Top 5 Riskiest and Safetest Places To Go Online
Internet Security company AVG Technologies has done a report collecting data from over 144 countries involving 127 million PCs to come up with the top riskiest country to be hit by a malicious computer attack or virus.
According to AVG, the Top Five Riskiest Countries are:
1) Turkey, where users have a 1 in 10 chances of being attacked online
2) Russia, where odds of encountering a threat are 1 in 15.
3) Armenia, where odds are slightly better at 1 in 24.
4) Azerbaijan, where the chance of getting hit by a Web-based attack is 1 in 39.
5) Bangladesh, with the risk at 1 in 41.
The Top Five Safetest Countries are:
1) Sierra Leone, where users have a 1 in 696 chances of being attacked online
2) Niger, 1 in 442.
3) Japan, 1 in 403.
4) Togo, 1 in 359.
5) Nambia, 1 in 353.
Google Launches Realtime Search
Google has released Realtime search which allows a user to see up-to-the-second social updates, news articles and blog posts about hot topics around the world. Google search in giving up to date update to conversations much better than Twitter’s own search. The other cool feature is the geographic filtering of status updates. Watch the video for more features.
Check it out at: http://www.google.com/realtime
Make Free Calls From GMail Via Google Voice
Google has begun rolling out Internet phone service built into the interface of its Gmail service letting you make free video and voice calls within the US and Canada for the rest of this year. Call prices for other countries start at $0.02 per minute.
More information about this can be found on the Google blog post:
We’re rolling out this feature to U.S. based Gmail users over the next few days, so you’ll be ready to get started once “Call Phones” shows up in your chat list (you will need to install the voice and video plug-in if you haven’t already). If you’re using Google Apps for your school or business, then you won’t see it quite yet. We’re working on making this available more broadly -- so stay tuned!
Microsoft Leaks Internet Explorer 9 Screenshot
Microsoft Russia has accidentally (yeah right) leaked screenshots of the new Internet Explorer 9 showing what the interface look like. The beta version does not have this interface but uses the IE8 look and feel.
IE 9 resembles Google Chrome with the merging of the location and search bars. Just like Chrome, Microsoft of removed most of the icons from the interface. There is also a more prominent back arrow button and smaller forward button. It is good to see a more simplified interface, but what developers really need is the browser to follow web standards. Otherwise, Microsoft will see a rapid plunge in the browser market share.
Microsoft will launch IE9 beta in September 15.
Google New Search Feature Deliver Results As You Type
Google is testing a new kind of search capability that delivers the results instantly as you type the letters. Google has confirmed to TechCrunch that the video is not a fake. No news when this feature will be released.
Do Not Search For Cameron Diaz
McAfee has compiled its “most dangerous celebrities” search on the internet which lure you to risky sites. Top of the list is Cameron Diaz followed by Julia Roberts, and Jessica Biel.
The other celebrities in the top 10 were model Gisele Bündchen, Brad Pitt, model Adriana Lima, a tie for Jennifer Love Hewitt and Nicole Kidman, Tom Cruise, a tie for Heidi Klum and Penelope Cruz, and Anna Pacquin.
Adobe Moved On From Apple
Adobe has moved on from being shunned by Apple. This is what CEO Shantanu Narayen said during an interview by Telegraph:
Apple made some statements about the suitability of our technology for mobile devices. I think we’ve proven that the technology is not only suitable but it actually significantly enhances the value on these mobile devices. They’ve chosen to keep their system closed and we’d rather work with partners who are interested in working with us. We believe in open systems. We believe in the power of the internet and in customers making choices and I think a lot of the controversy was about their decision at that point. They’ve made their choice. We’ve made ours and we’ve moved on. It’s a business decision. With the energy and innovation that our company has, we’d rather focus on people who want to deliver the best experience with Flash and there are so many of them.
Google Chrome 6 Beta Is Faster And Has Auto Fill
Google has released latest beta of its Chrome Web browser 6 by simplifying its features, autofill, faster page-load speed, and packing it tight with many useful add-ons to enhance your browsing experience.
The new features are: Autofill and it works like other browsers, syncing themes and preferences, streamline toolbar, web timing, and more.
Source: Syncing, simplifying, and speeding up with Chrome’s new beta
Microsoft Launching Internet Explorer 9 Beta September 15
Microsoft will celebrate the Beauty Of The Web event in San Francisco for the launch of Internet Explorer 9 beta. Do we really care about this after the company’s failure to deliver a decent browser? Who uses IE nowadays when you have better options out there like Firefox, Safari and Chrome?
Bill Gates: Web Will Make Universities Obsolete In 5 Years
Famous university dropout, Bill Gates, predicts that university degrees will become less and less useful when users can learn from the best lectures on the web.
Bill Gates said: “Five years from now on the web for free you’ll be able to find the best lectures in the world. It will be better than any single university. The self-motivated learner will be on the web. And there will be far less place-based [college] things…College — except for the parties — needs to be less place based.“
