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HP G50 104NR Laptop + Canon PIXMA All-in-One Printer

November 25th, 2008

As the Christmas days are coming, people are flocking to stores, choosing for perfect gifts for their loved ones. Of course, searching for the best and cheap deals are always part of Christmas shopping. That’s the reason why bazaars always click on Christmas seasons. Online bargains and shopping are also hot during these days. They say that online shopping is way convenient and cheaper than “offline” shopping. This should be expected because people tend to get more practical nowadays.

One of the best deals that could be given to your loved one is the HP G50 104NR Laptop with a Canon 3-in-1 printer at Bestbuy.com.

The deal consists of the following:

- Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core mobile processor T3200, 2GB DDR2 memory, 120GB hard drive and high-speed wireless networking (802.11b/g); stylish HP Imprint finish
- Double-layer DVD±RW/CD-RW drive with LightScribe, 15.4″ BrightView widescreen, Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M, 5-in-1 media reader and Windows Vista Home Premium with SP1
- Canon PIXMA all-in-one photo printer, copier and scanner with built-in card slots and PictBridge support for PC-free printing; support for 3 frame.
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Gadget Advisor: Get the Best Reviews on PC Hardware, Software and Tech Releases

October 28th, 2008

I am a regular internet user, like I spend at least 2 hours a day in front of the internet. I am a big fan of technology, especially if it’s about PC hardware, software, and gadget releases as they serve as my sources for getting good reviews about the techie stuff and gadgets I like.

One of the sites I frequent to is Gadget Advisor which gives me a good, informative dose of what I want and should know about PC hardware, software and the coolest gadget releases. These are some of the best reviews I read from the website are:

Best extensions for Firefox. As an avid fan of Mozilla Firefox, I am always looking for the best extensions that could enhance the functionality of my browser. The Google Cache Checker Firefox extension is only one of the recommended Firefox extension that I found quite helpful, of course thanks to the information I got from Gadget Advisor. Gadget Advisor’s Blaze Media Pro review was also quite interesting.

So visit Gadget Advisor now to get great reviews on PC software, hardware and coolest gadgets.

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Site Suspension: A Webmaster’s Nightmare

February 15th, 2008

When I was just starting to blog, I feared of two things: not being able to generate blog traffic and site suspension. I had managed to work on the first one since I am now getting a satisfying number of page views per day. The latter was my worry before I switched to paid hosting from WebHostingBuzz.com. I’ve had several site suspension before, and termination at some point when I was still hosted by free hosts. I’ve had several site migration. Somehow, I blame this mishaps why my main blog (jammedph.com) is not visible now in search engine rankings and Google bot stopped crawling it.

But when I switched to paid host, I thought site suspension will no longer be a problem. But imagine to my disappointment and nightmare when I saw my site last night with a suspension notice. According to the technical staff, some scripts I am running in my website was responsible for a resource abuse. Unexpectedly, the plugins installed in this blog caused all the problem. Problems like this is common in shared hosting where you share IP address with other hosted members.

I immediately contacted the billing department and I was grateful because of their prompt reply and unsuspended my account.

What did I learn from this incident?

1. Always do a blog backup. It was only these days that I always forget to backup my account. I was relying to much on my webhost to do all the backups for me which should not have been the case.
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Zango Support: Zango is not a threat

February 3rd, 2008

I just noticed that an allegedly Zango Support personnel posted a comment on one of my published posts in BlogEngage where I was talking about how the Zango software posed as a threat. Just to give them the benefit of the doubt, I would like to post his comment:

Zango Support says:

In the above post Zango is listed as a threat.

We would like to correct this listing.

Zango is a safe and secure program which will not harm users’ computer.

We are certainly aware of the ever-growing number of harmful applications that have surfaced on the Web.

Please be assured that Zango, unlike such applications, will always make the user’s privacy our top priority. Zango is a safe and secure program which installs itself only upon user’s download and does nothing without the user’s consent.
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Withdraw your Paypal balance to any Philippine and Indonesian bank account

January 28th, 2008

I just read the good news from Pinoy Entrecards. It is now possible to withdraw your Paypal balance (minimum of $10.00 USD) to any Philippine or Indonesian bank account.

This feature was recently opened by Paypal to its Filipino and Indonesian merchants and members.

eBay’s online payment division and the global leader in online payments, PayPal, has added a new withdrawal feature for its Philippine and Indonesian members, allowing them to conveniently withdraw funds from their PayPal accounts to their local bank accounts.

A step-by-step procedure on how to withdraw funds from your Paypal account is found here.
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Beware of Zango Software

January 27th, 2008

I’ve encountered quite a number website having Zango software ad dialog box, especially on download sites and online video sites. I used to be a regular user of PeekVid to view some TV series and movie I missed. But recently, I visited the site and a dialog box asks me to download a software first before I could view the video. With that alone, I already suspected that it maybe a malicious software. I searched for it and found out that it was indeed an adware downloader.

The Zango software ads state that to be able to view videos, play games, listen online, you have to download their “software”, so an unsuspecting internet user downloads it, unknowingly installing spyware and adware in his/her computer.

Zango, formerly known as 180solutions and Hotbar, manufactures known adware and spyware typically required to access partner’s games, DRM-protected videos and software. Some online and home PC security giants such as McAfee, states that this program may have legitimate uses however, it a potentially unwanted program and an adware downloader.

StopBadware.org listed undesirable software behaviors of the Zango Easy Messenger such as excessive pop ups, automatically runs on startup, displays pop-up advertisements, installs adware, and bundled software cannot be closed. Wikipedia
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