Iranians nd other 'oppressed' people to circumvent there national firewalls relaying forbidden pages behind silicon curtains.
11. Developed at the University of Nevada, Veronica is a constantly-updated database of the names of almost every menu item on thousands of gopher sevices.
12. It was once considered a letter in the English language. The Chinese call it a little mouse, Danes and Swedes call it 'elephant's trunk', Germans a spider monkey, and Italians a snail. Israelis pronounce it 'studels' and the Czechs say 'rollmops'... What is it? the @ sign.
13. Lurking is to read through mailling lists or news groups and get a feel of the topic before posting one's ownmessages.
14. SRS stands for Shared Registyr Server. The central system for all accredited registrars to access, register and control the domain names.
15. WAIS stands for 'Wide Area Information Servers'- a commercial software package that allows the indexing of huge quantities of information, then makes those indices searchable across the Internet.
16. An anonymiser is a privacy service that allows a user to visit Web sites without allowing anyone to gather information about which sites they visit.
17. Archie is an information system offering an electronic directory service for locating information residing on anonymous FTP sites.
18. On the internet, a 'bastion host' is the only host computer that a company allows to be addressed directly form the public network.
19. Did you know that the original URL of Yahoo! was http://akebono.stanford.edu/?
20. 'Carnivore' is the Internet surveillance system developed by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), who developed it to monitor the electronic transmissions of criminal suspects.
21. The Electrohippies Collective is an international group of 'hacktivists' based on Oxforshire,England.
22. UIML (User Interface Markup Language) is a descriptive language that lets you create a Web page that can be sent to any kind of interface device.
23. In Internet terminology, a demo is a non-interactive multimedia presentation, the computer world's equivalent of a music video.
24. Did you know that the name of the famous search engine AltaVista came in to existence when someone accidentlly read and suggested the word 'Alto' writtern near the word 'Vista' on an unclean whiteboard as 'AltaVista'?
25. Cyber Patrol, Surf Watch, Net Nanny and Big Brother are all access filters used to block access to objectionable Websites.
26. Boeing was the first airline to discover the Y2K problem, way bakc in 1993.
27. Did you know that Domain Registration was free until an announcement by the National Science Foundation on 14th September, 1995, changed it?
28. The Internet was initially called the 'Galactic network' in memos written by MIT's JCR Licklider in 1962.
29. Shokyo Ishiko, adoctorate in agriculture and chief priest of Daioh Temple in Kyoto has created an online virtual temple which will perforn neniruak services for lost information.
30. A 55kg laddu was made for Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala as Y2K prayer offering.
31. On an average, each person receives 26.4 e-mails as a day.
32. The morning after Internet Explorer 4 was released, certain mischievous Microsoft workers left a 10-by-12-foot letter 'e' and a balloon with the message, "we love you", on Netscape 's front lawn.
33. If you were a resident of Tonga, a monarchy in the southwest Pacific, you could own
domains as cool as 'mail.to' and 'head.to'
34. The American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) began the administration and registration of INternet IP adresses in North and south America in March 1998.
35. The testbed for the Internet's new adressing system, IPv6, is called the 6bone.
36. The first Internet worm was created by Robert T.Morris ,Jr, and attacked more than 6,000 Internet hosts.
37. According to The Economist magazine, the first truly electronic bank on the Internet, called First Virtual Holdings, was opened by Lee stein in 1994
38. The French Culture Ministry has banned the word 'e-mail' in all goavernment ministries, documents, publications and Websites, because 'e-mail is an English word. They prefer to use the term 'courriel'.
39. The first computer company to register for a domain name was Digital Equipment Corporation
40. The German police sell used patrol cars over the Internet, because earlier auctions fetched low prices and only a few people ever showed up.
41. Rob Glaser's compan, Progressive Networks, luanched the Real Audio system on April 10, 1995.
42. 'Browser safe colors' refer to the 216 colours that are rendered the same way in both the PC and Mac operating systems.
43. Though the world wide web was born in1989 at CERN in Switzerland, in research for particle physics.
44. The 'Dilbert Zone ' Web site was the first syndicated comic strip site available on the Internet.
45. Butler Jeeves of the Internet site Askjeeves.com made its debut as a large helium balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade in 2000.
46. Sun MIcorsystems sponsors NetDay, an effort to wire American public school's to the Internet, with help from the US government.
47. In Bejing, the Internet community has coined the word 'chortal' as a shortened version of ' Chines portal'.
48. Google got its name fromt he mathematical figure googol, which denotes the number 'one followed by a hundred zeroes.'
49. Telnet is one of the oldest forms of Internet connections. Today, it is used primarily to access online databases.
50. Domain names can really sell at high prices! The most expensive domain name was 'business.com', which was bought by e- companies for $7.5 million in1999.
51. The first ever ISP was Compusreve. It still exists, under AOL Time Warner.
52. In 1969, ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency) went online, connecting four major US Universities. The idea was to have a back up in case a military attack destroyed conventional communications systems.
53. 'Content, commerce and community' are refereed to as 'the three big Cs', the most important aspects of the Internet.
54. Ray Tomlinson, a scientist from Cambridge, introduced electronic mail in 1972. He used the @ to distinguish between the sender's name and network name in the e-mail address.
55. Transmission Control Protocol/Internet protocol (TCP/IP) was designed in 1973.
56. The Apple iTunes music store was introduced in the spring of 2003. It allows people to download songs for an affordable 99 cents each.
57. Satyam Online became the first private ISP in December 1998 to offer Internet connection in India.
58. 56 percent of US companies sold their Products online by 2000, as compared to 24 percent in 1998.
59. More than a million new jobs were created by the US high-tech industry since 1993
60. The number of UK Internet users increases by an estimated 75percent each year
61. The Internet is the third-most used advertising medium in the world , closely catching up with traditional local newspaper and yellow magazines.
62. IAN Cobain, a journalist from the Times, London, used Internet search engines to track down four people on Interpol's 'most wanted' list-in just 82minutes!
63. It took 13 years for television to reach 50 million users- it took the Internet less than 4 years.
64. As of now, there are over 260 million people with Internet access worldwide.
65. Preliminary employment data show that the US high-tech industry employed 4.8 million workers in 1998, making it the nation's largest industry.
66. Did you know that Digital Equipment Corporation was the first computer company to register a domain name/
67. 1 out of 6 people used the Internet in North America and Europe, as per a 1999 survey.
68. Internet Advertising in the US generated $1.92billion in1998, double the 1997 figure.
69. The average computer user blinks 7 times a minute.
70. In 1946, the Merriam Wevster Dictionary defined computer as ' a person who tabulates numbers ; accountant;actuary;bookkeeper;
71. An estimated 2.5 billion hours were wasted online last year as people waited for pages to download, according to a study sponsored by Nortel Networks.
72. AOL says spam is the number one complaint of its custmers , and that it has to block over one billion unsolicited e-mails every day.
73. In 2002, the average Internet user received 3.7 spam messages per day. The total rose 6.2 spam messages per day in 2002. by 2007, it is expected to reach 830 messages per day.
74. In 1965, high-tech's share of business spending in the US was 3 percent. In 1996, It shot up to 45 percent.
75. A technology industry research firm called Basex says that unsolicited e-mail cost nearly $20 billion in lost time and expenses worldwide in 2000
76. In 2003, an Atlanta-based ISP called Earthink won a lawsuit worth $16.4 million (US) against a spammer in Buffalo NY, and a $25 million(US) lawsuit against a spammer in Tennessee.
77. In Canada, five billion junk e-mails were sent last year. The cost to the economy reaches $ 1 billion annually.
78. Brightmail, the leading supplier of anti-spam software, reported that in 2003, spam actually exceeded legitimate e-mail, growing from 40 percent to more than 56 percent of all Internet e-mail... in just one year.
79. In 1993, there were 26000 domain names in use. In 1999, there were 5 million web sites.
80. After English, Japanese, and then German are the most used languages on the Net.
81. It is estimated that by 2005, 60 percent of all Internet users will speak a language other than English.
82. An estimated 2.2 percent of the world's population is currently online.
83. The latest stats indicate that China appears to be the fastest growing Internet market in the world.
84. Recent studies indicate that more than two out of every five people in North America are now Internet users.
85. About 60 percent of North American Internet users have used the Web to shop
86. Spam drains productivity from businesses as employees spend from 15 minutes to an hour every day pressing the delete key.
87. Use of home PCs to surf the Net has dropped by almost 40 percnet in the last four years as Internet use has penetrated the work place.
88. On a per capita basis, the US only ranks 5th in terms of Internet users. Iceland, Norway, Sweden & Finland have higher per capita use.
89. Which companies spend the most on web advertising ? Microsoft tops the list, with Amazon.com taking second spot and TRUSTe the third.
90. Where do most news addicts go to on the eb? The top three destinations are msnbc.com, weather.com, and cnn.com
91. After the April 2001 collision of a US navy spy plane and a Chinese fighter Jet, Chinese hackers launched Denial of Service(DoS) attacks against American web sites.
92. Subash Ghai's film Taal was the first Bollywood movie to be widely promoted on the Net.
93. Ziggy, a cat, has become the first animal in the world to own shares intersaver.co.uk
94. Jeff Bezos, when starting his business could not name his Web site Cadabra (as om 'avracadabra') due to copyright issues. He later named it amazon.com
95. China had 150 billion junke-mails last year, making it the second-biggest target of spam.
96. The top e-tail sites on the Web are Amazon.com, ticketmaster.com, and buy.com
97. There are between1.5 million to 2 million closed circuit television cameras in Britain, making Britons the most watched people on earth.
98. The Microsoft Terraserver is a free Website that has more than 999 gigabytes of black and white photos featuring specific parts of the Earth's surface taken by Russian and American airplanes and satellites during the Cold war.
99. In the 1980s- well before the Internet became something the general public wanted to use-scores of free 'bulletin board services' (BBSs) sprang up around the United States. The first free public BBS was 'cleveland Free-Net', and they shut down on 1st october 1999, because the software that ran the service couldn't recognise the year 2000.
100. According to a study by Nielsen Media Research, households with Internet access watch 13 percent less TV than households that are not online.
101. The three legitimate names for copycat viruses inspired by the infamous Melissa virus were Ping, Madcow and Syndicate.
102. Viral marketing is when your app 'infects' other users via usage. The recipient finds out about the service by receiving a card from his ro her friend.
103. Just like astronomers would love to find the elusive 'Dark Matter', Yahoo! is now working on its Content Acquisition Program to map and explore the 'Deep Web ', the part of the web that search engines typically do not crawl. As a result of this, much, much more of the web will be accesible via Yahoo1's search engines.
104. According to Yahoo!, cloning, Saddam Hussein and Iraq were the most searched- for news stories in 2003
105. You get spam because your e-mail adress makes its way to spammers through various channels. For exampl, if you sign up for a newsltter, the site may sell your e-mail to spammer. Sites maintain e-mail lists that they send spam to. Price can be as low as Rs2500 for one lakh e-mails.
106. Many researchers and surfers consider that the first search engine was Archie, created in 1990 by Alan Emtage, a student at McGill University in Montreal.
107. In 2003, the top 10 searched- for terms on Yahoo! were Kazza, Harry Potter, American Idol, Britney Spears, 50 Cent, Eminem, WWE, Paris Histon, Nascar and Christian Aquilera.
108.Niue is a small island in the Pacific that makes much of its revenue selling domain names. The country code is .nu, and there ws a time in the recent past when one could easily get domain names like rajesh.nu.
109. In 1999, PhotoHighway.com introduced the first Internet Photography site to offer software that allows people to load photos directly from a digital camera to a website.
110. On 5th June, 2001, Nevada became the first US state to vote to legalise online gambling- which is not surprising,since Las Vegas is in Nevada
2. In the Deep web, the part of the Web not currently catalogued by search engines, public information said to be 500 times larger than on the WWW.
3. Researchers consider that the first search engine was Archie, created in 1990 by Alan Emtage, a student at McGill University in Montreal, Canada.
4. The first search engine for Gopher files was called Veronica created by the University of Nevada System Computing Services group.
5. Tim Berners-Lee predicted in 2002 that the Sematic Web would "foster global collaborations among people with the diverse cultural perspectives", but the project never seems to have really taken off.
6. The top visited websites in February 2004, including affilated sites, were Yahoo!,MSN, the Time Warner Network, EBay, Google, Lycos, and About.com.
7. In February 2004, Sweden led the world in Internet penetration, with 76.9 percent of people connected to the Internet. The world average is 11.1 percent.
8. Marc Andreessen founded Netscape. In 1993,he had already developedMosaic, the first Web browserwith GUI.
9. The search engine "Lycos"is named for Lycosidae, the Latin name for the wolf spider family.
10. The US International Broadcasting Bureau (Voice of America,basically), created aproxy service to allow Chinese, Iranians nd other 'oppressed' people to circumvent there national firewalls relaying forbidden pages behind silicon curtains.
11. Developed at the University of Nevada, Veronica is a constantly-updated database of the names of almost every menu item on thousands of gopher sevices.
12. It was once considered a letter in the English language. The Chinese call it a little mouse, Danes and Swedes call it 'elephant's trunk', Germans a spider monkey, and Italians a snail. Israelis pronounce it 'studels' and the Czechs say 'rollmops'... What is it? the @ sign.
13. Lurking is to read through mailling lists or news groups and get a feel of the topic before posting one's ownmessages.
14. SRS stands for Shared Registyr Server. The central system for all accredited registrars to access, register and control the domain names.
15. WAIS stands for 'Wide Area Information Servers'- a commercial software package that allows the indexing of huge quantities of information, then makes those indices searchable across the Internet.
16. An anonymiser is a privacy service that allows a user to visit Web sites without allowing anyone to gather information about which sites they visit.
17. Archie is an information system offering an electronic directory service for locating information residing on anonymous FTP sites.
18. On the internet, a 'bastion host' is the only host computer that a company allows to be addressed directly form the public network.
19. Did you know that the original URL of Yahoo! was http://akebono.stanford.edu/?
20. 'Carnivore' is the Internet surveillance system developed by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), who developed it to monitor the electronic transmissions of criminal suspects.
21. The Electrohippies Collective is an international group of 'hacktivists' based on Oxforshire,England.
22. UIML (User Interface Markup Language) is a descriptive language that lets you create a Web page that can be sent to any kind of interface device.
23. In Internet terminology, a demo is a non-interactive multimedia presentation, the computer world's equivalent of a music video.
24. Did you know that the name of the famous search engine AltaVista came in to existence when someone accidentlly read and suggested the word 'Alto' writtern near the word 'Vista' on an unclean whiteboard as 'AltaVista'?
25. Cyber Patrol, Surf Watch, Net Nanny and Big Brother are all access filters used to block access to objectionable Websites.
26. Boeing was the first airline to discover the Y2K problem, way bakc in 1993.
27. Did you know that Domain Registration was free until an announcement by the National Science Foundation on 14th September, 1995, changed it?
28. The Internet was initially called the 'Galactic network' in memos written by MIT's JCR Licklider in 1962.
29. Shokyo Ishiko, adoctorate in agriculture and chief priest of Daioh Temple in Kyoto has created an online virtual temple which will perforn neniruak services for lost information.
30. A 55kg laddu was made for Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala as Y2K prayer offering.
31. On an average, each person receives 26.4 e-mails as a day.
32. The morning after Internet Explorer 4 was released, certain mischievous Microsoft workers left a 10-by-12-foot letter 'e' and a balloon with the message, "we love you", on Netscape 's front lawn.
33. If you were a resident of Tonga, a monarchy in the southwest Pacific, you could own
domains as cool as 'mail.to' and 'head.to'
34. The American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) began the administration and registration of INternet IP adresses in North and south America in March 1998.
35. The testbed for the Internet's new adressing system, IPv6, is called the 6bone.
36. The first Internet worm was created by Robert T.Morris ,Jr, and attacked more than 6,000 Internet hosts.
37. According to The Economist magazine, the first truly electronic bank on the Internet, called First Virtual Holdings, was opened by Lee stein in 1994
38. The French Culture Ministry has banned the word 'e-mail' in all goavernment ministries, documents, publications and Websites, because 'e-mail is an English word. They prefer to use the term 'courriel'.
39. The first computer company to register for a domain name was Digital Equipment Corporation
40. The German police sell used patrol cars over the Internet, because earlier auctions fetched low prices and only a few people ever showed up.
41. Rob Glaser's compan, Progressive Networks, luanched the Real Audio system on April 10, 1995.
42. 'Browser safe colors' refer to the 216 colours that are rendered the same way in both the PC and Mac operating systems.
43. Though the world wide web was born in1989 at CERN in Switzerland, in research for particle physics.
44. The 'Dilbert Zone ' Web site was the first syndicated comic strip site available on the Internet.
45. Butler Jeeves of the Internet site Askjeeves.com made its debut as a large helium balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade in 2000.
46. Sun MIcorsystems sponsors NetDay, an effort to wire American public school's to the Internet, with help from the US government.
47. In Bejing, the Internet community has coined the word 'chortal' as a shortened version of ' Chines portal'.
48. Google got its name fromt he mathematical figure googol, which denotes the number 'one followed by a hundred zeroes.'
49. Telnet is one of the oldest forms of Internet connections. Today, it is used primarily to access online databases.
50. Domain names can really sell at high prices! The most expensive domain name was 'business.com', which was bought by e- companies for $7.5 million in1999.
51. The first ever ISP was Compusreve. It still exists, under AOL Time Warner.
52. In 1969, ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency) went online, connecting four major US Universities. The idea was to have a back up in case a military attack destroyed conventional communications systems.
53. 'Content, commerce and community' are refereed to as 'the three big Cs', the most important aspects of the Internet.
54. Ray Tomlinson, a scientist from Cambridge, introduced electronic mail in 1972. He used the @ to distinguish between the sender's name and network name in the e-mail address.
55. Transmission Control Protocol/Internet protocol (TCP/IP) was designed in 1973.
56. The Apple iTunes music store was introduced in the spring of 2003. It allows people to download songs for an affordable 99 cents each.
57. Satyam Online became the first private ISP in December 1998 to offer Internet connection in India.
58. 56 percent of US companies sold their Products online by 2000, as compared to 24 percent in 1998.
59. More than a million new jobs were created by the US high-tech industry since 1993
60. The number of UK Internet users increases by an estimated 75percent each year
61. The Internet is the third-most used advertising medium in the world , closely catching up with traditional local newspaper and yellow magazines.
62. IAN Cobain, a journalist from the Times, London, used Internet search engines to track down four people on Interpol's 'most wanted' list-in just 82minutes!
63. It took 13 years for television to reach 50 million users- it took the Internet less than 4 years.
64. As of now, there are over 260 million people with Internet access worldwide.
65. Preliminary employment data show that the US high-tech industry employed 4.8 million workers in 1998, making it the nation's largest industry.
66. Did you know that Digital Equipment Corporation was the first computer company to register a domain name/
67. 1 out of 6 people used the Internet in North America and Europe, as per a 1999 survey.
68. Internet Advertising in the US generated $1.92billion in1998, double the 1997 figure.
69. The average computer user blinks 7 times a minute.
70. In 1946, the Merriam Wevster Dictionary defined computer as ' a person who tabulates numbers ; accountant;actuary;bookkeeper;
71. An estimated 2.5 billion hours were wasted online last year as people waited for pages to download, according to a study sponsored by Nortel Networks.
72. AOL says spam is the number one complaint of its custmers , and that it has to block over one billion unsolicited e-mails every day.
73. In 2002, the average Internet user received 3.7 spam messages per day. The total rose 6.2 spam messages per day in 2002. by 2007, it is expected to reach 830 messages per day.
74. In 1965, high-tech's share of business spending in the US was 3 percent. In 1996, It shot up to 45 percent.
75. A technology industry research firm called Basex says that unsolicited e-mail cost nearly $20 billion in lost time and expenses worldwide in 2000
76. In 2003, an Atlanta-based ISP called Earthink won a lawsuit worth $16.4 million (US) against a spammer in Buffalo NY, and a $25 million(US) lawsuit against a spammer in Tennessee.
77. In Canada, five billion junk e-mails were sent last year. The cost to the economy reaches $ 1 billion annually.
78. Brightmail, the leading supplier of anti-spam software, reported that in 2003, spam actually exceeded legitimate e-mail, growing from 40 percent to more than 56 percent of all Internet e-mail... in just one year.
79. In 1993, there were 26000 domain names in use. In 1999, there were 5 million web sites.
80. After English, Japanese, and then German are the most used languages on the Net.
81. It is estimated that by 2005, 60 percent of all Internet users will speak a language other than English.
82. An estimated 2.2 percent of the world's population is currently online.
83. The latest stats indicate that China appears to be the fastest growing Internet market in the world.
84. Recent studies indicate that more than two out of every five people in North America are now Internet users.
85. About 60 percent of North American Internet users have used the Web to shop
86. Spam drains productivity from businesses as employees spend from 15 minutes to an hour every day pressing the delete key.
87. Use of home PCs to surf the Net has dropped by almost 40 percnet in the last four years as Internet use has penetrated the work place.
88. On a per capita basis, the US only ranks 5th in terms of Internet users. Iceland, Norway, Sweden & Finland have higher per capita use.
89. Which companies spend the most on web advertising ? Microsoft tops the list, with Amazon.com taking second spot and TRUSTe the third.
90. Where do most news addicts go to on the eb? The top three destinations are msnbc.com, weather.com, and cnn.com
91. After the April 2001 collision of a US navy spy plane and a Chinese fighter Jet, Chinese hackers launched Denial of Service(DoS) attacks against American web sites.
92. Subash Ghai's film Taal was the first Bollywood movie to be widely promoted on the Net.
93. Ziggy, a cat, has become the first animal in the world to own shares intersaver.co.uk
94. Jeff Bezos, when starting his business could not name his Web site Cadabra (as om 'avracadabra') due to copyright issues. He later named it amazon.com
95. China had 150 billion junke-mails last year, making it the second-biggest target of spam.
96. The top e-tail sites on the Web are Amazon.com, ticketmaster.com, and buy.com
97. There are between1.5 million to 2 million closed circuit television cameras in Britain, making Britons the most watched people on earth.
98. The Microsoft Terraserver is a free Website that has more than 999 gigabytes of black and white photos featuring specific parts of the Earth's surface taken by Russian and American airplanes and satellites during the Cold war.
99. In the 1980s- well before the Internet became something the general public wanted to use-scores of free 'bulletin board services' (BBSs) sprang up around the United States. The first free public BBS was 'cleveland Free-Net', and they shut down on 1st october 1999, because the software that ran the service couldn't recognise the year 2000.
100. According to a study by Nielsen Media Research, households with Internet access watch 13 percent less TV than households that are not online.
101. The three legitimate names for copycat viruses inspired by the infamous Melissa virus were Ping, Madcow and Syndicate.
102. Viral marketing is when your app 'infects' other users via usage. The recipient finds out about the service by receiving a card from his ro her friend.
103. Just like astronomers would love to find the elusive 'Dark Matter', Yahoo! is now working on its Content Acquisition Program to map and explore the 'Deep Web ', the part of the web that search engines typically do not crawl. As a result of this, much, much more of the web will be accesible via Yahoo1's search engines.
104. According to Yahoo!, cloning, Saddam Hussein and Iraq were the most searched- for news stories in 2003
105. You get spam because your e-mail adress makes its way to spammers through various channels. For exampl, if you sign up for a newsltter, the site may sell your e-mail to spammer. Sites maintain e-mail lists that they send spam to. Price can be as low as Rs2500 for one lakh e-mails.
106. Many researchers and surfers consider that the first search engine was Archie, created in 1990 by Alan Emtage, a student at McGill University in Montreal.
107. In 2003, the top 10 searched- for terms on Yahoo! were Kazza, Harry Potter, American Idol, Britney Spears, 50 Cent, Eminem, WWE, Paris Histon, Nascar and Christian Aquilera.
108.Niue is a small island in the Pacific that makes much of its revenue selling domain names. The country code is .nu, and there ws a time in the recent past when one could easily get domain names like rajesh.nu.
109. In 1999, PhotoHighway.com introduced the first Internet Photography site to offer software that allows people to load photos directly from a digital camera to a website.
110. On 5th June, 2001, Nevada became the first US state to vote to legalise online gambling- which is not surprising,since Las Vegas is in Nevada
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99 Useful Run Commands
Do you use the Run feature in Windows XP? For most, this feature remains unused (or rarely used). Why is that? Well, First off nearly all of the Run Commands Correspond to a particular Control Panel Item or a Utility, Tool or Task that can be accessed through Windows. There are, however, tools and utilities that I bet you never knew you had that can be accessed through the Run feature. The main reason most people don't use the Run feature is because they don't know the Commands. So, to solve that problem, I decided to put together the following listing, which lists 99 Run Commands and what they correspond too...
Accessibility Controls
access.cpl
Add Hardware Wizard
hdwwiz.cpl
Add/Remove Programs
appwiz.cpl
Administrative Tools
control admintools
Automatic Updates
wuaucpl.cpl
Bluetooth Transfer Wizard
fsquirt
Calculator
calc
Certificate Manager
certmgr.msc
Character Map
charmap
Check Disk Utility
chkdsk
Clipboard Viewer
clipbrd
Command Prompt
cmd
Component Services
dcomcnfg
Computer Management
compmgmt.msc
Date and Time Properties
timedate.cpl
DDE Shares
ddeshare
Device Manager
devmgmt.msc
Direct X Control Panel (If Installed)*
directx.cpl
Direct X Troubleshooter
dxdiag
Disk Cleanup Utility
cleanmgr
Disk Defragment
dfrg.msc
Disk Management
diskmgmt.msc
Disk Partition Manager
diskpart
Display Properties
control desktop
Display Properties
desk.cpl
Display Properties (w/Appearance Tab Preselected)
control color
Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility
drwtsn32
Driver Verifier Utility
verifier
Event Viewer
eventvwr.msc
File Signature Verification Tool
sigverif
Findfast
findfast.cpl
Folders Properties
control folders
Fonts
control fonts
Fonts Folder
fonts
Free Cell Card Game
freecell
Game Controllers
joy.cpl
Group Policy Editor (XP Prof)
gpedit.msc
Hearts Card Game
mshearts
Iexpress Wizard
iexpress
Indexing Service
ciadv.msc
Internet Properties
inetcpl.cpl
IP Configuration (Display Connection Configuration) ipconfig /all
IP Configuration (Display DNS Cache Contents) ipconfig /displaydns
IP Configuration (Delete DNS Cache Contents) ipconfig /flushdns
IP Configuration (Release All Connections) ipconfig /release
IP Configuration (Renew All Connections) ipconfig /renew
IP Configuration (Refreshes DHCP & Re-Registers DNS) ipconfig /registerdns
IP Configuration (Display DHCP Class ID) ipconfig /showclassid
IP Configuration (Modifies DHCP Class ID) ipconfig /setclassid
Java Control Panel (If Installed)
jpicpl32.cpl
Java Control Panel (If Installed)
javaws
Keyboard Properties
control keyboard
Local Security Settings
secpol.msc
Local Users and Groups
lusrmgr.msc
Logs You Out Of Windows
logoff
Microsoft Chat
winchat
Minesweeper Game
winmine
Mouse Properties
control mouse
Mouse Properties
main.cpl
Network Connections
control netconnections
Network Connections
ncpa.cpl
Network Setup Wizard
netsetup.cpl
Notepad notepad
Nview Desktop Manager (If Installed)
nvtuicpl.cpl
Object Packager
packager
ODBC Data Source Administrator
odbccp32.cpl
On Screen Keyboard
osk
Opens AC3 Filter (If Installed)
ac3filter.cpl
Password Properties
password.cpl
Performance Monitor
perfmon.msc
Performance Monitor
perfmon
Phone and Modem Options
telephon.cpl
Power Configuration
powercfg.cpl
Printers and Faxes
control printers
Printers Folder
printers
Private Character Editor
eudcedit
Quicktime (If Installed)
QuickTime.cpl
Regional Settings
intl.cpl
Registry Editor
regedit
Registry Editor
regedit32
Remote Desktop mstsc
Removable Storage
ntmsmgr.msc
Removable Storage Operator Requests
ntmsoprq.msc
Resultant Set of Policy (XP Prof)
rsop.msc
Scanners and Cameras
sticpl.cpl
Scheduled Tasks
control schedtasks
Security Center
wscui.cpl
Services
services.msc
Shared Folders
fsmgmt.msc
Shuts Down Windows
shutdown
Sounds and Audio
mmsys.cpl
Spider Solitare Card Game
spider
SQL Client Configuration
cliconfg
System Configuration Editor
sysedit
System Configuration Utility
msconfig
System File Checker Utility (Scan Immediately) sfc /scannow
System File Checker Utility (Scan Once At Next Boot) sfc /scanonce
System File Checker Utility (Scan On Every Boot) sfc /scanboot
System File Checker Utility (Return to Default Setting) sfc /revert
System File Checker Utility (Purge File Cache) sfc /purgecache
System File Checker Utility (Set Cache Size to size x)
sfc /cachesize=x
System Properties
sysdm.cpl
Task Manager
taskmgr
Telnet Client
telnet
User Account Management
nusrmgr.cpl
Utility Manager
utilman
Windows Firewall
firewall.cpl
Windows Magnifier
magnify
Windows Management Infrastructure
wmimgmt.msc
Windows System Security Tool
syskey
Windows Update Launches
wupdmgr
Windows XP Tour Wizard
tourstart
Wordpad
write
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Accessibility Controls
access.cpl
Add Hardware Wizard
hdwwiz.cpl
Add/Remove Programs
appwiz.cpl
Administrative Tools
control admintools
Automatic Updates
wuaucpl.cpl
Bluetooth Transfer Wizard
fsquirt
Calculator
calc
Certificate Manager
certmgr.msc
Character Map
charmap
Check Disk Utility
chkdsk
Clipboard Viewer
clipbrd
Command Prompt
cmd
Component Services
dcomcnfg
Computer Management
compmgmt.msc
Date and Time Properties
timedate.cpl
DDE Shares
ddeshare
Device Manager
devmgmt.msc
Direct X Control Panel (If Installed)*
directx.cpl
Direct X Troubleshooter
dxdiag
Disk Cleanup Utility
cleanmgr
Disk Defragment
dfrg.msc
Disk Management
diskmgmt.msc
Disk Partition Manager
diskpart
Display Properties
control desktop
Display Properties
desk.cpl
Display Properties (w/Appearance Tab Preselected)
control color
Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility
drwtsn32
Driver Verifier Utility
verifier
Event Viewer
eventvwr.msc
File Signature Verification Tool
sigverif
Findfast
findfast.cpl
Folders Properties
control folders
Fonts
control fonts
Fonts Folder
fonts
Free Cell Card Game
freecell
Game Controllers
joy.cpl
Group Policy Editor (XP Prof)
gpedit.msc
Hearts Card Game
mshearts
Iexpress Wizard
iexpress
Indexing Service
ciadv.msc
Internet Properties
inetcpl.cpl
IP Configuration (Display Connection Configuration) ipconfig /all
IP Configuration (Display DNS Cache Contents) ipconfig /displaydns
IP Configuration (Delete DNS Cache Contents) ipconfig /flushdns
IP Configuration (Release All Connections) ipconfig /release
IP Configuration (Renew All Connections) ipconfig /renew
IP Configuration (Refreshes DHCP & Re-Registers DNS) ipconfig /registerdns
IP Configuration (Display DHCP Class ID) ipconfig /showclassid
IP Configuration (Modifies DHCP Class ID) ipconfig /setclassid
Java Control Panel (If Installed)
jpicpl32.cpl
Java Control Panel (If Installed)
javaws
Keyboard Properties
control keyboard
Local Security Settings
secpol.msc
Local Users and Groups
lusrmgr.msc
Logs You Out Of Windows
logoff
Microsoft Chat
winchat
Minesweeper Game
winmine
Mouse Properties
control mouse
Mouse Properties
main.cpl
Network Connections
control netconnections
Network Connections
ncpa.cpl
Network Setup Wizard
netsetup.cpl
Notepad notepad
Nview Desktop Manager (If Installed)
nvtuicpl.cpl
Object Packager
packager
ODBC Data Source Administrator
odbccp32.cpl
On Screen Keyboard
osk
Opens AC3 Filter (If Installed)
ac3filter.cpl
Password Properties
password.cpl
Performance Monitor
perfmon.msc
Performance Monitor
perfmon
Phone and Modem Options
telephon.cpl
Power Configuration
powercfg.cpl
Printers and Faxes
control printers
Printers Folder
printers
Private Character Editor
eudcedit
Quicktime (If Installed)
QuickTime.cpl
Regional Settings
intl.cpl
Registry Editor
regedit
Registry Editor
regedit32
Remote Desktop mstsc
Removable Storage
ntmsmgr.msc
Removable Storage Operator Requests
ntmsoprq.msc
Resultant Set of Policy (XP Prof)
rsop.msc
Scanners and Cameras
sticpl.cpl
Scheduled Tasks
control schedtasks
Security Center
wscui.cpl
Services
services.msc
Shared Folders
fsmgmt.msc
Shuts Down Windows
shutdown
Sounds and Audio
mmsys.cpl
Spider Solitare Card Game
spider
SQL Client Configuration
cliconfg
System Configuration Editor
sysedit
System Configuration Utility
msconfig
System File Checker Utility (Scan Immediately) sfc /scannow
System File Checker Utility (Scan Once At Next Boot) sfc /scanonce
System File Checker Utility (Scan On Every Boot) sfc /scanboot
System File Checker Utility (Return to Default Setting) sfc /revert
System File Checker Utility (Purge File Cache) sfc /purgecache
System File Checker Utility (Set Cache Size to size x)
sfc /cachesize=x
System Properties
sysdm.cpl
Task Manager
taskmgr
Telnet Client
telnet
User Account Management
nusrmgr.cpl
Utility Manager
utilman
Windows Firewall
firewall.cpl
Windows Magnifier
magnify
Windows Management Infrastructure
wmimgmt.msc
Windows System Security Tool
syskey
Windows Update Launches
wupdmgr
Windows XP Tour Wizard
tourstart
Wordpad
write
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Wikipedia in REAL danger!!!
Florence Devouard, chairwoman of the Wikimedia Foundation, caused a bit of a stir at the recent Lift conference in Geneva by suggesting that Wikipedia is running out of money and could “disappear” — The original report came on a blog written by Philippe Mottaz, a Swiss multimedia producer and journalist. According to his report, Ms. Devouard told the conference:
“Wikipedia has the financial resources to run its servers for about three to four months. If we do not find additional funding, it is not impossible that Wikipedia might disappear.”
There is also a similar report from Bruno Giussani, an author and the European director of the TED conferences. Meanwhile, a Wikimedia staff member named Sandy Ordonez has posted a comment on Nick’s post saying “Ms. Devouard’s comment was taken out of context” and that “Wikipedia will not be closing any time soon. Ms. Devouard was simply referring to the ongoing, pressing needs for funds that Wikipedia, like most nonprofit organizations, face.”
Perhaps Ms. Devouard was simply using her platform at Lift to raise awareness that Wikipedia needs donations to continue. According to Mr. Giussani, Wikipedia now has 350 servers and requires at least $5-million U.S. just to keep the service alive, let alone grow. A recent fundraising drive raised $1-million.
A couple of things spring to mind — the first being: Couldn’t Chad Hurley or Steve Chen, who are now multimillionaires, or Jeff Bezos or Steve Jobs or one of a dozen other billionaire geeks cough up a measly $1-million or $2-million to keep the lights on at Wikipedia? And the second is whether this might revive interest in Jason Calacanis’s idea of running small ads on the site, which he said at one point was worth as much as $5-billion.
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“Wikipedia has the financial resources to run its servers for about three to four months. If we do not find additional funding, it is not impossible that Wikipedia might disappear.”
There is also a similar report from Bruno Giussani, an author and the European director of the TED conferences. Meanwhile, a Wikimedia staff member named Sandy Ordonez has posted a comment on Nick’s post saying “Ms. Devouard’s comment was taken out of context” and that “Wikipedia will not be closing any time soon. Ms. Devouard was simply referring to the ongoing, pressing needs for funds that Wikipedia, like most nonprofit organizations, face.”
Perhaps Ms. Devouard was simply using her platform at Lift to raise awareness that Wikipedia needs donations to continue. According to Mr. Giussani, Wikipedia now has 350 servers and requires at least $5-million U.S. just to keep the service alive, let alone grow. A recent fundraising drive raised $1-million.
A couple of things spring to mind — the first being: Couldn’t Chad Hurley or Steve Chen, who are now multimillionaires, or Jeff Bezos or Steve Jobs or one of a dozen other billionaire geeks cough up a measly $1-million or $2-million to keep the lights on at Wikipedia? And the second is whether this might revive interest in Jason Calacanis’s idea of running small ads on the site, which he said at one point was worth as much as $5-billion.
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Vista successor "Vienna" planned for late 2009
Now that Microsoft has freed Windows Vista from the shackles of a five year development process, the company is attempting to wow us by revealing that it plans to have its next major operating system ready within the next two-and-a-half years, giving Vista's successor an expected release date of late 2009. Speaking to PC World, Ben Fathi, the executive in charge of the OS's core components, made it clear that he was referring to a whole new OS -- known to have the codename "Vienna" -- and not the upcoming Vista service pack, codenamed "Fiji."
Other than this tentative release date, Ben didn't have much new information on the future for Windows: in response to the question of what Vienna's killer feature will be, he said "I don't know what it is" and then proceeded to suggest that full virtualization and a radical new user interface will be the aim. Both of these suggestions lend credence to previous reports that a break in compatiblity with older applications and a new user interface would be Vienna's flagship features. Now all we've got to do is wait (and hope that the changes aren't too radical.)
Other than this tentative release date, Ben didn't have much new information on the future for Windows: in response to the question of what Vienna's killer feature will be, he said "I don't know what it is" and then proceeded to suggest that full virtualization and a radical new user interface will be the aim. Both of these suggestions lend credence to previous reports that a break in compatiblity with older applications and a new user interface would be Vienna's flagship features. Now all we've got to do is wait (and hope that the changes aren't too radical.)
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TIMELINE of Computing
1.1976
US Presidential candidate JimmyCarter uses e-mail to plan campaign events. Queen Elizabethsends her first e-mail. She's the first state leader to use this service.
2.1982
The word "Internet" is used for the first time, short for "internetwork".
3.1984
Domain Name System (DNS) is established, with network addresses identified by extensions such as .com,.org, and .edu. Novelist William Gibson coins the term "Cyberspace".
4.1985
Quantum Computer Services, whcih later changes its name to America Online, debuts. It offers e-mail, electronic bulletin boards, news, and other information.
5.1988
A Virus called the Internet Worm temporarily shuts down about 10 percent of the world's Internet servers.
6.1990
The first effort to index the Internet is created by Peter Deutsch at McGill University in Montreal, who devises Archie, an archive of FTP sites.
7.1993
Marc Andreessen develops Mosaic at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). It becomes the dominant system for navigating the World Wide Web.
8.1994
The White House launches its website, www.whitehouse.gov.
9.1994
Initial commerce site are established and mass marketing campaigns are launched via e-mail, introducing the term 'spamming'.
10.1994
Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark introduce the Navigator browser.
11.1995
CompuServe, America Online, and Prodigy start providing dial-up Internet access. Sun Microsys tems launches Java.
12.1996
Around 45 million people are using the Internet, with roughly 30 million of those in the US and Canada, 9 million in Europe, and 6 million in Asia Pacific.
13.1997
On july 8, Internet traffic records are broken as the NASA website broadcast images taken by Pathfinder on Mars.
14.1999
"e-commerce" becomes the new buzzword as Internet shopping repaidly spreads.
15.1999
College student Shawn Fanning invents Napster, a computer application that allows users to swap music over the Internet.
16.2000
Deviant computer programmers begin spreading viruses with increased frequency. The Internet bubble bursts, as the fountain of investment capital dries up and the Nasdaq plummets.
17.2001
Napster is dealt a fatal blow when the 9th US circuit court of Appeal in San Francisco rules that the company is violating copyright laws.
18.2002
A staggering 58.5 percent of the US population uses the Internet.
19.2003
It's estimated that Internet users illegally download about 2.6 billion music files each month.
US Presidential candidate JimmyCarter uses e-mail to plan campaign events. Queen Elizabethsends her first e-mail. She's the first state leader to use this service.
2.1982
The word "Internet" is used for the first time, short for "internetwork".
3.1984
Domain Name System (DNS) is established, with network addresses identified by extensions such as .com,.org, and .edu. Novelist William Gibson coins the term "Cyberspace".
4.1985
Quantum Computer Services, whcih later changes its name to America Online, debuts. It offers e-mail, electronic bulletin boards, news, and other information.
5.1988
A Virus called the Internet Worm temporarily shuts down about 10 percent of the world's Internet servers.
6.1990
The first effort to index the Internet is created by Peter Deutsch at McGill University in Montreal, who devises Archie, an archive of FTP sites.
7.1993
Marc Andreessen develops Mosaic at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). It becomes the dominant system for navigating the World Wide Web.
8.1994
The White House launches its website, www.whitehouse.gov.
9.1994
Initial commerce site are established and mass marketing campaigns are launched via e-mail, introducing the term 'spamming'.
10.1994
Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark introduce the Navigator browser.
11.1995
CompuServe, America Online, and Prodigy start providing dial-up Internet access. Sun Microsys tems launches Java.
12.1996
Around 45 million people are using the Internet, with roughly 30 million of those in the US and Canada, 9 million in Europe, and 6 million in Asia Pacific.
13.1997
On july 8, Internet traffic records are broken as the NASA website broadcast images taken by Pathfinder on Mars.
14.1999
"e-commerce" becomes the new buzzword as Internet shopping repaidly spreads.
15.1999
College student Shawn Fanning invents Napster, a computer application that allows users to swap music over the Internet.
16.2000
Deviant computer programmers begin spreading viruses with increased frequency. The Internet bubble bursts, as the fountain of investment capital dries up and the Nasdaq plummets.
17.2001
Napster is dealt a fatal blow when the 9th US circuit court of Appeal in San Francisco rules that the company is violating copyright laws.
18.2002
A staggering 58.5 percent of the US population uses the Internet.
19.2003
It's estimated that Internet users illegally download about 2.6 billion music files each month.
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Windows Live Mail Now 'Live Hotmail'
In an attempt to allay confusion over its new AJAX-enabled webmail system, Microsoft said Thursday that Windows Live Mail was being renamed to Windows Live Hotmail. The decision follows a recent switch to keep the classic Hotmail interface for existing users.
Microsoft says that during beta testing, which began last March, it learned that users were "extremely loyal to the Hotmail brand" and "a bit confused by name change." Therefore, it hopes the Windows Live Hotmail name will reiterate that the new service retains what users liked about the old system.
"As we prepare to launch the final version of our new web mail service, we recognize the importance of ensuring that our 260+ million existing customers come over to the new service smoothly and without confusion," Windows Live Hotmail senior product manager Richard Sim wrote. "We hope you like the approach we're taking and see this as a positive change."
Initial responses weren't that positive, however, noting the constant name-changing and rebranding going on under the Windows Live moniker.
"I understand the notion of loyalty; however, this is a new system and a new service. So why confuse users by merging two names of dissimilar systems. Starting new needs to be seen not as a detriment but as a way to start fresh and lure new customers into the system," replied a user named Dave K.
Other users asked how the name change would affect Windows Live Mail Desktop, the Windows-based application that integrates with the webmail service while offering support for third party POP and IMAP e-mail accounts. "So will we have 'Windows Live Hotmail Desktop Mail for Windows' soon?" quipped a user named Gregor.
Microsoft recently rolled out Milestone 9 of Windows Live Hotmail, but has yet to announce when the system will replace Hotmail. With pressure coming from both Google, Yahoo and AOL, Microsoft is wary about making any major changes to Hotmail that could push users away from the service, even if those changes are simply upgrading functionality.
By Nate Mook, BetaNews.com
Microsoft says that during beta testing, which began last March, it learned that users were "extremely loyal to the Hotmail brand" and "a bit confused by name change." Therefore, it hopes the Windows Live Hotmail name will reiterate that the new service retains what users liked about the old system.
"As we prepare to launch the final version of our new web mail service, we recognize the importance of ensuring that our 260+ million existing customers come over to the new service smoothly and without confusion," Windows Live Hotmail senior product manager Richard Sim wrote. "We hope you like the approach we're taking and see this as a positive change."
Initial responses weren't that positive, however, noting the constant name-changing and rebranding going on under the Windows Live moniker.
"I understand the notion of loyalty; however, this is a new system and a new service. So why confuse users by merging two names of dissimilar systems. Starting new needs to be seen not as a detriment but as a way to start fresh and lure new customers into the system," replied a user named Dave K.
Other users asked how the name change would affect Windows Live Mail Desktop, the Windows-based application that integrates with the webmail service while offering support for third party POP and IMAP e-mail accounts. "So will we have 'Windows Live Hotmail Desktop Mail for Windows' soon?" quipped a user named Gregor.
Microsoft recently rolled out Milestone 9 of Windows Live Hotmail, but has yet to announce when the system will replace Hotmail. With pressure coming from both Google, Yahoo and AOL, Microsoft is wary about making any major changes to Hotmail that could push users away from the service, even if those changes are simply upgrading functionality.
By Nate Mook, BetaNews.com
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Fun things to download
I used to think my english is damn bad. But after listening,
this mista talking, i changed my perception. His english
talking got whole meaning wrong to another listener.
Why not you too listen this piece?
Download here,it's also an audio mp3 file.
More inside!!!
I'm sure you guys have grown watching Donald Duck cartoons.
I too have enjoyed their shows. Now, do you want to see,
i mean hear Donald Duck in action?? not of much.. but i'm
sure it'd be fun.
Download here, then unzip, it's a sound file.
I was ,at first, got puzzled,but that's not the case now.
What you've to do is, think of one card out of shuffled cards
and amazing, that card is gone. Can you find the trick??
Download here, it's a little win32 executable program.
Have Fun!!!
this mista talking, i changed my perception. His english
talking got whole meaning wrong to another listener.
Why not you too listen this piece?
Download here,it's also an audio mp3 file.
More inside!!!
I'm sure you guys have grown watching Donald Duck cartoons.
I too have enjoyed their shows. Now, do you want to see,
i mean hear Donald Duck in action?? not of much.. but i'm
sure it'd be fun.
Download here, then unzip, it's a sound file.
I was ,at first, got puzzled,but that's not the case now.
What you've to do is, think of one card out of shuffled cards
and amazing, that card is gone. Can you find the trick??
Download here, it's a little win32 executable program.
Have Fun!!!
Monday, February 12, 2007 |
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Monkey Buziness???
I don't know but there are some resemblance among persons. It is said, truly, there are 7 exact copies of one human being. I mean to say, there are seven look-a-likes of one single person. May be you see your lookalike at TV or some other part of world, who Knows?
but there is interesting thing to see Human lookalike in animal kingdom?? It's inside.
And there is another one, Monkey-in-disguise?? ha ha ha
lets figure it out , inside!!!
but there is interesting thing to see Human lookalike in animal kingdom?? It's inside.
And there is another one, Monkey-in-disguise?? ha ha ha
lets figure it out , inside!!!
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Mero Kathmandu
These are some of the aerial photos of Kathmandu Value. Few of you(including me), who have not got chance to see how it looks like from sky, here is your chance to see it.
This pictures are not mine. I got them from net and it was saved useless on my harddrive. I felt you could see and analyze which road leads where. It was quite fun for me with my friends to analyze that way.
They are inside. Check them out.
This pictures are not mine. I got them from net and it was saved useless on my harddrive. I felt you could see and analyze which road leads where. It was quite fun for me with my friends to analyze that way.
They are inside. Check them out.
Sunday, February 11, 2007 |
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