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In the world of blogging - K.R. DEEPAK

Questions

1. Of which online giant is Rick Dalzell the Chief Information Officer?

2. Which European country is the first and only country to get the final version of Windows Live Mail?

3. What is the Slashdot effect?

4. Whose moniker is CmdrTaco?

5. Which famous media company coined the phrase `Web 2.0'?

6. What is `fisking' in the context of blogging?

7. Name the virtual version of its latest car launched by Toyota in Second Life recently.

8. The latest iteration of which Microsoft product was codenamed `Crossbow'?

9. Who owns the name Gmail in the UK, where the search giant's e-mail service is called Google mail?

10. What are `Ransomware Trojans'?

Answers

1. Amazon.com

2. The Netherlands

3. A term given to the situation where a smaller site slows down or closes due to the increased traffic because of the influence of a popular Web site such as Slashdot.org.

4. Rob Malda, founder of Slashdot.org

5. O'Reilly Media

6. A point-by-point refutation of a blog entry.

7. Scion xD

8. Windows Mobile 6.

9. Independent International Investment Research.

10. They are malicious software (malware) that encrypt a victim's data and then demand money (`ransom') to decrypt it.

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