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Friday, October 28, 2005

The Noguchi Filing System

The Noguchi Filing System ... One which users swear by .. Pretty interesting and quite helpful though i'm yet to try it out .. Chk it out


The Noguchi Filing System

PCWorld.com - Threat Alert: Antivirus Killers

Threat Alert: Antivirus Killers

Savvy invaders can erode your PC's defenses and make it even more vulnerable.

Malware and viruses have always targeted various holes in your PC's defenses. But increasingly, virus writers are targeting security software itself...

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,122501,00.asp

Google tests flea market feature...

Woo hoo ... Google kicking E-bay's BUTT bigtime !!!

Another Big one to watch out for people ...

Google tests flea market feature - Yahoo! News

Old software weakening Net's backbone...

Old software weakening Net's backbone, survey says !!!

Many Domain Name System servers are wrongly configured or running out-of-date software, leaving them vulnerable to malicious attacks, according to a study published Monday.

http://news.zdnet.com/Old+software+weakening+Net%27s+backbone%2C+survey+says/2100-1009_22-5913771.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

The Wealthiest men on this Planet

The world's richest Men !!!!


http://www.askmen.com/toys/top_10/11b_top_10_list.html

Google Describes its Wi-Fi Pitch..

WiFi's going places .. a completely wireless networked city !!! Pretty cooool... :)
I guess Google goes 1up with this .. :(

San Francisco evaluates proposals for citywide free Wi-Fi.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Google wrote grandly of the importance of Wi-Fi in its recent proposal for free wireless here, but the search company downplayed its own potential role in delivering Internet service.

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,123157,00.asp

Gates Welcomes Competition With Google ...

MS in ISRAEL ...

Google Inc. is fierce competition for Microsoft Corp., but the software giant does not fear the race and plans to upgrade his search technology in the next six months, Microsoft CEO
Bill Gates said in remarks published Wednesday.

"We are not afraid of Google, but there is intense competition between us. Google is our main competitor, brilliant people work there, but Internet search engines are still in a terrible state compared to where they could be,"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051026/ap_on_hi_te/israel_bill_gates

Gates' Antitrust Trial Video Deposition On Sale At eBay

Someone buy this for me for Christmas !!!

The 11-DVD collection contains the 1998 deposition Bill Gates made as part of the antitrust lawsuit filed against Microsoft by the U.S. Justice Department.

http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=YIW2Q3HC3LPAGQSNDBGCKHSCJUMEKJVN?articleID=172900994

i want THIS computer !!!

Blue Gene/L tops its own supercomputer record ...

The 65,536-processor machine can sustain 280.6 trillion calculations per second, called 280.6 teraflops, IBM said Thursday. That's the top end of the range IBM forecast and more than twice the previous Blue Gene/L record of 136.8 teraflops, set when only half the machine was installed.

http://news.com.com/Blue+GeneL+to+top+its+own+supercomputer+record/2100-1006_3-5918025.html?tag=nefd.lede

Cool Phone for Mobile Kids

Chk it out ..

Fun for Kids:
Firefly Fireworks™ light display flashes when making and receiving calls, during standby, and when charging 12 ring tones to choose from 5 animations to choose from 7 LCD screen backlight colors to choose from

No Sweat for Parents:
Speed dial Mom, Dad, and 911 assistance PIN-protected Phone Book with up to 20 numbers Optionally rejects calls from numbers not in Phone Book Missed call indicator and list

http://www.fireflymobile.com/phone/

Why do ppl choose LINUX !!

Why do people switch to Linux?
Nice things to know ...

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/8231

Thursday, October 27, 2005

Microsoft enter the Anti Virus space ...

Watch out Symantec/McAfee/TrendMicro ... Here we come ..
Somebody Stop Me [or MS :) ] {inspired from the movie 'MASK'}

Microsoft adds to OneCare security beta..
As Microsoft prepares to let the general public test-drive its OneCare Live security subscription service, the company is adding features requested by current testers.

http://news.com.com/Microsoft+adds+to+OneCare+security+beta/2100-1029_3-5915426.html?tag=nefd.top

A view into Google's inner workings

Interesting read !!

Douglas Merrill, senior director, information technology at Google, entertained a sleepy Vortex 2005 crowd, offering a view into his company’s inner workings...

http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/index.php?p=2065

MS and Google posts !!

Well , I've been working in Convergys for about 6 months now supporting the Microsoft Server OS [2000/2003]
So most of my blogs now would be MS oriented.. u know stuff i've liked

Also since Google is 'our' [chk out my loyalty here man !! :) ] main competitor, i've been reading some interestin articles on them too !!!

My next few blogged articles would be revolving around the two heavyweights..