by certifiedbug on October 8, 2008
in Browser
Google aims to save you from sending an email you may regret in the morning.
When you enable Mail Goggles, it will check that you’re really sure you want to send that late night Friday email. And what better way to check than by making you solve a few simple math problems after you click send to verify you’re in the right state of mind?
Mail Goggles is active late night on the weekend by default, but once enabled you can adjust the General settings. Anyone who burns the midnight oil and is feeling testy at the boss might want to set Googles to cover the work week. Just to avoid a feeling of self-loathing and “OMG I can’t believe I sent that” the next day.
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/new-in-labs-stop-sending-mail-you-later.html
June 28, 2007-CIO:
Web Rage: Why It Happens, What It Costs You, How to Stop
by certifiedbug on September 9, 2008
in Browser
CNET, Google fixes Chrome vulnerabilities–but won’t say which
The new version, 0.2.149.29, replaces the 0.2.149.27 that was released when Google launched the Chrome beta version last week. Google started releasing the update Friday, initially to a small number of users, but didn’t make much of an announcement about the change.
Google believes it’s best if Chrome applies security updates not only without a description of what’s changing, but also without an opportunity for users to decide whether to accept the patch.
by certifiedbug on September 3, 2008
in Browser
Shortly after the release of Google’s Chrome, researcher Aviv Raff discovered he could combine two vulnerabilities to trick users into launching executables directly from the new browser.
I really wonder why Google have taken several features from other browsers and mixed them all together. Security wise, it’s very problematic.
They’ll have to track all security vulnerabilities in those features, and fix them in Chrome too. This will probably be only after those vulnerabilities were fixed by the other vendors or were publicly reported. It will put Chrome users at risk for a long time.
Raff’s proof-of-concept shows how a malicious hacker using a social engineering lure can drop malware on Windows desktops.
Aviv Raff On .NET
Contributing to the innovation of browsers through openness
“While we see this as a fundamental shift in the way people think about browsers, we realize that we couldn’t have created Google Chrome on our own,” said Linus Upson, Director of Engineering, Google Inc. “Google Chrome was built upon other open source projects that are making significant contributions to browser technology and have helped to spur competition and innovation.”
Google Press release
Previous Certifiedbug: Safari update fixes “carpet bomb”
by certifiedbug on September 2, 2008
in Browser
A few first impressions, Chrome on a Vista machine.
The Incognito window is interesting, although businesses may not take to employees surfing without leaving a browsing history.
The UI is clean and compact. This beta does not give the option to set a master password to hide passwords from other users.
Opening a tab shows the nine most recently opened tabs and on the right-hand side, “Recent bookmarks” and “Recently closed tabs”.
As this is Google I’d expect contextual sponsored search items may be placed on the page at some point.
Chrome uses a “powerful engine” built for handling Javascript, named ‘V8′, which sandboxes the code running in each tab and prevents one tab from crashing another. Each tab opens a page that is self contained.
Installed on Vista, Chrome is a whopping 46.5 MB.
In contrast, my Firefox is 23.7 MB and Opera-5.61 MB.
Google’s Comic book. Chrome Download
by certifiedbug on May 23, 2008
in Security
Having considered the expert in Experts Exchange to equate with picking up subscribers, I was interested in Corrine’s post at The Security Garden.
Bah! Experts Exchange = Scam Artists
Last week when I read Ed Bott’s Dear Google: Please take pay sites out of search results, I was pleased to see that I am not the only person who has been frustrated with finding that the search results link led to the Experts Exchange. I have always thought that the site is a sad joke.
Try searching the site or clicking on the Trial Membership link and learn that these scam artists are charging an outrageous fee for information provided/collected by other people.
Hmmm, food for thought. There is a wealth of knowledge and assistance available without having to pay for it, provided by forum volunteers, MVPs and Microsoft. Please see my links in the right hand column on the ‘Articles’ page.
Corrine’s complete article
Update: I was informed one doesn’t have to pay to see the answers, one just has to wade through all the advertisements and shady tactics to get a user to register. Ok but I’m simply looking for responses to a user’s problem by performing a Google search which brings up the links.
All comments and solutions are available to Premium Service Members only.
I tried to take a look at a HJT log attachment and received this message:
You must login to access the file you requested
Signin using your Experts-Exchange username and password.
Why would anyone bother to jump through all the hoops and ads when other free help sites have volunteer experts you can post to, or simply read their answers without all that?
Google Sky was formerly available only within the Google Earth software, but with the launch of the web version your browser can become a virtual telescope, zooming and panning across the cosmos.
- Powerful search that lets you browse tens of thousands of named objects.
- Three optical sky surveys that show you what your naked eye would see if it had a really good zoom lens. Try switching to infrared, microwave, ultraviolet, or x-ray to see the sky in a completely different light. Or blend between these views to create unique visualizations on the fly.
- Galleries highlighting the best images from Hubble and many other telescopes.
- Current planet positions and constellations.
- Overlays of custom KML content. (Simply paste a Sky KML URL into the search box, just like on Google Maps.)
- Last but not least, the Earth & Sky podcasts gallery is not to be missed, particularly for those who run a classroom.
Google Lat Long Blog
by certifiedbug on September 9, 2007
in Microsoft
Microsoft’s Live Translator, powered by Systran, has been quietly released.
I received a few 500 Internal Server errors, and not all the translations worked all the time, but it is early days yet.
This does look promising and I prefer the clean interface compared to that of Babel Fish.
Like other translator tools, Live Translator lets you enter a block of text for translation from one language to another, or you can enter a URL to have an entire web page translated.
Three urls are live so far:
by certifiedbug on May 22, 2007
in Security
Google Online Security Blog
Monday, May 21, 2007
Online security is an important topic for Google, our users, and anyone who uses the Internet. The related issues are complex and dynamic and we’ve been looking for a way to foster discussion on the topic and keep users informed. Thus, we’ve started this blog where we hope to periodically provide updates on recent trends, interesting findings, and efforts related to online security. Among the issues we’ll tackle is malware, which is the subject of our inaugural post.
http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2007/05/introducing-googles-anti-malware.html
by certifiedbug on May 16, 2007
in Security
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