An Introspection

Widgets are the new generation advertisement tools developed by the companies that want to promote their products.  The widgets have existed in various names from 1993 onwards. The first commercial attempt was by Microsoft by incorporating ( though as an optional item) in its internet explorer 4.0. What this Widget actually does? These are goodies which promises some value of entertainment or information to the users and also serves to project the products to the masses. There are infact various types of widgets. Desktop, web-based, mobile based. Each one has its own features. Web-based widgets are those which people are commonly utilizing now-a-days, without knowing the technical name for it. Example is yahoo and google. you create a personalized page which shows various stuffs like Climate info, horoscope etc., each one of which is a widget. This does not occupy or consume much of your resource as they are part of a large program and no excessive storage other than the usual cache a...

Let me start my blog space with a review of the tool that enables this blogging possible.  Web browsers : An interesting tool that can be a boon or a bane. Internet explorer, the most commonly used browser developed by Microsoft and has become a part and parcel of every net user. This i smainly due to the bundling of this tool with windows ( The most widely used software - atleast for the common people). Most of the hacking and virus spread is by exploiting the vulnerabilities of this tool. It is not sufficiently armed to protect your system from frequent attacks. The internet explorer makes certain ports ( I am not naming them or giving the details as the write up will become more of a technical analysis) open making it easy for the adwares and spywares to be installed. The question is what is this adware and spyware? Are they different from Virus? If so, then how different are they? The answer is adware and spyware are not exactly virus. An adware is created to advertise a product or...