Do you know that the largest percentage of Active Internet user (Urban) in India still logs on to the net to check e-mail? A study conducted by IAMAI (Internet and Mobile Association of India) shows that e-mail is the most popular destination followed by search. Online news comes tenth on the list of popular...
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Online media received a badly needed shot in the arm when two of its representatives were bestowed the prestigious Pulitzer Prize. This is the first time in the history of American media that an-online only offering was recognized for this award. The winners were ProPublica’s Sheri Fink for investigative reporting and SFGate’s Mark Fiore...
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Few computer users today know of a computer virus that was code named Friday the Thirteenth by its creator. Those who do will recall the fear this virus generated in the eighties and the nineties. There would be system slowdowns, even network crashes on Friday the thirteenth. Computer engineers had a tough time, as...
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“We suspect an unauthorized transaction on your account. To ensure that your account is not compromised, please click the link below and confirm your identity.” You will be less than human if you don’t get worried when you get an e-mail like this. Your first response will be to click on the link, and...
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The newspapers have always realised the importance of transparency and honesty. They publish a correction whenever a factual error is made. They even apologise if the error has caused damage to the reputation of an individual or an organisation. A similar thing is yet to happen on the net. One difficulty is the dynamic...
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What will be your reaction if you were told to type 74.125.45.100 to log into the Google website or 68.180.206.184 to access Yahoo? You may do it once; you may even do it twice. But after that, I am sure you will give up. Human minds are not configured to memorize strings of numbers...
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