Do you want to know what is your sites page rank?

Hi guys. I just discovered this site and It maybe beneficial if you are a blog or site owner just like me. You'll see if you have a higher page ranks meaning your site is among the elite, you have many page hits and you can easily get searched in any search engine. If you are lucky enough then you can find your site in the first page of Google search. Vey cool huh?

Plus you can put a widget in your blog. Check your page rank through here!

Funny and free E-cards

Rattlebox - Rattlebox is really very good. They have great designs, the interface is nicely designed and the themes themselves are actually decent. You can can change all or some of the text to customize the card, and embed video cards on social networking sites, blogs, etc.
Hipster cards - another witty, well designed e-card site that you would actually want to use. Please note there are some off color options so we're going to note it as - NSFW.
Someecards - their tag line is "when you care enough to hit send." These cards are pen and ink and have funny one liners.
MushyGushy - card site where you can upload you head shot into different animated themes (think JibJab) customize, and send.
Smilebox - site where you choose from various multimedia designs and personalize with photos, video, music, words, and style and share via email, blog, or print.
delivr - send a personalized postcard from photos from your Flickr account or select from the 3 million or so Dlivr offers using the Flickr API to pull back the most interesting photos with an appropriate creative commons license.
meish.org - for the anti-valentine crowd. If you hate satin bears and VD makes you want to hurl, these non-sentimental e-cards will fit the bill for you. Oh and are they funny.

I also love the cards from superlaugh.. I personally chose that one coz of its animation and songs.

That's the extent of our list but not for lack of trying. We specifically avoided the usual suspects, like American Greetings, and any site with animated gifs. If you have a favorite site you'd like to throw in the mix, please send it in.

Tun your celphone into a wifi hotspot

Tired of tethering your laptop to your cell phone to connect to the internet when you have multiple devices that need to connect? I have the problem where I can't tether at all. The solution is here! You can turn your cell phone into a wireless hotspot with a few simple tools.

First gather your cell phone with wifi and make sure you have an unlimited data plan, otherwise you might be stuck with a $5000 bill. Next download one of these simple software solutions to convert your device into a wireless access point: WMWifiRouter, JoikuSpot Premium and Light, WalkingHotSpot. With these software applications ranging in price from free to $29.99 you'll get lifetime licenses with every single one. Difference in software relate to operating system compatibility; WMWifiRouter is for Windows Mobile devices, whereas JoikuSpot is for S60 devices, and WalkingHotSpot supporting both OS's. Lastly be sure to check whether your wireless carrier allows internet sharing, as some do not.

This is great news for any wifi enabled device, allowing for downloads and more on the go fun. Check out the links to see if your device is compatible. Not willing to purchase the software just yet...there are also free trials for your convenience.

How to make FIREFOX 10x faster

Type:"about:config" in your address bar(without the quotes)
Press Enter

the settings

network.http.pipelining - Set to true (double-click)
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests - Set to 32 (double-click to select, then change value to 32)
network.http.proxy.pipelining - Set to true (double-click)

Then right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer
Name it:
nglayout.initialpaint.delay
and Set to 0

Right-click again, select New-> Boolean
Name it:
network.http.pipelining.firstrequest
and Set to True

Right-click again, select New-> Boolean
Name it:
browser.turbo.enabled
and Set to True

Yahoo multi messenger 8.x and 9.x

This application will allow you to run multiple instances of Yahoo Messenger on your pc! Perfect for those who have several different yahoo id's and would like to be logged in to them at once. Please note that the Y!Multi Messenger versions coincide with the Yahoo Messenger versions and are build specific. Meaning you must be using the same version of each to work properly.

This is intended for the newest build of messenger and may not work properly on lower builds.

Just run the install and then start using the Y!Multi Messenger icon that will appear on your desktop instead of the regular Yahoo! Messenger icon.

How to use it:

Just double click the desktop icon to load up X amount of Yahoo! Messengers, thats it!
Note - you may have to uncheck the "Automatically Sign In" option on the login screens though or you will start getting the "You have been logged out as you were logged in on a different machine" message.

You can run the registry editing script to do this for you if you are not sure what to uncheck, go ahead...open it in an editor first if you want, its 100% safe and will not mess anything up.

Requirements: Newest version of Yahoo! Messenger installed.

Browser Tweaks and Tricks: How to speed up Firefox?

Search for the following entries and make the listed changes to them below.Use the entire entry up to the equal's sign. If an entry does not exist by default which several of them do not then you will need to create them. To do this right click below the filter window and choose new -->integer or new -->boolean. To know which one you need to choose it goes like this. Choose integer if the value you are going to add is a number and choose boolean if the value you are adding is "true" or "false" statement.

• network.http.pipelining=true
• network.http.proxy.pipelining=true
• network.http.pipelining.maxrequests=8
• content.notify.backoffcount=5
• plugin.expose_full_path=true
• ui.submenuDelay=0
• content.interrupt.parsing=true
• content.max.tokenizing.time=2250000
• content.notify.interval=750000
• content.notify.ontimer=true
• content.switch.threshold=750000
• nglayout.initialpaint.delay=0
• network.http.max-connections=48
• network.http.max-connections-per-server=16
• network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy=16
• network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server=8
• browser.cache.memory.capacity=65536

Firefox is allocated 4096 KB of memory by default and in this configuration we give it roughly 65MB as denoted by the last line. This can be changed according to what is used.

While there are some extensions and improvements that have been made with Firefox since some of these tweaks were first posted on the net I have found that they really do speed up Firefox noticeably

Browser Tweaks and Tricks: How to speed up ur Internet Explorer

If you are like most folks even though you may now have a fast Internet connection that is still not enough. You are still looking to wring just a little more speed out of your surfing experience. Well here today we have some quick tips for speeding up your web surfing experience using one of the three most popular browsers. If you do not have a broadband type connection to the Internet these tips will not be as helpful but you will still notice some improvement in your web surfing.

Internet Explorer: Remember to always make a backup copy of your registry before you make any changes. This can be very helpful if you make a small mistake and need to change it back. If you make a big mistake there's not much help for it so please be careful.

• Go to run window type "regedit"
• Click HKEY_CURRENT_USER
• Click "Software"
• Click "Microsoft"
• Click "Windows"
• Click "Current version"
• Click "Internet settings"
• Select New > DWORD Value from the Edit menu
• Name the new value MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server
• Right-click the MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server value and choose Modify
• Under Base, click the radio button next to Decimal
• In the Value Data: box enter the number of simultaneous connections you want to set (for example 10 is a good value), and click OK
• Select New > DWORD Value from the Edit menu
• Name the new value MaxConnectionsPerServer
• Right-click the MaxConnectionsPerServer value and choose Modify
• Under Base, click the radio button next to Decimal
• In the Value Data: box enter the number of simultaneous connections you want to set (for example 10 is a good value), and click OK
• Close Regedit and try IE again should notice a speedup. May need to close Internet Explorer and re-open

a new VISUAL APPEARANCE FOR YOUR WINDOWS

Are you tired of how your Windows look? Do you want to change its appearance without actually buying a software? Hmmn.. Well, think no more. I discover a new software that answers your prayers and the cool part is its free.. Yeah folks its free aside from that there are 4 customized design to choose from that will definitely suits your style. These are called Bricopacks. Aside from that they have a forum and tutorials that will assist you if you have a problem regarding the software. They also emphasize about the system requirements of each pack that you choose from and how to uninstall it just in case you don't want it and you want to revert to your old Windows appearance. Be sure you will read the guidelines before installing them.

Here are the 4 designs:
CRYSTAL XP
LONG HORN INSPIRAT

VISTA INSPIRAT 2
CRYSTAL CLEAR

Speed Test

Do you wanna know how fast is your internet connection? Are you always on the quest of finding out where and how to really test your connection?

I think here's the solution.
You can check this website and have your connection tested for free. Visit globequest
then click bandwidth meter then click speed test. This is a reliable site to verify the accurateness of your connection..

Colored Search Browser

Blackle - the black google. If Google had a black screen, taking in account the
huge number of page views, according to calculations,
750 mega watts/hour per year would be saved."

In response Google created a black version of its
search engine, called Blackle, with the exact same
functions as the white version, but obviously with
lower energy consumption.

Pink
Green

Browser Tweaks and Tricks: How to speed up Opera?

Increasing total connections

• Type about:config in the address bar
• Enter connections into the search field
• Change the value of Max Connections Total from 20 to any value between 32 to 65
• Do not change the Max Connections per Server
• After you are done with the above just save the settings and restart browser

Name completion and local network machine

• Go to Tools> Preferences> Advanced> Network(or click Control and F12 same time)
• Select Server name completion
• Now you have two options within it.
  "Look For local network machine"
  "Try name completion"
• If you uncheck both of the above options, i.e.; Try name completion and Look for local network machine, Opera will stop cycling your CPU, trying to guess what you’re typing in the address bar
• Restart the browser after applying the settings. You’ll see the speed difference

Reduce the amount of visited pages in history

• Go to Tools> Preferences> Advanced> History (or click Control and F12 same time)
• Reduce addresses to 100 instead of 500 by default

Opera loading

• Go to Tools> Preferences> Advanced> Browsing> (or click Control and F12 same time)
• In the loading window choose "Redraw Instantly"

Tooltips

• Go to Tools> Preferences> Advanced> (or click Control and F12 same time)
• Uncheck "Tooltips"

What is stealth loggers?

stealth logger are applications that runs in the background of your computer that tracks application usage, keystroke (things you type in the keyboard) and such. Some people use this as security measures, to check if someone is trying to access their computers while they are away. Some though who have malicious intent use this to capture data of others, like user id, password, credit card info and such. Such applications can be found around the net.

Free Wi-Fi hot spots in Manila

What is a Wi-fi?

It is a wireless technology brand owned by the Wi-Fi Alliance, promotes standards with the aim of improving the interoperability of wireless local area network products based on the IEEE 802.11 standards. Common applications for Wi-Fi include internet and VoIP phone access, gaming and network connecttivity for consumer such as tv, DVD players and digital cameras.

Theres no such thing as free nowadays- wifi in coffeeshops like starbucks, seattles best, ucc, or in any hot spots are not for free- u have to purchase a card in order to connect- you can connect to the network but in order to access the internet, you have to open a browser and type the username and password written on the wifi card- its Php 100 for an hour.

To configure wifi on laptops- if your laptop has an internal wireless card,u can just open it up and it will automatically search for a wireless network- the only way u can connect to wireless networks for free is if your neighbor/company has a router that does not have a WEP key.

To access free wifi, either you must have a wifi-ready laptop, or a laptop with a wifi usb dongle or a laptop with a pcmcia wifi card. then you're ready to go. either way, your laptop will automatically detect the networks available or you have to search for it, manually.

no need to configure since it's a matter of choosing the network and connecting to it.

once you're in the area where wifi signal can be seen, surf away.

There are a lot of wifi free areas. it's just a matter of location. if you're the type of person who frequents the famous coffee shops, you really have to pay -- either its an airborne access or a globewiz. good thing blast prepaid card through airborne access offers wifi for 100 an hour -- quite expensive though.

here are the free wifi hot spots i myself had been to:
- Robinson's Place Manila, Taste Buds
- Trader's Hotel, Roxas Boulevard

other FREE wifi hot spots:
Alexa Coffee Shop, Salcedo Village, Makati
Read and Brew, Fairview
Cyberzone, SM Megamall Building B (Philcom)
Baywalk - in front of Max’s Resto (EG 6 )
Mabini cor. Salas (linksys)
Shell - Magallanes (linksys)
Starbucks Greenbelt 3 near the lagoon
Mobile 1 Park Square Makati
Palm Store Glorietta 4th Floor
Starbucks G4
Seattle’s Best, E. Rodriguez
Shangri-la Plaza, Ortigas
Ermita, Manila (Ferguson Plaza)
Podium, Ortigas (Philcom)
Libreria Coffee Shop & Bookstore, Tomas Morato
Seattle’s Best, Eastwood City
Robinsons Place, Manila (near food center)
Robinsons Galleria - East Wing
SM San Lazaro
DavidSpot! HotZone (within the vicinity of DLSU-CSU, St. Benilde) Get free account here.
WalterMart along Pasong Tamo-Pasay Road (Linksys)
Masas, and Greenbelt 2 area
Baang Coffee Shop, Timog Avenue, QC
Starbucks Ash Creek Center, Ortigas Avenue (near Xavier School/Mary the Queen Church) - free WiFi provided by Cooltoyz laptop store.
Hotel Intercontenental, Ayala Avenue, Makati
Manila Peninsula, Lobby area
Robinsons Pioneer
Rustans, Shangri-la (I’m inside the taxi at Shaw)
Makati City Hall (accessible from Guadalupe Bridge)
Shell Maya vicinity (corner Buendia & Ayala Ave., Makati) {name: tsunami}
Captain’s Bar, Mandarin Oriental, Makati
Free Public Wifi (ad hoc) at Paseo de Roxas near Mandarin Oriental, Makati
Amorsolo cor. V.A Rufino (formerly Herrera), Makati {name: linksys}
WLAN PS - in front of Philam Life Tower, Makati
Sotto cor. V.A Rufino, Makati {name: Asus}
Pier One, The Fort, Taguig City (BayanTel)
Pier One, Tomas Morato, Quezon City (BayanTel)
Holiday Inn Galleria Manila (Galleria Suites), Ortigas Center
Seattle’s Best, Powerplant Mall, Makati (linksys)
Shangri-la Hotel Makati, Lobby and Lobby Lounge
Entertainment Arts Center, Jupiter St., Makati Avenue
Mario’s Kitchen, Metrowalk, Ortigas
Placemat Pinoy Cafe in Tomas Morato cor. Sct. Castor, Quezon City
Italliani’s, Greenbelt 2 {name: wireless, ISP: Globe}
Bluewave Mall, Macapagal Highway, Pasay City (linksys)
Teriyaki Boy in Buendia (Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue) cor. Jupiter Street {Jupiter Suites}
Zupa, Cybermall in Eastwood City, Libis
Gruppo Barber, T. Morato
Starbucks, Alabang Town Center
Embassy Cafeteria and Cuisine
Taste of Salcedo in Leviste St.
Robinson's Galleria East Wing
Starbucks China Bank Makati Head Office (free wi-fi c/o signal coming from bank)
Shangri-la Hotel Makati


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Mac Book Air

The World's thinnest notebook that will hit the store by storm. Mac has recently launched their new baby but this will be available in the Philippines sometime February or March for only $1799 or almost 72,000 php. From a slimmer hard drive to strategically hidden I/O ports to a lower-profile battery, everything has been considered and reconsidered with thinness in mind.
Here are the few specification:

Height: 0.16-0.76 inch (0.4-1.94 cm)

Width: 12.8 inches (32.5 cm)

Depth: 8.94 inches (22.7 cm)

Weight: 3.0 pounds (1.36 kg)

13.3-inch screen that is backlit ready
wi-fi and bluetooth capable
Intel Core @ Du0 processor
Built in speaker and microphone
Analog audio output/headphone out (minijack)
Built in camera
80gb parallel ATA
64gb solid state drive
lithium polymer battery that runs for 5hours

Well, I must say that technology doesn't come cheap and if you want the top of the line products might as well invest on a reliable products such as this one.

Visit their website to check out the nearest apple store near you.

Hottest buzz in town

Asus Eee PC-L

This is the new talk in town especially among students and techie people imagine an ultra mega portable device that is super cheap. You can afford this Asus Laptop for only 17,000-20,000 php. Talk about cheap and affordability that every conscious Pinoy spender thinks before purchasing such items. And it's not only lightweight in your pocket but also in kilograms. This baby weighs less than a kilo and comes in two colors: black and white edition only.

Here are the specifications that will make you drool and will make you run to the nearest computer shop in town..

Intel Celeron -M 900 MHz

4 GB SSD Hard Drive

7 " WXGA (800x480) Color Shine LCD

1024 Mb DDR II SD RAM

Web Cam In-built (0.3M Pixel)

Linux Operating System , Compatiable with XP

Display	7" Active Matrix TFT (800x480) ASUS Splendid Video Intelligence Technology
LAN, Wiless NIC ,	10/100 Mbps Ethernet WiFi 802.11b/g
Interface	1 x Headphone-out jack 1 x Microphone-in jack 1 x RJ11 Modem jack for phone line 1 x RJ45 LAN Jack for LAN insert 3 x USB 2.0 ports, 1 x VGA Port Card Reader
Hard Drive	4 GB SSD
Memory Supplied	1024 Mb DDR II SD RAM
Speaker	Built-in stereo
Microphone	Built-in
Hi-Definition audio CODEC	Yes
VGA	Yes
Web Camera	0.3 M Pixel
Battery Pack & Life	4 cell (2.2Ah) up to 3 hours
Warranty	2 Years
Web Camera	built in
Dimension & Weight	W 22.5 cm x H 16.4 cm x D 2.15 -3.5 cm Under 1KG

Please take note that the memory of this camera is too low. But heck, if your on the go and doesn't need much programs this can be a great deal for you.. You can just store a few stuff like mp3, excel, words, internet explorer and the like.. This is highly recommended for the students.