Up-File ... Upload, Tag, Share,Download, Delete

Well so you have email accounts with 2 gb space. Big Deal!!! Whats the maximum attachment size.. Muhaahahaha..caught you.

With massive mail boxes and meager attachment limits. Huge File transfers are still an issue. With rapidshare and other hosts having their own issues of time limits, bandwith limits and stuff.

Heres a good solution
Up-File, is a file upload and share utility that allows you to transfer as good as 1GB of file. Well wats more is it will give you a download link and a delete link, to allow you to pass the download links to your friends and then delete it at convenience. It also allows you to email your uploaded file info to your friends so that you dont have to go thru the hassles of email your friends on putting it on th IM.

It also features file tagging so that you can easily browse thru the files that you are interested in and shared by other users. It also features web hosting, but something it is not known for.

Anyways its a good utility to have a look at.

KeepVid

Hmm... so you watched a video on youtube or anyother video streamer. You pretty much enjoyed the stuff and thought you might want to keep it eh?

Well heres the solution,

KeepVid Offers this functionality of choosing to save and download various streamed files on the internet. All you need to do is this


1. Choose the site you want to download from.
2. Copy the link of the page with the video on it and paste it in the textbox above.
3. If you download an flv file, you need an FLV player.

It supports any website,
with major ones like

Google
Youtube
Break.com

iFilm
Putfile
Angry Alien
ArtistDirect
Blastro
Blennus
Blip.tv
Bofunk
Bolt
Castpost
Dailymotion
DevilDucky
FindVideos
Free Video Blog
Grinvi
grouper
Hiphopdeal
LuluTV
Metacafe
Midis.biz
Music.com
MusicVideoCodes.info
Myspace
MySpace Video Code
Newgrounds
PcPlanets
Pixparty
REVVER
sharkle
StreetFire
That Video Site
The One Network
VideoCodes4U
VideoCodesWorld
VideoCodeZone
vidiLife
VIDNET.com
Vimeo
vSocial
Web62.com
ZippyVideos

all inclusive. So what are you waiting for give it a try today here

The Best Place to Find, Evaluate and Install Linux Software

Yeps you heard it right, atleast thats what they claim it to be. Who?
CNR, at cnr.com, say

"Utilizing 5 years of CNR development in one-click software delivery, CNR.com will provide a standardized process for finding, evaluating, installing, and updating desktop software for the most popular Linux distributions, both Debian and RPM based.

Launching in the 2nd Quarter of 2007, CNR.com will be a free on-line digital software warehouse and one-click delivery service designed to solve the complexity of finding, installing and managing software applications on your Linux desktop computer. CNR.com will be the most extensive resource available anywhere for desktop Linux software. Search from tens of thousands of Linux software products, packages and libraries by title, popularity, similar software, category, author, or function, and then install the software with just one click of your mouse."

You can learn a lot more about it on their website mentioned above

A Desperate Guys Linux Report

I am heard many excuses to lure people outta microsoft and shift to Linux. I am an ardent follower and FAN of BOTH the operating systems as each is an expert in ITS domain.

However, I just couldnt help posting this link here as how desperately one can attempt to influence others on to changing their microsoft OS, with all detailed analysis and reports. People may find it INTERESTING.

http://www.thoughtcrime.org/writings/lfa.html

Free Proxy Servers List

I just stepped upon this free proxy servers list on the web thought they might be usefull to you all
You may find it at.

http://www.stayinvisible.com/proxy_lists.html

Possible threat over Windows vista

clipped from news.softpedia.com Windows Vista is wide open to remote code execution via a flaw in Windows Mail. Designed as a successor to Outlook Express, the free email client is an integer part of Windows Vista, shipping by default with the operating system. On March 23 2007, a client-side vulnerability allowing for remote code execution in Windows Mail was published on Full Disclosure. The report claims that the vulnerability was successfully tested on a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate. Microsoft did not confirm the validity of the vulnerability, but it did acknowledge the fact that it is investigating the issue. “Remote Code Execution is possible if a user clicks on a malicious prepared link. Vistas Mail Client will execute any executable file if a folder exists with the same name. There is for example a CMD script by default in C:WindowsSystem32 named winrm.cmd (and also a folder named winrm inside System32),” Full Disclosure informed. Through a client side vulnerability in Windows Mail Oiaga, Technology News Editor

Opensource meets academics

I found this really cool link which talked about opensource utilities that were used by students in their acedemics which are really comprehensive as compared to their branded fellows. Do have a look at them.

Link Courtesy: http://www.unico-arts.de/

The following programs are some of the most common used by college students and their OSS alternatives or equivalents.

1. Open Office---instead of Microsoft office, this alone could save you $200-300. And Open Office has equal if not better features, including a word processor, spreadsheet, multimedia presentation, drawing, database and more.
2. Scribus--This desktop publisher can create documents such as term papers, research papers and more, for much less than Quark Xpress which costs $749.
3. Maxima--Chances are you'll need some type of math software and for higher math and algebra, and why pay for Mathsoft when Maxima is free?
4. BRL-CAD--If you are in an engineering or technical field, you know what TurboCad costs. This software developed by the US military Ballistics Research Laboratory, will cost you nothing.
5. ClamWin--Developed to work with Windows, this antivirus program includes automatic downloads and programmable scanning, just like Norton Antivirus which costs $70
6. Gimp--For GNU Image Manipulation Program, this program or its newer brother Gimpshop can equal Photoshop which retails at $650.
7. SciCraft--For statistics and data analysis, this software rivals SPSS.
8. Kompozer--Built on Nvu, this newer version can provide web design features like Dreamweaver which costs $400.
9. Banshee--For your music needs, instead of iTunes, why not check out this software with iPod synchronization as well as music players, burners and playlist features?
10. Mozilla Seamonkey--Instead of Outlook, this software is an email service and internet browser with Chatzilla features. And you've got to love the name! Now that you know OSS is available, the choices are endless. There are literally hundreds of software programs out there for free or minimal costs. There is even a compilation called "Software for Starving Students" that includes over 40 programs, including games. This software is available for Mac OS X or Windows and includes OpenOffice and Firefox.

Beryll - 3D'ize you desktop

After a few requests that i recieved in ragatech's review and via a couple of emails I am posting Beryl's video on the blog from youtube.

To mention a short few things about the Beryl is that Beryl is an OpenGl application that makes your desktop 3D

It is doing high rounds amongst Linux users since a very long time

Heres a short video on what to expect.

Apple TV Launched

"Apple made its biggest move yet into the living room on Wednesday by starting shipments of the Apple TV box, a gizmo that lets people take music, photos, and video stored on your computer and play them on a television screen

The samll siver box with a white Apple Logo costs 200 dollars and boars of a 40GB Harddisk that can store upto 50 hours of video, 9000 songs and 25000 photos. A remote control lets users watch movies or TV shows bought from Apples itunes store, view photo slide shows or listen to music.

One of the chief complaints is that Apple TV does not -atleast for now - record TV shows."
-Reuters


To Feast your eyes we have this Comprehensive demo taken from youtube

Google Phone - All but a rumour?

clipped from news.com.com March 22, 2007 4:32 PM PDT Despite all the rumors and speculation about a Google Phone, the Web search company is working on software to run services on mobile phones rather than building its own phone, Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray says. The head of Google in Spain and Portugal confirmed last week that Google is working on a mobile phone, but she gave no details. Google spokespeople in the U.S have refused to provide further comment, except to say: "Mobile is an important area for Google and we remain focused on creating applications and establishing and growing partnerships with industry leaders to develop innovative services for users worldwide. However, we have nothing further to announce." There have been reports that the Google Phone would be a Blackberry-like device and that Google was partnering with Samsung, and other reports that Google was in talks with France Telecom Group's mobile-telephony division Orange. Google bought mobile software maker Android in 2005

Fast API Search

This is dedicated to all the programming geeks out there who need to know APIs to programming languages for quick reference to perform various tasks.

This is an excellent site to get the reference. With AJAX based intellisense that categorises results as you type accd. to the programming launguage this one is going to help all thee greatly.

http://start.gotapi.com/

Ballmar Laughs at the IPhone

I want a Freeware Utility to ...

This post is to report an excellent website thats available to solve your common problems.
I want to..... being its punch line you can find freewares for almost everything that you wanted to do with computers or softwares issues in general.

From a Category Span of : Anti-Spyware / Anti-Virus / Anti-Rootkit | Audio / Music / MP3 / Real / Wav | Business / Office / Access / Excel / Word | Communication | Desktop | Editors / Notepad Replacements | Files and Folders | Financial | Graphics / Images / Photographs | Information / Fun / Misc | Internet | Keyboard | Performance / Recovery / System | Productivity | Programming | Uninstaller | Video / DVDs | Windows Explorer Replacements / Shell Extensions | Corrections

This is a good resource worth a look
Visit here!

Another Internet Explorer Vulnerability

clipped from gatzet.info This is another vulnerability issue of Internet Explorer 7. Even though this version is more secure than version 6, in connection with a constructional defect in this specific local help it is possible so that an attacker conducts phishing attacks against IE7 user easily. According to Aviv Raff On this bug affecting Internet Explorer 7.0 for Windows Vista and Windows XP. In order to achieve a phishing attack, an attacker one can in particular manufacture a crafted link that makes local assistance of navcancl.htm that connection with an index contained falsified of the reliable place of as indicated in the link (for example banks, paypal, MySpace). Find out more of Another Internet Explorer 7 Vulnerability

Linux Incompatibility List

Heres presenting to you the Linux Incompatibility List.

Its a list of hardware and et all stuff that is NOT compatible with linux.
The article is posted courtesy leenooks.com

you can visit the site and see a host of hardware that does not work with linux (and some that didnt use too). Its a list maintained collaboratively by the site and the users.
You can add hardware and remove it from the list if you find somethings missing or something that has just made it to the compatibility segment

So go and have your say. Its good information to be updated with.

Google Summer Code Projects

This is to inform that google has started taking registrations for its summer code projects. Details of which can be easily found by googling. Their current page currently faces a few issues but it would be getting ready yet again in a while.

All those coding gurus and geeks, do make utmost use of your skills.
All the Best!

SightSpeed 6.0 - Internet Video Calling

clipped from www.pcmag.com With full-motion video at 30 frames per second, SightSpeed offers the best free Internet video calls around. Version 6.0 also adds an improved interface as well as some new features, such as the ability for Pro users to record a video call locally. Excellent video quality. Unlimited free video calls to other SightSpeed users. Windows and Mac support. Low-cost calls to traditional landline phones. Voice-only calling mode. Chat features are not as full-bodied as those of dedicated IM programs. Version 6.0 further cements SightSpeed's position as the top provider of free Internet video calling. This release features some subtle but noticeable changes to video quality, Windows and Mac compatibility, and a new, streamlined interface. Under the hood, it boasts totally revised code, which is now fully SIP-based. These improvements to SightSpeed's already excellent service are more than enough to garner the app an Editors' Choice. By Davis D. Janowski

Google Maps for Mobile

clipped from www.pcmag.com Internet heavyweight Google has offered powerful mobile services for some time now. Even so, the new Google Maps for Mobile takes things a step further. If you have a Palm OS or Windows Mobile smartphone, Google Maps for Mobile gives you most of the functionality of the desktop version. Although it runs on your handset instead of a desktop Web browser, it's an exceedingly versatile and useful application. At Google's site, you can download and install either version directly onto your handheld. On a basic level, Google Maps for Mobile lets you view detailed road and satellite maps. Once you input the desired location, you can zoom in by pressing your phone's center control pad button, or zoom out again by hitting the Zoom Out soft button (at least on a Windows Mobile handheld; see below). One nice touch is that you can jump several zoom levels in one shot simply by pressing either button multiple times in fast succession By Jamie Lendino REVIEW DATE: 03.15.07

How about 3D Browsing?

clipped from ubrowser.com uBrowser is an open source test mule that renders interactive web pages onto geometry using OpenGL® and an embedded instance of Gecko, the Mozilla® rendering engine. Its primary purpose is to help me integrate Gecko into my company's software - a 3D virtual world called Second Life. What does it looks like? Introduction It's not meant to push the advantages and disadvantages of browsing in 3D although this framework might be useful as a starting point for others who'd like to explore those possibilities.

Steps to Creating an RSS feed

clipped from www.rss-specifications.com 1.) Build a Feed Publishers control what information is syndicated in the RSS feed, so ultimately it is the publisher's decision as to whether to include teaser copy or full articles. Consider what you are trying to accomplish and who your target audience is when building the feed. Software to Build a Feed - http://www.feedforall.com Tutorial for Creating Feed by Hand using XML - http://www.make-rss-feeds.com 2.) Transfer the Feed Onto Your Server 3.) Display the Feed on Your Website Using a Graphic of Some Sort 4.) Include Information in the HTML of the Web Page So RSS Readers Auto-Detect Your Feed 5.) Display the Feed's Content on a Website 6.) Submit the Feed to RSS Directories and Search Engines <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS" href="http://www.yourdomain.com/rss.xml"> Tutorial for Displaying Feeds - http://www.small-business-software.net/display-rss.htm Be sure to replace http://www.yourdomain.com/rss.xml with the URL to the RSS feed.

The Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures

I have seen many a budding students, digging the web for references regarding Algorithms and Data Structures. Hence on request I am putting this link to help all those who need a good reference.

The following resource is considered to be the most comprehensive collection of algorithms and data structures.
Please go through at your ease and comment.

http://www.nist.gov/dads/

Viacom sues Google over video clips on its YouTube site

clipped from www.iht.com Viacom has feuded publicly with YouTube and its parent Google about the unauthorized posting of its programming online. By Miguel Helft and Geraldine Fabrikant Published: March 14, 2007 Since it bought YouTube last October, Google has been chasing deals that would give it the right to put mainstream video programming on the site. Just a few weeks ago, Google's chief executive, Eric E. Schmidt, seemed confident that this courtship of old-line media companies would prove fruitful. "These things take time," Schmidt said in an interview. "There is lots and lots of talking and we have not hit any walls." Now Google has hit a wall. Viacom, the parent company of MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central, filed a wide-ranging lawsuit against Google on Tuesday, accusing it of "massive copyright infringement." Viacom said it was seeking more than $1 billion in damages and an injunction prohibiting Google and YouTube from committing further infringement.

Song Bird - Opensource Hits the Web and Music

Songbird is the new sensation amongst the desktop web players (yeps thats the phrase...)
with play music, play web being their trademark phrase, they strive to integrate the experience of surfing and music toghether (umm..something that i enjoy personally). The call it the digital jukebox and web browser mash up


its opensource and is built on mozilla. It also supports plugins too.

for music enthusiasts and internet geeks this is worth a look.


http://www.songbirdnest.com/

10 commands you never used on Unix

Well the author of this little article boasts of giving 10 linux commands that no one may have used ever (well hypothetically ofcourse).


nyways i knew 3 of dem...try your luck and comment!


http://bashcurescancer.com/10-linux-commands-youve-never-used.html

Surf At Work

Hmm.. I rather doubt how ethical I am on posting this but I just look at it as a means to have some fun testing your company's firewall restrictions

I am sure everybody must have wished to bypass your companies firewall settings to surf through the web, havent u?

Well, then this should surely interest you. I dunno how far might this work because the firewall at my work place is rather linent on us (lucky me!).
Hence you can do this and post your comments regarding its use.

Here you will find an entire tutorial on ways to get through you company's firewall settings.

Bypass now!

Guerilla Mail

Ever wanted to have email address that would expire in say 15 minutes. (A good idea to control spam if you think about it , well also to increase them on the contrary but lets be positive.)

Guerrilla mail gives you the option to do that. It provides you with a temporary email address which you can cannot select by the way. its a random email box that is given to you.

The lifetime of this mail box is 15 minutes. You can view the emails you recieve within this 15 minutes, needless to say you can also send them. After the above span, the account destroys itself and is as good as it never existed. Whats more, this address will never be generated again for anyone else!

You can get one for yourself at http://www.guerrillamail.com/

Linutop the diskless computer

Posting the Home page description of www.linutop.com

Linutop is a Linux-based diskless computer. It offers a completely silent, low-power operation in an extremely small package.

Its main purpose is to surf the internet

Linutop is ideal for everyday Internet usage in:

- Libraries, Schools and Universities,
- Business and Government offices,
- Hotels, Hospitals, Internet cafés, Living rooms.

Beyond Internet surfing,

Linutop is a developer-friendly platform that can be easily adapted to other uses:
- Public Information Displays, Point-of-Sale Terminal,
- Embedded PC (car, boat, plane),

100 Oldest registered Domains

Heres presenting the 100 oldest registered domains in the history of WWW


Create date Domain name
1. 15-Mar-1985 SYMBOLICS.COM
2. 24-Apr-1985 BBN.COM
3. 24-May-1985 THINK.COM
4. 11-Jul-1985 MCC.COM
5. 30-Sep-1985 DEC.COM
6. 07-Nov-1985 NORTHROP.COM
7. 09-Jan-1986 XEROX.COM
8. 17-Jan-1986 SRI.COM
9. 03-Mar-1986 HP.COM
10. 05-Mar-1986 BELLCORE.COM
11= 19-Mar-1986 IBM.COM
11= 19-Mar-1986 SUN.COM
13= 25-Mar-1986 INTEL.COM
13= 25-Mar-1986 TI.COM
15. 25-Apr-1986 ATT.COM
16= 08-May-1986 GMR.COM
16= 08-May-1986 TEK.COM
18= 10-Jul-1986 FMC.COM
18= 10-Jul-1986 UB.COM
20= 05-Aug-1986 BELL-ATL.COM
20= 05-Aug-1986 GE.COM
20= 05-Aug-1986 GREBYN.COM
20= 05-Aug-1986 ISC.COM
20= 05-Aug-1986 NSC.COM
20= 05-Aug-1986 STARGATE.COM
26. 02-Sep-1986 BOEING.COM
27. 18-Sep-1986 ITCORP.COM
28. 29-Sep-1986 SIEMENS.COM
29. 18-Oct-1986 PYRAMID.COM
30= 27-Oct-1986 ALPHACDC.COM
30= 27-Oct-1986 BDM.COM
30= 27-Oct-1986 FLUKE.COM
30= 27-Oct-1986 INMET.COM
30= 27-Oct-1986 KESMAI.COM
30= 27-Oct-1986 MENTOR.COM
30= 27-Oct-1986 NEC.COM
30= 27-Oct-1986 RAY.COM
30= 27-Oct-1986 ROSEMOUNT.COM
30= 27-Oct-1986 VORTEX.COM
40= 05-Nov-1986 ALCOA.COM
40= 05-Nov-1986 GTE.COM
42= 17-Nov-1986 ADOBE.COM
42= 17-Nov-1986 AMD.COM
42= 17-Nov-1986 DAS.COM
42= 17-Nov-1986 DATA-IO.COM
42= 17-Nov-1986 OCTOPUS.COM
42= 17-Nov-1986 PORTAL.COM
42= 17-Nov-1986 TELTONE.COM
42= 11-Dec-1986 3COM.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986 AMDAHL.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986 CCUR.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986 CI.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986 CONVERGENT.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986 DG.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986 PEREGRINE.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986 QUAD.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986 SQ.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986 TANDY.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986 TTI.COM
50= 11-Dec-1986 UNISYS.COM
61= 19-Jan-1987 CGI.COM
61= 19-Jan-1987 CTS.COM
61= 19-Jan-1987 SPDCC.COM
64. 19-Feb-1987 APPLE.COM
65= 04-Mar-1987 NMA.COM
65= 04-Mar-1987 PRIME.COM
67. 04-Apr-1987 PHILIPS.COM
68= 23-Apr-1987 DATACUBE.COM
68= 23-Apr-1987 KAI.COM
68= 23-Apr-1987 TIC.COM
68= 23-Apr-1987 VINE.COM
72. 30-Apr-1987 NCR.COM
73= 14-May-1987 CISCO.COM
73= 14-May-1987 RDL.COM
75. 20-May-1987 SLB.COM
76= 27-May-1987 PARCPLACE.COM
76= 27-May-1987 UTC.COM
78. 26-Jun-1987 IDE.COM
79. 09-Jul-1987 TRW.COM
80. 13-Jul-1987 UNIPRESS.COM
81= 27-Jul-1987 DUPONT.COM
81= 27-Jul-1987 LOCKHEED.COM
83. 28-Jul-1987 ROSETTA.COM
84. 18-Aug-1987 TOAD.COM
85. 31-Aug-1987 QUICK.COM
86= 03-Sep-1987 ALLIED.COM
86= 03-Sep-1987 DSC.COM
86= 03-Sep-1987 SCO.COM
89= 22-Sep-1987 GENE.COM
89= 22-Sep-1987 KCCS.COM
89= 22-Sep-1987 SPECTRA.COM
89= 22-Sep-1987 WLK.COM
93. 30-Sep-1987 MENTAT.COM
94. 14-Oct-1987 WYSE.COM
95. 02-Nov-1987 CFG.COM
96. 09-Nov-1987 MARBLE.COM
97= 16-Nov-1987 CAYMAN.COM
97= 16-Nov-1987 ENTITY.COM
99. 24-Nov-1987 KSR.COM
100. 30-Nov-1987 NYNEXST.COM

What Should I Read Next?

This is the question everyone asks himself after finishing reading a great book! Then we go by reviews of our close friends, and then pick one without having an assurance if it fits your taste or not.

Well this is a thing of past now!

We all now have the convenience of just putting the book that we just read and on the basis of your reading taste you will be suggested a host of other books, which come by a analytic survey of thousands of people. You thus know that you are in better chances of liking what is being suggested.

whatshouldireadnext.com brings you this utility. Just have a look at it and i am sure you wont hate it :)

Ubuntu Studio

Hail O Linux users who double as music enthusiasts and were looking for a music and video editor. Promising a host of features this little baby is planning to step foot this april.

To quote from their words " Ubuntu Studio is aimed at the linux audio, video and graphic enthusiast as well as professional."

You can visit the site at ubuntustudio
you can also view their wiki there.

Open Source for Mac and Widows

Ever wanted to know what open source utilities are available for your mac and windows machines today on the market. Well this post will make things simpler for you.

Feature Open Source Utilities in categories like

1. Web Browsing
2. Video Player / Video Podcasting
3. Instant Messaging
4. Email
5. RSS
6. P2P
7. Video Playback
8. Word Processing / Office Suites
9. Sound Recording
10. Graphics Suite
11. FTP / SFTP
12. HTML / Text Editing
13. IRC
and many more...

you will be amazed by the options of opensource utilities available to you.
There may be a few that you may already be using , Firefox as an example. But then nevertheless its worth a mention.

Visit here to preview and download these utilities

Mac
Windows

The Classic Software Development Problem

I am sure you agree too!

clipped from www.linuxkungfu.org

Fleck - Lets annote!

As Quoted at Firefox addons,
"Fleck allows you to add Notes and Bullets to websites. You can then share these annotated pages with other people.

After installation a small button will appear in your browser. Click that button when you visit a website and you will get a toolbar at the bottom of the page you are visiting.

Add a note or bullet and enter some text, then click the share button and enter the emailaddress of one of your friends.

Your friends will receive an email with a special URL to the annotated webpage. They can annotate too without needing to install anything!"


Find it here

Happy Womens Day

On this special Occasion, Lets review a little bit of woman vocabulary

Yes -> No

No -> Yes

Maybe -> No

We need -> I want

I'm sorry -> You'll be sorry

We need to talk -> I need to complain

Sure...go ahead -> I don't want you to

Is my butt fat? -> Tell me I'm beautiful

Do what you want -> You'll pay for this later

I'm not upset -> Of course I'm upset, you moron!

Are you listening to me? -> Too late, you're dead

You have to learn to communicate -> Just agree with me

You're so.. manly -> You need a shave and you sweat a lot

Do you love me? -> I'm going to ask for something expensive

It's your decision -> The correct decision should be obvious by now

I'll be ready in a minute -> Kick off your shoes and find a good game on TV

How much do you love me? -> I did something today that you're really not going to like


All said and done, its just a joke to have some light moments here at Ragatech apart from the techno jargon.

Happy Womans day to all our readers, Keep reading, keep gaining!

YouTube banned in Turkey

clipped from www.timesonline.co.uk

A holding page on YouTube informs users in Turkey that "Access to this site has been denied by court order!"

A court in Istanbul has issued an order denying access to the video-sharing
website YouTube. The state owned Turk Telecom implemented the ban today
after an escalating dispute between Greek and Turkish users of the site.

The court order was issued yesterday and most internet users logging onto the
site in Turkey are met with a holding page with a Turkish message, which
translates as: “Access to this site has been denied by court order ! ...”.

Macs 8 core Macs arriving soon!

clipped from www.gadgetell.com

Black iMacs, 8 core Macs coming next month?

According to MacScoop, Apple’s got “tons of Mac hardware releases for Q2″ due out next month. Sources tell them we should be expecting a black 24-inch iMac and 8-core Mac Pros. Now, we can’t vounch for the rumors, but a black iMac would definately go along with Apple’s strategy. In fact, they’ll probably introduce the black iMac and charge a $100 premium for it… you know, because they had to use all of that black paint and stuff. We’ll keep you updated as the rumor mill gets started back up moving into the second quarter.

ClipMarks - Only the best part of the page

Ever wondered if you could clip segments of the page that you liked the most and then put them to use just as if they were individual pages by themselves.
If you get the feel of what i am talking about ClipMarks 2.0 is just the tool for you. Featured as the Product of the week at PC Magazine this one can come handy a lot of times..

You can not just clip the pages but also save and share them, post them as blog or just use them as regular pages.

Ragatech Ratings 3.5/5

Reader Post of the Week - Your Visual DNA!

This weeks reader post of the week goes to Vinay Kannan, a great friend and a blogger by hobby.

you can visit his blog at dreamsunited
====================================

The internet is flooded with users that are like minded and not so like minded people. All that sets this phenomena about each of us is wat is termed by a community who claims to design a visual DNA for you, which is nothing but a profile that is made after studying your habits,views and opinions..
so wat are u waiting for ...make your Visual DNA today!

http://dna.imagini.net/friends/

Yugma, Free Web Conferencing

For all the people who are into web conferencing, this tool may not be new, but just moving out of its Beta, this little baby has great things to offer.

Yugma, is all about web conferencing and the best part is that its free, forever. Yugma offers you a great deal of options when it comes to web conferencing.

You can choose to have a one to many conference or a many to many conference.
One to many allows you to make a presentation like a broadcast, handy when you want to make those sales presentations, training, etc.

Many to many option allows you to share desktops, like in a meeting. The host can setup multiple clients and then assign control to one of those as and when required.
This lil baby also integrates well with your skype accounts which you can use for voice conferencing.


You just need to go to www.yugma.com and download the installer on to your machine. Once that is done all you need to do is start a session and then share the session id to all those who you want to join the session.

After joining the session everything is just intuitive and easy to work around with the control pretty much like a messenger. People who have dealt with net meeting will rather work around easily.

It has truck loads of features which can be explored after you install the machine. So do review it today and do suggest your comments.

Quoting from what the website says about its product
"What is Yugma?

Yugma is a free web conferencing service that enables people to instantly connect over the internet and to collaborate using any application or software, using both Windows and Mac. Businesses can connect on-demand and real-time with clients, prospects or employees whether they are across the city, nation or even the globe.

Popular uses include presenting sales proposals, product demonstrations, conducting training, project management, customer service, team reviews, remote support and troubleshooting, and collaboration by web communities such as Skype, Jotspot and Salesforce.com.

Yugma is reliable and secure; adapting to organizational security models like AD or LDAP.

The name Yugma is a word from the Sanskrit language meaning "the state of being in unified collaboration." Yugma, Inc. is a privately held venture-backed company headquartered in Minnesota, USA and has offices in Minneapolis and India."

You can view IBM's case study about Yugma here

Ragatech Ratings: 3.5/5

Happy Holi!

Ragatech and Jhamkudi wishes all its readers a very Happy Holi!
May the festival of colours fill your life with all its colours and bring joy and success to you all!


For the readers that are not from India, probably do not know about the festival.

Holi - The festival of Colours!
Holi, a festival based in India, is celebrated with great fun all over the country. The festival depicts unity in diversity, appropriately signifying the unity that the country is known for.

On this auspicious day, Indians light a big fire, and then apply a colours to each other as a token of their affection to the other.

Lets all unite on this special day against the vices in the world and make this world a better place to live on.

UltraPatient? Crack Vista!

The news has finally arrived, with Microsoft claiming high regards for its new Vista activation feature, this news has sure been a surprise.

With not yet again, people desperate to prove Microsoft wrong, a user proved Vista activation was vulnerable to Brute Force Attacks.
As quoted by PC world magazine
"A user can apparently crack Windows Vista's activation process by applying brute force to come up with valid product keys"
The news caught fire when a website posted a tool yesterday, which actually claimed to work. However its not so easy as it seems. It did apply BruteForce which they claim to extend to billions of years...umm yeah you heard it right (I wonder if nyone would be using it dat long hehehe), even after validating 20000 keys an hour.

So What does Microsoft say about it?
Microsoft's Kochis also downplayed the threat. "Our product activation servers perform a more rigorous analysis of the keys that are sent up for activation than the local key logic does," he said. "Producing keys that will ultimately activate is less likely than just hitting upon one that will pass the local logic."


For a more detailed report read

Yahoo turns 12

Yahoo celebrated its 10th birthday on March 2nd, 2005. Little do we know this is its 12th birthday accordingly :D

Great Going.
On the special occasion of its 10th birthday yahoo had earlier released 100 glorious things that hit the web till 2005. I just happened to trip on it today and was surprised to find its yahoo's birthday today :D

nyways this link is worth a watch if you wanna celebrate great things (memorable) that have come in these years.

http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/

Philips Photonic Textile.

Now that is what you call Technology, and that is why its on Ragatech ;)

Will BitTorrents Legit Stand withhold its Users?

With BitTorrent Announcing its legit stand on media, the idea seems quite a fair one. However, with all the assumptions that BitTorrent makes about their forecasts really makes you think otherwise.

Boasting of about 4500 plus titles on their list and with major tie ups with 20th CenturyFox, Lions Gate, MTV Networks, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. HomeEntertainment and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios,Inc. (MGM) their library sure seems to rock. Some of these films are even pre-DVD release as according to an article.
That just makes BitTorrent a great resource for legal content.

So whats the Big Issue
Well, BitTorrent talks of 1.5 hundered million users (approx.) who have actually installed the software onto their machines. But, these users primarily uses the p2p for illegitimate content forwarding and how many of those would be willing to go legit and pay for these is still a question


So will the big gamble pay off? I guess its just a matter of time we found out.

The Philips Drag and Draw Technology

Lo Behold! Do not stop your kids from scribbling the walls with colours. Well..umm only if you have the Drag and Draw technology in place. The innovative technology empowers you to draw with light on any wall, in multiple colours that you can even mix. With an inbuilt system and projection mechanism, it also adds a good animation and background to support your drawing.

its definitely worth giving a look!
Ragatech Ratings : 4.5/5 ( am I being biased, ofcourse ;) )

The Future - RFID

With a lot of buzz thats going on around these days with RFID's, I thought giving you a foundational glimpse of what RFIDs are capable of. I tripped over this video today and it really gives you a great conceptual view of what RFIDs can do to you production business.