Recently FireFox been enjoying substantial growth in number of users. IE the opposite, just slipping more down by the percentage of users using it.
With the number of users growing for FireFox, there is another problem surfacing; attack.
When IE dominated more then 80% of the browser marketshare not much hackers care about FireFix, because there been less stake in it. Now that things are changing, hackers seem to be getting more and more interested in FireFox. Recently there was a unpatched flaw detected in  FireFox which is to be fixed next …

I got the 1099 Tax paper from Google few days ago, for 2008 earnings from Google AdSense. I made $3224.17 in year 2008 from Google AdSense. I must say I never was serious about earning money from my sites for first year or so. I even didn’t know if they gonna make me any money at all.
Sites that got me the money:

webcosmo.com
webcosmoforums.com
cosmocentral.com
dailyglobal.com

I could easily make the earnings almost double using affiliates. But I am holding the plan for now for business reasons.

Microsoft is trying get a grasp in search business real hard. Their Live.com search engine is not getting much volume of search so far.
If you been looking at the recent tech news I am sure you have heard of these:

Yahoo rejected the Microsoft buyout offer.
Google rejected the search collaboration with Yahoo in fear of lawsuit.
Yahoo CEO Jerry Wang out.
Yahoo gets new CEO who got really no experience in search business.

Lets take a look at the December 2008 search volume for Google, Yahoo, Live:
Google 5,421,943,000    62.9% of total online searches
Yahoo …

Craigslist calls itself a non-profit website. Is it?
This is a picture of how much CraigsList earns:
2003 – us $ 7 million
2007 – us $ 55 million
2008 – us $ 81 million
CraigsList has 25 employees. Considering all of them have to get paid, does all that money required to pay the employees? Apparently it seems to come down to the point “we are non-profit, but we really are not”.

If you have weak heart don’t watch this. This video is really gross. Shows you exactly how people eat monkey. Just unbelievable.

Here is a quick recipe to become a millionaire:
- Hard work, Integrity (Never lie or Cheat, Honesty WORKS!) and Focus are always rewarded. Never allow a lacklustre academic record to stand in your way of becoming successful (Remember the drop out guys like Bill Gates? Toppers work for him!)
- Have the courage to take financial risk. Learn to overcome defeat. Keep your emotions away from Money! Give before you receive.
- Select a unique, profitable ccareer. Pick the one you love, which is most important. If you don’t love your work, …

Got response from the $20 subceription contest winner. It was cool, got the response very fast. I was worried if I had to spend time to pick another one, emailing etc.
I have already made the payment via PayPal as promised.
So here is little details on the winner:
Name: Shari Bowen
Personal Blog: http://ourwinningcircle.blogspot.com/
Website: http://ourwinningcircle.net
Congratulations to you Shari. And thanks to all who participated in the contest.

WASHINGTON
A Washington has been sentenced to 45 days in jail for stealing more than 1,600 pairs of panties, bras and other women’s undergarments, from laundry rooms.
24-year-old Garth Flaherty pleaded guilty to the thefts in an agreement with prosecutors. Early last year, police received reports of panty thefts around the Washington State University campus.
Flaherty was arrested in March at an apartment complex laundry room. Police said they found enough underwear in his bedroom to fill five garbage bags.
Flaherty told investigators he started stealing women’s underwear in middle school, and the habit …

NEW YORK
Westchester, N.Y. County police department arrested 66 people in a months-long probe into high-priced prostitution rings that advertised on the popular Website CraigsList.
The Elmsford, Greenburgh, Rye and Rye Brook police departments say the nine-month investigation also netted more than $21,000 in apparent prostitution proceeds. Some defendants were charged with prostitution, others with patronizing prostitutes or other offenses.
Rye Brook Police Chief Gregg Austin says undercover officers set up dates after spotting ads for sexual services on the online clearinghouse Craigslist.
A Craigslist spokeswoman did not immediately respond to an e-mail early …

One more day, and 2007 will be over. Its time again to look back to think of what we did last year, and what to wish for in the new year.
Last year been pretty busy for me, lot of things happened. In the new year I am looking forward to work hard, make things happen. Hopefully I will get little touch from luck as well!
Are you ready to make the wish for the new year?
Happy new year to all Web Cosmo and Cosmo Central members and visitors.