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I read this in Digital Inspiration and i totally agree to it . Have a read and ask yourself

Every morning, our RSS newsreader would tell us about a dozen startups that were launched the previous night.

We (bloggers or the early tech adapters) will most often join the mad race to try that “groundbreaking and earth-shattering” product within hours of launch, compare it with existing products and blog that information ASAP with catchy headlines so that our “blog post” gains some visibility in the blogging world.

Some popular veteran bloggers are feeling tired of this massive “Web 2.0 construction boom” - some thoughts:
Steve Rubel is overwhelmed by number of new Web 2.0 companies that spawn each day:

Techcrunch, Scobleizer and Mashable leave me all breathless. It’s like watching the cranes of Dubai rise.

Circa 1998, perhaps when many of you were 10, The Globe.com, GeoCities and Tripod were all the rage. They faded from our horizon over time. The same thing will happen to many of today’s hot sites…

These days, I am far more interested in what people do with technology rather than on what the latest new “shiny object” is.

Dave Slusher dropped some top blog from his daily radar because “he got so tired of hearing about another slightly different way of doing what we were already doing and why that tiny difference was worth dropping everything and moving over.” [hint: Twitter, Pawnce, Jaiku, FaceBook]

People ask me why I’m not on FaceBook since that’s the cool, hot thing. That’s precisely why I am not. I’m not interested in coolness or hotness. I am interested in friends, true friends that matter to me and that miss me when they don’t see me for a long time. I’m uninterested in virtual friends..

Life is short and true friends that will go to the mat for you are scarce. The energy spent in chasing some sort of glorious future from service to service is friction in my life, not any sort of addition.

Jeremy Zawodny has already got off the “Web 2.0 hype treadmill” and feels better after doing so:

I made an conscious decision to drop virtually all “news” sources from my subscription list that felt like breathless hype machines that provided little new insight.

My mental state improved quite a bit after that. I see to many people I know getting caught up in the breathless hype and forgetting to think about whether the latest shiny new thing really matters in the grand scheme of things.

I found this on JohnChow.com copy blog named JohnCow.com . JohnCow.com is a really funny blog and i enjoy it . Participate in the meme if u wanna gain some linkback and increase RSS readers.

From JohnCow blog

You could call it another blatant Me Me but the proof has just been given. Remember that higher rankings and readers equal higher payouts with mooney making opportunities like ReviewMe, PayPerPost and SponsoredReviews. The rest as they say, is history.

#Start copy here# The idea is simple: You want readers and you want link backs too because that’s all us bloggers want, it’s more precious than milk for some So how does it work?Simple! You just copy the list down below on your blog, hence creating link backs for your blogging friends and then click the RSS feed link to subscribe to all of them. Then you add yourself and up to 5 other bloggers and their feeds to the list before you publish it on your own blog. Show your friends some link love Just imagine if just 10 people would do this and then 10 more after them. That would get your blog 100 extra link backs and 100 extra feed subscribers!The Original List:

• Subscribe to JohnCowdotCom
• Subscribe to BobmeetsWorld
• Subscribe to LifeisRisky
• Subscribe to TheKingKongBlog
• Subscribe to My New Hustle
• Subscribe to GadgetTastic
• Subscribe to Life of Browie
• Subscribe to Disregard Me
• Subscribe to Everybody Go To
• Subscribe to Brian Vaughan
• Subscribe to Fuery
• Subscribe to Sam Breadstone
• My Adds
• Subscribe to Hem
• Subscribe to NintyNine.org
• Subscribe to TheAnand
• Subscribe to Frucomerci
• Subscribe to KlapKids
• Subscribe to Natron

#End copy here#

Today i got a Fraudulent email asking me to enter my bank details. Though i was not a UTI bank customer , i got this email from a customer.alert@utibank.co.in . A site www.utibank.co.in really exists and its , i think , owned by actual UTI bank which if u visit clearly states the followning.

In case you have received any e-mail from an address appearing to be sent by UTIBANK, advising you of any changes made in your personal information,account details or information on your user id and password of your netbanking facility, PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND. It is UTIBANK’s policy not to seek/send such information through email. If you have already disclosed your password please change it immediately.

but sending an email from any email ID is possible. There are many anonymous mail sending sites over the internet where u can put any email ID u want.

The email i got is below.

UTI BANK <customer.alert@utibank.co.in>		hide details	7:29 am (13 hours ago)
	to			hem.acharya@gmail.com
	date			Jul 18, 2007 7:29 AM
	subject			URGENT NOTIFICATION.

Dear Customer,

We noticed a strange IP address trying to access your account. We have placed a hold on your fund
and have contacted you for Security Reasons. Follow the link below to re-confirm your details and we will
contact you within 24 to 48hrs.

Important Notice – You are strictly advised to match your security details rightly to avoid service suspension.
We advice you to re-confirm your details immediately you receive this notification

FOR PERSONAL ACCOUNT UPDATE CLICK THE LINK BELOW:

www.utibank.co.in/personal/verification

FOR CORPORATE ACCOUNT UPDATE CLICK THE LINK BELOW:

www.utibank.co.in/corporate/verification

Thank you for your understanding as we work together to enhance the security of your account.

UTI Bank
Customer Service.

Please update your records on or before 48 hours, a failure to update your records might result in a mismatch or login difficulty into your account.

The links above seem to be utibank’s links but when u click on those u can find the site is fake . its duplicate of UTI bank one. the whois record of that site shows the following details

Whois Record

Domain ID: REG-D32762
Domain Name: cgtcatalunya.cat
Domain Name ACE: cgtcatalunya.cat
Domain Language:
Registrar ID: R-2001 (Nominalia)
Created On: 2006-04-05 14:22:53 GMT
Last Updated On: 2007-06-26 09:14:21 GMT
Expiration Date: 2008-04-05 14:22:53 GMT
Status: ok
Tech ID: NOM_3163301
Tech Name: Ramon Acedo
Tech Organization: Comunicacio per a la Cooperacio - Pangea
Tech Street: Jordi Girona Salgado 31, Ed. PL-Pangea
Tech City: Barcelona
Tech State/Province: BARCELONA
Tech Postal Code: 08034
Tech Country: ES
Tech Phone: +34.934015664
Tech Phone Ext:
Tech Fax: +34.9999999999
Tech Fax Ext:
Tech Email:
Registrant ID: NOM_P_16412101
Registrant Name: Confederacio General del Treball de Catalunya
Registrant Organization:
Registrant Street: Via Laietana 18, 9 planta
Registrant City: Barcelona
Registrant State/Province: Barcelona
Registrant Postal Code: E-08001
Registrant Country: ES
Registrant Phone: +34.933103362
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax:
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email:
Billing ID: NOM_3163101
Billing Name: Lorena Merino
Billing Organization: Comunicacio per a la Cooperacio - Pangea
Billing Street: Jordi Girona Salgado 31, Ed. PL-Pangea
Billing City: Barcelona
Billing State/Province: BARCELONA
Billing Postal Code: 08034
Billing Country: ES
Billing Phone: +34.934015664
Billing Phone Ext:
Billing Fax: +34.934011891
Billing Fax Ext:
Billing Email:
Admin ID: NOM_3163101
Admin Name: Lorena Merino
Admin Organization: Comunicacio per a la Cooperacio - Pangea
Admin Street: Jordi Girona Salgado 31, Ed. PL-Pangea
Admin City: Barcelona
Admin State/Province: BARCELONA
Admin Postal Code: 08034
Admin Country: ES
Admin Phone: +34.934015664
Admin Phone Ext:
Admin Fax: +34.934011891
Admin Fax Ext:
Admin Email:
Name Server: pau.pangea.org
Name Server ACE: pau.pangea.org
Name Server: avant.pangea.org
Name Server ACE: avant.pangea.org

 

I never heard of .cat TLD and i didn’t know it exists .

About .CAT TLD

On September 16th 2006 ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) approved the .CAT domain. The .cat TLD (Top Level Domain) is established to serve the needs of the Catalan Linguistic and Cultural Community on the Internet.

The Community consists of those who use the Catalan language for their online communications, and/or promote the different aspects of Catalan culture online, and/or want to specifically address their online communications to that Community. That is, if you web is not (at least partially) in Catalan, you may still apply for a .cat domain but your web site needs to be related to the Catalan culture, language or community . more

I opened the link in Firefox and firefox gave me a warning that the site is suspected of web forgery . quite smart firefox. but i opened the same link on IE6 No such warning. This was a first cyber fraud case which asked my bank account number though i had another interesting love over the internet fraud emails which is posted here.

I had been tagged by Natron long time back . sorry Natron for writing this late. recently Deelip tagged me for this and i thought to write about the same before anyone else tags me.
I am not going to tag anyone here but if u find it cool u may follow it.

This Is How It Works:

* Each player must post these rules first.
* Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
* People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post
these rules.
* At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their
names.
* Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

1. I have rod in my right leg after a road accident on jan 07( probably it will be off by this ear end )
2. I am an Electronics and Telecommunication Engineer but i work in a software company.
3. My actual age and document age differs by 1 year. Documentwise i am one year older than i actually am.
4. I spend more or less 16 hours with computer or internet (average)
5. My girlfren is 2-3 years elder to me
6. I am very lazy
7. I dont take bath everyday LOL
8. I like to go to Gym and look muscular.

Tagged Persons
NA
let me know if you tagged yourself after reading this