Invisible mode is here for Gmail chat

Sometimes you need to chat with someone about an urgent project, but can't be bothered by anyone else. And going "busy" just isn't enough -- you might still get that unwanted ping. So, as some people have already noticed, we rolled out invisible mode for the latest version of Gmail chat last Friday. With this feature, you can appear offline, and still send and receive messages. If you're using AIM in Gmail, invisible mode also makes you appear signed out on the AIM network. Invisible mode is one of the most requested chat features and so we're happy to add this option, starting in Gmail Chat, and in the future all Talk clients.



As some of you have already noted, chat could be less useful if lots of people go invisible. We'll keep an eye on it and look for your feedback to be sure we're doing what's best for the community.

Source : http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/

Trends in cybercrime and online threats

Republished from IBM : Trends in cybercrime and online threats

IBM Internet Security Systems has noted a disturbing rise in the sophistication of attacks by criminals on Web browsers worldwide. By attacking the browsers of computer users, cybercriminals are now stealing the identities and controlling the computers of consumers at a rate never before seen on the Internet.

Underground brokers are delivering tools to aid in obfuscation, or camouflaging attacks on browsers, so cybercriminals can avoid detection by security software. In 2006, only a small percentage of attackers employed camouflaging techniques, but the rate of attacks using such camouflage tactics soared to 80 percent during the first half of 2007, and reached nearly 100 percent by the end of the year.

These and other trends were reported by the IBM Internet Security Systems X-Force team in their 2007 Trends Report.

Download the report here

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I just found out that Microsoft now allows email addresses to be set up with @live.com.



For me I had to sign up using @live.ca (muneer AT live DOT ca), since I my name was already taken in .com by som other, but it seems that whatever region you are in, you can set one up, and because it is fairly new, lots of names are not taken yet.

You can either go to live.com or even hotmail.com I think. You will have to sign up using a prxy from the country you want, if you dont want the one that you are actually from.

Following are the list of domain that are available for signup.

Country - Domain

Argentina - live.com.ar
Australia - live.com.au
Austria - live.at
Belgium - live.be
Canada - live.ca
Chile - live.cl
China - live.cn
Denmark - live.dk
Finland - windowslive.com
France - live.fr
Germany - live.de
Hong Kong - live.hk
Indonesia - windowslive.com
Ireland - live.ie
Italy - live.it
Japan - live.jp
Korea - live.co.kr
Malaysia - live.com.my
Mexico - live.com.mx
Netherlands - live.nl
Norway - live.no
Pakistan - live.com.pk
Peru - live.com.pe
Portugal - live.com.pt
Russia - live.ru
Singapore - live.com.sg
Aouth Africa - live.co.za
Sweden - live.se
Switzerland - windowslive.com
Thailand - windowslive.com
Turkey - windowslive.com
UK - live.co.uk
USA - live.com
Vietnam - windowslive.com

USA (you@live.com)
https://signup.live.com/newuser.aspx?mkt=en-us&revipc=us&ts=4129709&sh=NxSF&ru=http%3a%2f%2fmail.live.com%2f%3fnewuser%3dyes%26hm%3d1&rx=http%3a%2f%2fget.live.com%2fmail%2foverview&rollrs=04&lic=1

Canada (you@live.ca)
https://signup.live.com/newuser.aspx?mkt=en-ca&revipc=CA&ts=4129709&sh=NxSF&ru=http%3a%2f%2fmail.live.com%2f%3fnewuser%3dyes%26hm%3d1&rx=http%3a%2f%2fget.live.com%2fmail%2foverview&rollrs=04&lic=1

UK (you@live.co.uk)
https://signup.live.com/newuser.aspx?mkt=en-gb&revipc=GB&ts=3969059&sh=fz0s&ru=http%3a%2f%2fmail.live.com%2f%3fnewuser%3dyes&rx=http%3a%2f%2fget.live.com%2fmail%2foverview&rollrs=04&lic=1

Argentina (you@live.com.ar)
https://signup.live.com/newuser.aspx?mkt=ES-AR&revipc=QA&ts=4240058&sh=IToW&ru=http%3a%2f%2fmail.live.com%2f%3fnewuser%3dyes%26hm%3d1&rx=http%3a%2f%2fget.live.com%2fmail%2foptions&rollrs=04&lic=1

Australia (you@live.at)
https://signup.live.com/newuser.aspx?mkt=DE-AT&revipc=QA&ts=4240060&sh=UjUY&ru=http%3a%2f%2fmail.live.com%2f%3fnewuser%3dyes%26hm%3d1&rx=http%3a%2f%2fget.live.com%2fmail%2foptions&rollrs=04&lic=1

Belgium (you@live.be)
https://signup.live.com/newuser.aspx?mkt=FR-BE&revipc=QA&ts=4240061&sh=lmID&ru=http%3a%2f%2fmail.live.com%2f%3fnewuser%3dyes%26hm%3d1&rx=http%3a%2f%2fget.live.com%2fmail%2foptions&rollrs=04&lic=1

Chile (you@live.cl)
https://signup.live.com/newuser.aspx?mkt=ES-CL&revipc=QA&ts=4240062&sh=SEVV&ru=http%3a%2f%2fmail.live.com%2f%3fnewuser%3dyes%26hm%3d1&rx=http%3a%2f%2fget.live.com%2fmail%2foptions&rollrs=04&lic=1

Denmark (you@live.dk)
https://signup.live.com/newuser.aspx?mkt=DA-DK&revipc=QA&ts=4240064&sh=5qDo&ru=http%3a%2f%2fmail.live.com%2f%3fnewuser%3dyes%26hm%3d1&rx=http%3a%2f%2fget.live.com%2fmail%2foptions&rollrs=04&lic=1

France (you@live.fr)
https://signup.live.com/newuser.aspx?mkt=FR-FR&revipc=QA&ts=4240065&sh=10qO&ru=http%3a%2f%2fmail.live.com%2f%3fnewuser%3dyes%26hm%3d1&rx=http%3a%2f%2fget.live.com%2fmail%2foptions&rollrs=04&lic=1

Ireland (you@live.ie)
https://signup.live.com/newuser.aspx?mkt=EN-IE&revipc=QA&ts=4240067&sh=OBKd&ru=http%3a%2f%2fmail.live.com%2f%3fnewuser%3dyes%26hm%3d1&rx=http%3a%2f%2fget.live.com%2fmail%2foptions&rollrs=04&lic=1

Italy (you@live.it)
https://signup.live.com/newuser.aspx?mkt=IT-IT&revipc=QA&ts=4240068&sh=SqdX&ru=http%3a%2f%2fmail.live.com%2f%3fnewuser%3dyes%26hm%3d1&rx=http%3a%2f%2fget.live.com%2fmail%2foptions&rollrs=04&lic=1

Japan (you@live.jp)
https://signup.live.com/newuser.aspx?mkt=JA-JP&revipc=QA&ts=4240069&sh=j9MS&ru=http%3a%2f%2fmail.live.com%2f%3fnewuser%3dyes%26hm%3d1&rx=http%3a%2f%2fget.live.com%2fmail%2foverview&rollrs=04&lic=1

Mexico (you@live.com.mx)
https://signup.live.com/newuser.aspx?mkt=ES-MX&revipc=QA&ts=4240069&sh=k*LB&ru=http%3a%2f%2fmail.live.com%2f%3fnewuser%3dyes%26hm%3d1&rx=http%3a%2f%2fget.live.com%2fmail%2foptions&rollrs=04&lic=1

Netherland (you@live.nl)
https://signup.live.com/newuser.aspx?mkt=NL-NL&revipc=QA&ts=4240071&sh=H0h0&ru=http%3a%2f%2fmail.live.com%2f%3fnewuser%3dyes%26hm%3d1&rx=http%3a%2f%2fget.live.com%2fmail%2foptions&rollrs=04&lic=1

Norway (you@live.no)
https://signup.live.com/newuser.aspx?mkt=NB-NO&revipc=QA&ts=4240072&sh=oEuT&ru=http%3a%2f%2fmail.live.com%2f%3fnewuser%3dyes%26hm%3d1&rx=http%3a%2f%2fget.live.com%2fmail%2foptions&rollrs=04&lic=1

Russia (you@live.ru)
https://signup.live.com/newuser.aspx?mkt=RU-RU&revipc=QA&ts=4240074&sh=BO3P&ru=http%3a%2f%2fmail.live.com%2f%3fnewuser%3dyes%26hm%3d1&rx=http%3a%2f%2fget.live.com%2fmail%2foptions&rollrs=04&lic=1


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