Wish you Very Happy New Year 2009!

Best Antivirus software

1. BitDefender 9 Standard
Performance: Superior, Ease of Use: Very Good, Features: Very Good, Price when ranked: $30,
Bottom Line: Inexpensive product received excellent scores in our performance tests, although its scan speed was sluggish.

2. McAfee VirusScan 2006
Performance: Superior, Ease of Use: Very Good, Features: Very Good, Price when ranked: $40,
Bottom Line: Relatively good heuristics help VirusScan provide solid protection. Phone support costs $3 per minute.

3. Kaspersky Lab Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal 5.0
Performance: Superior, Ease of Use: Good, Features: Good, Price when ranked: $40,
Bottom Line: Program had the fastest response to new malware outbreaks. Interface is clean but not exceptional.

4. F-Secure Anti-Virus 2006
Performance: Superior, Ease of Use: Good, Features: Good, Price when ranked: $40,
Bottom Line: Solid performer responded quickly in tests and provides best breaking news on malware outbreaks.

5. Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2006
Performance: Good, Ease of Use: Very Good, Features: Very Good, Price when ranked: $40,
Bottom Line: Veteren utility offers solid threat detection and a nice interface. Phone support costs $30 per incident.

6. Panda Software Panda Titanium 2006 Antivirus + Antispyware
Performance: Very Good, Ease of Use: Good, Features: Very Good, Price when ranked: $50,
Bottom Line: This former Best Buy performed well, but not exceptionally, in our newest nonspyware tests.

7. AntiVir Personal Edition Classic 6.32
Performance: Good, Ease of Use: Good, Features: Fair, Price when ranked: Free,
Bottom Line: AntiVir performed the best of the free programs, although it failed to clean several old macro viruses.

8. Alwil Software Avast Home Edition 4.6
Performance: Fair, Ease of Use: Very Good, Features: Good, Price when ranked: Free,
Bottom Line: Free product has a slick media-player-style interface that hides some features. Scan speed was slow in tests.

9. Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security Security 2006
Performance: Fair, Ease of Use: Superior, Features: Good, Price when ranked: $50,
Bottom Line: Former Best Buy performed poorly in heuristics and zoo tests but has the best interface of the bunch.

10. Grisoft AVG Free Edition 7.1
Performance: Fair, Ease of Use: Fair, Features: Fair, Price when ranked: Free,
Bottom Line: Free program has subpar heuristics and one of the clunkier interfaces among the products we tested.

Compare the Prices and Features:- http://anti-virus-software-review.toptenreviews.com/

Serious security flaw found in IE

Source:-http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7784908.stm

New Processor from Intel- Intel Core i7

Source:-http://www.lakbima.lk/

For More Details Visit:-
http://www.intel.com/products/processor/corei7/index.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core_3
http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20080811comp.htm

Do you all know any proxy avoidance sites?

Here are some Proxy avoidance site list.
• http://www.unipeak.com
• http://www.vtunnel.com
• http://www.polysolve.com
• http://www.Atunnel.com
• http://www.Btunnel.com
• http://www.Ctunnel.com
• http://www.Dtunnel.com
• http://www.vpntunnel.net
• http://www.safeforwork.net
• http://www.Backfox.com
• http://www.safelizard.com
• http://www.safehazard.com
• http://www.mathtunnel.com
• http://www.calculatepie.com
• http://www.englishtunnel.com
• http://www.geotunnel.com
• http://www.newbackdoor.com
• http://www.usatunnel.com
• http://www.vmathpie.com
• http://www.cooltunnel.com
• http://www.unfilterme.com
• http://www.avoidr.com
• http://www.stupidcensorship.com
• http://www.guardster.com
* http://www.officialprox.info/

How did one man almost dupe the Sri Lanka IT community?

Some time back we all got a mail saying there is a new browser called Xaurora solely developed by a Sri Lankan (Dr.),
using assembly language, which no longer used for developing such enterprise software. You may refer the following article on dailymirror.
http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=33081
Article is display below.
The actual software behind Xaurora is Maxthan based in Hong Kong you can check out their forum on,
http://forum.maxthon.com/redirect.php?tid=74416&goto=lastpost#lastpost

How did one man almost dupe the Sri Lanka IT community?
By Dinidu de Alwis
Sri Lankan internet users were thrilled when an individual announced the launch of xAurora, a web browser was made with Sri Lankan technology by a Sri Lankan. The website of the browser describes it as "the World's most safest / fastest web browser". The site goes on to say that development work started on the browser in 2001, and that it can compete with the world's giants in web browsing, Firefox by Mozilla, Internet Explorer by Microsoft, Safari by Apple and Opera. The developer of the software, Dr. Sameera de Alwis urges the visitors of the web site to promote it as much as possible, and closes with "Hail Sri Lanka - Proud to be a Sri Lankan". And promoted and appreciated it was, having been awarded the Bronze prize in the "Research and Development" category in the 2006 National Best Quality Software Awards (NBQSA), organized by the British Computer Society - Sri Lanka Section. The website and the documentation that is provided with the software states that it was a creation from scratch, and that it uses features which are "totally innovative from Sri Lanka". But how much of this is true? Was the information technology community in Sri Lanka duped? The software xAurora is an edited version of an already existing piece of software called "Maxthon", and not a new creation by Dr. de Alwis. xAurora came under scrutiny after bloggers and software engineers who were suspicious of the claims that an e mail of the presentation that Dr. de Alwis started making the rounds in the Sri Lankan ICT community made, of the software being coded entirely in Low Level Assembly language, a technology not being used for consumer software anymore. The Daily Mirror contacted Maxthon, based in Hong Kong about the issue and the development team at Maxthon International has examined xAurora and determined that it is, indeed, a hack of Maxthon's 1.x Classic version. Jeff Chen, the CEO of the company, and other members of the development team confirmed that xAurora consists almost entirely of Maxthon code, with the primary change being that the word "Maxthon" has been replaced by "xAurora" in the browser. Chen said that Maxthon is preparing legal answer to restrain the illegal program. He did not say what type of legal action. "After more investigation, we are pretty sure it's a hacked version of Maxthon 1.x," Chen said. "We have never given them rights to modify/re-distribute Maxthon. Some supporters of Sameera de Alwis posted messages on Maxthon's online forum at http://forum.maxthon.com claiming the controversy was begun by Maxthon and that statements by Maxthon developers were an attack on Sri Lanka and that xAurora was really promoting Maxthon."In the official statement issued, the creators of Maxthon state "If you love Maxthon and want to promote Maxthon, please show your respect. Hacking and changing Maxthon's brand / ownership are definitely offending." In the software itself, and personally, Dr. de Alwis claims that the programme was supported by the Information Communication Technology Authority of Sri Lanka. When ICTA was contacted by the Daily Mirror, Head of Communication at ICTA Athula Pushpakumara stated that ICTA had never been involved in the xAurora project. "We have currently commissioned the Computer Emergency Response Team (SL-CERT) to look into the matter," he said and added that the ICTA was looking into taking legal action regarding this misrepresentation. But how did such a piece of software win an award? Upon being contacted, the British Computer Society stated that when nominations are sent, the software is run through a demonstration process to see how it functions. The authors then get the opportunity to conduct a presentation for a judging panel.The Daily Mirror has managed to obtain a copy of the presentation made by Dr. de Alwis. In slide 12 of the 31 slide presentation, Dr. de Alwis states "xAurora web browser is now funded by ICTA - Sri Lanka, ICTA is enabling this browser on their NANASALA @ e-Sri LANKA Project". Both these claims, ICTA flatly denies. "The only connection ICTA had with Dr. de Alwis was as a part of an outsourcing operation, a team of which Dr. de Alwis was a part of in 2006. He has no affiliation with ICTA whatsoever", confirmed ICTA. The Daily Mirror met with Dr. de Alwis to obtain a statement, but he refused to comment on the project itself on the grounds that the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) had instructed him not to make statements as there was an ongoing investigation by the CID into the matter. When requested details to verify these claims, Dr. de Alwis was unable to provide any. He also added that he had contacted Interpol, and that they were conducting an investigation as well. Speaking to the Daily Mirror, the British Computer Society (the awarding body of National Best Quality Software Awards) stated that they are aware of the possibility of misconduct, and that the BCS will be launching an independent investigation. If proved that xAurora was not an original piece of software as claimed by Dr. de Alwis, he would run the possibility of the award being recalled. "We run on trust, and the basic requirement is that the software needs to be created within Sri Lanka. There can be components from external parties, but these need to be cited and should be less than the components done by Sri Lankans," said Ruwan Amarasekera, Secretary of the British Computer Society -- Sri Lanka section.
Related Links:
http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=33081

http://blog.maxthon.com/?p=158

http://forum.maxthon.com/redirect.php?tid=74416&goto=lastpost#lastpost

History of Microsoft Windows

Windows 1.0

Windows 2.0

Windows 3.0

Windows 3.11

Windows 3.11 NT

Windows 95

Windows 98

Windows 2000

Windows Millennium Edition

Windows XP

Windows Vista

Windows 7

Beware-Password Stealing Email

TOP 10 PRIVATE IT and SOFTWARE PRODUCTION COMPANIES IN THE WORLD-2007

Microsoft Bus-Free Shuttle Service

On 29th Sep 2008, Microsoft started bus service for employees & Employees can start work from the bus itself and their office hours counts from the time they start work in the bus.
Traffic jam is quite normal and company do not want to waste the time of the employees in roads.

For More Details Visit below links:-

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/sep07/09-06RegionalExpressBusPR.mspx

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/consumer/seattlelocations.mspx

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Definitions

Internet
a worldwide network of computers that allows the "sharing" or "networking" of information at remote sites from other academic institutions, research institutes, private companies, government agencies, and individuals

Intranet
An intranet is a private network that is contained within an organization that uses computers

Extranet
Group of Websites, each with a different owner, that joined together to share information; often used in supply chain management.

Local area network
Communications network connecting computers by wire, cable, or fiber optics link. Usually serves parts of an organization located close to one another, generally in the same building or within 2 miles of one another. Allows users to share software, hardware and data

Wide area network
WANs are networks that span the distance between buildings, cities and even countries. WANs are LANs connected together using wide area network services from telecommunications carriers and typically use technologies such as standard phone lines (called POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) or PSTN
Metropolitan network
Telecommunications network which is used to connect particular locations to a backbone network

Wonderful definitions of designations at office

1) Project Manager is a Person who thinks nine women can deliver a baby in One month.
2) Developer is a Person who thinks it will take 18 months to deliver a Baby.
3) Onsite Coordinator is one who thinks single woman can deliver nine babies in one month.
4) Client is the one who doesn't know why he wants a baby.
5) Marketing Manager is a person who thinks he can deliver a baby even if no man and woman are available.
6) Resource Optimization Team thinks they don't need a man or woman; they'll produce a child with zero resources.
7) Documentation Team thinks they don't care whether the child is delivered, they'll just document 9 months.
8) Quality Auditor is the person who is never happy with the PROCESS to produce a baby.
9) Tester is a person who always tells his wife that this is not the Right baby.
10) HR is a person who thinks that a donkey can deliver a human baby if given 9 months

Happy BirthDay Google!

Today Google celebrate its 10th Birthday.We wish them Success.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/ten-years-and-counting.html

How to Restore your Active DeskTop?

I am not able to restore my active desktop after clicking on restore active desktop button?

If you use a Windows XP machine in some cases you may seen the phrase “Restore my Active Desktop” inplace of your wallpaper. This usually happens due to improper shutdownsEx:-Power failure, some device failure that may cause the computer to shutdown, some application or windows itself gets confused and triggers the Blue Screen of Death.
Most of the time you can get your previous Activedesktop by clicking “Restore my Active Desktop” button.

If it is not working you can follow the below steps to fix it:-
1. Go Start >Run
2. Type and enter regedit
3. Go to this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\SafeMode\Components
4. Change the value of DeskHtmlVersion to zero instead of decimal 272.
5. Log off and Logon

Now you can see your previous Active desktop.