I know most of you would be outraged at such a question. However just for a moment take a look at the biodata of a jehadi who worked as a senior software engineer / architect at Yahoo. He is a capable technologist, has deep understanding of Linux, Unix & nginx, httpd and other technologies. He is a must hire at most companies he will apply to. However the situation changes drastically if you knew he was a hardcore jehadi and responsible for mass-murder / terrorist attacks.

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By now all of are aware how Mansoor Peerbhoy has masterminded the terrorist attacks in India, that he showed no remorse in killing non-muslims and doesn't care about the consequences, you are also aware how he was a senior software engineer working at Yahoo / Zimbra and earning an impressive salary by Indian standards. You also heard that he was very tech savvy and an nginx (a faster and apparently better alternative to Apache web server or even lighttpd web server) expert. Just how tech savvy was he?
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In my previous article I have already discussed about how to use the Online Feed Aggregators to view the password protected Feed with username and password. Now the next thing that should come to your mind is how do they actually fair in maintaining the security of your account. To understand that I studied and tested a number of online feed aggregators on the known protocols such as HTTP basic, HTTP digest, Integrated Windows and HTTPS SSL protection. So let us know about these protocols first. Then it will be better to understand what suits you more.
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Last year,  31-year-old software engineer Mohammed Mansoor Asgar Peerbhoy, principal software engineer with Yahoo, who is now accused of masterminding terrorist attacks on India, completed a course in ethical hacking and cyber crime, posted his feedback about the course as: "Mind-boggling". Mannu added, "Really unleashes the power of information." You bet!

Mannu alias Peerbhoy is a principal engineer / architect at Yahoo India and reportedly earns 19, 00, 000 Rs. per year. And yet he decided to attack the very country which gave him birth, education, ensured his safety and growth to such an exalted position by bombing the country and killing hundreds and thousands of innocent people and children.

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Google Analytics is a trusted third party service that provides an accurate view and detailed analysis of performance statistics of your website without asking for your own resource. It may sound strange that some other website is tracking your performance without you having to provide anything. But that is where the contrasting concept comes in and Google Analytics differ from other self hosting analytics service providers like, Wusage and Webalizer.

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Instant Online Messengers are the best form of social networking service over internet. Messengers like Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger, Rediff BOL and Google Talk have served millions of people to be linked with people from across the globe, make new friends, increase their social boundaries and also share information of different kinds. So considering all these aspects I thought of reviewing all these softwares and present to you a deep study of what is better for whom. so Let's get started err Sign In.

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In this world of Windows, anti-virus software needs no introduction at all. We all know they are the resident watchmen of our highly sensitive data inside the computer, protects it from all kinds of infection and more. Why spend money when you can get some of the best quality anti-virus software for free? What if I help you find more about the best anti-virus software available today and for free? Sounds interesting? You betcha.
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When using enums in a switch, it is almost natural to assume they will be used like a regular switch. Unfortunately to accomodate enums, Java had to enhance its specification and enums in switch behave differently than regular switch statements in two significant and non-trivial ways.

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CodeWeaver's released a port of Google's Chrome browser (review) for Linux. CrossOver Chromium is a Mac and Linux port of the open source Chromium web browser. CrossOver Chromium is free and available for download here.

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Windows XP, arguably the world's most popular operating system, still has lots of tricks up its sleeve. Today I will show you some hidden rooms, some unknown corners in this column that you never knew existed but wanted to. Without much ado lets login to the wonderful hidden world of Windows XP.
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