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I have no idea whether I’ll make it to entry #2. But the trials and tribulations of virtualizing my desktop system have been too many to chronicle in one blog post and it only seems fitting to break it up into a series of posts. I’m doing this because, for almost two years now, I’ve …

information seeping out of your Web browser could provide a gold mine for hackers doing reconnaissance for targeted attacks.At the ToorCon Seattle (beta) conference, Web application security specialist Robert Hansen (RSnake) demoed Mr-T (Master Recon-Tool), a new utility that combines information disclosure flaws in Internet Explorer and Firefox to collect information on a target’s computer system. For a basic idea of the kinds of information your browser is willingly coughing up, click on this link and you’ll see a snapshot of your machine, including the browser version, the add-ons installed and enabled, your ISP hostname, a list of previously visited Web sites and, in some instances, your Gmail address.

An awful thing can happen to any Outlook Express user: you run Outlook Express and open the folder containing the necessary information just to find it empty. Outlook Express can’t read the folder and does not see your messages. It’s hard to imagine what you may feel at a moment like this. You ask yourself how to repair the Outlook Express folder. How to repair Outlook Express and to get back all the lost data? Is it difficult to repair Outlook Express? How to fix Outlook Express 6? We will try to help you repair the damaged Outlook Express folder and describe the entire process of repairing Outlook Express step by step. OE-Mail Recovery is a corrupted Outlook Express inbox recovery tool designed for repairing the Outlook Express database.Outlook Express stores all messages in files with the dbx extension.

Say all you want about the benefits of convergence and extra features, but most companies and individuals will admit that the biggest attraction of switching from PSTN phone service to VoIP is the prospect of saving money — in some cases, lots of it. Why VoIP costs less One reason VoIP costs less is the difference in price structuring for long-distance service. Most VoIP plans include unlimited long-distance calling, at least within the United States and Canada. Some also include unlimited calls to western European and other countries. Even for calls to countries where you have to pay for long distance by the minute, those per-minute charges are generally considerably less than what the telcos charge. For example, international rates charged by Vonage and Lingo for calls to Australia, China, and Argentina range from 1 to 6 cents per minute. Typical charges to the same locations from AT&T and Verizon …

Below is information that you are giving away right now as you visit sites. Anonymous surfing is easy if you know what type of information to block. The end goal is to give away as little information about yourself as possible and we’ll help you do just that. We are not doing anything special here, we are simply reading the information your computer is providing about you and displaying that back in a form you can understand. To surf anonymously, you need to first understand exactly what you are giving away. Hiding your Electronic Identity An anonymous proxy is like a middle man, someone or something that acts for you without giving away who you are. In the case of anonymous surfing, the middle man is a computer (proxy server) that retrieves web pages for you so that it appears it is another system making the request.

YellowPages Corporation, owned by AT&T has introduced a tool, SearchBoth.com.au, that allows users to use Google and Yahoo! search engines at the same time. SearchBoth.com.au is a cooperative partnership between Google, Yahoo and AT&T. When users type in their related search words, SearchBoth.com.au will give them the results from Google and Yahoo in a split screened frame, side by side allowing them to look at both search engine results at the same time to figure out the best and most relevant search find. SearchBoth has also launched in Canada, US, and UK with SearchBoth.ca, SearchBoth.com, and SearchBoth.co.uk, respectively. The company is currently working on adding other search engines like Ask and MSN along with others as an option. The user can select any two search engines and view them side by side. Google and Yahoo would be default. Technorati Profile  Source: tech2.com

Future technology breakthroughs will increasingly come from Asia, Microsoft Corp. Chairman BillGates said Saturday, adding that research being done at the software giant’s regional development centers was among the best in the world. Gates’ comments come at the end of a visit to China during which he announced several new ventures, including US$3 (€2.21) software packages for government-subsidized student computers. In a speech to a regional economic forum in southern China, Gates said Americans were increasingly expecting Asia to produce major new leaps in computers and other technology, citing in part the region’s strong showing in engineering and the sciences.

Singapore would be more important IT business hub in the region. Internet search company Google Inc. plans to open a research and development center in Singapore, its first in Southeast Asia, a newspaper reported Tuesday. Google’s managing director of Southeast Asian sales and operations, Richard Kimber, was quoted in The Straits Times newspaper as saying Singapore was picked for its “very vibrant ICT (information, communications and technology) space.” Google’s research centers outside of the United States typically focus on adapting its products for local markets, but also are involved in developing new offerings and fine-tuning existing ones, the report said. Three of its eight research and development centers around the world are in Asia, the paper reported. Public relations firms representing Google in Singapore and in Sydney, where Kimber is based, did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Source: cbs5 | Picture above is Google’s Manhattan office.

Browse like the wind. The fastest web browser on the Mac, Safari loads and draws pages up to 2.5 times faster than Firefox 2 and up to 4.3 times faster than Opera 9. And it executes JavaScript up to 2.4 times faster than Firefox 2 and up to 2.3 times faster than Opera 9.1 What does all that mean for you? Less time loading pages and more time enjoying them. Find inline. Type a word into the new integrated Find banner right under the Bookmarks Bar, and Safari shows you the found count and brightly highlights matching terms while dimming the page below them. So you can view and browse every instance — in an instant. Pick up the tabs. With tabbed browsing in Safari, you can open and switch between multiple web pages in a single window. Drag and drop your tabs to rearrange them, open one in a new browser …