08 December 2007

WebAppers - Free Resources for Web Developers

WebAppers is a niche blog focuses on free resources for web application developers.

screenshot of WebAppers.com

Image: screenshot of WebAppers.com

The author, Ray Cheung, is a web developer himself. He understands best the difficulty to find great (and free) resources for web developers, thus he created the blog to share with others. WebAppers has successful gained more than 2,000 feed readers in 3 months.

The blog posts are nicely categorized so that you can easily find the resources you like. Concern about the work license? The resources are categorized by license types as well.

Colourful Gmail Labels

After Gmail IMAP feature, now Google launched a new feature for Gmail — Colored labels. Now you can set color for each Gmail label. The labeled email messages will be marked by the label text and color.
With colored labels, it is easier to spot the messages you want among tons of other messages in Inbox.

Besides the colored labels, Gmail also added group chat and emoticons in chat.

The Gmail new features, including colored labels, only work in the newest version of Gmail, which available for IE7 and Firefox 2.

LG Shine (KE970) Cell Phone

LG launched a stylish Cellphone KE970. It is a sliding phone with fully silver metal body.

LG Shine (KE970) Cell Phone

LG Shine has a large 2.2 inch wide mirror LCD screen. On the panel, there is a multi functional scroll key and two blue eyes (blue color LED). The phone is equipped with 2 megapixels digital camera. It is not a 3G phone. LG Shine has 50MB internal memory and support external memory (Micro SD). For connectivity, LG Shine supports USB and bluetooth.


Apple iPod Touch and iPod Nano with Video

Apple reveals new iPod Touch and iPod nano with Video.The iPod Touch is an iPhone like media player with touch screen. The redesigned iPod Nano now support video playback on its small screen.

Apple iPod Touch and iPod Nano with Video

iPod Touch is the iPhone without phone function. iPod Touch has the same 3.5 inch touch screen for fancy navigations and user interface controls. It support WiFi for wireless Internet connection, you can surf net with build-in Safari browseror watch YouTube videos. iPod Touch has capacity of 8GB ($299 USD) or 16GB ($399 USD), black color only.

07 December 2007

FREE Calls to Landline and Mobile Phones!*

Now You can really use Free call Service!

Users NEW to the All Calls Free plan get 40 minutes of free calling simply by getting ONE friend to sign up for a new Gizmo account. There are no commitments and no hidden fees.

Get Started Now!
  1. Tell a friend to download Gizmo Project and have them add their phone number to their profile.
  2. Add each other to your contact lists and you can call that person for FREE using Gizmo Project.
  3. Be sure to make at least 1 Gizmo Project to Gizmo Project call per week or your free minutes will expire.
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LANDLINES AND MOBILES
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Puerto Rico
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San Marino
Singapore
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Thailand
United States
US Virgin Islands
Vatican City
LANDLINES ONLY
Argentina
Australia
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Belgium
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Bulgaria
Chile
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Denmark
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Calling all Volunteers!!

New StatCounter System - In Beta

StatCounter have been working on the new and improved StatCounter SC4 system

A lot of changes have been made ‘under the hood’ and won’t be immediately apparent; however some of the immediate benefits include:

  • Faster Loading Keyword and Country Stats
  • Exit Link Stats
  • Download Stats

Testing… Testing… 123…

MOST importantly the new system paves the way for other exciting new features … so watch this space!

How do I try out SC4?

It’s easy!

You need to create a new test project. This code should be added underneath your existing StatCounter code.

Note that you should retain your existing StatCounter code for now… Once the new system is fully operational we’ll convert all projects over to SC4 automatically.

To get started:

  • Login to StatCounter with the “remember me” option
  • Point your browser at this URL
    http://my.statcounter.com/project/standard/add.php?sc4=1
  • If successful the form should now read “BETA TEST SC4 PROJECT SETTINGS” then proceed as normal to install this new code below your current code.

(Note that if you logout and login again you will be directed back to the current StatCounter system.)

Thanks for your help with this - and we’d be delighted to have your feedback posted to the comments of this blog post.

UPDATE: Thanks for all the feedback so far. As the comments are getting a bit crowded we’ve created a new forum for you to discuss your ideas. Please click here to get talking about SC4! (Note: you need to register a forum account in order to post.)

Let the testing begin!

Microsoft Office 2007

Microsoft Office 2007 (officially called 2007 Microsoft Office system) is the most recent version of Microsoft's productivity suite. Formerly known as Office "12" in the initial stages of its beta cycle, it was released to volume license customers on November 30, 2006] and made available to retail customers on January 30, 2007. These are, respectively, the same dates Windows Vista was released to volume licensing and retail customers. Office 2007 contains a number of new features, the most notable of which is the entirely new graphical user interface called the Fluent User Interface (initially referred to as the Ribbon UI), replacing the menus and toolbars that have been the cornerstone of Office since its inception. Office 2007 requires Windows XP with Service Pack 2, Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1, or Windows Vista.


Office 2007 also includes new applications and server-side tools. Chief among these is Groove, a collaboration and communication suite for smaller businesses, which was originally developed by Groove Networks before being acquired by Microsoft in 2005. Also included is Office SharePoint Server 2007, a major revision to the server platform for Office applications, which supports "Excel Services", a client-server architecture for supporting Excel workbooks that are shared in real time between multiple machines, and are also viewable and editable through a web page.




Microsoft FrontPage has been removed from the Office suite entirely. It has been replaced by Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer, which is aimed towards development of SharePoint portals. Its designer-oriented counterpart Microsoft Expression Web is targeted for general web development. However, neither application is included in any of the Office suites. Also, since speech recognition and handwriting recognition are now part of Windows Vista, speech and ink components have been removed from Office 2007. Handwriting and speech recognition work with Office 2007 only on Windows Vista or Windows XP Tablet PC Edition.

Receive AdSense Money Immediately via Western Union

Now, it is available to all AdSense publishers from selected countries in Asia, Europe, and South America. No more check waiting, expensive bank fees and long clearing times!

What is Western Union Quick Cash?

Western Union Quick Cash is a payment method that allows you to receive your AdSense payments in cash using the worldwide Western Union money transfer service. Payments will be available for pick up at your local Western Union Agent the day after they are sent according to our normal payment schedule.

The Western Union Quick Cash payment is in US dollars. You may receive your payment in your local currency according to the exchange rate used by the Western Union Agent of the day you pick up your payment.

Is AdSense Western Union Payment available to you?


Currently, AdSense payment by Western Union Quick Cash is available in the following countries:

  • China
  • Malaysia
  • Pakistan
  • Romania
  • Philippines
  • Argentina
  • Chile
  • Peru
  • Colombia

Google may add the payment method to publishers in other countries. If yours is not listed, please be patient.

How to update AdSense payment method to Western Union?


It is very easy to setup your AdSense account to receive payment by Western Union:

  1. Sign in your Google AdSense account
  2. Click My Account tab
  3. Click the edit link adjacent to the Payment Details header.
  4. Select Setup Western Union Quick Cash

    Setup Western Union Quick Cash

  5. Click Continue >> button
  6. Confirm your payee name is EXACTLY same as your government issued ID (e.g. Identity Card) by ticking the checkbox next to “I agree that I have a picture ID that matches the contact name above.”
  7. Click Save changes button. Done!

Please note that the maximum payout amount of Western Union Quick Cash is $2,800 USD. If your payment exceeds this amount, it will be switched to Secured Express Delivery ($24 USD processing fee).

By the way, no Western Union payments to business payee names.

Is it FREE?

According to both Malaysian AdSense publishers who were beta testers of AdSense Payment by Western Union, it is free of charge.

Paglo - The Search Engine for IT

Paglo is a free IT management system (Yes, I like Free things!) that allows you to collect data, manage, and maintain all IT devices, applications as well as users’ information all at a glance!





It is also integrated with an open source supersearcher agent that probes your network for devices and other IT assets, and discovers everything about them. This means you could search and compile your whole company’s IT information and display the results as charts, lists, or tables within few clicks.

Why use Paglo?

When you have more devices, applications, and users to manage, the more headache you have. It’s not on support wise, but is on information management wise. If you work for medium or enterprise level company, I am sure you will agree with me.

For example, do you know how many devices are running Microsoft Office 2003 in your company ? Or, how many computers that need upgrade to 2GB RAM in order to support Windows Vista ?

With Paglo, let it become your IT wingman and work for you without extra budget :) They make your life simpler and easier.

How to use Paglo?

There are few simple steps to use Paglo:

  1. Sign up an Paglo account
  2. Download Paglo Crawler
  3. Run Paglo Crawler on any desktop computer or server within your network. It crawls your network and IT assets and gathers information, which it then securely uploads to your private Paglo Search Index in Paglo’s telco-grade datacenter.
  4. Login to Paglo Web Account and start generate your IT management reports.

You may want to see the Paglo Demo in flash format.