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I earlier wrote about What is DNS and how it works, also we read How OpenDNS works. Recently US-CERT ( United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team) released the vulnerability note VU#800113 stating that many DNS implementations are vulnerable to DNS Cache Poisoning owing to three main reasons:

Earlier i wrote about Acronyms and how AcronymFinder can be of help when dealing with Acronyms. Similarly, if you are stuck with word definitions and want a quick response, Definr.com is the website for you. Definr.com is an interesting website which gives you instant, simple definitions for a word and also has an interesting auto-complete feature. Its particularly useful for times you don’t wish to land up into detailed definition and usage examples but rather only want the definition.

Are you also one of those who finds himself/herself juggling with Acronyms while chatting over your instant messaging software or reading some technical publications, AcronymFinder is just the place to hit.

So what exactly is an Acronym?
An acronym is a pronounceable word formed from each of the first letters of a descriptive phrase or by combining the initial letters or parts of words from the phrase.

Below are some of the interesting reads from the Blogosphere.

Interesting reads from the blogosphere

1.) How to use Gmail’s SMTP server and Gmail to send mails using Ruby : This post gives a very precise and clear way to use Gmail’s SMTP server and Gmail to send mails using Ruby. Once you are done with this tutorial you can send an email using Google’s Gmail server in three easy steps using Ruby.

Often, We all keep hearing about stories of some great innovations in the world. Whether these innovations come from those early stage startups or from real big giants like Google or Apple; Innovation is all about creating a difference and accepting the change to make things simple and effective. The below embedded video, contains a series of such fascinating yet simple innovations by some people from the rural parts of India. Though small in their own way, these innovations have certainly brought considerable happiness and productivity increase to those who use them for their day to day life.

Many of us have the habit of not switching off their laptops / desktops at work. For those of you who run Windows and wish to know since when they haven’t switched off their machine, here is the step by step process.

1.) Click on Start –> Run. Type Cmd and hit enter.

2.) Enter systeminfo at the command window shown.

e.g. : C:\> systeminfo

Recently one of my acquaintance died of a heart attack. He was an independent IT consultant and worked more than 18 hours daily. Though, he did make a lot of money but died while he was still 32.

This is not something which is new these days, the reasons and diagnosis of such an heart attack are beyond the scope of this post. However, what i do wish to write about in this post are some of the tips and tricks which i have learnt over the years working with time critical business sensitive Information.

Fighting Information Overload

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Gmail has added another new interesting feature which is in the process of getting rolled out slowly. The new feature shall be available on the new version of gmail and will work with Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox.

From now on, if you are one of those who uses multiple computers and usually are logged into Gmail through all of them, and often forgets signing out, this feature shall interest you. With this new feature, you can now track your recent sessions and you can also sign yourself out remotely.

At the bottom of your inbox, you’ll see information about the time of the last activity on your account and whether it’s still open in another location:

Not many people know that Google can also be used to get the local time of any place. To get the local time of the place of your choice follow the steps mentioned below.

1.) Point your browser to www.google.com

2.) In the search box type What Time Is It <Name of the place>. For e.g. to get the current time of Bangalore type, What Time Is It Bangalore