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Gmail's official blog recently posted this funny post introducing a cute game inspired by Gmail itself. The creator called it Galactic Inbox. It is a fun game featuring a space ship powered with missile. It is also made using HTML 5, the latest HTML version that focuses on multimedia applications in the web. Screen shot of Galactic Inbox game. According to the blog post, the creator made the game as a "thank you" to Google team for their untiring efforts in developing the web-mail. Take note that you need a web browser that supports HTML 5 before you can play it. The latest versions of Firefox, Chrome, and Safari supports HTML 5. Try it and have some fun! Link to the game Link to Gmail blog post

Email is still the primary method of communicating online. We send documents, personal greetings, and even forward interesting mails to our friends. Email has been a part of our daily lives. But you need to be cautious when using your email service. The criminals have devised ingenious ways to rob you of your identity, money, and even reputation. Links in email and Phishing Have you received an email from someone that tells you to follow some links? Before clicking the link, you do well to step back and take a moment to think. You can be a victim of PHISHING. Phishing is a technique to steal personal information from you like passwords and bank account numbers. It uses emails and instant messaging to send fraudulent LINKS that diverts you to a website that may do any of the following: 1. Pretend to be a "genuine" website and ask you to log in with your password and other information. 2. Install malware on your computer designed to steal passwords and other personal...

Chrome on the Rise Image via CrunchBase The fastest browser in town, Google Chrome has increased its usage share. Recent report from Net Applications shows the continued growth of the popularity Chrome web browser. The January report shows that Chrome already got 5.2% market share. Late last year, the browser already knocked off Apple’s Safari at third place on the browser war. Although still far from the current second placer, Firefox, and even farther from dominant Internet Explorer, if the growth will continue at the current rate it will overtake the browser leaders in the very near future. Chrome also exceeded the Google’s expectation. They set a goal to reach the 5% mark by the middle of 2010 but they ended up reaching it earlier than expected. Google recently released Chrome 4.0 boasting the ability to hold extensions (add-ons) like Firefox. This new capability is expected to further boost the usage of the Chrome. Chrome is a very young contender in the browser war. It w...

Google encouraged third party developers to find and report security bugs or flaws on its one and a half year old browser, Chrome. They will give out $500 to $1337 cash rewards for those who could find and immediately report these security flaws before hackers and malware writers use them in their evil deeds. Image via CrunchBase This technique though is not new. Mozilla foundation has a successful long running reward program for developers who could find security holes on their famous browser, Firefox.

Firefox is Now Personal Firefox 3.6 is already available for download! Firefox 3.6 is the latest released version of the popular browser by the open source advocate Mozilla.org. Firefox 3.6 has several major improvements over its predecessor, Firefox 3.5. Most notable of these is the official incorporation of the Personas, a former Firefox add-on that customizes the look and feel of your browser. You can now change your browser looks in just a single click on the mouse. See the screenshot of my Avatar theme below. Personas theme gallery are available at www.getpersonas.com . Performance Improvements Early tests showed improvements in performance comparable to Google Chrome 2.0 but still behind the fastest browser today, Google Chrome 3.0. Firefox 3.6 also improved the support for the emerging HTML 5 standard.