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Suspicious Activity On Your Gmail Account?

March 30, 2010 by Raj Agrawal 2 Comments

Gmail will now notify you, if it is in suspicion

A longtime ago Gmail had rolled out a feature that gave you the accessibility to check which IP address accessed your Gmail account when your account was last logged in (works even when your account is not using https). Now, Gmail has extended this feature by adding the country name tag to the IP address and will notify you of a suspicious activity if your Gmail account was last accessed through another location.

Notification of suspicion

As mentioned on Gmail Blog: To determine when to display this message, our automated system matches the relevant IP address, logged per the Gmail privacy policy, to a broad geographical location. While we don’t have the capability to determine the specific location from which an account is accessed, a login appearing to come from one country and occurring a few hours after a login from another country may trigger an alert.

By clicking on the “Details” link next to the message, you’ll see the last account activity window that you’re used to, along with the most recent access points.

Recent account access log

If you think your account has been compromised, you can change your password from the same window. Or, if you know it was legitimate access (e.g. you were traveling, your husband/wife who accesses the account was also traveling, etc.), you can click “Dismiss” to remove the message.

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: google, web

GmailAssistant, A Smarter Alternative

March 14, 2010 by Raj Agrawal Leave a Comment

A much better one..

GmailAssistant Logo

Google’s Gmail notification tool is really not very convenient or should i say, “too simple to be convenient”. It lacks many essential features and the requirement of patching it to enable https support qualifies itself to be called as ‘a total waste of time’. On searching for alternatives and carefully comparing them, i shortlisted the best one called GmailAssistant. It has a much denser grey matter and is enough to fulfill almost all your Gmail notification needs. It features:

  • Standalone program ( You don’t need to install it )
  • Does not generate logs or modify system files
  • Multiple account handling,
  • Always on top,
  • SOCKS proxy support,
  • Save/load program and account settings in encrypted profile files,
  • Automatic profile loading,
  • Adjustable mail check frequency,
  • Blinking Caps lock/Numlock/Scroll lock key on arrival of new mail,
  • Persistent and navigable popup message.
(Click to enlarge)
  • Type: Freeware
  • Size: Less than 2 MB
  • Essential Requirement: Java Environment v+6
  • Download link: gmailassistant.sourceforge.net

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: google

Google ISP, Offering 1 Gbps Data Transfer Speed

February 11, 2010 by Raj Agrawal 5 Comments

An experiment

Google has recently announced the trial run of it’s new project, fiber-to-home internet access at the speed of 1 Gb per second. Google is seeking information from interested municipalities in America about locations to build the network. It plans to serve around 50,000 to 5,00,000 people in it’s initial phase.

Google says:

Our goal is to experiment with new ways to help make Internet access better, and faster for everyone. Here are some specific things that we have in mind:

Next generation apps:  We want to see what developers and users can do with ultra high-speeds, whether it’s creating new bandwidth-intensive “killer apps” and services, or other uses we can’t yet imagine.

New deployment techniques: We’ll test new ways to build fiber networks; to help inform, and support deployments elsewhere, we’ll share key lessons learned with the world.

Openness and choice: We’ll operate an “open access” network, giving users the choice of multiple service providers. And consistent with our past advocacy, we’ll manage our network in an open, non-discriminatory, and transparent way.
Even though the service will be launched in selected markets, this is a big step toward the much needed revamp of ISP market all over. It’s pretty clear that Google is preparing and making it’s first step for the future of it’s online based products and not to forget, Chrome OS which entirely based on cloud computing.

Filed Under: Consumer Technology Tagged With: google, web

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