How to create better / stronger and super passwords ??

Most of our financial and personal data is now getting online. Only thing that secures the data from a thief is a simple thing called “password”. Over the years with ever rising hardware power, this simple thing aint simple anymore. Hackers are now days cracking simple passwords with ease, so the question a common web user always face is how to chose a better and stronger password ??

Researchers of “Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science” suggest two simple methods to choose your password.

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GMail offers option to “Undo” or “Cancel” your sent email

There is a little know feature offered by Google LABs under Gmail, which allows users to undo their sent email within a short period of time after hitting the “sent” button.

The feature is optional and you can enable it by Clicking “Setting” and then via the “LABs” tab where you get the option to enable it.

2010 Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) match fixture / time table / schedule (Indian Time)

Although it is not under ICC fixture but after IPL, this is the biggest event in Twenty-Twenty cricket. This September, best teams of 6 different countries will battle it out at South Africa under the game of AirTel Champions League Twenty20.

Format

The tournament consisted of the ten top domestic teams from six countries as determined by the domestic Twenty20 tournaments of those countries. The tournament consists of 23 matches, and is divided into a group stage and a knockout stage. If a match ends in a tie, a Super Over will be played to determine the winner.

The group stage has the teams divided into two equal groups, with each playing a round-robin tournament. The top two teams of each group advances to the advance to the knockout stage. The knockout stage consists of two semi-finals, with the top team of one group facing the second from the other. The winners of the semi-finals play the grand final to determine the winner of the competition.

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Intel buys McAfee..

Rumors were there but it is now confirmed from Intel Press release that Intel has purchased McAfee for USD 7.68 billion.

According to Intel, till date, the primary focus of hardware development industry were on two “P”, Power and performance. But with network / connectivity and Internet penetration, one more “P” needs attention, that’s protection.

Intel always have been in forefront for leading and shaping the industry and at a time where most of the consumer devices / embedded systems, mobile and PC’s are depending and connecting to Internet for most of their work, its time that protection too gets more priority than any other factor.

Intel plans to keep the present McAfee staff and continue RnD to develop new means hardware embedded protection.

Slow PC (Windows) -> 5 Simple tips to speed up your computer

By following a very easy and simple guide line, you can maintain a fast and smooth Windows / Computer. This basic process applies with almost every version of Windows (XP, Vista, 7).

So how to speed up your slow PC / Windows ?

First of all, please do understand, speed is always a factor which is comparable hence this word is never static ,rather its always variable. Computer hardware is always getting updated and today’s PC hardware would be out perform soon by tomorrow’s PC hardware. Therefor do not compare your PC with one which is having a faster hardware configuration, rather to judge speed you should always compare it with a PC running similar hardware setup.

Still it is a common issue that with time a Windows setup may start to perform slow. 5 easy and basic steps can help you to troubleshoot the issue to make your slow and sluggish Computer / Windows up and running like new.

  1. Free up disc space and re arrange the data (defragmentation)
  2. Shift to NTFS platform and Check for disc errors.
  3. Keep a Malware free setup (AVS / Updates).
  4. Get rid of bloatware and unwanted software.
  5. Increase hardware power if needed.

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Domain Renewal -> Good Bye Yahoo.. Welcome Godaddy..

It had been more than 5 years that ChotoCheeta.com was with Yahoo Domains. But since last couple of years, Yahoo started to charge USD 35 for renewal compare to any domain registrant where “.com” renewal was at USD 10 at max.

Even with such high price, ChotoCheeta.com was renewed for couple of times, but this time around I decided to move. This year, I renewed the domain with Godaddy.com

Yahoo domain panel, ease of use, design is far better than godaddy control panel, which is full of own ads to promote its own products more and more. Yahoo is even faster than Godaddy as having a more simpler layout. But being an advance user, I can afford to use Godaddy as it saves a straight USD 28 per year.

Seven people holding rights and power to Reboot / shut off the internet

If you are reading this, then you already know, Internet is every where and its everything. The worlds entire infrastructure is depended on this communication system.

Internet is not some one’s or some countries personal property rather its a network shared by all. ICANN (formed by representatives of all countries participating in Internet) is the governing body and decision maker of Internet.

Recently in an event held at a closed high security bunker located in US, ICANN created the “Key to the Internet”. This key of internet holds the power to Shutdown or Reboot the Internet in case of emergency.

This Key was too much power for one person hence ICANN broke the Key in seven parts and then they were handed over to seven representatives from seven different continent.

In case of emergency, at-least 5 of them has to initiate the order.