SQL injection, a technique that utilizes and exploits security vulnerability taking place in the database layer of an application, usually occurs when you trust user input. Vulnerabilities may result from a computer virus, weak passwords, software bugs or other script code injection that violates the integrity of the system. The vulnerability exists when user input is filtered improperly for string literal escape characters embedded in SQL statements or if user input is not strongly typed resulting to be unexpectedly executed. It is an instance of a more general class of vulnerabilities that can happen every time a scripting or programming language is embedded inside another

Content Management Systems though quite different due to enterprise applications is somewhat similar to mashables in the social internet, allowing content management that results in analytical information that can be used to analyze and determine the effectivity of the overall system. Autonomy Interwoven, one of the CMS companies plying the net announced a seemingly mashable type content management system that includes active customer listening in terms of interactions that not only listens to the CMS but to other channels such as the social web/media, email and web content (from other sources). Their multi-channel optimization system allows customers to gauge the effectivity of their venture into the CMS market making prompt adjustments to content as necessary and other social influences that may be part of the overall web experience. Read the rest of this entry »

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Picasa is a delightfully easy way to organize, edit and share photos. It’s basic, yet goes beyond the basics of the basic photo editing software that is ususally bundled with a digital camera.

Advantages of Using Picasa
-Free!
-Easily upload images and video to Picasa Web Albums, free online web hosting.
-Beautiful and elegant interface including slideshow and timeline.
-Intuitive and straightforward navigation.
-Excellent set of easy-to-use editing tools and filters.

Robust set of features including labeling photos with keywords and star ratings, emailing images from within the program, Geotagging photos, creating videos, Photo CDs and backups, support for RAW files. It’s latest version has a slew of improvements and new features such as a Retouch tool to remove unsightly blemishes, face recognition with automatic red-eye removal, and the ability to add text and watermarks to photos.

Manually set the program to “watch” specified image folders on your computer hard drive.

Organize, rearrange and sync Picasa Web Albums from your desktop