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VIRTUAL SIDE of the Consumer Rights and Vision

In the much experienced and info-glutted virtual Cyberspace, the episode of techno-drama related to ecommerce is replete with high-tech success stories on one hand and a phenomenal growth of high-capitalization potential of dot-corns on the other. Some sobering thoughts about the dot-corn bubble-bursting are reaching the inboxes of netizens but more of the info-bytes speak about the dotcoms’ spread bringing more business for advertising agencies; essentially adding to the expanding spectrum of advertising and the consequent emerging of more dot-corn related IT initiatives.

Not so surprisingly, a news item informs, “Indian Information Technology start-ups’ extravagant media spending helped the domestic advertising industry grow 24.83% in the year to March, according to a survey by A&M- an industry publication.” About the reshuffling of budgets that do not depend on new money, the report says with a warning, “Advertising agencies’ total gross income was Rs10.25bn ($218.5m) last year.

But some industry players warn that the slump in dotcoms’ fortunes, coupled with forecasts of slower overall economic activity, could slash the sector’s rate of growth to about 10-12% in the year ahead.””E-Commerce has a lot of hype surrounding it”, says Louise Sylvan Vice-President, the Consumers International,” and I think a lot of the hype is deserved.

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DownThemAll – Best Download Manger for Firefox Users

Download managers are very handy tool if you either download a lot of files or download less but larger files from internet. These tools manage your download more efficiently. They speed up the download process by dividing the file into multiple segments and downloading all of them parallel. If your file is hosted on multiple server it will download each segment from different location even. Download managers can also be used to schedule the download or queue them to be downloaded. Just put the download in queue and leave the computer rest will be managed by Download manager utility.

DownThemAll - Firefox Download Manager
DownThemAll - Firefox Download Manager

Now you must have used a separate application which are free as well as Paid (some advanced one), but if you are using Firefox, you can use a free Add-on DownThemAll, which can do all these things which any other download manager application does and enjoy the benefit without installing any separate application. The only difference here would be instead of opening the application you need to keep Firefox window Open in order to use DownThemAll. Since it is added as and Add-on to Firefox using it is obviously more convenient and secure. It allows you to scan entire website for available downloads with just one click.

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Google Earth – Getting Better Day By Day

Using Google’s popular navigational tool, Google Earth, it’s possible to explore the far corners of the earth while relaxing in the comfort of your home. You can explore both familiar and exotic locales, zoom in from space to a street view of your or any other town, and make detailed plans for travelling – including hotels and restaurants! Now, with the newly released Google 5.0, Google Inc has expanded its horizons – and yours as well. The abundant new, fun features include Google Ocean View, Historic Map Imagery, and even the capability for conducting guided tours of the planet.

Google Earth 5.0
Google Earth

Oceans cover most of the earth. These large areas have remain unseen and largely unmapped for centuries. Google Ocean View is changing all that! What more fun way to spend an afternoon than to explore remote depths at incredible speed? Some shipwrecks are even reproduced in 3D, just like the 3D buildings on land.

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Gmail Keeper Backs Up Your Gmail Locally

All companies, even the largest, are at risk of outages, and access to the Internet is never guaranteed. For those who store vital data using the cloud system instead of locally, this is always a potential problem. Gmail is the most popular mail system, but anyone using it for vital data flow can be concerned about outages and connection failures. Gmail Keeper offers peace of mind by regularly downloading your mail from Gmail, and storing it locally in compressed files.

Gmail Keeper
Gmail Keeper

Gmail Keeper is not an email client; it just downloads Gmail per your instructions. Mail downloads can be filtered in a number of ways, including by label, mailbox, date or time periods. You can use a number of different profiles in order to back up multiple Gmail accounts, or do a monthly ‘major backup’ and a daily ‘vital backup’.

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