[By Prashant Sharma | 28 Jun 2009 | No Comment | ]
A Deep Insight Into “Malwares”

Malware is a general term, used to define a spectrum of intrusive and damaging software programs, which are intentionally developed to harm the target computer in various possible ways. Malwares may cause transfer of user’s personal information & surfing behaviour, corrupting other applications residing on the computer, disrupting smooth functioning of computer, over-consuming computer resources, complete hack of the system, among many other effects.

The variety of malicious programs which are generally referred as Malwares have their unique and deceptive ways of infecting the targeted computer. The severity of Malwares varies …

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[By Prashant Sharma | 30 Jun 2009 | No Comment | ]
Latest Firefox’s Feature-Pack

Mozilla has pushed its own limits further with its latest release, version 3.5 of Firefox. Firefox 3.5 has just been released(available for download here) and after having a hands-on experience with the latest Firefox version and its enhanced feature-pack, Firefox 3.5 is certainly looking miles ahead of its competitors at the moment.

Check out the newly introduced and enhanced feature set in Firefox 3.5

Private Browsing

This feature has been introduced in the latest version of Firefox. ‘Private browsing’ was the only feature which was already being offered in …

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[By Prashant Sharma | 30 Jun 2009 | No Comment | ]
A Fabulous Way To Get Your ‘Brand’ Noticed…And Remembered !

For any enterprise or business, no matter how small or big it is, the brand value matters the most. Either the nature of dealing is Business to Business(B2B) or Business to Customer(B2C), if the Brand is recognizable to the end customer, the company will keep getting business. That’s the sole reason why companies spend millions of dollars on advertising their brand via Television, Internet and other media channels.

But there’s another conventional method of Brand promotion, probably the oldest and most effective of all: Brand promotion via Courtesy gifts. On promotional …

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[By Prashant Sharma | 28 Jun 2009 | No Comment | ]
A Technical Perspective At “Telecom & Industrial Computing Industry”

Most of the industrial sectors have their own alliance or consortium, that promotes collaborative research, fast evolution and Standardization. PICMG performs a similar role for the “Telecom. and Industrial computing industry”.

PICMG(PCI Industrial Computers Manufacturers Group) is basically a consortium of over 240 companies(majorly OEMs) across the globe who work together, for the sole purpose of offering standard specifications to equipment vendors , thereby minimizing costs, increasing availability and  reducing overall time to market.

PICMG standardizes …

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[By Prashant Sharma | 24 Jun 2009 | No Comment | ]
How ‘Flash Drives’ have almost ‘Killed’ its competitors

USB Flash drive is primarily a data storage device consisting of a NAND-type flash memory. It also posseses a Universal Serial Bus(USB) interface for ease of connectivity with computers or laptops using integrated USB port.

USB flash drives have today become the De facto standard of portable data storage, replacing older data storage devices such as Floppy disks and even CD/DVDs. As a double layer DVD goes to a maximum of 9.6GB of data storage only, USB flash drives are way ahead of  data storage capacity, going upto 64GB or even …

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[By Prashant Sharma | 24 Jun 2009 | No Comment | ]
Why “Google Transit” is more than just a feature of Google Maps

Google has a spectrum of high-utility web services, few of which have gradually become a necessity for a large majority of population on web. Services like Google search, Gmail, Google Maps, Youtube are certainly the most utilized web services among the array of web services run by Google.

There are plenty of other Google services which are a great utility but are still to gain mass attention by end users. One such web service is Google Transit.

Google Transit is a web service that helps users reach their destination by providing an …