Recently i was browsing  Facebook when i came across this. I thought it was some kind of a joke but then i realized, why would some one like Facebook ever make a joke such as this. ( i think i was pretty much still wacked up from last night from even thinking that it might be a joke.)

Anyhow i clicked on the advert, as you can see below.

Clicking on it, led me straight to folkdirect.com

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The two Gulf States have recently announced the bans over certain services provided by BlackBerry. United Arab Emirates was the first one announce its ban, although it won’t come in effect until later in October. Saudi Arabia however has decided to take a much grimmer stand and announced it ban over the BlackBerry’s IM service. It is probably one of the most used feature in BlackBerry at the moment among young people.



RIM under fire

Saudi Arabia Telecom watchdog, Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC), said the ban would last until state’s three mobile phone operators “fulfil the regulatory requirements it has requested”. The requirements however were not revealed to the general public. This is not the first time BlackBerry’s maker RIM (Research in Motion) has come under fire by governments. India has also raised its concern over RIM’s Data Encryption of its internet service, which makes it impossible for the governments to monitor.

Privacy Concerns

RIM currently encrypts the data and routes it overseas, making it impossible for the governments to monitor. There are fears that such feature could be exploited by the criminals/terrorists.

Meanwhile Blackberry maker Research in Motion (RIM) has responded to a report in India’s Economic Times reported saying the firm will allow Indian security authorities to monitor Blackberry services. Continue Reading ->

It’s always a good idea to scan flash drive to the virus when you use it on your PC. Today we look at how to use Microsoft Security Essentials for the USB scanner via the AutoPlay dialog box.

If you have not already done so, download and install Microsoft Security Essentials

Next download the “mseautoplay.zip / em> (link below). Unzip the file to view its contents. Continue Reading ->

Anyone who has used extension in Firefox knows CoolPreviews wonderful preview window can be. Now you can get the same kind of functionality in Chrome with extension ezLinkPreview.

Note: Extension does not work on websites containing Buster “framework” code (the URL navigate occur).

Before

Normally, if you want to have a better appearance to a particular Web page the only option you have is to move forward and open a new tab or window. But it would certainly be nice to be able to take a quick “preview” before hand …

After

Once you have completed the installation of any extension is ready to go … just refresh the page open before installation and enjoy the goodness of preview. when you place your mouse near any link you will notice a small “Preview Button” appears with the letters “EZ” inside. Continue Reading ->

Want to know just how much memory Google Chrome and any installed extensions are using at a given moment?

How Much Memory is being used?

Here is a test page

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Are you worried that you kids might be getting exposed to the dangers out there on the Internet. There have been increases in lots of child related cases that started from the Internet. As a parent, it is one of the foremost duty that one should protect their kids from the on line dangers.  Plus with so much mature content out there that is easily available to view, it can be a nightmare for the parents to supervise on line time for their kids.

Kid Safe – LinkExtend

As you can see from the option below, there are numerous sources that filter out the content on the Internet.

Here is an example. This website has been rated suspicious.

(We all know what lurks out on chat roulette now) Continue Reading ->