Denial of Services Attacks and the Need for Re-Thinking Internet Infrastructure...

Recently Meetup has been down for several days due to a reported DDOS attack. What’s important to note here is that large sites...

Spiderman is amazing, Marvel’s offer of free comic books – not so much...

This was a great marketing idea with all online news sources carrying this story including Yahoo. The only hitch is that the Marvel...

namebench: A free and easy way to speed up your internet browsing experience...

Its not everyday that you find a software that makes your life better. This was exactly the case when I tried namebench. Its a free...

Chrome is a better browser than Internet Explorer and Firefox from a security point of view...

Over the last few months, I have had the opportunity to remove several malware/fake ad generators from various people’s PCs and...

Firebug – A nifty plugin for Firefox for CSS, HTML and JavaScript development...

Maintaining websites is a task made difficult by huge CSS definition lists. It used to take quite some time to figure out how a group...

The Thing about Bing...

I was not much of a fan of Microsoft’s Live Search. The only time I used it was to save some money on eBay with a promotion that...

A Brief Discussion on the Pros and Cons of Cloud Computing...

Late last year, Larry Ellison of Oracle remarked that “We’ll make cloud computing announcements. I’m not going to fight this...

Hotpads.com: a Cool map based real estate search service...

A few days back I came across HotPads.com. What sets HotPads.com apart from other real estate search sites is the ability to use a...

Ajax based interfaces are a golden opportunity for new service revenues...

Stable open source JavaScript frameworks like “MooTools” and “script.aculo.us” that offer advanced effects,...

CNN spoof email: Spammers employ creative copy and design techniques...

For the last two days, I have received about 5 spam emails with a suggestive subject line like “CNN – The daily top”....

Who needs plain old TV with Hulu and TidalTV ?...

Hulu and TidalTV are two online services that deliver television on demand. The first time I visited Hulu.com, I watch an entire episode...

Instant online age verification via Integrity...

I came upon this online identity verification service while trying to look at an “adult” video of the upcoming Harold &...

FilesTube.com provides a unified search mechanism for searching several filesharing services includi...

FilesTube.com is a new file search service that I came across. An initial check of the service looks like this could turn out to be...

Widgetbox.com supplies a huge collection of free widgets...

With 36,400 widgets, Widgetbox.com is an extremely useful source for any webmaster who wishes to make his/her web page, Myspace profile...

World class DJs and DJ sets a click away...

“When the sun is cold and black When you wanna scream and shout And the record plays the dark side of the moon” These are...

Network Solutions engages in Unethical and Unfair Business Practices by placing a ‘Hold’...

Network Solutions was once the pioneer of the internet domain registration process. Many years later, the company does not have a domain...

1 terabyte hard drives, 3D applications, 3D intensive gaming, interactive web applications and entry...

Today, I received an email from eCost. I stay on their mailing list just to be aware of what’s out there and at what price. Todays...

How does Iron Man drink coffee?...

I happened to see this sometime back and got to wondering why exactly would Iron Man be served coffee when he does not exactly have...

Domain Registrars and the price of traffic...

Today, I found this terrific domain which had recently expired and was available for registration. My theory about domain names is...

Trojans, Keyloggers, Rootkits, Virii, Blue Screens – keeping Windows clean has become a bit of...

If you’re a Windows user, you must have experienced situations with strange PC behavior such as blue screens, system lockup,...

Sun pays $1 Billion for MySQL...

Today Sun announced that it would be purchasing MySQL for $1 Billion in cash and options. For a company that announced revenues of...

Flyrig – simplifying renting apartments in New York City....

Flyrig.com is a new service that delivers a community driven approach to the process of finding rental apartments in New York city....

Adobe AIR (Apollo) and Google Gears...

AIR from Adobe and Google Gears from Google are two products that bring online applications to the desktop. But these products are...

Newser – customized well selected and visually represented news...

Newser is a new online new service that scans many news sources using both human and automated aggregation. Utiling a visual layout,...

The missing link?...

Continuing on the theme of the last post of incorrectly programmed banners, let’s look at an example of incorrect linkage. See...

Incorrect programming and wasted budget dollars...

If you use a free email account like Yahoo.com or Hotmail.com, you usually see some sort of advertisement inside your email account...

Essential Roadwarrior tools? Enter Zoho.com...

Zoho.com is a new service that has been slowly becoming more and more popular since 2006. This not so well known online service offers...

Trulia: Easy to use service that redefines the real-estate research experience...

After spending 5 minutes at Trulia.com looking at property listings, it became evident to me that this was a service whose forte was...

Make your money work harder using MicroFinance Loans...

Since the success story of Grameen Bank in Bangladesh with their MicroFinance model hit the mainstream media, several organizations...

Linkedin “People you may know” automatic suggestions...

If you’re one of the many thousand relentless networking types using Linkedin, you may have been puzzled/appreciative/irritated...