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Hacked: Who Else Is Using Your Computer?

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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em;">A friend called me one day and asked if I would stop by to</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">look at his computer. He said it was running abnormally slow</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">and he had found something on his hard-drive he could not</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">explain. I could almost guess what it was he found.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">Have I been hacked?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">You see, his computer had been hacked. Actually, in his</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">case, his computer had been tagged. Similar to the image you</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">see here.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">Tag, You're It!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">The file transfer protocol, commonly referred to as "FTP",</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">has been around for many years. In the early days of the</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">Internet, it was one of the few ways to easily upload and</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">download files from one computer to another. Many</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">commercial operating systems come with an FTP server</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">installed. In other cases, the option for FTP services is</span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">selected by a user when they are installing or updating</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">their operating system. If this service is not setup</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">properly, or you don't have an adequately configured</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">software or hardware firewall, it is an open invitation for</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">a hacker or intruder.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">FTP Tagging - The most common purpose for someone to</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">compromise your FTP server is for the storage and</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">distribution of illegally obtained software and files. This</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">could include cracked software, stolen movies, audio files,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">and pornography. Removing this type of contraband from your</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">computer can be difficult, particularly if you are using a</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">Microsoft Windows platform. Hackers use sophisticated</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">scripts to create a maze of directory structures to house</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">their wares on your computer. They may use a combination of</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">names with spaces in them, and in some cases use extended</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">characters (characters outside the normal alpha-numeric</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">range). Deleting these directories through normal means may</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">be difficult, if not impossible, for the average user. Many</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">people wind up wiping their system and re-installing it, and</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">that is if they're lucky enough to find out their system has</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">been compromised.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">The above is a perfect example of why the statement, "I'm</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">not worried about being hacked. What do I have that a</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">hacker would want?" is not a good position to take. The fact</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">is, you do have something they want, your computers</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">resources. Why should a hacker store tons of illegally</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">obtained files on their systems when they can use yours.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">The Good</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">When I was young I use to spend hours upon hours on the</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">Internet Relay Chat, also know as the IRC. The IRC is</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">another method of Internet communication, which has been</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">around for quite a long time. When I was a frequent user of</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">the IRC, it was just plain fun. You would meet all kinds of</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">people from all over the world. It was the instant messenger</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">of the time.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">The Bad</span></div>

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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">Today, the IRC is a huge communications network. It is made</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">up of thousands of channels, and can be accessed by pretty</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">much any operating system platform. It is also a favorite</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">means of communication for hackers. They can discuss new</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">exploits, methods of compromise, and even send and receive</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">files. Many hacker groups use a cryptic language to</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">communicate with each other on the IRC channels. Unless you</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">know the language constructs they use, their conversations</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">can look like a bunch of nonsense.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">There are many exploits, backdoors, and Trojans that effect,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">or are contained in, the myriad of IRC clients on the</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">Internet. Making sure you choose one that's relatively safe</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">to use is not an easy task. As an example, take a look at</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">this list of IRC safety and security info at</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/security/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #1900ff;" target="_new">irc.org</a>.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">The Ugly</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">It's not just the exploits and security risks associated</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">with using the IRC, which need to concern you. If a hacker</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">is able to install an IRC relay agent on your computer, it</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">can become a conduit through which they communicate and</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">distribute information. In my line of work, I've identified</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">many systems with IRC backdoors or relay agents installed.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">The only thing the end user typically experiences is a</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">decrease in system performance and Internet access.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">Peer-to-Peer File Sharing</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">If a total stranger were to knock on your door, and ask to</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">come in to just hang out for awhile, would you let them in?;</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">Most likely not. If you're using peer-to-peer file sharing</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">software to locate and download files on the Internet,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">you're opening the door to destruction. Many of the file</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">sharing services and software available on the Internet now</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">tout themselves as being "safe" and "clean". This is as far</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">from the truth as you can get. If you're a regular user of</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">these services, the chance of your computer being</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">back-doored or hacked is significant.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">If you have anti-virus software installed (and up-to-date),</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">you've undoubtedly received messages regarding viruses when</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">downloading files from peer-to-peer services. These are not</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">the only things you could be downloading. Many hackers imbed</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">root-kits in files and distribute them using peer-to-peer</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">file sharing. Root kits contain many types of tools used by</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">hackers to gain control over computers. If the installation</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">of the kit on your computer goes undetected and is</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">successful, it's only a matter of time before your computer</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">is completely compromised.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">I can't tell you how many times I've found company</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">employees (and technical personnel) using peer-to-peer file</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">sharing services. Any organization that permits this is</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">putting itself at risk. And, the risk is much greater as</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">compared to a single home computer because of the number of</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">potential internal targets.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">Conclusion</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">With the economy currently as it is, it's more important than ever for businesses to maximise every pound and every minute available to them. The age old saying 'time is money' has never rung as true as it does now. With this in mind, it makes sense for all businesses to investigate methods to improve productivity. The purpose of this article is to suggest 5 ways in which your business could do this.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">Most readers of this article are probably already somewhat familiar with VoIP. For the uninitiated, VoIP stands for Voice over Internet Protocol - in Layman's terms - a technology which one can use to make telephone calls over an internet connection rather than a traditional telephone connection.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">Over the last 5 or so years, VoIP has become increasingly popular - especially within business. If your business doesn't yet utilise it though, it can be difficult to understand just why it could be beneficial.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">By supporting video conferences, it can eliminate the need to travel, therefore eliminating the inefficiency associated with travelling.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">A study by Cisco showed that 48% of companies using this method realised travel savings of 5 days per year per employee. In the same study, 68% reported improved productivity between geographically dispersed departments.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">Anyone who has worked at company that manages there IT hardware in-house can vouch that a fair chunk of time is spent carrying out maintenance and/or rectifying any issues that may have arisen. Managed hosting is a potential solution to this problem.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">Rather than buying, operating and managing the hardware, it is leased to you (usually) from a managed hosting provider. The hosting provider then manages the hardware and performs the day-to-day maintenance required to keep it running.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">There are a number of benefits to doing this. The most obvious one is the computing benefits, having professionals manage your servers is likely to ensure minimum disruption and therefore minimum loss of business.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">One point that may not be so obvious though is the time saving benefit. It frees up your in-house IT personnel, meaning that they can spend more time doing important work and less time carrying out mundane server maintenance.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">Cloud storage is a networked online storage model where data is stored in a virtualized pool of storage resource - this resource is usually hosted by a third party.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">The benefits of cloud storage are numerous. For one, Cloud storage allows stored documents to be accessed anywhere, on more or less any internet-enabled device. This effectively means that the days in which documents are limited to one device or one location are over.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">Again, cloud storage can be particularly useful to businesses with frequently travelling employees. For example, cloud storage could potentially increase the productivity of their travelling hours as they would (could) have access to a full range of documents and files as they would if they were physically at work.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">Different cloud hosting platforms have different benefits. Microsoft SkyDrive for example offers full synchronization with Office 365 - Microsoft's cloud based platform for the Microsoft Office software. This could be particularly useful for companies that frequently use Microsoft products and need a number of people to view/edit the same file.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">BYOD - or Bring Your Own Device - is a fairly new phenomenon, and, as the name suggests, is the practice of bringing your own computing device to work and connecting to the corporate network. It is sometimes referred to as the consumerisation of IT.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">A joint survey released by Intel and Dell indicates that the reason for this could be that employees are looking to break out of the 9-5 routine and BYOD effectively allows them to work when they want, where they want.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">Unified Communications is defined as the integration of real-time communications methods including: Instant Messaging, Telephony, Video conferencing with non-real-time methods such as SMS, e-mail and fax. The purpose of this is to streamline business processes.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">Unified communications allow you to see which methods a contact is available through, and actually contact them through the use of one single platform.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">One of the biggest positives in regards to unified communications is the reduction of wasted time and minimised time waste equals maximum efficiency and productivity. The reduction in time waste primarily comes through a reduction in delay between communications.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">A study by Cisco has identified that companies could save up to 20 mins per day, per employee, by reaching workers on the first try, by escalating IM chats into phone calls and turning group chats into web conferences. That's up to 60 minutes per day per employee.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">These paragraphs really only scratch the surface in regards to the potential productivity benefits, more research around your business and your industry would be required to do a more in depth review. The purpose of this article was to highlight ways that the reader could then investigate when necessary. I hope you've enjoyed reading.</span></div>
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Perhaps the Metro interface or the Modern UI, also like Microsoft label, and one of the most important features and characteristics of the new Windows 8.But this interface remains for many people an obstacle to the adoption of this new system, where people prefer to keep their daily habits and the use of the usual Windows interface. The problem here; majority of new applications are programmed to work on the interface Metro, the user becomes annoyed by these repeated transitions from one interface to another.</h4>
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She company Stardock, which our return on all these additions small and useful comes today this program beautiful edition of the beta <a href="http://www.stardock.com/products/modernmix/">ModernMix</a> which you can simply run the programs the Metro on the front of "desktop" inside windows usual and easy, it becomes you close your applications just by clicking on the mark"X", in addition to changing the size and use of Knziradtha of the usual applications, without forgetting the possibility of opening several windows at the same time, the thing that you can no longer do with this new version of the operating system.<br />The program is still in the process of experimentation any beta phase, in addition to that paid, but you can try it for free through the official website of the company following the <a href="http://www.stardock.com/products/modernmix/download.asp">following link</a></h4>
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With growing awareness of mobile phones and people learning the<br />
 importance and benefits of the smart gadgets, the mobile<br />
 phone market 
has become very broad and dense and has<br />
increasingly spread all across 
the world.<br />
It has touched not only the lifestyles but also 
influenced<br />
the habits of users. Today if you ask them about the 
processor<br />
in their phone they will be easily telling you the name with 
version, unlike<br />
 few years back. They know what speed they should opt for
 and<br />
what features they will get in a particular mobile phone. They have
 not only grasped its utility<br />
 and capability but have also interpreted 
and related their needs in connection with smart communication.<br />
This
 is the reason why mobile phones have turned into an<br />
<br />
intelligent 
processor and have transited from 'just talking' into a 'smart 
communication'.<br />
There are many reasons for this but one the 
milestones that<br />
 have really made it so revolutionary is the Google's 
smart phone technology, Android.<br />
Android has not just been a 
prolific endeavor for Google but also a great source<br />
of smart 
communication for people around the world. At the same time, it has also
 offered handy options to the application developers to create eminent 
apps without waiting for<br />
any lengthy approvals like in case of iOS apps.
 With Android allowing<br />
 developers to easily install Android SDKs on 
their PCs and test it on<br />
 Android emulator, it becomes a highly 
accessible platform and also the favorite of all.<br />
Android came in 
2007 and took no time in becoming the most followed smart phone 
technology. Beating other established mobile phone application 
technologies by big margins it made its mark in all the areas of 
functional utility and communication practices.<br />
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With many other 
technology entities and leading companies working in a consortium with 
Google, this endeavor went successful making the world go by its name. 
Since year 2010 the manufacturing of Android supporting gadgets has left
 other handset categories far behind. You would find more and more 
number of mobile app development companies dealing android application 
development today and it has an increasingly leveraging effect on its 
acceptance and use.<br />
The obvious reason for this is the growing 
reach of Android all over the world. Now you would find businesses going
 for Android along with iPhone apps and sometime exclusively with the 
Android apps to touch their wide base of audiences for the target user 
group.<br />
Also with the Android users spread all over and coming from
 varied economic classes, to get an Android application developed makes 
more sense and is viable for any business or brand.<br />
This 
phenomenon has increased the use and applicability of Android eminently.
 The growth in technology use also promoted the popularity of Android 
among the professionals and in turn benefited in the further growth and 
recognition of technology.<br />
Android apps development companies 
today are serious towards this prolific event and envisions a bright 
future of this technology. They are integrating vertically to hone their
 abilities and broaden their capacity to offer best of android 
application development services to the large user base. A significant 
example of this is, you get to hire Android developer for your specific 
development needs today, all by just asking them to avail you the 
services over a web communication, or as you prefer. Over a professional
 front, if you are already a software expert or an aspiring app 
developer you can get Android app development training from the 
professionals anywhere in the world. This continues with incessant 
addition of best of the app development regimes and ever advanced 
technology system that makes this growth more powering, enduring and 
fascinating. Revolutionary and Futuristic indeed!</div>
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The year 2013 has just started and there are very few people that
 can answer the<br />
 question regarding the future of iPhone Application 
development in 2013,<br />
 but one thing is for sure that the start of this 
year has brought a lot of good news<br />
 for developers. According to the 
numbers in the recent press release by the Cupertino<br />
 company, there have
 been over 40 billion Application downloads from the Apple App store.<br />
 This is a huge figure, but what makes it even more exciting is the fact 
that nearly half of those downloads happened in 2012.<br />
With over 
500 million active accounts, Apple's App Store has gone<br />
through leaps 
and bounds since 2008. This year has also brought some interesting<br />
<br />
 figures showing that users are downloading a lot more Applications than 
before. In the month of December alone there were nearly 2 billion 
downloads, which means nearly 750 Application downloads every second, 
which is a staggering number. This is very good news for the iOS Apps 
developers who have put a lot of efforts in creating an ecosystem of 
Applications that are superior to all platforms in every single way.<br />
With
 close to 775,000 Applications in its ecosystem, Apple surely has 
created an Application market that has generated a lot of enthusiasm 
among developer community. What is more profound is the fact that even 
after so much speculation that android might overtake iOS in 2013 as far
 as number of Applications are concerned, the development process of 
Applications for the platform has not seen any decline. There are nearly
 200,000 active publishers on the App Store who are bringing<br />
out 
jaw-dropping Applications for iPhone, iPad as well as iPod touch users.<br />
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The
 most capitalizing thing about Apple has been its capability to monetize
 its Applications better than any platform. The iOS App developer have 
been paid a mammoth 7 billion dollars by Apple. This means that Apple 
has generated over $ 10 billion from its App store. This is a huge 
figure considering that most of the 775,000 Applications in the App 
Store are free. But many of them feature advertisements, that has 
generated a lot of revenue for Apple as well as its developers.<br />
The
 biggest chunk of this revenue comes from the games in the game<br />
store. 
If we look at the top ten Applications in the App Store, eight of the 
top ten iPhone Apps are games, while in the case of iPad the number is 
seven. This means that iOS users prefer to download more games than 
traditional Apps. Apple has been a superior force in generating revenue 
from every aspect of its App Store. The in-App purchases have also seen a
 significant rise in recent years. It has been seen that people not only
 download paid Apps from the App store, but also tend to purchase 
refills and extra features. More than two-thirds of the revenue 
generated from the App Store are coming through in-App purchases. This 
has ensured that the developers get paid for Applications, and in<br />
turn 
create more intuitive experience for their users.<br />
There is no 
doubt that Apple's App Store is the most profitable marketplace, with 
its closest rival generating just a fraction of what Apple pays to its 
developers. As far as 2013 is concerned, one cannot deny the fact that 
this trend will continue further, and Apple would be able to generate 
more revenue from App monetizing.<br />
This will further encourage 
developers to prefer iOS over other platforms. Android might have a 
larger userbase than iOS, but as far as developer community is 
concerned, iOS is Apple of the eye for many.</div>
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As the name indicates, business web hosting is a kind of web 
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