Firefox will start blocking Flash content next month

Following in the footsteps of the other major browser, Firefox is taking steps to drastically reduce Adobe Flash usage in the near future.

Mozilla recently announced that Firefox will “block certain Flash content that is not essential to the user experience”—in other words, ads and any behind the scenes operations using Flash. Mozilla says that blocking non-essential Flash should reduce crashes and browser hang-ups by as much as 10 percent. The initial blocked content will be restricted to a specific list that Mozilla has put up on GitHub, with plans to add more block targets to the list over time.

In 2017, Firefox will make all Flash content click-to-play by default. In other words, no Flash content will automatically start playing when you load a tab, including video and games. You'll have to manually authorize Flash content to start.

Why this matters: Flash was a crucial element to the web in its early days. Now, however, most if not all of its functionality can be replaced by native web technologies such as HTML5. Plus, NPAPI plugins like Flash are known to cause problems with browser stability, performance, and security. Even Adobe is moving away from Flash on the web. In late 2015, the company released a statement to “encourage content creators to build with new web standards,” which would inevitably lead developers away from Flash.

RIP Flash

Firefox was the last major browser to give Flash a serious kick to the curb.

Google Chrome started pausing non-essential Flash content more than a year ago. Google also plans to make HTML5 the primary option for Chrome by the end of 2016, with only 10 sites white-listed to use Flash.

Microsoft followed Chrome’s lead with Edge in April. Apple, meanwhile, added click-to-play functionality to Safari 7 in 2013, and the upcoming Safari 10 on macOS Sierra will take a much harsher stand, telling websites that Flash isn’t installed on the user’s machine at all. This will force websites with an HTML5 option to use that instead—though Flash will still be available to users as a click-to-play option.

While Firefox is seriously reducing Flash's importance, Adobe's technology will remain as a plugin option for the foreseeable future. Similar to Chrome, Firefox will discontinue support for NPAPI plugins such as Java and Silverlight in March 2017, after pushing back original plans to end plugin support in late 2016. The only exception? Flash.

Iris Scans to Replace Fingerprints

FBI officials have scanned the irises of nearly 460,000 people in a pilot program that may soon replace fingerprints. While iris-scanning technology has been around for more than 25 years, it's just now getting to where it's fast, easy and relatively bug-free.

"It's a powerful bio-metric," said Patrick Grother, a computer scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Md., who has been developing algorithms and software for iris scanning. "It's fast to process, it has discriminative power -- my iris doesn't look like your iris, and it has reasonable permanence."

Iris scanning has replaced retinal scans, a method that has been pretty much abandoned since it turned out to be uncomfortable for people to endure, Grother explained. Iris scan technology was featured recently in the AMC mini-series " The Night Manager," based on a John LeCarre spy novel. The lead character used an iris scan camera on his smartphone to access his Swiss bank account (just before a big truck blew up).

Grother says that kind of quick reading ability isn't far away, and several banks are looking at using it. Windows' Lumia Nokia and Fujitsu both have iris scanners to unlock their phones, (similar to the iPhone fingerprint pad) but it's not ready to authenticate other sorts of apps or accounts.

Iris scanning cameras can be hand-held or attached to a wall. They are effective from three to six feet away from the subject's eyes. Soldiers in Iraq have been using them to authenticate Iraqi civilians who are authorized to work inside U.S. military facilities.

The iris is a part of the eye outside of the pupil that is made of collagen in a three-dimensional arrangement. This pattern can be imaged with light at certain wavelengths.

"It's like taking picture of sand dunes from space," he said. "It's a 3-D object."

The FBI's Iris Pilot program is being deployed by law enforcement officials in California, Texas and Missouri during the booking process. The U.S. Border Patrol and Department of Defense are also using iris scans, according to Stephen Fischer, an FBI spokesman.

The next step is collecting iris scans from photographs of people's eyes.

"Iris images enrolled in the FBI Iris Pilot are primarily captured during the booking process in a controlled setting with a camera designed to capture the iris image," Fischer said in an email to DNews. "These cameras capture the iris image in near-infrared light. Research is currently being conducted on the extraction of iris images from high-resolution photographs."

People with brown eyes have more pigment than those with blue eyes, said Grother. That makes it tougher to capture iris information from photographs of brown-eyed folks.

Of course, anyone who blinks, squints or scrunches up their eyes will make it difficult for law enforcement to get a good scan.

Grother and other experts now are developing software to recognize iris patterns from several different camera angles, making it easier to use a hand-held device or smartphone.

Have Aadhaar ? Now Get Passport In Just 10 Days !

To expedite the passport issuing system, the ministry of external affairs (MEA) has now decided to rely on Aadhaar card for identification of the applicant and on the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) database for validation of his/her criminal antecedents.

The simplified police verification system seeks to resolve issues raised from time to time regarding prior police verification and consequent delay in issuance of passports. In the new format, the applicant would apply online; he or she needs only to attach the Aadhaar card as the sole address and identity proof. The applicant will get the appointment within three days and in another seven days, the passport will be processed and dispatched.

Here is how you can get passport in JUST 10 DAYS through online process:

Step 1 – Register yourself at Passport Seva Portal

Go to this link http://www.passportindia.gov.in/AppOnlineProject/welcomeLink to register yourself.

If you are a new user, click on ‘register now’ link and fill in details like your ‘passport kendra’, date of birth, and email id.

 You will receive you login ID on your registered email ID. Thereafter, you will be redirected to the home page.

Step 2 – Login

Activate your account by clicking on the link received on your email ID. Login through your user name and password. Thereafter, click on the link ‘Apply for Fresh Passport’ or ‘Re-issue of Passport’. You will get two options; click on the second one to fill the application form online.

  

Step 3 – Choose your option

If you are applying for passport for the first time, click on ‘Apply for Fresh Passport’ link. Thereafter, you will be required to fill in some forms. Take your time while providing with your details, lest there should be a mistake. For once the passport process fails, it takes a lot of time to reapply.

Step 4 – Fill in family details

Once you have filled in the details, save it. You can now access this page anytime by using your user name and password. In the next page, fill in your family details.

You can save it and move to the next page where provide with your address; save it too. Provide with your emergency contact details afterwards.

Step 5 – Pay and schedule appointment

At ‘View Saved/Submitted Applications’ page, clink on Pay and Schedule Appointment link and fix your appointment time. After submitting the form you will be required to make online payment through your credit card, debit card, or internet banking.

Step 6 – Print application receipt

After completing the process, click on Application Receipt link to get the printout, which will contain application reference number and appointment number.

Step 7 – Carry original documents

Carry to your designated Passport Seva Kendra original documents. Well, within next 7 days, you will receive your passport at home. You can also take its copy online.

How to use Whatsapp in Web (Desktop) ?

Steps with Images:

 வாட்ஸ் ஆப் செயலியை மொபைல்களில் மட்டுமல்லாது இனி கணினியிலும் பயன்படுத்தலாம். 

உலகம் முழுவதும் கோடிக்கணக்கான பயனர்களைக் கொண்டுள்ள வாட்ஸ் ஆப் செயலி அனைத்து விதமான மொபைல் ஃபோன்களிலும் செயல்படும்படி வடிவமைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. 

குறுந்தகவல்களோடு, புகைப்படங்கள், வீடியோ பதிவுகள், குரல் பதிவுகள் என பலவற்றை வாட்ஸ் ஆப் மூலம் பகிரமுடியும். 

இந்தச் செயலியை மொபைல்களில் பயன்படுத்தும் அதே வேளையில் கணினியிலும் பயன்படுத்த பல பயனர்கள் ஏற்கனவே ஆர்வம் தெரிவித்திருந்தனர். 

தற்போது வாட்ஸ் ஆப் நிறுவனம் இதற்கேற்றார் போல, கணினியில் க்ரோம் ப்ரவுசரில் (Chrome) வாட்ஸ் ஆப் செயலியை பயன்படுத்தும் வசதியை அறிமுகப்படுத்தியுள்ளது. 

 

1. முதலில் மொபைலில் இருக்கும் வாட்ஸ் ஆப் செயலியை மேம்படுத்த (Update) வேண்டும்.

2. அடுத்து, கணினியில், க்ரோம் ப்ரவுசரில் https://web.whatsapp.com என்ற பக்கத்திற்கு செல்லவும். அந்த பக்கத்தில், ஒரு கியூ ஆர் கோட் (QR code) காண்பிக்கப்படும்.

3. உங்கள் மொபைலில், வாட்ஸ் ஆப் செயலியை இயக்கி, அதில் மெனுவிற்கு செல்லவும். 

4. மெனுவில் Whatsapp Web என்ற தேர்வுக்குச் செல்லவும்.

5. கணினி திரையில் இருக்கும் கியூ ஆர் கோடினை (QR Code) மொபைலால் ஸ்கேன் செய்யவும் (உங்கள் மொபைலில் இன்டர்நெட் இணைப்பு செயல்படவேண்டும்).

6. ஸ்கேன் செய்து முடித்தவுடன் தானாக கணினி திரையில் உங்கள் வாட்ஸ் ஆப் பக்கம் தோன்றும்.

Farewell to Orkut : One Last Chance ! ! !

One Last Time to ORKUT - A Sensational Farewell

If you want to revisit your long ignored Orkut profile, now is the best time to do so. Google is going to shut down its Orkut social network on September 30, as it had announced earlier. Orkut was the search giant's first foray into the social networking space, which failed to take off due to tough competition from rival services such as Facebook and Twitter.

Google later launched another social network called Google+, which may not be giving sleepless nights to Facebook, but turned out to be far more popular than Orkut. While Orkut wasn't a big success across the world, it was very popular in India and Brazil.

In a blog post, Google had said, "Over the past decade, YouTube, Blogger and Google+ have taken off, with communities springing up in every corner of the world. Because the growth of these communities has outpaced Orkut's growth, we've decided to bid Orkut farewell."

If you want to save the data you have on Orkut, we've written a complete guide on how to download your Orkut scraps, testimonials, and photos.

Google had said that it would save an archive of all Orkut communities after it shuts down the service on September 30. The company had asked people to remove their Orkut account from Google permanently if they didn't want their name or posts to be included in the community archive.

Both Orkut and Facebook were launched in 2004. While Facebook has become the world's largest social network with over 1.2 billion users, a Reuters report said Google declined to comment on the number of users Orkut has.

Orkut's fortunes floundered a few years ago and it is finally being closed.

Thank You ! Thank You ! Thank You !

Free Typing Practice in Internet - An Intresting Website

இணையத்தில் இலவசத் தட்டச்சுப் பயிற்சி

 கணினிப் பயன்பாட்டுக்குத் தட்டச்சுப் பயிற்சியே அடிப்படையாக இருக்கிறது.

கணினிப் பயன்பாட்டுக்குத் தட்டச்சுப் பயிற்சி பெற்றிருக்க வேண்டுமென்கிற கட்டாயமில்லை... ஆனால், தட்டச்சுப் பயிற்சி பெற்றவர்கள் கணினியில் மிக விரைவாகச் செயல்பட முடிகிறது. இந்தத் தட்டச்சுப் பயிற்சியினை இணையத்தில் எளிமையாகக் கற்றுக் கொள்ள ஒரு இணையதளம் உதவுகிறது.

இந்த இணையதளத்தில் மாணவர்கள், ஆசிரியர்கள் என்று இரண்டு முக்கியப் பிரிவுகளில் தட்டச்சுப் பயிற்சிக்கான வசதிகள் செய்யப்படிருக்கின்றன. பொதுவான தட்டச்சுப் பயிற்சி பெற விரும்புபவர்கள் இத்தளத்தில் மாணவர்கள் எனும் பிரிவில் கணக்கைத் தொடங்கிக் கொள்ளலாம்.

புதிய கணக்குத் தொடங்கப்பட்டவுடன் கிடைக்கும் பக்கத்தில் தொடக்கநிலைப் பயிற்சி (Beginner Course), இடைநிலைப் பயிற்சி (Intermediate Course), மேம்பட்ட பயிற்சி (Advanced Course), சிறப்புநிலைப் பாடங்கள் (Specialty Lessons), என பல தலைப்புகளில் பாடங்கள் உள்ளன.

தொடக்கநிலைப் பயிற்சியில் விசைப்பலகையிலுள்ள விசைகளைப் பயன்படுத்துவதற்கான ஒன்பது வகையான தொடக்கப் பயிற்சிகள் அளிக்கப்பட்டிருக்கின்றன. இந்தப் பயிற்சிக்கு நாம் ஒவ்வொரு விசைக்கும் பயன்படுத்த வேண்டிய விரல்கள் குறித்தும், அதற்கான எழுத்துகள் குறித்தும் எளிமையாகப் படத்துடன் விளக்கமளிக்கப்பட்டிருக்கிறது.

இடைநிலைப் பயிற்சியில் அகரவரிசை (Alphabet ), நிறுத்தல் குறிகள் (Punctuation), பொதுவான ஆங்கிலச் சொற்கள் (Common English Words), எண்கள் (Numbers), வேகப் பயிற்சி (Speed Drills) என்று ஒன்பது வகையான பயிற்சிகள் இடம் பெற்றிருக்கின்றன. மேம்பட்ட பயிற்சியில் ஆறு வகையான பயிற்சிகள் இடம் பெற்றிருக்கின்றன. சிறப்புப் பாடங்கள் பயிற்சியில் ஏழு வகையான பயிற்சிகள் இடம் பெற்றிருக்கின்றன.

கட்டண அடிப்படையிலான பயிற்சியில் 16 வகையான பயிற்சிகள் இருக்கின்றன. இவற்றில் நாம் கட்டண அடிப்படையிலான பயிற்சியைத் தவிர்த்து பிற பயிற்சிகளை இலவசமாகப் பெற முடியும். இங்கு ஆங்கிலம், ஜப்பான், சீனம், கொரியன், போர்ச்சுக்கீசு உட்பட 26 மொழிகளிலான விசைப்பலகைகளில் பயிற்சி பெறமுடியும்.

தட்டச்சுப் பயிற்சி மேற்கொள்ள விரும்புபவர்கள் https://www.typingweb.com/ எனும் இணையமுகவரிக்குச் சென்று தங்களது பயிற்சிகளைத் தொடரலாம். 

IRCTC - Upgraded Version

IRCTC Now Capable of Handling 7,200 Ticket Bookings Per Minute

The tedious experiences of booking train tickets through the IRCTC website may have become a thing of the past, as the Indian Railways on Wednesday launched its next-generation e-ticketing system that features an enhanced booking capacity of 7,200 tickets per minute, and is said to be both faster and easier to use.

"It was a rail budget commitment which was fulfilled today," Railway Minister Sadanand Gowda said after launching the next generation e-ticketing system in New Delhi.

The new system developed by Centre for Railway information Systems (CRIS) with an estimated cost of Rs. 180 crore would allow booking of 7,200 tickets per minute against 2,000 tickets per minute possible with the old system.

Also, with the launch of the system, 120,000 concurrent users can book e-tickets simultaneously now, against the earlier capacity of 40,000 concurrent users at a time. (Also see: Beyond IRCTC: Apps and Sites That Make Train Travel Better)

Expressing his happiness on the successful implementation of the faster e-ticketing system which was part of the Rail Budget proposal, Gowda said "budget was presented two months and five days ago in Parliament, and today we are launching [the upgraded service]."

He hoped with this pace all budget proposals would be implemented before the next budget though there are only six months left for the next year budget.

Besides e-ticketing, Gowda launched a series of IT-enabled initiatives for rail users including train enquiry mobile application and Go-India smart card.

Online system like e-Demand and e-Diversion for freight service was also launched by Gowda to enable the booking of wagons and making of payments without going to counters.

"Railways is part and parcel of development. It is in the mind of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. PM said all operational part of railways should be covered through online system," the Railway minister said.

Emphasising state-of-the-art solution in rail sector to bring about operational efficiency, Gowda said "I have envisaged hospital management information system for the railway staff."

He also suggested education to children of railway staff through optic fibre cable network.

Gowda also announced cash awards of Rs. 5 lakh and Rs. 2.5 lakh for CRIS and IRCTC respectively for their commendable work.

How to Change Whatsapp Profile Picture in Bluestacks ?

Bluestacks app player is the popular solution for installing android apps like WhatsApp on computer. It works like a charm. It creates android environment on your system and runs the app. But if you notice, some Bluestacks version doesn't support the gallery properly. When we open the gallery in Bluestacks, it performs slowly like snail. It keeps on throwing the error message like “Application Failure Detected, Please Try Again”. And thus, we cannot do any operation which is gallery related. To change the WhatsApp display picture, you need to select photos from gallery and gallery doesn't work properly. But hey, I have a simple solution for you. Really, it is simple! Just couple of clicks and you are done! Have a look.

I use Bluestacks on PC personally and believe me, it really feels worst when you try to update your profile picture in WhatsApp. I searched many solutions and at last I got an idea. As you know Android is open source platform and there is an app for almost everything. Even for this problem, we are going to use one awesome application as the solution. We are using “The Fish Bowl” application. It is a gallery app for android. This works really smooth and you can choose picture through this very easily. It is really very fast then the default gallery of Bluestacks. You can easily set your profile picture of WhatsApp through this. Let us see how.

• Open Bluestacks and minimize it.

• Download the Fish Bowl Gallery APK file.

• After downloading the APK file, double click on that file. It will be automatically installed on your Bluestacks.

• After successful installation, open your Bluestacks and enjoy.

• Now you are done. Just open WhatsApp and go to your profile picture. Click on Edit. Now it will show you one other option to select the pictures from. Click on “Fish Bowl Photo Gallery”.

• Now select your profile picture, crop and set! Easy and fast.

Change WhatsApp Profile Picture in Bluestacks

It works like a charm. If you try with your default slow gallery, I bet it can make you angry. Try this and keep changing your display picture. This application is very small in size and works very fast. It will also help you to view all your media in Bluestacks without lagging and slowing down. You can see your WhatsApp images and videos using this gallery.

Make sure you have your profile picture on your SD card in Bluestacks before changing and using Fish Bowl. To transfer your pictures and media between PC and Bluestacks, use this method. It will show you how to transfer all media to Bluestacks to computer with the help of Dropbox.

I hope it helped you. I don’t know why the default gallery gives such errors. It works very slowly and even sometimes the Bluestacks gets crashed due to gallery. Now you can enjoy with this light weight app and make your experience even better in Bluestacks. If you get any error or have any problem, please feel free to comment below. I will try to solve it as soon as possible.

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ஃபேஸ்புக்கில் உலவும் புது விதமான ‘நிறம் மாற்றும்’ வைரஸ் - Alert..

நீங்கள் ஃபேஸ்புக் வலைத்தளத்தில் எப்போதாவது உங்களுடைய நிறத்திட்டத்தை (Colour Scheme) மாற்ற முயற்சித்திருக்கிறீர்களா?

ஆம் எனில், உடனடியாக உங்கள் கருவியிலிருந்து நீக்கிவிடவும்.

இந்த நிறம் மாற்றும் தீம்பொருள்தான் (Malware) இன்று ஃபேஸ்புக்கில் உலவும் புது விதமான வைரஸ். இதனால், உலகம் முழுவதும் கிட்டதட்ட 10,000 பேரின் ஃபேஸ்புக் கணக்கு பாதிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

இந்த வைரஸை ஃபேஸ்புக் நிறுவனம் பலமுறை சரிசெய்தாலும், மீண்டும் மீண்டும் உருவாக்குவதாகத் தகவல்கள் தெரிவிக்கின்றன.

இந்த வைரஸ், பயனீட்டாளர்கள் தங்களது கணக்கின் நிறத்தை மாற்றமுடியும் என்ற செய்தியுடன் இருக்கும் செயலியின் (Software) விளம்பரமாக தொடங்குகிறது.

இந்த செயலியைப் (Software) பதிவிறக்கம் செய்தபின், வைரஸுடன் கூடிய வலைதளத்திற்கு திசைத்திருப்பப்படுகிறது. இங்குதான் வைரஸ் தாக்கும் ஆபாயம் ஏற்படுகிறது. ஃபேஸ்புக் கணக்கில் எப்படி நிறம் மாற்றுவது என்பதை விளக்கும் வீடியோவைப் பார்க்குமாறு கூறும் இந்த வலைதளம், பயனீட்டாளர்களின் கணக்கையும், பயன்பாட்டையும் திருடுகிறது.

இந்த வைரஸின் தற்காலிக பயன்பாடு, அவர்களது ஃபேஸ்புக் நண்பர்களின் கணக்கையும் ஹாக்கர்கள் தொடர்பு கொள்ள உதவுகின்றது.

ஒருவேளை பயனீட்டாளர் இந்த வீடியோவை பார்க்கவில்லையெனில், இந்த வலைதளம் அவர்களை வைரஸுடன் கூடிய செயலியைப் (Software) பதிவிறக்கம் செய்யுமாறு தெரிவிக்கிறது.

"ஒருவேளை இந்த செயலியை (Software) நீங்கள் பதிவிறக்கம் செய்திருந்தால், அதனை உங்களுடைய கணினியிலிருந்தோ அல்லது ஸ்மார்ட்போனில் இருந்தோ நீக்கிவிட்டு, ஃபேஸ்புக்கின் பாஸ்வோர்ட்டை மாற்றவும்”, என்று சீனாவில் இணையம் நிறுவனமான ‘சீட்டா மொபைல்’ தெரிவிக்கின்றது. 

The Way-Back Machine !!!

THE WAY-BACK MACHINE

Hey Guys Ever Wished / Wanted to See a Webpage of www.timesofindia.com or any other page of Feb 29th 2000 or any other date ????


HERE WE GO !!!

STEP 1:

Start your browser and connect to www.archive.org, type the website URL whose cached or archived copy you wish to view in the space provided and click on the TAKE ME BACK button.
For Example, www.timesofindia.com

STEP 2:

Select the year ,month and date from which you wish to view the archived copy. In this example, i'm going to pretend that I want to see the Feb 16th 2005 copy of the www.timesofindia.com website.

STEP 3:

Within a few seconds, the WAY-BACK MACHINE tool will display the archived copy of the www.timesofindia.com website from the date that you selected in the previous step.

                                                                INTERESTING???

The way-back machine software is very useful to access popular websites that may have been blocked. However , it cannot be used to access websites that may not be that popular or websites that have dynamic content(like Youtube,Facebook,Etc).

DON'T BELIEVE ????
SEE THE PICTURE BELOW !

Still don't believe???
Try it yourself!!!


The Way-Back machine doesn't stop just with that.....
The Way-Back machine can be also used to view the blocked websites like Facebook, Youtube ,etc(in blocked places like it companies, colleges etc)