Twitter is the most used micro-blogging service allows users to post status updates via browser, email or SMS and it can also be considered as a kind of social networking or public im service. Twitter rolled out its search functionality by end of April which allows users to search the text of Twitter posts. Now Twitter is planning to get much deeper by crawling into the links included in tweets and indexing the content of those pages.
McAfee released its first quarter threat report last week on 5th of may has found that cyber criminals had taken control of almost 12 million new IP Addresses since last January which is a 50% increase since 2008. The report also revealed that United States is now the home to the largest percentage of botnet-infected computers, hosting 18% followed by China at the second position with 13% and Australia at the third with 6% of all zombie machines.
Online privacy is really on high risk these days as identity thefts are very common these days and most of the time user unawareness lead to these problems. So people especially young users are being urged to think before they upload their personal information, pictures online to protect their privacy. Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities (APPA) has declared May for the first time as the Privacy Awareness Week to increase the awareness among the youth.
Microsoft released Windows 7 RC day before yesterday and Hundreds of thousands of people have already downloaded Windows 7 Release candidate so far have given good review comments on blogs, message board posts and tweets which is lot better compared to Windows Vista. Microsoft has announced that the Windows 7 RC will be available to download at least till late June and Microsoft is also not limiting the number of product keys giving users enough time to download without any urge. Microsoft has learnt a lesson from the last fiasco which knocked the server down when Windows 7 beta was released last January for a limited period.
Microsoft releases free copies of Windows 7, its new operating system in a bid to win the disgruntled Windows Vista users back. Microsoft is also expected to release Windows XP Mode, a compatibility tool to help users migrating from XP to Windows 7 with this release. Australian users can download Windows 7 RC from today and can use it free for a year. Windows 7 RC incorporates all the bug fixes and feedbacks from the Windows 7 beta which was released sometime back.
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