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Barracuda XT: the fastest and biggest desktop drive on the planet

2009-10-01T02:11:00.005+08:00

Seagate just announced the shipment of the Barracuda XT, the fastest 2TB drive with the Serial ATA 6Gbit/Second interface and 64Mb cache. This new SATA specification uses the current cables and connectors for easy integration but it needs a compatible motherboard which is currently manufactured by Asus and Gigabyte. The best thing is that it is backward compatible with SATA 3Gb/s and SATA 1.5Gb/s, so you can use the drive now and change your motherboard later to make full use of the 6Gb/s transfer speed.

This is the Third Generation SATA technology, called Serial ATA International Organization: Serial ATA Revision 3.0 or SATA Revision 3.0, which should be named SATA 6Gb/s drives to avoid confusion.
http://www.serialata.org/developers/naming_guidelines.asp

Details here: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/seagate-ships-worlds-fastest-desktop-hard-drive-first-drive-to-feature-serial-ata-6gbitsecond-technology-2009-09-21

Seagate is still the leader in hard disk drive technology

2009-10-01T01:41:00.005+08:00

According to Maximum PC: “Barracudas eat Caviar for breakfast”
From the test results of Maximum PC, the Seagate Barracuda Low Powered 2TB drives performed better overall against Western Digital's Caviar Green.

The Barracuda has 20% faster sustained transfer speed, the speed for transferring large files. It also consume less power without sacrificing speed, which means you save electricity and your drive is cooler. Random access read times are faster, but write times are slower. Also, the burst read speed, as its name suggests, the sudden reading of a file, is slower. Despite that, the PCMark Vantage score, a test for measuring common tasks such as viewing and editing photos, videos, music and other media and gaming ranked higher. This means the drive performs faster overall.

Details here: http://maximumpc.coverleaf.com/maximumpc/200910?pg=77&pm=2&fs=1#pg77

Blueserver reopens!

2008-12-20T20:41:00.004+08:00

Blueserver reopens as UCpro! Spread the news out and tell all your friends so that the community can grow! I hope to see all you loyal blueserverians back in action! See you there!
Visit UCpro

Got paid again!

2008-02-28T14:46:00.002+08:00

Recently I got paid again from the Free Online Cash System!
See the screenshot at my site: http://www.ourbestpal.com/

My new website! http://www.ourbestpal.com/

2008-01-05T13:07:00.000+08:00

Check out my new website at http://www.ourbestpal.com/
I will be adding programs that you can use to earn money and all of them are free to join!

Marketing Pond Guide

2007-12-06T11:56:00.000+08:00

The purpose of this guide is to help anyone to earn a decent amount of money online without spending any money. I spent a lot of time trying to earn some money online and spent quite a lot of money too. In the end, I'm just wasting money and didn't earn anything.

Then I stumbled upon Marketing Pond. This program is free to join and it functions as an organizer. The programs inside are real paying programs and those not paying are removed. The best part is that all of them are free! If you are serious about making money online, you should really try this out.

Getting Started

After you have registered, log into Marketing Pond. Click on the Programs&Stats in the column on the left (You should be on that page after you login). Click on the first program name and follow the instructions to register. Continue for every program listed (A few of them will not be available to your country of residence, simply skip those). If you are already a member of any of the programs, you do not need to rejoin.

After registering for a program, that program will give you a referral url. Some programs have a referral url with your ID/username and some are using ID numbers. Some programs will include your referral url in the welcome message. However, you can always get your referral url/ID within that programs' member's area. If you can't locate your referral url for any program, feel free to contact me and I’ll tell you how to find it. When you have your referral url, return to Marketing Pond and enter the referral ID/username into the box to the right of the program name. Then scroll down to the end of the page and click update. Do NOT enter urls, email addresses, etc. The Marketing Pond software already has the referral url of each program implemented. The only thing left out is the ID. So the only thing you place in the box by the program name is the ID assigned to you. The ID is usually at the end of the referral url after the "=" or "?" sign.

Be sure to scroll down the program list page and click "Update". By doing so, you are locking in your ID's for the programs. Those you sponsor to Marketing Pond will be joining the programs directly under you. So it is very important to place all the correct ids in the box's and to join all or as many of the programs as possible before promoting your Marketing Pond.

You'll notice that Marketing Pond also includes some free advertising programs in the program list. Some of these are totally autopilot systems. Most will ask for an ad and/or a url. Place a Marketing Pond ad and your Marketing Pond referral url. Pre-written ads can be found in the ADS link on the left side of the site.

Remember, those you sponsor to Marketing Pond will be joining all the programs they are not already a member of, directly under you. This means more advertising credits for you. And of course it means more money for you within the free money programs.
At first glance, The Marketing Pond program list may appear overwhelming. I assure you it is not and if you follow this plan, you will make free money online and you could make a lot of it.

What's Next?

Now that you’ve set up everything, it’s time to learn the daily system that I follow that has brought me free money. Be disciplined to do these things daily, things may be slow at the beginning, but you’ll be amazed how quickly things grow here. The following is how I utilize the programs listed.

I primarily use the Mozilla Firefox Browser (You can use Internet Explorer, but I prefer Mozilla Firefox because it is faster). If you don’t have Firefox and want to try it out, you can download it for free just by clicking on the banner on the right side of my blog. Be sure to install the fasterfox addon by clicking on the link just below the Firefox banner for increased speed.

With Firefox, I keep the Pay To Click programs which are Clixsense, Link Grand, Word Linx, etc open in tabs in the browser all day. I open up a separate window for anything else I might be doing on the internet. You can do tabbed browsing on Internet Explorer 7 as well. This way I can switch easily between those programs. I am constantly checking for ads to click on the programs listed above while I'm on a computer (if you are not on the computer throughout the day, try to do this at least 2 times per day, once in the morning and once in the evening). This is to make sure that you are clicking all the ads that are available to you to maximize your total earnings since some advertisers add in ads halfway during the day.

You can keep the Paid To Read programs which are Donkey Mails, No Minimum, etc open but they will send an email to you if there are paid ads so you can check directly from your email inbox.

When I have some free time, I open the Paid To Do programs which is Treasure Trooper, Cash Crate etc to check out the paid to sign up offers, surveys and various other offers. There might be new opportunities to make some additional cash. These sites reap the fastest earnings, but don’t neglect the other sites.

Mylot is a great site where you get paid to participate in discussions about anything and everything.

If you have MySpace, perhaps you should consider changing to Yuwie as it works almost the same but it pays you too!

With Clicks Matrix, I log in and surf 5 pages and then click on the paid links once per day.

That is my daily routine with the FREE money programs. And all combined takes little of my time each day.

Building Your Income With Your Pond Through Referrals

You can earn a decent monthly income without referrals, but building your Marketing Pond through referrals will significantly increase and speed up your earnings. Here’s how I use the programs listed, again all FREE to use!

If you’ve noticed, most of the advertising programs listed are totally 100% autopilot! You will need a website or blog to use some of the autopilot advertising programs. These programs are almost like set it and forget it programs. Traffic Digger, Free Viral and Hits2U are all set it up and forget it programs. Traffic Swarm and Traffic Roundup I log onto once per day and I surf 50 sites per day on each site to earn traffic to my Marketing Pond site. You can always surf less but if you do more you get more referrals. Pageswirl you can use to rotate your start pages if you choose to, I don’t really utilize it. Also put your link and banner in the forums you join or add the link to the signature of your email.

Those are the steps that can help you get started to earn extra income online for FREE. Even if you work 40 hours per week, you can do all the programs listed in Marketing Pond very easily without spending too much of your time. You just need to get organized and I just shared the organization system with you. Imagine if you joined Marketing Pond without this guide, you would have probably been overwhelmed and not known what to do. The map is in your hands, it’s up to you to take action and follow through.

Many of the programs are on autopilot and others simply just need clicking a link or an ad. Some you login if your time allows to click links or do offers or surveys.

Remember, building your “pond” is going to help you greatly in earning more money. Follow the steps and you’ll be successful.

Here’s to your success! I wish you all the best.

AVG Antivirus bug

2007-11-25T10:43:00.000+08:00

If you are using AVG Antivirus, take note of the temporary directory of your computer. One of them is C:\WINDOWS\Temp. If there are files with the .T$M extension you can delete it. They are temporary files copied by AVG into that folder when AVG encounters locked or corrupted files. Delete all of them to save your disk space.
More info on the file extension:
http://filext.com/file-extension/T$M

Earn free & easy money without spending a cent

2007-11-06T16:19:00.001+08:00

Marketing pond is a website which compiles a list of paying websites together for your convenience. Only the real paying websites are listed and the non-paying or scamming websites are removed by the admin. Marketing pond makes it easy for you because you just have to register (its free) and login then follow the links in the member's area to the paying websites. You then get your referral ID from that site and enter it in the white box in the middle of the program in marketing pond's member's area then scroll down to the bottom of the page and click update. With this you have locked in your ID for the particular program and you just have to promote your marketing pond referral ID, not the ID for each program. You earn a percentage of the money earned by the people that you referred and this will boost your income even further. So the more referrals you have, the more you earn! The best thing about this is all the programs are free! You don't have to spend even a cent to register. You need a paypal account but it is free too! Get your paypal account here:
https://www.paypal.com/
Some of the programs are traffic generators, which can be used to generate traffic to your site. In this case, you can generate traffic to your marketing pond link and when more people register with your link, the more you earn! The others are PTC & PTR sites. PTC stands for pay to click whereas PTR is pay to read. Those sites pay you to click ads and read emails. Don't worry, there are no adware or viruses. You might be wondering, why are those people paying you just to view the ads or to read emails? Advertisers nowadays realize that the market is competitive and they must promote fast enough so that the customers will not be caught by another company first so they pay these sites to promote their products and these sites pay us to view it. This is a win-win situation as everyone earns money. You can try it now for free and earn your first dollar online! You have nothing to lose and much to earn so act now!
http://www.marketingpond.com/ref.cgi/18970/
You can register at the forums to get help from people who earn a lot and there are tips to help you earn faster too.

Russell Brunson's Im-Myth paid

2007-11-03T22:18:00.000+08:00

The member's area:

My Paypal account:

Applying for a credit or debit card

2007-10-23T18:32:00.002+08:00

If you are living in Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, Hong Kong or Taiwan and want to apply for a credit or debit card, there is a new program that you might be interested. Whether you need a card to do business or just buying things from ebay, this card can do it all for you. So, what is the difference between this card from the others? This is the eCosway card, where 5 banks and card companies went on a joint venture to provide better services to all their customers and thus can eliminate the competition so both the banks, card companies and the customers earn more. Since you can choose the Visa card or MasterCard, it could be used internationally and when you use the card, you earn 2 types of points. The first type, the eV, is used to convert directly to cash. The second type of point, the CVP, is used to lower the list of item prices sold my Cosway or can be used to participate in the $1 auction where everything starts at $1. You can only have 2 downlines only, but you earn directly from all your downlines. The more you or your downlines spend with this card, the more you earn. You can use it for refilling fuel, paying children's school fees, buying daily necessities or at any place which accepts Visa Card or MasterCard. Since these are the normal chores that everyone must go through, why not use this card to pay rather that using cash? It is like a cash back system and is safer than using cash because you could be robbed. You earn more when spending at their partner shops compared to non-partner shops but you also earn points although the shop is not a partner! It is a good alternative to using cash or other cards since it gives you more benefits. There is a minimal requirement for each month to enable you to collect your money, but you can refuse to collect your money if you don't reach the requirement so you don't lose anything! The one time registration fee is US$60. You can check out your local bank or card company to get the application form for the card but you need to register at eCosway and enter your membership number in the credit/debit card form before you can get all the benefits. The local bank for Malaysia is Alliance Bank, Brunei is Baiduri Bank, Indonesia is Bank Niaga, Hong Kong is XPRESS Finance Limited and Taiwan is SinoPac Card Services.

Today is blog action day!

2007-10-15T23:27:00.000+08:00

Take action immediately to reduce the amount of damage and pollution done to our environment. Some tips:
http://officeliveoffers.com/greenbusiness/default.htm?xid=f8f9b4e1-aee6-4800-a02f-dd0fe7440b19
http://liveearth.msn.com/
http://www.conservation.org/

Sign up the petition to help needy animals!

2007-10-14T18:10:00.000+08:00

The animals need our help! Just sign up the appeal in the link below to help them.
http://www.supportarfie.com/

Save the environment. Take action now!

2007-10-09T22:15:00.000+08:00

We can see there are many "natural" disasters happening in the world today. If we look back in time, these "natural" disasters not really are "natural" as it rarely happens in the past. Due to the worsening greenhouse effect and thinner ozone layer the climate of the world is changing rapidly. The climate change alters the equilibrium of the world and so makes our world unstable. Take action now and urge others to help save the environment so that we and the future generations could live in a better world. Click on the banner below for more information.

Help the needy just by adding a little code to your messenger and chat all you like!

2007-10-08T11:31:00.001+08:00

Tiberian Sun

2007-09-05T16:41:00.000+08:00

Recently I've been playing Command & Conquer Tiberian Sun, the classic RTS game from Westwood Studios and EA Games.

I wonder why the units didn't fall into the river even when they stand on the edge of the broken bridge.

The GDI units say foul words... (censored, of course)

Poor cyborg who lost both legs moves in front of the group. Surprisingly, he moves as fast as the cyborgs with legs. It is rare for retro games to have this much detail. Unfortunately Westwood Studios is taken over by EA Games and the new games have less detail than this one.

The SCRIN faction that we can see in Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars was actually uncovered in this classic RTS game. The Command & Conquer series is actually a continuing story from the previous game. Red Alert moves on to Red Alert 2 then Yuri's Revenge. Command & Conquer Generals evolve to Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour whereas the story in Command & Conquer Tiberian Sun continues in Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars.

My first time blogging.

2007-08-07T22:50:00.000+08:00

I see so many of my friends blogging so I wanted to try it myself to see what is so fun about it. I won't be updating it very frequently as I am always surfing the net or playing games. Guess how much space the games installed in my computer took? Including the ones played a few times and the uninstalled, (Don't have enough time to play so many games but sure to install them again when I finished the others) the grand total is 50GB. Yes, that is true, I am mad. Try to beat that, hah! URGENT!!! Hard disk almost explode! Need an extra, larger secondary hard disk now! haha