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Advertising on Facebook

2011-12-23T16:10:00.003+08:00

Facebook makes most of its money through ads-here's a quick example to show you how it works.

A business creates an ad. Let's say a gym opens in your neighborhood. The owner creates an ad to get people to come in for a free workout.
Facebook gets paid to deliver the ad. The owner sends the ad to Facebook and describes who should see it: people who live nearby and like running.
The right people see the ad. Facebook only shows you the ad if you live in town and like to run. That's how advertisers reach you without knowing who you are.

Reference: Facebook Advertising

The Mozilla Story

2011-12-19T16:51:00.003+08:00

We're a non-profit, fighting
to protect the web we all
LOVE

Stanford University Offers Online and Free Courses

2011-11-27T11:32:00.003+08:00

Stanford University offered their most popular computer science courses to the public this fall, online for free. The courses were so popular that Stanford’s doing it again in January. Open to everyone, just enter your name and email address to sign up.
Each course comprises downloadable video lectures, handouts, assignments, exams, and transcripts.

This time they’re offering 7 computer science courses:

Machine Learning (Andrew Ng - January 2012)
Human-Computer Interaction(Scott Klemmer - January 2012)
Game Theory(Matthew Jackson and Yoav Shoham - January 2012)
Probabilistic Graphical ModelsDaphne Koller - January 2012
Cryptography(Dan Boneh - January 2012)
Design and Analysis of Algorithms I (Tim Roughgarden - January 2012)
Natural Language Processing(Chris Manning and Dan Jurafsky - January 23rd 2012)
Computer Science 101 (Nick Parlante – February 2012)
Software Engineering for Software as a Service (Armando Fox and David Patterson - February 2012)

Two entrepreneurship courses:
Technology Entrepreneurship (Chuck Eesley - January 2012)
The Lean Launchpad (Steve Blank - February 2012)

Medicine
Anatomy(Sakti Srivastava - January 2012)

Civil Engineering
Making Green Buildings(Martin Fischer - January 2012)

Electrical Engr.
Information Theory (Tsachy Weissman - March 2012)

Mozilla Firefox Manifesto

2011-10-22T13:14:00.001+08:00

We Believe in You

ReMo - Mozilla Reps

2011-09-20T17:51:00.002+08:00

One part of the sfd this year was the introduction for ReMO or the Mozilla Representative.
As a fresh grad of BS Computer Engineering, I'm interested in joining as ReMo.
I'm a Volunteer Student Assistant in our school, EARIST during college days, I'm willing to pursue my journey to contribute to my school and community.
I'm sure being a ReMO helps me a lot when organizing events.
I love to be a ReMo hopefully someday.

Anybody there who is interested can apply online at ReMo Wiki Page

ReMO - Overview
Source: ReMo Wiki Page

The program, also known by its codename ReMo, aims to empower and support volunteer Mozillians who want to become official representatives of Mozilla in their region/locale and wherever they go.

Community is the backbone of the Mozilla project. As the Mozilla project grows in scope and scale, community needs to be strengthened and empowered accordingly. This is the central aim of the Mozilla Reps program: to empower and to help push responsibility to the edges in order to help the Mozilla contributor base grow.

The Mozilla Reps program provides a simple framework and specific tools to help volunteer Mozillians become official representatives of Mozilla in their region. Anyone who is passionate and knowledgeable about Mozilla and who is ready to dive deeper into the project can sign-up to the program. The Mozilla Reps program helps push responsibility and authority further outwards, to more Mozillians, making it much easier for volunteers organize and/or attend events, recruit and mentor new contributors, and support their local communities better.

A Mozilla Rep agrees to take on the following responsibilities:

represent Mozilla in their country/region
promote the Mozilla Project and our mission
build on and support existing/future local community efforts and programs
inspire, recruit and support new contributors
support and mentor future Mozilla Reps
document clearly all his/her activities

An "open" and "structured" program

The Mozilla Reps program is open to anyone who is:

passionate about the Mozilla Project
knowledgeable of the Mozilla organization, its mission, its products and its community
willing to communicate to as many people as possible and keen to inspire people to contribute to Mozilla

Although anyone can sign-up to become a Mozilla Rep, that doesn't mean you automatically become a Mozilla Rep after submitting your application. Because Mozilla Reps are entrusted with new responsibilities and special tools to manage budgets, events and swag, each application is carefully reviewed by the Mozilla Rep council and each applicant, if shortlisted, must pass a short a short interview before officially becoming a Mozilla Rep.

SFD 2011 Countdown

2011-09-06T23:35:00.008+08:00

Software freedom day celebration is just around the corner.

Together with my co-volunteer student assistant of our school, EARIST, we register our group to SFD Philippines, hosted by UST.

I can’t wait for this event, I look forward to get new ideas on open-source software and hopefully to share with others.
I'm excited to meet new friends, mingle with people from different places and listen to their open-source software experience especially on Linux (Ubuntu, Fedora & CentOS flavors) users, which I’ve try to use.

Software Freedom Day celebration - September 17, 2011

See you on SFD celebration,

mcompendio

Software Freedom Day 2011

2011-08-28T20:05:00.011+08:00

SFD is a yearly celebration for Software Freedom! Every year there are thousands teams organizing Software Freedom Day in different countries and cities.

Check the map to find out the SFD event(s) around your area.

Fedora 16 Alpha Release

2011-08-26T14:01:00.001+08:00

Get the next Fedora , right now.
Fedora is 100% free for you to enjoy and share.

Free your desktop with Fedora.
Fedora is a fast, stable, and powerful operating system for everyday use built by a worldwide community of friends. It's completely free to use, study, and share.

Source:
Fedoraproject

Skype 5.5 With Facebook Integration

2011-08-24T16:07:00.009+08:00

We are pleased to announce that Skype 5.5 for Windows is now available for download.

Based on user feedback, we have made some updates from the beta version of Skype 5.5 for Windows, which launched in June, and recommend that you update now.

The Skype 5.5 for Windows update comes with a deeper Facebook integration. Without having to leave Skype, you can check out when your Facebook friends are online and instant message with them from the new Facebook Contacts Tab (located in between the Skype and Recent Contacts tabs). You can also view and update your Facebook status and even view comments or 'like' posts from your Facebook Wall, directly from Skype Home.

We have also made a number of updates to make your Skype calls on Windows even better. We've improved the controls for video and group video calls for Windows, enhanced video call reliability and made several design changes to improve your overall Skype experience.

Plus for all you emoticon fanatics, the Skype emoticons have received an update, with smoother animations that stand out. We are also introducing a few new Skype emoticons to use when words fail you.

Download Skype 5.5 for Windows now. Hit us up on Facebook or follow us on Twitter and let us know which emoticon is your favorite. You can also leave us feedback on the Skype 5.5 for Windows update below in the comments section.

Source:
Skype Blog

Google Buys Motorola Mobility For $12.5B

2011-08-17T17:37:00.005+08:00

“Android Will Stay Open”

Google found a way to solve the problem of Android patents and it's only three times more expensive than acquiring the Nortel patents: buying Motorola for $12.5 billion.

"Motorola has a history of over 80 years of innovation in communications technology and products, and in the development of intellectual property, which have helped drive the remarkable revolution in mobile computing we are all enjoying today. (...) In 2008, Motorola bet big on Android as the sole operating system across all of its smartphone devices. It was a smart bet and we're thrilled at the success they've achieved so far," says Google's CEO, Larry Page.

A few days ago, Motorola's CEO said that the company owns "one of the strongest and most respected patent portfolios in the industry. We have over 17,000 patents granted and over 7,000 patents pending with particular strength in 2G and 3G essential, non-essential patents important to the delivery of competitive products in the marketplace, video particularly compression, decompression and security technologies and finally, a leading position in 4G LTE essential." Sanjay Jha also said that IP was important to differentiate from other Android vendors. It's clear that Motorola didn't want to license its technology to other Android OEMs, so Google's solution was to buy Motorola.

Samsung, HTC, Sony Ericsson and LG had a unanimous reaction. "We welcome Google's commitment to defending Android and its partners." After all, it's Google who created the software, so Google has to spend $12.5 billion to solve the mess.

Google promises that Android will continue to be an open platform, but the other Android OEMs will have their reasons to doubt. Google's biggest acquisition to date could be an answer to Android's problems, but also the beginning of the end for Android as an open-source mobile operating system. Motorola released two of the most important Android devices (the original Droid and the XOOM tablet) and Android smartphones saved it from bankruptcy, but Motorola is a US company that can't compete outside of US and it doesn't have a good track record when it comes to releasing the latest software updates. Buying this company to save the Android ecosystem will only work if Motorola disappears.

Source:
Google OS

Google Cloud Print

2011-08-15T17:51:00.004+08:00

Google Cloud Print has a new homepage with more information about the service, a helpful video and a list of products that work with Cloud Print.

"Using Google Cloud Print, you can make your home and work printers available to you and anyone you choose, from the applications you use every day. Google Cloud Print works on your phone, tablet, Chromebook, PC, and any other web-connected device you want to print from," explains Google.

It's interesting to notice that not many Google products integrate with Cloud Print. By default, you can only print documents and Web pages in Chrome using Cloud Print if you have a Chromebook. There's an unofficial extension that adds support for Cloud Print in Gmail, Google Docs and for some local documents. If you have an Android or iOS device, you can use Cloud Print in the Gmail and Google Docs mobile apps. For Android, there's an unofficial app that lets you print files from your phone using Cloud Print. For iOS, there's an advanced app that offers a lot of print-related features, including Cloud Print support, but it costs $9. Google needs to add native support for Cloud Print in Android and to develop an iPhone app for Cloud Print.

For more information about Cloud Print, watch this video:

Source:
Google OS

Call Phones From Gmail to over 150 Destinations

2011-08-08T22:09:00.003+08:00

Calling from Gmail now in 38 languages, with lower rates to over 150 destinations.
We're always trying to make it easier for people to connect-whether that means sending an email, chatting or video chatting, you can reach the people you care about from right inside Gmail. Last year, we made it possible for those of you in the U.S. to call any mobile phone or landline directly from Gmail and starting today, we are making this available to many more of you who use Gmail outside the U.S. by offering calling in 38 new languages.

You can now buy calling credit in your choice of four currencies (Euros, British pounds, Canadian dollars or U.S. dollars) and there are no connection fees, so you only pay for the time you talk.

To help reduce the cost of staying connected, we're also lowering our calling rates to over 150 destinations around the world. For example, it's now only $0.10 (or €0.08) per minute to call mobile phones in the U.K., France or Germany (landlines are $0.02/min), $0.15/minute to call mobile phones in Mexico and $0.02/min to call any phone number in China and India. The complete list is available on our rates page.

Source:
Google Blog

Google doodles especially for your phone

2010-12-20T05:18:00.000+08:00

While we’ve had oodles of Google doodles on our desktop homepage since Larry and Sergey created our very first in 1998, doodles on our mobile homepage have been few and far between. Today, we’re happy to announce that we’re bringing more doodles to your phone, beginning with Android 2.0+ and iOS 3+ devices worldwide. In fact, almost all of the doodles we show on our desktop homepage will now have corresponding mobile versions on these phones. When the doodles are available, just go to google.com in your mobile browser to see them.

Source: Google Blog

Optional attendees in Google Calendar

2010-12-17T05:05:00.000+08:00

Time is one of our most precious resources. Despite their necessity, meetings tend to vary in importance for different attendees. John might be really interested in his team’s weekly meeting, whereas Jane, who is working on a unrelated project, may want to skip it.

Guests’ roles in meetings tend to vary as well. Some people have to be there to lead the meeting or help make decisions, whereas others are gathering information they may be able to digest just as well via the notes. Without knowing which attendees are crucial and which are optional, it can be difficult to know which meetings you really need to attend.

That’s where Google Calendar’s new “Optional attendees” feature comes in. With a couple clicks, you can openly communicate the importance of a meeting for each attendee. Click on the “Make some attendees optional link” above the guest list and then toggle the role of each attendee by clicking the icon next to his or her name. So far, this feature has helped us more effectively manage our own time on the Calendar team — we hope it does the same for you.

Source: Gmail Blog

New in Labs: Recently used emoji

2010-12-16T07:03:00.000+08:00

When we added emoticons in Gmail, you responded with a nice big smile , but then you asked for more. So we added hundreds more emoticons through Gmail Labs. “But alas!” you cried. “How can I ever keep up with so many different choices? I am overwhelmed by the sheer immensity of emotion , amusement , and cute animals that Gmail has to offer." Well, don’t despair, fine purveyor of emoticons. There is now a solution: “Recently Used Emoji” in Gmail Labs, which keeps track of the ten most recent emoticons you’ve used, and saves them for easy access. To turn it on, just visit the Labs tab of Gmail Settings.

No more searching through dozens of cat faces for the one that says, “I miss you, but I’m still ambivalent about our weekend plans.” You can now triumph over the plethora of emoticons, and easily add a pile of emotion to any email that you choose — let us know how it goes.

Source: Gmail Blog

Introducing Google Earth Engine

2010-12-15T07:11:00.002+08:00

A planetary-scale platform for environmental data & analysis.

Google Earth Engine brings together the world's satellite imagery—trillions of scientific measurements dating back more than 25 years—and makes it available online with tools for scientists, independent researchers, and nations to mine this massive warehouse of data to detect changes, map trends and quantify differences to the earth's surface.

Using this new tool, we've already begun helping scientists develop applications for detecting deforestation and mapping land use trends, and have started working with individual countries to develop their own applications.

View product videos or our Map Gallery to learn more or visit the Data Catalog to get started. Certain features, such as data download, are restricted to members of our trusted tester program.

Source:
Google Earth Engine
Google Blog

Send a Call From Santa

2010-12-14T03:11:00.002+08:00

Growing up, December was always a favorite month of mine. School would let out for two weeks, snowflakes would start falling and I’d write my letter to Santa to remind him that I’d been especially good that year (and ask if he’d mind bringing me a few Ninja Turtles). He never answered those letters—he’s a busy guy, after all—but what if he could pick up the phone and call me instead? What if Santa had Google Voice and could easily call all the kids on his list?

Well, this year he can—with your help. If you know a kid (of any age) who’d like to hear from Santa, create and send a personalized phone call from the jolly man in the red suit himself at sendacallfromsanta.com.

There are hundreds of options to choose from, so you can send unique, customized phone calls to anyone you know, from your nieces and nephews to old college friends, over the phone (to U.S. numbers only) or via email, Facebook or Twitter.

If you or your kids have a special request or message for Santa, you can leave him a message at his Google Voice number: 855-34-SANTA. Although he’s too busy to return messages himself, you can always create one on his behalf at the Send a Call From Santa site.

Ready to spread some holiday cheer? Listen to a sample message, and visit sendacallfromsanta.com to send a message of your own.

And don’t forget—if you want to keep up with Santa as he travels around the globe delivering presents on Christmas Eve, you can track his journey on Google Maps, on Google Earth with the plug-in and on your mobile phone, too.

Source:
Google Blog
Send a Call From Santa

Google Voice

2010-12-13T17:11:00.003+08:00

Teach your phone new tricks
Google Voice enhances the existing capabilities of your phone, regardless of which phone or carrier you have - for free. It also gives you:

One Number

Online voicemail

Cheap calls

Google Voice

Source:

Google Voice

Wikipedia

Kinect for Xbox 360

2010-12-12T05:07:00.001+08:00

Kinect for Xbox 360, or simply Kinect (originally known by the code name Project Natal), is a "controller-free gaming and entertainment experience" by Microsoft for the Xbox 360 video game platform, and may later be supported by PCs via Windows 8. Based around a webcam-style add-on peripheral for the Xbox 360 console, it enables users to control and interact with the Xbox 360 without the need to touch a game controller, through a natural user interface using gestures, spoken commands, or presented objects and images. The project is aimed at broadening the Xbox 360's audience beyond its typical gamer base. Kinect competes with the Wii Remote with Wii MotionPlus and PlayStation Move & PlayStation Eye motion control systems for the Wii and PlayStation 3 home consoles, respectively.

Kinect was launched in North America on November 4, 2010, in Europe on November 10, 2010, and in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore on November 18, 2010. It was released in Japan on November 20, 2010. Purchase options for the sensor peripheral will include a bundle with the game Kinect Adventures and console bundles with either a 4 GB or 250 GB Xbox 360 console and Kinect Adventures.

Source:
Wikipedia
Xbox.com

Manned mission to Mars

2010-12-11T05:14:00.000+08:00

Concept for NASA Design Reference Mission Architecture 5.0 (2009)

A manned mission to Mars has been the subject of science fiction, engineering, and scientific proposals throughout the 20th century and into the 21st century. The plans comprise proposals not only to land on, but eventually also settle the planet Mars, its moons, Phobos & Deimos and terraform the planet.

Preliminary work for missions has been undertaken since the 1950s, with planned missions typically taking place 10 to 30 years in the future. The list of manned Mars mission plans in the 20th century shows the various mission proposals that have been put forth by multiple organizations and space agencies in this field of space exploration.

In 2004 the U.S. administration announced a new Vision for Space Exploration naming a manned Mars mission as one of its milestones. No concrete plan has been decided upon, and the proposal is currently being discussed between politicians, scientists, space advocates and in the public. In 2010, a new bill was signed allowing for a manned Mars mission by the 2030s.

Source:
Wikipedia
NASA - Mars Exploration Program
NASA - Manned mssion to Mars in 2019

Windows 8

2010-12-10T05:02:00.000+08:00

A roadmap timeline slide shown by Microsoft at the 2009 Professional Developers Conference shows that a product code-named Windows 8 is scheduled to be released sometime between 2011 (Beta) and 2012. Development and other aspects of Windows 8 have not been detailed in public, although job listings have mentioned improved functionality for file access in branch offices.

A Microsoft KB article confirmed that Windows 8 is the next version of Windows. The article has now been changed to remove references to Windows 8.

A leaked document from Microsoft indicates that Windows 8 might feature faster startup, an App Store, integrated web applications, improved digital media support (including AVC HD and 3D video), faster resumes from low-power states, and USB 3.0 and Bluetooth 3.0 support.[16][17] Windows 8 is likely to include facial recognition (due to the increase of webcams that are integrated into computers and its latest add-on to its Xbox 360 console, Kinect).

A Dutch representative posted on the company's blog that Microsoft is working on the next edition of Windows and that "it will take about two years before Windows 8 will be on the market".

Steve Ballmer hinted at UK Tech Days that Windows 8 will feature major improvements for touch usage.

On October 22, 2010, Ballmer stated that "the next generation of Windows, would be the riskiest product Microsoft ever made" but he did not add any details on why Windows 8 will be the "riskiest product". Also, some articles claim that Windows 8 has been renamed Windows Next. However, this has not been confirmed yet.

Source:
Wikipedia
Windows 8 Beta
Windows 8 News

Google over IPv6

2010-12-09T05:02:00.003+08:00

Access Google services over IPv6

At Google, we believe that IPv6 is essential to the continued health and openness of the Internet – and that by allowing all devices on a network to talk to each other directly, IPv6 will enable innovation and allow the Internet's continued growth. Typical Google users do not need to do anything to prepare for IPv6, but we are working with network operators to support the transition.

In March 2008, we began offering Google search over IPv6 on IPv6-only websites like ipv6.google.com (IPv6 connection required), but other Google products were not generally available over IPv6.

That's why we created Google over IPv6. If you operate a network that supports IPv6, we may be able to enable Google over IPv6, letting you give users seamless access to most Google services over IPv6 simply by going to the same websites they usually use, such as www.google.com.

How it works

Google over IPv6 uses the IPv4 address of your DNS resolver to determine whether a network is IPv6-capable. If you enable Google over IPv6 for your resolver, IPv6 users of that resolver will receive AAAA records for IPv6-enabled Google services.

Normally, if a DNS resolver requests an IPv6 address for a Google web site, it will not receive one…

…but a DNS resolver with Google over IPv6 will receive an IPv6 address, and its users will be able to connect to Google web sites using IPv6.

How to get started using Google over IPv6

To qualify for Google over IPv6, your network must meet a number of requirements. These include:

Low latency, redundant paths to Google using direct peering or reliable transit

Production-quality IPv6 support and reliability

Separate DNS servers for your IPv6 users (not shared with IPv4-only users)

Users who have opted in to IPv6 services and know how to opt out if they experience problems with Google services

If your network meets these requirements and you'd like to receive Google over IPv6, please see our FAQ for how to request access.
Source: Google

IPv6 - Internet Protocol Version 6

2010-12-08T05:01:00.002+08:00

Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) is a version of the Internet Protocol that is designed to succeed Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4). IPv4 was the first publicly used Internet Protocol and has been in operation since 1981.

IPv6 is an Internet Layer protocol for packet-switched internetworking and provides an end-to-end datagram delivery service. The main driving force for the redesign of Internet Protocol was the foreseeable IPv4 address exhaustion. IPv6 was developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), and is described in Internet standard document RFC 2460, published in December 1998.

IPv6 uses a 128-bit address, whereas IPv4 uses only 32 bits (2^32 addresses). The new address space supports 2^128 (about 3.4×10^38) addresses. This expansion provides considerable flexibility in allocating addresses and routing traffic. It also eliminates the primary need for network address translation (NAT), which gained widespread deployment as an effort to alleviate IPv4 address exhaustion.
Source: Wikipedia

Introducing the Nokia N8

2010-12-07T05:08:00.002+08:00

The Nokia N8 is the Nokia's first camera phone to have a 12 megapixel sensor and Nokia's first smartphone to run on the Symbian^3 operating system.

The Nokia N8 smartphone was made available at the official Nokia Online Store on September 23, 2010 and was released in select markets on October 1, 2010. The N8 became the product with the most amount of customer pre-orders in Nokia's history up to the point of its release.

Source:
Nokia N8
Wikipedia

View Thumbnails on Google search results - Xmarks Thumbnails

2010-12-06T05:07:00.000+08:00

Xmarks Thumbnails adds preview images to your Google and Bing search results. See a thumbnail preview for each web site before you click. Works on Google and Bing search results in all countries. You'll also notice that Thumbnails adds more info to the search results, showing you what a site is about and how it ranks in its category.

Xmarks Thumbnails add-on is available for Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer.
Source: Xmarks Thumbnails

Joomla

2010-12-05T05:08:00.003+08:00

Joomla is a free and open source content management system (CMS) for publishing content on the World Wide Web and intranets. It comprises a model–view–controller (MVC) Web application framework that can also be used independently.

Joomla is written in PHP, uses object-oriented programming (OOP) techniques and software design patterns, stores data in a MySQL database, and includes features such as page caching, RSS feeds, printable versions of pages, news flashes, blogs, polls, search, and support for language internationalization.

Within its first year of release, Joomla had been downloaded 2.5 million times. There are over 6,000 free and commercial plug-ins available from the official Joomla! Extension Directory and more available from other sources.

Source:
Joomla.org
About Joomla
Wikipedia

G.hn Technology - ITU-T Home networking

2010-12-04T05:04:00.000+08:00

G.hn is the common name for a home network technology standard being developed under the International Telecommunication Union (ITU-T) and promoted by the HomeGrid Forum and several other organizations. It supports networking over power lines, phone lines and coaxial cables with data rates up to 1 Gbit/s.

ITU Recommendation G.9960, which received Approval on Oct 9th 2009, specifies the Physical Layer and the architecture of G.hn. The Data Link Layer (Recommendation G.9961) was approved on June 11, 2010. The work was done in the ITU-T Telecommunication Standardization Sector, Study Group 15, Question 4. Over 20 companies participated regularly, representing a broad cross section of the communications industry including some of the world's largest telephone companies, major communication equipment companies, and some of the leading home networking technology companies.

Source:
Wikipedia
G.hn Technology

Google Applications

2010-12-03T05:09:00.000+08:00

As customers begin to recognize large productivity gains with Gmail, Google Docs and the rest of Google Apps, they frequently ask when they’ll be able to use services like Google Voice, Reader, Blogger and AdWords with their Google Apps accounts. We’ve steadily added new functionality to Google Apps and recently added support for third-party apps, but we’re thrilled to swing the floodgates of new functionality wide open now. Starting today, customers worldwide can access a full spectrum of services from Google—including more than 60 productivity-boosting applications that extend far beyond any traditional software suite.

Coupled with the ability for administrators to provide different sets of applications to different groups of users, the possibilities for empowering workers in new ways are remarkable. For example, you could equip your marketing team with Picasa Web Albums so they can collect and share photos from customer appreciation events, and let that team publish your company’s blog with Blogger. Services like iGoogle and Alerts, on the other hand, may be broadly useful, and could be enabled for your whole organization.
Source: Google Blog

Google Instant - Search Result Instant Preview

2010-12-02T05:05:00.001+08:00

Quickly compare results. Pinpoint relevant content. Interact with the results page.

With Google Instant you get results as fast as you type, but your search doesn’t stop there. Once you get results back, you choose a site to visit based on the information in each result—like the title, a snippet of text and the URL. Over time we’ve made steady improvements to our search results and snippets to help you pick a great page. Now we’re making a leap to image-based snapshots—a new kind of visual search result we call “Instant Previews” which makes it even faster to choose the right result.

Instant Previews provides a graphic overview of a search result and highlights the most relevant sections, making finding the right page as quick and easy as flipping through a magazine. To use it, click once on the magnifying glass next to the title of any search result and a visual overview of the page will appear on the right. From there, hover your cursor over any other result to see a preview. For those of you who’ve recently stopped using your mouse to search, now you can navigate to a result, hit the right arrow key to see the preview, and hit the down arrow key to keep browsing. Here’s a video showing Instant Previews in action:
Source: Google Blog

Google Code-in: Contest is Open!

2010-12-01T05:03:00.002+08:00

We’re pleased to announce that today marks the start of the Google Code-in contest. Students who are at least 13 years old and not more than 18 years old and are currently enrolled in a pre-university school on November 22, 2010 are eligible to participate. Start claiming tasks to work on for our participating mentor organizations right now.

Tasks are sorted according to organization, difficulty level, type of task, and point value. If you are considering participating, take a look at the tasks list and see what you’re interested in claiming. You can comment on the task if you have questions about the task for the organization.

For successful completion of just one task you will receive a t-shirt and certificate of participation. For every three tasks you complete you’ll receive $100, up to a maximum of $500. Our 10 contestants with the most points at the end of the contest win the Grand Prize: an all-expenses paid trip with a family member to Google’s Headquarters in Mountain View, California!

The contest ends on January 10, 2011. So don’t delay, claim a task today!

If you have questions, please review our Frequently Asked Questions and the Rules page, or take a look at the video above. You can also join our discussion list and ask your question there.

Have fun, and meet you on the list or in Mountain View!

Source: Google Open Source Blog

Google Refine

2010-11-30T05:21:00.001+08:00

Google Refine 2.0 - a power tool for data wranglers

Our acquisition of Metaweb back in July also brought along Freebase Gridworks, an open source software project for cleaning and enhancing entire data sets. Today we’re announcing that the project has been renamed to Google Refine and version 2.0 is now available.

Google Refine is a power tool for working with messy data sets, including cleaning up inconsistencies, transforming them from one format into another, and extending them with new data from external web services or other databases. Version 2.0 introduces a new extensions architecture, a reconciliation framework for linking records to other databases (like Freebase), and a ton of new transformation commands and expressions.

Freebase Gridworks 1.0 has already been well received by the data journalism and open government data communities (you can read how the Chicago Tribune, ProPublica and data.gov.uk have used it) and we are very excited by what they and others will be able to do with this new release. To learn more about what you can do with Google Refine 2.0, watch the following screencasts:

Source: Google Open Source Blog

Pacifica Online - Facebook Game

2010-11-29T05:01:00.008+08:00

Pacifica Online: MMORPG for the Facebook Platform.

Pacifica Online - supports free and open source software.

A Free and Fun High Quality MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing Game) for Facebook. No downloads, long waiting time or extra plugins required. Just play it directly from your browser!

Pacifica Online is made by Nexus Pixels - Free High Quality Multiplayer Online Games Independent Development Team in the Philippines.

Team Members
Galileo Lajara - Game Designer / Lead Programmer
Jeremiah Torevillas - Art Director / 3D Artist
Justine Aaron Torrevillas - Graphic Artist / Map Designer
Donnie Ray Gianchand - Game Programmer / Music Composer

Mission
Develop High Quality Free Real-time Multiplayer Online Games using Open Source Software

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Preserving Alan Turing’s papers at Bletchley Park

2010-11-28T05:02:00.000+08:00

As you may have seen, some key papers from British computer scientist and wartime codebreaker Alan Turing are up for auction today at Christie’s in London. Dr Turing is a hero to many of us at Google for his pioneering work on algorithms and the development of computer science. (He’s also an important figure for many across the world who face homophobic attacks and bullying, an issue that we have spoken about elsewhere.)

Why are these papers so important? Dr Sue Black, a computer scientist at University College London and a key campaigner for Bletchley Park, where Dr Turing worked, explains: “The lot includes codebreaker Max Newman's copies of many of Turing's papers. Some of the papers have on them comments from Newman, a friend of Turing’s who testified in his defence at his trial. These papers belong at Bletchley Park, home of the codebreakers, and where these two codebreakers worked together side by side, helping to save millions of lives during World War II.”

There’s still a long way to go to raise all the money required; we hope that others will be able to come forward too. The deadline for contributions to the bid has been extended until 2pm GMT today. Anyone interested in supporting it should contact Sue directly, or go to http://www.justgiving.com/turing-papers/.

Source: Google Blog

Apply for a 2011 Google Policy Fellowship

2010-11-27T05:11:00.001+08:00

Last summer Google Fellow Gwen Glazer at the American Library Association focused on digitization, specifically on for content from small or mid-sized public libraries and other cultural heritage institutions. Rare materials, like local history collections and historic photographs and maps, present significant challenges to digitization, and Gwen’s proposal encouraged the creation of a national program that would digitize these archival materials and collect them in a free online interface to make them available to the public.

Ramtin Amtin at the Citizen Lab examined the recent changes to Google in China to study free expression as a human rights issue, and explored Internet censorship as a potential violation of world trade laws.

At the Competitive Enterprise Institute, Carolyn Homer wrote a legal paper on the meaning of online privacy policies, and published two op-eds on privacy on AOL News and in AdAge.

What will Google fellows do summer 2011? That’s up to you. Students of all levels and disciplines interested in Internet policy issues can apply starting today. The deadline for applications is January 17, 2011.

Selected students will spend ten weeks this summer working on issues as varied as free expression, privacy, security, and intellectual property with thought leaders at a diverse range of organizations, including: American Library Association, Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic, Cato Institute, Center for Democracy and Technology, The Citizen Lab, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Creative Commons, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Future of Music Coalition, Internet Education Foundation, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Media Access Project, National Hispanic Media Coalition, New America Foundation, Public Knowledge, TechFreedom, and the Technology Policy Institute.

You can learn about the program and host organizations on the Google Public Policy Fellowship website.

Google Public Policy Blog

Google Person Finder

2010-11-26T05:11:00.001+08:00

Be Part of Improving Google Person Finder

Google Person Finder has become a useful tool in responding to natural disasters by reconnecting people with their family and friends. We’ve been looking at the next phase of Google Person Finder and decided to begin hosting the open source project at Google Code. We’re inviting the developer community to help improve Google Person Finder and the PFIF data format.

Google Person Finder provides a common place to search for, comment on, and connect records from many missing person registries. After the January 12th earthquake in Haiti, a team of Googlers worked with the U.S. Department of State to quickly create a site that helped people who were affected by the disaster. The site was used heavily after the Chile earthquake in February and put in action again in April after the Qinghai earthquake in China and in August for the Pakistan floods.

The software powering Google Person Finder is open source so we’re listing the open issues and feature requests we’ve received over the past few months in hopes the community can help us improve the code. We’ve created a Developer Guide to help developers get started. As always, we invite those interested to post questions on our public Person Finder discussion group. Those who are interested in improving the PFIF data format can also join the PFIF discussion group.
Google Blog
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Google Checkout

2010-11-25T05:25:00.004+08:00

Find it with Google. Buy it with Google Checkout.

Google Checkout is an online payment processing service provided by Google aimed at simplifying the process of paying for online purchases. Users store their credit or debit card and shipping information in their Google Account, so that they can purchase at participating stores at the click of a button. Google Checkout also offers fraud protection, as well a unified page for tracking purchases and their status.

Google Checkout service was first made available in the United States on June 28, 2006, and later became available in the UK on April 13, 2007. It was free for merchants until February 1, 2008. Between that date and May 5, 2009 Google charged merchants 2.0% plus $0.20 per transaction (1.4% + £0.20 for UK merchants). Since that date Google has moved to a tiered cost structure, identical to that of PayPal. Also since this date, Google have discontinued their offer whereby merchants who advertised with an AdWords account were not charged fees on monthly transactions totaling less than ten times their monthly AdWords expenditure. Google Checkout Tour. Wikipedia.

Google Instant

2010-11-24T05:17:00.001+08:00

Faster Searches. Smarter Predictions. Instant Results.
Google Instant is a new search enhancement that shows results as you type. We are pushing the limits of our technology and infrastructure to help you get better search results, faster. Our key technical insight was that people type slowly, but read quickly, typically taking 300 milliseconds between keystrokes, but only 30 milliseconds (a tenth of the time!) to glance at another part of the page. This means that you can scan a results page while you type.

The most obvious change is that you get to the right content much faster than before because you don’t have to finish typing your full search term, or even press “search.” Another shift is that seeing results as you type helps you formulate a better search term by providing instant feedback. You can now adapt your search on the fly until the results match exactly what you want. In time, we may wonder how search ever worked in any other way. Google Instant.

Google Translate

2010-11-23T05:17:00.004+08:00

Translate the world with new Google Translate.

Google Translate is a free statistically-based machine translation service provided by Google Inc. to translate a section of text, document or webpage, into another language.

The service was introduced in 2007. Prior to that Google used a SYSTRAN based translator which is used by other translation services such as Babel Fish, AOL, and Yahoo. Wikipedia.

Google Mp3 Player in Gmail

2010-11-22T05:27:00.002+08:00

A new GMail feature lets you play MP3 files right inside the GMail homepage without having to download the MP3 song or open an external media player.

When you receive an MP3 audio file as an email attachment, click the play button and Google will play the audio file for you in a Gmail popup window.

You can also embed this player in your website so your visitors can listen to an audio clip right from any page.

What is Google Chrome OS?

2010-11-21T05:08:00.001+08:00

Google Chrome OS is a forthcoming Linux-based, open source operating system designed by Google to work exclusively with web applications. First announced on July 7, 2009, Chrome OS will be publicly available as a stable release by the northern hemisphere "late fall" of 2010 according to Google.

Chrome OS will not be available as a download to run and install. Instead, the operating system will only ship on specific hardware from Google's manufacturing partners. The user interface takes a minimalist approach, resembling that of the Chrome web browser. Because the only application on the device will be a browser incorporating a media player, Google Chrome OS is aimed at users who spend most of their computer time on the Internet. Wikidepia.

Latest on Youtube

2010-11-20T05:05:00.001+08:00

35 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute

Remember in March when we shared that more than 24 hours of video was being uploaded to YouTube every minute? Well, our users continue to amaze us, and as of last week, 35 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute. If we were to measure that in movie terms (assuming the average Hollywood film is around 120 minutes long), it’s the equivalent of more than 176,000 full-length Hollywood releases every week.

Give YouTube Topics on Search a whirl
We know that sometimes people come to YouTube looking for a specific video, but at other times, they have only a rough idea of the kind of videos they want. We’ve been there too, and have been thinking for a while about this challenge of searching when you don’t yet know exactly what you’re looking for. Here’s our take on how discovery for videos could work on YouTube in the not-too-distant future. Find out what happens when we search for [LOL] and [cat] to find funny cat videos.

Google Blog

Gmail's New Look

2010-11-19T05:55:00.001+08:00

Gmail homepage makeover
Monday, November 15, 2010 | 6:25 PM

If you visited the Gmail log-in page recently, you may have noticed that things looked a wee bit different. They decided to give this page a bit of a facelift and updated a few of Gmail’s other pages while we were at it. Their goal was to keep a familiar look while freshening up the graphics and trimming down the text (they cut out over 250 words in the process).
Here’s a before & after of the log-in page:

They also updated the Gmail logo, brightening the colors and making it more in line with the latest Google logo:

Google Blog.

Gmail 5 New Themes

2010-11-18T06:40:00.002+08:00

Felling unhappy and bored with your current Gmail theme?..
Try one of the new five Gmail themes now.

Basic Black and Basic White Theme

Android Theme

Tree Tops Theme

Marker Theme

Finally there’s the marker theme which gives Gmail a handmade look. Not to everyone’s tastes, but Google needs to cater for its millions of users so I’m sure some will welcome this one.

Google Adsense - New Look

2010-11-17T08:04:00.004+08:00

Introducing the new AdSense interface, now available globally.
Google has just released a new interface for its AdSense platform and it is being rolled out to all publishers globally.

Almost exactly a year ago, Google started testing its new AdSense interface with a select group of AdSense publishers. The new design is a reflection on both the feedback from that group and requests for features from the existing userbase.

The new AdSense looks strikingly similar to the new Feedburner interface released last month. We expect that more and more Google Webmaster products will begin to take on cues from these two interface updates.

The new interface has been redesigned to make managing tasks more efficient, has placed controls all in one place and provides more insights into analytical data. Google Adsense. Google Adsense Blog.

Take a tour on New look of Google Adsense now.

Google Vulnerability Reward Program

2010-11-16T09:43:00.002+08:00

Rewarding web application security research.
Monday, November 1, 2010 12:30 PM
Back in January of this year, the Chromium open source project launched a well-received vulnerability reward program. In the months since launch, researchers reporting a wide range of great bugs have received rewards — a small summary of which can be found in the Hall of Fame. We've seen a sustained increase in the number of high quality reports from researchers, and their combined efforts are contributing to a more secure Chromium browser for millions of users.

Today, we are announcing an experimental new vulnerability reward program that applies to Google web properties. We already enjoy working with an array of researchers to improve Google security, and some individuals who have provided high caliber reports are listed on our credits page. As well as enabling us to thank regular contributors in a new way, we hope our new program will attract new researchers and the types of reports that help make our users safer. More information at: Google Online Security. Vulnerability Reward Program.

Google Chrome - Free Wi-Fi for the holidays

2010-11-15T20:49:00.004+08:00

Passengers enjoy free Wi-Fi for the holidays.

This holiday season, Google Chrome has teamed up with AirTran Airways, Delta, and Virgin America to offer free Gogo Inflight Wi-Fi on every domestic flight from November 20, 2010 through January 2, 2011. These participating airlines have outfitted their entire domestic fleet with Gogo Inflight Wi-Fi, and we expect more connected passengers this holiday season than ever before!

Just bring a Wi-Fi enabled laptop or mobile device and stay connected to family and friends while you travel. Free Wifi from Google Chrome.

Google Docs - Moving Your Files To The Cloud

2010-11-14T19:11:00.004+08:00

Google Docs is a free, Web-based word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, form, and data storage service offered by Google. It allows users to create and edit documents online while collaborating in real-time with other users. Google Docs combines the features of Writely and Spreadsheets with a presentation program incorporating technology designed by Tonic Systems. Data storage of any files up to 1GB each in size was introduced on January 13, 2010. Wikipedia.

Google Map - Street View

2010-11-10T21:06:00.008+08:00

Explore the world at street level.
Google Street View is a technology featured in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides panoramic views from various positions along many streets in the world. It was launched on May 25, 2007, originally only in several cities in the United States, and has since gradually expanded to include more cities and rural areas worldwide.

Google Street View displays images taken from a fleet of specially adapted cars. Areas not accessible by car, like pedestrian areas, narrow streets, alleys and ski resorts, are sometimes covered by Google Trikes (tricycles) or a snowmobile. On each of these vehicles there are nine directional cameras for 360° views at a height of about 2.5 meters, GPS units for positioning and three laser range scanners for the measuring of up to 50 meters 180° in the front of the vehicle. There are also 3G/GSM/Wi-Fi antennas for scanning 3G/GSM and Wi-Fi hotspots. Recently, 'high quality' images are based on open source hardware cameras from Elphel. Wikipedia.

Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended - Top 5 New Features

2010-11-10T00:11:00.010+08:00

Complex selections made easy.

Easily select intricate image elements, such as hair, for refinements, compositing, or placing in layout. Eliminate background color around selection edges, and automatically vary selection edges and perfect masks using new refinement tools.

Content-Aware Fill.
Remove any image detail or object and watch as Content-Aware Fill magically fills in the space left behind. This breakthrough technology matches lighting, tone, and noise so it looks as if the removed content never existed.

Puppet Warp.
Precisely warp or stretch graphics, text, or image elements to create unique new looks for your designs.

State-of-the-art raw image processing.
Use the Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw 6 plug-in to nondestructively remove image noise while preserving color and detail; add grain to make digital photos look more organic; enjoy more control when performing post-crop vignetting; and more.

Superior HDR imaging.
Create photo-realistic or surreal HDR images with unprecedented speed, control, and accuracy. Get better-than-ever results thanks to automatic ghost removal and greater control with tone mapping and adjustments, and even give single-exposure photos the look of HDR.

More on Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended.
Download a free trial of Photoshop CS5 Extended.

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Google's Self-Driving Car

2010-10-30T19:54:00.008+08:00

Google's project was kept secret until now. Seven cars were equipped with the system outlined above. Cars have gone about 1600 km without any help from man, and about 384000 km with minimum intervention. Even if the project itself was secret, tests were conducted in public on the streets of California.

Our automated cars use video cameras, radar sensors and a laser range finder to “see” other traffic, as well as detailed maps (which we collect using manually driven vehicles) to navigate the road ahead. This is all made possible by Google’s data centers, which can process the enormous amounts of information gathered by our cars when mapping their terrain.
-GoogleBlog

Software Freedom Day 2010

2010-09-18T19:00:00.004+08:00

Bluepoint Linux Users Elite (BLUE) in cooperation with the Ateneo de Manila University Department of Information Systems and Computer Science (DISCS) and Bluepoint Foundation will celebrate Software Freedom Day with the rest of the world on September 18, 2010 at the Leong Hall Auditorium, Ateneo de Manila University, Katipunan Avenue, Loyola Heights, Quezon City. Registration is FREE.

Difference between Core 2 Duo and Core Duo

2010-06-27T15:03:00.002+08:00

Dual core is simply a generic term referring to any processor package with two physical CPUs in one. The Pentium D, Core Duo, Core 2 Duo and Athlon X2 are all current CPUs that have dual cores in one package.

The Pentium D is simply two Pentium 4 Prescott cpus inefficiently paired together and ran as dual core.

The Core Duo is Intel's first generation dual core processor based upon the Pentium M (a Pentium III-4 hybrid) made mostly for laptops (though a few motherboard manufacturers have released desktop boards supporting the Core Duo CPU), and is much more efficiently than Pentium D.

The Core 2 Duo is Intel's second generation (hence, Core 2) processor made for desktops and laptops designed from the ground up to be fast while not consuming nearly as much power as previous CPUs.

Note - Intel has dropped the Pentium name in favor of the Core architecture as Intel is restructuring and refocusing it's efforts to become number one again (and are doing a fine job, might I add).

The AMD Athlon X2 CPUs have two revisions, the first one is essentially very similiar to the Pentium Ds in that they are simply two Athlon 64 chips fused together, making power requirements quite steep (around 89 watts). The second revision is made more efficiently, like the Core Duos, with much less power consumption (around 65 watts).

There are, of course, other differences, but that is the gist of dual cores as it relates to Intel and AMD.

Difference between DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD+RW and DVD-RW

2010-06-25T15:33:00.005+08:00

There’s DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, and even DVD-ROM! So what’s the difference between all of these different names, aren’t all DVDs the same? Well, it’s not quite that simple.

Let’s first start with the most obvious difference: some have R and some have RW. The “R” stands for recordable, while the “W” stands for rewriteable.

The main difference between DVD-R and DVD-RW, or DVD+R and DVD+RW is that the R disc formats can only be written to once, and then it is only readable and can’t be erased for the rest of its digital life. While RW discs are can be written to and erased many times, they are both readable and writeable.

“R” discs are perfect if they are only needed to be written to once, such as giving some files to a friend or transferring them between PCs. “RW” discs have their strength in the ability to be used many times over, which is great for routine system backups, etc. And naturally, the RW discs are slightly more expensive than the R discs, but you’ll have to decide if the trade offs are worth the money.

Now, onto the difference between DVD-R and DVD+R. As I just described above, DVD-R & DVD-RW are sister discs, the difference being one is writeable once, while the other is writeable multiple times. The same thing is true for DVD+R & DVD+RW. So the question is, what’s the difference between the plus and minus?

In order to explain this we must take a trip back in time. When DVDs were first being developed, there was no industry standard. Multiple companies were competing to develop what they hoped would be the dominant form of the future.

The DVD-R DVD+R difference can easily be summarized by the following:

The DVD-R/RW standard was developed by Pioneer, and is used primarily by Apple and Pioneer. These “minus“ discs can only be written to in one layer on the discs surface. In addition, this format is supported by the DVD forum, but is in no way an industry standard. DVD-R/RW discs are cheaper than the “plus” format.
The DVD+R/RW format is supported by Philips, Dell, Sony, HP, and Microsoft. These discs can be written to in multiple layers, giving them slightly better and more disc storage than the “minus“ format. Because of this additional capacity, they are slightly more expensive than “minus“ discs.

A couple final things to clear up is the difference between DVD-ROM and DVD+RW, or the other DVD formats I mentioned above. The DVD-ROM drive can only read DVDs, while the other DVD drives can read and write data to DVDs.

And naturally the DVD+RW CD+RW difference can be explained by the “DVD” or “CD” prefix. DVDs, on average, can store up to 4.7 GB of data, while a CD can only store about 700 MB of data, or about 15% of a DVD’s capacity. While CDs are slightly cheaper, in my opinion, the benefits of DVDs are much greater.

Differences between an Ethernet hub or switch and a broadband router

2010-06-18T15:28:00.000+08:00

Most broadband routers (“routers” for short) are a combination Ethernet switch (or hub) and Network Address Translator (NAT; see below). They usually include a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server, Domain Name Service (DNS) proxy server (see below), and a hardware firewall to protect the Local Area Network (LAN) from malicious intrusion from the Internet.

All routers have a Wide Area Network (WAN) Port. This port connects to the to a DSL or cable MODEM for broadband service (e.g., the Internet) and is usually a 10 MHz 10BASET Ethernet port. A 10 MHz WAN port is sufficient for cable and DSL MODEMs as these devices transfer data at rate that is a fraction of 10 MHz. I have seen no broadband routers with a USB WAN port to connect to a USB cable or DSL MODEM.

Many recent broadband routers are combination routers/Ethernet switch (or hub) that have multiple Ethernet ports to connect more than one PC to form a LAN. These ports allow the PCs to share the WAN port/broadband Internet connection and perform LAN functions, such as Windows file and printer sharing. The LAN ports are usually 100 MHz 100 BASE-TX Ethernet.

Some routers have a single WAN port and a single LAN port and are designed to connect to an existing LAN hub or switch to a WAN.

Ethernet switches and hubs can be connected to router with multiple PC ports to expand a LAN. Depending on the capabilities (kinds of available ports) of the router and the switches or hubs, the connection between the router and switches/hubs may require straight-thru or crossover cables

In short, a hub glues together an Ethernet network segment, a switch can connect multiple Ethernet segments, and a router can do those functions plus route TCP/IP packets between multiple PCs on LAN and a WAN, and much more.

Difference between an Ethernet hub and switch.

2010-06-11T15:17:00.000+08:00

Although hubs and switches both glue the PCs in a network together, a switch is more expensive and a network built with switches is generally considered faster than one built with hubs

When a hub receives a packet (chunk) of data (a frame in Ethernet lingo) at one of its ports from a PC on the network, it transmits (repeats) the packet to all of its ports and, thus, to all of the other PCs on the network. If two or more PCs on the network try to send packets at the same time a collision is said to occur. When that happens all of the PCs have to go though a routine to resolve the conflict. The process is prescribed in the Ethernet Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD) protocol. Each Ethernet Adapter has both a receiver and a transmitter. If the adapters didn't have to listen with their receivers for collisions they would be able to send data at the same time they are receiving it (full duplex). Because they have to operate at half duplex (data flows one way at a time) and a hub retransmits data from one PC to all of the PCs, the maximum bandwidth is 100 Mhz and that bandwidth is shared by all of the PC's connected to the hub. The result is when a person using a computer on a hub downloads a large file or group of files from another computer the network becomes congested. In a 10 Mhz 10Base-T network the affect is to slow the network to nearly a crawl. The affect on a small, 100 Mbps (million bits per scond), 5-port network is not as significant.

Two computers can be connected directly together in an Ethernet with a crossover cable. A crossover cable doesn't have a collision problem. It hardwires the Ethernet transmitter on one computer to the receiver on the other. Most 100BASE-TX Ethernet Adapters can detect when listening for collisions is not required with a process known as auto-negotiation and will operate in a full duplex mode when it is permitted. The result is a crossover cable doesn't have delays caused by collisions, data can be sent in both directions simultaneously, the maximum available bandwidth is 200 Mbps, 100 Mbps each way, and there are no other PC's with which the bandwidth must be shared.

An Ethernet switch automatically divides the network into multiple segments, acts as a high-speed, selective bridge between the segments, and supports simultaneous connections of multiple pairs of computers which don't compete with other pairs of computers for network bandwidth. It accomplishes this by maintaining a table of each destination address and its port. When the switch receives a packet, it reads the destination address from the header information in the packet, establishes a temporary connection between the source and destination ports, sends the packet on its way, and then terminates the connection.

Picture a switch as making multiple temporary crossover cable connections between pairs of computers (the cables are actually straight-thru cables; the crossover function is done inside the switch). High-speed electronics in the switch automatically connect the end of one cable (source port) from a sending computer to the end of another cable (destination port) going to the receiving computer on a per packet basis. Multiple connections like this can occur simultaneously. It's as simple as that. And like a crossover cable between two PCs, PC's on an Ethernet switch do not share the transmission media, do not experience collisions or have to listen for them, can operate in a full-duplex mode, have bandwidth as high as 200 Mbps, 100 Mbps each way, and do not share this bandwidth with other PCs on the switch. In short, a switch is "more better."

How to Install IIS on Windows Vista, Windows XP and Windows 2000

2010-06-04T10:10:00.002+08:00

Follow these steps to install IIS on Windows Vista:
Internet Information Services (IIS)

1.Open the Control Panel from the Start menu
2.Double-click Programs and Features
3.Click "Turn Windows features on or off" (a link to the left)
4.Select the check box for Internet Information Services (IIS), and click OK
After you have installed IIS, make sure you install all patches for bugs and security problems. (Run Windows Update).

Follow these steps to install IIS on Windows XP and Windows 2000:

1.On the Start menu, click Settings and select Control Panel
2.Double-click Add or Remove Programs
3.Click Add/Remove Windows Components
4.Click Internet Information Services (IIS)
5.Click Details
6.Select the check box for World Wide Web Service, and click OK
7.In Windows Component selection, click Next to install IIS
After you have installed IIS, make sure you install all patches for bugs and security problems. (Run Windows Update).

Test Your Web
After you have installed IIS, follow these steps:

1.Look for a new folder called Inetpub on your hard drive
2.Open the Inetpub folder, and find a folder named wwwroot
3.Create a new folder, like "MyWeb", under wwwroot
4.Write some ASP code and save the file as "test1.asp" in the new folder
5.Make sure your Web server is running (see below)
6.Open your browser and type "http://localhost/MyWeb/test1.asp", to view your first web page
Note: Look for the IIS (or PWS) symbol in your start menu or task bar. The program has functions for starting and stopping the web server, disable and enable ASP, and much more.

Add a Slideshow of Picasa Photos to Your Blog

2010-05-28T22:51:00.006+08:00

Picasa is a free photo management product by Google that I actually use for all my photos. The software organizes and can adjust your photo albums on your computer and then easily uploads them to your Picasa account. I love the ability to quickly upload pictures from my trips, etc and just send the url to my friends and family.

So if you already have a Picasa account and have pictures you’d like to include on your blog, you should check out this widget. If you don’t have Picasa yet, I highly recommend you download it for free by clicking on the link below.

After you select the photo album and settings you want to use, it gives you some code to paste into your site. You can either paste it into your post or add it to your sidebar by creating an html/javascript widget. Then just paste the code into the widget and save.

Here’s a screenshot of the widget being setup:

Notice how easy the setup process is. It provides the code to paste into your blog and then you’ll have a flash slideshow rotating through all your photos! Pretty cool. I was going to include a working demo but once you login to your account and start building a slideshow, it shows you real-time how it works. It’s worth checking out….enjoy!

File Sharing between Windows 7 and XP

2010-05-21T23:52:00.000+08:00

Sharing folders between two Windows 7 machines with the new HomeGroup feature is an easy process, but the HomeGroup feature is not compatible with Vista or XP. For this tutorial we are using Windows 7 x64 RC1 and XP Professional SP3 connected through a basic Linksys home wireless router.

First make sure both machines are members of the same Workgroup which by default is named Workgroup.

On the Windows 7 machine go into Control Panel \ All Control Panel Items \ Network and Sharing Center then click on Change advanced sharing settings.

You will want to verify the following settings under Advanced Sharing Settings for the Home or Work and Public profile

If you want any user to have access the public shares turn off password protection. This is located in Advanced Sharing Settings toward the bottom of the list.

If you want to keep it enabled make sure there is a log in account for the other XP machines and they have a password.

Now if you go into Network in Windows 7 you should see your XP machine and the Windows 7 as well which in this case is Mysticgeek-PC.

That's it.

Installing Japanese Keyboards on Windows XP

2010-05-14T14:57:00.007+08:00

Instruction for Windows XP with Service Pack 2.

Navigate to Start > Control Panel > Keyboard
On the Hardware tab, click Properties (note that the current driver is probably "Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard")
On the Driver tab, click Update Driver...
The Hardware Update Wizard launches. When it asks if Windows can connect to Windows Update to search for software, select "No, not this time" and click Next
Select "Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)" and click Next
Select "Don't search. I will choose the driver to install" and click Next
Uncheck "Show compatible hardware"
Select "Japanese PS/2 Keyboard (106/109 Key)" from the manufacturer "(Standard keyboards)" and click Next
Click Yes to continue with the installation when the warning about installing incompatible device drivers appears
Click Yes to continue with the installation when the warning about replacing PS/2 mouse port drivers appears
Click Finish and reboot

Instruction for Windows XP Pro

This assumes you are using a PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse. Other types will have to make a different selection from the list of standard keyboards.

Go to Control Panel->Printers and Other Hardware->Keyboards
Click on the "Hardware" tab and the keyboard connected to the system will show.
Click on the "Properties" button and another window displays the keyboard properties
Click on the "Driver" tab
Click on the "Update Driver" button on the Driver screen
The "Update Driver Wizard" will run.
Click the "Install From a Specific Location" button (NOT AUTOMATIC) and the "Next" button.
Click the "Don't seach. I will choose the driver to install" option and the "Next" button.
On the next screen, uncheck the "Show compatible hardware" checkbox and choose the Japanese PS/2 Keyboard (106/109 Key) from the list of "(Standard keyboards)".
Ignore warnings and reboot.

Installing Japanese Keyboards on Windows 2000

2010-05-10T14:32:00.003+08:00

Please fallow the following steps carefully.

Control Panel, Regional Options
General tab, under Language settings for the system
Tick Japanese, set it as default if you want to run native Japanese apps (eg Office 97/98). It sets code page 932 as the default -- this may break other things if you are not careful!
Insert Windows CD, reboot, etc.
Control Panel, System
Hardware tab, Device Manager
Find your keyboard device (probably says PC/AT Enhanced PS/2 Keyboard)
Double click to bring up the properties
Driver tab, Update Driver
Next, then Display a list of known drivers
Show all hardware of this device class
Manufacturer: (Standard keyboards), Device: Japanese PS/2 Keyboard (106/109 key)
Ignore the warning and hit yes
Install the driver, reboot, etc etc ...
Control Panel, Regional Options
Input Locales tab, click Add
If you want to use Japanese: Language=Japanese Keyboard layout=Japanese Input System MS-IME2000
If you want to use another language: Language=your language layout=Japanese
Or do both and switch between them.

So perhaps it as not quite as simple, having written down the steps. Caveats: I don't know what happens if you use a USB keyboard instead of a PS/2-AT one. There is also only one layout under W2K, as opposed to several under NT.

You can change the user interface language of IME 2000 between Japanese and English. Go into the IME properties box and it's on the first screen. The usefulness of this is debatable, but hey.

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How to Share an Internet Connection in Windows 7

2010-04-27T17:07:00.004+08:00

If you want to share one Internet connection among several computers, you have two options:

Use Internet Connection Sharing (ICS).
Use a router.

Note: Click here for Windows XP Environment

How does ICS work?

First, you need one computer, called the host computer, that is connected to the Internet and that has a separate connection to the other computers on your network. You enable ICS on the Internet connection. The other computers on your network then connect to the host computer, and from there to the Internet through the host computer's shared Internet connection.

Set Up the Computer That Will Share the Connection (Host computer)

Start with the computer that will share the Internet connection. First set up your Internet connection,and then use the Network Setup Wizard to configure the computer by taking the following steps

Create and test an Internet connection using the information in the “Connecting to the Internet”.

Click on start Right-click Network and choose Properties from the context menu. You’ll see the Network and Sharing Center window.Click the Manage Network Connection link.

You’ll see the Network Connection window.You must have a minimum of two active network connections to make ICS work. The first connection is from your computer to the Internet. The second connection is from your computer to the rest of the network.

Right-click the connection to the Internet and choose Properties from the context menu.Select the Sharing tab. You’ll see sharing options like the ones shown.Check the first option to let other people use this connection to access the Internet. If you want to also allow others to manage the connection ,check the second option.Click Settings.

You’ll see the Advanced Settings dialog box shown where you can control the services that others can use on your system.

Check the standard services that you want other people to access.lick Add to add custom services to the list. You’ll see the Service Settings dialog box . Custom services require that you provide an IP address and port umber. You can make your custom service less vulnerable by choosing a different setting for the fourth field, Internal Port number for This Service, to a different value than the external port number.Click OK to add the custom service. ICS enables the option automatically.
Click OK twice to make the ICS connection functional. Vista will ensure that the connection doesn’t have any problems such as address conflicts.

Setting Up a Client Computer

Next, set up the first of your client computers. Make sure the Internet connection is still open on the computer you set up to share it, and then take the following steps

Open the Internet Options applet in the Control Panel. You’ll see the Internet Properties dialog box. Select the Connections tab.

Choose the Never Dial a Connection option.Click LAN Settings to display the Local Area Network (LAN) Settings dialog box.

Check the Automatically Detect Settings and the Use Automatic Configuration Script
options. Clear the Use a Proxy Server for Your LAN option. Click OK twice to change
the settings.

NOTE: You may have to reboot or at least log out and then back into the system to make the connection work. Windows may not acknowledge the availability of the shared connection otherwise.

How To Restore GRUB

2010-04-26T17:02:00.007+08:00

GNU GRUB (short for GNU GRand Unified Bootloader) is a boot loader package from the GNU Project. GRUB (shortened form of GNU GRUB) is the reference implementation of the Multiboot Specification, which enables a user to have multiple operating systems on their computer, and choose which one to run when the computer starts.

You have windows XP and linux on the same hard disk and you choose GRUB as boot loader.At boot time you see a menu to choose windows or linux.
But one day you reinstall Windows XP and it rewrites your MBR and the menu has gone, now you only can boot windows.

What to do:
Put the redhat boot disk you created on the installation on the floppy drive, boot the system and run grub command

Remember that for grub (hd0,1) means hda (primary controller master), second partition.

Now we need to tell grub where are the grub files:

If you know where they are, type something like:
root (hd0,1)

else if you have no idea, type:
find /boot/grub/stage1
and then the root command with the correct parameters:

setup (hd0)
to install it on hd0, that is MBR of the first HD.

type quit and reboot.
The menu will appear again.
If you want to make some changes to the boot menu, you must edit the file: /boot/grub/menu.lst

A sample menu.lst file is this:

default=0
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,1)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz

title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-14)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-14 ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi
initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.18-14.img
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-openmosix3)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-openmosix3 ro root=/dev/hda2 hdc=ide-scsi
initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.18-openmosix3.img
title WindowsME
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1

There's no place like 127.0.0.1

2010-04-23T15:15:00.002+08:00

The IP address 127.0.0.1 is a special purpose address reserved for use on each computer. 127.0.0.1 is conventionally a computer's loopback address.

Network software and utilities can use 127.0.0.1 to access a local computer's TCP/IP network resources. Messages sent to loopback IP addresses like 127.0.0.1 do not reach outside to the local area network (LAN) but instead are automatically re-routed by the computer's own network adapter back to the receiving end of the TCP/IP stack.

Typically all IP addresses in the range 127.0.0.1 - 127.255.255.255 are reserved for private use, but 127.0.0.1 is by convention the loopback address in almost all cases.

How to remove jamesgo.dll virus

2010-04-16T23:16:00.001+08:00

W32/Autorun.jamesgo is a worm that can spreads via removable media storage and execute itself via autorun.inf file.

Risk Level: Low

File Size: Varies

Affected System: Windows

Common Symptoms:
1. Automatically opens MS Word
2. Displays Open(jamesgo.dll) when checking Drive C: properties

To remove:

1.) Hit CTR+ALT+DEL. Right-click mo yung wscript.exe na nagrurun and click END TASK.

2.) Open My Computer. Click TOOLS, then FOLDER OPTIONS. Under the VIEW tab, tick "show hidden files and folders" and uncheck "Hide protected operating system files".

3.) Go to C:\Windows\System32 and delete all these files if found:
- autorun.inf
- autorun.ico
- test.reg
- test.bat
- test.vbs

4.) Go to C:\ and delete those files again if they exist on your root. Check other partitions as well.

5.) Click START, then RUN, and type REGEDIT. Highlight My Computer there and then click on the EDIT tab click FIND. Search each one of the files I have mentioned on #3 and press F3 to search further. Delete every file that you find that contain these.

6.) Reboot. Your PC should now be clean. Wag limutan ibalik ang dating settings sa folder options.

How to configure the IP address in Red Hat Linux 9

2010-04-15T15:45:00.003+08:00

1. First, activate the network card adapter
a. Navigate, Start Application> System Tools> Network Device Control
b. Select eth0 and click Activate
Once your network card adapter is activated, you can check your status.

2. Just open a terminal then at the command prompt, key-in,
/sbin/ifconfig to see what the IP address is, and other information on your network card.

There are two sections - eth0 and lo.

Eth0 is information about your network card. The second line in the eth0 section shows you the IP address assigned to that network card (in this case it's 192.168.1.2).
lo is information about the loopback device (we won't go into this here).

3. To configure your netword card, just key-in:

/usr/sbin/netconfig

You should get a GUI like this....

If you wish to continue, press ENTER.

You will get a window where you can enter the address you want....

Check Use dynamic if you want your IP address assigned automatically. I recommend leaving it unchecked at this stage.
Type in an IP address
The netmask of 255.255.255.0 should work
Enter the IP address of the gateway you use, if you use one.
Enter the IP address of the DNS nameserver you wish to use.
Thats it.

Ako Mismo Authorized Distributor

2009-08-07T15:21:00.001+08:00

Check out http://www.akomismo.org under the NEWS AND UPDATES SECTION.

Regular dog tag will cost P40 each only.

also for sale

Please contact me at mcompendio@gmail.com for more information.

Proceeds of the sale will all go to our eleven beneficiary charity organizations.

VSA Got Certificate of Appreciation

2009-07-22T22:31:00.005+08:00

2009.07.22
VSA Got Certificate of Appreciation during ACES Oath Taking Ceremony.

Commom IC with Schematic Diagram

2009-06-27T17:50:00.005+08:00

Digital gates in IC packages with identification numbers and pin assignments.

Instruction to download:
Click the image to enlarge, right click and select "Save Picture As.." (if you are using IE browser) or "Save Image As.." (if you are using Firefox browser), and save it on your local drive. That's it.

How to Install Windows XP using USB Flash Drive?

2009-05-27T10:28:00.011+08:00

Note: This guide will work on any other PC that supports/boot USB Device as primary. This guide is helpfull when installing laptop PCs that do not have CD-ROM such as Acer Aspire One, Asus EEE-PC and etc.

1. You need the following:

Atleast 1GB USb Flash Drive
Windows XP Intallers CD
Extra PC with CD-ROM Support and Windows XP OS Installed (you can use windows 2000 or Vista but not tested on mine; this unit is use for copying data from your Windows XP CD to USB Flash Drive.
and download Komku-SP-usb software pack here or from the mirror below.

Mirror 1
Mirror 2

This software pack contains 3 application :

BootSect.exe (Boot Sector Manipulation Tool)
PeToUSB (http://GoCoding.Com)
usb_prep8 (Prepares Windows XP Setup LocalSource for Copy to USB-Drive)

2. Using your extra PC, unpack Komku-SP-usb.exe

3. Locate folder C:\Komku\PeToUSB\
double click PeToUSB.exe
a window will appear like this:

Destination Drive : select USB Removable
check on Enable Disk Format
check on Quick Format
check on Enable LBA (FAT 16x)
Drive Label : XP-KOMKU (or whatever you want)
then click Start

Then, click Yes to continue....

"You are about to repartition and format a disk. Disk: .... All existing volumes and data on that disk will be lost. Are You Sure You Want To Continue?"
click Yes

Wait a few seconds...
Then..

Click OK, and you can close PeToUSB window.

4. Open Command Prompt ...
Click Start > Run > type cmd > click OK

Inside of the command windows go to the directory you have bootsect.exe saved.
(use the cd directoryname command to switch folders)
You must come up with this:

Then type in bootsect /nt52 F: and press Enter.

NOTE F: is the drive letter for my USB stick if yours is different you need to change it accordingly. What this part does is write the correct boot sector to your USB stick, this allows your PC to boot from the USB stick without it nothing works.
Please note: When running the bootsect.exe command you cannot have any windows open displaying the content of your USB stick, if you have a window open bootsect.exe will be unable to lock the drive and write the bootsector correctly.

The result... "Successfully updated filesystem bootcode. Bootcode was succesfully updated on all targeted volumes."

don't close Command Prompt window, and go to the next step.

5. go to the directory you have usb_prep8.exe saved.
Again, (use the cd directoryname command to switch folders).

type usb_prep8 again... and pres Enter

Press any key to continue...
usb_prep8 welcome screen will appear

Prepares Windows XP LocalSource for Copy to USB-Drive:

0) Change Type of USB-Drive, currently [USB-stick]
1) Change XP Setup Source Path, currently []
2) Change Virtual TempDrive, currently [T:]
3) Change Target USB-Drive Letter, currently []
4) Make New Tempimage with XP LocalSource and Copy to USB-Drive
5) Use Existing Tempimage with XP LocalSource and Copy to USB-Drive
F) Change Log File - Simple OR Extended, currently [Simple]
Q) Quit

Enter your choice:_

now, insert your original Windows XP CD to your CD/DVD ROM
and back to Command Prompt window.
Type 1 then press Enter...
"Browse For Folder" window will appear, select your CD/DVD drive with the Windows XP CD and click OK

the result... "XP Setup Source Path" changed to E:\ (yours may be different)

now for point 2, if letter T is currently assigned to a drive in your computer, you must change it.... if not, leave it as it is
how to change it?
type 2 and press Enter...for example you doesn't have drive S so you type S and press Enter.

back to usb_prep8 welcome screen...
now type 3 and press Enter...
"Please give Target USB-Drive Letter e.g type U" Enter Target USB-Drive Letter:
because my Flash drive letter is F

so, type F and press Enter...

after back to usb_prep8 welcome screen...
now type 4 and press Enter to make new temporary image with XP LocalSource and copy it to USB Flash Drive
please wait a few seconds..

"WARNING, ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVABLE DISK DRIVE T: WILL BE LOST! Proceed with Format (Y/N)?"
type Y and press Enter
please wait....
when format virtual disk complete, press any key to continue...

please wait... making of LocalSource folder is in progress...

when "Making of LocalSource folder $WIN_NT$.~LS Ready"
Press any key to continue...

"Copy TempDrive Files to USB-Drive in about 15 minutes = Yes OR STOP = End Program = No"
Click Yes, and wait...

"Would you like USB-stick to be preferred Boot Drive S: bla... bla..."
Click Yes

"Would you like to unmount the Virtual Drive ?"
Click Yes, wait a few seconds, and press any key....
press any key again to close usb_prep8...

Then Safety remove your USB Flash Drive.
Now, your USB Flash Drive is ready..

6.
Now, insert your USB Flash Drive to your PC (e.g Acer Aspire One, Asus Eee PC etc)
go to BIOS and make USB HDD (or USB ZIP in some other machine) as primary boot device....

then boot from your USB Flash Drive....
and select "TXT Mode Setup Windows XP, Never unplug USB-Drive Until After Logon"

From this point on it is just like any other windows XP installation delete/recreate the primary partition and format it using NTFS. Make sure you delete ALL partitions and recreate a single partition or you will get the hal.dll error message.

Once the text mode portion of setup is complete it will boot into the GUI mode (you can press enter after the reboot if your too excited to wait the 30 seconds)

Once the GUI portion of setup is complete you will again have to boot into GUI mode this will complete the XP installation and you will end up at you XP desktop. It is very important that you DO NOT REMOVE THE USB STICK before this point. Once you can see your start menu it is safe to remove the usb stick and reboot your pc to make sure everything worked.
Thats it.

Crossover and Straight-Though Cable

2009-05-14T12:00:00.004+08:00

You may have heard the terms “straight” and “crossover” used to describe Ethernet cables. In order for your network to function correctly, it’s important to recognize the differences between one and the other.

Crossover Cable

Sometimes you will use crossover cable, it's usually used to connect same type of devices. A crossover cable can be used to:

1) Connect 2 computers directly.
2) Connect a router's LAN port to a switch/hub's normal port. (normally used for expanding network)
3) Connect 2 switches/hubs by using normal port in both switches/hubs.

Sample Pin Color Configuration

Straight-Though Cable

You usually use straight cable to connect different type of devices. This type of cable will be used most of the time and can be used to:

1) Connect a computer to a switch/hub's normal port.
2) Connect a computer to a cable/DSL modem's LAN port.
3) Connect a router's WAN port to a cable/DSL modem's LAN port.
4) Connect a router's LAN port to a switch/hub's uplink port. (normally used for expanding network)
5) Connect 2 switches/hubs with one of the switch/hub using an uplink port and the other one using normal port.

Sample Pin Color Configuration

Fedora 11 is Coming Soon!!..

2009-05-13T18:02:00.005+08:00

The Fedora 11 codenamed Leonidas is scheduled to be release this coming May 26, 2009.

Update: The schedule for F11 final release is move to June 2, 2009.
Update: The schedule for F11 final release is move to June 9, 2009.

CoElympics 2008 Logo

2008-11-28T21:47:00.006+08:00

Instruction:

Click the image to enlarge, right click and select "Save Picture As.." (if you are using IE browser) or "Save Image As.." (if you are using Firefox browser), and save it on your local drive. That's it.

How to download Update of McAfee Antivirus

2008-11-03T19:43:00.003+08:00

1. Go to McAfee download page.
2. Click "Security Updates" under in any of the following:
a. "Small Businesses Downloads"
b. "Medium Business Downloads" or
c. "Enterprise Downloads"
(Select only one, from any of the three category, same link only)
3. Click "I AGREE",
4. Click "SuperDATs" tab,
5. Click "sdat####.exe" under DAT File column and save it on your local drive.

That's it.

SCORBOT-ER Training Certificate

2008-04-24T21:21:00.006+08:00

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Two Ways of Connecting Your Two or more PC to SmartBro

2008-04-03T15:37:00.013+08:00

1) Sharing Connection

2) Using Router

Sharing Connection

In this case you need two LanCard for your server computer, first LanCard is to connected to the SmartBro and the other one is connected to the Lancard of your second computer or to a hub.

Open your network connection.

To open,

Option 1:

Start > Settings > Network Connections.

Option 2:

Start > Settings > Control Panel > Network Connections.

As you can see, there are two connections, the SmartBro the local one. (Rename it to identify easily)

Your SmartBro connection is set up to Obtain an IP Address automatically, you can verify it by, right click the connection icon > Properties > click on Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and Click on Properties.

Click the image to see the larger view.

Then share the connection.

Turn off the firewall.

To turn it off. Click on Settings... under the Windows Firewall on the Advanced tab.

Click the image to see the larger view.

Then set up the local connection, again; right click the connection icon (the other one ) > Properties > click on Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) then Click on Properties and set up the IP Address and Subnet Mask.

Click the image to see the larger view.

Then setup the connection on your client computer.

As usual, open the Network connection, go to the TCP/IP Properties and set the ip address, (never use ip address that is already used). On the Default Gateway and Preferred DNS Server field put the ip address of your server.

Click the image to see the larger view.

That’s it. Happy surfing.

Using Router

1. Connect the Smart Bro cable to the router.
2. Connect the PCs to the router:
3. Access internet from one PC
4. Enter username and password on Smart Bro portal
5. Done. Happy surfing.

I personally recommend Linksys WRT54G series router, anyway you can still use any other brand if you want to.

Splitting Large File Into Smaller Multiple Files Using WinZip and WinRAR

2008-04-03T12:41:00.006+08:00

In this article, I’ll show you how to split large file into smaller multiple file using two most common file archiver, namely WinZip and WinRAR.

As an example, I’ll use the 33.4 Mb Abode Reader installer.

Note: You can always split any file except the compressed file e.g. .rar or .zip.

Using WinRAR

Then right click choose Add to archive…

Then, a pop-up window will display, click the drop down menu below the Split to volumes, bytes and choose one of the options or you can specify the volume you want.

Then, click OK button, wait for a seconds while the program is splitting the data.

That's it.

Using WinZip

Right click choose on WinZip > Add to zip file…

Then, a pop-up window will display, click the drop down menu below the Split Zip file and choose one of the options or you can specify the volume you want.

Then, click Add button, wait for a seconds while the program is splitting the data.

That's it.

PDF2Office Professional 4.0

2008-03-29T20:33:00.007+08:00

PDF2Office converts PDF documents into fully editable Microsoft® Word, RTF, AppleWorks, HTML and other files recreating the original construction and layout of the document. PDF2Office forms paragraphs; applies styles; regroups independent graphics elements; extracts images; creates tables; processes headers/footers; endnotes/footnotes and columns/sections, all automatically - without any intervention. PDF2Office will integrate seamlessly with Microsoft Word X/2004, allowing you to directly open PDF documents within Microsoft Word.

PDF2Office provides options for converting a range of pages in a PDF document into popular word processing formats as well as image types such as JPEG, Photoshop, PNG and TIFF. Furthermore, it offers the capability to extract images from specific pages within a PDF document.

1. Forms Paragraphs and applies indentations (justification is set to left or center)
2. Applies text styles and retains font information (or font mapping is performed)
3. Constructs Page properties such as Margins and Page breaks where appropriate
4. Interpolates Columns and Section breaks
5. Matches Headers and Footers where possible
6. Forms Endnotes/Footnotes
7. Identifies and Creates Tables
8. Regroups intersecting and overlapping Graphics
9. Processes all images (except JBIG format) and re-groups intersecting sliced images

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Video DownloadHelper

2008-03-23T19:03:00.007+08:00

The easy way to download Web videos from hundreds of YouTube-like sites. This works also for audio and picture galleries.

DownloadHelper is a tool for web content extraction. Its purpose is to capture video and image files from many sites.

Just surf the Web as you are used to, when DownloadHelper detects it can do something for you, the icon gets animated and a menu allows you to download files by simply clicking an item

For instance, if you go to a YouTube page, you'll be able to download the video directly on your file system. It also works with MySpace, Google videos, DailyMotion, Porkolt, iFilm, DreamHost and others.

When you are on a page containing links to images or movies, you can download some or all of them at once. Moving the mouse over the items in the menu will highlights the links directly in the page to make sure they are the ones you want to pick up.

DownloadHelper also allows you to download files one by one, so that you keep bandwidth to surf for other stuff to download.

To modify your preferences, like changing the download directory, right-click on the icon and choose "Preferences".

When you first install the extension, your browser is redirected to a welcome page with links to a user manual at http://www.downloadhelper.net/manual.php and a faq at http://www.downloadhelper.net/faq.php

This does not change your homepage setting and the welcome page won't appear anymore.

Support can be obtained from http://www.downloadhelper.net/support.php

Total Video Converter 3.11

2008-03-22T16:16:00.006+08:00

Total Solution for your Media Conversion

"Convert all video files to 3gp, mp4,psp,iPod,swf,flv,DVD,VCD... !"

Total Video Converter is a total solution for video conversion which supports reading, playing lots of video and audio formats and converting them to popular video formats. Total Video Converter includes a powerful media conversion engine internally so that you can convert media files with very fast speed.

Total Video Converter V3.11 New Features:

1 Add a tool Total Flv Sniffer for automatically downloading flv
2 New method for video and audio syncing.
3 Solve the problem no audio for ripping DVD in some condition.
4 Solve the DVD subtitle problem while ripping CIF format DVD
5 Flv seek accurately
6 Enhance importing OGM format compatibility
7 Enhance importing RMVB,RM format compatibility

Main Features of Total Video Converter:
* Convert all kinds of videos to mobile videos or audios (mp4, 3gp, xvid, divx mpeg4 avi, amr audio) which are used by cell-phone, PDA, PSP, iPod;
* Photos slide show combines multi-photos and musics with more than 300 photos fantasy transition effect;
* High compatibility and high efficiency for Importing RMVB or RM video/audio;
* Convert various videos to MPEG videos compatible with standard DVD/SVCD/VCD;
* Burn the converted videos to DVD/SVCD/VCD;
* Rip DVD to popular videos of all sorts;
* Extract audio from various of videos and convert which to all kinds of audios (mp3, ac3, ogg, wav, aac);
* RIP CD to audios of all sorts directly;
* Support using with command line;
* Combine several video and audio files to one video file;
* Demultiplex or extract video and audio;
* Multiplex video and audio to one file;
* Flv Nelly Mosser audio extract and decode.

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Virtual DJ : The Ultimate DJ Mix Software

2008-03-18T21:54:00.009+08:00




		VirtualDJ is the hottest MP3 mixing software, targeting every DJ from bedroom DJs to professional superstars like Carl Cox. With its breakthrough BeatLock engine, your songs will always stay in the beat, and you can work your mixes incredibly faster than any other DJ could. The automatic seamless loop engine and the brand new synchronised sampler will let you perform astounding remixes live, with no preparation at all. The visual representation and the cues allow you to clearly see the song's structure, and never be surprised by a break anymore. The vinyl controls will let you scratch like on a real turntable, except that with the beatlock engine your scratches will never end out of the beat. Add to that an infinite number of cue points you can save for each songs, a bunch of wonderful effects automatically beat-synchronised. Add also several interfaces to suit everybody from the beginner to the professional DJ, the possibility to record your mixes to burn them on CDs, to broadcast on the Internet and have your own radio station, to save your CDs directly in MP3, to use a headphone to preview the songs or an external mixtable to perform in a club. Lastly, enter the new era of DJs by mixing video clips (DVD, DivX, MPEG...) which you can send on a giant screen. Virtual DJ brings you all that, in the most easy-to-use way, and at the most affordable price. Download

Notepad++

2008-03-03T16:15:00.010+08:00

Notepad++

Notepad++ is a free source code editor (and Notepad replacement), which supports several programming languages, running under the MS Windows environment.

This project, based on the Scintilla edit component (a very powerful editor component), written in C++ with pure win32 api and STL (that ensures the higher execution speed and smaller size of the program), is under the GPL Licence.

Syntax Highlighting and Syntax Folding
WYSIWYG
User Defined Syntax Highlighting
Auto-completion
Multi-Document
Multi-View
Regular Expression Search/Replace supported
Full Drag 'N' Drop supported
Dynamic position of Views
File Status Auto-detection
Zoom in and zoom out
Multi-Language environment supported
Bookmark
Brace and Indent guideline Highlighting
Macro recording and playback

Screen Shoot:

Click the image to view the actual size.
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MojoPac - The Ultimate Virtual Portable PC on GO.

2008-02-17T20:31:00.006+08:00

Take your Digital Mojo (your software, settings and
data) with you on ANY device, and run on ANY PC.

Friends, perhaps I've found the best download ever for you people.!

The most amazing, cool, Greatest Freeware software in my knowledge

MojoPac is a technology that transforms your iPod or USB Hard Drive or Flash drive into a portable and private PC. Just install MojoPac on any USB 2.0 compliant storage device, upload your applications and files, modify your user settings and environment preferences, and take it with you everywhere.

Every time you plug your MojoPac-enabled device into any Windows XP PC , MojoPac automatically launches your environment on the host PC. Your communications, music, games, applications, and files are all local and accessible. And when you unplug the MojoPac device, no trace is left behind – your information is not cached on the host PC.

Using a MojoPac PC: You can plug your MojoPac enabled device to any Windows XP computer (Host PC), and you will immediately be presented with your personal applications, files and environment - and it looks exactly like a standard PC experience. In your MojoPac PC view (MojoView), installing applications is similar to installing applications on any PC - simply load the application installer CD/DVD, or download the application installer from the web and proceed as you would on any normal PC. In fact, in your MojoView, your "C" drive represents your MojoPac device, NOT the Host PC. So applications install in the right place automatically, no extra steps required.

MojoPac lives side-by-side with the Host PC: When you bring up your MojoPac PC after plugging your device into a Host PC, the Host PC will keep running as it was before the connection. You don't need to change the Host PC's settings, install anything on it, or close any of the applications that were running on it. Even more importantly, you can go back and forth between your MojoPac PC view and your Host PC view - you can work on both PCs at the same time, and operate both environments simultaneously. Using your MojoPac toolbar (MojoBar) you can easily toggle back and forth between the host PC view and your MojoPac view. Each presents you with whatever personal preferences and environments you have chosen for that system and MojoPac will never alter the settings or status of the host PC.

Note: MojoPac requires the host PC be logged in with administrative privileges or have MojoPac Usher installed. It is an application that can be installed on host computers to enable MojoPac to run with a limited mode host login.

Hidden Unknown Fact in MS Office Word

2007-08-28T22:20:00.000+08:00

Open MS Office Word and type,

=rand (200,99)

Then hit Enter Key.

There is it!..

Get Your Key On Windows XP CD

2007-08-27T09:30:00.000+08:00

This trick is awesome, you don't need to surf the net to find a CD-Key for Windows XP cause it's already included on your installer.
Just simply explore the CD, look for I386 folder, then search for UNATTEND.TXT and open it.
Scroll down , BINGO!.. there it goes.

Remove Arrow on Shortcut Icon

2007-08-26T11:39:00.000+08:00

1.Open RegEdit
2.Open the Key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
3.Open the Key LNKFILE
4.Delete the value IsShortcut
5.Open the next Key PIFFILE
6.Delete the value IsShortcut
7.Restart the Windows

Invalid Folder and File names on Windows OS

2007-08-25T21:28:00.000+08:00

It all began when I try to create folder name CON and I got an error message "Cannot create or replace file: The filename you specified is invalid or too long.."

I try to search the net and found out that not all names are possible to use when creating a folder or file names. Here are the list; CON, AUX, PRN, NUL COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8 and LPT9.

The explanation is that, these names are reserved for system device. For more information please check out the Microsoft page.

SiMelMorJam : The Team

2007-08-19T20:51:00.000+08:00

First of all, a would like to introduce the members of the team, Si-for Siemar, He is from the province of Marinduque, currently staying at Sampaloc Manila, running 18 years old this coming 14th day of September. Mel-for Melchor, that's me, I am proud Leyteñiano and currently staying at Micom Tech Corp., Quezon City, running 21 years old this comming 31st day of August (gift ko ahh, 'wag mong kalimutan), next is Mor-for Morris, he is all the way from Tondo Manila ("harmless naman 'tong taong 'to, 'wag ka na matakot ha..), running 23 years young, esti old na pala, this coming 26th day of September and finally, Jam-for James, his from Las Piñas City, and staying at his pad at Sta. Cruz, Manila during weekdays. Hi's celebrating his 17th birthday last 12th day of February this year.
At last, I'm done introducing the members of the group, even though its just a simple description, I guess its good enough, wala pa kasi akong permission from the group. Any way I'll post our pictures if they will give a permission.
Currently, we are sophomore students in EARIST, Manila, taking BS Computer Engineering. We are also VSA, Volunteer Student Assistant, at the CEAFA Computer Laboratory.
This blog will not only serve as a group diary, this will also serve as compiler for the tips and tricks that we learn from our experience and also from any reliable source of information.

Posted by:Mel