[Preview + Feedback] January 2009

Here you go.
Merry Xmas, and a very happy new year.

Cover Story: How secure are you?

Digital Passion

The tech that powered evil
A lowdown on the technologies used by the terrorists during the 26/11 attack, and how the good guys can fight the usage.

Digital rights management
DRM technologies, a histrory of the laws, how the companies enforce it, DRM for different media, to what degree DRM is effective, and the downside of enforcing restrictions.

Social Engineering
The different methods and approaches of cybercriminals exploiting the weakest link in the security chain - the humans.

Digital Tools

Where on Earth am I?
The different uses of GPS devices beyond mere navigation, getting the most out of your GPS device, and how to make smart buying decisions.

Agent 001: Digital Cameras
Agent 001 helps you make an educated choice in the wide range of digital cameras available. Choose the camera that is most suitable for your needs.

Digital Business

Defence against security threats
There are a lot of threats out there, and a cyber criminals looking at your network with malicious intent - this article details the countermeasures of developing a comprehensive strategy to safeguard the company's network from attacks.

Bomb-safe the office
How to make sure that all your employees are prepared for an blast, and measures to be taken at the time of an attack.

Digital Leisure/ Game On
Left 4 Dead
NFS: Undercover
Far Cry2

TESTS
Motherboards tested
GPS devices tested
Business laptops tested

Enter, Escape + Drool Maal + Regulars

How To
Forum siggies in photoshop
Handling paper jams

30 Minutes Expert
Mouse-free browsing
PhotoFiltre

Tips N Tricks
Nero 9
Mozilla Firebird
Snarfer

FastTrack to PHP

DVD1

Tools

Multimedia
Alibre Design Xpress 11
AmitySource UserBar Generator 2.2
AnimatorDV Simple 9.02
Audioblast
Beneton Movie GIF 1.1.2
Bryce 5.5
DAZ Studio 2.3.3.89
DesignPro Limited Edition 5.2.1201
Desktop T Shirt Creator 1.1
Diagram Designer 1.21
DVD Identifier
DynamicFactory 4.1
Lego Digital Designer 2
Master-Design Art-Shop X-Lite 17.4.36
OrangeCD Player
Photobie Design Studio 2.2.1
Quick Media Converter
Soundflavor DJ
Synfig Studio 0.61.05
The GodFather
trakAxPC
ACDSee Photo Manager 10
Corel PhotoImpact X3
Magic Photo Editor 4.64
MAGIX Xtreme PhotoStory on CD and DVD 7.0
Real Player Gold 11
SnagIt 9.0.2
StillMotion PE 2 2.0.3875

Internet
1st MP3 Torrent Downloader 2.8
Aardvark Desktop Creator 1
Acoo Browser 1.90.966
Avanquest Connection Manager - Free Edition 2.0.3
Avant Browser 11.5.16
BitTorrent
Camfrog Video Chat 5.1.127
Earthstationv 1.0
FlashCatch 1.0.0.2
Free Phone 2.0
Free Webcam Watcher 1
Full Speed 3.0
Gigaget Download Manger 1.0.0.23
HomeCamera 4.3
Integrity Messenger 4.11
IP Hider 3.4 build 57
Java Desktop SMS 1.0
Lphant Plus 1.00
Monesafe 2006
Mozy Free Remote Backup 1.6
Ozum 5.00
Paessler Site Inspector 4.1.0.724
Web Services Accelerator 2.00
WeFi 3.3.2.1
Zultrax P2P 4.28

System
Ad-aware 2008
Advanced WindowsCare 2.00
Amanda Community Edition 2.5+
bScreen 1.0
CachemanXP 1.5
Comodo Registry Cleaner
Doctor Alex Antispyware
EMCO Malware Destroyer 3.14
HDClone Free Edition 3.6+
Instant Memory Cleaner 7.1+
Rambooster 2.0
RegXcrub VistaXP
Roadkil's Raw Copy
Spyware Terminator
Super Fdisk Bootable CD
X-Setup Pro 6.5

Essentials
.net Framework 2.0
.net Framework 3.5
µTorrent 1.8.1
Avast Home Edition 4.8
Comodo Internet Security Pro 3.5.55810.432
Foxit Reader 3.0
Free Download Manager 2.5 build 758
Irfan View 4.20
Java(TM) 2 Runtime
K-Lite Mega Codec Pack FULL 4.2.5
Opera 9.6
Silverlight
Spybot Search and Destroy 1.6.0
VLC Player 0.9.4
WinRAR 3.80

Updates and Add-ons
Adobe Shockwave
Avast Update
AVG Update
Java runtime update
Kaspersky definition Update
Norton Internet security update
Spybot updates

Entertainment

HD Trailers
2012
Astro Boy
Local Color
New in Town
Nobel Son
Nothing But the Truth
Star Trek
The International
The Reader
Yonkers Joe

Movies
Elephant's Dream
Man in Man
O Grande Ditador (The Great Dictator)
The Terror
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet

Gaming

Games
Arc Aether Anomalies
War Rock 040808
Harvest Massive Encounter
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
World of Goo

Mods
Far Cry K-9 Vision v1.1 Mod
Naruto Little Fighter
True Combat: Elite
Unreal Tournament 2004 Red Orchestra v3.3 Full Install

Trailers
Afro Samurai
Black Mesa Source
Chronicles of Spellborn
Mirror's Edge
Ninja Blade
Soldner-X
Star Ocean: The Last Hope

DVD2

Suites

Adobe
Adobe Flash Pro CS4
Adobe AfterEffects CS4
Adobe Illustrator CS4
Adobe Indesign CS4
Adobe Lightroom CS4
Adobe Photoshop CS4
Adobe Premiere Pro CS4
Adobe Acrobat Pro CS4

Ashampoo
Ashampoo ClipFinder
Ashampoo Core Tuner
Ashampoo Burning Studio 2009
Ashampoo Internet Accelerator 2
Ashampoo Photo Commander 6
Ashampoo Photo Optimizer 2

Productivity

Office
Angel Writer 3.0
authorPOINT Lite for PowerPoint 2.0
BeamYourScreen 2.0.5
CHM Owner Guard 8.3.0
CopyWriter 3.00
cVue 0.7
Diagram Designer 1.21
docPointer Visual ReadMe 2.0
InfoRapid KnowledgeMap 2005e
Natural Word from Software Theories 1.0.0
NetViz 7.0
NoteMagic Lite 6.7.11.18
nPowered Presenter 3.20.1437
numberGo Publisher 1.4
PDF Action Free PDF Reader 1.6
Strategy Map Balanced Scorecard 2.1
The Presentation Launcher 1.0
WhiteBoard 2.0
WordBase4ME 4.05
3D Graph Generator 2.4.0
Ability Spreadsheet 4.14
Antechinus Draw Magic 2.2
Atlantis Word Processor 1.6.1.6
ClassDraw 1.01
ClearBoard 1.3.0
ConceptDraw VI 6.0
DiagramStudio 5.2
DoneEx XCell Compiler 1.9.3
EDGE Diagrammer 6.04.2020
Flow Diagrams 1.0
IntroCreator 2.46.00
Killink CSV 1.2.1
Liquid Media 2.01

Database Management
Active Query Builder Free Edition 1.7.9
DaFT 1.0
eva3 Universal Database Converter 1.2
Firebird - Relational Database 1.0
FlySpeed SQL Query 1.1
Free SQL Compare 1.1
Idera SQLcheck 2.0
Logicity - Crystal Reports Viewer 1.6.0003
MuSQL 2.51
MYdbPAL for MySQL 3.0.7.1
MySQL 6.0 Enterprise
Scribes Report Tool 5.0.3.9
SQL Studio Query eXecutor 1.1
SQLCreator 2.0
XAMPP 1.6.8
Access-to-MySQL 3.1
AdeptSQL Workshop 1.01
Advanced Database Query 1.1
Advanced Database Query Automaton 1.1
Advanced SQL Recovery 1.0
Advanced SQL To HTML Table Converter 1.1
Advanced SQL To PDF Table Converter 1.1
AlligatorSQL 1.15
blueshell Data Guy 2.02.0004
CASE Studio 2 2.22
DAC for MySQL 2.6.3
Database Design Studio Lite 2.21.0
DBExplorer 2.2.2
DBF Comparer 2.34
DBSurveyor for SQL Server 1.0.1
MyCon Professional MySQL GUI 2005.2.9.0
RazorSQL 4.2.9
SQL Weaver 2.50 for ODBC With XML 2.500h
SQLStomper 1.0
Survey Power 6.10

CAD
AutoCAD Drawing Viewer 2.1.9
CadStd Lite 3.5.9
DesignBots 1
Diagram Designer 1.21
DWG Search 2.3
DwgSee Plus 1.2
eDrawings 2008 SP01 8.1.0.155
FreeCAD 8
jDraft 1.0.0.9b
Live DXF2BMP 1
LiveSwif Lite 2.1
MyCAD Viewer 1
PCB Artist 1.2
PowerDraw 3
Sweet Home 3D 1.4
TigerCad 3.001
WinTopo 1.61
AutoCAD 2009

FastTrack to PHP

Fast Track
Fast Track [Fast Track Cover]
Pokat Reader
PHP Source Files
Fast Track Video

PHP Tools
PHP Designer 2007 - Personal 5.0.2
EasyPHP 2.0 beta 1
PHP Generator for MySQL 7.10
PHPTriad 2.2
Source Edit 4.0 revision 3
Php Database Wizard 0.3
Notepad++ 4.7.5
Firebird PHP Generator 7.10
DontKillTime for PHP 1
Easy PHP Highlighter 2
DSV PHP Editor 2.3
MS SQL PHP Generator 7.4
Oracle PHP Generator 7.4
PostgreSQL PHP Generator 7.10
CodeLobster PHP Edition 1.4.1
SQLite PHP Generator 8.1
StarPhP 2.0.0.5
Smilehouse Workspace Small Business 1.10

2 DVDs ???? Wats the price ?? Have u replaced the CD with the DVD ??? is it dual layer too (it does look like DL considering the size of those SUITES ) ....???

Thanks Anorion for the preview

You guys are giving FastTrack on the DVD as a e-book. Am I right ?
A very good step

Merry Christmas, and I wish a very happy new year to Digit Guys & all Forumm Members.

A

thanks Anorion for the preview, where is linux

, I think elephants dream was given some time back.......

Gee, What a Christmas present! Thanks Anorion!

Contents look nice! Thanks for the Naruto Little Fighter mod!
I wanted to ask whats the use of including a how to on "Forum siggies in Photoshop"??? On TDF, we aren't even allowed images in signatures! Only for other forums? Ah, well! But I won't give a double thumbs up till I get to lay my hands on the mag.
Oh, and Merry Christmas and a Happy new year to team digit too!

Can you please start giving GIMP tutorials instead of PhotoShop tutorials ?
Most of us either can't afford PhotoShop or have pirated version of it.
And yeah, there is a software called GIMPshop. Its a gimp mod to make it look like photoshop.
I hear it has similar controls to photoshop. But I am still not sure if its a good enough clone.

And yeah, thanks for TWO DVDs. Are they both Dual Layer ?

J

No linux ?

Thanks for giving FT to PHP

In one word.
The issue is LOADED.

Guys please dont miss this issue.

Keep up the good work and ya thanks Anorion for the extra effort.

@harryneopotter, MetalheadGautham
Yeah, both the DVDs are DL

@azaad_shri75, j_h
No no linux. Sorry. Maybe next time.

@topgear, yeah we are giving FT as an e-book on the DVD, along with a video introduction

i expected Fedora 10 / open suse 11.00. both are missing.

Originally Posted by Anorion
@topgear, yeah we are giving FT as an e-book on the DVD, along with a video introduction

Thanks for that. A nice step toward a green future world & saving our planet.

E-book is preferred along with hardcopy. We can get plenty of tutorials from the net & learn, but I don't do this because constant reading damages eyes. Try to read an e-book continuosly for 20 mins & u'll see what happens.

So, infact a bad step. We want fasttrack in "PRINT".

Can you please start giving GIMP tutorials instead of PhotoShop tutorials ?

+100

i expected Fedora 10 / open suse 11.00. both are missing.

+1000

FT is better left as a hard copy, no need to provide the E-version, as most of us like to read books than to squint and read the fine print on our monitors :razz:

Cool G5 said:
FT is better left as a hard copy, no need to provide the E-version, as most of us like to read books than to squint and read the fine print on our monitors

+1000

I too prefer hard copy. Watching the monitor for 1+ hrs mks me cry.....

Thanks for the previews.

Is that means there is no hard copy of fast track in digit this time???

Thanks for Fast Track to PHP.
Also Database management tools section is nice.
Overall nice issue.

But Linux is really missing...

N

this edition is real gift to programmers but wating for dot net fast track, and one more thing where is the digit archive software ????????? pl bring it back

N

Is World of Goo full version or demo??? I read the review of that game on December 2008 Issue & it's a small game. Surely, Lost Planet's Demo, eh??

A

well... i bought Dec issue from newsstand and guess what ...On Demand DVD was missing.I sent a mail too to Digit help but till now no response...What to do..i wanted that DVD...anyone can help??

EDIT :- got a mail from team digit today asking me to subscribe to magzine if i want that missing DVD.Thats too bad response ..much worse than i expected.I am going to stop buying DIGIT now as thats the way they treat newstand buyers

missing linux.......
otherwise a great issue......
waiting for that

Good to see 2 DVDs. But will we also get a slimmer Magazine?

I now feel sorry for Digit.

A

where is prince of persia?

but thanx for Adobe cs3

I dont know what to say about the forthcoming issue.............but the Dec issue was sorta boring......and very thin..........

AND ABOVE ALL

I miss my jewel case!!

WOW! This has to be the best issue in ages! Thanks a lot Team Digit.

The issue look cool. I will get it from college library...
(Still a little pissed about the missing Linux DVD from december issue, and hell I stopped hoping I will ever recieve it. Not that I need it anymore.. I borrowed a friend's DVD and copied it!)

R

Nce issue....good attempt to cover the last months failure.

wow...........wats d price??????

Price ???

Revolution said:
Price ???

The price is Rs.150/-. Digit has hiked the price of the regular issues to Rs.150/-

Anorion said:
@yeah we are giving FT as an e-book on the DVD, along with a video introduction

I got a print edition of Fast Track

rajivnedungadi said:
Good to see 2 DVDs. But will we also get a slimmer Magazine?

As I guessed earlier, even before I got the magazine, the mag is just 122 pages, its become slimmer.

saqib_khan said:
E-book is preferred along with hardcopy. We can get plenty of tutorials from the net & learn, but I don't do this because constant reading damages eyes. Try to read an e-book continuosly for 20 mins & u'll see what happens. So, infact a bad step. We want fasttrack in "PRINT".

Black Core said:
Is that means there is no hard copy of fast track in digit this time???

No, it means that we're trying to give you more in terms of content by adding a video introduction to the Fast Track on the DVD. The e-book version is included, as is a software called Pokat Reader, which tries to emulate the feel of a real book on your screen. This is for feedback purposes, as we're trying to innovate Fast Track, and see what FT 2.0 should be.

The Print version of Fast Track remains. The e-book is an addition to this, so make sure you check it out on the DVD as well, and send us feedback about it. You can address all feedback to editor <at> thinkdigit <dot> com.

avinashkumar79 said:
well... i bought Dec issue from newsstand and guess what ...On Demand DVD was missing.I sent a mail too to Digit help but till now no response...What to do..i wanted that DVD...anyone can help??

EDIT :- got a mail from team digit today asking me to subscribe to magzine if i want that missing DVD.Thats too bad response ..much worse than i expected.I am going to stop buying DIGIT now as thats the way they treat newstand buyers

Did you write a mail to help <at> thinkdigit <dot> com? If not, please send the mail there, and if there is no response to that, you can write to me directly at editor <at> thinkdigit <dot> com and I will make sure you receive your DVD.

Quiz_Master said:
The issue look cool. I will get it from college library...
(Still a little pissed about the missing Linux DVD from december issue, and hell I stopped hoping I will ever recieve it. Not that I need it anymore.. I borrowed a friend's DVD and copied it!)

You can also follow the steps above to get your December DVD.

Rabooo Bhaiya thanks a lot this january 2009 Edition. Its a great welcome to New Year.\

My all demands are now fullfilled.
FT on PHP. I love that
DVD with CS4: I love that.
Web desigining tools and everything related to that : I love that.
Magazine content: I will have to read it But I am sure I will love that.

December Issue: I love that.

Thanks a lot.

A

what price increased to 150/-

, I thought 125/- is already high priced, thats a really sad news for new year.

I dont care about the price as I am a subscriber. Tell you one thing guys, you have improved a LOT! I recieved my copy today and its just the 2nd! Good to see 2 DL-DVDs instead of one. The FT is a great one and will help me a lot. The mag contents are average but the game reviews are nice. You guys deserve a hearty applause

.

Price is 150 bucks Is it Worth????????

Just to clarify some questions I've been getting, prices for subscriptions remain the same as before.

This is the right time to subscribe, to ensure that you get all the Digit goodness, at the old prices.

@toofan (and others): With 2 dual-layer DVDs from now on, we're going to be able to meet your demands on a more regular basis as well.

Just got the mag on yesterday night - good contents - worth Rs. 150 - Keep on providing quality contents - cheers.

I only care about the magazine,fast track and the price of course.....

I don't care about DVD or CD.
Doesn't matter 3 or 4 DVDs,single or dual layer.
I like the content of magazine and fast track most.

Raaabo said:
With 2 dual-layer DVDs from now on, we're going to be able to meet your demands on a more regular basis as well.

thnks Bro but some good steps must be taken in packing/DVD issues......
I live iN kathmandu,Nepal and it wont be easy task for me to replace the faulty DvD,if i get one.........and in addition if this problem continues many ppl will demand for new DVDs by telling a lie they got a damaged one....

My new year resolution is not to buy Digit anymore and not be a blind follower of it.

rahimveron said:
My new year resolution is not to buy Digit anymore and not be a blind follower of it.

+1

Price Inc might make me switch it off!

Raboo you missed Dreamweaver CS4 in that Adobe pacakage. It would have been a 4 moons to this PHP edition. Please provide Dreamweaver CS4 next month.
Bye the way you have improved this team digit. YOu have changed everything for good.

. 80% of the users dont have idea to buy digit in future..(see the poll)

now what will digit do...
instead of increasing the price,it is good idea to change FT from Hardcopy to E-book.

Revolution said:
+1

+2

The main reason being a price rise. And yeah someone see that poll results. Raabo Sir, you must see this: *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=105778

Price rise is unacceptable. 73% have said"No, I wont buy digit again". And we were happy with 1 DL DVD & 1 cd.

yeah make the fast track only a e-book version ( since printing cost are going higher )

^+1

topgear said:
yeah make the fast track only a e-book version ( since printing cost are going higher )

Nops yaar not only E-book.....Giv the both ebook as well as hardcopy

and yaa instead of providin 2 DVD's Digit can provide 1 Coz most of the time they repaet the sam old softwares..and yaa in addition they usually donnot provide gud softwares ALL SHAREWARE

i buy digit coz there is a fasttrack

A

Raaabo said:
No, it means that we're trying to give you more in terms of content by adding a video introduction to the Fast Track on the DVD. The e-book version is included, as is a software called Pokat Reader, which tries to emulate the feel of a real book on your screen. This is for feedback purposes, as we're trying to innovate Fast Track, and see what FT 2.0 should be.

The Print version of Fast Track remains. The e-book is an addition to this, so make sure you check it out on the DVD as well, and send us feedback about it. You can address all feedback to editor <at> thinkdigit <dot> com.

Did you write a mail to help <at> thinkdigit <dot> com? If not, please send the mail there, and if there is no response to that, you can write to me directly at editor <at> thinkdigit <dot> com and I will make sure you receive your DVD.

You can also follow the steps above to get your December DVD.

Hii Raaabo

It seems some effort from your side did the trick.I had mailed at correct email address regarding CD/DVD issues and then had that bad response and which prompted me to write that.But perhaps you made sure that i should recieve DVD.Today i got a surprise with a courier having entire Mag. with DVDs and CD.
Thanx for your efforts and this will ensure that i will keep buying further issues of Digit

I am considering buying this issue since it has an FT to PHP.

topgear said:
yeah make the fast track only a e-book version ( since printing cost are going higher )

-1. Finally only after seeing a promising FT, I am considering buying Digit.

Raaabo said:
No, it means that we're trying to give you more in terms of content by adding a video introduction to the Fast Track on the DVD. The e-book version is included, as is a software called Pokat Reader, which tries to emulate the feel of a real book on your screen. This is for feedback purposes, as we're trying to innovate Fast Track, and see what FT 2.0 should be.

Seems a promising idea. However will it work in Linux?

DVd is pathetic... Though I would love to get my hands on PS...

Digit has come of ages in term of presentation././ /Ban On COver Page.. Too good.. Haven't read anything yet except editorials. New Ed. is doing gr8 for Digit I guess

I was disappointing as there was no Linux and Open Source Article in the Magz. !

N

This month's Fast Track to php was really very nice. Also the video tutorial was very nice.It is very helpful to beginner of php. Please keep providing such nice tutorials.

digit rocks for sure

not the price ;-(

Got the mag on 31st.. The mag contents were good and the entire package was there even with a big opening in the cover..

2 DVDs and No Linux?

Shame on you, Digit.

M

Very very thanx for availing all these articles and wonderful softwares,

Happy New Year 2009 to DIGIT team.

Do The Best Anorion,

Take Care

Feedback: Jan-2009:

While the recent terror attacks on Mumbai did make me more vigilant and aware of my surroundings, i was more than surprised by the editorial "Let Big Brother Watch"!!

I do understand the need to fortify our country, and given that our reliance on computers and the internet has reached a point of it being a part of our lifestyle, i am for fortifying our internet communications also. But i am totally against letting anyone (especially the government, given their track record for online security of their own content) snoop into my computer in the name of 'national security'. As the end for EoTS goes, 'The government does not have the right to breach the sanctity of my house no matter what...'

Yes, the terror attack was gruesome and made all those cool gadgets we have accepted as our lifestyle work against us, but that does not mean i'll let anyone peek into mine in the name of security.

I found it very odd that the violation of privacy incurred in an external agency monitoring my Google searches, my orkut posts, my web mail and my sms is being trivialized by comparing it to being patted down at a mall by attention-less personnel who i am not sure even know what to look for! And dare they try to peek inside my wallet! Although i understand the sentiment behind it, i can safely say that these two aren't even the in the same ballpark.

I will not be so paranoid and anxious by the terror attacks as to relinquish my online privacy to any external entity. What i will do is not take my liberties for granted. I will fortify my wireless connection, make my online passwords stronger, resist from storing them in my wallet, and will spend some of my hard earned money in a good quality and legit security software, rather than hunting for cracked versions on p2ps. What i will do is make sure "I" keep strong tabs on what information is coming in or leaving my computer/internet connection, rather than leave it open for interception by an external entity. What i will do is minimize the probability that i am used as a weapon for terror.

As far as my civic responsibility goes, I will urge the online search engines to make sure that their top-notch search spiders seek information such as making bombs and child porno and make these available to the worldwide security agencies for scrutiny. And i will demand a death sentence for anyone who dares indulge in these gruesome practices so that an example is set for those who try to fester anarchy.

Letting government take over the internet is going to create more problems than it solves, given how ours are so easily sold to businessmen. (Satyam , anyone!!!)

I can go on and on here, but i'll conclude with this. My desire for online privacy is as strong as my desire to never again light a candle at the Gateway of India. And for that, "I" shall become proactive and take steps, rather than be paranoid, put my hands up and say "Let big bro watch!" That's hardly civic!

b_man said:
Feedback: Jan-2009:

While the recent terror attacks on Mumbai did make me more vigilant and aware of my surroundings, i was more than surprised by the editorial "Let Big Brother Watch"!!

I do understand the need to fortify our country, and given that our reliance on computers and the internet has reached a point of it being a part of our lifestyle, i am for fortifying our internet communications also. But i am totally against letting anyone (especially the government, given their track record for online security of their own content) snoop into my computer in the name of 'national security'. As the end for EoTS goes, 'The government does not have the right to breach the sanctity of my house no matter what...'

Yes, the terror attack was gruesome and made all those cool gadgets we have accepted as our lifestyle work against us, but that does not mean i'll let anyone peek into mine in the name of security.

I found it very odd that the violation of privacy incurred in an external agency monitoring my Google searches, my orkut posts, my web mail and my sms is being trivialized by comparing it to being patted down at a mall by attention-less personnel who i am not sure even know what to look for! And dare they try to peek inside my wallet! Although i understand the sentiment behind it, i can safely say that these two aren't even the in the same ballpark.

I will not be so paranoid and anxious by the terror attacks as to relinquish my online privacy to any external entity. What i will do is not take my liberties for granted. I will fortify my wireless connection, make my online passwords stronger, resist from storing them in my wallet, and will spend some of my hard earned money in a good quality and legit security software, rather than hunting for cracked versions on p2ps. What i will do is make sure "I" keep strong tabs on what information is coming in or leaving my computer/internet connection, rather than leave it open for interception by an external entity. What i will do is minimize the probability that i am used as a weapon for terror.

As far as my civic responsibility goes, I will urge the online search engines to make sure that their top-notch search spiders seek information such as making bombs and child porno and make these available to the worldwide security agencies for scrutiny. And i will demand a death sentence for anyone who dares indulge in these gruesome practices so that an example is set for those who try to fester anarchy.

Letting government take over the internet is going to create more problems than it solves, given how ours are so easily sold to businessmen. (Satyam , anyone!!!)

I can go on and on here, but i'll conclude with this. My desire for online privacy is as strong as my desire to never again light a candle at the Gateway of India. And for that, "I" shall become proactive and take steps, rather than be paranoid, put my hands up and say "Let big bro watch!" That's hardly civic!

You should have written a Mail to the editor. I don't think it'll get noticed here..

So after reading it from library, I actually bought it. This issue is soooo cool!. The Pokat Reader software and FT ebook combo is great. Much better then reading Hardcopy! Really liked it!

N

Hey any one subscriber in pune received the Digit magazine for jan 2009. I have still not received yet.

I like the fast track...donot make it an ebook. Just don't.