IT Masala

A Tech Curry with a Pinch of Indian Spice

10th May 2008

‘I want to die in a bikini!’ says Sherlyn Chopra

She is the one who acted in the B-grade flick called Red Swastik (as Mona Chopra),and her album Outrageous. Buzz18.com caught up with her and see how it goes !

MaximIndia Magazine covers this hott Sherlyn, have a look at the interview !( :o

And just search "Sherlyn Chopra" on Google images and woo ! , you get some real hott results :P .. 

[ HOT! Sherlyn's latest photo shoot ] [ Sherlyn Chopra Wallpapers ]

6th July 2007

Yahoo Photos Officially Closing on September 20

Officially Yahoo! Photos will be shutdown on Thursday, September 20, 2007, at 9 p.m. PDT. Until then,yahoo_photos.jpg 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.

[ Make your decision ] [ FAQ's ]

 

9th May 2007

MySpace to acquire Photobucket for $250 million

Social-networking site MySpace, owned by Murdoch's News Corp., has agreed to acquiremyspace_photobucket.jpg Photobucket, the Web's No. 1 photo-sharing service, according to a source close to the deal.The source, who requested anonymity because he isn't authorized to discuss the deal publicly, confirmed a story about the acquisition in the blog Valleywag on Monday.

TechCrunch blog said it had confirmed the acquisition at $250 million. Both MySpace and Photobucket representatives declined to comment–which could very well mean that something is going on between the two companies. Or not.

Only last month Myspace had blocked slide shows and videos stored on photobucket, saying the company was violating its terms of service by embedding its own advertisements in the media files.

Many changes and events going on @ Myspace , recently launched news on myspace..and now its acquisition of photobucket..whats next in the row ??

Some Facts about Photobucket :

- Photobucket cited 41 million users.

- site is free for basic use, but charges $25 a year for a premium subscription that includes extra storage space and the ability to store videos more than five minutes long.

- It also displays advertisements to in users account pages.

- unique monthly visitors approx 18 million

- about 45,000 videos added to the site daily. 

Some recent happenings about myspace & photobucket:

- Hackers Promise Month of MySpace Bugs

- Wow-MySpace Account with Over 100,000 Friends Sells for $2,125 on Ebay

- How to Download Any Song on MySpace

- MySpace Blocks Photobucket

- MySpace News goes live

6th May 2007

How to Get Framed Flickr Photos for your Walls?

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Remember those beautiful framed prints from Flickr 333? Now you can have your own photos printed, matted and frame photos sent directly to your home by Imagekind.

How to Get to Imagekind: 

From the Flickr 'Do More' page, click on Imagekind and you'll be taken to the Flickr member page on Imagekind.

Select a photo, choose your framing options, and away you go. Imagekind also provides a way for people to sell their prints to others.

You can read more about Imagekind's service on their blog. Join the Imagekind group on Flickr for questions or comments.

Photos from Planet Vicster and diyosa.

via [ flickr's blog ]

13th April 2007

Alert: Sophos Unveils Latest ‘Dirty Dozen’ Spam Relaying Countries

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Sophos has published its latest report on the top 12 spam relaying countries during the first quarter of 2007.  Experts at SophosLabs have revealed that yet again, the U.S. relayed considerably more spam than other nations, producing just less than one-fifth (19.8%) of the world's spam.

According to Sophos, the overall volume of spam increased about 4.2% during Q1 2007, when compared to the same period in 2006.

The top 12 spam relaying countries are as follows:

 January to March 2007

 1. United States 19.8%
 2. China (including Hong Kong) 7.5%
 3. Poland 7.4%
 4. South Korea 7.0%
 5. Italy 5.0%
 6. France 4.1%
 7. Germany 3.7%
 8. Spain 3.5%
 9. Brazil  3.1%
 10. Russia 3.0%
 11. India 2.8%
 12. Taiwan 2.5%
 Other 30.6%

"Although the U.S. continues its reign over the dirty dozen, it has reduced its output in the past 12 months," said Ron O'Brien, senior security analyst at Boston-based Sophos. "It's likely that computer users in the U.S. are growing wiser and securing their computers more thoroughly."

"Mobile spamming represents a new method for crooked marketers – many people are used to ignoring unsolicited email spam, but they don't necessarily expect it to turn up on their mobile phones," said O'Brien. "Users who receive spam on their mobile phones should call or email their network providers immediately. Although this type of spamming is on the rise, it only represents a small problem compared to email spam." 

via [ Sophos ]

Related Picture :

A nice picture showing the type of spam we get daily …. 

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15th March 2007

Use Free Google Image Ripper to fetch photos faster

 

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Everybody searches for images in websites by visiting the particular site's gallery.i.e You need to visit their site to get pictures which you want. With Google Image Search you get the required photos but you get the thumbnails and you need to click on the thumbnails to get the actual picture. So here is a small tool to bypasses the thumbnail portion of a Google Images search and takes you straight to the results.

Here's an Image ripper which allows you to get straight to the results rather than searching for images with thumnails and then clicking the thumbnail to get the actual image you require.It search is not elegant as the thumbnail preview but it certainly saves yourtime.You can actually choose the size of the display of the images - icon,small,large,medium,xlarge,xxlarge.  enjoy..

 Find images; no more thumbnails, straight to the good stuff

via [ Google Image Ripper

13th March 2007

Store More With Picasa Web Albums 1GB Free Storage(and counting)

Google is highly generous to its users. It gives the best features even more than what we expect.pwapreview.jpg Like Gmail 2.85 GB ( and counting) , Picasa Web Album will also have the same thing with whooping 1 GB FREE Photo storage space.

More free storage -You now have 1GB (and counting!) of free storage.

 

features_picasa.jpgThat's room to post and share around 4,000 standard resolution photos. And also your albums and photos are now easier to link to from any email, IM or website—simply copy and paste the code and you are done.

 

New feature lately added is the search feature in the Picasa Web Album- Search Picasa community photos, discover and explore photos from other Picasa Web Albums users with this new search feature.(Don't worry - they never include your photos without your ok ).

So download Picasa and enjoy your FREE storage. Thank You Google !.

via [ Picasa Web Albums ]

12th March 2007

Wallpapers Nature Scenes(Vista-style)

 
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WallPapers 'NatureScenes: Plant' (Vista-style)
JPG | 1600×1200 | 30 pix | 22 Mb | RAR | RS.com
 
Download Links: rapidshare / up-file  / icefile /
11th March 2007

Latest Rugged & Waterproof Digital Camera

At PMA in Las Vegas this week, the latest in waterproof cameras that can take a beating are on display.

 

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The Olympus Stylus 770SW, which was announced in late January, has a tough metal body built to survive drops of up to five feet.

 

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Pentax is showing its Optio A30, which the company announced in late February. This $300 camera is more suited to snorklers than scuba divers–it's rated to go up to 10 feet deep for two hours.

 

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Here's perhaps the oddest-looking waterborne camera ever seen: the Vivitar ViviCam 6200w. This camera's rubber armor is unique, and it comes in three colors: yellow, black and blue.

Vivitar’s new lineup of digital cameras at the PMA 2007 includes:

-ViviCam 6200W - 6-megapixel digital camera, waterproof to 30ft./10 meters
-ViviCam 7388s - 7-megapixel, 3X optical zoom, 3″ LCD display, MP3 playback
-ViviCam 6385u - 6-megapixel, 3X optical zoom, ultra-slim metal body available in 6 metallic colors
-X625 - 10-megapixel, 6x optical zoom, retro pop-up flash
-DVR530 - 5-megapixel, 640×480 30fps video capture, TV capture/playback, MP3, Webcam

via [ Vivitar

27th February 2007

Britney Spears - Hottest Shots

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