Firefox 1.0.2

The Mozilla Foundation, has released Firefox 1.0.2, a month within the release of version 1.0.1.

A critical vulnerability, a GIF processing hole, was discovered by Internet Security Systems (ISS) and the flaw if exploited would make Firefox users running earlier versions of the browser vulnerable to buffer overflow attacks. In February the Mozilla Foundation fixed 17 security vulnerabilities with the release of Firefox 1.0.1. Mozilla though is not planning to have a regular release of patches. Symantec in this week's Internet Threat Report allegedly said that during the second half of last year, 21 vulnerabilities affected Mozilla browsers and 13 flaws affected Internet Explorer. However, only seven of the flaws in Firefox were considered "highly severe," compared with nine in Internet Explorer.

I immediately downloaded and installed the new version of firefox and i am posting this article through it. One strange thing is the default bookmark "Firefox Start Page" in "Firefox and Mozilla Links" folder which was hosted on google site is no longer available.

MSN Music Scenario

The Scenario is an exclusive experience suitable for enthusiasts of the online entertainment. The Scenario represents an unique virtual space, where youths can get in touch with 10 of the most renowned DJ from USA and talk with each of them over MSN Messenger. Scenario comes only a few days after Microsoft released the MSN AdCenter service. (via)

The Scenario lists the Playlist of each Dj and offers download of the song via MSN Music. Now i can get popular songs of those DJ's by sitting here in pune. I love The Scenario.

p.s. Is the name 'The Scenario" suitable for this service?

Will GMail go fully open to public

Yahoo is offering 1 GB storage space to its popular email Service. This offer will be open to all and not invitation based
Whats up GMail? When you are planning to go fully public?
Currently most of the GMail users are offered with 50 invitations. Even if you send 50 invites your quota is again increased to 50 almost overnight. It seems GMail is going public in different manner. I wonder how many GMail users will be out there?? Any guesses ??

A Google OS ?

OSNews has an article on Google OS.
CNet also has same kinda article.

Interesting !!

More on Yahoo! 360

First look at Yahoo! 360

Crossfader is Out

Crossfader is an online community for the global electronic artist. It is in Beta(like my blog) :-)

Crossfader also have own blog which says
We are building this tool to help you connect with people who share your love for creation, great music, technology and modern culture.

Gonna check this out today.

Does Opinions turning against Google?

Really good article!! worth reading it.

Google spokesman Barry Schnitt says Google is not bothered about problems like GoogleX clones, Butler, scrapping and aren't big enough for Google to take action. cool.

This reminds me something
When a Big Fat elephant passes by, stray dogs bark at him. But the elephant is never bothered about it because he knows what its all about. He continues do what he does the best - attracting more and more people.

My Blog is in Beta

Hello dear reader,

This post is a formal announcement that my blog is in Beta. You may find the change in title of my blog. Why to keep blog in beta? Because i am continuously making enhancements to my blog template, working on writing skill, formulating ad strategy and above all, trying to make my blog a source of quality content. During this beta period you may encounter some problems. Please dear readers, help me by providing your valuable suggestions and feedbacks by adding them to comment area or mail me on bytebuzzer at gmail.com.

Happy Blogging..
ByteBuzzer

p.s. Anyone else has blog in beta ;-)

Idealab Desktop Toolbar

Snap’s parent company, Idealab, has just come out with a desktop toolbar for Windows. It resides as a button in the upper left of your screen. When you click on it it slides open to the right and gives you options for searching dozens of sites on the Web . It also lets you simply type a program name to start it. Type “word,” for example, and you instantly get two options, MS Word and WordPad, assuming, of course, that they are on your computer. Click one and it launches.

I was amazed by the number of sites i can search. Also, You can customize your own site for search. Really Nice ! Following image lists the various sites.


Idealab Desktop Toolbar

Few observations:
1.The Search button always remains at the left hand side of the desktop and slides vertically upwards and downwards
2. When clicked on Search button it always shows 4 search boxes. It cannot be reduced. Please make it customizable.
3. The search button will always remain on top of every application.

Yahoo! 1 GB email and YDS update

Yahoo! will be offering free 1GB storage space to its Yahoo! Mail customers, up from 250 MB. Currently, Yahoo offers 1 GB space to paid customers. Yahoo! Mail also announced that it has expanded its powerful suite of security tools with virus cleaning for free, from Norton AntiVirus™, in addition to the virus scanning already offered. Also, it will expand its Yahoo! desktop Search to search Yahoo! Messenger IM messages and Yahoo address books. It has added Yahoo! Address Book contacts to the YDS index, so you can search all of your Outlook and Yahoo! contacts in one convenient place. Like the Messenger integration, your contacts will be searchable both online and offline. Pretty Coool haa !!

Free Goodies from Yahoo! Mobile India

Yahoo has completed ten years, and as part of the Yahoo! Mobile Megafest celebration, it is offering users here, free mobile downloads. As part of the offer consumers will be able to download select ringtones, wallpapers, polyphonic tones, mobile games, logos and picture messages free of cost through the Yahoo! India shortcode (8243) service

To avail of this service the user is required to SMS to 8243 with the word 'FREE', which will further guide the user to download free content. Users also have the option to visit Yahoo's website for more details.

More on Autolink

More on Google Autolink

Check out this 46 minute program where Doctorow, Scoble, trademark lawyer/blawger Marty Schwimmer debate the ethics and legality of Google's new Toolbar Autolink feature.

additional reading:
Danny Sullivan, Google Toolbar's AutoLink & The Need For Opt-Out
Fred von Lohmann, Who Owns Your Desktop? You Do!
Eric Goldman, Google AutoLink and Copyright Law--A Fuller Explanation
Cory Doctorow, Why You Should Love Google's Toolbar
Martin Schwimmer, Google Auto-Link Function Raises Copyright/Trademark Discussion
Robert Scoble, My New Stance on Linking Technologies, Six Guidelines to Judge; A Couple More Guidelines
Dave Winer, Google's Toolbar and Content Modification

The Blog Cycle

Anil Dash publishes a typical Blog Life Cycle
He says
there is no "blogosphere". There are hundreds of blogospheres.

Interesting !!!

InterActive Corp to buy Ask Jeeves

InterActiveCorp, the Internet company headed by Barry Diller, is close to an agreement to acquire Ask Jeeves Inc., the fourth-largest search engine company, for about $1.9 billion (via).

Here is the NYTimes story about it

Also, Yahoo acquired Flickr.

Who is next ??

Google X lookalike

Jason Johnston blog has OSXBar. I found this link via http://shiwej.com/googlex/. However, Jason's OSXBar looks really smooth.

I will try to add one to my blog ;-)

MSN AdCenter

Access MSN Adcenter thorough this link.

However it looks like its still under development.

Update: MSN AdCenter will begin testing in two markets -- France and Singapore. Microsoft is vague about when the test will begin, saying only that it will be within the next six months. By serving as a competitor to Google Adsense and Yahoo! Overture this is expected to lower some of the costs per click.

Creating an open source firewall

http://tips.linux.com/article.pl?sid=04/11/23/2022252&tid=100&tid=47&tid=35

cool. really cool

MS & Cisco over VoIP

CIOL reports that there is clash of titans over VOIP.

"Microsoft Corp. develops software for advanced telephone systems that work over the Internet, it is on a collision course with Cisco Systems Inc., another industry titan with similar ambitions."

"Cisco estimates that corporate business spending on VOIP will more than double to $10.9 billion in 2009 from an estimated $4.4 billion this year."

"Microsoft says that it will work with multiple VOIP hardware vendors to offer its advanced telephony software. It is betting that companies will want to enhance their communications systems by tapping into existing Microsoft software technologies, such as its network directory system, personal contacts manager, and instant messaging systems."

Cisco arranging Webinar for IP telephony

http://www.cmpnetasia.com/welcomeipc/

It covers topics like
IPC for Large Enterprises
Special IPC Leasing Program

It is conducted by experts from Cisco, HP, IBM etc


what more?? First 20 to logon to the webinar gets a copy of "Road to Telephony".

Added BlogMap

I have added BlogMap to my blog page (via). BlogMap is based on the work of Chandu and his team. Great work Chandu...

Currently , there is only 1 more blogger on the BlogMap. But i am sure that there are number of other bloggers out there. I hope everybody will take some time to add them to BlogMap. One benefit of adding yourself to BlogMap is we could arrange a Blogger dinner sometime.