Microsoft Bugs

BUG #1
An Indian discovered that nobody can create a FOLDER anywhere on the
Computer which can be named as "CON". This is something pretty
Cool...and
Unbelievable... At Microsoft the whole Team, couldn't answer why this
happened!
TRY IT NOW ,IT WILL NOT CREATE " CON " FOLDER


BUG #2

For those of you using Windows, do the following:

1.) Open an empty notepad file
2.) Type "Bush hid the facts" (without the quotes)
3.) Save it as whatever you want.
4.) Close it, and re-open it.

is it just a really weird bug? :-??


BUG #3


This is something pretty cool and neat...and unbelievable... At Microsoft .
The whole Team, including Bill Gates, couldn't answer why this happened!

It was discovered by a Brazilian. Try it out yourself...

Open Microsoft Word and type

=rand (200, 99)

And then press ENTER
Then see the magic...............................

Sumatra : PDF Reader

Most of us might be using Adobe Acrobat Reader for reading PDF files but do you know it is hungry for resources of your system , specially the latest version .Well thats not the only PDF viewer available on internet.

Sumatra PDF is a slim, very fast, free, open-source , fairly young project aiming to create a small, simple and fast PDF viewer. It has a minimalistic design and simplicity has a higher priority than a lot of features.

It main features are showing PDFs and starting up really fast - and it does both just perfectly. Apart form the mentioned features Sumatra PDF is very portable since it has no external dependencies - it is just one file, so you can easily put on your USB stick and bring it with you. Sumatra PDF is based on the open source PDF rendering library poppler.

click below to download SUMATRA

Download Sumatra


Download Sumatra in zipped format

Blu Ray disc

Blu-ray, also known as Blu-ray Disc (BD), is the name of a next-generation optical disc format jointly developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), a group of the world's leading consumer electronics, personal computer and media manufacturers . The format was developed to enable recording, rewriting and playback of high-definition video (HD), as well as storing large amounts of data. The format offers more than five times the storage capacity of traditional DVDs and can hold up to 25GB on a single-layer disc and 50GB on a dual-layer disc. This extra capacity combined with the use of advanced video and audio codecs will offer consumers an unprecedented HD experience.


While current optical disc technologies such as DVD, DVD±R, DVD±RW, and DVD-RAM rely on a red laser to read and write data, the new format uses a blue-violet laser instead, hence the name Blu-ray. Despite the different type of lasers used, Blu-ray products can easily be made backwards compatible with CDs and DVDs through the use of a BD/DVD/CD compatible optical pickup unit. The benefit of using a blue-violet laser is that it has a shorter wavelength than a red laser , which makes it possible to focus the laser spot with even greater precision. This allows data to be packed more tightly and stored in less space, so it's possible to fit more data on the disc even though it's the same size as a CD/DVD. This together with the change of numerical aperture to 0.85 is what enables Blu-ray Discs to hold 25GB/50GB.


Blu-ray is currently supported by more than 180 of the world's leading consumer electronics, personal computer, recording media, video game and music companies. The format also has broad support from the major movie studios as a successor to today's DVD format. In fact, seven of the eight major movie studios are supporting the Blu-ray format and five of them are releasing their movies exclusively in the Blu-ray format. Many studios have also announced that they will begin releasing new feature films on Blu-ray Disc day-and-date with DVD, as well as a continuous slate of catalog titles every month.

Calculations Using DOS

The command processor CMD.EXE comes with a mini-calculator that can perform simple arithmetic on 32-bit signed integers:

C:\>set /a 3+2
5
C:\>set /a 2*(9/2)
8
C:\>set /a (2*9)/6
3
C:\>set /a "31>>2"
7

Note that we had to quote the shift operator since it would otherwise be misinterpreted as a "redirect stdout and append" operator.

For more information, type set /? at the command prompt.

Worms

What is a worm?
A worm is a virus that does not infect other programs. It makes copies of itself, and infects additional computers (typically by making use of network connections) but does not attach itself to additional programs; however a worm might alter, install, or destroy files and programs

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Phishing

What is phishing?
'Phishing' refers to the practice of fraudsters 'fishing' for your details in order to find out and misuse sensitive personal and financial information. Criminals may, for instance, make identical copies of existing corporate websites, or send scam e-mails to elicit a response from you and trick you into divulging your personal information.
Example : Mellisa and Code red

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Free LINUX OS CD's

wanna LINUX CD's shipped absolutely free of cost at your door step ?

WELL UBUNTU is the perfect flavor of Linux , which send you LINUX CD's right at your door step in most of the countries including INDIA absolutely free .

well before i tell you the procedure to get free cd's, lets see what is Ubuntu ?

Ubuntu ( LINUX operating system ) which is an African word meaning 'Humanity to others', or 'I am what I am because of who we all are'. The Ubuntu distribution brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the software world.
Ubuntu is a community developed, linux-based operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. It contains all the applications you need - a web browser, presentation, document and spreadsheet software, instant messaging and much more.

Ubuntu is and always will be free of charge. You do not pay any licensing fees. You can download, use and share Ubuntu with your friends, family, school or business for absolutely nothing.

It issues a new desktop and server release every six months. That means you'll always have the the latest and greatest applications that the open source world has to offer.

LINK to get the free CD's of UBUNTU delivered at your doorstep


CLICK HERE TO GET FREE LINUX CD'S

Fill the required details , don't worry none of your personal details will be captured by them .

So go ahead and get your latest free cd's of Ubuntu ...............

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Hey I got my CD's , and i have started using them too

GNU

What is GNU ?

The GNU Project, pronounced “guh-noo”, was launched in 1984 to develop a complete UNIX style operating system which is comprised of free softwares: the GNU system. Variants of the GNU operating system, which use the Linux kernel, are now widely used.

The GNU project is closely linked to the philosophy of free software, which is central to the projects that derive from it, such as Ubuntu.

NetBeans Free CD

The NetBeans IDE is a free, open-source Integrated Development Environment for software developers. The IDE runs on many platforms including Windows, Linux, Solaris, and the MacOS. It is easy to install and use straight out of the box. The NetBeans IDE provides developers with all the tools they need to create professional cross-platform desktop, enterprise, web and mobile applications.

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Please complete and submit the form present in the link below to receive a free NetBeans free CD that includes the NetBeans IDE 5.5.1, NetBeans Mobility Pack 5.5.1, NetBeans Profiler 5.5.1 and Sun Java System Application Server 9.0update1 Platform Edition. In addition to the standard English distribution, localizations of the NetBeans IDE, Mobility Pack and Profiler are available in Simplified Chinese, Japanese and Brazilian Portuguese. CD will be sent to your doorstep absolutely free of cost .



Click here to get FREE NetBeans CD

Spoofing

What is spoofing ?

Website spoofing is the act of creating a website, as a hoax, with the intention of performing fraud. To make spoof sites seem legitimate, phishers use the names, logos, graphics and even code of the actual website. They can even fake the URL that appears in the address field at the top of your browser windows and the Padlock icon that appears at the bottom right corner.

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Component Object Model (COM)

What is COM ?

COM stands for Component Object Model, which is binary specification for software code re-use. It has a standard that is imposed for the interfaces through which client talks to the component classes. The component’s IUnknown interface helps to maintain a reference count of the number of clients using the component. When this count falls below zero, the component is unloaded.

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All components should implement the IUnknown interface. The reference count is maintained by the following methods
IUnknown::AddRef()
IUnknown::Release()
and interface discovery is handled through IUnknown::QueryInterface().

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Skimming

Skimming is a method used by fraudsters to capture your personal or account information from your credit card. Your card is swiped through the skimmer and the information contained in the magnetic strip on the card is then read into and stored on the skimmer or an attached computer. Skimming is a tactic used predominantly to perpetrate credit-card fraud – but it is also a tactic that is gaining in popularity among identity thieves.


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