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General Software Discussion / Re: Anonymous Google searches with G-Zapper
« on: December 09, 2006, 11:34 PM »
Thank you, cemole and NigelH.

Customize Google looks very useful; I've installed it and will be trying it out.

Scroogle is also a good solution, but I favor the former because:
(1) I find it very useful to search from Firefox's "search box," and I can't use that for Scroogle, and,
(2) Scroogle blocks the ads, a practice I don't want to support. I do find Google useful, and I'd be happy if it makes some money through advertisements.

Thanks again for your suggestions!

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Developer's Corner / Re: {Worldwide?} Turbo Professional products for just $249
« on: December 08, 2006, 01:30 AM »
It's a shame, though, that this offer seems not to be available in other countries. I am thinking of buying Turbo Delphi Professional for Win32, and could have used this discount. Well, at least I don't have to buy the full BDS 2006. :P
-Rohit (December 07, 2006, 11:33 AM)

It now look like this offer is gradually being made available in other countries too. Accordingly, I have changed the title of this thread. :)

If this offer is available in my country, I will be buying Turbo Delphi before long!  :-*

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General Software Discussion / Anonymous Google searches with G-Zapper
« on: December 08, 2006, 12:17 AM »
Link : http://www.dummysoftware.com/gzapper.html

From the website:
Did you know that Google stores a unique identifier in a cookie on your PC, which allows them to track the keywords you search for? They use this information to compile reports, track user habits, and test features. In the future, it is possible they could even sell this information or share it with
others. ...

G-Zapper helps you protect your identity and valuable attention data. ...  G-Zapper allows you to delete or entirely block the Google search cookie from future installation.

Even though I like Google, I am not comfortable about the fact that it maintains tracking information for all searches, for an indefinite time. A few months ago, AOL users' search data was compromised. Even though Google might be more diligent about protecting their users' data, there is always a threat that it can be forced to share the data through a government subpoena.

I have installed this software, and sure enough, there was a 491 days old cookie on my machine. I deleted it, and will be doing so regularly now. :)

GZapperScreenshot.PNG

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Developer's Corner / {Worldwide?} Turbo Professional products for just $249
« on: December 07, 2006, 11:33 AM »
Borland USA's online shop has an offer wherein you can purchase a Turbo Professional product for just $249, instead of the usual $399. The offer seems to be valid only till 31 December 2006.

Basically, $249 is the upgrade price from an Explorer to a Professional edition, but since the Explorer editions are free to begin with, anyone can install one of those and immediately "upgrade" to the Professional edition.  8)

Link: http://www.digitalriver.com/dr/v2/ec_Main.Entry17c?SID=39696&SP=10023&CID=0&PID=858321&PN=1&V1=858321&CUR=840&DSP=&PGRP=0&ABCODE=&CACHE_ID=0

If the above link doesn't work, just go to http://www.borland.com/us/products/turbo/index.html and click on the "Buy Now Online" button.

It's a shame, though, that this offer seems not to be available in other countries. I am thinking of buying Turbo Delphi Professional for Win32, and could have used this discount. Well, at least I don't have to buy the full BDS 2006. :P

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General Software Discussion / Re: Free Windows firewalls found better than commercial ones
« on: December 07, 2006, 11:12 AM »
Hmm, so what does that mean then..? Outpost is a lier?!
-mitzevo (December 07, 2006, 10:24 AM)

It would seem so.

From the page about the leak test:

Another important result of our tests is firewall scoring against FPR. FPR stands for Fake Protection Revealer. This leak-test was implemented to reveal cheating on leak-tests. Outpost Firewall PRO 4.0 (971.584.079) was convicted of such cheating. It passes all leak-tests except FPR because of the implementation of user mode hooks (ring3) for security purposes. Our article Design of ideal personal firewall clearly says that ring3 hooks can not be used for security critical features. FPR does nothing but unhooks ring3 hooks which is always possible and thus bypasses such protection. This means that Outpost Firewall PRO cheats to be very strong against leak-tests but in fact it is very weak against real malware.

(The emphasised text is from the original article, not from me.)

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