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That Annoying ‘On Behaf Of’ Notification In Gmail

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Interlinked Gmail Accounts

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I use two Gmail IDs and have interlinked them to make things more convenient i.e I receive and reply to emails from my regular ID that have been sent to my blogger email ID. This is because i have configured my Gmail account to forward all the incoming conversations to my regular ID and also allowed it to send and reply to emails in the name of my blogger email ID. This is one of the coolest features introduced by Gmail. But, this feature comes along with one inconvenience. Gmail adds the Email ID of  the original sender in the email header which is easily readable by the recipient, which makes the feature useless for professional and business conversations.

On bringing this issue to the notice of Google. They justified that, Gmail needs to authenticate the Emails sent using it’s SMTP servers to avoid the sent emails to be flagged as SPAM in the recipient’s mail box. Hence, the “On Behalf Of” can be easily seen in some of the Email clients.

The feature is expected to be fixed in near future due to a large volume of user requests.

What The Hell Is Cloud Computing?

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An Easy To Understand Explanation

Cloud Computing is the hottest solution for IT businesses these days and i know there exist a good amount of people who did not understand the concept of Cloud Computing at all. The concept is actually simple. Revolutionary ideas are a bit difficult to understand sometimes. The following video will easily drill down the whole idea of Cloud Computing in your mind:

What Is Hacking? How To Not Be A Victim?

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A guide to keep away from online thieves

First of all, what is hacking? In computer language, hacking is the art of detecting the loop hole in the security system of a computer and exploiting that loop hole to intrude in the main system. The intention may be evil or may even be a step to find and fix the vulnerabilities.

A computer system is designed to have a strong security mechanism but due to limitations of human intelligence, the security mechanism is not a perfect one. It is next to impossible to actually produce a software which is non-hackable. If you compare the computers with us humans, you will be astounded that every detailed functioning in a computer is very similar to what humans work like. After all it is our imagination and our way of life style that led us to make computers real. The important difference is that, the the digital world possess intelligence with no emotions and humans possess both! And so, it’s ‘our vulnerabilities’ that make us design a strong but, a vulnerable computer system. Computers are our legacy!

Hacker!

There are some simple ways to protect your computer system from many types of network intrusions and data thefts.

  • Never open e-mails from unknown/untrusted senders. Some bad e-mails contain malicious codes that are crafted to install on your computer to damage and/ or steal your personal information.
  • Avoid clicking on unknown links sent to you on social networking sites as they bear the same reason as the first one.
  • Buy a copy of Bit defender Internet Security Suite for greater security. Avoid using AntiVir, Dr.WEB, NOD, Macffee and Norton. They are totally unreliable. Use Comodo Firewall.
  • If you are a Windows user and you don’t use the LAN sharing feature, tweak the services and  turn off the NET BIOS option for better security and speed.
  • For online transactions, make sure that the websites where you are performing the transactions are https enabled. For example, you should use https://paypal.com and not http://paypal.com. The ‘https‘ is preferred for enhanced security and is always used by legitimate websites concerned with e-commerce.
  • If the firewall alerts you regarding an incoming connection, if you are unsure of who and why it is, never accept it.
  • While registering on any website, always prefer setting pass-phrases that exceed 14 characters.
  • If you are an advanced user, effectively enhance your computer security with Harden IT and Secure IT.

These recommendations are not all the things to keep away every hacker but, some simple steps to perform on a system that will protect the user from most of the online thieves and their hacking attempts.