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8/14/2019 IE Track - 07 http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/ie-track-07 1/3 technology consulting Campus Weekly Journal By ExACT, CSE Department SRC,Kumbakonam Information Explorer Facebook Defies Cana- da Privacy Law Canada's privacy com- missioner says that the online social networking site Facebook breaches the law by keeping users' personal information indefinitely after mem- bers close their accounts. Microsoft Gets Respect With Bing In late May, Microsoft unveiled Bing, its new Internet search engine, in front of a skeptical audi- ence. Six weeks later, Bing has earned Mi- crosoft what the compa- ny's earlier search efforts lacked: respect. Symantec's Approach to Online Safety Computer security com- pany Symantec recently introduced Internet watchdog software, OnlineFamily.Norton, that aims to encourage kids and parents to have a dialogue about what sites are being visited. MS Offers Web-Based Office Suite Microsoft is moving a limited version of its popular and lucrative Office software suite to the Internet -- a direct challenge to archrival Google and its online office productivity suite Google Apps. Google Releasing Chrome Operating System SAN FRANCISCO (New york mes) — In a direct challenge to Microso, Google announced late Tuesday that it is developing an operang system for PCs that is ed to its Chrome Web browser. The soware, called the Google Chrome Operang System, is inially intended for use in the ny, low-cost portable computers known as netbooks, which have been selling quickly even as demand for other PCs has plummeted. Google said it believed the soware would also be able to power full-size PCs. The move is likely to sharp- en the already intense compeon between Google and Microso, whose Windows operang system controls the basic funcons of the vast majority of personal comput- ers. The soware would be re- leased online later this year under an open-source license, which would allow outside programmers to modify it. Netbooks running the soware will go on sale in the se- cond half of . But while Google has deep pockets and a vast reach, it is in for a diffi- cult bale when it comes to chal- lenging Microso in the operang system market. Many companies have tried this over the years, with lile success. Google’s plans for the new operang sys- tem fit its Internet-centric vision of compung. Google believes that soware delivered over the Web will play an increasingly central role, replacing soware programs that run on the desktop. In that world, applicaons run directly inside an Internet browser, rather than atop an operang system, the standard soware that controls most of the opera- ons of a PC. That vision challenges not only Microso’s lucrave Windows business but also its applica- ons business, which is built largely on selling so- ware than runs on PCs. Google said Chrome OS will have a minimalist user interface, leaving most space on the screen to applicaons. Google has already developed an open- source operang system called Android that is used in mobile phones. The soware is also being built into netbooks by several manufacturers. But Google has not encouraged netbook makers to use Android. The company appears to be posioning Chrome OS as its preferred oper- ang system for netbooks, though it said compeon between the two systems would likely drive innova- on. Intel, the world’s largest chip maker, has worked on developing a Linux-based operang system called Moblin as well. The company has aimed the soware at netbooks and smartphones in a bid to spur de- mand for its Atom mobile device chip. To combat these efforts, Mi- croso began offering its older Win- dows XP operang system for use on netbooks at a low price. In addi- on, the company has vowed that its upcoming Windows soware, due out this fall, will run well on the ny laptops, which have stood out as the brightest part of the PC market during the global economic downturn. Microso’s current Vista operang system is designed for more powerful ma- chines. It's easy to assume Chrome OS is a strong push to get users familiar with using Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs, and other web suites, both online and off. It's harder to figure out the specifics of how Google's plaorm will overcome the deeply entrenched Windows familiarity that has kept other Linux-based netbook upstarts mostly in check, and how it will accommodate the vast array of x hardware compability quirks that plagues Linux distribu- ons to this day. More details and discussions to come, certainly. this issue Open Source Revolution P.1 IT Management Tips P.2 Non-Profit Solutions P.3 Trends & New Software P.4 TRACK 21-July-2009 07 Rosetta Stone Is Suing Google Rosetta Stone has sued Google for trademark infringement, alleging that a change in the search giant's policy facilitates the unauthorized use of its brand by competitors and software pirates.. . Gmail Increases Maxi- mum Attachment Size to 25 MB Now you can send bigger attachments in Gmail, as Google increased the maximum attachment size from 20 MB to 25 MB. "With Gmail, you can send and receive messag- es up to 25 megabytes (MB) in size. But note that you may not be able to send larger attachments to contacts who use other email services with small- er attachment limits. Hid.im Converts Torrents into PNG Images Hid.im is a new web- based service that allows users to hide .torrent files inside PNG images. This means that users can easi- ly upload hidden torrent files to their favorite im- age hosting service and forums, or use it as an avatar on social network- ing sites without being censored. VLC Video Player's New DVD-Copying Feature Could Run Afoul of the MPAA The latest release of the VLC media player is a huge hit, racking up near- ly 8.6 million downloads since the 1.0 release last week, according to the makers of the software VideoLAN. But some observers - including movie studio lawyers - may feel the new software is just a little too good. In researching a review of the software, We were surprised to learn that it easily allowed us to copy encrypted DVDs directly onto my hard drive. That's something that has landed firms such as RealNet- works in court. “We're designing the OS to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you onto the web in a few seconds. The user interface is minimal to stay out of your way, and most of the user experience takes place on the web. And as we did for the Google Chrome browser, we are going back to the basics and completely redesigning the underlying security architecture of the OS so that users don't have to deal with viruses, malware and security updates. It should just work.” GOOGLE’S OFFICIAL BLOG SAYS EYE ON IT

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technologyconsul t ing

Campus Weekly

Journal By ExACT,

CSE Department

SRC,Kumbakonam Information Explorer 

Facebook Defies Cana-

da Privacy Law 

Canada's privacy com-

missioner says that the

online social networking

site Facebook breaches

the law by keeping users'

personal information

indefinitely after mem-

bers close their accounts.

Microsoft Gets Respect

With Bing 

In late May, Microsoft

unveiled Bing, its new

Internet search engine, in

front of a skeptical audi-

ence. Six weeks later,

Bing has earned Mi-

crosoft what the compa-

ny's earlier search efforts

lacked: respect.

Symantec's Approach

to Online Safety 

Computer security com-

pany Symantec recently

introduced Internetwatchdog software,

OnlineFamily.Norton,

that aims to encourage

kids and parents to have

a dialogue about what

sites are being visited. 

MS Offers Web-Based

Office Suite 

Microsoft is moving a

limited version of its

popular and lucrativeOffice software suite to

the Internet -- a direct

challenge to archrival

Google and its online

office productivity suite

Google Apps.

Google Releasing Chrome Operating System

SAN FRANCISCO (New york mes) — In a direct

challenge to Microso, Google announced late

Tuesday that it is developing an operang system

for PCs that is ed to its Chrome Web browser.

The soware, called the Google Chrome

Operang System, is inially intended for use in

the ny, low-cost portable computers known as

netbooks, which have been selling quickly even as

demand for other PCs has plummeted. Google said

it believed the soware would also

be able to power full-size PCs.

The move is likely to sharp-

en the already intense compeon

between Google and Microso,

whose Windows operang systemcontrols the basic funcons of the

vast majority of personal comput-

ers.

The soware would be re-

leased online later this year under

an open-source license, which

would allow outside programmers

to modify it. Netbooks running the

soware will go on sale in the se-

cond half of .

But while Google has deep pockets

and a vast reach, it is in for a diffi-

cult bale when it comes to chal-

lenging Microso in the operang

system market. Many companies have tried this

over the years, with lile success.

Google’s plans for the new operang sys-

tem fit its Internet-centric vision of compung.

Google believes that soware delivered over the

Web will play an increasingly central role, replacing

soware programs that run on the desktop. In that

world, applicaons run directly inside an Internet

browser, rather than atop an operang system, the

standard soware that controls most of the opera-ons of a PC.

That vision challenges not only Microso’s

lucrave Windows business but also its applica-

ons business, which is built largely on selling so-

ware than runs on PCs.

Google said Chrome OS will

have a minimalist user interface, leaving most space

on the screen to applicaons.

Google has already developed an open-

source operang system called Android that is used

in mobile phones. The soware is also being built

into netbooks by several manufacturers.

But Google has not encouraged netbook makers to

use Android. The company appears to be posioning

Chrome OS as its preferred oper-

ang system for netbooks, though it

said compeon between the two

systems would likely drive innova-

on.

Intel, the world’s largest chipmaker, has worked on developing a

Linux-based operang system called

Moblin as well. The company has

aimed the soware at netbooks and

smartphones in a bid to spur de-

mand for its Atom mobile device

chip.

To combat these efforts, Mi-

croso began offering its older Win-

dows XP operang system for use

on netbooks at a low price. In addi-

on, the company has vowed thatits upcoming Windows soware,

due out this fall, will run well on the

ny laptops, which have stood out

as the brightest part of the PC market during the

global economic downturn. Microso’s current Vista

operang system is designed for more powerful ma-

chines.

It's easy to assume Chrome OS is a strong

push to get users familiar with using Gmail, Google

Calendar, Google Docs, and other web suites, both

online and off. It's harder to figure out the specifics

of how Google's plaorm will overcome the deeply

entrenched Windows familiarity that has kept other

Linux-based netbook upstarts mostly in check, and

how it will accommodate the vast

array of x hardware compability

quirks that plagues Linux distribu-

ons to this day. More details and

discussions to come, certainly.

this issueOpen Source Revolution P.1 

IT Management Tips P.2 

Non-Profit Solutions P.3 

Trends & New Software P.4

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Rosetta Stone Is Suing

Google 

Rosetta Stone has sued

Google for trademark 

infringement, alleging that

a change in the search

giant's policy facilitates

the unauthorized use of its

brand by competitors and

software pirates.. 

.

Gmail Increases Maxi-mum Attachment Size to25 MB

Now you can send biggerattachments in Gmail, asGoogle increased themaximum attachment sizefrom 20 MB to 25 MB."With Gmail, you cansend and receive messag-es up to 25 megabytes(MB) in size. But notethat you may not be ableto send larger attachmentsto contacts who use otheremail services with small-er attachment limits.

Hid.im Converts Torrents

into PNG Images

Hid.im is a new web-

based service that allows

users to hide .torrent files

inside PNG images. This

means that users can easi-

ly upload hidden torrent

files to their favorite im-

age hosting service and

forums, or use it as an

avatar on social network-

ing sites without being

censored.

VLC Video Player's New

DVD-Copying Feature

Could Run Afoul of the

MPAA

The latest release of the

VLC media player is a

huge hit, racking up near-

ly 8.6 million downloads

since the 1.0 release last

week, according to the

makers of the software

VideoLAN. But some

observers - including

movie studio lawyers -

may feel the new software

is just a little too good. In

researching a review of 

the software, We were

surprised to learn that it

easily allowed us to copy

encrypted DVDs directly

onto my hard drive. That's

something that has landed

firms such as RealNet-

works in court.

“We're designing the OS to be fast

and lightweight, to start up and getyou onto the web in a few seconds.

The user interface is minimal to stay

out of your way, and most of the user

experience takes place on the web.

And as we did for the Google Chrome

browser, we are going back to the

basics and completely redesigning the

underlying security architecture of 

the OS so that users don't have to

deal with viruses, malware and

security updates. It should just work.”

GOOGLE’S OFFICIAL BLOG SAYS

EYE ON IT

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GOOGLE’S MICROSOFT MOMENT

We are not sure Google's new Chrome OS announcement is that big a

eal, or that the eventual product that gets released will actually have that

uch impact, but it's a useful milestone in marking Google's evoluon to-

ards becoming an older company with a disnctly different culture than

hey used to have.

his is, for lack of a beer term, Google's "Microso Moment". This is the

oint when the difference between their internal concepon of the company

arts to diverge just a bit too far from the public percepon of the company,nd even starts to diverge from reality. At this inflecon point, the reasons 

or doing new things at Google start to change.

et us be clear: we don't think Google is "turning evil". Hell, we've caught a

t of flack for the fact that basically we don't think Microso was evil. But

here are some notable trends going on across Google today that could cause

he company to compromise its stated values and that will certainly cause

eople to think Google is being evil, if not corrected. We’ll try to outline a

ew key cultural indicators from around Google.

esigning for corporate synergy, not for users

Google's recent development work on applicaons for mobile devices

as oen been delivered exclusively as applicaons for their own Android

aorm instead of as iPhone applicaons, despite the fact that iPhones are

oughly forty mes more popular in the marketplace. iPhones are also much

ore popular outside of the United States than Android, further liming the

ctual audience served by these applicaons. Now, it's obviously good com-

any policy to make sure to support Google's own plaorms, and Google

oes an admirable job of using generic open web technologies where possi-

e to avoid having to choose between plaorms at all. But choosing to leave

he majority of users in a given market unaddressed because they are on a

aorm that is not part of your corporate goals is short-sighted and leaves a

ngering sense of mistrust.

If you look at Microso ten years ago, or even as recently as five years

go, they had a tendency to say "Well, we've got a version that works on

Windows Mobile." or "This works on Internet Explorer" and feel that they'd

one their job for addressing mobile or the web. Or Windows Media Playerould connect to XBox but not to any other systems for sharing media. They

ere pung their corporate agenda ahead of what the marketplace had cho-

en as its preferred plaorms. But aer all these years, Microso's internal

eams have finally started to develop their web or mobile versions of prod-

cts to work on competor's browsers and competor's mobile plaorms,

ecognizing that they have to go where the users are, instead of favoring only

he plaorms created by their corporate siblings. Google appears to be head-

d the other way.

Forgeng what the real world uses, and favoring what's convenient

or your own business goals is a quick way to have customers think you don't

are, and to indicate to partners or developers that pleasing Google is more

mportant than pleasing customers.

hanging methods of communicaon

Within Google, We are sure the percepon is that their public-facing commu-

caons are sll very "Googley".

Now, Google does an excellent

  job of maintaining and using an enor-

mous number of official corporate blogs

in dozens of languages for a rapidly-

blossoming number of products and

iniaves. But despite my admiraon

for that effort, and their commendable

willingness to forgo the usual boring

press releases, the way that the compa-

ny communicates with the public has 

fundamentally changed, and not neces-

sarily in a more human direcon.

(because of recent chrome comic re-

lease).

This would be okay, except that I

doubt Google's internal self-image as an

organizaon has changed to reflect this

new reality. "We're not like some giant

company with flashy TV ads — we're

  just a bunch of geeks in Mountain

View!" And while that might be true for

the vast number of engineers who de-

fine the company's internal culture, the

external impression of Google being just

another tech tan like Microso willgain foong, making the audience for

Google's messages less tolerant of am-

biguity and less forgiving of mistakes.

Sll haven't developed Theory of Mind

Google sll hasn't developed theory of 

Conclusion

Google has made commendable

steps towards communicang with

those outside of its sphere of influence

in the tech world. But the messages

will be incomplete or insufficient as

long as Google doesn't truly internalize

and accept that its public percepon is

about to change radically. The era of 

Google as a trusted, "non-evil" startup

whose acons are automacally as-

sumed to be benevolent is over.

Years ago, GMail introduced

context-sensive ads and was unfairly

pilloried for being an-privacy or intru-

sive. And while there have been a few

similar hand-slappings along the way,

Google's never faced a widespread

backlash against their influence or

dominance from average consumers

yet. Today, protestaons of "but it's

open source!" are being used to paper

over real concerns about data owner-

ship, and the truth is that open codedoesn't necessarily imply that average

users are in control.

Google is entering the moment

where it has to be over -careful not to

offend, and extremely aenve to

whether they are treading lightly.

Is Google evil? It doesn't maer.

They've reached the point of corporate

ambion and changing corporate cul-

ture that means they're going to be

perceived as if they are. Whether

they're able to truly internalize that les-son, accept it, and act accordingly will

determine if they're able to extend

their dominance in the years to come. 

What exactly is the

Unique ID project? 

A project in which every Indian

cizen would have one unique

idenficaon number that will

idenfy him/her. It would not just

help the government track down

individuals as is highlighted by

the media, but would make life

far easier for cizens as they

would not have to submit so many docu-

ments each me they want to avail a

new service—private or government The ap-

pointment of Nandan Nilekani, the co-chairman of 

Infosys, as the chairperson of the Unique

Idenficaon Authority of India is signifi-

cant, not only because it marks a depar-

ture from the tradional government way

of working — of looking at bureaucrats

and ex-bureaucrats to head projects of 

naonal importance, but also because it

shows that the government has actually

put out effort to hunt the right person for the job.

IS 

GOOGLE 

GOD (OR)

EVIL ??? 

This shortcoming exists at a deep

cultural level within the organiza-

on, and it keeps manifesng itself 

in the decisions that the company

makes about its products and ser-

vices. The flaw is one that is perpet-

uated by insularity, and will only beremedied by becoming more open

to outside ideas and more aware of 

how people outside the company

think, work and live.

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ciding which version of Windows to

tall can be a difficult decision and can

lly limit what you can do with your

tem. Here are praccal hints which

ould help a user decide which version

nstall. We decided to write this arcle

we faced some issues that arose out

installaon and tesng of -bit and

bit Vista systems on our PC. The dis-

ssion below on -bit OSs applies to

ndows Vista and RC.

hat is this so called "-bit"?

The terms -bit and -bit refer

the way a computer's processor han-

s informaon. It refers to the number

bits that can be processed or trans-

ed in parallel. -bit CPUs have exist-

in supercomputers since the s

d in RISC-based workstaons and serv-

since the early s. In they

re introduced to the (previously -

) mainstream personal computer are-

in the form of the x- and -bit

werPC processor architectures.

n I install a -bit Windows OS?

With the gaining popularity of -

chipsets/processors, many users now

ve the ability to run either -bit ver-

ns (x) or -bit versions (x) of 

ware and operang systems. Howev-

if you only have a -bit processor,

ur choice is easy. For those with -bit

ocessors, it seems obvious that in-

lling the x version of Windows

uld be ideal. The x version has in-

ased security based around the -bit

ucture and programs compiled for -

processors will likely run faster. Just

d on... It should help you make a deci-n.

e -bit advantage:

Working in -bit has some con-

erable advantages. Some programs

ch as data encrypon soware can

nefit greatly from -bit registers (if 

e soware is -bit compiled) and

ecvely execute to mes faster on

-bit than on -bit.

Memory Access Limitaons

A -bit version of Windows can

cess GB of RAM or more as op-

sed to GB in bit versions. In a -

OS, even if your computer has GB of 

M, you can enjoy only about .GB or

of it, because the available address

ace or so of it, or so of it, because the

available address space has to shared with

Memory-Mapped IO devices and resources.Files of size more than GB are not uncom-

mon nowadays (a DVD image, for example).

Such files have to be mapped to the memo-

ry only in parts. But not all such applicaons

require a large address space nor manipu-

late -bit data items, so they wouldn't ben-

efit from the larger address space or wider

registers and data paths.

However, if you are an Enthusiast like

us, and If you currently think that GB is

more than enough for your PC, well, think

again. Sophiscated applicaons and high-end games are going to make GB inade-

quate in just a maer of few years. Just

think of what happened to Bill Gates' fa-

mous quote "K ought to be enough for

anybody."

Data Execuon Prevenon

Data Execuon Prevenon (DEP) is a

security feature included in modern Mi-

croso Windows operang systems that is

intended to prevent an applicaon or ser-

vice from execung code from a non-

executable memory region. -bit versions

of Windows use a soware-based version of 

DEP and -bit counterparts support hard-

ware-backed DEP.

Kernel Patch Protecon (PatchGuard)

The Patchguard feature available on-

ly in -bit versions of Windows, prevents a

malicious program from updang the Win-

dows kernel. This feature works by helping

to prevent a kernel-mode driver from ex-

tending or replacing other kernel services.

Also, this feature helps prevent third-party

programs from updang (patching) any part

of the kernel. We were a bit disappointed

when we came to know that it is because of 

this feature, our favourite security program

Sandboxie doesnt work on -bit edions.

Would I benefit from using a -bit OS?

The benefits of bits are most ap-

parent when you have a large amount of 

random access memory (RAM) installed on

your computer ( GB of RAM or more). Be-

cause a -bit operang system can handle

large amounts of memory more efficiently

than a -bit operang system can, a -bit

system can be more responsive when run-

ning several programs at the same me and

switching between them frequently(multasking).

Soware availability

x-based -bit systems somemes

lack equivalents to soware that is wrien

for -bit architectures.

But Most programs designed for a com-

puter running a -bit version of Win-dows will work on a computer running

-bit versions of Windows. Notable excep-

ons are many anvirus programs, and

some hardware drivers. The support for

-bit programs has been totally dropped

(and that means you cannot run your

dear old Turbo C/C++ compilers in a -

bit OS!).

Can I upgrade from a -bit version of 

Windows to a -bit version of Win-

dows?

If you are currently running a -

bit version of Windows, you can only per-form an upgrade to another -bit version

of Windows. -bit and -bit architec-

tures dont go together. You'll need to

back up your files and then perform a cus-

tom installaon of the -bit version of 

Windows.

A change from a -bit to a -bit

architecture is a fundamental alteraon,

as most operang systems must be exten-

sively modified to take advantage of the

new architecture. Other soware must

also be ported to use the new capabili-

es; older soware is usually supported

through either a hardware compability

mode through soware emulator.

The device driver problem

So all hardware devices need -

bit drivers to work on a -bit version of 

Windows. (just think how many mes you

have ignored that warning that a certain

hardware driver is not properly signed). If 

you're trying to install a printer or a

webcam or other device that only has -

bit drivers available, or if your driver has

not be blessed by Microso, then forget

it. It will not work. Microso complains

that most of the OS crashes can be traced

to the flaws in poorly wrien drivers (and

you always ridiculed the OS for the crash-

es, din't you?).

Disadvantages:  

. Most hardware does not currently have

-bit drivers.

. In x, any driver that is not properly

signed will not be able to enter the kernel

and will fail to load.

. x edions do not support -bit so-

ware.

. Currently, most proprietary x so-

ware is compiled into -bit code, not -

bit code. Very lile x soware currently

exists.

Limitaons 

Most -bit micro-

processors on the market

today have an arficial lim-

it on the amount of memo-

ry they can address, be-

cause physical constraints

make it impossible to sup-

port the full . million

terabyte capacity.

While -bit archi-

tectures indisputably make

working with large data

sets in applicaons such as

digital video, scienfic

compung, and large data-bases easier, there has

been considerable debate

as to whether they or their

-bit compability modes

will be faster than compa-

rably-priced -bit systems

for other tasks. In x-

architecture (AMD), the

majority of the -bit oper-

ang systems and applica-

ons are able to run

smoothly on the -bit

hardware.

Conclusion 

x edions are

definitely a turning point

for operang systems . But

currently, however, the ma-

  jority of users will be very

disappointed by installing

x edions. In our opin-

ion, most users with -bit

hardware should install the

-bit (x) version of Win-

dows. Businesses, universi-

es, scienfic groups, gov-

ernment and all those who

run servers or need mas-

sive processing should go

for -bit. But for the ordi-

nary user, -bit is current-

ly a bit of an overkill. Why

push for -bit now any-

way? The performance

gains (roughly %) prom-

ised by -bit will not be

seen for years unl -bit

compiled versions of so-

ware is the norm. So, our

suggeson: Sck with

bits for now!

And... Happy Compung!

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