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Doesn’t this sound familiar to you ?

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100 KB installer for 100 MB application

Google’s Online Security Blog is pointing us to a recently published presentation titled - “Understanding the Web Browser Threat”

This is a pretty old thing. Very old since I don’t usually read Crunchnotes, so I came across an article which

1) is a Bad PR story

2) is “Shady”

3) the FBI is involved ?

4) and lots more..

Mike says it will move to Techcrunch sometime.. but I guess it did not, I tried searching for Qorvis on Techmeme and Techcrunch (yeah… in that order) but it turned up zilch.

So in case you have not read it .. i mean seen it.. here it is.. I am including some great comments too.

Comments I liked …

Dear Techmeme

Racism On The Web: You’re Part Of The Problem

Seeing The Web’s Racist Underbelly Is Saddening and Shocking

Friends Outweighing Hatred On The Web

Not many noticed when Indian media was conned recently, but this is big news when “the photo” was used on the front pages of The Los Angeles Times, The Financial Times, The Chicago Tribune and several other newspapers as well as on BBC News, MSNBC, <

Fake Steve is going away for real.

Here is the epitaph

Here are two interesting and related articles from Guardian

Protect the web, says Sir Tim

We all depend on the web working

Here are some excerpts to give you an idea as to what it is about -

Sir Tim Berners-Lee — the British computer scientist who came up with the idea of the web 19 years ago — said it was vital that scientists and engineers worked harder to understand how the web works, in order to keep it evolving.

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Okay, if you have nothing else to do, I suggest you check out these items regarding Mondegreen

Geeks get a word in with Merriam-Webster

Mondegreens Ripped My Flesh

Merriam-Webster unveils new dictionary words

MERRIAM-WEBSTER HONORS LYRICALLY MISUNDERSTOOD LADY MONDEGREEN

The Times of India and The Indian Express are among the top most respected publications and mos widely read in India. Both of them have a significant online presence especially the former.

Now see this news article a few days back in Times of India.

Cops stunned over Nazi man’s capture
30 Jun 2008, 0521 hrs IST,TNN

BANGALORE/BELGAUM: Sunday morning’s reports about the capture of a former Nazi official on the Karnataka-Goa border have stunned even the authorities of both states.

Learning the English Alphabet .. the geeky way. Would you teach your children in this manner ?

Source : How Web Savvy Parents Can Help Kids Learn The English Alphabet | Pratham | Florencio

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English Alphabet .. the geeky way

I am hardly a geek so i don’t use micro blogging services. I just know twitter. friendfeed ? tumblr ?

Today I cam across Identi.ca news on Techmeme (in fact a real lot of news coverage)

• Google launches its Official Traditional Media Blog
• Google Apps save One million pounds for UK construction firm
• Google now “captures” Flash Content
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The latest issue of New Atlantis points out to an interesting article titled - The Myth of Multitasking

The latest issue of New Atlantis points out to an interesting article titled - The Myth of Multitasking

I love Firefox. Not particularly the Firefox 3 version.. becuase I hardly use the “features” (maybe I am not a power user)

What I am implying may not rank as dangerous as this one but still…

But probably because of a major foolishness of displaying bookmarks instead of recently typed web addresses and also not giving any “easy” option to turn it on or off……