A Simple Solution For Your Myspace Play And Profile View Increaser !!

Since the advent of social community sites & Web 2.0 concept, the real growth & the success of a website now lies on users of that site. Among all the social community sites Myspace has really encashed on the user sentiments & has been the most popular one, attracting millions of traffic on Myspace. As it becomes a popular hub of online social mixing, more & more people & websites are trying to be more visible in the Myspace circle. The simple way of success is the number of hits your profile or player gets. But it gets really tough as the number of people is huge in Myspace.

In photo : The Hellofriendz Player that gives you UNLIMITED hits to the profile and also to the songs...

Hopefully there are number of Myspace Plays Increaser s/w but unfortunately some of them are failed to give UNLIMITED number of hits and the most are not working due to the launch of new Myspace Player. From that dead end, there is the only software called Hellofriendz that has really struggled out from this problem and good to see that it works in new Myspace player as well as it provides you UNLIMITED number of hits to the profile and songs...
Some of the features that usually drag you attention are as follows :

1. Hellofriendz works in New Myspace Player

2. HelloFriendz appeared to be the fastest and most accurate hits producing s/w

3. It gives around 10,000 Hits in just 5min and that too Unlimited.

4. Hellofriendz is the one source to obtain huge number of traffics, revenue, promoting Musics and websites also bookings for shows.

Hence, using this software musicians & bands gets lot of visibility in Myspace & makes their profile the most visited ones, which in turn attracts more people to their profiles in a viral sense & makes then popular . As because maximum number of hits using this s/w will increase your chance to come up in Featured Artist Page and hit the Myspace Top Charts.

In photo : "This could be You" suggest that Hellofriendz will help you to hit the Myspace Top Charts quite easily and make you recognized much faster.

The 2009 musician must have the ability and capability to be both artist and entrepreneur, and to deliver results. Today's artist is web savvy. He/she must move around different blogs, social networks, ezines, internet radio, establish global distribution, online promos, not only know what a bot is or how a proxy works, but know how and when to use it. So obv, MySpace has now become the all on one source to obtain traffic, revenue and bookings for shows. So the next time some industry rep shoots the biz with you after a show, you won't be hard pressed to answer 'what's your myspace play count and profile views', because he'll probably already know them. This type of program like Hellofriendz, outfits today's artist with the tools to establish real fans, revenue and most importantly fame and name.

HERE IS YOUR FAVORITE LINK : http://hellofriendz.com/

What Hellofriendz Can Providing You : Important Features

HELLOFRIENDZ is the fastest and most accurate Myspace Mp3 Plays and Views Increaser for Myspace Bands & Artists by which you can easily increase your myspace plays and boost UNLIMITED

Some of the features that Hellofriendz providing you :

1. It works in New Myspace Player and Support Proxies.
2. It is the fastest Myspace Mp3 Plays and Views Increaser that generates 20,000 plays and hits per day and that too UNLIMITEDLY.
3. It has a DEMO version of 1500 hits FREE for your test ( Hellofriendz give you the opportunity to Judge it first and then decide to Buy )
4. Hellofriendz helps you to get recognized and signed within a WEEK by Topping the Myspace Charts and Featured Artist Page.
5. Hellofriendz does your entire Music promotion even you're not in your seat.
6. The best Myspace Plays Increaser in the Market in affordable price, accessibility and most of all, effective.
7. No hidden cost one-time lifetime Payment for the FULL VERSION.

Try our DEMO of 1500 hits FREE and then BUY.

Here is the link you are looking for : http://www.hellofriendz.com

Customer's Satisfaction is our only motto and Simplicity is our virtue on which we are working

Myspace for Music Promotion

MySpace.com, a rising star in the Internet world, is a valuable marketing tool for musicians. The networking site has more than 65 million users and receives more daily hits than Google. MySpace allows you to post a free Web page called a “Profile,” which can include photos, music files, and videos. After you set it up, you can invite anyone who has access to the Web to visit your page.

With so many potential pairs of eyes and ears at your fingertips, it is becoming a necessity for any musical artist — whether signed and selling or unsigned and hopeful — to have a profile on MySpace. The site can help you gain a following, promote your recordings and gigs, and expose hungry Web surfers to your music. It can also serve as a functional, albeit limited, music Web site if you don't already have your own.

Set Yourself Up :

1. Have a cool layout. No babyish things, or glittery posters. Keep it clean, and choose a layout that looks good. Or just use the built in profile edit that MySpace provides you; that's your best bet.

2. Although it may look cool to have a lot of friends, it could just make you look desperate if you add tons of people you don't know.

3. Join vanity groups, especially VIP.

4. Have an original display name and URL. Make a simple and classy name.

5. Have a good about me. Talk about yourself, and what kinds of things you like to do. eg: Hi. I'm ____ and I'm in the ninth grade. Being Vegan. Keep it simple. And be confident.

6. Try having a mix of obscure bands and popular bands on your list, so people can relate. Have a song you like, and make sure you put of things that show your personality!

7. Ask people to support you.

Promoting Yourself :

Now that you have your profile up and running, it's time to maximize your presence. Well, now this time most of the Musician believe of outside advertising and commenting to others profile and leave them a links may give them greater visibility.. Yes !! it's true but according to the survey this is the worst idea to get popular in this biggest platform Like Myspace..

1. It is time consuming,

2. The time that you take commenting to others profile the less amount of time is needed to make yourself popular... Yes it's true

To make yourself greater visibility in Myspace and that's too in a very least time, a software company came up with a friendly software named as Hellofriendz that works like a Myspace Plays Increaser and provides you UNLIMITED hits to the profile, Musics, videos and more.

The publicity of this s/w is increasing day by day due to the certain reason ad follows :

1. It is the fastest Myspace Plays Increaser

2. It provides you 10,000 hits in Just 5 minutes and that too Unlimited.

3. It works in Proxies and also in New Myspace player

4. Any amount of plays/views you specified will be delivered (80K to 100,000 Hits Per Day)

5. Within a week you will start climbing the charts in your genre.

6. Hellofriendz, outfits today's artist with the marketing tools to establish real fans, revenue and most importantly, a name.

7. Using Hellofriendz you can easily touch your dreams, Eventually you can promote musics, bands, websites, booking for shows, drive maximum traffics, revenues and more just by setting your profile perfectly and without commenting or outside advertising...

In one word " Achieving Your Goals In A Perfect Way Giving A Minimum Effort "

So, the wait is over, please do not waste your money on something else. Think about your career, your futures and your dreams .. Set your Target Now by Hellofriendz.Com

God Bless You

Top 10 Ways To Destroy ' The Internet '

WHILE swimming in the endless sea of news, blogs, social networks and mindless ballyhoo - one has to wonder how to make it stop.

The internet seems to be all-powerful and indestructible - but in theory it can be destroyed in a number of outlandish ways. check out how could you do that ...

1. Cut the cables

To destroy the internet, a strategic starting point would be to destroy the undersea cables that connect every continent.

You could use submarines with giant scissors - but the cables are not that difficult to destroy. Earthquakes, fishing trawlers and shark bites have been known to cause breaks.

2. Cyber war

Cyberspace could become the battlefield of choice for countries wishing to gain the upper hand in an international arena.

Nations could deploy armies of hackers instead of armed military forces to disrupt communications, launch unstoppable viruses and take out sections of the internet. When two superpowers go to cyberwar, the cost will not be in blood, but in 404's.

3. Subvert DNS

Security researcher Dan Kaminsky last year stumbled across a vulnerability in the Domain Name System (DNS) that had the potential to destroy the internet's foundations.

The security flaw allowed hackers to potentially reroute users to any website or block access.

According to Securosis analyst Rich Mogull: "You'd have the internet, but it wouldn't be the internet you expect. (Hackers) would control everything."

4. Eliminate the hardware

Destroying the hardware that allows internet access would be improbable, but not impossible.

This would mean that every single online communications system would have to go down.

One way would be disabling electronics with an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) within a 10km radius. It's not effective on a worldwide scale, but if the idea can be manipulated for a global EMP then it might be feasible

5. Censorship

Both the internet and the World Wide Web were designed as open forums for free ideas and expression, but countries have pushed to censor objectionable materials.

Countries such as China have implemented strong censorship in an attempt to neutralize political opposition. This is dubbed "The Great Firewall of China".

Although censoring the internet only affects parts of the global community, it destroys the idea on which the network was created

6. Botnets

A botnet is the name given to a collection of infected computers (or "zombies") that automatically distribute malicious software, viruses, spam and trojans in an attempt to infect other computers.

The Conficker worm came from a particularly nasty botnet estimated to have burrowed its way into almost nine million computers worldwide. It had the potential of producing 10 billion articles of spam per day

7. Spam

Spam is an inevitable consequence of the internet with advertisers, marketers and Nigerian scams all trying to exploit users.

Spammers all over the world use thousands of zombie computers and in 2007, SophosLabs found that over a quarter of the world's spam originated in the US.

Not only is spam incredibly annoying, it may be used to transmit viruses, trojans and malicious software with the intent of corrupting more computers, turning them into zombies

8. Unstoppable virus

Similar to the scenes in Terminator 3, a self-replicating computer virus with the potential to distribute itself globally and become invulnerable to destruction may not only spell the end of the internet, but the end of humanity

9. Hack the servers

Internet service providers (ISPs) link customers to the world wide web. If they were taken down systematically, many people would lose online access.

This would essentially starve the web of users, content and traffic..

10. Switch off

Switching off means that if everyone connected to a system that accesses the world wide web turns off, it would become a barren wasteland of unclicked hyperlinks and unwatched videos.

So instead of viewing technology galleries you might actually be doing your work

Visit 13above for more fun

The Real Meaning Of Google Wave

Google Wave, the Internet giant's new online collaboration tool, is making, well, lots of waves. Google Wave lets users work on the same content object, dubbed a "wave," which can house both text and multimedia. Users can reply to messages and edit together in real-time.

The question asked to Tom Mornini :

Media : You've said that the long-term impact of Google Wave is probably underestimated. Why?

Tom Mornini: The problem is that people think of Google Wave in terms of the demo video, which does a great job of showing how Wave could achieve the next step beyond current tools for e-mail, which is used in some ineffective ways. The concept of e-mailing around attachments just makes me want to throw up, because it is inefficient and so error prone. It leads to multiple versions with no way to know the message-by-message evolution of the thinking that led to the current draft. The demo showed a better way based on Wave, but most people stop there and think Wave is that application. It's not. Wave is a new way to build distributed applications, and it will open the door to an explosion of innovation.

Media : What did you like about the demo?

Tom Mornini: What the Wave demo showed is support for a continuum from the shortest messages to longer and longer forms of content. All of it can be shared with precise control, tagged, searched. The version history is kept. No more mailing around a document. This takes the beauty of e-mail and wikis and extends it in a more flexible way to a much larger audience.

It is all based on components called Wavelets that are documents that exist in a single version, which is kept current on distributed servers. So if I add a comment or the first entry in an e-mail-like communication, my server has a copy and so does everybody else's server. And then anybody who changes or updates those Wavelets specifically creates new versions of them, and all of the old history is maintained. And that's where they show that very impressive playback capability where you can see the very first message once you're added into a communication and see how the conversation progressed.

Media : Why is the playback facility so important?

Tom Mornini: As a CTO of a growing company, when certain e-mails finally bubble up to my level, it is not uncommon for 20 people to have been involved. Then I have to start at the bottom and read up to make sure you know all the history--that is how the issue started and was analyzed. If the e-mail was a Wavelet, I could playback that conversation from the beginning and see how the analysis developed and who said what.

Media : So, if Wave is not just the demo application, what is it?

Tom Mornini: Google Wave is a platform for creating distributed applications. Each Wave server can be involved in a number of conversations involving Wavelets, what most people would think of as a document. Wavelets are actually a much more powerful and general because they are based on XML, which means you can have lots of depth of content, like headings and subheadings of a book, but on steroids. Adding a document repository to XMPP is just revolutionary.

The XMPP protocol manages the communication between the Wave servers so that all the Wavelets can synchronize as they are changed. Then Google finished the job by making Wavelets tag-able, searchable and versioned, so you can play back changes.

But Google Wave goes beyond just managing the content--it also manages the programs that act on the content. At any level, a program can be assigned to a Wavelet to render it, that is, show it to a user and help manage the conversation. Google Wave also manages the distribution and management of these programs. The idea of a platform that combines management of the data and the code is really powerful.

Media : What's an example of new things that will be possible?

Tom Mornini: Any Wavelet can be assigned to services that act upon it. In the video they show, they can add a spell checker as a service that gets every update to the document so it knows when to re-check it. So people can build additional functionality and sell it in a secured fashion by only accepting Wavelets from clients. This solves a huge problem in the world of how to incorporate third-party services in an application.

The hierarchical security also allows many interesting things to happen safely. Let's say we're on a worldwide mailing list of a million people on this Wave, and you and I want to have a little side conversation. At any point in the tree you can set that only Dan and Tom have access to this document, or this sub-hierarchy. And in doing so, by definition, the rest of that tree is only replicated between those people's Wave servers so that we can have an entirely private conversation within the context of a Wave that we can both share, but you and I are the only people who ever have any chance of knowing that it happened.

The world will be shocked at how many applications will be built there.

Media : Is it interesting to you that the concept of presence, that is, the idea of whether someone is online or not was not emphasized in the demo?

Tom Mornini: In any of the Wave stuff that I've looked at, I don't believe presence has been mentioned. It wasn't part of the demo and I didn't see anything in the white papers I read. I don't think they're planning on that being a big part of it, but I could be wrong. But clearly, it seems that you might want to know if someone was available to communicate with. If I knew you were there, it's not difficult for an application to start up a Wave between you and I, and I can just start typing and if you start responding then we're done. If you are not there, then I send it like a traditional e-mail, which doesn't even really require a send. I just create the document and make sure it is available to you.

What is a wave?

A wave is equal parts conversation and document. People can communicate and work together with richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more.

A wave is shared. Any participant can reply anywhere in the message, edit the content and add participants at any point in the process. Then playback lets anyone rewind the wave to see who said what and when.

A wave is live. With live transmission as you type, participants on a wave can have faster conversations, see edits and interact with extensions in real-time.

But the demo video for Google ( GOOG - news - people ) Wave doesn't capture the importance of the tool as a disruptive and innovative development platform. Tom Mornini, chief technology officer and founder of Engine Yard, a company that offers an integrated software stack for Ruby developers, discusses the real meaning of Google Wave. check it down for the video ...

Visit 13above For More Fun

Jessica Biel Tops Brad Pitt - Internet’s Most Dangerous Search This Year

Actress Jessica Biel has overtaken Brad Pitt as the most dangerous celebrity to search in cyberspace, according to Internet security company McAfee Inc.

For the third consecutive year, McAfee surveyed which A-list celebrity was the riskiest to track on the Internet after Pitt topped the list last year and Paris Hilton came in first in 2007.

Biel, 27, who shot to fame in the TV show “7th Heaven” and most recently starred in “Easy Virtue,” was deemed the most dangerous, with fans having a one-in-five chance of landing at a website that has tested positive for online threats, such as spyware, adware, spam, phishing, and viruses.

“Cybercriminals are star watchers too — they latch onto popular celebrities to encourage the download of malicious software in disguise,” McAfee’s Jeff Green said in a statement.

“Consumers’ obsession with celebrity news and culture is harmless in theory, but one bad download can cause a lot of damage to a computer.”

“Every day, cybercriminals use celebrities’ names and images, like Kim Kardashian and Rihanna, to lure surfers searching for the latest stories, screen savers and ringtones to sites offering free downloads laden with malware,” the statement added.

Coming second in the list for the second year running was pop star Beyonce, with McAfee finding that putting “Beyonce ringtones” into a search engine yielded a dangerous website linking to a distributor of adware and spyware.

Actress Jennifer Aniston was third, with more than 40 percent of the Google search results for “Jennifer Aniston screensavers” containing nasty viruses.

Young Hollywood stars Miley Cyrus, Ashley Tisdale and Lindsay Lohan all edged out Heidi Montag and Jessica Alba who appeared on last year’s list.

They also ranked higher than other young personalities including “Twilight” stars Robert Pattinson who came 30th and Kristen Stewart who was 20th, the Jonas Brothers, Taylor Swift, Lauren Conrad, Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron.

Megan Fox and Angelina Jolie tied as the eighth most dangerous celebrities on the Web while newlyweds Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen came in fourth and sixth respectively.

However, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, who have featured on most celebrities list this year, were not at the top of risky public figures to search.

The Obamas ranked in the bottom-third of this year’s results, at No. 34 and No. 39 respectively.

Brad Pitt came 10th in the list this year.

Visit 13above For More Fun

Google's Search Engine Rival

Rival ... Google

INTERNET giant Google is being challenged by a new search engine " Wolframalpha.com " that claims to answer users’ questions.

A user who asks Wolfram Alpha, “What is the population of Afghanistan?” will be told “27.1million”. Take a look at this snap shot below .

The website — said to be powered by 10,000 computer processors — will also give the user graphs charting the country’s population through history.

Founder Conrad Wolfram said: “We want to give users an exact answer. It will change how people search online.”

Experts say the site answers specific, not general, questions — and it will not recommend “a good restaurant”.

Visit 13above For More Fun

World's Top Technology Battles

FROM Apple vs Microsoft to Star Wars vs Star Trek, we look at the top battles for technological greatness. Check down the list and let me know if you have some more tech competitors in you mind...

iPhone Vs Android - One of the most recent tech rivalries, the HTC Dream using Google's Android technology came exploding on to the mobile market to compete with the hugely successful Apple iPhone.

The rivalry is set to be epic owing to the Dream's open-sourced software which allows budding developers to fiddle around with it, while the iPhone already has a strong user fan base.

Microsoft Vs Sony - Fanboys come out to play whenever there's an argument about which gaming system is superior — the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360.

Led by Master Chief from the Halo series, Xbox fanboys rejoice in the wide selection of gaming titles and a seriously awesome online community.

Kratos' minions who support the ginormous black monolith argue the PS3 has better graphics, is more dependable and has free online play.

Nintendo Vs Sega - The great console wars of the late '80s and early '90s saw the early battle for supremacy to win over the hearts and minds of gamers.

Leading the charge for Nintendo was Mario, the stumpy yet heroic Italian plumber, while the poster child for Sega was the speedy Sonic the Hedgehog.

Spanning the 8-bit era up to the 16-bit generation, it was a race that Nintendo eventually won / Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games — Sega

HD-DVD Vs Blu-ray - It was a short-lived high-definition war but when the dust settled on the battle between next generation formats it was Blu-ray that emerged triumphant.

The battle for your viewing pleasure took a sharp turn when HD-DVD pulled out of the market and allowed Blu-ray to take over its market share.

Pirates Vs Ninjas - When the epic battle erupts, which side will you choose?

What started out as an innocent question has escalated into one of internet culture's greatest rivalries.

Debate has raged on who exactly would win a fight between the two. Pirate enthusiasts will tell you that a pirate's battleground consists of three quarters of the earth's surface and is well stocked with weaponry.

Ninja enthusiasts claim that ninjas are quick, professional assassins and pirates lack depth perception due to visual impairment and their drunken nature. It doesn't matter anyway, robots own all

Star Wars Vs Star Trek - Wars in the future will not be fought on land or at sea, they will be fought in space — or possibly a very tall mountain.

One of the most enduring outer space battles is whether Star Wars or Star Trek is better.

On one hand you have Captain Kirk and his lack of sexual inhibition and on the other you have a whinging Luke Skywalker flailing a lightsabre with no conviction.

Star Wars fans will argue that Star Trek fans cannot decide who is better — Captain Kirk or Captain Picard — while Star Trek fans would rather face a Klingon Battleship than sit through a Jar Jar Binks monologue / Paramount Pictures/LucasFilm — Industrial Light and Magic.

Microsoft Vs Apple - It's the tech rivalry to end all tech rivalries. For years the computer community has been divided between which is better ¿ PC or Mac.

Both sides will tell you that the other is inferior. PC fans will tell you that Macs are an over-priced gimmick while Mac fans will tell you that PCs are overly vulnerable to viruses and they aren't as stylish as the Mac.

Visit 13above For More Fun

Conficker Virus Started Sending Spam From Infected PCs

ONE of the world's biggest computer worms has activated and is now sending spam from personal computers.

The malicious software known as Conficker is slowly starting weeks after being dismissed as a false alarm, security experts said.

Conficker, also known as Downadup or Kido, is quietly turning thousands of PCs into servers of email spam and installing spyware, they said.

The worm started spreading late last year, infecting millions of computers and turning them into "slaves" that respond to commands sent from a remote machine that controls an army of computers known as a botnet.

Many feared it would wreak havoc on April 1, but instead the worm mutated to make it harder to catch.

Its unidentified creators started using infected machines for criminal purposes in recent weeks by loading more malicious software onto a small percentage of computers under their control, said Vincent Weafer, a vice president with Symantec Security Response.

"Expect this to be long-term, slowly changing," he said. "It's not going to be fast, aggressive."

What the worm does ?

Conficker installs a second virus, known as Waledac, that sends out email spam without knowledge of the PC's owner, Mr Weafer said.

It also installs a fake anti-spyware program so users would be led to believe their computer's safe.

"This is probably one of the most sophisticated botnets on the planet. The guys behind this are very professional. They absolutely know what they are doing," said Paul Ferguson, a senior researcher with Trend Micro.

He said Conficker's authors likely installed a spam engine and another malicious software program on tens of thousands of computers since April 7. The worm will stop distributing the software on infected PCs on May 3 but more attacks will likely follow.

"We expect to see a different component or a whole new twist to the way this botnet does business," said Mr Ferguson.

Viruses that turn PCs into slaves exploit weaknesses in Microsoft's Windows operating system. The Conficker worm is especially tricky because it can evade corporate firewalls by passing from an infected machine onto a USB memory stick, then onto another PC.

The Conficker botnet is one of many such networks controlled by syndicates that authorities believe are based in eastern Europe, Southeast Asia, China and Latin America.

What you can do ? 

First of all, make sure your PC has the latest patch from Microsoft and update your security software. If you cannot access your anti-virus maker's website, your PC may already be infected.

In general, you should always be careful when clicking on unknown links. Use LinkScanner to find out if a link leads to dangerous content, and be wary of pop-up windows prompting you to install software such as antivirus or video player updates.

You may also read the US Department of Homeland Security's recommendations at www.dhs.gov, or find out more on Wikipedia

Visit 13above For More Fun

Google Is Getting "Smarter" !!

Google is developing a new product to let people see, in detail, how much electricity they're consuming in their homes--knowledge that should incite many to cut back on their power use, the company says.

Google -the latest high-tech company to jump on the "smart grid" bandwagon--is testing the software product internally with about 30 people and hopes to expand it to more than 200 employees in the next few weeks. Later this year, Google plans to conduct pilot projects outside the company.

The Mountain View, Calif., Internet giant says it is partnering with a host of electric utilities, device makers, regulators and other technology companies to deliver the data to consumers.

One of those partners is presumably Silver Spring Networks, a Silicon Valley company making technology to upgrade the nation's electric grid. Google confirmed Monday that it had made an investment in Silver Spring but declined to provide details. A spokeswoman for Silver Spring also declined to comment.

Other high-tech behemoths, including IBM and Cisco, also are angling to provide technology to improve the aging grid. Right now, the system is old-fashioned and, in many ways, dumb. Utilities can't get much current information about things like outages and power spikes, and most consumers have no idea how much it costs them to use power at certain times of the day.

Google's product, called PowerMeter, is a piece of software that people can view online to see how much electricity they're using every time they run the dryer at 6 p.m. or leave an appliance on overnight.

Google doesn't have concrete plans for how to make money from PowerMeter, but it is yet another product that could drive more Web traffic to the Google site, said Kirsten Olsen Cahill, a program manager with Google.org, the company's philanthropic arm. The coding for the product will also be shared freely, so outside coders can write new applications for PowerMeter.

If 5.3 million people used the new tool and cut back their electricity consumption by 10%, they would save the equivalent of a gigawatt of power--enough to power a large city, Cahill added.

The electricity-monitoring project is also consistent with Google's goal of organizing all the world's information, Cahill said. Getting it to work, of course, will require aligning the interests of government, utilities and manufacturers of things like sensors for electricity meters. That is even before consumers start using it.

Google.org carries out several such "ecosystem" ventures. Its "Predict and Prevent" project, for example, is a disease-eradication program involving health ministries, international agencies and private sector drug and health equipment companies. Closer to the metering project's goal of reducing energy use, Google.org is active in a project it calls "REC," with a stated goal of producing renewable energy for less than the cost of carbon fuels. The organization has made investments in both wind and geothermal energy equipment companies.

Google.org receives 1% of Google's profits and equity, as well as the working time of many Google engineers. They were among the initial 30 individuals to test the iGoogle electricity gadget.

In addition to improving the world with PowerMeter, Google also might soften criticisms of its own dramatic energy use. Computer servers now account for over 2% of total U.S. energy demand. Google, which uses enormous amounts of energy to power its data centers, locates those parts of the business in areas like Washington's Columbia River hydroelectric grid, where juice is cheap. Google has reportedly sought exemption from sales tax on electricity use.

Visit 13above For More Fun

Top 10 Technology Kings Of Cash

When the economy gets ugly, nothing talks like cash in the bank. Although banks and car companies may be pretty much screwed right now, IBM, Hewlett-Packard and other big tech companies are rolling in greenbacks. Check out the list and suggest some more info's you need to be here..

1. IBM

Armonk, N.Y.

Cash and Equivalents : $12.7 billion

2 . Hewlett-Packard [ HP ]

Palo Alto, Calif.

Cash and Equivalents : $11.2 billion

 3. Google

Mountain View, Calif.

Cash and Equivalents : $8.7 billion

4. Dell

Austin, Texas

Cash and Equivalents : $8.4 billion

5. Microsoft

Redmond, Wash.

Cash and Equivalents : $8.3 billion

6. Oracle

Redwood City, Calif.

Cash and Equivalents : $7.4 billion

7. Apple

Cupertino, Calif.

Cash and Equivalents : $7.2 billion

8. EMC

Hopkinton, Mass.

Cash and Equivalents : $5.8 billion 

9. Cisco Systems

San Jose, Calif.

Cash and Equivalents : $4.2 billion

10. Intel

Santa Clara, Calif.

Cash and Equivalents : $3.4 billion

Visit 13above For More Fun

Google's Top Expectations

The rotten economy may have broken Google's string of sequential sales gains, but the search giant's shares surged more than 5% in after-hours trading Thursday thanks to stronger than expected first quarter earnings and year-over-year sales gains.

Google ( GOOG - news - people ) also announced that its longtime sales chief, Omid Kordestani, will be moving to the position of senior advisor to the office of the chief executive and founder. Kordestani will be replaced by Nikesh Arora, now president of international operations, as president of global sales operations and business development.

The moves come after Tim Armstrong, Google's North America sales chief, jumped ship to take the CEO slot at struggling portal AOL in March. Since then Google has laid off 200 employees in its sales and marketing group.

Nevertheless, Google's advertising-driven results stand in stark contrast to those reported by sagging print media titles. The company's net income rose 8.4% in its first quarter to $1.42 billion, or $4.49 cents a share, from $1.31 billion, or $4.12, in the corresponding period a year earlier.

Excluding special items, Google reported earnings of $5.16 per share, beating the consensus estimate of $4.93 reported by Thomson Reuters. After subtracting traffic-acquisition costs, sales rose 10% to $4.07 billion from $3.70 billlion.

However, the results do mark the first sequential sales drop for the online powerhouse, with sales, when not adjusted for traffic-acquisition costs, down 3% from the previous quarter.

Google shares surged $19.52, or 5.02%, to $409.25 in after-hours trading.

Visit 13above For More Fun

Computer Virus Has Experts On High Alert

SOME 10 million computers infected by the mysterious Conficker worm are waking up and "calling home" as instructed by an unknown master controller who used April Fool's Day as the trigger.

Australia's computer response team, AusCERT, was on high alert yesterday as global IT experts monitored regional - first past the dateline - activity, seeking clues to the malware's author and the feared attack plans.

"Infected computers are trying to find a way to call home, but at this stage nothing malicious is happening," said AusCERT senior information security analyst Zane Jarvis.

"We're seeing hosts do the look-up for IP addresses of sites like google.com or microsoft.com, but nothing is responding and they're not getting any IP addresses."

Mr Jarvis said there had been an increase in local network traffic, with infected machines apparently programmed to do standard Domain Name Server requests for a set period, then "go to sleep" for 90 minutes or so before starting again.

"It's possible that the controller will wait for all the attention to die down, and then do something when everyone stops watching," he said.

Also known as Downadup, the malware exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows systems that allows a remote hacker to take control of infected machines.

Microsoft issued a patch to fix the bug last October, and people who regularly update their software are protected, but an estimated 9-15 million computers worldwide may have been compromised.

Security analysts are particularly worried because they don't know what the mystery attacker has in mind.

Threats range from financial fraud and identity theft on a grand scale, to massed armies of computers being used to launch denial-of-service attacks.

IT security vendors such as Symantec are monitoring the situation, and plan to issue updates if any suspicious new activities are detected.

McAfee's regional technical services director, Michael Sentonas, expected more network traffic overnight as users in Europe and North America came online.

"The biggest unknown is whether some dangerous functionality will be unleashed," he said.

Mr Sentonas warned that publicity over the threat had spawned a large number of "rogue websites" offering fake removal tools which people were downloading free of charge.

"Unfortunately, these so-called anti-virus detection and cleanup tools actually download other malicious content, creating a never-ending cycle of threats to your machine," he said.

"Rather than doing a search for free tools on Google or Yahoo!, my advice is always to deal with reputable vendors _ all of which offer free tools and advice."

Late yesterday, the US-based SANS Internet Storm Center maintained its ``green'' internet safety rating, with director Marcus Sachs saying that while "over the next 24 hours Conficker will change the way it communicates, we don't expect much of anything else to happen".
source : http://www.australianit.news.com.au/

Visit 13above For More Fun

Conficker Virus Could Cause Internet Chaos In April Fool's Day

A computer virus which has infected millions of PCs could use April Fool's Day to wreak havoc on the internet.

The Conficker virus has infected more than 10million PCs worldwide and could cripple computers across the UK tomorrow.

Experts have warned that the worm could be used to steal credit card numbers and passwords, or even bring down websites like Google by using an army of 'robot PCs'.

Experts are warning that the Conficker virus could launch a concerted attack on websites tomorrow - April Fool's Day

The virus targets computers running Microsoft's Windows software and has spread to millions over the past several months, infecting machines on Royal Navy warships and inside the House of Commons.

Tomorrow, on April Fool's Day, the virus is programmed to check a randomly generated number of websites for 'instructions' on what the infected computers should do next.

If they were told to simultaneously connect to a single website, the network of infected 'robot computers' known as Botnets could knock it offline by deluging it with hits.

Botnets have been used in the past to generate millions of pieces of spam email and to blackmail websites by threatening to temporarily knock them out.

Experts fear that the bug could be programmed to trigger an attack on the internet - rendering email, banking and other systems unusable.

It would do this by simultaneously sending a massive numbers of search queries or generating millions of pieces of spam email to knock websites offline through the sheer weight of connections.

Experts admitted today they do not know what will happen. Graham Cluley of internet security firm Sophos said: 'The system could turn into a network of 'zombie' PCs used to send email, or attack other websites. It may also be that nothing happens.'

Mikko Hypponen, of antivirus software firm F-Secure, said: 'It is scary thinking about how much control a hacker could have. They would have access to millions of machines.'

Microsoft has offered users free software to remove the worm, and even offered a $250,000 reward for anyone who reveals its writers.

But Ed Gibson, Microsoft's chief security adviser for the UK, said: '1 April is a classic date for anything like this to go off. But I would hate to say it is going to be unlike any other day.'

PC users can protect against Conficker by ensuring their computer is up to date with the latest free security software from www.microsoft.com, updating antivirus software, and not opening unfamiliar email attachments.

source : microsoft.com

Top 10 Tattoos For Internet Freaks

If net surfing is what you are addicted to everyday, then such tattoos are specially meant for you. Check out 9 more pics on tattoos for internet freaks after the jump. Hey also, let me know what you want to wear ... comment whatever you like !!










Check out some more weird and wonderful tattoos worn by dedicated technology fans at HERE...which we have posted few days before ....

Thanks for visiting !!

Visit 13above For More Fun