Help Desk Software Solutions

When starting an online business, there are many things that must be considered. First there is this concern about the web hosting; choosing the best web hosting is one of the many keys to the success of an online business. Another thing to consider is the website platform to use-- would it be dynamic or static? These things and many more must be taken cared of to ensure that the business will prosper. There is also one very important thing that is often taken for granted by some-- the help desk software to use. The help desk is as important as the hosting and the website platform you use because it is your link to the customer. If you think like a customer, you will know how frustrating it is to find it difficult to connect with the people who run an online business and get assistance from them. If your help desk performs properly and delivers what is expected of it, people will come back to your site because they can trust it. A good help desk builds trust in the customers. When the customers trust your site, they will recommend it to others.

But how will you choose the best help desk software for your site? There are websites that index different help desk software and give good information about them. One of such website is HelpDeskIndex.com, a website that has many help desk related articles and resources. They provide valuable information about different help desk software. With their help desk software review, you will learn a lot about different help desk software and would be able to choose the best help desk solution for your online business. It is here in HelpDeskIndex.com that found HESK, a very good help desk software that is based on PHP. I am now planning to use it in one of the online businesses that I am working on.

It really pays to do some research first before diving into something that entails a lot of money. One of the many reason why some online businesses fail is because they forget to see that the connection to the customer is as important as the website itself.

Deep Zoom Technology

PinoyWebSurfer left a message in my chat widget about a website that uses deep zoom technology. Deep Zoom allows you to zoom almost arbitrarily large images in Silverlight in a performant manner. With this technology, images can be displayed at very small and very large scale without affecting quality. The performance of the program that displays the image is also not affected with the zooming. I think this is good for online stores, galleries, and other special kinds of websites. 

I could not put the link of the website that PinoyWebSurfer has told me about because it is an adult site :P  But for those who would like to see what Deep Zoom is all about, I searched for another site, a non-adult one that uses the Deep Zoom technology. Here it is, http://memorabilia.hardrock.com/. See the red pair of shoes in the screen shot below? When you are on the hard rock cafe site, click on that pair of shoes and just use your mouse's wheel to zoom in or out. Zoom in as much as you like with the image of the shoes, I swear you can really see the grain of the shoe's leather. 

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File Extension QTL Problems?

There are times when files just refuse to open. When this happens to you, the first thing that should come into your mind is the Registry. The registry is the database where all the settings and options for Windows are stored. When there is a corrupted or missing registry file, the computer may fail to work properly. Video files are the usual files that do not open sometimes. There are many types of video files and each type has a different file extension. The registry stores information about which application plays a particular video file. For example, those that have file extension QTL are associated with Quicktime. The .qtl (QuickTime Link) file extension is associated with QuickTime movie files located on a web server, and available for users to download or stream. File extension QTL has the same exact format as .mov file. You can even change the file extension qtl to .mov and still be able to play it. If you cannot open file extension qtl, probably there is a problem with your registry. The registry must always be kept clean and organized to ensure that every program works and every file loads up when called upon. Try A quick scan with Driver Detective can usually solve the problem. You can check out this software at FileExtensionQTL.com.

Photoshop Text Effects

I have been dabbling with WordPress theme creation lately and I have created a number of theme already. As of now I can only produce simple themes but I know that if I will keep at it I will be able to see improvement in my creations. The most difficult part in theme creation is in designing  header. After studying many good WordPress themes around the web, I realized that how the text in the header is handle plays a very important role in the overall beauty of the header. The header can make or break a theme. A good knowledge of creating text effects using Adobe Photoshop is also a must for anyone who designs themes. So I scoured the internet for good Photoshop text effects tutorials. Here are the ones that impressed me:

1. Text in Stiches

2. Spray Paint Text

3. 3D Cliff Text

4. Sky Logo Design

5. Colorful Light Burst Text 

More on this in the next few posts.

How To Find The Best Web Hosting for Your Site

So, it has finally dawned on you that owning a space in the web is one of the best things that you can do today. The internet has ceased to be just a niche technology, it has become the new mass media and now is the best time to cash in on what it has to offer. Owning a website is like owning an estate, some people has even coined the term "virtual estate" to denote to websites; for them, a website is like a real estate, something that is very valuable. Many are now thinking about starting a website, or an online business. To the novice in the filed of web hosting, finding the perfect web site hosting is not that easy. You can not just get a web hosting company and buy your self a few years worth of online presence. There are hundreds of web hosting companies out there but not all of them are really as good as how they want themselves to appear. So the best thing that someone new to web hosting can do to ensure that his first attempt at having an online presence does not end as a failure is to get the help of an expert. One such expert in this field is WebHostingGeeks.com. This site offers independent reviews of the best web hosting providers. You can read what they have in their site and you will surely learn a lot about the best web hosting companies that you can have for your website. In this site, web hosting providers are ranked by the best price-value ratio.

Two New Features Added to Google SERP

Have you noticed some changes in the Google SERP lately? Google has announced in its blog that they have added two new features to the Google SERP. The first feature added is the expanded list of useful related searches. The second is the addition of longer search result descriptions. Here's what Google said:

Starting today, we're deploying a new technology that can better understand associations and concepts related to your search, and one of its first applications lets us offer you even more useful related searches (the terms found at the bottom, and sometimes at the top, of the search results page).

For example, if you search for [principles of physics], our algorithms understand that "angular momentum," "special relativity," "big bang" and "quantum mechanic" are related terms that could help you find what you need. Here's an example (click on the images in the post to view them larger):

According to Google, they are deploying a new technology that could target more queries, more languages, and make suggestions more relevant to what users are looking for. Google has been talking about intent-based search and I guess this is a sign that they are now into it.

"Additionally, we're now offering refinements for longer queries — something that's usually a challenging task," Google says in the Google blog.

Driver Problems?

Most computer users do not know about device drivers because they do not really see these in action; device drivers or software drivers work in the background. The drivers in your computer are as important as the hardware and the many important software you know about. A driver communicates with the device through the computer bus or communications subsystem to which the hardware is connected. In layman's term, a driver is the bridge that connects the hardware and the software. But because drivers work in the background, most computer user do not know about them. The only get to know about drivers when problems arise like a new printer refusing to be "seen" by the computer, or a digital camera whose existence is ignored by the PC.

If you have just upgraded your system and see that many of the external devices connected to your PC fail to work, your problem could be with your drivers. There is a website that you can run to in times like this, DriversSoftware.com. This website has over 3000 companies and 300,000 drivers listings. That's a lot in a list and I guess they have almost all the drivers imaginable that could solve your driver woes. To check if your drivers are up to date and that there are no driver problems in your system, you can make use of their free online scan.

Youtube's Upload Status Bar (Part 2)

I have posted about the "missing" upload status bar in Youtube a few days back and told my piece about how important that feature is. A while ago, I started a video upload to Youtube and was surprised to see the upload status bar. I also noticed that the upload now seemed faster. I guess the reason why Youtube removed that feature a few months back is because they did not want users to see how slow the upload process could take. Now, probably they have improved the upload system and they are now proud to show us the upload status bar. 

File Extension Problems?

Every now and then we experience problems like conflicts with file extensions. To the techie ones this is not a big deal but for the regular computer users file extension problems are quit intimidating and could look very complicated. Almost all of the file extension problems we encounter can be traced back to the registry. The Windows registry is a database where all the settings and options for the Microsoft Windows operating systems are stored. If you suddenly could not open a file with a particular extension, it could be that there is no program in your computer that could run it or (the more likely culprit) it is just that the registry is somewhat muddled. You can have the software that can open that particular file but the registry loses the information that tells it which file extension goes with which program. When this happens, the file won't open. This kind of problem is not that difficult for me to solve, I am quite confident with my knowledge about things like this but to the regular computer user this could be frustrating. But worry not, there's a good software that can help you with your file extension problems. It is free, check out RegistryFileExtension.com and solve your file extension problems with their free file extension device.

Perform Multiple Actions Automatically In Windows with WinMacro

If you are using Mac don't bother reading this. 

If like me you frequently do the same set of actions or commands again and again in your daily job, you'd be happy to meet WinMacro, a free software that monitors your mouse and keyboard events, then play them for you. With this software you can automate tasks that you perform repetitively in your job daily. To use WinMacro, the first thing to do is of course download it. It is totally free. When it's already in your machine you can run it and type a filename to record. This file will be saved in the same directory where WinMacro is located. You can then click “Record” button to start recording. Press the Pause/Break key to stop recording. You can also use Ctrl+Esc or Ctrl+Alt+Del it you like. To playback a recorded action, browse to select an existing file. Click “Playback” to playback from the file and WinMacro will minimize itself to the taskbar and starts playing back events from the file. After playback is over, WinMacro pops a message box indicating “Playback Over”. To interrupt playback midway, press Ctrl+Esc or Ctrl+Alt+Del.

Check out WinMacro's site for more details.

Ronseal Power Sprayer

I have been looking for a quick and easy way to treat our old fence. I have been thinking about it in the last few weeks but hasn't really put some time for it because of my busy schedule. But summer is here and this is the best time to do things like treating fences. I'll be having some free time in the next few weeks, so I could do something for that fence. So I surfed the net for a power sprayer that can do the job quickly and easily. It did not take long for me to come upon a very good Fence Sprayer. Ronseal Power Sprayer is cordless and battery operated so it is really very easy to use, not cumbersome like the wired ones. It has the power keep going for up to 40 fence panels. Its motor can deliver a uniform and consistent pressure that gives accurate coverage. So I will retire the brush and instead use this technologically advanced tool to treat those fences.

The Conficker Virus

Computer security groups around the world are now working together to defeat the Conficker virus. The malicious program which is also known as Downadup or Kido was first discovered in October 2008 and has infected more than nine million computers running the Windows operating system around the world. What it does is not that scary, it just turns your infected machine into a botnet. This program is built in a way that after it infects your computer, it can be programmed remotely by software to serve as a vast system for distributing spam or other malware. The author of this virus also has administrative control of your infected machine. So far, the virus hasn't caused real damage aside from preventing computer users from installing Windows updates and anti-virus software that can remove the virus. What is scary is that the virus' ability to launch a second stage, downloading additional code that could hijack computers completely, steal personal information and everything that you'd not rather share with hackers. 

How do you know if your machine is infected with this virus? It is really difficult to tell because your computer may not show any symptoms of the infection. In some cases the signs could be the following :

Account lockout policies are being tripped.

Automatic Updates, Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS), Windows Defender, and Error Reporting Services are disabled.

Domain controllers respond slowly to client requests.

The network is congested.

Various security-related Web sites cannot be accessed.

Of course this virus can be defeated. BitDefender has a tool for removing Conficker. Microsoft also has offered some information and solutions.

Number Investigator

Have you experienced receiving annoying calls? There are many pranksters in the world and almost everyone has experienced getting calls that are meant to annoy, calls that can destroy your day, calls that waste precious time. We also hate it when the phone rings while we are in the middle of doing something very imporatnt and when we answer the phone we are forced to try to talk our way out of a telemarketer's sales pitches. It would be good to have something to fight phone calls like these. Well, there's a company that gives free Reverse Phone Number Lookup so that it would be easy to track down those prankster and block those telemarketer from annoying us. NumberInvestigator.com helps in finding out the origin of annoying calls and provide us with Phone Number Information. NumberInvestigator is not the only company that helps people track down and control annoying callers but websites like them are not easy to find. You can check their site at http://www.numberinvestigator.com. What is good about this website is that they give this service for free. So the next time that someone calls you in the middle of the night just to burst your sleep bubble and laugh at you, why not go to NumberInvestigator.com and track that person down.

My WordPress Templates

I have been learning to create WordPress themes in the last few weeks. As a blogger who takes blogging seriously, I want to have my own blog templates, templates that are unlike anyone's templates. So I taught my self how to make my own WordPress templates. In the last few days I have created quite a few. You can check them out here and here and here and here.

ISP is Having Some Problems

My ISP is having some bad problems. It is half down. Yes, half down since last night. But it has been acting up for the last two weeks I guess. In the last two weeks I have noticed that pages do not load as easily as before. Then last night most web pages refuse to load; only those pages that are under Google like Blogger and Gmail load normally. I could not check my Hotmail!!! 

ClubZ! Tutoring

I came upon ClubzTutoring.com, the website of a company that provides tutorial services to learners, from pre-kindergaten to adults. I liked the overall appearance of the site, so I looked around and read some of their stuff. I learned that ClubZ can help those who would like to get better grades in school. This company has helped more than 200,000 students get higher marks. Their tutoring program provides highly individualized, one-on-one instruction in the comfort and security of your home. Their tutors are state certified so you can trust that thy will be able to deliver good tutorials. Club Z! In-Home Tutoring Services is also very affordable.

Gmail's Undo Send

Yes, Google makes it possible for you to retrieve a mail that was sent by mistake. "This feature can't pull back an email that's already gone; it just holds your message for five seconds so you have a chance to hit the panic button. And don't worry - if you close Gmail or your browser crashes in those few seconds, we'll still send your message," said Gmail user experience designer, Michael Leggett. To add this feature, "turn on Undo Send in Gmail Labs under Settings, and you'll see a new 'Undo' link on every sent mail confirmation. Click 'Undo,' and we'll grab the message before it's sent and take you right back to compose."

Save Money on Online Shopping

Online shopping has become more and more convinient for the shoppers these days because there are online stores  now  that offer better and better ways of making the shopping experience of customers very good. For example, it is easier to make some price comparison online; all you need to do is make a few clicks and you'll see which brand can give you the best deal. An example of an online store that offers price comparison is Plaza101.com. This website scour the world wide web  for the best prices from the best merchants on anything from computers and electronics, camera and photo, health and beauty products, and many other items. I used the site's price comparison feature for Digital Camera Price Comparison and I was quite satisfied with what I saw. Almost all brands of digital cameras were there, with different models presented in such a manner that it made it easy for me to pick the best one that suited my need and my pocket. With the price comparison feature, shoppers can really save a lot of money while getting the best quality in the products they buy.

Plaza101.com also has thousands of online coupons coupon codes, promotional codes and discount deals that you want to get. Everyday more coupons are added. With coupons and discount and price comparison feature, online shoppers are really in for a good deal with Plaza101.com.

JS-Kit Your Blog

Enrich your blog with JS-Kit, an advanced commenting system that also provides widgets for ratings, polls and chat across a network of 600,000 blogs. JS-Kit is free for blogs and site 1 million pagesviews a month. I guess many of my fellow bloggers are not having this much traffic so JS-Kit is pretty much free for everyone. Check out the video above to learn more about it.

Web-based Project Portfolio Management Software

Every company's success depends on the success of its projects. Every project that a company works on should be considered the company's baby to ensure that it will be given the company's full attention. But what if there are more than one project at the same time? There must be something to automate all your projects, people and priorities across the entire organization. Genius Project can provide a web-based project portfolio management software which ensures that all team members of each project stay connected and share information for effective collaboration, performance and response. With the Genius Project's project portfolio management software, teams are always on top of the situation because they are more knowledgeable and could good decisions that would help reduce the costs.

Some Blogger Widgets You Might Want to Have

Yes, WordPress is cool because it has almost everything that a blogger could ever want. But Blogger is not that bad either, it can have those extra goodies that you want. Here are some widgets that you can use to make your Blogger experience more colorful and exciting:

Delicious Linkrolls - Linkrolls are a way for you to have your latest Delicious bookmarks displayed as part of your website.

FriendFeed widget - Allows you to share to readers of your site all your FriendFeed activity.

Meebo me - create a chat box in you blog

Google Friend Connect - this is a little social network that you can run in you blogger blog.

Share on Facebook - this little widget allows your readers to share items from your blog on Facebook

Easy Comments - add commenting to any page of your blog by placing the widget at the bottom of a page. This widget also includes many features like comment threading.

Popular Posts - displays a list of the ten most commented posts.

Twitter - allows you to add a Twitter stream to your blog and a link that allows people to follow you on Twitter.

Google Talk - allow your visitors to talk with you via Google Talk directly from your blog's sidebar

MCITP Certification Training

If you intend to succeed in the field if IT, you need to have certifications to back you up. One of the most important certifications an IT professional could have is MCITP or Microsoft Certified IT Professional. With this certification you can show the prospective employer that you the technical skills required for specific developer job roles. To ensure that you pass the test for the MCITP certification, you need to have the proper training course. Quickcert.com provides MCITP Training that will help you prepare so that you will be able to demonstrate comprehensive skills in planning, deploying, supporting, maintaining, and optimizing IT infrastructures which is very essential in this very competitive field of IT. With MCITP certification, you will also be able to distinguish your self as an expert in your specialized technology. Quickcert offers trainings in Database Development, Database Administration, Enterprise Support on the Vista Operating System, Customer Support on the Vista Operating System, Enterprise Adminstrator and Server Adminstrator for Windows Server 2008.

Youtube's Upload Status Bar

If you are into uploading videos to Youtube, you know that it has been many months since the video upload status bar was gone. That feature was very useful because without it you will have a very uneasy feeling while waiting for your video to finish uploading; there is always this feeling to baby sit your upload to ensure that it is uploaded successfully. Now I came upon this blog post that says someone has spotted the upload status bar coming back to Youtube. I checked it out by testing an upload but the upload status bar is nowhere to be found. 

Web Hosting Knowledge

If you are thinking about starting a business think about the internet. A business that is online has more chances of succeeding because with the internet, you have more reach. When you think about bringing your business online, you also need to think about web hosting. A knowledge about different web hosting companies is essential in choosing the best web hosting for your online business. The success of your business depends so much on your web hosting. But if you are just starting out all of those web hosting companies look the same to you because you do not really know how to evaluate a web hosting company. It is natural for web hosting companies to present themselves as the best among the rest to get more customers. Fortunately, this is not really a problem because there are sites that can help you out when it comes to this thing. WebHostingGeeks.com has independent reviews of the best web hosting providers. They have the top ten best web hosting companies in a list that makes it easy for anyone to compare them. The web hosting providers are ranked by the best price-value ratio. Also taken into consideration in the ranking are host reliability, uptime, key features, bonus features, customer support, past and current user feedbacks, user-friendliness and hosting awards. There is also a list of the best budget hosting around. If you are having an ecommerce website, then you can also check out their list and reviews of the best ecommerce webhosting.

A knowledge in web hosting is really important in your online business. Your web hosting company is like the building where your business is physically located. If the building is not in good condition, your business is affected. If your web hosting is very good, your business will surely have better chance of success.

Opera 10 Alpha with Opera Turbo Compression

In the war of the browsers, speed is very important. A few hours ago Opera Labs announced that Opera 10 Alpha is now available for download. Opera Labs has been working on Opera Turbo, a server-side optimization and compression technology that provides significant improvements in browsing speeds over limited-bandwidth connections by compressing network traffic. With this technology, surfing is faster. Those who use pay per usage plans with their internet connection will also benefit because with this they will have lower browsing cost. 

Direct Marketing Lists

Direct mail campaign is one of the most effective marketing methods in the internet. With a properly directed email campaign, it is possible to grow your sales fast and make big increases in profits. A company that has a good direct marketing list will surely succeed in its business. But it is not that simple, targeting the proper market is not as easy as many would think. Mailing Lists Direct is a company that helps other businesses to target the proper market as closely as possible so that more sales could happen. Whether you are a novice mailer or a seasoned one, Mailing List Direct can help you get to the right market. The company is proud to be of help in educating their customers with all the list options available.

Firefox 3.1 beta 3

Firefox 3.1 beta 3 is now available for download. I have just installed it and I have yet to see what are the new thing in it. One thing I've noticed immediately is that it seems faster than the previous version of Firefox I was using yesterday. According to the release notes, the improvements in this new version are as follows: faster Javascript with Tracemonkey, improved private browsing, faster rendering, and native JSON support. Another noticeable improvement is the new look of the "new tab" button. 

I could not say as of now which is faster, Chrome or this one. I will have my say on it in a few days.

North Carolina Furniture

My cousin, who is now based in North Carolina emailed me last week to ask for my help. Her email goes like this: "...I know that you are good at finding things on the web, I guess you can help me find the best furniture store, something that sells affordable yet good quality furniture. I am on the process of furnishing my new home here in...". I told her "What? You live there so you must be more knowledgeable in finding that particular store". But anyway, I helped her out because I know that she's among those who do not really know that search engines are there to help us out. So I searched for the term "discount furniture north carolina". The search engine pointed me to North Carolina Furniture which proved to be a very good site to visit if you are looking for furniture in North Carolina or even if you are not particularly in North Carolina. After looking around in their site I learned that their customer service is award-winning. Aside from that they also offer high quality furniture at unbelievably low prices. I guess people looking for furniture shoud check this site out.

Google's Interest-based Advertising

Google has launched a beta testing of its "interest-based" advertising for its partner sites and on YouTube. What does it mean? It means that Google will be serving ads according to the user's browsing history. It means that the ads shown in one site for one user will not be the same as what is shown to another. It seems like everyone is pushing for personalization. Here is what Google said in its blog:

- Transparency - We already clearly label most of the ads provided by Google on the AdSense partner network and on YouTube. You can click on the labels to get more information about how we serve ads, and the information we use to show you ads. This year we will expand the range of ad formats and publishers that display labels that provide a way to learn more and make choices about Google's ad serving.

- Choice - We have built a tool called Ads Preferences Manager, which lets you view, delete, or add interest categories associated with your browser so that you can receive ads that are more interesting to you.

- Control - You can always opt out of the advertising cookie for the AdSense partner network here. To make sure that your opt-out decision is respected (and isn't deleted if you clear the cookies from your browser), we have designed a plug-in for your browser that maintains your opt-out choice.

We can expect that interest-based advertising will be in full bloom in the next several months. 

Best Brands on TV

The internet has really changed the way we buy things. A decade ago, it was not easy to find in one place all the good things you see on TV if you want to buy them. But nowadays, because of technology, particularly the internet, it is not possible to shop without leaving your home. If you are looking for a website where you can buy all those best brands you see on TV then probably you need to check out Bestbrandson.tv, a website that gives you what its mane implies. Yes you can buy those items you see in TV commercials from other places but in this website, they are all gathered in one place. This is a very convinient way to buy things. For example, you really want to have that Titan Peeler you've seen, just check it out at BestBrandson.tv. They even have that very cool chopping tool that is so handy for your kitchen, the slap chop. And who'd fail to notice the ShamWow, that towel-like chamois and sponge that is unbeatable when it comes to being absorbent. All of these and so much more can be bought online in one place, and that place is BestBrandson.tv.

PCI Compliance for Dummies

Get the facts on PCI Compliance and learn how to comply with the PCI Data Security standard. Complying with the PCI Data Security Standard may seem like a daunting task for merchants. This book is a quick guide to understanding how to protect cardholder data and comply with the requirements of PCI - from surveying the standard's requirements to detailing steps for verifying compliance.

PCI Compliance for Dummies arms you with the facts, in plain English, and shows you how to achieve PCI Compliance. In this book you will discover:

What the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is all about

The 12 Requirements of the PCI Standard

How to comply with PCI

10 Best-Practices for PCI Compliance

How QualysGuard PCI simplifies PCI compliance

Click here to request your complimentary eBook now!

Free Network Mapping Tool for Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2007 Users

Don't map your network by hand – let LANsurveyor Express for Microsoft Visio Professional 2007 automatically create network diagrams for you. Fully integrated as a Visio 2007 plug-in, LANsurveyor Express is accessible directly from the Visio 2007 toolbar, making it easier than ever to get a comprehensive network map in just minutes!

LANsurveyor Express uses a unique, multi-level discovery method to identify every IP device on your LAN or WAN, including routers, switches, printers, servers, and workstations. LANsurveyor integrates OSI Layer 2 and Layer 3 topology data (including switch port connections) and displays network nodes in a Visio diagram, complete with colored lines representing connection speed and labels indicating the switch port information for nodes connected to your network.

LANsurveyor Express uses Visio SmartShapes® to represent your network devices and populates each node's custom properties with the node's IP address, network name, and fully-qualified domain name. This feature enables you to use Visio's built-in network device reports.

If your organization requires up-to-date network documentation for compliance audits, internal support, network security, or troubleshooting, let LANsurveyor Express automatically generate accurate, complete network diagrams for you.

Easy to Use

Simply enter your IP address range and SNMP community strings and let LANsurveyor Express do the work for you. Survey your entire LAN and WAN or just specific network segments.

Complete

LANsurveyor Express uses multiple discovery methods (including SNMP, ICMP/ping, NetBIOS, Active Directory®, Spanning Tree, and more) to identify all your network devices.

Integrated as a Visio Plug-In

LANsurveyor Express is fully integrated with Visio as a plug-in, ensuring that the product is always easy to access via the Visio toolbar. Additionally, LANsurveyor Express automatically populates Visio Smart Shapes with node information so you can run Visio reports with LANsurveyor Express data. Click here to register for your free Network Mapping Tool for MS Office Visio Professional 2007.

The Experts in Precision Wire Bond

There is no doubt that technology has made our lives many folds easier. The advancement in the field of electronics probably has the greatest impact in our lives; it has changed the way we live, the way we see and do things. Because of electronics, what was impossible two or three decades ago looks so simple now, thanks to technology. We love and know so much computers and other electronic devices and gadgets but very few know about the technology behind these electronic devices. I know that majority of computer users doesn't know about wire bonding. Wire Bond is a method of making interconnections in an integrated circuit board and in printed circuit board. It would not be possible to have our computers and electronic devices without wire bonding because this is needed during the fabrication of semiconductor devices. One company is the expert in the field of wire bonding, PalomarTechnologies. Since the 70's this company has been active in the field of assembly and test products product line. Most of their customers then were from the military and aerospace development areas. Today, the company is the leading supplier of award-winning automated high-precision assembly systems that increase yield and reduce costs for manufacturers of LED, optoelectronic, solar, RF, and microelectronic packages in the photonic, wireless, microwave, automotive, aerospace, medical, and life sciences industries.

Laid Off and Jobless? Find Another Job Online

Yes, there is a recession and hundreds of thousands are becoming jobless nowadays. But everything's not lost, if you've been laid off, don't fret, just sleep over it and then try finding another job. I found a website that allows you to search jobs near your area. Try using the form below, who knows, you'll find your new job now.

what	where
job title, keywords or company	city, state or zip jobs by

Please Retweet Me

Many Twitter users love retweeting great articles or comments. It is often that Twitter users request for a retweet of some very good tweets. Now, a new tool has come up to make retweeting very simple. This new tool is Please Retweet Me, which works by adding a special link to the end of any tweet that, when clicked, will automatically fill in all of the information needed to retweet. It is easy to use all you need to do is just type in what you want to have retweeted and Please Retweet Me will send out a tweet with a link at the end to pleaseRT.me.

Movies Planet

I love movies, who doesn't? I am not exactly a movie buff but I take watching movies seriously. I also have my little collection of movies, titles that I know most of you haven't heard about. One of the many reasons why I love the internet is the fact that it is also a very good source of movies. I and my wife watch movies three to four nights a week. But we do not go out to the movie theater to watch movies, we watch them at home, in our computer. I always roam around the internet to discover new sources of movies, we also love watching movies online. Lately I came upon MoviesPlanet, a website for people who love movies. It is actually a movie lovers social network, it allows members to download free movies or just watch them online. And it's not just movies that are in their movie database, they also have the latest full episodes of our favorite tv shows. They have probably thousands of movie titles and TV show episodes in their movie database but it is quite easy to look for that particular movie title you are looking for because their site has a quick movie/ TV link search. Members can also create their own customer user profile to rate films. If you are member you can also contact other members who share the same favorite movies and actors. I am really impressed with the site's ability to allow users to browse movie pages and full actor biographies, read movie news, and many other important actions that any movie lover wants (because a true movie lovers are not only interested about watching the movie, they also want to know about the background of the movie, and things that happen to their favorite actors outside the screen). Thy also have a miscellaneous section where members can download applications that are essential in making movie watching a true experience. And if a member wants more, like a list of private FTP servers listed by Movies Planet's users, the site has more than 400 of it in their list. Members can also make requests of movies they would like to watch or download, I checked out the section for personal movie and video requests and found out that there are more than 6,000 entries there. With all these features and much much more, I think MoviesPlanet.com is a true movie buff's paradise.

Google Chrome Now Comes Bundled with RealPlayer

Google is hell-bent on getting Chrome off the 1.15% market share in the browser arena. The browser is being promoted heavily by Google and one of its new ways of doing it is by bundling it with RealPlayer. If you have installed a new version of RealPlayer lately, you know that during installation of the media player it also offers to install Chrome. There' no reason why Google won't do this, we know that this is common practice among software brands, for example we know that Yahoo! toolbar comes bundled with many kinds of software. 

I don't know why Chrome could not get bigger following despite the heavy promotion, it's a very good browser and you can do more with it. Since it came out last year it has become my main browser. I only use two browsers, Firefox and Chrome. But I use Chrome more these days. Probably the reason why many people are still stuck with IE is because they are not keen about trying out new things, they are afraid to get out of their comfort zone. They feel comfortable using IE despite its slow-footedness  because they've been using it in the last 10 years and using a new browser is intimidating.

Compare Web Hosting Companies

The internet is full of opportunities and starting a blog or a website is a very good way to make the most out of what the Internet has to offer. To ensure that you will succeed online, whether as a blogger or as an entrepreneur or both, you must be wise about your web hosting. Your ideas and your hard work will be in vain if you are not wise with your web hosting. Today, there are many web hosting companies offering different web hosting packages and the novice webmaster or blogger will surely be lost in the game. It would be good to have a site where web hosting companies are brought together for comparison. There is one site that gives in-depth comparison of web hosting companies so that people will know which is the best web host for them. This site is Webhostingchoice.com. They have a learning area which makes it very easy the beginner to understand the basics of web hosting. Their in-depth comparison chart helps a lot in identifying the strenghts and weaknesses of web hosting companies; this will help users decide which web host to get. 

New Stats Reveal that Searchers are Now Making Longer Search Queries

The way people do searches now is quite different from how they do it in the past years. The search queries that searchers make now are longer, this was mentioned in SMX West session recently which was entitled 'Latest Stats About The Search Engines'. According to Bill Tancer from Hitwise, the average query length to the search engines has been rising. Queries of 5 words or more have increased at a year over year rate of 10%, while single word queries dropped 3%. Because of this, "search engine success" (the statistic that measures how successful search engines are at delivering relevant results for the user query) has dropped. What is the implication of this? Users are expecting more out of the search engines, they expect the search engine to do more than just the indexing of data, they expect that search engines process the data on the internet. It seems that people think that the more words they put in a query, the better is the chance of getting what they are looking for.  well, this development will surely have a big effect on search engine optimization. 

Your Video Syndication Solution

What are you looking for in a Video Syndication company? Everyone is looking for a company that can deliver tangible results, results that can be measured easily. There's one company that has a different, and I guess a better, approach to Video Syndication than other companies. Archersem.com has a a proprietary process that allows them to fill the Internet with thousands of rankings in a very short time. You can opt to use their service as a "stand alone" or, if you have something more in mind, mixed with some SEO packages. Archersem.com knows where the internet's top viral sites and authoritative video sites are, these sites are what will show up within Google, Yahoo and MSN searches. They do a daily testing and go through hundreds of different video sharing websites to get on the very best so that they will be able to bring to their customers the very best of video syndication results. They use manged and measurable video syndication campaign that is safer and more feasible.

Video marketing is the next big in the net, now's the best time to give it an enterprising look. If you would like to cash in on it, be sure that the video syndication company you'll get is knowledgeable in video marketing and can deliver really measurable results. Well, as a first step to your video syndication success, why not check out Archersem.com?

Dangerous Adobe Acrobat Bug

If you are running Adobe Acrobat version 7 or later, you are in danger of being exposed to malware infection even if you never actually opened an infected file. There's an unpatched bug in Adobe Acrobat that allows some specially-made PDF  to crash Acrobat and inject its own code into your system and install a malware. This bug has been known for some weeks already (and some exploits using this bug  has been reported) but Adobe has not yet released a patch that will fix this.  What makes this bug very dangerous is the fact that it can trigger a malware infection even if you do not open a pdf file. The best thing to do now is to completely uninstall Adobe Acrobat an wait for the patch before using it again.

The video above demonstrates the exploit. 

Premium Papers

I know how it is to be a student, I've been there. What I hated most when I was a student was the term paper. Yes, it was such a hassle and I never liked the idea of being forced to spend many sleepless nights just to do some research on something that I was not really interested in. I know that it is also like that for many students today. I also know that many of you would like to have some sort of one stop solution to this kind of thing. Well, the internet is a one stop solution to almost any problem in the world (that is if you know where to look for the answers). Now here's one solution for your term paper or essay problems: there's a site where you can find free essay writers, a site that offers custom essays and term papers samples writing services. This site is Premium-Papers.com. They can write your assignments in three to twelve hours. Their writers are from the United Kingdom and are really experienced in the field of research and term paper writing. And you can be assured that what they deliver are free from plagiarism. They also offer unlimited number of revisions for each of your order. Isn't that a cool way to solve your school problem? If I were you, I'd head now straight to their site and check things out.

Microsoft's View of the Future

Let's take a look at the future through the eyes of Microsoft. The montage above was made by Microsoft, it shows what the world could look like in another ten years. And it can also give us clues as to the plans of Microsoft for the future; it seems like the company is banking on touchscreen devices. 

If you want a longer and more complete version of the video, you can check it out here.

Directory Submission Service

You are not a blogger or a webmaster if you do not know that search engines like Google, Yahoo! and MSN see the number of incoming links pointing to your site as an essential factor in the ranking of your site. This is the reason why most of us bloggers want to exchange links with other bloggers; we hope to get many inbound links. But reciprocal links are not as valuable as those links that are made naturally, links that are one way. So you are now wondering how on earth would you get one way links pointing to your site? One thing you can do is keep on posting good content that other people would love to mention in their own posts, making it necessary for them to link to your post. But it takes more hours of work to get more than three good content into your pages each week. So what is one solution to this? You need a good directory submission service that will submit your website or blog to web diectories. You can do the directory submission task yourself but you'll need a lot of hours to achieve this, it could take you a lot of months to finish submitting your site to a good number of directories. Why waste your time doing it manually when you can get the service of some companies who can do it better? DirectoryMaximizer.com is a site that offers this kind of service. They can submit your site to 100 directories each month for 12 months. You can also opt to have them submit your site slowly over a period of 5 weeks at no extra cost. They also make sure that each directory link you receive is recognized and valued by the search engines. They also constantly check the directories on their list for being SEO friendly. Check them out now and start your site climb up the ranking ladder.

How Not To Pay For Antivirus Software and Still Get Protection (Part 1)

New viruses and malwares come everyday and we do not want any of them get through our protection. But good protection entails money and in this time of financial crisis it feels so heavy on our part to shell out some extra bucks for antivirus software. There is a way to get good protection without paying for antivirus software. I am not implying that we go to torrent and warez site to get bootlegged and cracked copies of these expensive antivirus software. Bootlegged copies of your popular antivirus software are 99% laden with malware so don't even try downloading them. So how can we get good protection without actually buying one? Easy, all you need to know is where to get free antivirus software. There are many good free antivirus software. I have a list of free but reliable antivirus software below :

1. Avast Home Free. This is available free of charge for non-commercial home use only. I have personally used this software and I can say that it is at par with most paid antivirus software. You'll are free to use this for 60 days. Two months of good protection can save you a lot of money. 

2. AVG Free. This is basic antivirus and antispyware protection for Windows available to download for free. Limited features, no support, for private and non-commercial use only. It's good for home use. This is also very light. 

3. Avira Antivir. This is the third most popular free antivirus but it doesn't mean to say that this is less effective than Avast Home Free or AVG Free. Avira is very light on your system resources and is fast and relatively accurate in scanning for viruses and malware.

4. Bit Defender. I am now using Bit Defender but not the free version; I have Bit Defender Total Security 2009. But I didn't pay for it, I was lucky enough to get a legit serial number that BitDefender gave away to a number of people last December. The serial number is good for six months of excellent protection. The free version of Bit Defender is not as good as the paid version though, but still it gives what you are looking for--protection. 

I can list at least 10 free but good antivirus software for you but the four that I have listed here are good enough for now. One thing more though, if you want to get the latest version of the best antivirus software around, why not be go for beta versions and release candidates? Yes, you may want to get the latest Eset Smart Security Release candidate and get up to 6 months of good protection. You can also try becoming a beta tester for Bit defender, just check it out here. More on this in the next few posts :)