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Convert YouTube, Google Video, etc Flash FLV to AVI/MOV/MP4 online

Ack:- Parth Barot

Visy.net converts a FLV file (Youtube‘s movie,etc) to another format (AVI/MOV/MP4/MP3). The service is using a unique technologies (JP), and converts FLV to MPEG4 faster and losslessy than a typical transcoder. When you submit an url, this service will download and convert the video format. Then you can download the converted file.

Find the Service @ Vixy.net

Google ready to buy Adscape for $23-m

Google Inc. has agreed to acquire in-game advertising company Adscape Media Inc. for $23 million, according to technology site Red Herring, which cited sources familiar with the matter.

A Google spokesman declined comment, saying the company’s policy is not to respond to “rumor or speculation.”

Video game industry analysts said the acquisition, if successful, could give a boost to the nascent in-game advertising market.

Adscape competes with advertising start-ups Double Fusion and IGA Worldwide, which have already inked deals with major publishers.

It also has a rival in Microsoft Corp., which last year paid $200 million for in-game ad company Massive Inc. — lured by Massive’s agreements to place ads in online games from UbiSoft Entertainment SA, THQ Inc. and Take- Two Interactive Software Inc

Read More @ CIOL.com

Win RAR partners with HCL, India’s leading IT Company

Win.rar GmbH is proud to announce their partnership with India’s premier information enabling and integration company and developer of India’s first PC. Under this alliance, HCL Infosystems Ltd. will offer WinRAR– the best compression tool available in the market, as a pre-installed application on all their PCs (desktops and notebooks).

This is a great opportunity for WinRAR and an added advantage for the users of HCL Computers. We are happy to be able to offer WinRAR by partnering with such a reputable company. This is just the beginning of a long business relationship and we look forward to working on other major campaigns with HCL.

Read More @ EMedia Wire

Orkut goes 3

You can find a cake on orkut.com site ..its the 3 year celebration of the same

I couldnt get any official article on the same ,if u get any do post it as comment to this post.

The image is really good one …enjoy …Scrapping

Nasscom hails Bush comment on HI-B visas

US President George W Bush’s reported comments on the US looking at the possibility of increasing the number of HI-B visas — granted to Indian professionals to work in the US — has received an enthusiastic response from Nasscom.

The Nasscom President, Mr Kiran Karnik, told Business Line, ” We welcome such an initiative. This step would be mutually beneficial to both the countries.” He said that last year the senate immigration Bill that dealt with the issue could not be converted into legislation due to problems of illegal immigrants.

Read More @ The Hindu Business Line January 27, 2007

LIC to go paperless, digital by 2010

Shedding its image of a brick-and-mortar organisation, the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) is all set venture into the digital era.

The corporation is close to signing a Rs 1100 crore Electronic Data Management System (EDMS) contract with a consortium-led by global IT major Hewlett-Packard (HP) that will transfer it to the paperless world by 2010.

HP will lead a consortium of IT firms, including Mumbai-based Vakrangee Softwares for three-and-a-half year that would entail digitalization of its 20 crore policies. The global IT major would also have to rollout LIC’s EDMS initiative and computerize all its 2,048 branches.

The technical and commercial evaluation process has been completed, and a formal announcement would be made sometime later sources close to development said.

IT majors Wipro, Electronic Corporation of India Ltd (ECIL), Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and hardware major CMS Computers were the other bidders for the project.

Read More @ Business Standard (26 Jan ’07)

TCS to set up largest offshore centre in Karnataka

India’s top IT firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is planning to set up an offshore development centre in South Karnataka. The company will invest nearly Rs 1,000 crore to set up the centre, which will house close to 2,000 people, sources close to the development told HT.

This would be one of the largest centres of TCS in the country, which currently employs 83,000 people across the world.

This offshore development centre would be undertaking high-margin work such as writing codes for ERP and other package implementation along with some application development and maintenance work.
Read More @ Hindustan Times (25 Jan ’07)

Why we need hackers

Life would be easier if we didn’t have to patch our operating systems and apps. Patrick Gray explores the real reasons why updating is important.

It would be easier if hackers, who say they’re acting in the public interest by releasing information on the vulnerabilities they find, would just get real jobs and stop pointing out the weaknesses in our software, right? Wrong. …

Read More @ SC Magazine (29 Jan 2007)

PC Tools Releases Firewall Plus for Windows

PC Tools Ltd., a provider of security software, has released Firewall Plus, a free personal firewall for the Windows operating system. The company said its firewall provides bulletproof defense for computers.

“This highly refined and flexible tool uses the latest technology to block dangerous Trojans, backdoors, keyloggers and other intrusive malware from damaging computers by stealing information,” said Michael Greene, Vice President for Product Strategy.  …

Read More @ IT News Online (21 Jan 2007)

20 – Storm Worm virus launched on Internet

The Finnish data security company F-Secure warned on Friday of a new computer virus, The Storm Worm virus has started to spread around the world following the storm that hit many parts of Europe on Thursday.

According to F-Secure, the significant network attack was launched globally in the early hours of Thursday morning using news of a European storm as the hook. The virus was distributed in messages with subject line of “230 dead as storm batters Europe.” When the user opens a linked attachment, the virus is let loose, and takes over the computer.  …

Read More @ Balita (20 Jan 2007)

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