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New CEO at Google by April 2011!
Magazinify – Convert your Bookmarks into a PDF Magazine instantly
Danger: the new Kamasutra Virus!!

New CEO at Google by April 2011!

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 03:11 PM PST

Today in a post the current CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt announced that he will step down from his position in April. He will be replaced by Google co-founder Larry Page.

Schmidt has been CEO for over a decade at Google and he has been the managerial face of Google behind the innovative genius of Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

Schmidt was interviewed by Page and Brin who founded Google as CEO in 2001. Schmidt is 20 years older than both Brin and Page. He had held many technical positions before he became CEO of Google.

What will happen to Eric Schmidt?

Nothing, he will stay on in Google as its Executive Chairman. This will mean he will be concentrating on company deals and acquisitions. I guess we can expect a lot more acquisitions over the next year or so.

Why make a change?

Google recently has posted growth of revenues by 26%. This is good news for Google fans but we all have seen that Google has come out with some muddled projects in the past couple of years. With trying to create a social layer or with flops like Google Wave and Nexus, many might be wondering if Google is now a follower instead of a leader when it comes to innovation.

I guess this led Google to make changes over the next few months so they can get back to making geek look cool all over again.

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Magazinify – Convert your Bookmarks into a PDF Magazine instantly

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 02:30 AM PST

I found Magazinify when I was wondering how to read nice articles I found while working. It was usual that due to lack of time, I could not read any articles entirely and had to close the windows to continue my work.

Magazinify is a small Internet-based application available for browsers like Google Chrome and Firefox (those are the two I tested for) and works like a relaxation when you don't really have time but you still want to read those nice articles. What all you need to do is to press the small Magazinify button placed on your URL bar automatically (you can even place a button to your Toolbar) and it's done.

The first time you click on the Magazinify button, it asks for your Facebook Login (the only one it supports as of now, Facebook is everywhere! ). Later it won't be asking you for any kind of Login and clicking the button would just record the page link to be sent to you later.

How it Works

When you click on the Magazinify button, the opened page is scheduled for PDF conversion automatically and is sent as a PDF to your registered email address (the Facebook Email Address by default) and any Advertisements are removed while PDF creation. You can even chose whether you would like the digest to be sent to you daily, weekly or even monthly.

As per my experience, after clicking on the Magazinify button, I received a customized PDF magazine the next day itself. I will post the preview of the magazine very soon. Until then try magazinify for yourself.

LINK: Magazinify

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Danger: the new Kamasutra Virus!!

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 10:30 PM PST

Don't just get too excited if you receive an email containing a PowerPoint presentation claiming to contain lovemaking techniques from the Indian book "Kamasutra"! It may not be as healthy for your computer and a trojan named "Troj/Bckdr-RFM" shall get installed in the background to let hackers gain control of your system and steal all your personal information. Your computer may even be used to host attacks on websites or send spam. This was published in an online report of a computer security agency "Sophos".

The presentation file is sent as an attachment usually with the name "Kamasutra.ppt.exe". Beware if you receive any such email and report it immediately.

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