Archive for December, 2006

5 things about me!

Ok.. So i was tagged by my friend Manas. So here are 5 things about me:

1. Love technology and gadgets: Im the kinda guy who’d like to own the latest hardware/mobile phones, but alas my budget does not permit :p

2. Im an introvert: I get like at least 20-25 genuine emails a day (naah, not spam). And im a very busy person. The internet is my connection to the world. Im not the outgoing and mixing types :) And i wont bug someone unless i really need some help from him. Live and let live :)
3. I dont keep people close to me: Hehe.. Its just that i dont keep anyone “that” close to me. And no one is that important for me. This is due to some past bad experiences i had with people really close to me. I have that “i dont care” attitude.

4. Love driving: Im a driving FREAK! I can drive for kilometers! I’ve driven everywhere: highways, mountains, beaches, you name it, i’ve driven there. Once went to Nainitaal from delhi in my Maruti Esteem. Was a pleasure driving in the hills!

5. My ambition: I want to take part in a rally race, and i really really wanna own a decent sports car. Lets see if my fate takes me to it!

Now my turn to tag people muaahhahaha :D

I tag Mayank, Harsh, Ankur, Ashish and Sathya!

An AWESOME wallpaper site

This site has all the wallpaper is all the resolutions! You widescreen guys would love it! All wallpapers are extremely beautiful!

Check it out!

A Windows Vista Zero-Day Exploit Costs $50,000

$50,000 for a Windows Vista zero-day exploit. The 0-day exploits have not been released in the wild but are, instead, made an integer part of the underground Internet commerce. The Proof of Concept code for an exploit affecting Microsoft’s latest operating system can cost as much as $50.000.

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Hosting Upgrade

From my inbox:

Hello!

I am glad to inform you that we are going for a hosting server upgrade.

The new servers have a Downtime Redundancy Mechanism (DRM) alongwith improved performance due to processing load sharing over a cluster.

We are expecting to start transferring the site from 15 December 2006 8 PM IST. You are requested not to make any changes to your site after 15 December 7 PM IST. A complete transfer is likely to take about 48 hours, mainly due to DNS propogation.
Quick FAQ

Q. What is Downtime Redundancy Mechanism?

A. Usually sites are hosted on one server. If there is some problem (hardware failure, etc.) the site goes down till the problem is fixed. However, in DRM the load is shared by more than one server. So if one of the servers is down, the other one takes over the entire load. This setup is usually used for mission critical sites.

Q. Any other benefit of DRM?

A. Yes. MySQL is one of the most processor hungry application. So all the MySQL databases and its processing is done on another machine thereby freeing the resources on the main server. This load sharing results in quicker processing.
So.. expect some downtime tomorrow :) Good things to come!
Hosting provided by mailNspace Services.

Call Center

After a LONG time, here’s some humour on my blog! Check out the call center movie here.
Its really hilarious! Its about the life in call centers! Do check it out and leave comments! Its HIGHLY recommended!

Java 6 Released

Java SE 6 is the current major release of the Java SE platform. Sun endeavors to foster the highest level of transparency and collaboration on the platform with the Java community through Project JDK 6, resulting in the following key features:

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VideoLan Client 0.8.6 Final

Building on feedback from the 29 million downloads of VLC media player 0.8.5, we bring you version 0.8.6 with many bugfixes, as well as a couple of new features we think you will truly enjoy. Most prominent are probably Windows Media Video 9 and Flash Video. Other important changes are improved H.264 decoding, better Windows Unicode support, a Fullscreen controller and Apple Remote support for Mac OS X.

Have a look here for the full list of changes.

Binary packages and the source code are available on the VLC download page.

openSUSE v10.2 Released!

The openSUSE project is a community program sponsored by Novell. Promoting the use of Linux everywhere, openSUSE.org provides free, easy access to the world’s most usable Linux distribution, openSUSE. The openSUSE project gives Linux developers and enthusiasts everything they need to get started with Linux.

The goals of the openSUSE project are:

  • Make openSUSE the easiest Linux distribution for anyone to obtain and the most widely used open source platform.
  • Provide an environment for open source collaboration that makes openSUSE the world’s best Linux distribution for new and experienced Linux users.
  • Dramatically simplify and open the development and packaging processes to make openSUSE the platform of choice for Linux hackers and application developers.

Read more here.

AV-Comparatives Nov 2006 Retrospective Test

AV-Comparatives

On this site you will find independent comparatives of Anti-Virus software. All products listed in our comparatives are already a selection of some very good anti-virus products. In order to get tested by us, companies must fulfill various conditions and minimum requirements..

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Releases..

WinRAR v3.62 (Direct Link)
Yahoo Messenger v8.1.0.209 (Direct Link)
Adobe Reader v8 (Direct Link)