Posts Tagged ‘Internet’

Organization charts of famous companies

July 20, 2011. Tags: , , , ,  •  4 Comments

This is going to be quite interesting and hilarious too. Most of us are aware of the organization charts that exist in almost every company – no matter its size. In smaller companies, it might be relatively simple, but as the company grows, the org chart (as it is commonly referrer to as) becomes complex.

Now you must be wondering why the heck I am giving you gyaan about org charts! Hold on… What I am talking about is the organization …

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Scientists claim to reveal your friendships through online photos!

December 10, 2010. Tags: , , , , , , ,  •  No Comments

Yes, you read it right. Scientists claim that your online photos may help someone extract your friendships! As reported by ScienceDaily on Dec. 9, Cornell University computer scientists have, after comparing locations of photos posted on the Internet with social network contacts on Facebook, Flickr etc., found that as few as three “co-locations” for images at different times and places could predict with high probability that two people posting photos were socially connected.

What the heck it means to the common …

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Life is not delightful for LinkedIn users

September 28, 2010. Tags: , , ,  •  No Comments

As reported in Times of India website recently, Cisco has warned that crooks have inundated LinkedIn with emails crafted to trick members of the career-oriented social networking service into downloading software that loots bank accounts.

Cisco computer security specialists said the messages at times accounted for nearly a quarter of all the spam email sent to LinkedIn members.

The email is a phony contact request and contains a booby-trapped link that, if clicked on, infects computers with malicious software known as “ZeuS.” ZeuS …

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Examples of Email Spam & Fraud (3)

January 10, 2010. Tags: , , , , , ,  •  No Comments

<< Another SPAM EXAMPLE

Here is one example of such a online spam. When you click on this authentic-looking link, you would be taken to some strange spamming site…

Please SPREAD the word. Note that YAHOO and any other email service provider (like Hotmail, Rediff) WILL NEVER contact you with this type of information. DO NOT encourage spam and DO NOT click on any link in an unknown email… If you do so, you may lose all your precious data to …

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Would you like to win Asus Eee Laptop?

July 15, 2009. Tags: , , , , ,  •  5 Comments

Yes, it is true and 100% autherized. ReviveYourLife (RYL) is giving out a free ASUS EEE laptop to celebrate its grand success in the blogging sphere.

The grand prize to be won is ASUS Eee notebook PC with Intel Celeron processor | 1GB DDR2 | 160GB | 8.9″ widescreen | Webcam | Windows XP Home.

In order to participate, simple subscribe to RYL’s feeds. To score more, you may also blog about this contest, link back from blogroll, etc. etc. Interested? Good. …

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