pdfgeni the ultimate pdf search engine

 Are u in desperate search of your favourite ebooks in pdf format??Have you googled many sites,forums to get your fav ebooks but in vain.Then I would say to try this site www.pdfgeni.com a search engine dedicated for pdf books.This site searches the webworld for pdf files based on the string supplied.

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Master your brain improve your cognitive skills using Lumosity

Human body is a biological machine which wears out as the age progress.We do lot lot of excercises to make our body stay in topnotch condition.But we dont give due importance to excercise our brain.As a result we are forgetting our daily to-do lists.We have come to stage where we cannot recollect what happened one hour ago,students fail to recollect lessons taught just one hour ago.Doing brain excercise improve blood circulation to our brain and helps us to improve Cognitive skills which inturn help you to accomplish your goals.Now the most important question is who will teach How to do Brain excersies?? Though there are many brain excercise guides available on the internet my sincere advise to my readers is please dive into a site called Lumosity and register there for free am sure this real time interactive brain excercise improves our cognitive skill besides providing fun.I urge students especially children stop playing video games start playing lumosity games.Did i say games?? yes Lumosity is a unique site which helps us to improve our cognitive skills by playing games .Iam not here to promote this site but i experimented with this site  and found it very useful see the screenshot

 Enough of theory lets see some screen shots.

This genre of games enhances your memory.

These genre of games improves ur concentration.

This set of games improves ur problem solving capabilities.

This set of games helps to improve ur vocabulary skills .
After playing each game the results will be evaluated and u can see the BPI

Thanku readers for having patience to come upto here

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phish or no phish identify fake | phising pages

Web is full of roses and thorns,in the present cyberage as number of people depending on net increasing Cybercrime is also increasing.One of the most common methods of cybercrime is social engineering where hackers chat with us nicely ,get all information about us finally kick us into their fakepage nets.Many of the present net users cannot distinguish the differnence between a Fakepage and a original page.To overcome this Versign  a company best known for SSL certificates developed a site called https://www.phish-no-phish.com/ .This site let us hone our skills in detecting the differences between a  phising site and a original site.
See the screens

I sincerely advise my readers to dive into the site and stay safe.

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Paint the future from Microsoft India

Microsoft india Believes that India's growth is linked to Education, Employment, Empowerment of Womenand concerns for the Environment. They commissioned a series of 4 original paintings from Zaki under an initiative  'Paint the Future', proceeds from the sale of which will be donated to Chetna and Udyan Care, two NGOs working with underprivileged children.

They started this campaign to enable new avenues of social and economic empowerment for the underprivileged across India.Click here to know more about it .

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Difference between Low-level formatting and High level formatting

This is short post to tell the basic differences between different types of formatting to the noobs.
Low-level formatting happens at the factory where the disk is manufactured.Low level formatting divides the blank surface into Cylinders,Heads and Sectors.It also maps any physically defective sectors on the drive and does some fine tuning.
High-level formatting prepares a logical drive for use with particular Operating system by establishing a file system on the drive that the OS can support.There are many file systems such as FAT16,FAT32,NTFS.Ill cover     these file systems in detail in upcoming posts.
The formatting done by end user is often  reffered as High-level formatting.I think many of you have formatted your HDD and USB a zillion times.Do u remember, there is another option called quick format.If you check this option and start formatting it formats instantaneously.Have you wondered why this formatting happens at a rapid pace.This is due to the fact that it doesn't check for badsectors in Quick-format mode.

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Common laptop positions to avoid

According to studies the second position mentioned above is ideal for doing ur work on  lappys.Remaining all positions are prone to RSI(Repetitive Stress Injury).Follow these pictures for healthy computing

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Create twitter backgrounds for free using Twitlay

DO u want to create your own background for your twitter layout .Twitlay is a service that offers you to create your own twitter backgrounds using your pictures for free or You can order these guys to design one for 50$.

 Click here Twitlay . Enjoy friends.......

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history of search engines

Todays many of us got addicted to search engines .Our daily  internet routine starts by loading a search engine page and proceed from there. They have become very essential in the present digital age.  Many search engines evolved with time .I would like to shed some light on the history of search engines.

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Cranberry DiamonDisc disk that lasts 1000 years

"We all know that to cut a diamond we reqire a diamond" .This line tells us the rigidity and stubborn nature of diamond.Now they have invented a disk which is as strong as a diamond and is transparent.believe me this is true. It was named as

  Cranberry DiamonDisc . This can be our ultimate backup solution in the present digital age.

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Portable applications

Using any software requires it to be installed .Installing a software or application requires considerable amount of memory as all of us know the famous saying "Less luggage more comfort". If u use a software without installing it then can u can save lot of harddisk space.They could be extremely useful when you want to carry ur work on others system without installing it.You can carry  the portable application anywhere you want with ur pendrive/portable harddisk/flash memory drive and can execute on da system u want.Thats meant by portable application in brief.There is a site from where u can download portable applications .Click here Portable Apps enjoy.

    

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tezguru.com a true inspirational story

Iam proud that a 15 year old boy named shivendu madhava from bihar a state located in india  has launched a new search engine called http://tezguru.com .He went through many hardships to achieve his goal

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Hot news in computers

Google gave away free wifi to many american airports as a year end gift.

Tim berners lee founder of  WWW says he is sorry for the inconvenience for the double forward slash in web site address.

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Amazing computer facts.........

Let me tell some interesting as well as amazing facts which i have come to know recently.

Our journey begins now..

1) In early days intel emerged as a top computer manufacturer in colloboration with microsoft.

The then rival to intel was AMD which stands for advanced micro devices.It gave tough competition to intel

by producing topnotch processors.It offered good graphical performance when compared to its rival intel.

Inturn it also released vast amount of heat which became a bottle neck hence AMD started developing good heatsinks along with boards.

whats so interesting about this nothing na .let me tell u that

An Amd 1400 chip running without a heatsink gets as hot as 370 degrees.

2) Seagate is famous for producing harddisks both internal and external

Do u believe that

Seagate started its journey by producing the first hdd for pcs in 1979.It held 5 M.B of data.

(3). If u opened up the case of the original Macintosh, u will find 47 signatures

one for each member of Apple's Macintosh divison as of 1982.

(4). The first computer company to register for a domain name was digital

equipment corporation.

(5). Did u know Apple & Sun came very close to a merger in 1996.

(6). The technology contained in a single game boy unit in 2000 exceeds all

the computing power that was used to put the first man on moon in 1969.

(7). Hewlett Packard was started at a garage in Palo Alto in 1939.

8).Tetris has sold over 40 million copies worldwide, since it began in 1982.That provided the creator 800 million in revenues.

9).The superflop sega dreamcast, released in 1999, was the first console game machine to sport a 128 Bit architecture.

10).The most expensive game ever developed was "ShenMue" for sega dreamcast.It costs $20 million.

11).The QWERTY keyboard layout is 129 years old.

12).South Korea's SK telecom offers an inaudible ring tone to its customers which, it claims, can repel mosquitoes.

13).In 1971, the first speech recognition software named, "Hearsay" was developed in India.

14).Macquariums are aquariums made from old macintosh computers.

15).The servers are in Denmark.The software is from Estonia.The domain is registered in Australia & the corporation is in south pacific island.That was Kazaa, the p2p software.

16).Bill gates & Paul Allen started a company called Traf-O-Data to monitor traffic flow.

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a brief tutorial on peer to peer (p2p) file sharing

A Peer-to-peer (or P2P) network is a network made up of computers which are connected to each other through the Internet. Files of all types can be shared between computers on the P2P network, allowing Internet users to transfer files directly, rather than through the use of a website or server. Each user (or “node”) connects to the networkusing a “client” program.

File sharing is the practice of making files available for other users to download over the Internet and smaller networks. Usually file sharing follows the peer-to-peer (P2P) model, where the files are stored on and served by personal computers of the users. Most people who engage in file sharing are also downloading files that other users share - usually these two activities are linked together. P2P file sharing is distinct from file trading in that downloading files from a P2P network does not require uploading, although some networks either provide incentives for uploading such as credits or force the sharing of files being currently downloaded.

Some client programs connect to the same network(s), therefore resulting in similar search results within both programs. Click here for more information about P2P, how it works, and a list of clients and networks.

What does P2P file sharing have to offer?

Everything can be found on the P2P networks, all for free. Anything that anyone could possibly have on their computers is out there. Unlike BitTorrent, where ‘uploading’ has to done deliberately, P2P software can simply scan a computer (or folders) to search for files to share. Users that want to share their files need not do anything; it is done by the software. Below is a sample of what types of files are shared on P2P, and our comments about each category.

Movies 

Not great for full movies. The underground movie ’scene’ does NOT release movies here. Quality is often compromised because of size, so you really have to know what to look for. Also, P2P is a target of “spoofing” in which the file is named correctly but upon arrival, it is not what it seems. Also, it is extremely difficult to tell the good from the bad when forty different search results come back for the same movie. There are good releases are out there, it just takes a bit of a trained eye to sort through.

Software 

Mostly atrocious for software, games, and applications as *.EXE downloads can be infected with viruses and/or malware. Very risky business, not recommended at all.

TV Shows 

Not bad for TV shows, as these tend to be smaller. PROs: Users can download the latest episode of their favorite show, and the speed is good. CONs: If you like to have full seasons of television shows, stick with BitTorrent. As with movies, avoid video files with the *.WMV extension.

Video Clips 

Good for miscellaneous movie clips, music videos, trailers, other videos etc. - large selection due to the demography of the people who use P2P.

Music 

Excellent for music. PROs: Users can find and select songs easily, and play them while they’re downloading. HUGE selection of songs, remixes and rare items. Fast downloads with a quick Internet connection.CONs: Most *.mp3 files on P2P sites are only at 128 bitrate. Music on regular CDs is ‘compared’ to 192. If available, select files with a higher than 128 bitrate. I prefer a 256 - 320 bitrate or VBR (Variable bitrate) so I tend to use mIRC and torrents for music. Also, anyone can rip a song off a CD and put it in their “shared” folder, therefore many songs contain small jumps, crackles etc., and these sub-par versions spread fast throughout P2P. I recommend listening through the songs first before making that CD for Dad for Father’s Day.

Miscellaneous 

Great for pictures, clipart, documents, etc.

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classification of virus

Types Of Virus

Trojan horse

A Trojan horse is a program designed as to seem to being or be doing one thing, such as a legitimate software, but actually being or doing another. They are not necessarily malicious programs but can be. A trojan horse can be used to set up a back door in a computer system so that the intruder can return later and gain access. Viruses that fool a user into downloading and/or executing them by pretending to be useful applications are also sometimes called trojan horses. (The name refers to the horse from the Trojan War, with conceptually similar function of deceiving defenders into bringing an intruder inside.)

Virus

A virus is a self-replicating program that spreads by inserting copies of itself into other executable code or documents. Thus, a computer virus behaves in a way similar to a biological virus, which spreads by inserting itself into living cells.

Worm

Like a virus, a worm is also a self-replicating program. The difference between a virus and a worm is that a worm does not create multiple copies of itself on one system: it propagates through computer networks. After the comparison between computer viruses and biological viruses, the obvious comparison here is to a bacterium. Many people conflate the terms "virus" and "worm", using them both to describe any self-propagating program. It is possible for a program to have the blunt characteristics of both a worm and a virus.

Key loggers

Key loggers are used by hackers to spy on a target computer or system by recording the keys pressed by users, thereby capturing useful information such as passwords when they are typed by users. Key loggers can also be used for safety, such as when police forces use them to spy on chat rooms and enable them to find pedophiles.

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tips 2 defend ourselves from getting hacked

Protect Urself !

Follow These Simple Guidelines n u are done

*** Under the security option tab of Mozilla Firefox there is an option Show Passwords make sure its protected by the master password.


1. U may avoid using Internet Explorer(old versions) and make the switch to Opera, it's more secure, plain and simple.

2. Get Spybot Search and Destroy or Spyware Doctor and immediately update it.

3. Get Adaware SE and immediately update it.
(Use both as a 1-2 punch on infected client computers and between the two there's not much they won't kill)

4. Update your anti virus,

5. Boot into safe mode and run all three scans (once in a month)

6. While the scans are going check your registry (Click start --> Run and type regedit to get intot he registry) and look in HKEY_CurrentUser/software/microsoft/windows/currentversion/run & HKEY_Local_Machine/software/microsoft/windows/currentversion/run. Verify that all programs listed are legitimate and wanted.

7. If or when your antivirus scan comes across anything, search for that file name in your registry and delete it, at least quarantine it.

8. Use explorer to go to the windows/system32 folder and sort by date. If you haven't already done so, make sure you can see the entire file names. click Tools --> Folder Options and unclick the box labeled "Hide extensions for known file types" and under Hidden files and folders click "Show hidden files and folders." However, make sure you choose "Hide protected operating system files" so you don't accidentally remove anything that would cripple your computer.. You are looking for recent files with names ending with .exe and .dll that look suspicious. Major culprits will have gibberish names such as alkjdlkjfa.exe.

9. Once you can get clean scans in safe mode, reboot in normal mode and scan all over again. If you can't get a clean scan in regular mode then you have something more persistant that could take more research.

10. Make sure your firewall doesn't have strange exceptions.

11. If you suspect anything that is going wrong with your computer is the action of a stalker, on a more secure system change all your major passwords, mostly bu using a virtual keyboard(to prevent keyloggers).

12. If your system has been specifically targeted and hacked you can never be 100% sure that your system is no longer compromised so start with 11, make backups of personal files on the infected system and format and re-install Windows.

Good luck!


I am being stalked / spied . now what!!

As email providers give away more and more storage space, more and more personal information is being stored in those accounts. People are increasingly using their email accounts for more than just email - it has become their online document storage area with backup documents such as passwords, bank account numbers, account usernames, scans of correspondence and much more. Even if you don’t use your email for this purpose, you may still be inadvertantly revealing personal information in general conversation emails to family and close friends. A 6GB Gmail account or an unlimited space Yahoo account is potentially an information bonanza source for identity thieves who manage to figure out your email password and then go snooping. But if someone HAS cracked your email password, it may not be apparent to you. A snooper can easily read an email then mark it as unread again. So the best thing to do would be to set up an “electronic tripwire” so if someone breaks into your account, you’ll know about it. Here’s how to do it :

1. Sign up for a website hit counter at www.onestatfree.com. You can leave a fake name and whatever URL you want (I used Google.com for mine). 2. You will then receive a welcome email from OneStat with a text attachment called OneStatScript.txt. Download this attachment to your computer and then delete the email (you don’t want any email snoopers finding it later). But before deleting the email, write down your OneStat account number as you will need it later.3. Change the name of the text document to something that will make the email snooper salivate such as passwordlist. Also change the file format from a text document to a website page. So make it something like passwordlist.htm .4. Email this newly-renamed file as an attachment to the email account you want to monitor. Make sure the email subject title also lures the snooper in (maybe something like List of Passwords. You get the idea :).5. The trap is now set. Basically if someone opens the email and opens the attachment, OneStat will record a hit. If you then log into your OneStat account say once a day, you will see how many hits you have had to your attachment.

The OneStat account page then gives you details on each “visitor” including the date and time they accessed the web document and more importantly their location and IP address! So how does having this information help you? Well first of all, it will alert you to change your password to something stronger. Secondly, if you see the snooper’s location and you only know one or two people there then it narrows down your list of potential suspects.

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Phishing "Protect urself from it" !

Phishing continues to be one of the most significant security threats facing Internet users. During 2007, scammers distributed millions of phishing scam emails that targeted many different entities. Phishing attacks are sure to continue in 2008 and scammers will use such attacks to steal money and identities from many new victims around the world. Armed with a little knowledge about how phishing scams work, however, you can ensure that you do not become one of these victims.

Phishing scammers continue to find new victims all around the world

A phishing scam is one in which victims are tricked into providing personal information such as account numbers, passwords and credit card details to what they believe to be a legitimate company or organization. In order to carry out this trick, the scammers often create a "look-a-like" webpage that is designed to resemble the target company's official website. Typically, emails are used as "bait" in order to get the potential victim to visit the bogus website. The emails use various devious ruses to trick readers into clicking on the included links, thereby opening the bogus website. Information submitted on these bogus websites is harvested by the scammers and may then be used to steal funds from the user's accounts and/or steal the victim's identity.

Phishing scam emails are created to give the illusion that they have been sent by a legitimate institution. Emails may arrive in HTML format and include logos, styling, contact and copyright information virtually identical to those used by the targeted institution. To further create the illusion of legitimacy, some of the secondary links in these bogus emails may lead to the institution's genuine website. However, one or more of the hyperlinks featured in the body of the email will point to the fraudulent website.

Links in phishing scam messages are often disguised to make it appear that they lead to the genuine institution site. The sender address of the email may also be disguised in such a way that it appears to have originated from the targeted company. Because they are sent in bulk to many recipients, scam emails use generic greetings such as "Dear account holder" or "Dear [targeted institution] customer". If an institution needed to contact a customer about some aspect of his or her account, the contact email would address the customer by name.

Phishing scam emails use a variety of ruses to explain why it is necessary for recipients to provide the requested information. Often, the messages imply that urgent action on the part of the recipient is required. Some of the most common ruses are listed below. The scam emails may claim that:

• The customer's account details need to be updated due to a software or security upgrade.
  
  
• The customer's account may be terminated if account details are not provided within a specified time frame.
  
  
• Suspect or fraudulent activity involving the user's account has been detected and the user must therefore provide information urgently.
  
  
• Routine or random security procedures require that the user verify his or her account by providing the requested information.

The entire purpose of a typical phishing scam is to get the recipient to provide personal information. If you receive any unsolicited email that asks you to click a link and provide sensitive personal information, then you should view the message with the utmost suspicion. It is highly unlikely that a legitimate institution would request sensitive information in such a way. Do not click links or open attachments in such messages. Do not reply to the senders. If you have any doubts at all about the veracity of the email, contact the institution directly to check.

This article focuses primarily on email based phishing. However, it should be noted that phishing attacks on social networking sites are also becoming more common. Scam messages may be posted as comments or via personal message systems on social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace. The messages often contain seemingly innocent invitations to click an included link to view images or read member profiles. However, clicking links in these bogus messages will open a fake version of the social networking site's login page. Victims who login to the fake page will be inadvertently sending their login details to scammers who will then have complete access to their accounts.

Generally speaking, people become victims of phishing scams simply because they do not know how such scams operate. You can help by ensuring that friends and colleagues are aware of such scams and what to do about them. The power of such "word-of-mouth" education is substantial. You CAN make a difference by sharing your knowledge of phishing scams with other Internet users.

Protect Yourself

Rather than using the provided link in the email, you should copy the link and email it to the legitimate company or business, asking if the email is legitimate. If it is frudlante this could help shut down phisher faster.
Only use the address that you have used before, or start at your normal homepage.
Most companies require you to log in to a secure site. Look for the lock at the bottom of your browser and “https” in front of the Website address.


if u wont believe this then ill show u a demo
http://link-protector.com/656695/

try this friends

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