Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Bing vs. Google

I've read about it but never tried it , Bing.com , the search engine from Microsoft , as a human habit when we start with something and get satisfied by it , we don't give a chance for the change.
I've tried Bing vs. Google, since Google is the most popular search engine we all use.

first I tried searching about Sun cloud computing, the layout of the results , is more friendly and smooth than google, and when you move the mouse over the link paragraph, it opens a small cloud including the text and contains of the page, which i like big time.


Second , I tried searching for a movie , comparing Google with Bing , Bing's result page is more favorable




in addition , when browsing the image results , when you point the mouse to an image it enlarge it for you with its information. which is also a nice feature to attract users.


When click on videos , the videos appear to you as thumbnails, this is not it, when over the video with the mouse pointer, it starts to play , so you don't have to open the video to check if this is what you're looking for.


When searching for an equipment using part number and hit the search buttom , a result page appeared, but on the left side when i clicked on Shopping, I got a page with prices and pictures of the product.

also I noticed that the left menu dynamically changes according to what you're searching for

through my experience with bing , I've been satisfied and pleased, The big question that pops up now, would I be satisfied on the long term , or I'll reach a point where i need to go back to Google??

This I will know by time.... Try it and add your comments ^_^

Monday, June 8, 2009

StrongWebMail Challenge

Newly launched mail service company called " StrongWebMail" accounced her secure email service with high authentication level, the owner receive a verification call on his pre-registered phone number, and the user should send back a PIN number by sms. to get access to the email, the username and password are not enough, access is needed to the owner's phone.

They were confident, They posted a challenge on their website for everybody to try and hack their CEO mail, and they provided his username and password.


This is not the news, The news is , they lost it.

Aviv Raff, Lance James and Mike Bailey successfully hacked the CEO email using persistent cross-site scripting (XSS), by sending an email to the company's CEO, which exploited an XSS flaw when it was opened and took control of the account.



{Cross-site scripting (XSS) is a type of computer security vulnerability typically found in web applications which allow code injection by malicious web users into the web pages viewed by other users. Examples of such code include HTML code and client-side scripts. An exploited cross-site scripting vulnerability can be used by attackers to bypass access controls such as the same origin policy. Vulnerabilities of this kind have been exploited to craft powerful phishing attacks and browser exploits. Cross-site scripting carried out on websites were roughly 80% of all documented security vulnerabilities as of 2007.[1] Often during an attack "everything looks fine" to the end-user[2] who may be subject to unauthorized access, theft of sensitive data, and financial loss}Wikipedia

Friday, May 1, 2009

TEXPO 2009 ( 26 - 30 Apr )

Last week , the Texpo 2009 ( IT and communication exhibition) took place near Meiteiga Airport.

I've noticed that many visitors commented on this year's Texpo negatively, contrary to me, who I think as Exhibitor and Visitor that it was good. The number of exhibitors is less than the ones that took place before, but there was enough for business opportunities and increasing knowledge about the market. The quality of people has been better this year, most probably because the exhibition tool place far from the center of the city.

I expect the next year's TEXPO will be better.

Friday, January 30, 2009

about the Linux day

I went to the Linux day, It was fine but not as I expected. The content is targeting people who knows nothing about linux and open source, for the ones who knows, it adds nothing.
That's my opinion.

wish for more events for real technicals to show and discuss such technologies.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Linux Day in Libya


It's the first Linux Day in Libya to be, in Tripoli on 24th of this Jan @ the Conference Holl in That-Alemad


  • Activities about installing Linux operating system, and it will be a whole day activity.
  • Lectures and Discussions

Thursday, December 11, 2008

LoJack,, A way for them to make money, for you to feel secure

when it comes to our labtops, we are all frightened to loose it. not because of the money paid for it but for the data and programs on it.

Computrace® LoJack® for Laptops

It's a software , you buy and install on your labtop, when it's stolen, they get your labtop for you.
As soon as the labtop is connected to the internet , it sends a message to their recovery center. they trace the physical location of the labtop and send their law enforcement professionals to get it.


Monday, December 1, 2008

SUN TDC

It's SUN Microsystems Technology Development Center.

each Sun Parnter has to have at least 2 certified feild engineer, part of the training is practical, and I was lucky to be there. at that center you meat engineers from different countries. specially for a beginner like me, It was quit huge experience to get there. 
Back home, we wish for a toy server to try stuff and implementations, the dream came true, specially in the senarioes week , each day , you have a server and storage dedicated for you with a task to acheive in a time frame.  It was fun, challanging, cooooooooooool.

The center management, services, instructors were excellent. I've never had such training experience.

I miss TDC, my instructors, colleges and friends I made druing the courses.





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