Go ahead and grab this offer now. This offer would be valid only till 24th Nov 2011. Note that this offer is applicable to new customers only. Do spread the word and make the most of this offer.

Sender Name - Jules Barbier
Sender Email - jbarbier@markaagency.biz
Sender Subject - We would like to buy banner space on your site www.inficone.com.
Message -
Hi,
We are looking for new advertisement platforms and we are interested in your site www.inficone.com.
Is it possible to place banner on your site on a fee basis?
Best regards,
Jules Barbier

I googled on the net to figure out that this is a scam and you should not follow up with them

jepoirrier /Foter

They apparently tell you that they advertise for Lacoste. Once a pricing is decided, they request you to install a wordpress plugin for advertising. The installation of this plugin could compromise your wordpress based site. The plugin zip is named adv.zip and you *SHOULD NOT INSTALL THIS PLUGIN*. The following links elaborates on the details –

http://pennyonthefloor.com/2011/11/beware-of-random-spam-advertising-offers/

http://www.atpeaz.com/index.php/2011/wordpress-blogs-targeted-scam-beware-of-the-adv-zip-plugin/

(Note in the second link the advertising agency name is  bevestoagency)

Refer the sleep description in wikipedia that tells you that sleep is divided in to distinct stages called REM ( Rapid Eye Movement ) and NREM ( Non-Rapid Eye Movement )

bedzine /Foter

The sleep happens in cycles of these stages and the way you feel on waking up depends on which cycle/stage of sleep did you wake up in.  If you sleep for 8 hours – it does not necessarily mean that you would feel great on waking up. It depends on eg what was you body temperature at the time of sleep, time of day etc. Considering this, two questions become very relevant

• If you have to sleep right now, what is the right time to wake up to ensure that you feel fresh.
• If you know that you have to wake up at a particular time, what is the best time to go to sleep.

To answer both the above questions, there is a service called Sleep Timing that you can use to find the best timing for your sleep. For example – the following snapshots show the results for the above two cases as computed by Sleep Timing

Do you want to avoid feeling sleepy in the day? If yes – then the next time you want to make sure you have a good night’s sleep, do try Sleep Timing. It will help you to tune the timing of your sleep in such a way that you remain significantly productive the next day. Do not forget to share your feedback in the comments section. You can always submit useful tools, web services and tips to us.

Thankfully, I have found an excellent alternative which works the same way as photo dropper and is equally easy to use. The plugin name is Foter and is is available as a wordpress plugin for download. Foter is great option to embed creative common photos in you blog. Some of the important features are

• Once you install the plugin and activate it, it will appear on top of your post editor are as follows ( Refer the “f ADD PHOTO” link below ).

• If you want to add any photos to your blog post, just click on the above link and it will open a pop-up where you can choose the desired photgraph using  keyword based search.
• The keyword based search would throw up multiple results and you can choose the one you like.
• The attribution information would be automatically added to the photograph.
• If you want, you can even resize the photographs that have been added.
• The search is pretty fast and works well for various keywords.
• For the limited testing I did, results were from flickr.

Following is a sample photograph added using Foter from the keyword “Blogging”

liewcf /Foter

Do try  Foter and share your feedback in the comments section. If you know how to make photo dropper plugin work in wordpress 3.X – share the same as well. If you are aware of any better plugins/services – drop a mention in the comments section.

Hosting applications in the cloud increases the mobility of a workforce. Consumers should perform adequate research before selecting a cloud computing service provider. In this article, the top 10 cloud computing service providers will be reviewed for your edification.

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Criteria for Selecting Cloud Computing Service Providers

Before listing the top 10 cloud computing service providers, business owners should become familiar with basic requirements for all cloud computing. Some of the basic clouding computing criteria are as given below:

• Service Level Agreements (SLAs): Every client must sign a SLA that states the penalties the company will incur if the service is not delivered as promised or not monitored as promised. All clients should ensure that the contract will protect the company and their data. Companies should not allow cloud service providers to host mission-critical applications or data without negotiating the SLA.

• Support: The cloud service provider should guarantee at least 99% uptime of applications in the cloud and also adequate support of applications in the cloud. This includes monitoring applications 24 hours per day and seven days per week.

• Billing and Accounting: Billing and account management must be simple. The customers may accrue unexpected bills if they do not acquire a plan with a low monthly or annual fee. With these plans, companies may purchase as much bandwidth as necessary to accommodate their applications.

• Application Programming Interfaces (APIs): Ensure the Cloud Interface features APIs and data transformation capabilities. This provides a standard for companies that require access to applications in the cloud.

• Data and Application Architecture: The architecture must support fast transitions of applications to and from the cloud. This may require managing and packaging data over a modular architecture. The IT department should have a solution in place that is independent of the packaged application, transactional system or data environment.

• Other Criteria:
  • Identity management, access control, authorization and authentication must also be in place to ensure appropriate operation of cloud computing environment. Adequate encryption and security measures must be in place to alleviate client concerns of sensitive data getting into the hands of hackers. The risks of hackers must also be reduced or mitigated.
  • Cloud providers should also use multiple network paths and also account for function chain failover. Those cloud computing providers with service priority for best performance. This is typically indicated by multi-protocol labeling service (MLPS) and 802.1.

Top 7 Cloud Computing Services

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Amazon: Amazon Web Services is, by far, deemed to be the number one cloud services provider for 2011. Amazon routes all support calls to an engineering specialist.

Howdy, I’m H. Michael Karshis /Foter Free Photos

Rackspace: Rackspace is the second ranked cloud computing provider after Amazon. The company intends to acquire Cloudkick, a cloud management technology firm that may improve its product offering.

cote /Foter Free Photos

Salesforce.com: Salesforce.com offers both Software as a Service (SaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS). The company is expanding with the acquisition of Heroku.

Kansir /Foter Free Photos

IBM: IBM offers Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) as its entrance into the cloud computing arena. IBM earned $30 million in cloud revenue in 2010. IBM may be one of the only companies winning any enterprise business.

FelixPomerantz /Foter Free Photos

Verizon: Verizon built its own proprietary cloud computing infrastructure. Verizon suffered some difficulty with the infrastructure when it first began. With the acquisition of Terremark, Verizon moved into the enterprise market. Verizon is purportedly poised to be the leading competitor in cloud computing services.

sjsharktank /Foter Free Photos

Microsoft: Microsoft’s Azure cloud services recruited 31,000 companies to host applications in a cloud environment. Many start-ups, mobile companies and social networking firms use the services, but traditional companies are not signing up for the services.

davemc500hats /Foter Free Photos

Google App Engine: Google App Engine is popular with gaming and mobile companies. This company offers services to companies of similar caliber to Microsoft Azure. This company is adding SLA and hosted SQL to provide more security, reliability and flexibility. The addition will hopefully attract the traditional or enterprise developers.

Other Cloud Computing Services:

BlueLock:BlueLock’s cloud computing services are based upon VMware’s vCloud Express. This company combines vCloud resources to improve the delivery of the cloud services offered. The company is small but expected to grow.

NephoScale: This cloud computing service is building its own data center. Their business model is similar to Amazon Web Services or Rackspace.

Joyent:Joyent is recognized because they formed a partnership with Dell to sell cloud infrastructure packages that are pre-configured.

CSC:BizCloud is a private cloud service that utilizes VMware, Cisco and EMC. Private cloud services alleviate some concerns of data hacking associated with hosting company sensitive information. The option for public cloud service is available for extra bandwidth.

This is a guest article by Ruben Corbo, a writer for the website http://www.broadbandexpert.com where you can find high speed internet providers in your area and compare prices on different deals for your wireless internet necessities.

The IP multicast range spans from 224.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255. The most significant 4 bits of this address range is fixed ( 1110 ). Hence when an IP multicast address maps to a mac address, out of the total of 32 bits - lower 23 are mapped to the mac address, upper 4 bits remain fixed ( as mentioned above ) and hence 32 - 23 - 4 = 5 bits do not get mapped. As a result the IP multicast addresses that vary only in these 5 bits map to the same mac address. This amounts to 32 multicast ip addresses mapping to the same mac address.

• Outer Ethernet Header (including an optional VLAN tag)
• Outer IP Header
• Outer UDP Header
• VxLAN Header
• Inner Ethernet Header (including an optional VLAN tag)
• Original Ethernet Payload (excluding the original Ethernet FCS)
• FCS for Outer Ethernet Frame

            0                   1                   2                   3
            0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
           +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
           |R|R|R|R|I|R|R|R|            Reserved                           |
           +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
           |                VXLAN Network Identifier (VNI) |   Reserved    |
           +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

protocol.name = "VxLAN"
protocol.protocolFrameSize = function() {
    return 8;
}
protocol.protocolFrameValue = function(index) {
    var flags  = 0x08; // set I bit, reset all R bits
    var vni  = 0x749127; // example VNI value
    var pfv = new Array(8);
    pfv[0] = flags;
    pfv[1] = 0;
    pfv[2] = 0;
    pfv[3] = 0;
    pfv[4] = ( vni >> 16 ) & 0xFF;
    pfv[5] = ( vni >> 8 ) & 0xFF;
    pfv[6] = vni & 0xFF;
    pfv[7] = 0;
    return pfv;
}
protocol.protocolId = function() {
return 0x2345; // IANA hasn't assigned a standard UDP port number for VxLAN yet, so we use 0x2345 as example
}

MAC
Eth II
IPv4
UDP
UserScript
MAC
Eth II
IPv4
DATA

Go to protocol data tab, select UDP and override the UDP checksum field to set it as 0 (recommended by the VxLAN draft). Next goto Userscript, copy paste the above script and click on "Compile" - you should see the compilation result as "Success". Configure any other protocol fields that you man want and then click OK.