Bits 'N' Bytes » Social Networking http://bitsnbytes.hashout.org Computers | Gadgets | Web 2.0 | Internet Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:04:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 en ‘You have 3,465 friends!’ Really? http://bitsnbytes.hashout.org/2008/05/16/you-have-3465-friends-really/ http://bitsnbytes.hashout.org/2008/05/16/you-have-3465-friends-really/#comments Fri, 16 May 2008 15:42:17 +0000 Aziz http://bitsnbytes.hashout.org/2008/05/16/you-have-3465-friends-really/ There could be one in a million chance you haven’t heard of MySpace, Facebook and Orkut. You probably have your own profile on one or more of these and other social networking sites. As though it weren’t enough, more such sites spring up every day promising a different dimension to social networking. However, have you ever thought about the risk of identity theft and stalking. You ought to take these basic precautions (more…)

]]> http://bitsnbytes.hashout.org/2008/05/16/you-have-3465-friends-really/feed/ Gmail style Orkut loading screen http://bitsnbytes.hashout.org/2008/03/11/gmail-style-orkut-loading-screen/ http://bitsnbytes.hashout.org/2008/03/11/gmail-style-orkut-loading-screen/#comments Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:55:57 +0000 Aziz http://bitsnbytes.hashout.org/2008/03/11/orkut-loading-on-internet-explorer/ Orkut Login Loading Screenshot

Have you noticed this Gmail style loading screen on Orkut? I was trying to sign in to my orkut account from Internet Explorer (IE 6.0) and was greeted with this message. Interestingly it got stuck on this screen for a very long time and I didn’t have the patience to further put on with it. I then tried logging in using Firefox but again the same problem. (more…)

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