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Beware of Phishing scams- Protect your identity and money

Read: 10,017 I just happen to see the following email in the Junk mail folder in Hotmail. I thought I should share this piece of information with you guys. It’s about Phishing and how innocent people get cheated online and lose their money and identity. What is Phishing? Phishing is an e-mail fraud method where legitimate-looking emails are sent out… Read More »Beware of Phishing scams- Protect your identity and money

iOS 4.3.3 Update removes the location tracking

Read: 6,140 I posted earlier on iPhone tracking users location using the location services. Apple has recently released an update, iOS 4.3.3 which reduces the size of the cache file, This means that, iPhone will not store our location data anymore and will not sync this location information with the computer we use to sync our phone with. Apple has… Read More »iOS 4.3.3 Update removes the location tracking

Job Scam Alert from JobStreet.com

Read: 14,463 I recently received an email alert from www.jobstreet.com, notifying about the recent scam, the message is shown below. Beware of similar scams as scammers are getting more and more sophisticated in their attack modes. Job Scam Alert Dear Aneesh, We’ve noticed an increase in the amount of job scams recently. Scammers are pretending to be reputable Multinational Corporations,… Read More »Job Scam Alert from JobStreet.com

Beware of scammers promising Osama Bin Laden’s death videos and photos

Read: 7,141 Facebook and emails are being flooded with scams claiming to show you death videos and photos of Osama Bin Laden since his death. FBI is warning people to be ware of these sort of emails and Facebook posts because they contain viruses that can seriously damage your computer. Once your computer is affected with this virus, it starts… Read More »Beware of scammers promising Osama Bin Laden’s death videos and photos

Control how Facebook Places work for you and protect your privacy

Read: 6,254 Edit your Facebook Places privacy settings in following few steps and protect your privacy. In case you think that you’ve nothing to lose by someone knowing where you “Check in”, you may please choose not to read further. Step 1: Log on to your Facebook and click on Privacy Settings and Customize settings as highlighted. Step 2: Look… Read More »Control how Facebook Places work for you and protect your privacy

Photosynth- create 3D images with your iPhone camera

Read: 6,789 Microsoft just released an iPhone app for its already amazing technology- Photosynth! It’s really cool and fun to create 3D panoramas using Photosynth iPhone app. Photosynth app allows you to take a series of images and create a 3D panoramic view, exactly like the images we see in Google 3D maps! I feel that Microsoft has done a… Read More »Photosynth- create 3D images with your iPhone camera

Attackers take control of your system by exploiting latest Adobe Flash player vulnerability

Read: 5,269 Adobe has released a Critical security alert on a serious vulnerability exploitation via emails on Adobe Flash Player version 10.2.153.1 and earlier versions for Windows, Mac, Linux and Solaris operating systems, version 10.2.154.25 and earlier for Chrome users and 10.2.156.12 and earlier for Android users. According to Adobe, a critical security alert means “A vulnerability, which, if exploited… Read More »Attackers take control of your system by exploiting latest Adobe Flash player vulnerability

iPhone audio and video scrubbing- adjust the forwarding speed in four different speeds for audio and video

Read: 13,797 I just noticed a cool feature in iPhone while listening to a music video. I’m sure that all of you know how to navigate to a point in the track (audio or video) in iPhone by sliding the bar (at the top). Did you notice a tiny text while you slide the bar that says, “Slide your finger… Read More »iPhone audio and video scrubbing- adjust the forwarding speed in four different speeds for audio and video

Steve Jobs- an inspirational commencement speech in Stanford

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Read: 11,818 This is one of my favorite speeches by Steve Jobs. Sharing with you all… “…you can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something–your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever…This approach has never let me… Read More »Steve Jobs- an inspirational commencement speech in Stanford

Insert images inside your Gmail

Read: 4,954 Just found out this Google Lab (Gmail Lab) feature that let us insert images inside the Gmail. To configure it, click Settings, then Lab tab. You can find various lab features under this section. If you are already a Gmail Lab user, you can access lab by clicking on the tiny green colour funnel icon beside Settings buttons… Read More »Insert images inside your Gmail