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Computers around the world have relied on web browsers for their web experience and with the release of the newest version of FireFox out in no time, Mozilla has again improved upon their world famous browser. Firefox has overtaken Internet Explorer form Microsoft that used to rule the web, being part of the Microsoft Windows Operating system. As time progressed, IE became slower and slower till the concept of open-source came out and several start-up’s started making their own browsers to compensate for the utter speed problems of IE. Now we have Firefox, Chrome, IE and some other minor browsers that share the market once ruled by Microsoft that offers options to those who may need them. Read the rest of this entry »

Life in the It industry should have gotten a whole lot easier should the promise of cloud computing have been realized and people could have all the computing power they needed without having to shell out the necessary hardware investment. They couldn’t have been more wrong for though the concept and other details may have been ironed out, the several companies and organizations that have a say in the whole deal, well, all have their own say. This can be a good or rather bad sign for a diversified approach to the whole cloud computing concept may be the best way to go. Read the rest of this entry »

With mobiles that allow people to access the internet and get on with their social lives even at work, or with work becoming ever present anywhere we are reaching us through email at home or elsewhere. It seems the internet has really found a way to co-exist with us where ever we go, for work or for pleasure. With most web pages now having versions for the growing mobile market, the proliferation of the internet into every nook and cranny of human lives is complete. Google even has their own line of web-capable phones that gives access to the web easy as pie. Read the rest of this entry »

The concept of cloud computing is really nothing new, just a revised version of the client-server application configuration with the only difference being the lack of a dedicated server with the application and the information existing on the same virtual plane. The people who need to use these applications would then have to pay rent for the time and computing power consumed while they accessed the apps and data instead of having to purchase dedicated software and hardware to use the necessary applications. Read the rest of this entry »

People have long loved the mix of powerful computers and the internet, that is till they became fed up with the heavy packages laptops came in that was not at all easy to lug around and use while on the go. Then came the net book, a stripped down laptop with just enough memory, processing power and internet connectivity options to allow you to connect to the internet, barely. They do use a stripped down processor that has ample oomph to get you browsing fast but without the hard drive and optical media, they are quite clunky when it comes to resource heavy apps. They may be suited for the internet but for all other uses, games among one of them, they are too puny to deliver so stick with your laptop for the full web and desktop experience. Read the rest of this entry »

If you feel that you don’t really need to install an anti-virus or simply prefer to scan on the fly, the you might want to consider using an online anti-virus scan.

Many sites offer free online scans for your system without you having to download, much less pay, for anything. This allows you to simply go to the site, and have your system scanned for viruses and other destructive elements that have buried themselves inside your system.

The advantage of online scanners is that you do not need to install a client or program, and online scans always have updated virus lists. The major disadvantage though, is the speed of your scan, which will not only depend on the size of your system, but also on your internet connection speed.

Most of the world’s computer security experts had been expecting the worm to again wake up this coming April and have been speculating on what the worm would be doing to all the millions of computers out there that have been infected and have yet to be cleaned. Detection of infection is easy according to the Conficker Workgroup which has a simple test that tries to connect with several of the world’s security spots. The test has six figures all of which should be present if the computer is clean of the said malware.
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One of the ways we can be resourceful while on the internet is communicating our ideas efficiently and example of this is through Instant Messaging. One of the more flexible ones is Meebo:

Meebo is an instant messaging software that runs inside a Web browser, as AIM Express, which supports multiple IM services, including Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, AIM, ICQ, Jabber and Google Talk. Meebo makes instant messaging services more accessible to users who are unable or unwilling to download the software necessary to implement them.

It has a ton of great features like changing your wallpaper and themes, however it won’t be able to do the features specific for Yahoo Messenger and the other lot.

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Beat My Price is a new site that will provide you help in searching for the lowest price of a certain online goods or product. Beat My Price is operated by Stateless Systems. They are also the company behind the BugMeNot and PDFMeNot sites. What you do is simple. Just plug the link of that product you want to buy and it will automatically compare that, to the prices the site has found and the prices the other users have found. The system takes advantage of the RetailMeNot site. The site offers capability to do away with the retailers in the results. Thus it just keeps the fake auction or retail listings away from your result. there are a number of similar sites in the internet today, theres MySimon, Kaboodle and PriceGrabber.

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The biggest social networks like Facebook and MySpace are making ways to penetrate Apple’s iPhone users. They hope to allow people to connect ti their sites through Apple’s iPhone, their latest Smartphone. MySpace has successfully tied up with Google’s G1 smartphone which features the Android operating system “open” source code. They can download the application through wireless connection to the Google operated Android Market. The site will be used to stock on applications and add-ons and games for Android OS users, mainly contributed by third party developers. Google’s G1 is manufactured by HTC Corp, a Taiwan based company. It was released in the US by T-Mobile that costs around $180. The MySpace application hopes to provide users with quick photo uploads from their mobile phone to their respective MySpace profiles.