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21Dec/090

Happy Holidays from your Google team!

I just got a greeting card from Google Team. Do you have one?

Happy Holidays from Google - Card

Happy Holidays from Google - Earth

The email entitles  "Happy Holidays from your Google team!". Opps... when do I have a Google Team that works for me? Ha ha.

Anyway thank you Google! Happy Holiday too.

20Dec/0912

Google Wave Invitation Giveaway

I got my free Google Wave invitation from LiewCf, thanks for the invitation! Ok, now is my turn to give you guys, my blog readers, the free invitations.

Google Wave Invitation

19Dec/090

WordPress: Version 2.9

The latest WordPress version 2.9 is now available for download. The new WordPress has a new codename - Carmen - which is named in honor of magical jazz vocalist Carmen McRae (whom were added to the Last.fm WP release station).

Wordpress Version 2.9

18Dec/090

Adobe Acrobat Reader: Possible Security Vulnerability When Acrobat JavaScript Is Enabled

It is possible to have security vulnerability in Adobe's Acrobat Reader if the Acrobat Javascript option is enable.

When the option is enabled and you open a crafted PDF file with Adobe Reader that allows JavaScript execution, your computer will be exposed to security risk - hacker may able to access your valuable data from your hard disk.

17Dec/090

Java: Continuously Read Data From FileChannel Without MappedByteBuffer

When programmer writes a program to read data from a file continuously and sequentially with a fixed data type reading sequence (e.g. to read three integers then 2 doubles repeatedly), he or she may find the MappedByteBuffer from Java library is useful.

12Dec/090

WordPress: Catch A Spam Comment With Statcounter

Sometime your WordPress' anti spam software (e.g. Akismet) may not able to stop all the comment spam because the comment looks too real to it and to human too. In this case, you will need to identify the comment whether it is actually a real comment or it is automatically submitted by software.

Someone who made a comment must have visited your site. That's it, if he or she has not visited your site but his or her comment is posted on one of your post. Then it is very high possibility that the comment is a spam comment.

How do you ensure someone who left a comment on your blog actually visited your site? The best way to do it is by looking at the IP address where the computer submitted the comment.

10Dec/090

Short URL: Top 5 Websites That Provide Free Short URL Service

What is a "short URL"? Short URL or tiny URL is an URL used to represent a long URL For example, http://tinyurl.com/45lk7x can be used to represent and will be used to redirect to http://www.snippetit.com/2008/10/implement-your-own-short-url.

Why people use short URL? First, because it is easy to remember. Imagine when you read an article on a magazine or newspaper that shows you a site with 100 characters and complicated URL. How can you remember the long URL, put down the magazine or newspaper, sit in front of your computer and type out the URL at web browser correctly? When the URL is short, for example tinyurl.com/45lk7x, you can do it easily.

Second, short URL is more portable. For instance, when you want to send your friend a SMS that contains some message and an URL, with short URL you can save a lot of space and give you more space to type your message.

6Dec/090

SherWeb: Hosted Exchange, Web Hosting, SharePoint Hosting, Hosted CRM

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SherWeb provides a wide range of hosting service including web hosting, exchange server hosting, SharePoint hosting and hosted CRM. You can sign up their packages with risk free because all Web Hosting and Hosted Exchange packages include a 30 day money back guarantee.