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Ultimate trick to boost your internet speed!

OpenDNS is a free DNS resolution service. It provides two recursive nameserver addresses for public use, mapped to the nearest operational server location by Anycast routing:

How it works?

OpenDNS is the world's most intelligent DNS service. Its global network and its software work together symbiotically to offer a set of features custom-tailored to you, without requiring you to buy any hardware or install any software.

OpenDNS has servers situated strategically at the most well-connected intersections of the Internet. Unlike your ISP, its network uses Anycast routing technology, which means no matter where you are in the world your DNS requests are answered by OpenDNS closest datacenter. Anycast routing also means that you are automatically routed to OpenDNS next closest datacenter in the event of maintenance or downtime. This makes your Internet faster and more reliable.

Some Important Features

Phishing Protection

Phishing, or using phony websites to trick people into handing over their personal information, threatens everyone who spends time online. (Definition...) OpenDNS phishing protection is designed to keep everyone on your network safe from phishing scams and let you browse the Web confident you won't be fooled.

OpenDNS operates and uses Phish Tank, the Web's most trusted source of phishing data. PhishTank is so good, Yahoo! Mail uses its data to protect all account holders. The site works by having real people look at suspected phishing scams and verify their legitimacy.

PhishTank has verified more than a quarter of a million phishing scams. They pass the intelligence straight on to you and protect everyone on your network.

Typo Correction

OpenDNS don't think you should be punished with an annoying error message if you make a small typo, like typing google.cmo instead of google.com. OpenDNS correct it and opens you the expected website!.

How does openDNS make money?

OpenDNS earns a portion of its revenue by sending the user to an OpenDNS search page when a domain name that he has entered is not valid. Advertisements are displayed on this search page to help fund the operations of OpenDNS. While this behavior is similar to VeriSign's previous Site Finder, OpenDNS states that it is not the same, as OpenDNS is purely an opt-in service (compared to Site Finder's effect on the entire Internet, as VeriSign is an authoritative registry operator)and that the advertising revenue pays for the customized DNS service.

According to OpenDNS, additional services that run on top of its enhanced DNS service will be provided, and some of them may cost money

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Benazir Bhutto assassinated

7:28 PM 12/27/2007

PPP leader Benazir Bhutto has been shot dead following a suicide attack on her rally in Rawalpindi.

Pakistan interior ministry had earlier declared a high alert across the country post the attacks that marred rallies of both main opposition leaders, Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto.

The blast occured minutes after Benazir Bhutto finished her speech.

''We are traumatised. People all over are crying. Everyone is saying that this Army has killed Benazir. There is going to be more bloodshed. Will the world now finally wake up? said a distraught Asma Jehangir, Chairperson, Pak Human Rights Commission.

According to reports, 20 people have been killed and 42 others injured in the attack.

PPP Information Secretary Sherry Rehman has also been injured in the attack and taken to a hospital.

National and provincial assembly elections in Pakistan are due on January 8.

In October some 130 people were killed in an attack on Bhutto's cavalcade when she returned to the country.

It was one of the worst incidents of violence in a year of deteriorating security in Pakistan.

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5 Steps to Home Wireless Security

Just Like Locking Your Home
Just as you secure your home by locking your doors and windows, you must take the precaution of securing your wireless network by locking it down. By changing
. your router’s default administrator password
. changing the default SSID and disabling SSID broadcast
. changing your IP address settings
. setting up your router to use encryption
. using the MAC address filter
you can easily secure your home wireless network. Although these steps won’t prevent a dedicated intruder who’s intent on hacking your network, they’ll keep most malicious users and eavesdroppers away. more...

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Automated Home Management

Imagine walking into your kitchen and having the lights turn on automatically. Think about the energy you could save if your blinds and lighting automatically adjusted for the amount of sunlight entering your home. CasaWorks, a division of Metrics Technology, announced the Cielo Home Management System, a hardware- and software-based solution that offers these and other functionalities.

The Cielo Home Management System lets homeowners control household electronics including lighting, climate, security, and entertainment systems using PDAs, tablet PCs, Webpads based on Windows XP and Windows CE .NET, programmable remote controls, and PCs running Windows XP or Windows 2000. Cielo uses cameras, motion detection, and object tracking to sense the occupation and movement of users in the home. After sensing the movement of users, the technology modifies temperature, humidity, light level, and other environmental factors. You can also configure the product to automatically adjust lighting and environmental factors such as temperature for when the house is occupied and unoccupied.

In addition, Cielo can control security panels. Users can select home and away arming modes from any supported user interface and Cielo will monitor user access and send an e-mail notification when the system is armed or disarmed. Cielo provides biometric interfaces including face recognition and support for fingerprint readers so you can activate access control and personalized home behaviors based on recognition of each user. CasaWorks expects a late spring or early summer release of the Cielo, which costs $2500 to $7500, depending on hardware and software configuration.

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More Than Half of Microsoft's Employees Opt for Options Payout

When Microsoft made the historic decision to grant employees options on their otherwise worthless stock earlier this year, more than half of them elected to sell, netting more than 18,500 employees a total of $382 million in cash. Microsoft will distribute the first part of the payout, or about $218 million (an average of $11,782 per employee), this month, the company says. I find it curious that almost half of the company's employees didn't sell their options--a sign, financial analysts say, that those employees believe Microsoft's stock price will again rise to its earlier formidable levels. "We're pleased with the outcome," a Microsoft spokesperson said. "We believe it illustrates a great balance between employees who utilized the program and those who chose not to." This event also illustrates that the day of the "Microsoft Millionaire" is over, presumably.

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Apple's iLife '04

At Macworld San Francisco 2004 last month, Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs introduced the company's latest suite of multimedia tools, dubbed iLife '04. Apple markets the $50 product as being "like Microsoft Office for the rest of your life," which is a cute way of saying that you'll need the lifestyle applications in this suite as much as you need products such as Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel at work. Although iLife '04 isn't perfect, it's a stunning value for the money and a must-have purchase for every Mac OS X user. And if you aren't running Mac OS X, fear not: I also explore some related offerings for PC users.

Apple iLife '04 includes five brilliantly integrated applications, and at least three of them are best of breed:

iTunes 4: digital music organization, sharing, and iPod integration
iPhoto 4: digital photo organization, sharing, and basic editing
iMovie 4: digital video editing and sharing for home movies
iDVD 4: DVD movie creation
GarageBand: new to this version, a music-creation application with limited appeal. more...

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How About Online Backup?

Several hundred million PCs around the world aren't being backed up regularly. Chances are, you're one of the culprits. If and when some kind of disaster strikes, you're going to wish you had some kind of backup regimen in place. Putting together your own backup system can be a chore. Have you ever considered online backup?
Carbonite 3.0 is a simple online backup service. You simply enter your email address and password, and Carbonite does the rest. All data is backed up by default, and you have unlimited storage capacity, so there's no need to pick and choose files. "It's truly a product you won't be afraid to give to your most computer-illiterate friends and colleagues," said David Friend, Carbonite's CEO. "Release 3.0 is by far the simplest online-backup solution on the market today, and our beta testers have been delighted with its clean, easy, and intuitive qualities." more...

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Translate a Webpage : Powered by Google!

This one translates the current web page from your current browser session into another language!

Syntax from the address bar in your Firefox or Opera browser:

 tr <FROM>|<TO>

eg.,
 tr en|de (English to German)
tr fr|en (french to English)
tr de|en (German to English)

language and its ISO codes


Here's the bookmark code
javascript:location.href='http://translate.google.com/translate?u='+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+'&langpair=%s&hl=EN&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools'




Firefox instructions:
Copy/paste the code in a new bookmark. Then, in the
new bookmarkproperties, edit the keyword field and
insert'tr'. That's it!

Opera instructions:
Copy the bookmark code. Then, in tools-->preferences
-->search-->add-->details, paste the
code in the address field, fill in a name for in the
name field,and write 'tr' in the keyword field.
Then save all. That's it!

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Ultimate trick to boost your internet speed!

Typo Correction

Adidas Football Manufacture

Love 2008

Convert Pictures into ASCII Text Images

Benazir Bhutto assassinated

5 Steps to Home Wireless Security

Automated Home Management

More Than Half of Microsoft's Employees Opt for Options Payout

Apple's iLife '04

How About Online Backup?

Translate a Webpage : Powered by Google!

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