A few of my recent ramblings...
Google phasing out support for old browsers
Posted on January 30th, 2010
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Got this email from google today...
Continue reading...Google tech talk: How to steal a botnet and…
Posted on January 25th, 2010
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I recently came across this interesting video on YouTube – How to Steal a Botnet and What Can Happen When You Do. It’s a talk presented by Richard A.Kemmerer, one of the researcher at the UCSB and part of the team that took control of a part of torping botnet for 10 days. A botnet is a group of malware infected computers which are controlled remotely and often used to steal passwords and phishing. This talk outlines some of the basic terminologies of botnets, the way infection happens and the effects it causes....
Continue reading...The dawn of 2010
Posted on January 1st, 2010
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With just a few hours left to bid goodbye to 2009, WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010!!! Looking back, 2009 has been a great year for me. Lots of new things learnt all throughout, stronger relationships built, lots of people met and what not. On the techie side, 2009 taught me a fair amount of Qt, Python and javascript from scratch. Web designing skill did improve quite a bit owing to things like my blog redesign and other pet projects....
Continue reading...Simple notes: my Google appengine app
Posted on December 31st, 2009
My python programming skills required a brush up and so I decided to play with the google appengine. And the result? A simple notes application that lets you add notes by e-mail or direct message (DM) from twitter. The notes are saved per-user basis and login is with your google account. Currently there is no limit on the number of notes one can store....
Continue reading...Anna University B.E B.Tech Odd semester results(Nov-Dec 2009)
Posted on December 28th, 2009
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Anna University B.E B.Tech Odd semester results are expected to be out anytime over the next few days (as most rumors go, thanks to the usual university practice of not letting the students know when the results will be out). These exams were conducted in Nov-Dec 2009....
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