Month: November 2005

Sun Microsystems Commitment to Eco Responsibility with new UltraSPARC processor

Intel and AMD processor consumes more power as compare to Sun’s new UltraSPARC processor. It is new a technology that stay cool, save energy, and work smart. It consumes less power but at the same time provides the performance. According to Sun,

Networks grow larger, energy demands skyrocket, and natural resources dwindle. Sun is answering the need for sustainable computing with technologies that consume less power, generate less heat, take up less space, and reduce waste.

The UltraSPARC T1 processor

The UltraSPARC T1 processor with CoolThreads technology is the highest-throughput and most eco-responsible processor ever created. . Its 32 simultaneous processing threads, drawing about as much power as a light bulb, give you the best performance per watt of any processor available. Get more information about Sun’s Commitment to Eco-Responsibility

Microsoft to update it anti-spyware software to remove Sony Anti-Piracy rootkit

Microsoft said that it is goona update it anti-spyware software to remove Sony rootkit. It will remove the file-hiding capabilities of the anti-piracy software installed by some Sony BMG music CDs. Get more here

Sify sells out : Biggest dotcom deal since the tech bust

Sify Limited, India’s premier Internet, network and eCommerce services company, and Satyam Computer Services Limited, announced today the acquisition of Satyam’s 31.61% of Sify’s shares for US $5.60 per share in cash by Infinity Capital Ventures, LP, a company controlled by Silicon Valley entrepreneur Raju Vegesna. The total purchase price for the Satyam shares is US $62.6 million.
This is the biggest dot come deal in India post the dotcom crash. Sify was founded in 1998 with $5 million. Sify’s cybercafe and corporate IP/ISP services business are major revenue generator services. Read official press release online.

The national portal of India Launched

National Information Center Department of Information Technology, Minstry of Communication & Information Technology, government of India (NIC) launched the national portal of india to the citizens. This is the first time I saw such massive and neatly designed portal. It is one point access to all central and state government services. You can find out all India government website from its directory.

The national portal of India

The National Portal of the India, developed with an objective to enable a single window access to information and services being provided by the various Indian Government entities. The content in this Portal is the result of a collaborative effort of various Indian Government Ministries and Departments, at the Central/State/District level. This Portal is Mission Mode Project under the National E-Governance Plan.

Citizens can find information related to health, education, employment, Housing, Law and Order etc. On other hand business can find useful information on Business planning, start/register a business in India, growing busing abroad etc.

This is really good step taken by our government and I hope to see more such good stuff in the future. Visit portal online

Linux worm targets PHP based application

There is news of a worm which uses a vulnerability in the PHPXMLRPC libraries to spread a computer virus. It is called as Linux/Lupper.worm. This is not just Linux or BSD specific it would affect anything that use the PHP. McAfee reports that

This worm spreads by exploiting web servers hosting vulnerable PHP/CGI scripts. It is a modified derivative of the Linux/Slapper and BSD/Scalper worms from which it inherits the propagation strategy. It scans an entire class B subnet created by randomly choosing the first byte from an hard-coded list of A classes and randomly generating the second byte.

WordPress blog software is secure from this attack :D Read the McAfee report here. More coverage is here and here.

The E-Mail Time Capsule that automatically email you in up to 20 years later

This is funny but really cool stuff, just imagine you are getting an email from the future.
Forbes.com lets you create an e-mail time capsule that will automatically email you in up to 20 years later. It will be a big surprise for you in the future.

Most time capsules involve cramming stuff into a metal box and burying it in a hole in the ground. It’s a method that works –but it’s so primitive. What if you could write an email to yourself, and be assured of receiving it twenty years in the future?

That’s what we’ve done with this email time capsule. Simply fill out the fields below, decide how long you want the capsule to be sealed for, and hit send. We’ll do our best to make sure the message gets delivered.

I hope email ID remains same after 20 years later and most important Forbes.com capsule keep all the information in database and email them on time ;) The E-Mail Time Capsule is here, don’t forget to leave yourself a secret note for the year 2025

Write code for Firefox and Win an Alienware Computer


They are giving away dual-processor, Firefox-skinned Alienware machines (price tag: $4700) to the three developers who extend firefox in ways that are worthy of such raw computing power. Plus they have got iPod Nanos, O’Reilly gift certificates and Firefox swag. The contest ends January 6th, so you’d read the contest site and get into coding :D Judges and Sponsors are here

The PC looks hot. Wish I could knew much of coding :( In other news firefox is improving its tabbed browsing experience. Google has been doing some usability testing on tabbed browsing. Read full article here