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You would have heard in month of May that Microsoft is going to launch its brand new search engine called Bing. Now that the beta version of Bing.com is online, internet users are curious to know what new about it. Now why did Microsoft decide to launch a new search engine when it already has a search engine live.com? Let me first tell you that live.com is now enhanced and turned to bing.com. So when next time you try to open live.com you actually get redirected to Bing Beta. The question still crawls “why”. Obviously Microsoft has used some new algorithm in Bing to give relevant search results. Talking about the interface of Bing beta, it opens quickly though not quick as Google, but it appears with a beautiful background image which is cool. You can set your search preferences and incorporate the search engine with your browser. These features are available with every search engine on web but what else do you want with a search engine. Important thing is the result provided. Since the search engine is in beta state hence no paid ads are present on the home page.

Lots more is needed to be done because to compete Google now is like racing with the wind. Google already incorporated loads of features with its iGoogle and is hit among the users. Lets us see what innovation Microsoft brings to make Bing a unique search engine. It is too early to comment on its performance. Let’s wait and watch.

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Anonymous surfing has not only become the need of today’s internet users but it has emerged as pretty good business also. Confused? Don’t be, let me explain. Proxy servers are mainly used by the college students and organization staff to bypass the network filter and surf freely the social networking websites such as Facebook, Orkut etc. Secondly and most importantly, proxy servers play a vital role in securing the organizational network by intercepting the client requests and forwarding it to the target server. You can search and find thousands of proxy servers which can cater your needs. But it would be hectic if you search proxy servers one by one and that too of different types. Now you can get the list of robust and most secure proxy servers at Proxy Library. As the name says, Proxy Library has enlisted in it the huge list of proxy servers which are updated and rated on daily basis. They also provide the section where regular visitors can rate the proxy servers they already used. They also provide the list of PHP proxies, ASP proxies and many more. Choose whichever you feel reliable. If you have your own proxy servers then you can submit you proxy server for free.

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IPTV stands for Internet Protocol Television. But how many of you know what exactly is it? In this post I will explain to you about this new technology in very simple words. IPTV is spreading world wide and very soon it will replace cable connections used for viewing your favorite channels. Since it is expected that nearly every house will have their fast broadband connection hence this technology will enable us to view the television content through technologies used for computer networks. This technology is not possible with slow download speeds. But now with high speed broadband connections IPTV is emerging very rapidly. It will make your experience with TV very interactive and personalized. Imagine that you would be able to reply to the game shows with your TV remote. This is all possible through IPTV. You can watch movies and TV soaps and chat or share files with distant friends at a time. It is believed that IPTV could be integrated with very popular protocol VoIP i.e. Voice Over Internet Protocol.

IPTV uses a two-way broadcast signal sent through the service provider’s backbone network and servers. This allows the viewer to select content on demand, time shift i.e. you can watch any program when you want to watch. IP i.e. internet protocol refers to a method of sending information over a secure, tightly managed network. Building IPTV capability into a network allows a service provider to deliver voice and data as well. That fulfils the promise at last of a single, secure network over which all services can be delivered. Many of the world’s major telecom providers are exploring IPTV as a new revenue opportunity from their existing markets. It will change TV viewing not only for residential viewers but also create a whole new market of customized content delivery. Recent news related to application of IPTV is linked with India where BSNL, the largest service provider, has announced to launch IPTV services in 10 major cities including the metropolitan cities.

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You might have heard about the Kaspersky Lab, a leading antivirus developer, detected Koobface worms earlier this year. Now it has appeared again tiptoeing around the security filters and supposedly using Google’s websites for attack. When earlier this malicious program appeared it targeted the Facebook and MySpace users. It had two variants Net-Worm.Win32.Koobface.a. and Net-Worm.Win32.Koobface.b as detected by the Kaspersky Lab. Their method of infecting the computers was a classic one. They used to send images looking like lucrative YouTube video and when a user clicked on it, it redirected the page to some other site which asks the user to download the flash player or codec required to view the video which was actually the worm. Once it was downloaded it uses the PC as zombie computer to form botnets.

Now the similar worm is said to be back with a bang detected by the researchers at unified threat management vendor Fortinet. According to them this is the similar program to the Koobface worm and uses Google Reader and Picasa Web sites to spread. The worm works in same way as earlier i.e. attracting users to click on the fake video and pictures which downloads the Trojan programs. Earlier its spread was checked by MySpace and Facebook by blocking the attack websites. So this time they have hosted files that appear to be YouTube videos on Picasa and Google Reader. Once user gets to these pages they are asked to download the codec and other stuffs. Facebook is just used as a medium to send YouTube and Picasa links to the victims.

Since Facebook is the most popular social networking website and hence such worms can be devastating due to its reach to such huge number of computers. Facebook is currently working with Google to curb this spread and they are positive about the results so far. This attack can in fact happen to any social networking website. Hence if you are Facebook or MySpace or any such website user then please don’t click blindly to all the links you come across.

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