2 million Firefox 2.0 downloads in 24hrs

POSTED BY Pranjal on 31 October 2006
in Internet Lurker

Firefox again in the news with its official released of its brand new web browser Firefox 2.0. And why shouldn’t it be, Mozzila’s new browser has clocked 2million downloads in its first 24 hours of its public availability :hypnotised:.
Mozilla provided the following figures for its browser releases:
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Don’t call it ‘Pod’

POSTED BY Amit on 27 September 2006
in Internet Lurker

Heard of the latest paranoia? No? Ok, I’ll tell you, its from none other than the great Apple.
Apparently Apple thinks that if they trademark a word, they have an implied trademark on any words or phrases that can be derived from that word. Here in this case their trademark is ‘iPod’ and they have a [...]

If 2GB isn’t enough!!

POSTED BY Amit on 4 August 2006
in Internet Lurker

The more storage space, the more rocking service it is. Or is it? Well, some do believe it to be the case, one of them being AOL. :eyebrow:
Since Gmail made its rocking debut two years back, Gmail has spelled trouble for others & itself in different ways, the most notable being that it offered just [...]

Is Apple a solution…..

POSTED BY Amit on 6 July 2006
in Internet Lurker

….. to the growing malware & spyware threats to Windows users? Some indeed think so, like a so called security research company Sophos(via Net-Security.org). According to The Sophos Security Threat Management Report Update, though there has been a drop in virus/worm attacks, the malwares(spywares, trojans, phishing attacks) which target homeusers at particular for their secret [...]

Free Calls to US, Canada!!

POSTED BY Amit on 16 May 2006
in Internet Lurker

So you’ve heard of VoIP and Skype, the company that eBay bought for $2.6 billion, which lets you make free PC-to-PC calls worldwide via VoIP for free? Big deal?? :eyebrow: That still requires you and the person you are talking to, to have a PC and internet connection. But what if one wants to call [...]

Genuine Movies for Free via BitTorrent?

POSTED BY Abhinav on 12 May 2006
in Internet Lurker

Warner Brothers has announced that they will soon introduce downloading of their movies for a fees via the BitTorrent peer-to-peer network. You can read more about that from the following.
Warner Bros.’s video unit on Tuesday unveiled plans to sell movies and television shows to BitTorrent Inc. for legal downloads from the Web site that was [...]

Lets all kill Microsoft!!

POSTED BY Amit on 2 May 2006
in Internet Lurker

When it comes to playing down and dirty, one can’t be sure that the other won’t be having dirtier tricks in their bags!! But perhaps Google thought otherwise!! It seems that everything around the web is poisoned with a dash or more of hypocrisy, the “do no evil” company is also not immune to it!!
It [...]

Hindustan Times Promotes “Piracy”!

POSTED BY Abhinav on 1 May 2006
in Internet Lurker

I was shocked to come across this article in the Hindustan Times (Delhi Edition), one of India’s leading daily newspapers. It explains how to can watch movies and listen to songs for “free.” What it does not mention is that it is providing links to illegal BitTorrent trackers.
The following text is quoted from the published [...]

Sip ‘N Talk!

POSTED BY Abhinav on 16 April 2006
in Internet Lurker

No, I’m not asking you to sip your favorite drink and talk on the phone but instead this article is about SIP and it’s benefits, most notably VoIP. I won’t go into the technicalities of SIP because frankly speaking, it can be quite a bore for the most of us. The following text from Wikipedia [...]

Free TV Shows, Online!!

POSTED BY Amit on 11 April 2006
in Internet Lurker

Yes, from this May, ABC will be offering episodes of four of its prime time shows Desperate Housewives, Commander in Chief, Alias & Lost, online for free a day after they’ve been broadcasted on television. The shows will have advertising & if some of you are getting any ideas then forget it since the player [...]

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