Browser Wars: The Saga Continues

Ever since Netscape took on Mosaic in 1994, companies have been duking it out for domination in the browser marketplace. We relive the biggest and best of the great browser battles.
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=193000623&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_All

Don't forget to view image gallery
http://www.techweb.com/tours/www/www_3.jhtml

Parking Idiots in Singapore

Cannot believe my own eyes
http://parkingidiots.blogspot.com/

[Took it from Jeffrey's Blog]

Microsoft's Windows Live Search Goes Gold

But it is still showing beta on url when I do search.
http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,2014656,00.asp?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535

7 Days In September

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5683397065827145077&sourceid=docidfeed&hl=en

张信哲 - 做你的男人

Microsoft Office 2007 Add-On for PDF/XPS

Microsoft removed it the first time and then removed it after Adobe sued them.
Now, they made it as an add-on instead.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=4d951911-3e7e-4ae6-b059-a2e79ed87041&displaylang=en

Windows Vista Cheat Sheet

That's an extremely high specification for Windows Vista.
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2006/09/windows-vista-cheat-sheet.html

Six Good Reasons to Jump Ship

I highlight number 3.

1. You know it's not your fault
2. The change will allow you to progress along your desired career path
3. A stagnant workplace
4. You've made a bad move
5. The new workplace offers something you can't refuse
6. You want a culture change

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2013523,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594

Google VS Yahoo

Search and match first 100 results of Google and Yahoo
http://www.langreiter.com/exec/yahoo-vs-google.html

See results from Google and Yahoo side by side
http://www.gahooyoogle.com/

I am faster than LifeHacker

I posted "Gmail Keyboard Shortcut" 2 days before LifeHacker.com posts his.

My post
http://hongjun.blogspot.com/2006/09/gmail-shortcuts.html

LifeHacker Post
http://www.lifehacker.com/software/gmail-tips/gmail-keyboard-shortcuts-198605.php

Matsushita Recalls 6,000 Notebook PC Batteries

Yet another laptop battery problem
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=192501696&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_All

ChaCha.com Debuts Human-Driven Search Site

Sounds cool but I have problem trying it out.
It's quite slow for me.
http://www.chacha.com

Microsoft Research Group Shot

Cool program
http://research.microsoft.com/projects/GroupShot/

Gmail Shortcuts

It has been there since Day 1 Gmail Beta was launched but I believe not many are using it.
Of course I myself has always been using it because I prefer to use keyboard if possible.
http://evhead.com/hodgepodge/gmail-shortcuts.html

My Search Result

All got me on the first page

Windows Live Search
http://beta.search.live.com/results.aspx?FORM=IE7&q=hongjun&mkt=en-us

Google Search
http://www.google.com.sg/search?hl=en&q=hongjun&meta

Yahoo Search
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=hongjun&fr=FP-tab-web-t500&toggle=1&cop=&ei=UTF-8

Lycos Search
http://search.lycos.com/?query=hongjun

Altavista Search
http://www.altavista.com/web/results?itag=ody&q=hongjun&kgs=1&kls=0

AOL Search
http://search.aol.com/aolcom/search?encquery=92d050cfdcc801c4&invocationType=aolcomsearch&ie=UTF-8

IceRocket Search
http://www.icerocket.com/search?tab=web&q=hongjun

Windows Media Player 11 Beta 2

Looks rather cool.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/default.mspx

Firefox 2.0 Beta Out

Download link
http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0b2/win32/en-US/Firefox%20Setup%202.0%20Beta%202.exe

My sign is Sword in Chinese Horoscope

Got my prediction from Superfate Fortune Management.

◎Your life is represented by the lucky sword, courageous and organized. You can make a fortune with your creativity and justice. You like well-behaved and wise people. With your leadership ability, you can break through any dissatisfying situation. ◎

Your characteristics, subconscious, and behavior modes, according to your fate and destiny, are represented by the sword. You are a bit bossy and dominating, but have leadership ability.

You are capable and talented, with a great sense of justice and righteousness, and willing to help others for the sake of justice. Like a sword, you are able to cut through a difficult or unsatisfactory situation and eventually change your fate and destiny. You may hurt yourself carelessly with a double-edged sword if you are too aggressive and pressuring people around you. You may be dominating with your appearance, but have a loving heart to protect the weak with a sense of justice and fairness.

However, a good sword needs to be molded and sharpened, so those that cannot pass the test and process only become scrap iron. Being determined and unafraid of the challenges, not blaming others, and learning and growing are the essential elements to become a respected leader. You like intelligent people with artistic talent and dislike hypocrites. You admire those who are willing to sacrifice and dedicate themselves to others with a sense of justice. As long as you pass the challenge and test, your entire life will be unaffected by any storm or blocked by any obstacle to become a winner.

◎Health Analysis: The function of your respiratory system is weaker.◎

According to your destiny analysis, the function of your respiratory system is weaker, and you have had minor problems like allergies, runny nose, cough, cold, chest pain, diarrhea and constipation when you were young. But over age 40, additional care of your respiratory system is needed, or it may lead to nasosinutisis, asthma, bronchopneumonia, bronchitis, intestines polyp and proctitis. Therefore, you should avoid fatigue and smoking, maintain a stable, regular lifestyle and schedule, and sleep and wake early in order to protect a congenitally weaker respiratory system.

There's a saying that all disease starts from the mouth, which means many human diseases are related to food. According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, food can be divided into gold, wood, water, fire and earth (concept of the five elements). You seem to prefer the spicy flavors in food like spicy hotpot and Sichuan dishes, which means your cells are filled with too much gold element. This negatively affects your health, fortune and career, so we suggest you try different foods to balance your diet and nutrition, which leads to harmony in life and a balance of yin and yang based on the five elements. In addition, if you have recently felt unlucky or things were not going smoothly, then you are probably affected by bad spirit, which caused bad luck. The best solution is not to eat meat and fish for a period of time until the bad spirit goes away. The bad spirit tends to stay with those who eat meat and fish, and also chicken, duck, green onion, garlic, leek and other spices, so a vegetarian diet can help change your luck.

◎Health Analysis: Your cardiovascular function is weaker as well.◎

your cardiovascular function is weaker as well, which caused minor problems like pimples, mouth and tongue sores when you were young. But over age 40, your cardiovascular function requires additional care, or you might have major problems such as blood pressure problems, hem sterone problems, unusual heart rhythm, eye pressure problems, and other abnormal functions leading to heart diseases, stroke, or loss of vision. Therefore, it's very important for you to maintain a stable schedule for your life, avoid fatigue, and, most importantly, do not to stay up overnight. If possible, have a blood test and electrocardiogram periodically and pay more attention if there's any family history of hereditary palatine canal system and cardio diseases such as heart disease, high blood pressure, apoplexy, cerebral hemorrhage, myocardial infarction, etc. Try to eliminate iced and cold drinks in order to avoid losing your vitality.

According to your destiny analysis, your spirit and the physical strength tend to be weaker than others with less energy. Your friends can often play, dance, or study all night without any sleep, but only one night without sleep makes you extremely tired and weak. You don't like running or outdoor activities, have poor sleep quality, and tend to be more emotional and sentimental.

If you want to change your destiny and fate, you better sleep before 23:00, and five minutes of sun every morning, but avoid the strong sunlight between 12:00~15:00. You will sense a major change and difference if you are persistent. If you are able to develop the good habit of sleeping and waking up early, it will completely change your fate and destiny with better health, more wealth and happiness coming into your life.

◎You are willing to be devoted, dedicated and sacrifice for a relationship. Your love is full of romance, so to be your companion is to be blessed with love and happiness. But when the passion cools down in romantic love, many problems emerge, which require your tolerance and wisdom to overcome.◎

In romance, according to our analysis, you are easily attracted to someone you admire in your heart, but you often end up empty-handed because it's quite difficult for both parties to fall in love at first sight. Generally speaking, women do not have deep first impression of you, so they need time to discover your inner beauty. You, however, tend to like a person at the first sight, but not after a period of time. Therefore, if you are still waiting for a good romance, try to show your inner beauty by doing more activities, establishing better habits, and socializing with more people. This way you can express your inner beauty naturally all the time, which makes your romance go more smoothly.

In the journey of life, your romantic or marriage partner might be introduced by relatives and friends, or through matchmaking. You tend to be inexperienced in love, unable to express yourself, and do not know how to actively pursue someone without being too sticky or giving up easily. You have opportunities but are afraid to get hurt, so eventually it is not easy for you to have the spark of love. If you are still seeking your love partner don't rush because someone nearby likes you, so as long as you pursue the relationship sincerely, the happiness is yours.

◎Career and Wealth Analysis: You know how to make money, but it is not easy for you to hold onto your money.◎

According to your destiny analysis, you know how to make money, but it is not easy for you to hold onto your money. Your life is more philosophical, so you are not stingy with yourself, family or friends. You spend what you have even when you are financially tight, and are generous when you are financially comfortable. Because of this, it's not easy for you to save your money. In addition, you maybe convinced easily by friends to make some financial investments that cause you to lose money. You like to make many friends, so you easily lose money if you cannot evaluate risk or reject people when they approach you for investment. You will spend most of your wealth doing things you want to do throughout life because you consider only money spent as the wealth actually owned by you. Afterwards, you will not bequest much to your descendants.

How to Fix GMail Login Problems & Increase GMail Speed

Gmail loads rather fast for me because I always use https://mail.google.com/mail since Day 1!
So I knew it all along :)

http://labnol.blogspot.com/2006/08/gmail-hacks-to-fix-login-problems-some.html

Gmail Skins for FF Users

Gmailskins adds the following features:

1. Change the colour/skin of your inbox.
2. Integrate your google homepage alongside your inbox. This allows you to view weather reports, rss feeds, news headlines, flickr recently added, google calendar module etc from your inbox.
3. Easily insert images from your Picasa web album in to your emails
4. Insert smileys/emoticons and images in to your emails.
5. Insert HTML tables and other complex HTML in to your emails.
6. Make the navigation (Inbox, Starred, Sent Mail, etc) horizontal.
7. Fix the navigation in place so that you don't have to scroll to the top of the page to see it.
8. Zebra stripes on mailbox - pretty!
9. Change the attachment paperclip (on inbox) to an icon indicating the type of attachment.
10. Hide various page elements (invite panel, page footer, your email address from the top right of inbox).

http://gmailskins.mozdev.org/

Google Books

Google has just launched Google Books search. From there, you can even search and download full version of an entire book! However, full version is only limited to non-copyrighted books or some out of print books. Shakespeare's books can also be found.
http://books.google.com/

Results from the 2006 Desktop Linux Survey

I am surprised RedHat and Mandrake are ranked so low.
http://desktoplinux.com/articles/AT5816278551.html

Pluto Fate

Pluto gets demoted: Planet decision is Goofy
http://www.rep-am.com/story.php?id=11821

All About Pluto (Past)
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/pluto.htm

Online Information Technology Training

Professional Online Training Videos available 24/7/365.
http://itdvds.com/

Google Apps for Your Domain (Google Corporate Package)

Now you can offer private-labeled email, IM and calendar tools to all of your users for free*, so they can share ideas and get things done more effectively. You can design and publish your organization's website, too. It's all hosted by Google, so there's no hardware or software for you to install or maintain.
https://www.google.com/a/

It sounds good but will it work out? What I know is that several universities have signed up for the package. Time will tell if a corporate decides to use this option.
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2006/08/google-launches-corporate-package.html
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2006/08/why-corporate-google-office-wont-be.html

Web Developer Extension

Worth installing it.
http://chrispederick.com/work/webdeveloper/

IE 7 Release Candidate To-Read

What's new in Internet Explorer 7?
* tabs
* feed reader
* better CSS support (including CSS2)
* security (phishing filter, protected mode in Vista)

Download Link
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/default.mspx

Internet Explorer 7 Quick Reference Sheet (Cheat Sheet)
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/attachment/715071.ashx

Add-Ons for Microsoft Internet Explorer
http://www.ieaddons.com/default.aspx?cid=home&scid=0

50 Common Interview Q & A

http://bhuvans.wordpress.com/2006/08/19/50-common-interview-qa/

Intel Wi-Fi update is memory vampire

This post is especially for Intel ProSet 10.X users. Those who had read my previous post http://hongjun.blogspot.com/2006/08/intel-prosetwireless-software-local.html and had applied security patch for Intel ProSet would need to apply another patch.

A new problem affects the Intel PROSet software version 10.5. The PROSet software accompanies Intel's drivers that run the company's wireless hardware on PCs.
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33947

Gmail Has An Audio Player

Cool feature
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2006/08/gmail-has-audio-player.html

Why Google Talk Will Be the Best Instant Messanger

No one is using Google Talk AFAIK in my circle of friends.
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2006/08/why-google-talk-will-be-best-instant.html

Finally Back to Web Development

It seems like I am going to touch Web Development again :)
I miss it.

Test Internet Explorer 7 Without Installing It

This is for those who feel installing a Beta is killing his PC.

To run Internet Explorer 7, you need Windows XP SP2.
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2006/04/test-internet-explorer-7-without.html

Interesting Google Articles

When Will You Run Out Of Gmail Storage Space?
I will run out of space on Sunday, March 01, 2026
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2006/08/when-will-you-run-out-of-gmail-storage_01.html

Hide Spam Counter In Gmail
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2006/07/hide-spam-counter-in-gmail.html

Create an Email Blacklist in Gmail
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2006/08/create-email-blacklist-in-gmail.html

Anonymizing Google's Cookie

If you use Google, and you accept its cookie, you should give some thought to the implications, both good and potentially bad : this page tries to help you do that, together with an easy way to anonymize it without missing out on its benefits.

http://www.imilly.com/google-cookie.htm

Yahoo! Mail in OE Look

Yahoo has announced a beta version that has an OE-like interface. No more checkboxes, and it even includes a preview pane, drag-and-drop and RSS feeds to go along with the 1GB of storage. It isn't available to everyone yet, but you can get on the waiting list.

What's New With Yahoo! Mail
http://whatsnew.mail.yahoo.com/

all-new Yahoo! Mail
http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/

I kinda like the interface.
BTW, I personally experimenting it now!

How to Detect Lies

Watching facial expressions in order to determine whether a person is lying might just save you from being a victim of fraud, or it could help you figure out when somebody's being genuine. Jury analysts do this when assisting in jury selection. The police do this during an interrogation. A lie detector of course does this, but is a little heavy to carry with you. Therefore, you have to learn the little facial and body expressions that can help you learn to recognize a lie from the truth.

http://www.wikihow.com/Detect-Lies

Microsoft To Offer Free Vista Upgrade

Microsoft has teamed up with PC vendors to promote the delayed Vista OS by offering PC buyers worldwide a free upgrade coupon, as a way of encouraging them to buy a Vista-capable PC as early as possible, according to market sources, citing information leaked from Taiwan-based PC makers.

http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Computing/Desktop_PCs?Article=/Computing/Desktop%20PCs/E2L7F3Q5

Friend's Technology Blog

Check it out!
http://jeffreylynn.blogspot.com

Definition of Leap Years

If the 4-digit year is not evenly divisible by 4, it is not a leap year.

If it is evenly divisible by 4 and also evenly divisible by 100, it is not a leap year — unless it is also evenly divisible by 400.

Therefore:

• If it is evenly divisible by 4 and not evenly divisible by 100, it is a leap year.
• If it is evenly divisible by 4 and is also evenly divisible by 400, it is a leap year.
• If it is evenly divisible by 4 and also evenly divisible by 100 and also evenly divisible by 400, it is a leap year.
• However, if it is evenly divisible by 4 and also evenly divisible by 100 and not further evenly divisible by 400, then it is not a leap year.
  

1600 was a leap year. 1700, 1800, and 1900 were not leap years. 2000 was a leap year.

From [http://www.willmaster.com/blog/perl/Calculate_Leap_Years.html]

25 Sites We Can't Live Without

I only visit a few - Amazon, Blogger, Google and LifeHacker
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1222769,00.html

Super Band Recap

迷路兵Fans Here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMyq6gwRr_Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig0KWKEzIuc

J3 Fans Here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtdN-OzYw78

OS in Flash

I wonder how was it done in Flash!
Impressive minus sometimes it can be quite slow.

http://desktoptwo.com/

MSDN is now FREE

Download MSDN Library May 2006 Edition now for free
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=373930CB-A3D7-4EA5-B421-DD6818DC7C41&displaylang=en

Google Rank Experiment

Kinda cool.
Am going to try it next time.
http://blog.xsive.co.nz/google-rank-experiment/

ScatterChat

ScatterChat is a secure instant messaging client designed for non-technical users who require secure and anonymous communications. Our typical end-users include human rights and democracy advocates operating in hostile territory. ScatterChat is also a valuable tool for anyone requiring secure communications.

It is based upon the Gaim software, provides end-to-end encryption, integrated onion-routing with Tor, secure file transfers, and easy-to-read documentation.

ScatterChat's security features include resiliency against partial compromise, immunity from replay attacks, and limited resistance to traffic analysis... all reinforced through a pro-actively secure design.

http://www.scatterchat.com

Introducing CCleaner

CCleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. But the best part is that it's fast (normally taking less that a second to run) and contains NO Spyware or Adware! :)

http://www.ccleaner.com/

Resigning Microsoft Developer Cites 'Paralysis' In Windows Live Effort

Something must be wrong isn't it?
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=191900556&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_All

Conserving Battery Life (Tips for Laptop Users)

Great for those who are confused with "Standby" and "Hibernation" mode.
This article explains it quite simply.
http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/raskin/703

Microsoft to Tighten the Genuine Advantage Screws

I uses Original Windows XP Professional, IE 7 Beta 3 and Microsoft Office 2007 Beta.
All are original and I am safe.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,2001329,00.asp?kc=PCRSS03069TX1K0001121

Virgin Air Adds In-Flight Text Messaging

These airlines are getting really creative in getting passengers. No wonder SIA is falling behind in terms of service standards. If I remember correctly reading from the Today's Papers, SIA is ranked behind Thai Airlines and Malaysian Airlines. SIA needs to buck up.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,2000683,00.asp?kc=PCRSS03069TX1K0001121

Mac OS X Versus Windows XP

See for yourself.
http://www.xvsxp.com/finalscore/

But my vote still goes to Windows (Because I don't know how to use Mac).
I have got a lame excuse.

Attention to Hon Yr Engineering Students

Engineering students interested in RFID related projects please read below article. One day you may challenge the world.

Computer hackers get lesson on cloning passport, cash card tags
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/technologynews/view/223487/1/.html

IE 7 Detect My Blog As Phishing Website

Oh my god!

My Top 10 Best Products (Aug 06)

All Products Listed by Ranking

1. Experts-Exchange IT Solutions Collaboration Site
2. Mozilla Firefox Web Browser
3. Google Gmail Web Mail
4. Google Calendar Online Calendar
5. QuickPost Experts-Exchange New Question Auto Notification
6. Windows Live Messenger Internet Messenging
7. NetVibes Personalized Page (Web 2.0)
8. Google Search Engine
9. Microsoft Office 2007 Office Package
   
10. Internet Explorer 7 Beta 3 Internet Browser
    

Previous Rankings
http://hongjun.blogspot.com/2006/03/my-top-10-best-products.html (2 Mar '06)
http://hongjun.blogspot.com/2006/01/my-top-10-best-products-renewed.html (6 Jan '06)
http://hongjun.blogspot.com/2005/12/my-top-10-best-products-of-2005.html (19 Dec '05)

IE 7.0 Beta 3 VS Firefox 2.0 Beta 1

Emphasis is on RSS.
http://lifehacker.com/software/internet-explorer/internet-explorer-7s-superior-feed-handling-192023.php
http://www.lifehacker.com/software/top/firefox-20-beta-1-screenshots-186687.php

It seems like IE 7.0 is at the top of the world in this aspect. Firefox needs to double up.
Just in case someone interested in doing a RSS feed, watch this video
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdntv/episode.aspx?xml=episodes/en/20060629IE7WV/manifest.xml

Google warns of malware in search results

Another first by Google.
Good job.
http://lifehacker.com/software/malware/google-warns-of-malware-in-search-results-192201.php
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2006/08/malware-warnings-on-google-search.html

The Annual Library Book Sale

Attention all book lovers!

LIBRARY BOOK SALE 2006
12 – 13 August 2006
9.30am – 8pm
Singapore Expo Hall 4A
Free Admission

http://events.nlb.gov.sg/booksale/

Defend Your Code with Top Ten Security Tips Every Developer Must Know

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/09/SecurityTips/

Stop SQL Injection Attacks Before They Stop You

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/09/SQLInjection/

Intel® PROSet/Wireless Software Local Information Disclosure

Summary:
A security vulnerability exists in the Intel® PROSet/Wireless Software (PROSet application) because of insecure usage of shared memory allowing a person having access to the user's computer or malicious software installed on the user's computer to obtain access to users' wireless network security information.

Description:
A security vulnerability has been identified in Intel® PROSet/Wireless Software 7.x, 8.x, 9.x, and 10.x (PROSet application), which could be locally exploited by malicious users or software to obtain Wireless network security information such as WLAN pre-shared WEP key (all PROSet versions) and user authentication credentials (only PROSet 9.x and 10.x versions). This flaw is due to insecure usage of the shared memory.

Visit below link for more information
http://support.intel.com/support/wireless/wlan/sb/CS-023066.htm

Gsheet - Google Spreadsheet and Writely

I have been trying out on EditGrid and it is really powerful and impressive.

I wonder how Google fare in this field. I am giving it a shot.
http://www.webprohost.nl/gsheet/index.php

Top Ten Reasons Why People Quit Their Jobs

http://newsletter.logoworks.com/index.php/top-ten-reasons-why-people-quit-their-jobs/07/31/2006/

Silent Mobilisation

It's a boring Saturday

Back from Bangkok Trip (22nd-25th Jul 2006)

Bought quite a lot of things.

Microsoft Establishes 12 Principles for Windows Development

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1991316,00.asp

Working Now

Making entry at work.
OT yet again.

Big Shit to Clear

我的天。 When will it be over?!?!

World Cup Stats

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats?league=fifa.world&lpos=wcnav&lid=gn_sn_fifa.world+stats&cc=4716

10 ways to personalize your PC

1. Change your language settings
2. Personalize a screen saver
3. Choose your sounds and volume
4. Customize the speed of your mouse
5. Change your desktop appearance
6. Customize your taskbar layout
7. Set your default Web page
8. Choose your Windows Views
9. Customize your browser size
10. Give each family member a login
    http://www.microsoft.com/athome/moredone/personalize.mspx

7 Timesaving Computing Tips

1. Travel Light Using Remote Desktop
2. Maintain Your Computer with Automatic Updates
3. Keep Undesirable Ads at Bay with Pop-up Blocker
4. Improve Readability with ClearType
5. Customize the Places Bar
6. Increase the Destinations Available from the Send To Menu
7. Find Items on the All Programs Menu More Quickly
   http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=5143116
   

4 Ways to Speed Up Your Computer's Performance

1. Free Up Disk Space
2. Speed Up Access to Data
3. Detect and Repair Disk Errors
4. Protect Your Computer Against Spyware
   http://www.microsoft.com/atwork/getstarted/speed.mspx

Ronaldinho, Parreira blamed back in Brazil

Brazil had won 11 successive games at the World Cup finals since losing 3-0 to the same opponents in the 1998 final.

France also knocked Brazil out of the 1986 World Cup on penalties following a 1-1 draw in the quarter-finals.

Brazil just couldn't defeat France.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=373099&campaign=rss&source=soccernet&cc=4716

Make XP Like Windows Vista

http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/pcs/the-poor-mans-windows-vista-no-upgrading-necessary-182597.php

OT Again

OK.. This week I did 2 OTs in total. It seems like it is impossible not to work OT.
2 OTs is still considered little as compared to last few weeks.

Way to go.

No OT This Week

I am trying my best not to work OT this week.
I am setting a record!

One More Week Has Past

Time really flies.

Tomorrow is Monday

Again

Microsoft Office 12

Finally, I am using the new Microsoft Office 12
Worth trying.
http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/beta/getthebeta.mspx

Get Ready for Windows Vista

Not unless you satisfy the minimum system requirement.
I don't have the luxury to try it.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/preview.mspx

C Shirt Design

This is awesome!
Source code is in the form of letter C and when run, the result is in also in the form of letter C!
http://aib.ftuff.com/get.php?page=C_quine

Who Do You Think Am I?

Got this email from a stranger.
Who do you think am I!!!
You think I will help you!!!
If you need help, at least write politely.

---
Hi,

I am working on a script, right now it's a function and a bunch of subroutines.

All together the script is about 2000 lines long.

How long would it take you to convert it to a class?

I think the further development would go much quicker if I had this as a class to work with and keep adding all functionality I have
in mind.

Please let me know what you might need from me to give me better idea and hopefully to get started on this?

thanks,
ark
---

Tiring Work

Getting more and more stressful.

Eat and Watch Today

Ate French Toast with peanut butter today at JB City Square with Regine.
We then watched "The Da Vinci Code". Frankly speaking, I don't really understand the plot.
We then shop around a while before we had Nasi Bryani and Tom Yam bee hoon at "Sedap Corner".

Ate so much today.

Windows Media Player 11 Beta Is Out

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/11/default.aspx

Windows Vista Capable and Premium Ready PCs

This is ridiculous
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/capable.mspx

Happy Birthday to EE

I have been there for more than 6.5 years!
Long Live EE!

20 Questions About Windows Vista

http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=187202174&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_All

Gmail Photo Is Up For Me

And I have uploaded 1 photo!
Google rocks.

Cool Gmail New Feature

We can add photo for contacts (soon for me but it could be already being possible for some)
http://mail.google.com/mail/help/about_whatsnew.html

World Cup Virus Season Kicks Off

Erm.. I think I have a similar excel file like this in my Co's PC. Hope there is no virus.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1959401,00.asp

Mac Could Get Infected at Boot Camp

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1947242,00.asp

Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) 5

J2EE 5 is out
http://java.sun.com/javaee/5/index.jsp

Sun lives up to its name in incrementing their version number without any sense. There's much confusion especially to those new Java entrants. I shall not discuss further.

Security Threats Rising For Apple Macs, Report Shows

It's Apple Macs' turn
http://www.informationweek.com/shared/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=187200464

SG Rally

AMK Photo Up
Really so many people
http://sgrally.blogspot.com/

IE7 Search Box Fuels Google-Microsoft Rivalry

http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=187002355&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_All

Problem In New NS Portal

My email to them.

Hi,

I just attempted a first login to the new NS portal. I must admit the overall experience is quite pleasant if I were using IE browser. However, the surfing experience of the ever-growing number of Firefox users should be taken care of.

There one obvious problem I see when using Firefox 1.5.

1) Navigational menu does not work well. On hover on any of the child items of the top menu, the collapsed menu does not stay. It makes my navigation experience impossible. To get around with this problem, I actually have to get to the homepage or the site map in order to find my destination link.

Please resolve this problem ASAP because the reputation of NCS is at stake. Thanks and hope everyone will have a pleasant surfing experience in this new NS portal.


Regards
Loh Hon Chun

Labor Day in US

My history lecturer in NUS told me US don't celebrate Labor Day on 1st May. This is because of the Red Scare. They celebrate Labor Day on the first Monday of September instead.

Return of the Browser Wars... Literally

http://wiredblogs.tripod.com/monkeybites/index.blog?entry_id=1467960
http://explorerdestroyer.com/

Microsoft Smokes Out Office Pirates

http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=187001960&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_All