So you want to surf the Internet faster? Ever heard of OpenDNS? I have been using OpenDNS for a week now to test its performance. So far it has not let me down, and the name resolving rate is satisfactory. What is DNS? DNS stands for Domain Name System. As you might already seen before, [...]

PHP 4 will finally reached its end of life on December 31, 2007. However critical security fixes will be made available until August 8, 2008. This is a good time to revise your codes, to see whether they will run without any glitches in PHP 5. That first, then when doing any code upgrades or [...]

Hey hey hey, PortableApps.com have released a bunch of brand new applications such as winMd5Sum Portable 1.0.1.55, On-Screen Keyboard Portable 1.0, Notepad++ Portable 4.1.2, Virtual Magnifying Glass Portable 3.3, and some portable games for your pleasure. Go ahead to http://portableapps.com/apps for your dose of portable apps.

Have you seen or used Windows Vista? Like the eye candies and effects that it provides? Wished that something like that is available on your other favorite *NIX OS? Wish no more, Compiz Fusion is here. This project is a merger between Compiz and Beryl. Beryl was a fork of Compiz, where there was some [...]

I have been subscribed to TechRepublic’s newsletters for quite a while but never had many chance to read every article. However today’s article caught my eyes: Five e-mail habits that waste time and cause problems As someone who is very dependent to emails, and hates using phones I agree very much with the content of [...]

Have you heard? Pidgin 2.0.1 has just been released two hours ago (as of the time of writing – 25 May 2007 20:10 GMT). This release fixed various bugs, where 112 tickets were closed. Go here to see the Milestone page and here to download Pidgin. However my most waited enhancement is not in this [...]

I was browsing through some blogs when I found myself on this particular post in doBot’s blog. Here’s the official announcement. Familiar Malaysian forums have been discussing this for a while, and as usual I’m left behind again. Some of them mentioned that the 4Mbps is nothing if TMNet still decides to limit/throttle traffic especially [...]

Have you ever downloaded a file with the extension .iso and have no idea what to do with it? It has been not once, not twice, but at least 6 times I have provided a .iso file to a friend / family member and the .iso file ended up to be a single file on [...]

What kind of shopper are you? When you have something in mind do you just go and buy it without any research? I used to be like that until I made several mistakes buying things not worth the price! I’ve found this site TestFreaks, and they are in Alpha mode. The contents that they are [...]

Latest Update click here. I am a curious programmer, and was all the way wondering on how apps on PortableApps were made. Since Pidgin, the replacement for Gaim was released I was waiting for a while for Portable Apps but I guess they must be busy with the number off apps they have to handle. [...]

Ok ok I know this is old news for most of you. I just can find this time to write a bit about it. Technically speaking WiMAX stands for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access. It is a common misconception to consider WiMAX and Wi-Fi as similar technologies. The fact that they both start with same [...]

Lately when accessing Fotopages, there has been quite a lot of occurrence of this error: db error Lost connection to MySQL server during query . I wonder why. Maybe the database server is overloaded? From my analysis it looks like the database is located in a different server

Months ago I did write on how plastic surgeons are going online, advertising their business and some even have online appointment booking facilities! In this post I am going to write about cell phone deals online, Wirefly to be specific. Although it sounds normal for a cell phone business to have a website, Wirefly offers [...]

I asked a hotel reception in Kuantan last year, whether or not they have any wifi in the rooms and the guy didn’t know what I was talking about. Oh come on, in this Internet age, how concealed are you from the reality by not knowing what wifi is, especially if you’re in the hospitality [...]

Have you ever heard of the browser named Iceweasel? Of course not, if you’re not using Debian. One of my machine at home is running a Debian Etch installation (my torrent box), and a few days ago I ran apt-get upgrade to upgrade the packages. I was quite annoyed at first, as it’s trying to [...]