Archive for January, 2006

Video Surveillance made easy.

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006

Worried about people snooping around your workplace, when you are out? Need to keep an eye out for your kids at home?

dlink

Well there is a gadget that would just do that. The D-Link Security camera Network DCS-950G wireless internet camera. It connects to a computer through an Ethernet cable or wireless network, whilst taking snapshots or recording with high-quality video and audio.

It is also packed with much more features that would just serve your surveillance needs. I should warn you that it can not be used for spying, without it revealing itself, for its obvious size.

More information can be found at the product website Here.

Dump on annoying sites.

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006
Is there a website that really annoys you? Well there is a way of venting your anger at such a website.

A new website, www.netdisaster.com provides web surfers, with just what they need. A variety of options to let go of the steam, including throwing virtual cow dung or a meator shower over the website of their choice.

netdisaster

Quite cool, I must confess. So which site would that be?

Blog Worm

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006

Blog Worm, have you been infected yet?

Blog.Worm

Mind Your E-Mail Manners.

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006

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Most of us have done it in one way or another. Let our emotions get better of us in our e-mail. Perhaps emails should come with a disclaimer at the bottom? Caution: “May Inflict Injury or even “Sender might be loaded”. That’s because, even after years in which e-mail has been a common communications medium, many people still don’t seem to know how to use it.

Imagine getting an email of one page length from a customer in capitals? Or even the curt, insensitive and often downright rude e-mail messages that pop into my mailbox often regularly. I am far from being the sensitive type, but then again, the rate at which the emails come in, regularly, calls for questioning.

Well here are some suggestions on how to keep it less annoying.

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The World of payment processors.

Monday, January 30th, 2006

Payment processors play an important role in the world of E-commerce. It is either you are using it to pay for a product or service or to get paid for offering a product or service. Whichever position you find yourself, you are left to do the worrying, on whether the payment processor you are using is worth using or not. Security, Reliability, and Support are primary concerns in decision making.

The method normally been chosen by the online public, depends also on certain factors, which is normally brought about by the restrictions set by the processor or payment gateway. This restriction is generally determined by the laid down regulations sometimes call terms, that governs the existence of the processor.

I have been opportune to use a lot of payment processors either at the receiving end or from the sending end, be it for pleasure or for business. So, I would say I have the prerequisite to give feedbacks to the services been offered by the processors I have had the opportunity to use.

The payment processors I have been opportune to use are Paypal, Emocorp, Stormpay, 2checkout, E-gold and Moneybookers.

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Journal Roundup. Issue #2.

Saturday, January 28th, 2006

This week had been a very busy week, and here is the roundup of, what I covered.

22nd January 2006

Clones in Malaysia. Under Gadgets
OEM gadgets are very popular in Asia, so I decided to start blogging about those I come across in the Malaysian market.

Switching from php to Java2. Under Programming
A summary of the reasons, on why I decided to switch from php4 to Java2 instead of progressing to php5.

23rd January 2006

Rutgers-Camden Research introduces graphical passwords. Under Security
A research team at Rutgers University—Camden has developed a unique solution to use images for authentication processes to computers and online accounts.

OEM Wireless headset for voip. Under Gadgets
A review of an OEM-wireless USB headset that supports VOIP for MSN, Skype, Netmeeting, MP3 besides others.

The kazza’s Successor Under Tech
A tutorial on how to use bitcomet an alternative p2p software that supports the torrent technology.

24th January 2006
Google’s co-founder’s cash in timing questionable? Under Business
The timing at which the 32-year-old celebrity co-founders of Google each sold more than $160 million worth of their company’s stock raised some eyebrows among corporate governance experts.

MP3 player for your car. Under Gadgets.
A review on an MP3 player which solves the problem of playing mp3s from your SD/MMC/thumbdrive inside your car.

In the blink of an eye. Under Web Design
How well a website is designed plays an important role on the traffic which is directly related to the impression it generates at first sight.

Windows Live messenger invitations to give out. Under Tech

I had 5 windows Live messenger beta invitiations to give out.

25th January 2006
Are you suffering from Internet addiction disorder? Under Personals
Discussing issues in relation to Internet addiction disorder and cross-checeking myself whether I am an addict?

Need Mad traffic to your blog? Under SEO
BlogMad a new traffic exchange, which boasts of more than 2000 members promises to help drive mad traffic to blogs.


26th January 2006

Mobile VOIP is finally here. Under Tech
A Malaysian telecom company NasionCom Holdings Berhad, is introducing two VOIP mobile handsets into the market this year.

MacDonalds Success? Under Business, Entreprenuership
Business Systemization is a key ingredient to having a successful less stressful businesses.

Pinging for blog traffic. Under SEO.
Pinging your blog entries, to blog directories, to tell them of recent updates, helps generate reasonable amount of traffic to your blog.

USA tops spam-spewing list. Under Security
USA for all its fight against spams, tops the spam-spewing list released by Sophos. Nigeria suprisingly is not in the list.

27 January 2006

E-commerce key player’s in Nigeria. Under Tech
Featuring the key player’s in the e-commerce industry in Nigeria.

Your Creativity could win you 1000USD. Under Competition
A $1000USD prized competition is been organized by Progressive-U on blogging about current events, society, the environment, and public policy.

E-commerce key player’s in Nigeria.

Friday, January 27th, 2006

Nigeria is a third world country and surprisingly e-commerce is emerging at a very astonishing rate. The main key players in Nigeria are quiet innovative and patient. Although there are quite a lot of already abandon web projects along the years. Nevertheless we shouldnt forget that it is like that everywhere.

The Nigerian web market is very promising although it has not been infected with the normal “leap-frogging” factor which is a very common fate with technologies in her market.

The key players in the Nigerian web market are:-

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Your Creativity could win you 1000USD.

Friday, January 27th, 2006

Can your creativity in writing, in response to things going on around you, win you 1000USD?

progressive-u

Progressive U an organisation dedicated to building a new generation of leaders and influencers who will ultimately discredit cultural wars and work for true progress, is looking for current and prospective college students who can write about current events, society, the environment, and public policy.

The first-place winner will be awarded a $1000 scholarship, and three runners-up will be awarded $300 scholarships.

The deadline for entries is June 1, but early entrants have an advantage, as scoring is based on the number of posts and readership over the five month period of the contest. There is no entry fee.

You think it can? What are you waiting for?

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Mobile VOIP is finally here.

Thursday, January 26th, 2006

Spending too much money making calls via your mobile phone? MobileVOIp is just what you need.

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MacDonalds Success?

Thursday, January 26th, 2006

Is it the burgers, apple pie, french fries, mcfurry etc or is it the services?

Macdonalds has one of the best marketable concept of selling a product to their customers besides the dividends derived from their investments on tv advertisement. They are well known for their impressive routine services when it comes to selling, and it is the same everywhere. A perfect “clone” of each other. It is a beautiful systemised franchise. The returns is phenomenal, and all of its success is because of their simple precise routing way of rendering their services due to the systemised nature of their business.

Do you know that, there are ways you could develop your business to be just like Mcdonalds in terms of achieving the phenomal returns besides the huge patronage it gets?

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