Windows Vista Advantages & Learning to Become A Competent Linux System Administrator

The more I read about Windows Vista, the more tempted I become to upgrade my Windows XP to the latest release from Microsoft as soon as possible.

I decide to upgrade not because I can afford to or because I have a Vista Premium Ready PC but because I need to. As a software developer for the Windows platform, there’s no escaping for me to ensure that my software are compatible with the latest OS in the market.

PM Rejects Proposal to Register Bloggers

Finally someone comes to their senses and rejects the idea to register bloggers.

The Prime Minister announced his decision to reject the proposal to register local bloggers with the government.

He recognizes that bloggers can easily get around the regulation by using foreign servers and overseas blogging platforms. He continues to issue warning against bloggers not publish rumors or offensive remarks and said existing laws are sufficient.

How do one defines rumors? Are they views that are critical to the government policies?

Protect Your PC From Becoming a Zombie Machine Using These Free Security Software

A recent survey conducted by Symantec reveals alarming stats that showed 96% of computers in Malaysia are zombie machines.

This gives another reason for us to be more wary especially if you are using public computers such as those in cybercafes.

Zombie machines are PCs that have been compromised by hackers and used to send spam emails, or launched phishing attacked that lure unwitting computer users to reveal personal information such as credit card details and bank account passwords.

How to Move Your WordPress Blog From One Web Host to Another

The need to transfer your blog from one web host to another could arise if you are switching to another hosting company for whatever reason. Done incorrectly, this move could easily break your blog and make it unusable at the new web host.

Turbocharged has written a helpful guide for those trying to move their blog to a new web host.

It’s not as straight forward as one might like it to be especially if you are brand new to server management. But if you’ve managed to setup your wordpress installation on your own, you’ll be able to follow the steps quite easily.

Should You Pay Less Attention in Building Loyal Readership to Increase Your AdSense Income?

Over at HTNet, Azmeen has a great post up entitled “Five Secrets of High AdSense Earning Web Sites That “Te Experts” Don’t Want You To Know". That’s a great title too by the way.

He shares five points that according to him could help AdSense publishers increase their AdSense earning.

1. Focus on Non Tech-Savvy Audience
2. Let Legal And/Or Medical Topics Be Your Main Content
3. Have Some Interactivity In Your Web Site
4. Use Easy To Understand URLs
5. Don’t Put In Too Much Effort In Building Loyal Readership

Blogger Discovered LHDN e-Filing Security Vulnerability

You know I’ve always wondered how secure the LHDN e-filing system was. When the publics’ private and confidential info is involved, there’s no excuse for them not to build a robust, scalable and secure system.

With a mantra ‘Mudah Tepat Selamat’ (Easy Accurate Secure) – one would expect they have done rigorous testings to ensure the system lives to its expectation.

Unfortunately, Rickey of WattaHack has written an alarming post regarding a serious security flaw he discovered while filling his tax returns via LHDN e-Filing recently.

Improve Your Landing Page Conversion Rates with Google’s Website Optimizer Multivariate Testing Tool

I registered with Google’s Website Optimizer and played around with it when it was made available for beta testers last October and experienced it first hand how it could improve my landing pages.

You can go ahead and sign up now or wait as it becomes available in all AdWords accounts within the next few weeks as announced in their blog recently.

 

 

So what is Website Optimizer and how it can help you make more money?

Digg Traffic vs. Google Traffic - Which One Is More Likely to Click on an Ad?

Chitika has a post up comparing Digg traffic versus Google traffic to show which one is more likely to click on an ad.

So they dig their logs to find out the answer and it’s not surprising to see Google traffic is likely to click on an ad than digg traffic.

Check out the full post here: Digg Traffic v/s Google Traffic - A Chitika Analysis Report

List Of Affiliate Marketing and Webmaster Forums to help you Make Money Online

Recently Dosh Dosh has published a list of 26 forums to help you make money online. Unlike a blog, a forum typically represents collective opinions from variety of people in one place. While this is good, there’s no guarantee that you get consistent information as everybody seems to have their on opinions on certain issues.

Nevertheless, if you got questions or need some guidance, a forum is one of the best places to post them at.

I reproduced the partial list below. To read the full article please visit Dosh Dosh

 

Have You Got The License to Blog?

In case you’ve missed the news, the Malaysian Government is considering registering local bloggers in a move which they hope will prevent the spread of negative or malicious content on the Internet.

On the 5 April 2007, The Star Online published an article about the Deputy Energy, Water and Communications Minister Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor proposing bloggers using locally hosted websites may be asked to register with the authorities.

Shaziman said there are about 50,000 websites registered under the .my domain and any of these websites could provide a fertile ground for the concoction of malicious content which could harm the country’s security.

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