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RockMelt Browser

2010-11-08T01:34:00.000-08:00

Be ready for new way to surf the internet. The latest browser RockMelt.com definitely will improve the web experiences for millions of surfer with new way of navigating the internet. The browser is built o the foundation that most peoples today are surfing the facebook, searching on google and microblogging on twitter. It is like all-in-one browser for facebook, google, twitter, etc.

In order to use the browser, u need to connect to your facebook account at RockMelt website. After that, they will email your invite in the next few days.

What is iGoogle

2010-11-07T04:14:00.000-08:00

What is iGoogle ? Is it a clone of Google's search engine ?

iGoogle is a customized view of Google. You can switch from classic Google view to the customized view of iGoogle. You can add Theme to the Google's search panel, or you can add Gadget to the iGoogle. Just click on the iGoogle link at the top right corner of Google website to experience the customize view of Google.

Samsung Galaxy Tab

2010-11-07T01:31:00.000-07:00

The Samsung Galaxy Tab is the major tablet release since the Apple iPad launched.

The Tab's body is entirely made of plastic to enables it to stay pretty light at only 380g. Plastic material make the body feels less solid than the aluminium-backed iPad. At just 380g, the Galaxy Tab is a fairly lightweight device that feels comfortable to hold even with just one hand for an extended period of time.

On top of the Samsung Galaxy Tab, there's only one feature -- a 3.5mm socket for plugging in your headphones. Along the bottom, you'll find four touch-sensitive buttons (menu, home, back and search) that will be familiar to anyone experienced with Android devices. Each button glows white while you're using the Tab. The Tab can make phone calls, which is another feature that you would not find in iPad currently.

It has a glossy 7in capacitive touchscreen display with 1,024 x 600-pixel resolution. The Tablet's 1GHz Cortex A8 processor is more than capable of handling full multitasking while keeping the experience fast and snappy. Samsung has left the basic Android 2.2 (Froyo) interface untouched, with all the basic Android applications like Gmail, Google Talk and Google Maps.

In Malaysia, the Samsung Galaxy Tab is retailed at RM2699. However with Maxis contract, it goes for RM1849 with 12 months and RM1749 with 24 months contract. Based on my understanding, the selling price for Galaxy Tab in Singapore is S$998.00 (around RM2400.00) which is RM299.00 cheaper if you bought the device there.

Make Money with Paypal

2010-10-01T08:09:00.000-07:00

This is an easy way to get thousands of dollars just by paying $3.00!

This is the easiest way to get thousands of dollars, because you barely have to do anything.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Step 1:

The 1st step is making the PayPal account so that you can actually make the money. Copy and paste this to the address bar https://www.paypal.com . If you want to be able to receive credit card payments from other people then you will need to sign up for a PREMIER or BUSINESS account (not just a PERSONAL account). This is highly recommended to allow others easy payment options. In order to place the initial $1 into your account, you will have to verify your bank account with PAYPAL (which may take a few days). PAYPAL is 100% secure and is used by millions of people worldwide.

Step 2:

Here is where the action occurs. The first thing to do is to send a $1.00 payment to the below 3 email addresses from your PayPal account. To do this quickly and successfully, follow these simple steps:

1. Login to PayPal and click on the “Send Money” tab near the top of the screen;
2. In the “Recipient’s Email” field enter the email address;
3. In the “Amount” field enter “1″ (This is your $1.00 payment);
4. In the “Category” field select “Service”;
5. Click Continue;
6. In the “Subject” field type “Permission to copy content from your blog”, and in the “NOTE” field enter “Thanks for the great content from your blog & permission to copy the content”. By doing this, you are maintaining the legality of the system by “paying” for the service; and
7. Finally, click on the “Continue” button to complete the payment. That’s it! By sending the $1.00 payment to each of address, you are implementing the compounding POWER of the system. You will reap what you sow!

PayPal accounts to send $1.00 to:

(1) tmiller5@live.com
(2) pcowie@live.com
(3) tan.beekee@yahoo.com

Step 3:

After you send the money to the 3 people on the list, you can copy the content of this blog & remove the name next to the #1 on the list and move the 2nd name up to position #1, and move the 3rd name up to position #2. Then place your name in the #3 position. Then save it.

STEP 4

Post your amended article to at least 200 newsgroups or message boards. Keep in mind that there are tens of thousands of groups online! All you need is 200, but remember the more you post the more money you make – as well as everyone else on the list! I’ve began to see money roll in before I even hit 100 posts, but try to hit around 200 to allow maximum exposure. Use Netscape, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, or whatever your internet browser is to search for various news groups, log on to any search engine like yahoo.com or google.com and type in a subject like ‘MILLIONAIRE MESSAGE BOARD’, ‘MONEY MAKING DISCUSSIONS’, ‘MONEY MAKING FORUMS’, or ‘BUSINESS MESSAGE BOARD’. You will find thousands and thousands of message boards. Click them one by one and you will find the option to post a new message. Fill in the subject which will be the header that everyone sees as they scroll through the list of postings in a particular group, and post the article with the NEW list of email addresses included.

Online make money from neobux - PPC

2010-09-28T05:27:00.000-07:00

I already received over $10.00 from neobux, without spending any money.

Below is the screen shot of payment received:

Neobux is already more than 2 years in market, and best of all it is paying without fail.
Click below link to join me to start earning today!!!

http://www.neobux.com

Sign In Gmail via Yahoo

2009-09-27T00:59:00.000-07:00

Believe it or not, now you can sign in your Gmail account via Yahoo!. There is no setup to be done. All you need to do is just click the Gmail button from your Yahoo! account, key in your Gmail user id and password, then grant Yahoo to access your Gmail account.

Windows Notepad Picture Trick

2009-08-25T07:20:00.000-07:00

A little trick that you can try on notepad, picture of plane crash on WTC with fatality:
1. Open your notepad and type Q33N
2. Change the font to wingdings and increase the font size to 72

Earn Money Online by Posting in Discussion

2009-08-09T01:48:00.000-07:00

I would like to share a program that i enrolled recently to make money online. All you need to do is contribute to the Community - whether it is by posting a new discussion, responding to a current discussion, commenting on a current discussion, or referring friends, you earn money.

Remember this is not a get rich quick scheme or pyramid scheme, you need to put in efforts in order to make some money. The more you write, the more you will earn. The minimum payout is only $10, and payment will be made via paypal account.

Click here to start earning

Adgitize Payment and Promotions

2009-08-08T00:58:00.000-07:00

I got my payment from Adgitize today. It is my first payment. Attached payment proof from Adgitize. I like the program very much as it does increase my blog All About Technology's traffic. I am offer $3 referral bonus if you signup Adgitize and be an advertiser using my referral link. Payment will be sent via Paypal once you singed up and advertise using Adgitize, just post a comment here with your Paypal email address and the money will be credited to your Paypal account in 1 day time.

The fees you pay as advertiser will eventually back to your pocket if you are active on your blog. I will show you how to get back your advertiser fees plus earn extra money from Adgitize if you join using my referral link.

This month Adgitize is running a contest which you can win $75 cash as top prize, $50 for second, $25 for third and more.. Contest is from August 01 – 31, 2009. Winners will be announced on September 02, 2009. If you join early, the chances for you to win is higher. Good luck to you, and to me.

Click here to join!

Say Goodbye to old blogger layout

2009-08-04T01:30:00.000-07:00

Today, just upgraded my blog 'All About Technology' to a better blogger layout. A more clean and professional looks design. With the upgrade, it shows my continuous effort to maintain the blog to its best. You all can expect more information and sharing from this technology blog in the future.

Wolfram Alpha - Knowledge Search Engine

2009-07-27T19:10:00.000-07:00

Wolfram Alpha, the knowledge base search engine. It will answer all your question accurately, BUT provided you ask the correct answer. As compare with google search engine, Wolfram Alpha is more towards knowledge base search, whereas google is a public search. So i will say that Wolfram Alpha is more useful to students or researchers in certain area compare to google, especially in mathematical computation!

pic 1: a powerful maths computer

pic 2: show you result of total calories of foods

pic 3: currency converter

Bad-guy to Turn Off Video Games

2009-07-22T06:04:00.000-07:00

Parents now have a solution to limit their children's game playing time. All you need to do is just a device set the time you allowed for video game play, when time is up, the game timer automatically powers off the game system. The device is price at $29.99. Check out here.

All About Technology's Weekly Recap

2009-07-21T05:33:00.000-07:00

Weekly recap from 15/07 - 19/07.
1) Gmail Keyboard Shortcut
- Setup gmail keyboard shortcut

2) Speedup Firefox Web Browser
- Tricks to speedup your firefox web browser signifiantly

3) Windows LIVE Writer - Mush Have for Blogger
- LIVE Writer installation guide and usage

4) Office 2010: The Movie
- Watch the Office 2010: The Movie from youtube

URL Search Engine Submission

2009-07-20T05:51:00.000-07:00

If you are new as a blogger, the very first thing you need to do to promote your blog is to submit your url to various search engines.

Below are a few important search engine submission page:
1. Google
2. Yahoo
3. Bing
4. Alexa

Office 2010: The Movie

2009-07-19T04:29:00.000-07:00

Microsoft confirmed that the latest Microsoft Office 2010 will come in 2 versions, the 32bit and 64bit version, as compare to previous Office only has 32bit and 16bit version. Office 2010 will run on Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista, and Windows 7.

Let's watch the movie 'Office 2010' from youtube.

For more info about MS Office 2010, go to Microsoft's website.

Windows LIVE Writer – Must Have for Blogger

2009-07-17T05:43:00.001-07:00

As a regular writer to update your blog, i will recommend you to install the Windows LIVE Writer. This application come with many great features, including special inserting tools, whereby allow you to insert tables, images, videos easily. Another feature is offline control of your blog, means you can edit your post offline, then later only publish it online. The Writer also come together with spell checker, so now you should not have spelling error in your blog!

PS: This post was written using Windows LIVE Writer

You may follow below guide to setup your Windows LIVE Writer.

pic 1: start installing Windows LIVE Writer

pic 2: only tick on Writer, other options let it blank

pic 3: select the blog service that you’re using

pic 4: type the url of your blog & user name & password to login your blog

pic 5: installation in progress

pic 6: Edit mode to create/edit your post

pic 7: Preview mode to preview your post

pic 8: after you click the Publish button, above screen appear

Speedup Firefox Web Browser

2009-07-16T05:30:00.000-07:00

There are few tricks available to speedup your firefox web browser significantly. Just give it a try by following some steps below:
1. key in 'about:config' in the firefox address bar
2. then navigate to below 'Preference Name' and set the value as per recommended-
network.http.pipelining (true)
network.http.proxy.pipelining (true)
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests (8)
network.dns.disableIPv6 (true)
plugin.expose_full_path (true)

OK, now try your firefox's performance. It should be much more faster in loading pages. Hope this helpful to you.

Gmail Keyboard Shortcuts

2009-07-15T06:35:00.000-07:00

Ever want to speedup your writing when you compose an email in gmail ? Gmail keyboard shortcuts will enable to compose email without using a mouse. But before you can use the gmail keyboard shortcuts, you need to turn on the setting in gmail. First, you go to gmail's setting page, then look for 'keyboard shortcuts' and turn it on. Now, you are ready to use the shortcut keys.

Here are some common used shortcut keys:
c - compose
n - move your cursor to next message
p - move your cursor to previous message
r - reply to message sender
f - forward an email
z - undo your previous action
? - display keyboard shortcut help menu

All About Technology's Weekly Recap

2009-07-13T05:09:00.000-07:00

Weekly recap from 06/07 - 11/07.
1) Hack Windows XP Password
- Introduce software to hack Windows XP Password

2) Complimentary PC World Magazine
- Redeem you complimentary copies for 6 months

3) Antivirus + Antispyware
- VIPRE's combo set of antivirus & antispyware review

Antivirus + Antispyware

2009-07-11T05:12:00.000-07:00

Today i would like to introduce a combo set of antivirus + antispyware. VIPRE antivirus & antispyware is a high-performance security software that doesn't slow down your PC like older, traditional antivirus products. Accroding to PC Magazine's security expert, they gave VIPRE an excellent review with 4 stars. I believe VIPRE (Virus Intrusion Protection Remediation Engine) will be able to protect your PC against virus, adware & spyware.

If your PC is using Windows 95/98/ME, then you will not be able to install the application. Also minimum 512MB RAM is required.

Below screenshot is a comparison of VIPRE performace (CPU usage during scan) against other competitors:

NOTE: derived from VIPRE's website

You can download the free trial version HERE.

Magazine PC World - FREE

2009-07-10T04:04:00.000-07:00

For a limited time, PC World magazines is offering complimentary 6 months free subscription. The offer is open to qualifying residents of the 50 U.S. States, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. There is no credit card information required, and of course no purchase needed. All you need to do is just fill up a simple form here.

I am not qualify because i am staying in Asia. For those who qualify, grab your free copy asap.

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2009-07-08T06:33:00.001-07:00

myLot User Profile

Hack Windows XP Password

2009-07-06T05:37:00.000-07:00

Forgot your Windows XP password or trying to hack someone's computer? You can try the xpPasswordBreaker. Burn the application to a cd. After that just boot from the cd-rom drive:
1) type setup.exe
2) choose your harddrive where you install Windows, normally drive C:
3) after that select ADMIN and you can modify the password

All About Technology's Weekly Recap

2009-07-04T23:41:00.000-07:00

Weekly recap from 29/06 - 04/07.
1) Disable Read/Write to USB
- steps to disable read/write access to USB harddrive/pendrive

2) Maybank2u.com Phishing Email
- beware of latest M2u phishing email

3) Ping Your Blog. Promote Your Blog
- Ping your blog to promote it

4) Update Your Driver Frequently
- update PC driver for better performance

5) AntiFreeze Your Windows
- software recommendation to antifreeze your windows

6) HealthMap - Track Swine Flu H1N1
- keep track on swine flu H1N1 using google map

7) Useful Microsoft Word Shortcut Key
- MS Word shortcut keys

Useful Microsoft Word Shortcut Keys

2009-07-04T03:57:00.000-07:00

In order to speedup your daily jobs, you need to know some commonly used Microsoft Word shortcut keys, below is the list

Ctrl + A Select all contents of the page.
Ctrl + B Bold highlighted selection.
Ctrl + C Copy selected text.
Ctrl + X Cut selected text.
Ctrl + P Open the print window.
Ctrl + F Open find box.
Ctrl + I Italic highlighted selection.
Ctrl + K Insert link.
Ctrl + U Underline highlighted selection.
Ctrl + V Paste.
Ctrl + Y Redo the last action performed.
Ctrl + Z Undo last action.
Ctrl + L Aligns the line or selected text to the left of the screen.
Ctrl + E Aligns the line or selected text to the center of the screen.
Ctrl + R Aligns the line or selected text to the right of the screen.
Ctrl + M Indent the paragraph.

For a complete list of all the Microsoft Word shortcut keys, you can visit Microsoft's website.

HealthMap - Track Swine Flu H1N1

2009-07-04T01:29:00.000-07:00

Lost track on news regarding swine flu H1N1? In fact you can have a clear overview of the cases around he world by using HealthMap. It is a Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP application using google map technology to provide users with a better visualisation of outbreak in different geographical areas. The map is not restricted to provide outbreak data for swine flu, but also for diseases like fever, dengue, avian influenza, hepatitis, etc.

AntiFreeze Your Windows

2009-07-03T08:05:00.000-07:00

Sometimes our Windows will hang and become unresponsive. I believe we all encounter this problem before. If you are working on something really important and urgent, and the Windows hang, what do you do IF you did not save your work? Maybe you can try the Windows Task Manager, with the hope it can unfreeze the Windows. But most of the times, Windows Task Manager is not helping.

AntiFreeze offers you last recourse when you find your computer in a hung state. All you need to do when your computer hang, just press hotkeys (ALT+CTRL+WIN+HOME) and it will start the AntiFreeze Task Manager. You can kill some of the applications by pressing the 'End Process' button to unFreeze your Windows.

Currently AntiFreeze is free for non-commercial use only.

Update Your Driver Frequently

2009-07-02T05:20:00.000-07:00

Remember when is the last time you update the drivers for your computer? Or you totally never update your drivers before since the day you bought the computer? Why updating driver is so important? Driver acts as a crucial element to rely information between hardware, software and Windows. Without a proper driver, some of your computer peripheral equipments may not function. Sometimes installed the wrong drivers may cause your computer to hang. (to unfreeze your Windows, read my post here)

The fast and easy way to update computer drivers is by using DriverCure. The software application will scan your computer, to determine which driver your hardware needed and update the latest version for you. But this is NOT free, it will cost you $9.95.

In order to save your $9.95, you can try the DriverCure InstantScan for free, then go to the vendor's site to manually update your driver with latest version.

Ping Your Blog, Promote Your Blog

2009-07-01T05:43:00.000-07:00

There are many ways to promote your blogs. One of them is to PING your blog. The purpose of ping is to notify search engines that there is an update to your blogs. Ping is a mechanism by which a weblog notifies a server that its content has been updated.

List of free services that you can use to ping your blog:
ping-o-matic
ping.sg/
king ping
google blog search ping service

Maybank2u.com Phishing Email

2009-06-30T05:32:00.000-07:00

Can you believe this? I just received an email from Maybank saying that my maybank2u account was blocked due to inactivity or 'becouse' of too many failed login attempts. They asking me to logon the link to restore my account!

Of course, i know this is a phishing email. As online banking become more popular, M2u as the Malaysia's best online banking provider also become target of criminals. For those who are using online banking apps, please be more careful and never click on a url link in email to access the online banking portal.

The term ‘phishing’ describes a scam, or fraud, designed to obtain private information like passwords and credit card numbers. Usually, criminals carry out phishing attacks by pretending to be a trusted party tricking you to reveal your online banking username & password.

Disable Read & Write to USB diskdrive/pendrive

2009-06-29T05:24:00.000-07:00

In response to query from Bojovic based on my previous post Disable Write to USB Drive Harddisk & Pendrive

Below are steps to totally disable the use of USB harddrive and pendrive from your computer.
1) run the regedit
2) Navigate to the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR

3) then locate for name 'start', type 'REG_DWORD' and set the value to 4

note: if later you decide to allow the use of USB harddrive and pendrive, just set the 'REG_DWORD' value to 3.

All About Technology's Weekly Recap

2009-06-28T04:44:00.000-07:00

Weekly recap from 23/06 - 27/06.
1) How to snoop into google security cameras
- keywords to search in google to snoop into unsecured security cameras

2) Michael Jackson
- deepest condolences to MJ

3) Open source proxy server
- steps to setup your own proxy server for free

4) Microsoft Bing
- introduce Microsoft's latest search engine

5) Disable write to USB drive
- disclose how you can disable write to USB harddrive/pendrive from your PC

How to Snoop into Google Security Cameras

2009-06-27T04:14:00.000-07:00

Try below keywords in Google search for hacking into Google's security cameras.
1) inurl:"ViewerFrame?Mode=
2) intitle:Axis 2400 video server
3) inurl:/view.shtml
4) intitle:"Live View / - AXIS" | inurl:view/view.shtml^

After the search, open the search result in new web browser, then you can take control of the camera.
You can try below url:
1) http://125.206.34.118/cgi-bin/ViewerFrame?Mode=Motion&Resolution=640x480&Quality=Motion&Interval=10&Size=STD&PresetOperation=Move&Language=0

2) http://www.cherrytreeinn.com:8080/ViewerFrame?Mode=Motion&Language=0

3) http://24.39.100.161:82/ViewerFrame?Mode=Motion&Language=1

4) http://129.125.136.20/view/index.shtml

Enjoy!

Michael Jackson: 1958-2009

2009-06-26T05:33:00.000-07:00

'King of pop' passed away in Los Angeles, at age of 50 after suffering a cardiac arrest. for sure, he will always in our hearts. My deepeset condolences to his family.

Open Source Proxy Server

2009-06-25T05:01:00.000-07:00

Do you know that you can setup your own proxy server on Google App Engine with GAppProxy for FREE. GAppProxy is written in Python and run on the Google App Engine. The greatest advantage of the application is you do not need a dedicated server and the speed is very fast.

Before begin, you must register a Google App Engine account and create an application as GAppProxy. Then go to http://code.google.com/p/gappproxy/downloads/list to download GAppProxy, run gui.exe, configure your web browser with HTTP proxy set to 127.0.0.1:8000. Now, you can access the internet via the proxy server.

Microsoft's BING!

2009-06-24T05:20:00.000-07:00

Let's 'bing the world'. Microsoft introduce its latest search engine 'BING', to replace its not so popular MSN Search.

Bing has the ability to display a summary of the site that you are searching, just at the right panel of the page whenever you scroll over the list of search result. Currently the Bing is quite clear in the sense that there is no ads here and there compare to Google. See below pictures for the comparison.

Disable Write to USB drive Harddisk & Pendrive

2009-06-23T04:25:00.000-07:00

Nowadays USB port & pendrive become very common. It creates security concern for large organizations that anyone can simply plug-in a pendrive or USB harddisk to steal the corporate data.

In fact there is a registry hack that can disable the read/write access to USB devices altogether. User cannot copy data to the USB disk storage, nor able to read any files and documents from the USB drive.

But, if you only want to disallow write access and allow read access, then there is another registry hack of WriteProtect in StorageDevicePolicies registry key that you can make use of. Just follow below few steps:
1) run the regedit
2) Navigate to the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control

3) Create a New Key named as StorageDevicePolicies

4) Highlight StorageDevicePolicies, and then create a New DWORD (32-bit) Value named as WriteProtect

5) Double click on WriteProtect, and set its value data to 1.

What is ChessTweets?

2009-06-21T05:54:00.000-07:00

ChessTweets is the newest generation of correspondence chess. ChessTweets uses the Twitter API to send chess moves remotely to your opponent by using any of Twitter's versatile status update methods. With a Twitter account, play a quick game against a friend or start a correspondence game for free and without any registration required!

You need to be patient because it takes some times for the moves. Currently, moves in public games are tallied manually on a rough 24-hour basis. Once hit a critical mass, moves will be tallied by some automated time schedule, whether it be exactly once every 24 hours or after x valid move votes have been submitted.

Inactive private games are kept on ChessTweets for 10 days. If a game is inactive for longer than this period the game will be resolved in one of two ways:

If the game has progressed less than 5 full turns (10 valid moves by both White and Black), the game will be deleted with no stat collection or elo rating changes.
If the game has progressed more than 5 full turns (10 valid moves by both White and Black), the inactive player will be forced to resign, and the corresponding stat collection and elo rating changes will take place.

Searching the web using Yauba

2009-06-20T07:45:00.000-07:00

Yauba is a new, experimental, Indian search engine that seeks to transform the way people find information online, while providing maximum protection for their safety, security and privacy. Launched in "early beta/late alpha" mode on March 2009 after stealth development in Bangalore, Delhi, and London, Yauba is based on over 25 years of cutting edge research from the Indian Institutes of Technology, the University of Delhi, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, and the University of California at Berkeley. As a result, Yauba offers some of the most advanced Internet technologies, features, and innovations in the world.

Yauba do not track your cookies or store any of your information. They are truly intelligent with distributed electronic semantic intelligence (DESI) algorithms and word-sense disambiguation extraction technologies can automatically identify the referential "meanings" embedded in various search terms.

Aztech Skype Phone

2009-06-18T08:19:00.000-07:00

The Aztech V500DS-S1 is a stand-alone Skype DECT phone that allows users to access both the PSTN and Skype network. The phone is implemented with an embedded Skype software, which incorporates most of the Skype features such as Voicemail, call forwarding and Skype-In/Skype-Out services.

There is no need to have the Skype application running on a PC (No PC is required make Skype calls). Once the base station is connected to the Internet, the handset will become an embedded Skype device, and the user can make Skype-to-Skype calls, or Skype In/Out calls with fixed-line numbers.

The Skype user contact list is shown on a 1.5” colour handset screen. The users can easily see their contacts’ status and profiles, as well as their Skype credit balances for SkypeOut. New users can be added on the handset.

There are separate call lists for both the PSTN and Skype Calls, and the users can easily identity the call lists as either from PSTN or Skype. The phone has speakerphone, keypad backlight and polyphonic ring tones as standard features.

Happy Birthday to Igor Stravinsky

2009-06-17T05:57:00.000-07:00

Igor Stravinsky ? When i saw this front page in google search, i also wonder who is Igor Stravinsky ? According to Wikipedia, Igor Stravinsky was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor, considered by many to be one of the most important and influential composers of 20th century music.

He was a quintessentially cosmopolitan Russian who was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of the century. In addition to the recognition he received for his compositions, he also achieved fame as a pianist and a conductor, often at the premieres of his works.

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was born in Oranienbaum, Tsarist Russia on 17 June, 1882. His father, Fyodor, was a famous opera singer in the St. Petersburg Imperial Opera. Determined that his children would have more secure professional lives, he insisted that young Igor prepare for a less chancy career, so Igor began his studies in law at university in 1901. In 1902 Stravinsky met Rimsky-Korsakov (one of Russian's leading nationalist composers), and on his father's death later that same year, he began his formal musical composition studies.

Retrieve Hotmail via Google Mail

2009-06-16T04:59:00.000-07:00

Now, you no longer need to access hotmail account in order to view your email in hotmail. What you need to do is just perform a simple account setup in Google Mail to retrieve your hotmail emails.

Technically this can be done is due to hotmail now support POP3 partly & Gmail will download the hotmail emails using POP3.

Pic 1

Pic 2

Follow steps below:
1) Click the Setting, then Account
2) click 'add a mail account you own' in the Get mail from other accounts column (ref: pic 1)
3) then enter your hotmail address
4) then set username=hotmail username, set POP Server=pop3.live.com, and set port=995, at last, select all the three checkbox below (ref: pic 2)

URL Redirection Services - FREE

2009-06-15T17:36:00.000-07:00

Like other link shorteners, BurnURL will shorten your long url in the form of in the form of http://burnurl.com/xxxxxxx.

The service is useful when you have a long url and need to post it at twitter or facebook. Twitter only allow 140 characters for each tweet. After you 'burned' your url, it will generate a direct link (useful in twitter, facebook), html code (useful in myspace, personal website) and BBcode (useful in web forums).

Broken Links Tracking

2009-06-14T06:15:00.000-07:00

Tired of tracing broken links in your blog or website ? As a webmaster, it is important to always make sure there is no broken links in your site. Ignoring the broken links in your site will deteriorate the quality of the site regardless how good the content and layout of the site.

Linkpatch will solve all your headache for broken links. Also, it will trace the missing image and error page in your site and send notification to you via email. Linkpatch also able to trace the link from other sites to your outdated pages you have moved.

You can try the service free for 30 days!

Facebook Vanity URL

2009-06-13T03:37:00.000-07:00

What is vanity url ??? is it useful for the facebooker ? Vanity url is a customized link for your profile. Currently our facebook url looks something like http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=999999999 which is meaningless to us. With the vanity url, your facebook url will be http://www.facebook.com/"your-name" which is more meaningful & easy for your friends to locate your profile.

In fact, this vanity url is not something new in the www. Twitter and LinkedIn have had this capability for quite some time.

As at now, there is no any link or button for the facebook users to set their vanity url. But, it is still possible to set your vanity url. Just go to http://facebook.com/username there you will have the option to set your vanity url. Once it's been selected, you won't be able to change or transfer it.

Nintendo wii & the internet

2009-06-11T05:14:00.000-07:00

Experience the joys of gaming or surfing the net with Nintendo wii. Wii is not just a gaming console, it brings a revolution of interactive gaming to people of all ages.

How can you connect to internet using wii ? here are some steps to setup:
1) Choose wired or wireless connection of your broadband
2) click wii, wii setting
3) click to next page, then click 'internet'
4) click 'connection setting', then 'connection 1'
5) click 'wireless connection'
6) click 'search for an access point'
7) click ok and choose your access point and your ready to connect.

Apple iphone for USD99 only

2009-06-09T05:10:00.000-07:00

Can u believe this? Apple slashed the entry price for an iPhone in half to only $99, announced by Philip Schiller, Apple Senior Vice President for Worldwide Product Marketing. Instead of paying $199, now you only pay $99 for the 8-gigabyte iphone 3GS. A 16-gigabyte version of the 3G S will cost $199 and a 32-gigabyte version will be $299.

The latest iphone operate with faster and more energy efficient processor. According to Apple this allows the new iPhone 3GS to run up to two times faster than the previous version.

Note: When the iphone debuted 2 years ago, a 4-gigabyte version cost $499 & 8GB cost $599.

Google Wave

2009-06-06T23:20:00.001-07:00

What is Google Wave? Wave is Shared, Wave is Live, Wave is Collaborations. It means being on the go instantly, where you can communicate and work together with richly formatted text, photos, videos, and maps. With live transmission as you type, participants on a wave can have faster conversations, see edits and interact with extensions in real-time. You can reply anywhere in the message, edit the content and add participants at any point in the process. Then playback lets anyone rewind the wave to see who said what and when.

The wave will be launched later this year. Let's wait for the wave.

Video: Developer's Preview at Google I/O

Terminator Salvation - The Game

2009-06-06T03:51:00.000-07:00

Remember, now you are John Connor, Your mission is to save the world! You will assume the role of John Connor, fighting against the Terminator sent by Skynet.

The game available in PS3, Xbox 360 & PC.

Genre : 3rd person shooter
Characters : John Connor
Official Website: http://www.terminatorsalvationthegame.com

Windows XP Phone

2009-06-05T04:55:00.000-07:00

The world's 1st mobile phone to run on windows xp was released at the Computex exhibition in Taipei. Windows XP Phone will be using chips from AMD, made by In Technology in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou.

The phone has a 120GB hard disk and a 4.8 inch LCD touchscreen with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels, it supports WIFI, WIMAX & GPS. Windows XP Phone will be available in China markets around 3 months times and later worldwide.

NOTE: no screenshot available for the phone yet.

Recover Deleted files

2009-06-02T04:48:00.000-07:00

Wanted to recover deleted files after you emptying the recycle bin for FREE? You can try Recuva (pronounced "recover"), it is a freeware.

How Recuva works:
1) Scanning for deleted files
2) Results of scan shown in a list view
3) Select the files that you want to recover

Facebook Revamp

2009-03-20T22:47:00.000-07:00

Again, new face for facebook. New layout & 'What's on your mind?' which update your status immediately as what Twitter did.

Well done Facebook!

Merge Multiple PDF Documents into One

2009-02-28T20:48:00.000-08:00

Are you looking for a free software to merge multiple pdf documents into one ? You may want to try mergepdf which help you combine multiple pdf documents. It allows up to 10 documents to merge into one.

If you are using Linux instead of Windows, you can use command 'pfdtk' to manipulate your pdf documents. try it now.

Google Calendar

2009-02-27T01:52:00.000-08:00

My 1st day using google calendar. Did not see any special features compare to others calendar applications. You can view your calendar by Day, Week, Month, also a email reminder for the events you set. What really grab my attention is google calendar allow you to sync the calendar with your iphone. All your changes to calendar from your computer or iphone will always synchronized. But before you setup google Sync, make sure you backup your contacts, calendar events & important data. Your iphone need to has at least version 2.2 firmware in order to setup google Sync, u can check your version in Settings > General > About > Version.

Feedburner no more

2009-02-18T03:05:00.000-08:00

Are u stil using feedburner ? Google will move all the feedburner accounts to their google accounts by 28th feb 2009. In case u stil not yet update your feedburner to google's account by 28th feb, then u will no longer able to access your account at feedburner.

You may follow below simple step to move your feedburner account to goole:
1. Log in feedburner
2. Log in google
3. then click https://feedburner.google.com/migration/start.action?hl=en

Yahoo! briefcase online storage service shutting down

2009-02-14T04:55:00.000-08:00

Yahoo briefcase is shutting down on 30th March. The online storage service, was available for almost 10 years with capacity of 30MB. Users are required to download or delete their files by 30 March, else the files will be automatically deleted.

If you are using the Yahoo! briefcase service, please remember to backup your files soonest.

Norton Antivirus Gaming Edition 2009

2009-02-10T02:06:00.000-08:00

Feel frustrated when you are in a middle of a game, suddenly there is a popup to remind you to update your antivirus ? Or your antivirus slowdown your PC performance ? I just tried this latest version of norton antivirus gaming edition, it will auto switch to gaming mode when you are playing game, there is no more interruptions & popup. I will say this is much more better in terms of performance compare to other version of norton antivirus.

You can get more info from symantect website for their latest antivirus.

When Adgitize Will Recover

2009-01-29T05:26:00.000-08:00

Already few days... still waiting... Adgitize, one of the latest advertising platform (especially for blogger) is down (note: according to the website, the problem is due to database server down). Already few days. Adgitize is a platform where bloggers can share their ideas, earnings and drive traffics.

What you can do with adgitize ? How can you monetize your blog using this latest online advertising platform ? Simple. Just signup as publisher, get the online ads code and put the code in your blog. You will be paid for your blog's page view, earn money for visiting blogs in the ads platform's network, and earn money by writing in you blog. Currently the payment is by paypal and check.

Auto Remember Your Password

2009-01-29T05:00:00.000-08:00

Too many password to remember? always forgot your password? I find a solution for you. You can try roboform dotcom. It will keep your password and login information. The application use a 'passcard' concept. What is passcard ? According to roboform website, passcard is a combination of login url, your username and password, which can be used to automatically log you into websites.

All you need to do just install the roboform application, then you can start using it.

Quality Link Building Program

2009-01-27T00:44:00.000-08:00

I just joined this newly launched program to build unlimited incoming links to my blog. I can see the potential of the prgram. When you join the program, you can build quality (dofollow) backlinks to your blog. Compare to nofollow links, dofollow backlinks will boost your blog's page rank. (note: dofollow and nofollow links both looks identical when display in browser, the difference is how the search engine spider index the link)

What really amazed me is the program is FREE to join and also you can increase your google adsense earnings at the same time. In order to get more quality backlinks, what you need to do is just contribute more contents to the program. The more you provide, the more backlinks you'll get.

click to join

Apple opens second-hand shop in China

2009-01-26T05:06:00.000-08:00

Apple has launched an online shop selling second-hand Apple products in China. According to Apple, they offer up to 22 per cent on various refurbished products including iMacs and iPod shuffles. Apple has introduced similar deals in other countries, including UK, US and Japan, for years.

The refurbished products available on Apple's Chinese website ranged from a 308 yuan ($44) iPod shuffle to an iMac computer costing more than 14,000 yuan ($2,047). Apple says that the items for sale were previously sold but returned to Apple and have undergone quality tests.

Google Adsense Earnings (Monetized your blog)

2009-01-24T23:39:00.000-08:00

If you are a blogger and want to monetized your blog, your first choice will definitely be Google Adsense. I believe Adsense is the no. 1 choice for most of us. Why Adsense is no. 1? In fact i also do not know. Maybe due to Google's branding ? Due to google's pioneer in online advertising ?

But, am i really making money from google adsense ? How about you ? Are you making good money from adsense ?

Below is my screenshot:

Today's earnings is $38.93. Not bad right ? In fact this is not real for me now. It is just a fake screenshot. You can make your own from Google Adsense Generator.

Switch to Google Chrome

2009-01-18T04:59:00.000-08:00

If you are using gmail alot, then i recommend you to switch to google chrome. Google recommends google chrome instead of IE7 when accessing Gmail since it will give you quite a boost in speed by using google chrome. Some of the features of chrome include tabbed browsing where each tab gets its own process, leading to faster and more stable browsing. If one tab crashes, the whole browser doesn’t go down with it (IE will crash browser totally if one tab crash). Also, there is a useful malware and phishing lists that automatically update themselves and warn you of bad websites.

You can get your free copy of chrome here.

Download Free Antivirus

2009-01-16T07:17:00.000-08:00

Want to get some free antivirus software instead of paying any cost from $100 to few hundreds bucks? Many people may not realise they can get a fully functioning antivirus just for free.

AVG - one of the popular free antivirus that is easy to install and configure. Regular updates are available as well. One of my preference antivirus.

Kaspersky online virus scanner is a great way to find out if you have any viruses or spyware on your machine without having to uninstall your current antivirus software or install a new one. Most importantly, you can see what viruses your current antivirus software let slip through!

Web 2.0 apps and Hackers

2009-01-15T06:14:00.000-08:00

Nowadays, web 2.0 apps are gaining popularity in the world wide web. Some of the popular apps are Facebook, Google gmail, emusic, amazon, youtube, meebo.

How hackers targetting and attack web 2.0 apps? By Web 2.0, developers are focusing on XML-scripted transactions. I think that's a fairly commonly accepted piece of the definition. Fundamentally, these are new collections of application capabilities for structured information or transaction exchange off a Web site. It's not just HTML anymore. Hackers can easily steal your valuable data like credit cards info via web 2.0 apps. We take facebook as an example, when we accepted an apps from facebook, means we have to accept their terms&conditions to allow the apps to collect our data, before we can really start using it. By doing this, in fact you are permitting the apps to gather your info.

In site like myspace & youtube, there are significants amount of user contributed data. Hackers can easily embed malware in their content! This can be done easily.

So, how to protect yourself against all these malware ? i think first you need to do is stop downloading from unknown source, if really need to download only get it from trusted source. Also, get yourself a copy of antivirus and enable it.

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Compare Web 1.0 & Web 2.0
Web 1.0 = Read Only, static data with simple markup
Web 2.0 = Read/Write, dynamic data through web services

Link Building

2009-01-14T04:45:00.000-08:00

This article came from Dave Davies.

Link building is an essential ingredient in ranking your website highly on the major search engines. There, now that we’ve got that brilliant grasp of the obvious out of the way let’s move on to what you can do to actually create them. Before we launch into the nitty-gritty of link building, no beginners guide would be complete without a brief explanation as to why links are important and the different elements of them. Being a beginners guide this won’t be an entirely complete líst but it will be enough to get you going on the right path. Understanding what you’re trying to do will help you do it better and more importantly, understanding the “why” of the situation will help you stretch your tactics outside of this and other articles on link building.

Why Are Links Important?

To put it simply: a link is a vote. Every link pointing to your site from another website tells the search engines that the other site finds your resource valuable and thus, the engines read this as a vote for your site. So it must be about getting tons of links and you’re done right? Wrong. This is incorrect as …

Not All Votes Are Created Equal

Unlike your vote in an election, some votes are worth more than others and some votes are worth SIGNIFICANTLY more than yours (unless of course you’re a content writer for the Google.com domain in which case you obviously have the top vote). The basic factors that affect a link’s value to your website are:

The site strength – the strength of the site that is pointing to yours is a significant (and historically abused) factor in the valuation of links. In the absence of other easily-visible criteria let’s look at PageRank as a key valuation of a site’s strength. If a site with a PageRank 8 links to your site, this vote is worth significantly more than a link from a PageRank 3 site. This is because a PageRank 8 site is, in Google’s eyes, a more important site than the PageRank 3 site.

Relevance – the relevance of a site linking to you is, if anything, more important than a site’s strength. If you run a bed and breakfast in Utah, a link from a PageRank 3 bed and breakfast will be worth more than a link from a PageRank 5 web design site. This area is a bit grey in that it relies on the engine’s ability to determine what is relevant and what is not. However, we’ve seen evidence that this area is strong at this stage in the game and is only becoming more important over time.

Anchor text – the actual text used to link to your site is extremely important. I’ve seen extremely strong sites get beaten out by weak ones simply due to the poor use of anchor text. If you’re building links to your site, be sure to include your keywords in the text that links back and, if possible, the exact phrase you are trying to rank for. At the same time, you can’t make all your anchor text exactly the same – how can that possibly look natural?

Position – the position of a link on a page and the number of other links on that page impacts the value of a link. A link in the footer of a page is given less weight than a link near the top, a link in the content of a page is given more weight than a link in a list of links and a link on a page with 50 other links is given less weight than a link on a page with only a few other links. If we think about it – this makes sense. All of these things indicate whether the site with the outbound links actually intends for one of their visitors to click the link or not. From an engine’s perspective – the more it appears that a site wants a link to be clicked on, the higher the weight that link (or vote) is given.

Admittedly there are a number of other factors but this is a beginners guide. Following the considerations above will insure that as you make each link decision – your odds of making the right choices will be significantly higher than if you ignore them. Ignoring them may not get you penalized or banned, but it will make your task far more time consuming as you secure less valuable links and thus need to build far more than following the right methods.

So far we’ve covered briefly the why of link building, now let’s get into the real-life, here’s-how-to-do-it side of things. Below I’m going to cover three of my favorite link building tactics. These are tactics that apply to virtually every scenario. The number of ways to build links is only limited by your imagination, however, and this should not be viewed as a comprehensive líst. This is, after all, a beginners guide and I’m trying to list the tactics that apply to virtually every scenario.

Side Note: Reciprocal Link Building

I’m not going to count this as one of my favorites and so it won’t count as one of the three noted above and I’ll only touch on it briefly. There have been a number of assertions that reciprocal link building is dead. This is simply not the case. I have seen and competed against sites that were very successful with reciprocal links as their primary link source.

The problem with reciprocal links isn’t so much in their value which does seem to be a bit lower than non-reciprocal links however often more easily attained. No, my problem with reciprocal links is in the management. Unethical webmasters’ removing links after you’ve put the link up to them, sites expiring and not being renewed, sites getting penalties of their own due to their bad tactics are all inconveniences the reciprocal link manager must deal with.

As an SEO company, a huge issue we faced was leaving our clients with this task after a campaign was over if they decided not to go on a maintenance package. Non-reciprocal links may be a bit harder to attain in some cases, however, that issue is much easier to overcome than the sum of all these issues.

And now on to the top three …

Articles

If you’re paying attention as you read this, you’ll probably have guessed that I’m a fan of article writing as a link building method. If you look to the “about the author” section you’ll notice a link to the Beanstalk site (and if you don’t, well … let me know as somebody’s stealing it without permission). While I genuinely enjoy writing and sharing my experiences with others – the purpose of getting the article distributed is primarily as a link building tactic, secondarily as a great source of qualified traffic and thirdly for my own enjoyment.

You are an expert in your field. Who knows more about your business than you? So share. Writing an article may not be easy, but it is rewarding. If you can’t think of a topic, think of what you get asked. If you’re asked common questions repeatedly then chances are, it’s a good topic for an article. I often get asked about link building, and you’re reading the result.

Once the article is completed you need to get it syndicated. Using an article submission service such as Article Sender is a simple way to get your article out to a large number of publishers quickly. On top of this you’d do well to seek out specific sites in your field using one or all of the major search engines to find highly relevant sites that accept articles and submit to them.

And oh, don’t forget an “about the author” section.

Directory Submissions

Directory submissions are likely the most painful of the link building tactics you’ll employ. Why? Because it’s tedious and time-consuming work.

To be done right directory submissions must be done manually. The titles and descriptions must be tailored to the specifications of the directory in question and often, you’ll have to decide if a review fee is worth it.

While there are a good many directories that accept free submissions there are also a large number that require a review fee. The fee can range from a few dollars to a few hundred. If you see that a directory has a low PageRank, is general in it’s nature (i.e. it isn’t about your specific field) then it likely isn’t worth more than a couple dollars if that. If the site is strong, and strongly related to your site then it’s obviously worth more.

There is no hard-and-fast set of rules for how much a listíng is worth. I’d recommend to start your hunt for directoríes (don’t forget the topic and/or region specific ones), submit to all the free ones and make a líst of all the ones that require a fee. After you’ve gotten a solid number in your “need to be paid list” you can get a general idea as to what’s out there and what you can get and for how much. This will enable you to make solid choices knowing what all your options are.

Forum Posting

I just know I’m going to get a couple comments and/or emails for listing this as a link building tactic, but if it’s done right, there’s nothing wrong with it. Forum and blog posting got a bad reputation as a link building tactic when it came under huge abuse by unethical webmasters spamming forums with useless garbage just for a link. They even went so far (and still do) as sending out spiders to automatically submit posts. To this end, I have to agree that it’s a bad tactic, however …

If you’re seeking out forums related to your site, reading the threads and responding with solid advice or with questions and not just firing off some sales-pitch, then you’re doing what you’re supposed to be. Another perk to this is that, like articles, if you do this right, you’re gong to see traffic as well and what more can you ask from a link building tactic than traffic as well as links.

Cuil and google

2009-01-13T03:30:00.000-08:00

What is CUIL? Cuil is an old Irish word for knowledge. In fact it is the latest search engine that searches more pages on the Web than anyone else— three times as many as Google and ten times as many as Microsoft. Founders of the search engine are Tom Costellor, Anna Patterson and Russell Power. They were architect and technical lead at google. I believe with their experiences, they can do better in cuil.

According to their website, the search result will be shown in columns instead of rows.

Here is the link to submit your site to cuil: cuil. I just submitted mine, let's wait and see.

NOTE: it may take a week to start showing up your website in their search.

Burger King vs Facebook ?

2009-01-11T02:39:00.000-08:00

Burger King has introduced a new Facebook application that is getting lots of attention – “Whopper Sacrifice.” The concept is essentially this: delete 10 of your Facebook friends and get a free Whopper. Each time you remove someone from Facebook, that action is broadcast to your news feed – apparently, not a big deal to users so far, as more than 157,833 friends have already been sacrificed.

Friendship is strong, but Whopper is STRONGER. With the current economy situation, i believe peoples are willing to sacrifice some "friends" to get a whopper. How about you? Will you trade 10 of your friends in Facebook for a whopper?

Windows 7 Beta - Free Download

2009-01-11T02:18:00.000-08:00

Microsoft released its Windows 7 Beta free for download. Windows 7 (formerly known as Blackcomb and Vienna) has been widely anticipated since developers got the first glimpse of it at a Microsoft conference. Microsoft promises that the new OS with name Windows 7 will have faster startup and shutdown times, fewer security alerts, and will provide better power management leading to improved battery life on laptops.

Microsoft showed off Windows 7's support for multitouch interfaces, simplified home networking, and easier management of peripheral devices such as cell phones and digital cameras. In addition, the OS will have an updated Taskbar, new animated desktop effects, context-sensitive menus and a smarter desktop search tool. And it will be good enough to run on a notebook with as little as 1GB of RAM and a 1GHz processor, Microsoft has promised.

windows 7 desktop

Note: Since this is a Beta version from Microsoft, download and use at your own risk.

Test Your Internet Connection Speed - Download + Upload

2009-01-10T23:03:00.000-08:00

I would like to share with you how you can test your internet connection speed online (download + upload). There are tons of free connection test site, but i will prefer to use speed.io. The website claimed that they have over 50,000 server worldwide and track your speed from the nearest server. Normally it will take 1 - 2 minutes to complete the speed test. My test result as below:

I will say the result is accurate for me. Test yours, and do let me know your result is accurate or ?

Suze Orman's 2009 Action Plan - free download

2009-01-10T22:02:00.000-08:00

With the economy is in recession stage, i will say Suze Orman's 2009 Action Plan is something that everyone is looking for. Suze is no.1 New York Times Best Selling Author, there are 10 major chapters with total of 227 pages in the action plan. For me, i am still in the midst of reading the action plan.

Download your free copy now at Oprah's website: link. Hurry, it is only available for 1 week time. Act now before too late.

Google Maps

2009-01-10T06:48:00.000-08:00

Hello, world. today i just Live Tested the google maps. I used it to help me travel from my house to Damansara, i'll say it was so useful and accurate in directions given.

How to use it? All you need to do is just key in your origination & destination. It can be either postcode or name of street. Once done, google maps will proposed you a best route to reach your destination. Of course, you stil can drag the map to change the route to suit your preference.

The first sample screenshot is the proposed route by google map, second one is after i drag to make some changes to the proposed route.

Free Website Tools

2008-02-01T02:07:00.000-08:00

Below are some useful blogs and free web tools that can be used for your website. Hope can help you on the SEO and monetized your blog.

Sitemap

2008-01-01T01:56:00.000-08:00