Recently Google Adsense is showing malware advertisements on publisher’s websites, including websites like Mashable. Now attackers using Google’s AdWords program to spread Rogue XP AntiVirus 2008. The Rogue XP AntiVirus 2008 is not an AntiVirus software programs instead of protecting your computer system this program shows pop-up messages, false scan reports reporting for viruses and redirect users to websites that sell some other sophisticated malware programs.
Sunbelt, Malware Research lab has described Rogue XP AntiVirus 2008 as a security risk. Rogue XP AntiVirus 2008 collect, transmit, and share potentially sensitive data without adequate notice and consent.

Forged results of this AntiVirus program is displayed on Google search results and on top keywords including “AntiVirus and remove AntiVirus XP”
Google has to figure out some mechanism to stop attackers to spreading malware and other security threats using Google Adsense and Google AdWords

All images are taken from sunbelt Website

As I promised earlier, here is the extensive list of reasons for not buying the so-called revolutionary IPhone. Well, buying anything is perfectly a matter of choice, but still I would like to show you the real picture, apart from one showed to us by Steve Jobs. I would never recommend to take decisions based on any of our posts, but just want you to read it before taking any decisions, else you are bound to regret. Ok, enough of disclaimer stuff. Lets just list out the reasons, why IPhone is just a fake advertisement policy for Apple, rather than being a true revolution.

1. Lack of Dedicated Music and Call Keys :- Although, touch screen is good to use for the first time, but removing all physical buttons and replacing them with just one home key, is not a right way. While traveling, hard keys play an important role, to change the volume, skip song, end call, and many such things. With a touch screen, you are bound to look at the screen, even for changing volume.
2. No Flash and Java :- We are so used to download and install jar applications, that java support is a must for every phone. The list of available JAR applications, and flash applications, is humongous. Apple’s app store for iPhone can never compete with that. And why can’t we have this JVM on iPhone. What are Apple trying to do with making iPhone,locked for any external applications. Why aren’t there any lawsuits filed, like we saw in case of Microsoft, when they shipped IE with windows, and made it a default browser, to compete with Netscape.
3. 2 year contract :- Means you are bound to your carrier for two years, if you have to use iPhone. Why? Is Apple trying to create a monopoly in cell phone market? Obviously against the laws. But why no cases are filed against Apple or their carriers in different countries. And who will make sure that carrier will not charge higher than usual tariff rates. Are you ready to pay thrice for all ISD calls, just to use iPhone?
4. Stupid touch screen keyboard :- Would you like to use a keyboard, in which every punctuation mark is hidden? Would you like to tap two keys every time you have to type a comma, or a full stop? No, I won’t. I would love to see a much better implementation of the touch keypad. Kindly, redesign the keyboard for better typing speeds.
5. Safari browser :- Clearly one of the worst browser ever made. Can’t I have Firefox for my iPhone. How many site developers do even think about compatibility with Safari, before writing a web page? And then, can you use a full desktop browser on a 4inch screen. Everything seems so tiny, that to read a full line, you have to zoom in at first half, read the line, zoom out, zoom in at the second half of the line, read it, zoom out again. Repeat that step for every line of text, and you can understand how would you feel after using Safari. Take me back to my mini browser, which can let you read the whole text without zooming in.
6. 3G speed :- Sorry to say, but iPhone 3G works more like if we are using edge, as speed is way too slow than actual 3G standard. Nokia’s newly launched N96, can provide double the surfing speed of iPhone. And what more, 3G is not yet available in India, and even if you can wait for 1 year, to get 3G speeds, the rates are gonna be way too high to be actually useful.
7. Video Calling :- Steve Jobs stated a lot of times, that with 3G, video calling would be great. Thanks for the info, but we already know that. And what about your crappy product. Can I make a video call with half the speed of 3G and a camera at wrong side. Every device meant for video calling, has got a camera at front, specifically for the purpose. What about Iphone? Nope, no luck. Stand in front of a mirror, if you want to make a video call. Are you nuts, Mr. Steve Jobs?
8. Camera :- Compare the high end phones with Apple’s revolutionary crap, its camera is just there for name. Photo quality is poor in direct sunlight, while for shadows and night, no flash. When are you gonna use your iPhone as a camera? I think it may give you good enough results at least in studio lighting. And what about resolution? 2 mega pixels is minimum standard now, and can be easily found in any Rs. 4,000+ cell phone. What was the motto for such a low standard camera? Is it there, just to include the camera keyword in the iPhone’s feature list?
9. No voice-recognition :- So, you have got a revolutionizing phone,with blah blah features. Missing out the basic functionality isn’t good. Forget about voice recognition, even low-end phones support text to speech readout, but sadly your iphone can’t. After all its a mobile computing platform, a revolution.
10. No PDA functionality :- A smartphone with nothing usable for a enterprise user, wow that’s great. Many of the PDA features are missing. What about OTA synchronization? Even my Rokr E6 support it, but nope, iPhone can’t do that too. What if I lost my iPhone? Can I even lock it permanently? Nope. Sorry.
11. No copy paste :- So, you have got a link, that you badly needed, sent by a friend as an sms. Now what? Copy and paste the URL in browser, like what you can do in any smart phone (and even in my Rokr E6). Nope, you can’t even think of that in case, you are using iPhone. Our king of smart phones, doesn’t even allow copy paste. What if, you have written some 2 pages of notes, to post in your blog later. Oh man, you have to type that all over again. So sad, really, after knowing that you are using the most hyped phone in world.
12. Bluetooth :- Is it your property, Mr. Jobs? Why the hell are you using it like if its your own connectivity protocol? Why can’t I use Bluetooth for anything other than connecting headsets? Why can’t I have an option to share my photos with my friends? Why can’t I copy music from my PC using Bluetooth?
13. Battery Life :- IPhone’s battery was good enough, but what about iPhone 3G? It lasts for 70% usage time than iPhone. Just 4 hours of video playback is not what we expect from any phone of that standard. And why can’t I have an spare battery, just in case, I run out of battery. Am I supposed to take my charger, and a power supply,every where I go.
14. Call Dropping :- Dropping speeds while surfing, is ok. But dropping a call whenever signal is a bit weaker, is simply disgusting. The call clarity is the weakest of all smart phones, and even mid-range phones. What’s the use of your crappy phone, which can’t even make decent calls.
15. No Radio :- IPhone is for music too. But without FM, how can it be called a true music phone? Are you gonna store the whole of your music in just 16gb space, and what about the cost of buying each and every song?
16. Syncing with PC :- Why do I have to use iTune for copying music files from PC? What purpose does it serve? I guess nothing, just a way to say, use our iTune player, because we are superior. And why can’t I use that 16 GB space to store PDF files, or as a USB mass storage device? Is that 16gb space just for music only? And how is it a smartphone, if you can’t save a PDF file in your phone?
17. App Store :- Why should I pay a hell lot of money, for every stupid application? All other phones support un trusted third party application, but not your iPhone. Why? And even if I buy applications from App Store, I can run only one application at a time. What if I need to play a game, while watching a stored FLV video? Nope, you can’t. Even after paying 20$ for two applications (one game, and a FLV player), you can’t use both of them.
18. No video recording :- Can anyone in this world, including the great Steve Jobs, answer this question? Why can’t I record a video? Is it anyhow illegal to record a video and share it with your friends? Don’t worry, I will not record MMS of my girlfriend licking my thing  and post it on eBay (read DPS MMS scandal). And what you want me to do? Buy a digital camera for video recording, along with your iPhone? Is this what you meant when you said, iPhone is a great convergence device.
19. Screen luminance :- Sorry to say, but iPhone has got a wonderful screen, completely invisible in daylight. A screen with multi touch support, high resolution, nice color contrast, but can be used only while indoors. Isn’t that something, which only Steve Jobs can call great feature?
20. No yahoo maps :- Why only Google Maps? Was there any kind a deal Apple signed with Google? Why can’t I use yahoo maps? At least in India, Yahoo Maps are much better than Google Maps.
21. No anti virus :- Do i need to say anything about the requirement of a good anti-virus software?
22. High Pricing :- Already said a lot about it in the earlier post.

Thanks to Technoworld for Image

Now Microsoft has come up with the new investment strategic plan for this quarter. Microsoft has planned to invest in Move Networks. The investment figure is not yet disclosed by the Microsoft. It is a  simpler and  compatible start up that helps various companies offer high definition video on the Web. So investment plan integrate Move Network with Microsoft Silverlight Platform.

At present condition Move Network is working extensively with great partner ABC, ESPN.com and Fox , and also decided to expand Silverlight integrations in near future. Microsoft is looking forward with Move Network’s next round, announced earlier and included Benchmark Capital, Cisco, Comcast Interactive Media and Televisa.

America Fork a Startup said

This technology provides high quality video, reduce time taken during buffering and faster access. Microsoft has searched few high profile uses that are relevant Silverlight Technology, for example online broadcasting of the Beijing Olympics. You can also visit the the official Website of the Democratic National Convention (started today). For that you need to install two different player to see official DNC video.

Source : Cnet

Microsoft Office Labs is now again comes up with a very useful Add-on that is Chart Advisor for Microsoft Office Excel. Chart Advisor provides an alternate way to draw charts in Microsoft Office Excel. Chart Advisor uses a advanced rule engine to scan and analyze your Excel data to create charts. Chart advisor analyze Excel data on the basis of predefined rules also and displays charts according to score. Top scoring charts are available for you to preview, tweak, and insert into your Excel worksheet.

Download Microsoft Office Labs Chart Advisor

Source : Microsoft Office Lab Chart Advisor Website

Google has officially announced that Google Suggest is now finally graduated from Google labs and now available on Google’s default home page that is on Google.com. Over the next week Google be rolling this out so that more and more of you will start seeing a list of query suggestions when you start typing into the search box.

Google Suggest can help simplify your searching

Help formulate queries: Let Google to help you in Search.

Reduce spelling errors: Since suggestions are spell-corrected using the same “Did you mean?” feature that offers alternative spellings for your query after you search, misspellings and typos can be corrected ahead of time. Instead of wasting your time with a misspelled query like [new yrok times] or [tomorow never dies], search the first time with the correctly-spelled query.

Saves keystrokes: Who wants to spend their time typing [san francisco chronicle] when you can just type in “san f…” and choose the suggestion right away?

Google Suggest works on the following web browser:  IE 6.0 (or newer) and Mozilla 1.4 (or newer). Firefox 0.8 (or newer) Opera 7.54 (or newer), and Safari 1.2.2 (or newer). And you would also need to turn on your JavaScript and Cookies setting on your Browser’s option.

Source : Official Google Blog

On August 25,2008 Microsoft has described some of the privacy features that may come with IE8. IE8 new privacy features help users to control their privacy in a better manner and this makes end uses life really easy to manage and delete information while their web browsing. Microsoft has introduced total four InPrivate™ Browsing, Delete Browsing History, InPrivate™ Blocking and InPrivate Subscriptions. Now let’s have a closer look to all these features.

InPrivate Bfowsing: InPrivate Browsing is very useful when IE8 users accessing Internet from public places. A users launches a new InPrivate browsing window to go online.

While InPrivate Browsing is active, the following takes place:

• New cookies are not stored
  • All new cookies become “session” cookies
  • Existing cookies can still be read
  • The new DOM storage feature behaves the same way
• New history entries will not be recorded
• New temporary Internet files will be deleted after the Private Browsing window is closed
• Form data is not stored
• Passwords are not stored
• Addresses typed into the address bar are not stored
• Queries entered into the search box are not stored
• Visited links will not be stored

Delete Browsing History: Another new feature that has been added in IE8 is the way in which IE8 delete browsing history. Previous version delete all browsing history including cookies and other useful information that a user may not willing to delete including cookies and preferences. IE8 solves this problem by adding an option that lets you keep cookies and temporary Internet files from websites saved in your Favorites list. To avoid having your favorite sites “forget you”, simply add them to your Favorites, and make sure the “Preserve Favorites Website data” checkbox is selected. IE will preserve any cookies or cache files that were created by websites in your favorites.

InPrivate Blocking: InPrivate features keep track of information about third party content providers that collect your browsing information and provide to other Websites. IE8 automatically block providers who have collected information about a user on more than 10 sites. Users can also choose which content they block or allow, and learn more about third-party content.

Microsoft Said

Microsoft also hopes to help users better control the type of information that Web sites might share about them with third parties. Companies that provide content to Web sites often collect information about people who visit those sites, but end users sometimes don’t know the information is being collected.If the content provider supplies content to multiple sites, it can compile valuable browsing information about users who visit those sites

Thanks to CIO

InPrivate Subscriptions: InPrivate Subscriptions are simply RSS feeds of Regular Expressions that specify sub-downloads to block or allow. Anyone can publish an InPrivate Subscription on their website, just as they can offer an Accelerator or Web Slice on their website.

Microsoft is expected to release another beta of IE8 this month and release the final code before the end of this year

Source : IE8 official Blog

On August 25, 2008 IOGEAR introduced a new generation USB Cable with the advanced facility. This USB Cable can be used for splitting screens and Sharing files between two computers. This device is very useful for those people, who routinely use two machines at the same time via K.V.M. (keyboard, video,mouse). Via K.B.M you can switch between PC’s by using the same keyboard,video,mouse but the main drawback is, PC’s are not linked and connected to each other.

So now to overcome this problem IOGEAR, launched a new U.S.B. Laptop switch. IOGEAR is a leading connectivity manufacturer that provides complete KVM (Keyboard, Video, Mouse), Connectivity, Networking, Digital Audio/Video, Mobility, and Desktop solutions. Logear’s new USB Laptop KBM switch is one double ended cable, that connects two machines (PC’s/Laptops) together with single keyboard and mouse. By this USB cable from one machine you can access another system files and folders and even drag also. If you connect your Laptop with desktop PC via USB cable then you can synchronize and share files between them, can also use peripherals between machines access by both.

Additional feature is you can split monitor screen and select the screen among them(PC’s/Laptops) according to your task, You can get this Iogear’s new USB laptop switch by paying only 130$.

Irvine, CA – August 25, 2008 – Consumers can now easily access another computer using their laptop with IOGEAR’s USB Laptop KVM Switch. The product is the first KVM switch that enables a laptop to replace the traditional keyboard, mouse and monitor on a second computer. The product is on display at RetailVision, August 25-28, 2008, at booth #603.

For on-the-go users, the USB Laptop KVM Switch provides file transfers and convenient switching between a desktop or a secondary laptop. The product simply connects two computers via USB 2.0 ports and enables individuals to manage both computers with the laptop. The product also comes with built-in file transfer utility software that lets consumers drag and drop files or create backup copies between machines.

In addition, the USB Laptop KVM Switch contains an integrated USB 2.0 port to connect devices, such as printers, scanners, external hard drives, digital cameras, speakers, MP3 players and Webcams, which users can access directly from the laptop. Using a laptop as the console eliminates energy- and space-consuming desktop keyboards, monitors and mice. The USB Laptop KVM Switch also features desktop scaling that modifies the desktop computer’s resolution to be compatible with a laptop screen.

Miranda Su executive vice president at IOGEAR Said

Our USB Laptop KVM Switch provides laptop users a simple space- and device-saving solution compared with traditional KVM switches. It also makes file sharing easy, sparing users from having to set up a network. We strive to develop innovative technologies that address growing consumer needs. The laptop is the preferred device for mobile computing and we make it easier for road warriors to bridge the gap between their on-the-go, home and work lives.

The USB Laptop KVM Switch is compatible with Windows® 2000, XP and Vista operating systems. The product is available immediately for $129.95 MSRP from all major catalog and online resellers, as well as select retail outlets.

Thanks to maximumpc

Visit these sites when your media player goes on strike.

YouTube Help Center: In case of troubleshooting it is too quick to recommend that you un-install and then re-install the Adobe Flash Player (going through instructional video).everyone think that it is the simpler and surest way to cure all type of minor malfunction/glitches, but here I would start with the simpler steps the site suggests, like restart your browser, accessing the page using another browser then clear your browser cache.

Here I recommend you to clear your browser cache it can cure a range of page loading woes. In Firefox, click Tools > Clear Private Data, check the “Cache” option and rest uncheck, and click the “Clear Private Data Now” button. In Internet Explorer, click Tools > Delete Browsing History, and click the “Delete files” button next to Temporary Internet Files

Adobe offers a Shockwave Player support FAQ site is specific to Windows XP and others that describe various error messages, along with info on troubleshooting topics.You’ll find the latest version of the Flash Player on the Adobe Download Center. The company’s Flash Support Center is intended for Flash developers.

Apple iTunes for Windows :Apple provides separate pages to troubleshoot iTune video on Windows Vista and windows XP/2000 . it contains “unexpected quits, freezes, and launch issues” on this page for Vista and this page for XP/2000

Apple QuickTime for Windows: If you see an animated QuickTime logo in bottom right corner on QuickTime Troubleshooting site it means Apple’s Media Player is installed and functioning.

Troubleshooting Windows Media Player 11: Microsoft’s has its own troubleshooting website for the media player .It contains separate section for Most Popular/Common Questions, Self Help Options, Technical Support Options, standard FAQ’s on playing DVD’s, ripping MP3’s and finding the installing codec’s.

In typical Microsoft fashion there is separate WMP FAQ page for Windows Vista and another troubleshooting page that focuses on problems when using the player in XP and for good measure a Knowledge-Base article is troubleshooting resources

Most of the company has its own support site that provide some pages to handle and cure the problems like installing QuickTime for Windows, to enable Flash content in QuickTime movies, to view streamed files behind a firewall, and diagnosing audio-playback problems (for iTunes also).

Here is another leakage from windows live messenger team. it is not happening first time, earlier an initial alpha release was leaked which introduced with interesting new features. Now this time the latest build of Windows Live Messenger 9 is 14.0.3921.717 leaked and it is also available on torrents and other forums and spreading very rapidly .this latest version is much more clear, colorful and stylish interface .Live Messenger 9 now also includes WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) features

after downloading (link below) and installing, you will notice the partial makeover of the main and chat windows. They haven’t been completely renovated but the noticeable changes are made.In the leaked WLM build, found two new feature, first is new photo-sharing utility that lets your contacts to share and browse photos simultaneously ,and the another feature is “group” which can create group sessions like never before.

Other features that are also expected from the final release are

• Sign-in from multiple locations

• Report and block users who spam via IM - SPIM feature

• Click able links in Status Message like Google Talk

• Animated display pictures

• Personalized signature and per contact sounds

Download

The leaked WLM (build 9.0.1407.1107) can be downloaded from here.

Oosah a service that help users to manage all social media content from one place is now available from iPhone. Oosah has launched a new Website that can be accessed through your iPhone. http://m.oosah.com. Oosah iPhone application takes advantage of iPhone’s unique interface, enabling users to drag-and-drop media content from their iPhone.

Oosah’s iPhone app also works on the iPod touch, so users can turn these music-enabled Apple devices into 1TB music players and access their complete music libraries and playlists on the go through Oosah. Oosah’s intuitive and easy-to-navigate iPhone interface, it’s simple to access and manage playlists, slideshows and media galleries right from your phone.

Dan Khasis, Oosah cofounder and chief technical officer, said

When it comes to digital music, we don’t think there should be limits to how and where you can access your own collection, so we let users listen to their music files and Music Playlists from their iPhone or iPod Touch. Now, our users can freely access their music collections on Oosah, not only from their Mac or PC, but from any iPhone or iPod touch.

Oosah is making the debate over the 8GB versus the 16GB iPhone obsolete by letting users access 1TB of music, pictures and even YouTube videos on the go though their Oosah accounts on any iPhone or iPod touch

Michael Duggan Oosah vice president and chief operating officer said

Our iPhone application lets Oosah users access and manage their digital media no matter where they are. With our iPhone Web application, you can easily access and share pictures, videos, music and rich-media widgets you have created on Oosah whether you are at home, at work or on the go.

Visit Oosah iPhone Website

Download Oosah iPhone Edition Guide