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Google and Mozilla are no great friends of Microsoft. Yet Firefox is sending (via Google) tons of "innocent" visitors to Microsoft website for a simple reason - the user typed a bad web URL in the Firefox address bar. Acutally, when Firefox is given an invalid URL, it doesn't attempt to determine the actual URL . Instead, it performs a "I'm feeling lucky" google search when confused and returns the first matching web page (see graphic). So, whenever a Firefox or Mozilla browser user types an an invalid (malformed) URL into the Firefox address bar (like http//www.google.com - no colon) - Google redirects him to the Microsoft homepage as the top result for the search term http on Google is Microsoft Corporation. Similarly, if the user types a secure malformed URL (starting with https//), he is redirected to the Google Adwords page as that's the first result for https on Google. Source: Why do Malformed URLs Redirect to Microsoft?

If you are a Hollywood director aspiring to make a movie on Bill Gates, here are three aspiring actors who closely resemble Bill Gates. John Ranlett "Bill Gates double" has the same height as the real Bill Gates. John "Bill" appeared in the famous It's All About the Pentiums comedy music video with Weird Al Yankovic. [ John Ranlett as "Bill Gates" ] Steve Sires , another Bill Gates look-alike attempted to trademark "Microsortof" and acted in some Microsoft company commercials. [ Bogus Bill - Steve Sires ] Phil Gates , living in Seattle, is however struggling to hold onto his own identity and he is starting to feel the pressure of being compared to the Microsoft guru. [ Phil Gates - Another Bill Gates Look-A-Like ]

Jason Calacanis recently said that Mozilla made $72M just from the Google Search button that you see on the top right hand corner of every Firefox browser. Here's how Mozilla makes money. When you search the web with that box, Mozilla gets a cut whenever you click on a sponsored link (Google Ads) displayed in search results. Christopher Blizzard of Mozilla Corporation confirmed the rumour - the dollar amount [$72m] is not correct, though not off by an order of magnitude . And unlike the non-profit Mozilla Foundation, the Mozilla Corporation is a taxable entity. So even the US Government is making money from Firefox . Source: Mozilla Corp. Wiki | CRN

Blinkx today launced a tiny desktop search app called Pico that resembles the Google Sidebar or even Intellext Watson - It's just more smart. Pico reads your active screen (like email, Word document, Browser window), infers the meaning of what you're looking at based on context, and then retrieves relevant information from news, blogs, video, Web, Wikipedia, images, myspace.com and shopping websites. Blinkx PicoView, shown above, displays results from different sources in a neat format similar to the Firefox reveal extension. Pico Smart Folders continuously monitor the topic of interest for you. Read PICO help manual | Download blinkx Pico for Windows Watch Pico Demo (Flash)

Google Online Hard Disk, Store and Acess files from anywhere According to Eric Schmidt , Google is developing an online file storage system called Google Drive (or Gdrive) that creates a mirror image of data stored on consumer hard drives. When Google released GDS 3 with Search Across Computers feature, Gartner and EFF immediately recommended disabling SAC since it transports data outside the safe walls of the enterprise even though Google transported and stored data in encrypted form. Now Google Drive will copy (upload) files from local computer to Google Servers without encryption. Though Google users will have the option to decide what files are stored online, it remains a big surprise that "privacy advocates" have still not (over)reacted to GDrive . John Battelle is not willing to " store 100% " of his data on Google servers while Michael strongly feels that Google should put it (Google Drive Information) (back) up on the web. Will Google bow to pres...

The world's fastest internet connection will let users download Encyclopaedia Britannica in less than seven seconds . Most broadband connections operate at a speed of 2Mb/s, but the Shoreditch project (the world's fastest internet) work at a speed of up to 2Gb/s. The ultra-fast internet trial which will make it possible to download full-length movies in an instant comes as BT announces plans to upgrade its exchanges so as to roll out line rates of up to 8 Mbps. Official Website: The Shoreditch Trust Shoreditch Digital Bridge Source: The Times: London

Craving to Spend money on Shopping ? Can’t resist urge to shop ? Nalmefne could help in keeping your shopping habits under control. A drug called Nalmefene could curb the craving to spend when the urge to shop comes on. Nalmefene is already successful in curbing the urge to gamble, smoking and nicotine dependence. Psychiatry professor Jon Grant, of the University of Minnesota, said: "Shopping is similar to gambling. It has the same kind of urging and cravings to engage in the behaviour even though you know it is screwing you up." It works to kill the drug-like rush created by chemicals in the brain, which those in the grip of a compulsive disorder are chasing. Samoxon Pharmaceuticals - Nalmefene Source: TOI | This Britain