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“This Site May Harm Your Computer” – Google Bug?

31 Jan, 2009 by
Featured, News, Tech

Google bug

I just observed that whatever we type in Google search, we get an error "This site may harm your computer". Initially I though I am bitten by some malware/adware/spyware, but was told it is coming for most of my friends, irrespective of the TLD (.com, .co.in, co.hk etc). So, Google bitten by a bug or hacked? Watch out this space for updates. Update 1: Updates pouring in that the Official Google Blog has been updated with a clarification. I am unable to access it at this tme as I am getting Server timeout error. Update 2: Errr... its all fine now! 15 mins of anxiety!! It almost got twitter out of gear!! Update 3: It's been reported google's malware partner http://www.stopbadware.org went down causing the warning in Google search Update4: And finally the official confirmation on the official Google Blog. I was right on stopbadware.org! Update5: Well well, I have another update, the blame game has started, stopbadware.org has put up a statement denying that their file containing the URLs as the reason for the mayhem! Ummm... surely this wont be the last update ;) My question to Google is - "Why can't you...
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Shahrukh Khan is on Twitter! But Is it SRK really?

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News, Social Media
Update: [2nd Jan 2010] The real Shahrukh is really on Twitter - @iamsrk The buzz in twitter-o-sphere is that Shahrukh Khan is the latest Indian celebrity to join Twitter! Well, I can't vouch for the authenticity of this news, but you can check out SRK's profile here and see for yourself if it is SRK himself tweeting out there. Below is the snapshot of this twitter profile.

SRK twitter profile

Is it Shahrukh Khan himself on twitter?

Over the last couple of years we have seen that many Bollywood biggies and even Indian Politicians have shown their affinity towards Internet and blogging, and many of them do have genuine profiles on social networking sites like Orkut, facebook etc. So, this can actually be the King khan himself who is tweeting out there. We have seen this man's innovative mind before - buying a cricket team in IPL and using it to the best of his ability to market his films/himself. So this can just be his another innovative way to reach out the geeks on the twitter world! On the negative side, this can be yet another fake profile by some of his fan(s). But...
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10 Ways to Watch American Idol Season 8 Episodes Online for FREE!

30 Jan, 2009 by
Featured, Online Tv

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Update: Watch American Idol Season 9 episodes online for Free

AMERICAN IDOL, the popular TV Reality show from FOX is into its 8th Season now and has created a huge rage amongst people all over the world. Unfortunately, for those outside USA, it is not possible to catch up with the latest episodes, but not to worry! Technology a.k.a Internet comes for your rescue! Below are some sites which stream/play the AMERICAN IDOL episodes online and that too for FREE!

Watch American IDOL Episodes Online for FREE!

1. Watch American Idol 2. Watch American Idol Online on TVDuck 2. Surf The Channel - American Idol Online Episodes 4. Missed a Show 5. WatchScreen Updates: 6. Watch TV Everywhere 7. PPV Streams - Watch American Idol Live Streaming for FREE 8. Live Stream Show Of-course you can check out my post 45 Awesome Websites to Watch Online TV for FREE!, many of them must have links to American Idol Season 8...
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[TP : TimePass] Hate Windows? Then You Would Love this

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BSOD1 BSOD2 BSOD3 call tommy nothing meaningful no permission [ 9 Comments Read More

How to be Sure Your PC is Not Infected with Downadup/Conficker Worm?

29 Jan, 2009 by
News, Tech, TimePass, Tutorial
Over the past 2 weeks, I have been covering the latest news about Downadup / Conficker worm. I even told How to Fix Downadup worm. But it seems some people are still confused as to how they can be sure that the worm has not affected them.
  • Go to : f-secure.com
  • Select <Disinfecting Tool>and a download of a zip file (approx 4.5mb) will start.
  • Download it to a folder and unzip it into a default directory - 'f-downadup'
  • There are 2 options to run - (a) detect, (b) detect and disinfect
I suggest running the default 'detect' option first to see what results you get. If your Windows install is fully up to date (yes, feel guilty if it isn't), hopefully you will see :

f-downadup

If you're unlucky and an infection is detected, you probably don't have any alternative but to run the disinfect option. I ran it with the disinfect option anyway, and as expected, saw this :

downadup free

In case if you are infected, the tool will disinfect, so not to worry. Run the tool multiple times to be sure its disinfected properly. Or else let me know...
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Find Free Images With Visual Flickr Search

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Tech
Flickr is an image sharing social network with billions of photos shared/stored by people all over the world. A lot of these photos (if not all) can be used for free and many are of high quality. But how to find out which Flickr photos are free and how to sort out the best ones? Multicolor Search Lab tool is the answer! multicolor search tool Multicolor Search Lab is a free tool with easy to use visual interface that lets you browse the best free photos on Flickr and find the one you want. It searches for images containing particular colors. Pick the colors you want from a color palette containing 120 colors. You can pick up to ten colors, which should be adequate for most users. Multicolor Search Lab searches 10 million Flickr photos. The photos are selected for their “interestingness“, a Flickr quality indicator that combines (among other things) where the clickthroughs are coming from, who comments on it and when, and who marks it as a favorite. It works quite well and the photos displayed are generally of high quality. Suggested Read: 90+ Free Stock Photo Websites [Exhaustive...
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Top 6 Firefox Add-ons for Capturing Screens

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Firefox Extentions

Everyone of us must have encountered with the need to take the snapshot of some webpage or capture the screen some time or the other. Especially, for bloggers / web-masters, then a screen capture tool is a must for day-to-day usage! With a good screen capture tool one can generate screenshots relevant to the article and then put them in the post and publish it. Other than the in-built software in the OS like MS-paint in windows, there are various screen capture tools available - freebies, as well as premium ones. But if you are a firefox lover like me, then you don't need to go out of the browser since there are some cool firefox add-ons which let you capture screens with a click of a button!!

1. Fireshot

Fireshot demo Update: It seems like the latest version of Fireshot is compromised and many users are reporting a malware. Better to avoid this till things get clear. I have been using Fireshot for the past few months and trust me, it is one of the best add-ons around. You can capture the screen partially or completely and later on,...
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[How To] Automatically Download the Latest Episode of Your Fav TV Show!

28 Jan, 2009 by
Online Tv, Tech, Tutorial
Now think about this -
What if you could download the latest episode of your hot new favorite TV show everyday/every week "automatically"?
FMT logo Leave that work to FeedMyTorrents! As the name suggests, it lets you download the latest episodes through your preferred bit-torrent client by using any of their TV show RSS feeds. These RSS Feeds are filtered thoroughly and contain no duplicates. You get the correct file, without hassle. Ofcourse, you can even create own RSS Feeds. This allows you to remotely add torrents, so they are downloaded while you're away! Independent of your favorite tracker, this works for The Pirate Bay, Mininova etc. You can also create a personal Feed out of multiple FeedMyTorrent Feeds and add it to your media center, share it with friends! There are some easy-to-understand Guides & FAQ written to help you with managing your feeds. Check it out! - 3 Comments Read More
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