Mozilla has set a new World Record for most downloads in 24 hours. Firefox 3 has been downloaded more than 8 million times within 24 hours of its launch. Over 2.5 million of the downloads were from the European Union and the United States each. India recorded over 79,000 downloads.
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Disable Flash Plugin Temporarily to Protect Your PC
Nearly 20,000 websites have been attacked by unknown hackers using a technique known as an SQL injection. The hackers have exploited a newly-discovered weakness in Adobe Flash Player.
U.S. ISPs to test restricting heavy Internet users
Two US ISPs announced that they would begin tests to slow web access for their most active customers and charge them for extra speed. Comcast and Time Warner Cable, two of the largest ISPs in North America, both made separate announcements of their plans.
Firefox on a Mission to Set a Guinness World Record
Mozilla Firefox 3 is on the way to set a Guinness World Record to become the most downloaded software in 24 hours. You can support by downloading Firefox 3 on the download day. Currently as I write this post, there are 728,067 supporters already who will download FF3.
Which is Better – Shorter URLs or Long and Descriptive Ones?
Using short URLs for your blog posts is useful for readers to email/IM and even for the Print Media. But you lose on the the SEO friendliness of long and descriptive URLs. How can we strike a fine balance using both to our advantage?
Play Safe on Orkut: Inapproprite Comments Could Land You in Jail
Watch what you post on Orkut. Your comments on your favourite communities, if considered inappropriate, could land you in jail. An Indian lad learnt it the hard way when he was arrested for posting obscene comments in an Orkut community. He could even be jailed for five years and fined 100,000 rupees.