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What is Multitasking? What are we trying to do?

The typical definition of multitasking refers to the ability of a microprocessor to apparently process several tasks simultaneously. As multi-core CPUs entered the market, the "shared computing" of a single processor was then set free to allow for multiple programs to be operating and running applications at the same time. By definition multi-tasking makes computing better, especially if you're a power user. If you are just a regular user, like most people, multitasking should just blend into your work stream in a meaningful way. It's interesting to note that the human brain cannot fully focus when multitasking, people take longer to complete tasks and are predisposed to error. Although being able to run multiple programs on any device is a huge productivity win. I love the ability to check my calendar, quickly switch to a browser, go to an email, then go back to the same browser window or calendar without waiting for it to re-load. This to me is the most natura

Freida Pinto in the top ten world's sexiest women

Slumdog Millionaire" star Freida Pinto appeared in the chart of world's sexiest women for the first time in the British men's lifestyle FHM.The 24-year-old Mumbai native had also featured in the vanity Fair&aposs most beautiful women&aposs list recently. Cole, 25, became the first british to come on top in the last three years. She knocked last year&aposs winner, actress Megan Fox, 22, into second place, Sun online reported. The others in the top-10 list were actress Jessica Alba, who came third, pop singer Britney Spearssecured fourth position while fifth spot went to Keeley Hazell.Other additions to the chart included French President Nicolas Sarkozy's wife Carla Bruni, who was voted 40th sexiest woman in the world. Almost 10 million votes were cast by FHM readers worldwide for the poll.

Microsoft warning: Security hole in Video ActiveX control

Microsoft has warned of a flawed software in Internet Explorer that hackers can exploit to take over some computers. The vulnerability affects Internet Explorer users whose computers run the Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 operating systems.If a victim visits an infected website, hackers can remotely take control of their machine. Microsoft said it was working with partners to patch the weakness in ActiveX Video Control involved in capturing, recording or playing video and is also a main component of Windows Media Center.Microsoft advised users to deactivate ActiveX Video Control until a fix is available. However, the good news might be that the buggy ActiveX Control doesn't affect any major functionality in IE.At worst, the ActiveX Control bug, which affects several versions of Windows, including Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, allows attackers to infiltrate a user's system to download malicious code, typically information-stealing Trojans.Attackers taking advantage

Motorola to test 4G in India

What? 4G, In India? We have had a torrid time implementing the 3G spectrum and license and now that first of the 3G Services have started trickling in, Motorola wants to do a trial run of 4G in India! Technology changes with day and our slow government took lot of time selling 3G mobile phones and wanted to raise about Rs 35,000 crores from trading radio frequency for the existing version. But now, Motorola brings in the next level 4G phones. This could mean spoiling the broth for the government’s plans. 4G can offer upto 70 Mbps download speed on a mobile phone. We don't have those kinds of speeds even on our broadband networks today. That is in a normal broaband network, whereas it takes 4-5 hours for downloading an film with an average space of 700 MB- 1.5 GB, with the advent of 4G, the same movie can be downloaded in 10-30 minutes. Ofcourse, it will come our way with a huge premium, but it could also save lots of online time. This technology is known as Long-Term Evolution(L

Kaash Main Bhi Azaad Hota

Dil toh bahut kuch karna chahta hai, bahut sare armaan hain ismein. Par kabhi yeh is wahah se kabhi us wajah se kuch kar hi nahin pata. Sabse badi museebat toh yeh hai ki kya kaheinge log. Yeh museebat bhi mujhe nahin mere aas pass wale logon ko hai, ki unko kya koi kahega mere liye. Ab hamare zindagi doosron ke nazariye ki mauhtaaj ho gaye hai. Hamara desh toh 63 saal pehle azaad ho gaya but main aaj bhi ghulam hi hoon aur woh bhi logon ke nazariye ki. Kuch karna chaho toh pehli salah yahi hoti hai ki yeh theek nahin hai. Tum abhi samajhdar nahin ho, bhai ab ek 21 saal ka insaan itna bevakoof hota hai kya.Agar hamein akal hi nahin hum bevakoof hai toh pagalkhane mein bharti karwao. Kam se kam wahan toh apna pagalpan dikhane ki azaadi hogi. Pehle kehte the yahan mat khelo, phir hua yahan mat jao, phir yeh padhai karo aur ab isse pyar mat karo. Desh azaad ho gaya but soch azaad nahin hue. Arey bhai hum insaan se pyaar karte hain ya phir uski caste se agar itni hi chinta hai is sabki toh

WO DEKHO SOFTWARE ENGINEER JAA RAHA HAI

( A tribute to all Software Engineers !!! ) Apne Project ke bojh tale daba jaa raha hai, Wo dekho ek Software engineer ja raha hai, zindagi se hara hua hai, par "Bugs" se haar nahi manata, Apne application ki ek ek line ise rati hui hai, par aaj kaun se rang ke moje pehne hain , ye nahi janata, din par din ek excel file banata ja raha hai Wo dekho ek Software engineer ja raha hai, das hazaar line ke code main error dhoond lete hain lekin, majboor dost ki ankhon ki nami dikhayi nahi deti, pc pe hazaar windows khuli hain, par dil ki khidki pe koi dastak sunayi nahi deti, satuday-sunday nahata nahi, week days ko naha raha hai, Wo dekho ek Software engineer ja raha hai, Coding karte karte pata hi nahi chala, bugs ki priority kab maan-baap se high ho gayi, kitabon main gulab rakhne wala , cigerette ke dhuyen main kho gaya, dil ki zameen se armaanon ki vidayi ho gayi, weekends pe daroo peke jo jashna mana raha hai, Wo dekho ek Software engineer ja raha hai,

Clipboard Hack Problem - News about CTRL+C

Ctrl+C may be one of the most frequently used keyboard shortcuts we use every day. But it's not a very safe thing to do while you are surfing the internet. Read on to know why. What happens when you press Ctrl+C while you are online? We do copy various data by Ctrl + C for pasting elsewhere. This copied data is stored in clipboard and is accessible from the net by a combination of Java scripts and ASP. This is called clipboard hack problem. Just try this: 1. Copy any text by Ctrl + C 2. Click the Link: http://www.sourcecodesworld.com/special/clipboard.asp 3. You will see the text you copied was accessed by this web page. Surprised!. Do not keep sensitive data (like passwords, credit card numbers, PIN etc.) in the clipboard while surfing the web. It is extremely easy to extract the text stored in the clipboard to steal your sensitive information. It is true, text you last copied for pasting (copy & paste) can be stolen when you visit web sites using a combination of

Beware before you select “remember password” for any site

You must have seen this warning on many sites that you shouldn’t select “remember password” on a shared computer. Do you know exactly why they ask you to do that ? I would like to talk about one good reason why you should not be doing that. Lets see how its dangerous in firefox when you select “Remember password” for any site. When you click on “Remember” in the above image, anybody can see your username and password(in clear text) on your computer. If you want to confirm it , try this in Firefox . Click on tools->options . Select the “Security” tab and then click on “Show Password” in the pop up window that appears. You (and others who have access to your computer) will be able to see all the usernames along with passwords for all the sites where you selected “Remember password”. So if its your own computer, you can set the master password so that others cant see the stored usernames and passwords. If you are using someone else computer then don’t choose the option of “Rem

Latest Version of Gmail Backup 0.106

This is the next release of the GMail Backup tool - the ultimate one-click solution for doing backups of your GMail account. Here is the changelog of this version: Filenames now uses only characters allowed by operating systems. It avoids many errors reported in our Forum or directly to us. Thank you for bugreporting! Many other errors were fixed, for example [1], [2] and others. Gmail Backup is now translated into Russian, Dutch and Danish. Special thanks to Alex Kachanov, Lode Vlayen and Lennart Christiansen. Can somebody test these localization? And is there somebody who would like to translate Gmail Backup into his language? Don't hesitate and write us. This version contains only bugfixes since the last release 0.105. It is strongly recommended to use this version. Website to download - http://www.gmail-backup.com/

Difference between Java and JavaScript

This post is introduced differences between java and javascript. Javascript is not a java. The following table displayed the differences between java and javascript. Java is an object oriented programming language. In early 1990s, Sun Microsystems developed the Java language. Initially, it was designed to make small programs for the web browser called applets. But later on, Java was used to create application based on e-commerce. There are five main features of Java language: • Provides more flexibility to develop software applications because of object oriented approach. • Easy to use as it combines the best properties of other programming languages. • Allows code written in Java to run on different platforms or Java code is independent of platform. • The code from the remote source can be executed securely. • Built-in support for computer networks. Java also supports automated memory management model that allows developers to get rid of the time consuming method