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Oh My Facebook: Dislike Button On Pages / Posts? Dislike Facebook Totally!

ramesh — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 06:44:49 +0000

Facebook is considering a new feature which i totally find irrelevant and not necessary by any chance. Adding a DISLIKE button to Pages / Posts? I am sure this feature will make many to dislike Facebook even further!

Imagine you posting something really nice, people dislike it for fun! Well this will surely bring down the reputation of your post. At the same time, wouldn’t it make you feel it is a waste of time to let others give negative feedback. Imagine another scenario where you post a photo of yourself with your family and people come and dislike it? It would cause anger and might as well cause an argument.

Well Facebook please try to come up with more professional features or ideas than this. I am sure if Facebook added the dislike button on it’s main page, it will be swarmed with hits. Anyway this is my personal opinion, and it stays that way!

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Oh My Facebook: The Roadblock System Is A Serious Joke!

ramesh — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 12:53:10 +0000

Being a person who tries many new mobile applications to access Facebook, i am always stuck with the stupid Facebook roadblock verification system. Well the roadblock system normally gets to you when it suspects someone else is trying to your account from an untrusted source, so it stops your access to Facebook and will only let you through after you successfully answer a few questions given by the roadblock system.

First of all, everybody knows how lame this roadblock system is and also how stupid Facebook tagging system is. The roadblock system actually ask me to identify my friends tagged in their own pictures before i can access my account. Best part is i need to get 5 pictures correct out of 7. Do you want to know what pictures was actually shown to me? Check below!

This are just 2 of the other 3 pictures of my friend that i got. How the hell would i know who were tagged in this pictures? I can’t even refer back, since i can’t access my account until i get this right! Damn! First of all, tagging was introduced on Facebook to identify people, not as a way to send message to people. Facebook’s tagging system has been a joke ever since it was introduced as anyone can tag you as anything without getting your approval first. Secondly to Facebook please try to find another concept to your roadblock stupid, cause the method you have now is damn STUPID!

Oh My Facebook: Sorry, This User Already Has Too Many Friends!

ramesh — Mon, 17 May 2010 11:24:59 +0000

As time passes by i can feel the craze for Facebook is going away. Maybe those from the younger generation would like it and those using it as a marketing tool would love it too, but for me I am really getting bored of Facebook and i have my own reasons for it.

Yesterday i tried to add one of my friend who has more than 4k friends (i am not sure why!) and i got this error. I was not able to add him due to this limitation from Facebook. I mean WTF? Does this mean those people with really more than 4k of friends must create a Facebook Page which is lame and only let the other side to add them? Kiddo applications, system and concept .. That is Facebook! :)

The Danger of Being ‘Friends’

ramesh — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:43:03 +0000

It’s not easy being ‘friends’ and now it is getting downright dangerous as the Koobface worm returns with a vengeance infecting social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, according to Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content management solutions.

The malicious Koobface program(an anagram of Facebook) targets sites such as Facebook and Twitter and uses compromised legitimate websites as proxies for its main command and control server, attempting to gather sensitive information from the victims such as credit card numbers. It was first detected in December 2008 and a more potent version appeared in March 2009 and it is unfortunately back again in 2010.

How Koobface Does the Nasty

“Koobface spreads by delivering Facebook messages to people who are ‘friends’ of a Facebook user whose computer has already been infected. Once received, the message directs recipients to a third-party website, where they are prompted to download what is purported to be an update of the Adobe Flash player. If they download and execute the file, Koobface is able to infect their system. It can then commandeer the computer’s search engine use and direct it to contaminated websites,” said Ms Gun Suk Ling, Regional Managing Director, SEA, Kaspersky Labs Asia Limited.

Among the components downloaded by Koobface are a DNS filter program that blocks access to some security websites and a proxy tool that enables the attackers to abuse the infected PC.

Increased Activity of Koobface in the Past 2 Weeks

During the past 2 weeks, the Kaspersky Lab research team has observed the Koobface live Command &Control (C&C) servers shut down or cleaned, on average, three times per day. The number dropped steadily from 107 on 25 February, to as low as 71 on 08 March. Then, in just 48 hours, the number grew from 71 to 142, precisely doubling its total number, which all Koobface-infected computers use to get remote commands and updates.

“These latest happenings give us some indications of how the Koobface gang takes care of its infrastructure”, says Stefan Tanase, Senior Regional Researcher, Kaspersky Lab EEMEA. “Based on this, we can conclude that the cybercriminals are constantly monitoring their infrastructure status. They don’t want the number of C&C servers to drop too much, as that would mean losing their control over the botnet. When the number of active C&C servers drops to a critical level, they seem to be ready to implement dozens of new ones. The total number of Koobface C&C servers is constantly fluctuating, going from over a hundred to under a hundred and back again in a matter of weeks. It seems that when 100 C&C servers are online, the Koobface gang is relaxed. They also prefer to have their C&C servers distributed across the globe and with different ISPs, in order to make the take-down process harder. However, most of the Koobface C&C servers remain in the United States.”

Ms Gun Suk Ling of Kaspersky Lab shared some tips for users:

* Be cautious when opening links in suspicious messages, even if the sender is one of your trusted Facebook friends.
* Use an up-to-date, modern browser: Firefox 3.x, Internet Explorer 8, Google Chrome, Opera 10 etc.
* Divulge as little personal information as possible. Do not give out your home address, telephone number or other private details.
* Keep your antivirus software updated to prevent new versions of malware from attacking your computer.

Kaspersky Lab users running any of the Company’s current anti-malware products are fully protected from all known variants of Koobface. Kaspersky Lab’s global team of analysts are keeping a close eye on all threats coming from the social networking space, monitoring the malicious activity and constantly updating the protection customers receive.

The Koobface command and control infrastructure can be observed when looking at the evolution of the geographical location of IP addresses used to communicate with the infected computers. The usage of C&C servers is increasing mostly in the United Stated, growing from 48 percent to 52 percent. Currently, more than half of the Koobface C&C servers are hosted in the United States, far exceeding any other country.

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Microsoft’s Version Of Social Network?

ramesh — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:09:42 +0000

Playing around with Microsoft’s version of Social Network under Live Profile. Seems to have most of the features a person would like to have in a personal online profile, but is it up to the level of Facebook?

As for me, i like it. Importing other contents into your lifestream profile is really cool and this feature is well implemented in. Having your own blogging Space and also 25GB of online Drive is simply amazing. But what happened to Video upload feature? Can’t we share videos in albums just like photos? The only drawback which kept me away from it. To those who are already on Live Profile, please add me here. I haven’t updated much there, but i do see friends there i will start using it!

Google Chrome Renders My Blog Weirdly!

ramesh — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:09:19 +0000

One of the main challenges of having a custom theme for Wordpress is making it cross browser compatible. I made the theme compatible with Firefox and double checked with Internet explorer and the results were fine without any problem, but why does Google Chrome renders my theme in such a weird way instead?

Just check out the comparison screenshot below:

As you can see, the top snapshot is rendered by Firefox / Internet Explorer, and the bottom snapshot is rendered by Google Chrome. Why is Chrome rendering tables so badly? Or was it meant to be used with strictly CSS? For now i am not planning to fix this problem. Maybe if i am free i will check what is the real problem with Chrome. This is why i still feel that Firefox rocks!

Why Buy When You Have Open Source Alternatives!

ramesh — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:28:56 +0000

For us computers is a must, when you have a computer Softwares are a must. Well most software nowadays needs you to pay for them, well some comes free. Just want to share a website which lists down all the open source alternatives for the application you are finding.

Osalt.Com is a website which lets you find the application you want to use, just that it is open source and free. Basically what you do is search for the application you want which could be a payware or shareware application and this website will list out all the open source free alternative to the application you were looking for!

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Our mission is to provide easy access to high quality open source alternatives to well-known commercial products. And remember that open source software is also a freeware alternative.

I found this website to be very useful, check it out at www.osalt.com

Bypass Compulsory Registration On Websites

ramesh — Mon, 25 May 2009 11:50:21 +0000

How fedup can you we get when you want to check out one portion of a website and it needs you to register and login to view it’s contents? Well i simply hate this. Well now there is a website which give solution to bypass all those websites which needs you to register and login to view contents. Say thanks to Bugmenot.Com.

image credits (online-tech-tips.com)

So how does it work? Just key in the domain you want to access and you will get a list of shared ID’s and also the success rates of the ID. Most of the latest ID’s updated seems to be working fine. This is cool, since you don’t have to go through the hassle of registering to a certain websites. Just give it a shot!

Google’s Version Of Wikipedia

ramesh — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 03:09:23 +0000

Was checking out Google’s beta products and came upon Knol which in short means ‘Knowledge’. It is simply a site where anyone can share any information they have to create a huge unit of knowledge.

At first i did find some interesting things to read, but i guess it is far beyond Wikipedia, which has almost everyone at one place. So will Google’s Knol be able to compete with Wikipedia? Well it could, but it would need more time and effort.

Check out Knol at http://knol.google.com/

Web Based Windows Operating System

ramesh — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:25:53 +0000

Finally an AJAX version of Windows OS is out. Well it is simply a web based version of an AJAX components which gives you the look and feel of the Windows OS. At the same time it also gives you extra features such as online storage and workspace for you to actually do you work, save it and work on it again on another location. Rather than me explaning what it does, try to watch the video clip below and you will understand exactly what ‘ajaxWindows’ does.

I created an account and i noticed that there is alot of things you can play with on this site. Most of it with partnership with 3rd party web based softwares and applications. Space used on for workspace is using GmailFS and i notice most office based apps are from Google. I really liked the concept and idea of this site, as it gives you mobility to work over the net without having to install anything and have your own personal website. Did find the site to be abit slow and i couldn’t seem to change the wallpaper of my workspace. Apart from that, it is a wonderful concept which i recommend everyone to try out.

Check out ajaxWindows now!