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.Com the Most Dangerous Domain

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Oct 262010
 
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After analyzing 27 million sites, security software provider McAfee has concluded that web sites ending in .com sites offer the most security risk to web surfers.

McAfee found 31.3% of .com sites to be risky.

Hear this – Of all the risky web sites in the world (including country domains such as .us, .in et al), 56% end in .com.

What Does Risky Mean?
Risky web sites can purloin consumers passwords, empty your bank accounts, steal identities and install bots to attack other PCs.

So the next time you download a picture of your favorite buxom Indian actress, who knows what else your PC is getting.

A Faustian bargain, eh?

Country Domains
The riskiest country domain is Vietnam (.vn) and Japan’s .jp the safest. Of course, this could change next year since .vn was considered a relative safe domain last year.

Overall, McAfee researchers determined a security risk in 6.2% of the 27 million web sites it analyzed.

India?
By the way, 3.4% of India’s .in web sites are considered risky.

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 Posted by SearchIndia.com at 10:22 am

Western Digital Debuts New Movie Streaming Box

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Oct 262010
 
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Western digital has introduced a new digital media player WD TV Live Hub that can play movies and other personal content to any TV throughout the home.

Packing a 1TB built-in network hard drive, the new device is designed to play a variety of media file types including popular Full-HD 1080p video formats like .mkv, .mp4 and .mov.

An interesting feature is the ability to stream personal content to multiple rooms at the same time. This means that while the kids are watching a Netflix movie in the family room, mommy and daddy can see the family vacation slideshows in the bedroom.

WD Live Hub

Users can transfer digital media to the internal drive from shared folders on PCs and Macs on the network or directly from external hard drives, thumb drives, camcorders or cameras connected via one of the two USB ports on the device. Continue reading »

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 Posted by SearchIndia.com at 9:34 am

Wi-Fi Direct Products Coming Soon

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Oct 252010
 
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With the Wi-Fi Alliance having started certifying WiFi Direct products, digital media aficionados can expect these widgetry to hit the market soon.

What Does Wi-Fi Direct Do
Wi-Fi Direct certified products do not require the Internet or traditional networks, not even the Wi-Fi, to connect.

The way the specification has been written devices can make a one-to-one connection or a group of several devices can make  simultaneous connections.

The Wi-Fi Alliance is tooting the horn that it’s designed Wi-Fi Direct to support a variety of applications such as sharing content, synching data, socializing, playing games, playing audio and video – stuff that users do with their Wi-Fi devices today, only supposedly easier in future since there’s no worrying about finding an Internet connection.

Connections based on the specification are said to work at typical Wi-Fi speeds and range, protected by WPA2-certified security protocols.

The first bunch of devices to be designated Wi-Fi Certified Wi-Fi Direct are:

* Atheros XSPAN Dual-band 802.11n PCIe Mini Card (AR928x)
* Broadcom BCM43224 Dual-Band 802.11n 2×2 MIMO PCIe Half Mini Card
* Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200
* Ralink MIMObility 802.11n 2×2 PCIe Half Mini Card
* Realtek RTL8192CE-VA4 HM92C00 PCIe mini card

Wi-Fi Direct devices can also connect with older Wi-Fi devices.

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 Posted by SearchIndia.com at 1:43 pm

Philadelphia Chutney Company Review – Ripoff Artistes; Lousy Food; Stay Away

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Oct 252010
 
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Being South Indians, Idlis, Dosas and Medhu Vadas have been part of our lexicon and our menu (both at home and at restaurants) for several decades now.

Never, never (not in Asia and not in the U.S.) have we previously encountered an Indian restaurant where they charge you for the Sambar when you order a Dosa, Idli or Vada.

Not even the Pakistani Dosa Cart in NYC charges extra for the Sambar. It’s kinda like ordering Coffee and and paying extra for the sugar and milk.

But the greedy SOBs at Philadelphia Chutney Company in Philadelphia (where else, schmuck) charge you nearly a buck for a measly 1/2 cup of Sambar (93 cents to be precise). And, boy, was the Sambar bad.

Yuck.

Low on Tamarind, low on Sambar spices and just one forlorn piece of drumstick in our cup.

Not surprisingly, we felt like throttling the kitchen-staff.

Shun the Impostor on Sansom St, Philadelphia

Cold, Bad Chutneys
And the Chutneys that give the restaurant its name come in tiny containers.

As if that were not bad enough, the Chutneys were icy cold (as in just lifted out of the cooler).

How lazy can you be! How greedy can you be!

When your name includes the word Chutney, shouldn’t you be serving fresh, flavorful Chutneys in reasonable quantity.

Hell, no. Not at Philadelphia Chutney Company on Sansom St in Philadelphia

Of the five Chutneys we tried at this dump, the Coconut and Cilantro Chutney were not meant for humans. Most certainly not.

The cold, cold Coconut Chutney showed no evidence any chillies had been used in its preparation while the Cilantro Chutney had a weird taste and flavor.

Tomato Chutney was no big deal either.

Mango Chutney was kinda interesting being sweet instead of spicy as Chutneys usually are while Curry Chutney was slightly flavorful.

Jaundiced Idlis?
Idlis had a weird yellow color. Continue reading »

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Wanna Watch a Bollywood Movie in NYC?

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Oct 252010
 
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The other day we were moving around Times Square and, of course, we bumped into a desi (one of those H1/L1/B1 types on a short work visit) who wanted to find out where to watch Bollywood movies in Midtown Manhattan.

If you are like that desi, we suggest you head to W.42nd Street near Times Square and the Port Authority bus station.

There are two theaters – AMC Empire 25 & Regal E-Walk on W.42nd St near Times Square, between 7th Ave & 8th Ave where you can watch most Bollywood and Hollywood and occasionally indie movies too.

AMC (Right) and Regal (Left) in NYC Screen Bollywood Films

AMC Empire 25
Located at 234 on West 42nd St, AMC Empire screens most Bollywood movies.

On the day of our visit we saw showtimes for John Abraham’s Jhootha Hi Sahi. Ha ha ha, of course, we skipped the Hindi movie. Instead, we went and watched the latest movie directed by Clint Eastwood – Hereafter.

But in the past, we’ve watched Bollywood movies like Akshay Kumar’s humongous piece of trash De Dana Dan at AMC Empire 25.

Regal E-Walk
Located at 247 on West 42nd St right across AMC Empire, Regal E-Walk Stadium 13 & RPX screens most Hollywood movies and occasionally Bollywood movies too. We remember watching Dus Kahaniyan a few years back in Regal E-Walk. Continue reading »

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Red Review – Extremely Entertaining

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Oct 242010
 
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Sometimes even we do the dumbest things.

Like, for instance, not watching Red for a whole  eight days after its release.

Well, we made amends for our ill-conceived inaction during our visit to New York City the other day by hotfooting over to Regal E-Walk Cinema on 42nd St (between 7th Ave & 8th Ave) near Times Square and watching the movie.

And, boy, what a wildly implausible entertainer Red turned out to be.

Ensemble Cast
You got to ask yourself the rhetorical question – With an ensemble cast of Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren and John Malkovich can Red be anything but entertaining.

Hell, it’d be an act of gross dereliction on our part not to mention Mary-Louise Parker and Karl Urban although they are not names you schmucks (particularly the ones living in India) would recognize.

Action-Comedy Plot
Red falls in what you might call the action-comedy genre.

Lots of bang-bang gun fights and fireballs every couple of minutes interspersed with hilarious lines and scenes.

Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Helen ‘Queen’ Mirren and John Malkovich are a bunch of spooks. To be precise, Retired and Extremely Dangerous spooks (so, now you schmucks know where the title of the  movie comes from).

Retired they may be and settled into dull and dreary lives after all the excitement of their past lives, but they still are not a bunch to be trifled with as several bad guys realize through the course of this fast-paced movie.

The romance angle is provided by Sarah (Mary-Louise Parker), a desperate-for-adventure-and-excitement pension services employee at Kansas who is repeatedly called by one of our retirees Frank Moses (Bruce Willis) on the false ground that he hasn’t received his monthly pension check. Continue reading »

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 Posted by SearchIndia.com at 11:22 pm
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