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Google launches encrypted search

Google has launched a new beta service last week called Encrypted Google Search using SSL(Secure Sockets Layer) in an attempt to protect the search terms and your search results pages from being intercepted by a third party. SSL facilitates secure Interne

Enhance your windows console

Have you ever thought windows console looks boring and it doesn’t look good as Linux ones? Lot of programmers do so including me and try to customize the same. All Window’s consoles including PowerShell, Microsoft’s next generation shell doesn’t h

How to create your own private IM?

One might have encountered lot of private and public chat and real-time communication services like Yahoo! Messenger, IBM Lotus Sametime, eBuddy, AIM etc in the internet as well as in the corporate networks. But most of them are not opensource solutions a

Microsoft releases Free Security Essentials

Microsoft today released Microsoft Security Essentials anti-malware service after a long wait completing its testing. The software is completely free and provides real-time protection for your home PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and other malici

HCL Website compromised

Over the past few years handful of Indian websites including (.gov.in, and .org) were defaced by Chinese, Pakistani hackers and government is struggling to keep the attackers away. "Ring-Of-Fire"(R0F) today revealed that HCL Store website was defa

Kevin Rudd’s website compromised

Yesterday Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd’s website was compromised in protest against the Government’s new policies over Internet Censorship. Australian media reports the president’s website, www.pm.gov.au, was brought down at about 7.20pm (AE

How to run untrusted programs in Windows? – Part I

Virus, Malwares, Worms or Trojans have become common these days as one can find them in softwares, email attachments, scripts from the web, pirated softwares and keygen etc. One has to trust Anti-virus programs mostly to find and delete them but sometimes

How to unlock files in windows?

Almost everybody who uses Windows Operating System will happen to see the error, “Cannot delete file: Access is denied” at least once in a while. This error is pretty annoying and it is happening because the file or folder has been locked by one of window

Microsoft brings the world closer with OneApp

Microsoft yesterday announced a new software that delivers popular Internet Services including Twitter, Facebook to cheap basic phones in developing countries. This will bring the people of the world closer by allowing the users to connect with even peopl

Which is the best Internet forum software?

Internet Forums are web applications to form a community and to have online discussions where users can share & discuss their opinions, thoughts, ideas, reviews, interests, hobbies etc. Often Internet Forums are popularly referred to as discussion boa

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