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Google said on Monday it has agreed to acquire e-mail security company Postini for $625 million expanding its package of online applications to compete with Microsoft's Office software.

Google said its Google Apps has been adopted by more than 100,000 businesses to date.

"With this transaction, we're reinforcing our commitment to delivering compelling hosted applications to businesses of all sizes," said Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt in a statement.

Google said Postini will become a wholly owned subsidiary. The deal is expected to close by the end of the third quarter.

Even Postini has put up on their homepage(title too) too have a look. Postini 

When we search on Google…here's a screenshot..have a look.

Learn More.. 

via [ zdnet ] 

Officially Yahoo! Photos will be shutdown on Thursday, September 20, 2007, at 9 p.m. PDT. Until then, they are offering you the opportunity to move to another photo sharing service , download your original-resolution photos back to your computer, or buy an archive CD from our featured partner (for users of the New Yahoo! Photos only).

All you need to do is tell Yahoo what to do with your photos before they close, after which any photos remaining on Yahoo! Photos will be deleted and no longer accessible.

Suggested Photo sharing sites to migrate : Flickr, KODAK Gallery, Shutterfly, Snapfish, or Photobucket

Submit your decision by Thursday, September 20, 2007, at 9 p.m. PDT. After that time, any photos remaining in Yahoo! Photos will be deleted.

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Apple's new web browser for Windows was downloaded more than a million times in the first 48 hours of its release, the computer group has said.

The Windows version of Apple's Safari will compete with Microsoft's Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox and expand the 4.9% market share it enjoys.

Steve Jobs launched "the fastest browser on Windows", saying it was twice as fast as Internet Explorer. It was previously only available for Macintosh computers.

[ Download ] 7.97mb [ Apple Safari ]

These laptops are on the heavy side, but they're ideal replacements for desktop PCs.

These overhyped social networks will soon crumble under the weight of overhyped expectations.

Dont get too much attached to these social networking sites. PC Magazine says all these sites will be gone by this decade. MySpace could be the first to collapse. Oh !! So why does they say this ..lets see some of the reasons.

- All share a common thread: overreaching ambition and impossible expectations. They live, to an extent, inside the second Internet bubble.

- Myspace : It's huge, ugly, unmonitored, unrestrained, and pointless.It all looks like garbage. Seriously, have you ever looked at a MySpace page? The frames are ugly, the backgrounds even uglier, and the overall look is horrible..

- More and more predators are using these sites to prey on underage teens.

- Second Life : Reality is, are these virtual company stores building any additional brand recognition simply by being there. The Companies' virtual stores sit empty. 

So everybody feel the reality - enough of virtual space and money ..

- Twitter : Twitter is popular now because the Web cognoscenti are using it. This bunch of eggheads prides itself on irony and witticism. They treat the site like some sort of ongoing haiku contest.

We agree to the reasons given for saying that these sites will be doomed by this decade, but there are few of them who have maintained and have an organized way of people interaction. We love Google's Orkut. This was neat before and now too..  So as far as Orkut is concerned, it will be the next best thing which will happen in this decade. People cherish their experiences about Orkut- We meet old friends, forgotten friends…so its the ultimate platform for people interaction. 

A handy shell extension, that allows you to pause and resume file copies under Windows.

Total Copy is a improved version of Windows' copy-function.It allows you to pause and resume file copies under Windows. It integrates into the right click menu and becomes available whenever you drag files or folders to copy them. You can adjust the copy speed, pause and resume at any point of time.

Special features include :

- Pause / Resuming : At any time you may pause the copy-prosess, and continue later. This is an awesome feature..

- Faster than Windows : Copies slightly faster than Windows (approx. 10% localy, and 1% on network)

- Resuming on powerfailure-If the computer is turned off during the copyprosess (ex. power-loss or system-crash), Total Copy let's you resume when you restart.

How to Use :

When you normally copy something in Windows, you drag the files from one folder to another using your left mousebutton. If you drag the files using the right mousebutton, you will get a menu like the one to the right. 
Now, select "Total Copy here" instead of Window's "Copy here".

Its highly light and super fast. One of the best copying softwares we have ever used.

Lastest official version 1.10 : Download Now tcopy.exe (252 KB) Mirror  [ Total Copy ]

Ubuntu Guide explains on how to make backups of your digital media. Follow these simple steps to create .iso disk images of your CD/DVD. This is not specific to Ubuntu, you can use the steps to create .iso and MD5 checksum files in any distro.

Steps :

Turn a CD/DVD into an .iso
sudo umount /dev/cdrom
dd if=/dev/cdrom of=file.iso bs=1024
Turn a folder into an .iso
mkisofs -r -o file.iso /location_of_folder/
Generate an MD5 checksum file
md5sum file.iso > file.iso.md5

How to create Image (ISO) files from CD/DVD [Ubuntu Guide]