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Web Tech Giant , TechCrunch on this Friday announced 16GB Apple WiFi Ipad giveaway to a Lucky Reader worth 499$ for Free!! People from all over the world can take part. To Participate in the Contest , you need to do the following .

* Become a Fan of TechCrunch in Facebook and
* Either Retweet the post or Comment on TechCrunch Giveaway Page with the reason “why Ipad should be yours”

The Ipad will be Sponsored from the Advertisements on TechCrunch.
There are already 2671 Comments and 3583 ReTweets at 14.33(GMT) , So Hurry Up!!
Note: The contest ends up ends at noon California time on Saturday.
Link : http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/12/techcrunch-friday-giveaway-an-apple-ipad-crunch/

From Today(March 12) to April 25, there will 45 days a non stop action of Cricket in Indian Premier League(IPL). On this occasion, YouTube(Google) and DLF IPL Assocaition has signed an agreement to show all IPL T20 Cricket matches Live on Youtube and jointly share revenues from sponsorships and advertising on www.youtube.com/ipl and www.IPLT20.com (the official website )
You can also see the IPL ad on YouTube Indian Version
The official Broadband sponsor Airtel provide Speed of upto 2 Mbps to its users to Watch the matches Live on Youtube. However you will be retained with your current plan while surfing other sites.
www.airtel.in/cricketonyoutube (currently Airtel has modified the site , so it is unavailable )
Also know about the current status at Twitter: http://twitter.com/ipl

Watch IPL on YouTube Now: http://www.youtube.com/IPL

Buy from Official Merchandise on ebay : http://pages.ebay.in/ipl/
Please make a note that all the Live broadcast will be delayed by 5 minutes.

Zoho is a online application that provides numerous services like Word processor , Mail, Online Discussion etc. This is kind of Cloud computng Service where you need to pay for Month/Yearly subscriptions to you use the required service. You can also Try these services for 30 days. However you can get free Application like Chat , Writer, sheet for personal use. you can integrate with other sites like Facebook. It is simple to establish business online and use these Services interact with Customers, Conduct Meeting(webinar), track resources.

Visit: www.zoho.com

You can also use the Hot Google Application which was launced few days ago:
http://www.google.com/enterprise/marketplace/home

Microsoft Office 2010 is like to be hit to the market on May 12,2010 at 11am(EST). However this sales copy is available only for Business . The release of the copy for General purpose was not announced.
The live keynote focuses on the next wave of productivity that delivers:

* End user productivity across the PC, phone and browser
* IT choice and flexibility
* A platform for developers to build innovative solutions

http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/businessproductivity/proof/pages/2010-launch-events.aspx#fbid=S794Sz2SZTK

http://blogs.technet.com/office2010/archive/2010/03/04/get-office-today-or-tomorrow.aspx

By default, the Microsoft Windows XP login screen displays a Turn off computer button. This is very convenient, until one of your kids happens to shut down your computer and close all your programs and unsaved datas. To prevent this from happening, you can disable the Turn off computer button. You can still shut down your computer; you just have to log on with a computer administrator account first.

1. Log on to your computer as an administrator. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2. Click Performance and Maintenance.
3. Click Administrative Tools.
4. Double-click Local Security Policy.
5. Expand Local Policies by clicking the plus sign next to it, and then click Security Options.
6. In the right pane, double-click the Shutdown: Allow system to be shut down without having to log on policy.
7. Click Disabled, and then click OK.
8. Windows XP removes the Turn off computer button from the Welcome screen?so no more shutting down without logging on!

Does your Inbox is filled with Junk Mail after registering to any website?  Over 82% to 90% of the mail sent in a day are reported Spam. You may see a number of email every day in your account which is a live example . If you need an alternative email to be used while registration are using disposable mail. It also reminds me of free disposable email that was provided by Yahoo ! but it has been stopped for some reasons.
These Free Disposable emails  expires after certain time. There are hundreds of Free disposable email service, Among them, few awesome sites are
www.mailinator.com
www.dispostable.com
www.YopMail.com
These services does not need any registration , it is completely free.

Added Thrust : You can also use Bugmenot to bypass compulsory Registration.

Today hundreds of Twitter account was spammed with Weight Loss product.
The Twitter account hijacked sent tweets to all followers with the message ” I lost 20 lbs in 2 weeks! ” and a diet website link with a “Enter your Email box”.

Many Users account has been hijacked by this attack including one of the Tech geek,John C. Dvorak,(@THErealDVORAK) . It is found that the hijacker used 3rd Party Application but the source of attack was not found.
Latest update is that , Twitter is now resetting the password and had sent Mass EMail to the affected accounts to change the Password.

Oscar winners will be nominated soon and there are many people who searches online to know the current Oscar nominees result. Hackers have also set many pits to users. McAfee ,one of the leading Internet security Company have posted in their Facebook , most of the webpages in the search result contains Virus, Spyware, Malwares .
According to the report,

McAfee found that searching on Sandra Bullock and Penelope Cruz resulted in over a 1 in 4 chance of landing on a website that?s tested positive for online threats

Users are advised to use “SiteAdvisor” which you can download from Mcafee.com or SiteAdvisor.com for free and you can also buy Advanced Protection 1 year subscription for about 24.99$(USD)

However , i use AVG SafeSearch and searched for the result with same keywords , it displayed “No Threats in the Search result” .
McAfee Result in Facebook page:

My Search Result:

Microsoft‘s Financial Officer Peter Klein announced on its Windows7 blog that they have Sold out 90 Million License Copy of the company’s latest Operating system Windows 7 . The successful OS recorded 90 million sales in just 131 days. However the company did not disclose the exact number of sales.

Link: http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/archive/2010/03/02/windows-7-more-than-90-million-copies-sold.aspx

Picnik is a online tool to edit,share and store photo . This website also allowed users to download softwares to edit photos for free. On March 1st, Google acquires Picnik without disclosing the amount. The Picnik will be integrated with Picasa and can be used by Google users for free after some months. However Picnik Current users can use the service without any problem. Brian Axe, Product Management Director, announced on the googleblog,

“We’re very impressed with the Picnik team and the product they’ve created, and we’re excited to welcome them to Google. We’re looking forward to collaborating closely with them to improve the online photo editing experience on the web. In the meantime, we encourage you to head to Picnik, import some of your photos from Picasa Web Albums, Flickr or Facebook and try your hand at photo editing in the cloud!”

Links: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/google-welcomes-picnik.html

http://blog.picnik.com/2010/03/google-acquires-picnik/