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Orkut gets a new look

A social networking site of Google – Orkut will be renewed and given a new look. Built entirely on Google Web Toolkit, Orkut loads much faster and also has various user friendly applications.
It allows users to chat through video integrated Google talk, browse, watch videos, comment on friend’s status or update photos in bulk.
However the new features are available to a selected few for the time being based on invitation.

A social networking site of Google – Orkut will be renewed and given a new look. Built entirely on Google Web Toolkit, Orkut loads much faster and also has various user friendly applications.

It allows users to chat through video integrated Google talk, browse, watch videos, comment on friend’s status or update photos in bulk.

However the new features are available to a selected few for the time being based on invitation.

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Google Chrome 4 (Beta) gets the much awaited Bookmark Sync

Google Today released the Beta version of Google Chrome 4, boasting 30% performance improvement over Google Chrome 3.0 the current stable version. Google earlier had a browser sync extension for Firefox , which was one of the main reason I stuck to Firefox in the first place. The browser Sync allowed storing and migrating all your browser data like Bookmarks,History and even passwords across your multiple computers. Google withdrew the Browser Sync for Firefox just before Google Chrome was launched and started promoting its own browser.

Now Google Chrome’s Beta version gets a part of the browser sync, ie the Bookmark part of it. So if you use multiple computers in Home or Office, you just needs to login to your Gmail account to Keep your Bookmarks in Sync.Google uses XMPP (The technology powering Google Talk) to Sync the data between multiple computers.

Also the current Beta version boasts of 400% performance improvement over the Google Chrome 1 (first stable release earlier this year).

Find more details here in Google Chrome Blog

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US Internet Provider Comcast to warn users of Virus in their PC

Comcast, one of dominant US Cable Internet Providers is testing a new way of Virus Warning. When the ISP finds out that a computer is part of botnet/virus activity, Comcast will send popup messages to the user’s browser with a message about the presence of the Virus. The users will be provided a link to go to Comcast Anti-Virus Center and will be provided tips to solve their problem.

The message will be repeated every 7 days even if the user chooses to ignore the warnings. Also the advantage of this system is that this will work irrespective of whether user has a Antivirus software installed or not.This new method is to be tested from today and if successful will be launched in a larger scale soon.

It should be noted that most Non tech-savvy users never realise their computer has a Virus/Trojan Horse and inadvertantly helping the spread of them.