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10 Google Search Tips

10 Google search tips Search within a specific site by typing site:www. sitename.com after your search term Narrow your search results by adding quotation marks before & after the search term Exclude words from results by adding "-" sign & your word after typing the search term Words with similar meaning can be found by using the "~" symbol in front of the word Search for definitions by typing define:yourword into the search box Calculate anything by typing the query (for example, type 1234 * 5678) Covert currencies by using the appropriate codes (for example, type 50USD to INR) Convert between units instantly: For example, type 90cm to inches or 1 lbs to grams Get weather info for any city: Just type weath Find specific file types by typing filetype:ppt or filetype:doc Source:http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-02-01/news/31012997_1_search-results-search-page-search-engine

Cyber Security threat

Source: Economic times http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-01-23/news/30655461_1_google-ceo-larry-page-users-social-networking India needs to be get serious on the virtual front. Need of the hour a full-fledged military cyber command as there are online espionage and other attacks from China, Pakistan and others. Cyber attacks were greatly highlighted in the Munich Security Conference on Sunday. There is emergence of cyber-weapons like the Stuxnet software 'worm' that was used to sabotage Iran's nuclear programme over a year ago. In a economic time article it was told that it was a new class of weapon that caused a thousand centrifuges in Iran to self-destruct. It has been observed that the developed countries would be the "main victims'' of cyber-warfare as they were the most inter-connected in terms of information technology. Impact of cyper attacks can be enormous. Cyber-attacks can cripple a nation's military assets and st...