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Thank You to Firefox 3!  

Posted by Ezequiel Leversee


So far as all of you know, Firebox 3 is now all set to reach new territories, and also being on the way to its glory. With its new development into new version, it aims to create a world record for the most number of software downloads in a single day. Mozilla is surely on its way to create the record and so, this campaign namely Download Day 2008 is pledging me and you to download Firefox 3 and spread Firefox 3 around our friends!

As the record show in World Chart,our country, Malaysia has reached almost 120,000 downloads. Wow, it's really quite many people support on using Firefox. Why it's so? It's because Firefox has increased security, blinding speed and cool new features that will change the way you use the Web! Not only that, Firefox 3 with more than 15,000 improvements, Firefox 3 is now faster, safer and smarter than before.

To show the world that I helped to support Firefox 3 by setting a Guinness World Record, I would like to present my very own personalized Firefox 3 Download Day certificate!

After you saw all good features that Firefox 3 offers, so what are you waiting for? Let's get moving and download Firefox 3 into your computer immediately or you will regret for all your life =P. Come on people, Firefox rocks doesn’t it? Come to join us!! Just click this picture below!


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Japanese Emoticons  

Posted by Ezequiel Leversee

Do you want to put typo emoticon in your post? I noticed many people always apply those emoticons in their posts such like :D, =D, and etc. But do you know Japanese styled emoticons? Well, let me explain. Their function is same only. The difference between the Japanese emoticons and the normal Internet smileys is that the Japanese ones are read vertically and the normal ones are read horizontally. The Japanese ones are usually used with the parenthesis but it depends on how you like more, with or without them. Here are some emoticons, just learn them and use in your own blog, sites like Friendster or Facebook or boards like forum that you visit.









For your information, the symbols shown in the picture chart perhaps are not availble with certain font. Anyway, you can try to play with font in your own blog or sites. =P And HAVE FUN yeah!!!

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Apple Safari  

Posted by Ezequiel Leversee

In our own world, a safari is an overland journey, which usually refers to a trip by tourists to Africa, traditionally for a big hunting game and in more modern times to watch and/or take photography of big game and other wildlife as a safari holiday.
But, that's not what I talked about. In a cyber world, Safari refers to a web browser that is developed by Apple Inc. and included the style of Mac OS X. It is known as the fastest, easiest-to-use web browser in the world. Since it's first released in 2003, the percent of usage sharing on Safari has been climbing up again and again.

Like to other existing browser such as FireFox, Internet Explorer, and etc, Safari do provides common feature to its browser. However, some of these features are classified as the typical ones while it also adds some uniqueness to the browser.
• A tabbed browsing interface that allows dragging tabs to reorder them by moving them between windows or creating new windows.
• A bookmark management scheme reminiscent of the iTunes jukebox software
• A resizeable web-search box in the toolbar, using Google or Yahoo!
• History and bookmark search including search of content in history pages
• Pop-up ad blocking
• History and bookmark search including search of content in history pages
• As-you-type text search
• Spell-checking for all text entry fields
• Expandable text entry boxes, which can be resized by the user to make entering long text easier
• Automatic filling in of web forms
• Built-in password management via Keychain
• Functionality for subscribing to and reading web feeds
 • Quartz-style font-smoothing, even on Windows
 • Integration of Apple's Quicktime multimedia technology
 • Support for user-specified style sheets

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My colleague, Farid said Safari is the best and fastest browser, so I tried installing Safari on my computer. And Safari really give a pretty good performance. From what I see on Safari, it is really fast and more secured with a pop-up blocker. Plus a simple interface. Many features are really great included tabbed browsing, autofill and bookmark management. However, I noticed it lacks advanced security and customization setting which there is no way to customize default search engine.

Still I prefer using FireFox over Safari. =P Now my computer has three kinds of web browser. FireFox, Internet Explorer and Safari. Am I crazy? Hehe but I usually use FireFox mostly. But I think that having many browsers also turned out to my advantage which allows me to log in Facebook, or Friendster with different account. Hehe

I found this interesting fact from ConsumerSearch.com. So I wanna list this fact in my blog so that all of you know what's what about them.

Best all-purpose browser. Reviews indicate that the Firefox web browser is an ideal combination of performance and security, suitable for nearly anyone from pleasure shopper to power user. Critics praise its usability, lean size, lack of ActiveX security holes and convenient features, including tabbed browsing, pop-up blocking, an RSS reader, download manager, password manager, automatic updates, customized searching and a tweakable interface (themes). A vast number of extensions -- which add functions like better eBay searches and form filling -- are also available. Firefox runs on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X platforms. The next generation Firefox browser is nearing the end of its beta testing, with a final version due out this summer.




Most secure browser. Though reviewers generally prefer other Windows browsers, all agree that the current version of Internet Explorer is vastly more secure than its predecessors and a leader in that regard. Features include security management (including ActiveX opt-out), a URL parser to block malware and advanced anti-phishing technology. Internet Explorer is also the first and only browser to be billed as EV-ready, a high-level designation regarding the browser's ability to protect against phishing attacks, though the next generation of other browsers are also expected to have that capability.




Fastest browser. Reviews and tests are unanimous: Opera is the fastest, leanest and most efficient browser available. Despite its small following, Opera has most of the features of Firefox, plus a few more. It uses fewer resources and is nearly endlessly customizable. The latest version includes widgets, or small web applications that sit on users' desktops, and support for BitTorrent, a popular file distribution technology. Opera can run on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and other operating systems. Security is not as robust as in Firefox or Internet Explorer, which keeps Opera from claiming "best browser" status. Previously, full versions of Opera required a licensing fee, but the browser is now completely free.




Best web browser for Macs. Camino offers all the functionality and features of other Mac browser options, with none of the bloat and resource hogging. Slim file size, seamless integration with Mac services, speedy page rendering and great customization options top critics' praises. Unlike many Mac applications, Camino also integrates features usually only found on Windows machines, such as cursor-over tooltips (especially handy when navigating between multiple tabs). The attractive and intuitive user interface is pure Mac and the speed can't be beat, with tests pulling up pages significantly faster than top competitors Firefox and Safari.


So, what is your preference on web browser usage? And what's your opinion? Hehe..

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Rapidshare  

Posted by Ezequiel Leversee

Fail to send such heavy files like videos or a complete set of photos via emails or messenger? But you wish and need to share something with family, relatives, friends or business partners who are in long distance... Here's a suitable site for you..It's RapidShare! Have you heard about it or used it before?


With RapidShare, you can upload several files up to the maximum of 100 Megabytes and of course it is easy and secure! You can upload any kind of file format... A compressed folder with a set of photos... Videos... Ooh if the video is too big, you can split this video into a few part. I recommend you to use this application, HJSplit to split the video.

HOW TO OPERATE IN RAPIDSHARE

RapidShare allows any user to upload files of up to 100 MB, then would be supplied with an unique download URL which enables anyone with whom the uploader shares it to download the file. Searching the server for content is not available. So the URL is needed if anyone wants to download.

RapidShare states that they have 240 gigabytes of Internet connectivity and 4.5 petabytes of storage for users. O_O Really a big storage! Guess they have earned a lot from premium users and that's why they have a large server... Hehehe..

For non-paying users are required to wait, depends on how much megabytes of file you were previously download before the next download becomes available and CAPTCHA validation is required. CAPTCHA is displayed as up to warped alphanumeric characters, each with a dog or a cat overlapped them, so the user has to type in the 4 letters with the cat on them.

If you don't wish to wait, you may register and pay for premium account that would provide you some good benefits such as download of several files simultaneously, queue-skipping and the facility to interrupt and re-start downloads. Every premium account is limited to a maximum of 25,000 megabytes within a five day period, as way to prevent account sharing especially using "RapidLeech" sites.

Besides that, RapidShare also activates a "Happy Hour" which consists no CAPTCHA codes and no waiting time if the servers have enough bandwidth to spare. The "Happy Hour" are not often available for whole day but only available at certain time.

By 3rd June 2008, RapidShare have launched a newly designed website with a better layout plus a new logo and favicon as RapidShare has promised to update its site to 'Improve the site and usability'. RapidShare also has doubled the download volume for premium users that they can now download 50 gigabytes within 5 days instead of 25 gigabytes!

I never upload files to RapidShare before but I sometimes download files from this RapidShare. Hmm, it is a good site indeed and much useful for people who wants to share some files with people in far distance there.. Hey guys, why not trying this site? I think it's really a worth of trying this!

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Get Picnik for Yourself!  

Posted by Ezequiel Leversee

Get yourself a Picnik. Its not a picnic la... =P What I mean is an online image editor where you can edit your photo. If your computer don't have software Photoshop or whatever related to edit photo and you are getting headache, don't worry, you only need to online and access this website, Picnik.


I found that it is very good and useful especially when you are in emergency. Similiar to the software Photoshop, this website also provides the tools to aid you editing the photos. You can rotate, crop, resize or sharpen the photos. Besides that, you also can re-balance the color, or make the photo contrast. Not only playing with colors, the effects are available to play with colors as well.

What's more is you can drag your photos directly from Facebook, Myspace, Flickr, Photobucket and etc beside from your computer. No need to open your album in Facebook or any sites that mentioned above in order to save to your computer. It's easier and faster, right? =>

I recommend this site for whose is not essentially a designer such like housewives and common workers. If your computer can't be installed with Photoshop, Picnik will be more useful for you. =>

Enjoy it ya..

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Virus Hacker on MSN!!  

Posted by Anonymous

My MSN was been scammed by virus hacker. Thanks for my stupidity and curiosity... Usually when my friend send me link url, I would like to click it to open without knowing it was really send by my friend or not... At one time, my friend send me an URL so I opened it and it asked me to type my password in order to process the next step. Without thinking twice, I typed it in then browse through but there was nothing interested. Next day, I logged in my MSN but few minutes, my MSN suddenly log in other computer. I finally realized it was virus hacker. So I immediately changed my password in my email. Luckily it didn't get serious at all... Learnt my lesson, now I have to be careful when receiving any URL.. Hehe

Lately, I noticed that most of my friends have been scammed by virus hacker... At same time, I was informed by my friend about their email change. -_- How come it can happen like that? Well, it began with the suspected URL from an unknown source that spread to MSN users. Then the users will think the link was sent by their friend and unable to resist their own curiousity, finally give it in and click the URL to open.

Not all virus hacker can be destructive or vulnerable... Depends on the type of virus hacker.. The most important is when you receive an unknown file or website that asked you to download something, DON'T even click or open it... It has a extremely high risk to be attacked or crashed by powerful virus like Trojan.

Alright, herewith my advice for you in order to prevent your MSN being hacked or scammed.
  • DON'T click any unknown URL that is sent to open before making sure with your friends. Always double check with your friends before clicking the URL.
  • If you have clicked the unknown URL by mistake and the website popped out, DON'T worry, it is less harmful and just don't put your email or password.
  • When you receive unknown URL from your friend, close the conversation windows immediately and block your friend for a week (if can).
  • Always scan your PC with anti virus all the time.. And importantly, update your anti virus software every time.
  • NO NEED to change to new email if you are being hacked. Just change your password to new password and try not to open your MSN within a week!

I discovered that among the messenger, MSN is the most messenger that got virus spread over the world. In my personal opinion,the security of MSN is fairly poor...really weak. Anyway, I hope MSN corporation should figure this problem out and try to improve the security level.

My friend, please be careful when you are using MSN messenger. Don't let any URL fool you... Don't think you've won any contest.... Hahahaha..


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