ICICI Bank under Phishing Attack
Monday, June 30, 2008
I have received 3 phishing e-mails in my Yahoo and GMail accounts prompting me to give my ICICI Bank User ID, Password, Transaction ID and ATM PIN. The e-mail has the subject - Please Restore Your Account Access Otherwise It Will Get Disabled. This is a Phishing e-mail to steal your personal details. I am attaching a screen shot of the same.
The attacker redirects from BuyaClassicCar.com to a dedicated IP 67.18.18.58 [America]. Kindly IGNORE such e-mails and do not give any personal information on this and other such websites. I hope not to read in the newspapers a week from now that many people are complaining about security compromise on their accounts.
Where to Book iPhone in India ?
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Apple Inc has tied up with India's top two GSM Mobile Service providers - Bharti Airtel and Vodafone India. We have been told that pre-registrations for the phone are open now on their websites.You can read more about 3G iPhone here before booking one. If you are an existing Airtel Customer, you can pre-register for your iPhone here, Vodafone India customers can pre-register their request for iPhone here.
Website Blocking Reduces Employee Productivity
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Corporate India: Beware. Blocking access to social networking sites, personal e-mails, banks etc is reducing employee productivity and satisfaction levels according to a study by CNN.Website blocking is rampant in corporate India, especially in top Indian IT companies. What employers are failing to understand is a little bit of online surfing / chatting / Orkut scrapping will help employees relax their mind and focus on work better. It can also happen that they are running late on their bill payments, so enabling employees to do online will keep them tension free at work.
Maybe its time to form Employee Unions in all Indian companies because employers are increasingly exploiting innocent employees. Also the union will come handy to avoid a situation like Ranbaxy Labs, where promoters mercilessly dumped their holdings to Daiichi without even taking Senior Employees and Management into confidence.
Firefox 3.0 going live tonight
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
It looks like the global technology community is all determined to get Firefox 3.0 into the Guinness Book of Records within the next 48 hours. Close to 1.5 Mn people around the world have pledged to download Firefox 3.0 within 24 hours of its availability thus setting a new world record.With literally no innovations coming out from Microsoft which left its customers using Internet Explorer unsafe for 286 days, Firefox took the challenge and has delivered fantastic product line in the past 18 months.
You are requested to download and go safe online with Firefox. Download will be available at 10:30PM IST.
Apple MacBook + iMac Offer
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Apple is offering Rs 6,000 off in an exclusive exchange offer. All you have to do is carry your old PC/Laptop in any condition and avail a discount of Rs 6,000 on Apple MacBook or Apple iMac.If you check out Apple's American website, the Apple MacBook sells for $1,100 ~ Rs 46,200. On the Indian website, suggested retail price is Rs 49,900 + Taxes. However, if you go for the exchange offer, you will get it at Rs 43,990 + Taxes which will cost you the same price as in the US.
Offer available at any of the Imagine retail stores usually located in the Big Mall in your city - InOrbit / Atrial Mall in Mumbai, Megacity Mall / Ansal Plaza in Delhi NCR etc. Offer ends on June28th.
If you are a Airtel Mobile customer, you can also book your iPhone on priority basis.
e-Commerce in India Gaining Traction
Friday, June 13, 2008
Apart from Internet Banking and Travel ticket booking, Indians have adopted internet for various other needs in their life from Bill Payment to ordering online movies for weekend. Travel related purchase dominates the Indian e-commerce.Top 5 non-travel related products bought by Online Indians are,
- Books / Magazines / Journal Publications - 38.4%
- Apparel / Lingerie / Lifestyle Accessories - 30.6%
- CD / DVD / Media - 28.9%
- Movie Tickets - 28.9%
- Computers / Mobiles / Laptops and Related Accessories - 26.4%
$199 3G iPhone by July - Does Nokia have any Future ?
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Steve Jobs surprised the attended yet with another surprise - 3G iPhone with 8GB memory for mere $199 [unlike $499 in iPhone 1.0] New iPhone has speed improvement of over 36% compared to other 3G handsets.
Is this phone the beginning of the end of Nokia Empire ? Nokia with large customer base took them for granted just like the Evil company in Redmond which discouraged innovation for over a decade. One must admit that Nokia has clearly failed to innovate as it kept introducing one phone after the other with differing application stack, that's it. [All these phones were introduced at $500 + in the Indian market , Nokia NSeries for example is Royal Rip off in India]
You can check out exclusive Photo Stream of new $199 Apple iPhone. Also, VCs in the valley have announced $100 Million iPhone fund - iFund to encourage Developers to write cool applications for the iPhone and make it as a large platform.
By the way did you know about Nokia's discrimnatory Warranty Policy in India ? Nokia phones purchased in India have just 12 months warranty while the same is 24 months in Europe.
Is this phone the beginning of the end of Nokia Empire ? Nokia with large customer base took them for granted just like the Evil company in Redmond which discouraged innovation for over a decade. One must admit that Nokia has clearly failed to innovate as it kept introducing one phone after the other with differing application stack, that's it. [All these phones were introduced at $500 + in the Indian market , Nokia NSeries for example is Royal Rip off in India]You can check out exclusive Photo Stream of new $199 Apple iPhone. Also, VCs in the valley have announced $100 Million iPhone fund - iFund to encourage Developers to write cool applications for the iPhone and make it as a large platform.
By the way did you know about Nokia's discrimnatory Warranty Policy in India ? Nokia phones purchased in India have just 12 months warranty while the same is 24 months in Europe.
Goosh - Google Search Shell Powered by AJAX
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Analogous to the saying, "Where there is a Will, there is a way", we coin - Where there is Google, there is Innovation. Stefan Grothkopp probably a hardcore *NIX developer has bought the UNIX / Linux command interface to the browser and is powering the Google Search application.
Stefan's application as shown above is up and running on Goosh.org This is really handy as he has implemented shortcuts for commands and you can search from maps, feeds, blogs etc. The application is simply terrific. This is possible only because Google leads the Innovative cycle and opens all its interface for other Developers to continue the Innovation cycle empowering consumers with World class products which has been long denied by Microsoft - Largest and one of the worst software product's company in the world.
Stefan's application as shown above is up and running on Goosh.org This is really handy as he has implemented shortcuts for commands and you can search from maps, feeds, blogs etc. The application is simply terrific. This is possible only because Google leads the Innovative cycle and opens all its interface for other Developers to continue the Innovation cycle empowering consumers with World class products which has been long denied by Microsoft - Largest and one of the worst software product's company in the world.