Orkut Phishing Scam
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So today when I logged into Thunder bird to check my email, what do I see but a notification from Orkut asking me to verify my account or else it will be deleted.
Boo-Hoo.
Same old phishing scams which seem to be a dime a dozen these days. The email is pasted below as it is:
TechBanyan Goes Live With Email Subscription
Better late than never. This feature was long time in the coming but because of inputs from Sita, I was able to put it on fast track.
If you are a regular, you might want to subscribe through the emails.
Besides the fact that the articles are literally served to you in a platter, it helps you avoid the ads as well.
HTTP Header Status Diagram
Something interesting for the web programmers here. What does an activity diagram to describe the resolution of the response status code, given various headers look like?
For those who are more academically inclined, click on the link below to find out.
http://thoughtpad.net/alan-dean/http-headers-status.gif
Latop Sniffer - Find Your Stolen Latop
Lost your laptop? An India based software security company might just have a solution for you. Unistal Systems has launched a software product powered by propriety technology to track and locate stolen laptops. When the thieves hook the stolen laptop onto the world wide web, the installed software, which by the way is operating in a stealth mode, would generate a report and update an online database. The users either have the option of logging into the website to check the details or configure it to send them an email whenever an update is detected.
Google 411 - Help Just A Call Away
I recently used Google’s telephone help service and the experience was truly amazing. I haven’t heard people in my circle of friends either mentioning it or using it but I would recommend it to all who are based in US or Canada. (Google implemented it in Canada quite recently from what I gather).
Popular Website Designers
Although I am not a website designer but I have two favorite sites which I occasionally check to see the latest in web site designing or simply to read what’s keeping some of the best designers occupied on any given day.
Elliot Jay Stocks
Best Text Editors For Blogging
We all have our personal favorites when it comes to using a specific editor for our blog. Some prefer writing directly in the space provided in the “Write” page of the dashboard while others are content with a notepad like text editor. In this post I am going to elaborate on few other tools one can use to make the task of writing more optimized.
Guide To Buying Cheapest Air Tickets Online
This topic has already been covered numerous times by other websites so you might be thinking what’s new. I already hear you all groaning but at the risk of sounding clichéd, mine is different, but only slightly. Find out how.
Book Launch: Make Cool PHp Applications
If you have a knack for programming and want to learn how to develop some cool web based applications using the latest technologies like PhP, MySQL, CSS, XHTML, and JavaScript/Ajax, this is just what the doctor ordered. Apress has just released a highly rated and recommended book aptly titled - Practical Web 2.0 Applications with PHP.
The book has been written by Quentin Zervaas. There is not much information available about the author but the book’s web page has the following to say about the author’s work,
TechBanyan Performance and Metrics
Its time for the quarterly performance appraisal. TechBanyan was started in the mid of November 2007 but the process of experimentation and finding the right mix of look and feel, original content, advertising structure etc. carried on until some weeks after that.