Google has launched a new beta service last week called Encrypted Google Search using SSL(Secure Sockets Layer) in an attempt to protect the search terms and your search results pages from being intercepted by a third party. SSL facilitates secure Internet communications for services like browsing, instant messaging, and other data transfers from getting snooped or sniffed.
Phishing is nothing but a technique used to commit online fraud to steal personal and confidential information (Identity Theft) which includes credit card number, bank details including password and account information, passport information etc. ICICI bank which is one of the most leading banks in India is being targeted more often than any other in the country. Today I too received an email which is part of the phishing scam and liked to share it with you guys.
Facebook is one of the most popular social networking sites with over more than 200 million active users worldwide. This weekend millions of Facebook users will be fighting up to get a unique username for themselves for their profile making it easier for members to be located online. The web address for member’s profile or groups will contain the username going forward replacing the numeric id’s to easily direct friends, family, and co-workers to your profile.
How many of us can imagine a day without Google ? Web users have already given a taste of life without Google last night as the Internet Search Engine giant experienced some serious technical problems which took them out of service for couple of hours. Lot of bloggers have already dubbed this incident as ‘Great Google Failure 2009’, ‘GoogleFail’, 5/14 etc. Google experienced a similar failure sometime back in February which was popularly mocked as Gfail. Popular Google services including Google Search, Gmail, YouTube, Google News either performed sluggishly or unavailable to users from Europe and US affecting millions.
Google has unveiled new Aussie-developed search technology that makes it easier to find answers to queries when users are not sure about what they are looking for. The new “Wonder Wheel” option has been included in the results page with the search options link. This new wonder wheel allows user to view forums, video and review related to the search or displaying pages updated in the last 24 hours, week or later. The new Google search options were officially announced at the at the Searchology event on 12th of May.
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