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Google as default search provider in Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 8 Pro

February 13, 2013 / Kannan / 0 Comments

When I started using Internet Explorer 10 in Windows 8 Pro the default search provider was Bing. I wanted to switch to Google Search Provider.

So when I searched for that add on, it was not showing up for various reasons mentioned across the internet.

The one thing which worked was visiting the following link and add the Google search provider.

http://www.iegallery.com/en-US/Addons/Details/813

An employee outsourced his job at Verizon to China

January 20, 2013 / Kannan / 0 Comments

At Verizon, a developer outsourced his job to China and he spent most of the time at office surfing social sites.

Excerpt from Verizon’s security Blog.

As it turns out, Bob had simply outsourced his own job to a Chinese consulting firm. Bob spent less that one fifth of his six-figure salary for a Chinese firm to do his job for him.
Authentication was no problem, he physically FedExed his RSA token to China so that the third-party contractor could log-in under his credentials during the workday. It would appear that he was working an average 9 to 5 work day. Investigators checked his web browsing history, and that told the whole story.

9:00 a.m. – Arrive and surf Reddit for a couple of hours. Watch cat videos
11:30 a.m. – Take lunch
1:00 p.m. – Ebay time.
2:00 – ish p.m Facebook updates – LinkedIn
4:30 p.m. – End of day update e-mail to management.
5:00 p.m. – Go home

The best part?
Investigators had the opportunity to read through his performance reviews while working alongside HR. For the last several years in a row he received excellent remarks. His code was clean, well written, and submitted in a timely fashion. Quarter after quarter, his performance review noted him as the best developer in the building