Google Adsense has released a toolbar for chrome users - this toolbar is useful for adsense publishers who love to check their stats earnings on a regular or daily basis.

Instead of logging often to your adsense publisher account this chrome extension makes a summary reports for easy viewing.

It shows your stats for today, yesterday, this month, last month's earnings and top custom channels.

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I have just found out and discovered Bancnet's Mobile Banking Facility with Philippine Veterans Bank, I rushed myself  to check out the Bank Balance Inquiry Features, keyed in my ATM Card Number, Account Type - Savings Account, ATM Pin and submit.

The Good News - Christmas Bonus for Teachers is credited to my account. This online banking features is very useful to clients and teachers, etc. who wish to transact online without the hassles of going to atm machine at far-flung areas.

Check out your Veterans Bank Saving Account Balance here.

Thank You Bancnet Online and Veterans Bank.

WordPress just released new update on its Jetpack Plugin version 1.2, among the highlights of the release and enhancements include:

• Improved UI for showing new and updated Jetpack features
• Better support for other languages
• Smarter and safer Jetpack upgrades
• New Shortcodes for VideoPress & Google Maps
• Added LinkedIn and Google+ buttons to Sharing UI
• Image Widget
• RSS Links Widget

Once you updated the plugin in the WordPress Dashboard, you'll see number 3 in the Jetpack plugin module, click it.

When done you'll get error codes, there's no need to worry. Just click the back arrow from the web browser you're using, click the WordPress Dashboard home and you're good to go.

Easy isn't it? Cheers!

VPS, otherwise known as virtual private servers, are virtual dedicated servers. It is a system wherein parts of a server mainframe are divided and sectioned off into multiple servers. Each section will now be a dedicated server – having their own operating system, can be independently rebooted and are virtually running their own machine.

VPS hosting is the middle ground between shared and dedicated hosting.  Shared hosting has different web sites hosted on the same physical server. Dedicated hosting enables users to have their own specific server. VPS offers better performance and flexibility than shared hosting but is cheaper than dedicated hosting.

You would need to check for these three important factors when signing up for VPS hosting.  Check out the Hostgator.com Review if their specifications meet your requirements.

RAM (Random Access Memory). This affects your VPS’ performance – make sure you have enough RAM for all your applications.

Storage. Factor in the space required for your operating system, installed software programs, applications, web site content, etc.

Data Transfer. This is the amount of data you are allowed to transfer to and from your VPS.

Aside from the factors mentioned above, do not forget to check for customer support feedback, uptime guarantees and server location and back-up protocol in cases of emergencies. Financial costing should also be factored in. Monthly billing might be wiser just in case you would need to switch providers. Check for refund policies too.

You can try VPS hosting while thinking about whether you are ready to take the leap to dedicated server hosting.

Tina is a freelance content writer who loves blogging and photography. Her current project includes articles about Web Hosting Deals. 

Now you're wondering why your still stuck with Google Pagerank 3? - There's a web tool that's used to determine the domain age of any site - we all know that Google use this as ranking factor for well established sites.

The domain age checker tool comes handy when you wish to hold a monthly or yearly anniversary celebration - or holding online contest hehehe..

Here's the tool and give it a run.
seologs domain age check
domain age check tool

or this:

Note: Some site's age does not show up - better use either any of the domain age checker above.

I have looked around for ways on how I can earn with my technology blog and trying to unlock it's potential through constant searching with relevant text link advertising - I was able to sign-up successfully and I'm going to share with you the Intellilinks Publisher Program.

This Intellilinks publisher program is open to all website and blog owners. The prerequisite for any niche site must be established for at least 1 year or more - Google Pagerank PR3, with original written content, once your site is submitted wait for 24-72 hours to get accepted into the inventory of publishers.

Set up the category, website title, description and other entries, download and activate the plugin, go to your WordPress Dashboard in the widgets section drag the [domain_name] to the side bar give an appropriate name or title for it. Leave it for awhile and Intellilinks will email you once an advertiser wants to displays ads on your site.

A few bytes ago I've signed up for a web hosting search tool and was looking for unbiased review coming from users making a say on their hosting companies. This is the place you should go when wanting to know what keeps every blog and websites ticks.  Talk about Zero O Downtime.. Sheesh!

These are technical issues that some hosting companies don't tell you about whats going on with your blog - I have a couple if not a few of that under my belt going through with those painful downtimes.

Here we go: Who is Hosting This offers free service of discovering what hosting service you're using right now and coming straight from the results shows you a review of your hoster if its performing well or not.

From there, you can use that as benchmark or base your decision, once you make up your mind on trasferring hosts. Once youre signed in you can also make your own review based on your experience with your "again" previous hoster - Isn't that unbiased?

Tip: Once you'll get approved, your review will posted, plus you'll get webmaster freebies promoting your site, Isn't that great?

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I've received a newsletter today from OpenDNS about the Most Blocked Site of 2010 [pdf format] and back from those years 2006-Present been using their service for quite sometime during my IT Management Days to whitelist and blacklist site/s are deemed inappropriate within our organization.

I know some of you may wonder why you're experiencing downtime with your ISPs within your area or region because of their unreliable dns service.

OpenDNS acts as a backup url, content and web filter just in case your corporate filtering software does not work. Also, it serves as dns service that helps speed up site loading, fast enough in par with google's own dns. OpenDNS is free and easy to configure. Sign-up anywhere using your mobile phone and you're ready to go.

To those who are experiencing outages with their internet that's crapping out here's a quick solution to that, it also supports various router brands too.

Choosing a hosting package tailor-fit your need is serious business. You can't afford downtimes, you lose customers and users to top it all - lost revenues. Ask me have if I ever experience downtime with my web hosting service? It's absolutely a big YES.

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Let me share to you my experience. I had my site up and running smoothly, installed the necessary and complaint plugins, updated core files to latest and applied best security practices as possible and a few months later when I checked - I could not believe what I saw; my site injected with spam links hidden in the footer, to make matters worse, the site defaced and it lasted for 3 straight days.

I've compared lately VPS against Shared hosting. But wait, if you think virtual private server hosting is costly then, think again it's not.

And here's why.

Important points to consider:

virtual private server plans offered at affordable monthly rates providing you total control and power of a dedicated hosting.

virtual private server hosting offers better security. When an offending web application or malicious file is found it can be remedied easily because it is separated from the other virtual servers. Tests can be done thoroughly before moving it securely, thus, giving you a peace of mind.

shared hosting - a lot of users are using the same resource on the same machine, when an offending application goes rogue all the web service experience downtime. Technical support is below than par.

Invest in VPS and get your money's worth.

If you're growing tired of Facebook's ever growing privacy scandals - there's a way to get around with it.

Some of the privacy issues have been just too much for users, resulting in cancelled accounts. But more and more organizations are joining the Facebook Connect network and incorporating the site's development tools into their own. It's getting to the point where you're at a disadvantage if you don't have a Facebook account; you can use it to log in with the same username and password on more than two million sites — it's not just for checking in on your cousin's newest baby pictures. So, here's the trick: You can go nearly invisible on Facebook — nobody will be able to view your photographs, see your activity or where you've checked in except for existing friends — but still have an account to use around the web.

If you're ready to move into Facebook stealth mode, follow these simple steps:

• Visit Facebook.com, log in to your profile and click 'Account' in the top-right corner. From there, choose 'Privacy Settings.'

• From the 'Privacy Settings' page, click on 'View Settings' to see who can search for you, send messages to your account, see your education and work settings and more. Change all of these drop-down menus to 'Friends Only.'

• Return to the 'Privacy Settings' page and choose 'Customize Settings' near the bottom of the page. This new page will load a number of different privacy options, but you'll want to click through each one and change the setting to 'Only Me' so that nobody else can see your Facebook activity.

• Stay on the 'Customize Settings' page and scroll down to 'Things Others Share.' Here, you'll want to edit and disable settings so that your friends are unable to write on your wall, comment on posts and check you in to places.

• Return to the 'Privacy Settings' page and, under 'Apps and Websites' in the bottom-left corner, select 'Edit Your Settings.' This page shows all of the third-party websites and applications that you have given access to some of your Facebook information. If you see anything on this list that you want to remove, just click to remove it from the list.

• Stay on the 'Apps and Websites' page, scroll down to 'Instant Personalization' and select 'Edit Settings.' Uncheck the box at the bottom of this page to block other websites from accessing your Facebook interests. Select 'Confirm' when a pop-up asks you if you're sure you want to disable this option.

• Return to the 'Apps and Websites' page, scroll down to 'Public Search' and select 'Edit Settings.' To keep search engines from finding your Facebook profile, uncheck the box on this new screen.

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Here's an inexpensive way to setup your own internet sharing connection for those who can't afford to buy a router. It took me quite a while to figure out how to share internet connection using the 3G Globe Tattoo usb stick, after few tweaks it finally worked. Yay!

Then you don't want your colleagues or office mates bugging you when they want to use your computer, while you're doing research on Mobile Media Management Platform, browsing the internet, so I've created a quick fix for this, had a 8-port switch in place and two computers connected thru a local area network.

To get things started here's what you should do:

Step 1: On your Windows 7 computer, click start - Control Panel

Step 2: Network and Internet

Step 3: Network and Sharing Center

Step 4: Change adapter settings

Step 5: Select Globe Broadband - Postpaid

Step 6: Right Click - Properties

Step 7: Options - PPP Settings, check Negotiate multi-link for single-link connections, then OK

Step 8: Go back to Step 7 at Sharing tab Check all three boxes under Internet Connection Sharing click OK.

Step 9: Once the connection is shared, Go back to Step 6 - Local Area Connection - Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) the assigned IP Address for LAN is: 192.168.137.1 use this address in setting up the default gateway for client computers.

Notes:
Globe Tattoo usb stick software must be installed before setting up Internet Connection Sharing.
IP address of client computers must be set to 192.168.137.xxx - xxx denotes any ip numbers of your choice
Gateway on client computers be set to 192.168.137.1
Click the above images to get a better view.

Happy surfing!

Recently I’ve subscribed to Globe Tattoo postpaid - (Huawei E1552) usb stick that came bundled with Neo Basic 3357 model  netbook, sometimes you get decent internet connection and sometimes not, there’s a quick fix for that and here’s how.

1. Once your Globe Tattoo Broadband software is installed go to 1.) Tools, 2.) Options

2. Go to 1.) Network, 2.) Network Type, 3.) 3G only, 4.) Band – GSM900/GSM1800/WCDMA900/WCDMA2100, (or you can select all bands)

3. Check the signal status 1.) HSDPA GLOBE – (signal momentarily changes from 3G to HSDPA, depending on network location)

4. Congratulations, job well done! Happy Surfing!

After sharing with you an insightful troubleshooting issue with SmartBro Plug-It on a Windows 7 Environment and somehow you get annoyed that your internet connection is quite - uhmm.. relatively slow....
There's a quick-fix for that to considerably enjoy speeds ranging from 2.0 - 3.6 mbps in hdpa mode [some experienced users say the signal is location based, the nearer the network tower the better]

This  tweak works with the earlier SmartBro Plug-It HSDPA modem ZTE MF627 version/model which located under the usb stick, make sure you've upgraded the usb sticks firmware and software to enjoy some of its features and benefits (this includes new dashboard software, etc.) downloads are found here.

Follow these simple steps:

1. Go to your Smart Bro Dashboard.

2. Click and set on the 1. Settings tab, 2. Network Settings, 3. Band Settings - W850M, 4. Only 3G, and 5. Apply

3. After applying the setting go back to the Internet icon.

4. Click Connect.

5. Once connected you'll see a HSDPA network mode.

Congratulations!

I found  a workaround on  making usb flash drive bootable and make it able to install Windows 7 on a netbook without an internal or removal optical drive. Here's how...

On a spare desktop/laptop computer  whether  it's running on a Windows Vista or Windows 7 environment.

1. insert your usb flash drive (approx. 4-8 Gb. in capacity) on any available usb port.

2. Go to my computer and locate the usb disk - [example: Drive F:]

3. Point the mouse to the usb disk and right click "Format"

4. The File system: should be set to FAT (Default), Allocation unit size: default allocation size, Format options; check Quick Format don't forget to click Start button.

5. Go back to my computer locate and make sure you inserted the Windows 7 installation optical disk, select all files and send to USB-DISK, (you can also copy and paste it) it takes several minutes for the copying of files to complete, when done, safely remove the usb disk.

6. On your new netbook set the bios settings bootup sequence to USB, restart, then insert the USB Disk.

7. Upon start-up sequence Windows 7  will start installing, follow on-screen instructions, setup procedures and you're done.

Notes: Install necessary drivers, productivity and antivirus software when USB disk refuse to install use external/removable optical drive.

Every time you create post either a new one or you've updated your blog WordPress notifies automatically Update Services by sending a ping, once updated people in the blogosphere can find you most recent posts.

So you don't need to register to other update services, simply put, you want your site moving to the top.

Here the new updated lists:

http://rpc.pingomatic.com

http://api.feedster.com/ping

http://api.moreover.com/RPC2

http://api.moreover.com/ping

http://api.my.yahoo.com/RPC2

http://api.my.yahoo.com/rss/ping

http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2

http://www.blogdigger.com/RPC2

http://www.blogoole.com/ping/

http://www.blogshares.com/rpc.php

http://www.blogsnow.com/ping

http://www.blogstreet.com/xrbin/xmlrpc.cgi

http://www.blogpeople.net/servlet/weblogUpdates

http://bulkfeeds.net/rpc

http://blogping.unidatum.com/RPC2/

http://bblog.com/ping.php

http://www.newsisfree.com/xmlrpctest.php

http://ping.bitacoras.com

http://ping.blo.gs/

http://ping.bloggers.jp/rpc/

http://ping.feedburner.com

http://ping.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php

http://ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.php

http://rpc.icerocket.com:10080/

http://rpc.blogrolling.com/pinger/

http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping

http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2

http://www.feedsubmitter.com

http://topicexchange.com/RPC2

http://blo.gs/ping.php

http://www.pingerati.net

http://www.pingmyblog.com

http://www.popdex.com/addsite.php

http://geourl.org/ping

http://ipings.com

http://www.weblogues.com/RPC/

http://www.wasalive.com/ping/

http://www.weblogalot.com/ping

http://xping.pubsub.com/ping

Update Ping Services

To use the above-mentioned lists, copy and paste to Settings - Writing - Update Services tab then click save in the WordPress Admin Panel.

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Few days ago a got a reply from the Open Directory Project stating that my Open Directory  Application that I for applied is now approved.

Here are the excepts from the email I received:

Hello Faust Haeja Crismel Principe,

Congratulations on becoming an editor with the Open Directory Project!

Please note that while I have approved your request to edit Regional/Asia/Philippines/Provinces/Davao_del_Sur/Davao_City/Education , your continued participation with the project rests on your ability to edit within the Directory Guidelines mentioned below.

We appreciate your letting us know of your affiliations. Many time editors join in order to ensure that their own sites or their client sites are listed, and this is quite acceptable as long as all sites are appropriate for the category and are dealt with fairly. Failure to give all sites fair and equal treatment will result in the termination of your editor account.

Please make sure your titles are always the same as the company or organization behind the site.

Regarding descriptions, our descriptions should tell what information the site offers in complete sentences without the use of abbreviations, repetitive terms, hype or personal pronouns.  We like to say that we describe sites, not businesses and have found the format Description=Subject+Content to be the best way to convey this.

For example:

"Poohbear Industries - Top manufacturer in the WORLD for plastic noses to fit your POOHBEAR, not to mention any and every stuffed animal you can imagine!!!!!!!" is NOT a description that is inline with our guidelines.

"Poohbear Industries - Manufacturer of plastic noses for stuffed animals."  is an accurate title and okay description but
"Poohbear Industries - Manufacturer of plastic noses for stuffed animals.  Features a company history, product catalog, wholesale price list, and inquiry forms." is an excellent description.

As you will find, there is a lot to learn. In addition to the Editor Guidelines mentioned below, please take the time to read the Regional Guidelines at http://dmoz.org/guidelines/regional/ and to print a copy of the Regional Template for subcategories at http://editors.dmoz.org/Test/Regional/Templates/Topical_Subcategories/ .  The template for subcategories is to be followed whenever creating subcategories.

On your application you were asked for a list of web sites you were affiliated with ("affiliations").  Affiliations include not only your own personal sites but sites you design, optimize, or host.  Sites for friends or family members could also be considered affiliations.  When you first log in to your editor dash, please visit http://affiliations.dmoz.org/ and input your affiliations.

Finally, you will find the forums to be invaluable places to ask questions and learn what your fellow editors are doing. In addition to the New Editors forum, I suggest you visit the Regional forums http://forums.dmoz.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=13 , where you will find a discussion among other editors volunteering in your area.

Again, welcome to the team!

I'll be in charge of editing and streamlining this Regional Category for Education in Davao City.

I am inviting various schools that fall within this category to submit your sites mentioned above and be part and  Help build the most comprehensive human-reviewed directory of the web.

On submitting your site kindly read this help information for better understanding. My dmoz profile can be found here.

After the release of the much awaited and long overdue Google Pagerank Update for the month of April 2010 and the schedule delays that wasn't followed through, we'll share to you how increase your google pagerank and rank better in search engines.
To better understand the definition of Pagerank according to WikiPedia and Google:

PageRank relies on the uniquely democratic nature of the web by using its vast link structure as an indicator of an individual page's value. In essence, Google interprets a link from page A to page B as a vote, by page A, for page B. But, Google looks at more than the sheer volume of votes, or links a page receives; it also analyzes the page that casts the vote. Votes cast by pages that are themselves "important" weigh more heavily and help to make other pages "important".

Moreover, the more your site gets link to various and relevant websites the better.

Steps:

1. Domain Name - choose your domain name carefully, it's like making your own brand whether it's personal or commercial, shorter domain names are easy for the masses to remember. On choosing name/s it should be like this - example: www.depedmares.com - this domain belongs to Manuel A. Roxas Elementary School instead making the name longer make it short - DepEd (Department of Education) and MARES (Manuel A. Roxas Elementary School) so we come up with "depedmares" keywords. Register your domain name/s of your choice and check it out with domain registrars like godaddy.com or name.com.

2. Hosting - now, you have your domains ready sign-up for a hosting service that provides decent and top notch service, you can't afford your site to be down all the time - you get what you pay for.

3. Open Source Content Management Systems - Joomla, Drupal, WordpPress are offered free with auto install features with the hosting service. This site is an example powered with WordPress.

4. Keywords - Tweak, configure, setup the site's meta descriptions and place/put keywords that best matches your site.

5. Analytics - Place google analytics to see your site's traffic volume this is helpful in improving user's browsing habits and keywords used.

6. Link Building - this is simply having your site's url being placed in highly trafficked site's. Similar to link exchanges or exchanging links with your good friends.

7. Directory Submissions - submit your site's url to various search engines or for free using http://www.scrubtheweb.com/addurl.html if your budget permit you can pay and stay on top over 250+ search engines to better chances of being indexed.

8. Content - Nothing beats good content - Content is King! always write original and quality content.

9. Social Networking - promote your site's presence thru twitter, facebook and rss.

10. Keep Writing - self explanatory.

Share your thoughts.

There's a fix for that!

Whether caused by a virus, a new operating system or by simple mistake, being faced with an "Operating System not found" or similar error during your computer system's boot up can be a nerve rattling experience. Assuming you have Microsoft's Window 7 installed however, do not fear, such a boot error can often be resolved in just a few simple steps.

First, check your BIOS and hardware

In many cases, having Windows 7 fail to boot may be as simple as having your BIOS set with an incorrect boot order sequence. It can be quite common if you have more than one hard drive installed in your computer and your BIOS gets reset. Usually you can access your BIOS seconds after your computer turns on by pressing the Delete button or by pressing a specific function key. Once in the BIOS, check to see that your system drive is listed appropriately in the boot order sequence; you may need to refer to your motherboard manual for help.

Another possible reason for Windows not being detected upon start up is a hardware issue. If your BIOS is unable to detect your system drive, check to make sure all the cables are plugged in properly. If your hard drive is making an odd noise, such as a clicking sound, your hard drive may be broken. Finally, it is possible that the hard drive is having data corruption issues, which has damaged important system data, such as the Master Boot Record (MBR). If you suspect a faulty hard drive, it may be a good idea to backup and scan your hard drive for errors from another computer and possibly consider buying a replacement. Trying to repair a boot problem on a damaged drive can possibly lead to even more data loss, so backup your data before attempting anything.

The MBR and other important boot data can also be damaged by trying to install an earlier version of Windows, such as Windows XP, alongside Windows 7 and by third-party programs, such as viruses. In the case of a virus, it is recommended that you run a virus scan of the drive before attempting any repairs as otherwise it could lead to more data loss. It is further possible to achieve the appearance of damaged boot data by having the wrong drive partition set to active, which can be the outcome of an overly curious Windows user with administrative permissions.

Fixing the MBR and other start up problems in Windows 7 is most quickly accomplished by using the Windows 7 Installation DVD. If you do not have a Windows 7 Installation DVD however, you can alternatively use a Windows 7 System Recovery Disc, which we will show you how to create further down in this article. If you do not yet have either a Windows 7 Installation DVD or a recovery disc, do yourself a big favor and make a recovery disc right away to avoid any unnecessary headaches down the road.

Fixing the Master Boot Record (MBR)

Step one: Turn your computer on, booting from either your Windows 7 Installation DVD or Windows 7 System Recovery Disc. Remember, you may need to change the boot order inside your BIOS to have the your DVD drive boot first.

Step two: After the installation or recovery disc loads, if prompted, select your language settings and then continue. If you are using the installation DVD, when prompted by the following screen select Repair your computer.

Step three: The computer will take a moment now to scan itself for any Windows installations, after which you will likely be given a choice to select which installation you wish to repair. Select the appropriate Windows installation from the list and then continue. If by chance a problem is detected in one of your Windows installations at this initial stage, the system may also ask you if it can try to repair the problem automatically. It is up to you if you wish to let the system try to repair itself, but otherwise just select No.

Step four: Once you have reached the System Recovery Options screen, as shown below, you will be faced with a list of choices that can aid you in repairing a damaged Windows 7 operating system. If you wish to try the Startup Repair option first, it is often successful in automatically fixing many different start up issues, but in this article we will be using the Command Prompt option to resolve our problems manually. So, click Command Prompt to continue.

Step five: Now sitting at the command prompt, enter the following command and then press enter:

bootrec.exe /FixMbr

If successful, you should be greeted with the message The operation completed successfully. That's it! Your Master Boot Record has been repaired.

While the above command does fix the MBR, and sometimes that is enough, there still might be an error with the system partition's boot sector and Boot Configuration Data (BCD). This might occur if you have tried to install another operating system alongside Windows 7, such as Windows XP. To write a new boot sector, try the following command:

bootrec.exe /FixBoot

If you are still faced with your Windows 7 installation not being detected during start up, or if you wish to include more than one operating system choice to your system's boot list, you can try the following command to rebuild your BCD:

bootrec.exe /RebuildBcd

The above command will scan all your disks for other operating systems compatible with Windows 7 and allow you to add them to your system's boot list. If this fails, you may need to backup the old BCD folder* and create a new one in its place with the following commands:

bcdedit /export C:\BCD_Backup
c:
cd boot
attrib bcd -s -h -r
ren c:\boot\bcd bcd.old

bootrec /RebuildBcd

*Some users also find simply deleting the boot folder and retrying the above steps effective at resolving boot issues, but it is not recommended.

How to change active partitions

Upon purposely changing the active partition on my system drive, I was faced with a BOOTMGR is missing error during my system's start up that prevent Windows from starting. It is a common mistake to make when playing with partitions on a system drive and it can be a headache to solve if not prepared. To change your active partition back using the Windows 7 recovery disc or Installation DVD, follow the steps below.

Step one: Follow steps one to four in the above guide. This should take you to the Command Prompt in the Windows Recovery Environment.

Step two: Type DiskPart and then press Enter.

Step three: Type List Disk now and then press Enter. This command will list all disks attached to your computer and assign them a disk number.

Step four: Type Select Disk x, where x is the number for the disk containing the partition you wish to make active. Press Enter.

Step five: Type List Partition and then press Enter. You will now be shown a list of the partitions on the selected disk. Determine which partition you wish to make active.

Step six: Type Select Partition x, where x is the number of the partition you wish to make active.

Step seven: Now, just type Active and then press Enter. That should be it - the selected partition is now active.

How to create a Windows 7 System Recovery Disc

Windows 7 makes it easy to create a System Recovery Disc if you already have Windows 7 installed and running.

Step one: Click Start > All Programs > Maintenance > Create a System Repair Disc

Step two: Insert a blank CD or DVD into your disc drive.

Step three: Click Create disc and let the program do its thing.

That's it! It only needs to write about 140- to 160-megabytes to the disc, depending on whether your OS is 64-bit or 32-bit, and that should only take a minute. If you do not have a CD/DVD-R drive to create a recovery disc with, you can alternatively download the ISO image of the Windows 7 System Recovery Disc and use it to make a bootable USB flash drive.

How to create a Windows 7 System Recovery USB flash drive

Step one: If you do not have a DVD drive, download the appropriate Windows 7 Recovery Disc image from Here. You will need a torrent client for this step, such as µTorrent. Alternatively, if you have a DVD drive, you can use an existing Windows 7 Installation DVD or a Windows 7 Recovery Disc when at step seven.

Using a Windows 7 Installation DVD at step seven will also allow you to install Windows 7 via USB, not just recover a damaged system; very useful if you have a netbook!

Step two: Open a command prompt with administrative rights. To do this, click Start > All Programs > Accessories and then right click Command Prompt, followed by clicking Run as administrator.

Step three: After accepting any UAC verification questions, you should now be at the command prompt. Make sure your USB flash drive is plugged in and then type DiskPart, followed by pressing Enter.

Step four: Type List Disk and then press Enter. Determine which disk number corresponds to your USB flash drive. In the following scenario, Disk 1 corresponds to our USB drive since we know our USB drive has a capacity of 2-gigabytes.

Step five: Enter the following commands in order, changing the disk number to the disk number listed for your USB drive. Warning - the following commands will erase everything on your USB drive or the disk you select.

Select Disk 1

Clean

Create Partition Primary

Select Partition 1

Active

Format FS=NTFS

Step six: After DiskPart successfully formats the USB drive, which might take a few minutes, you will want to enter the following commands:

Assign
Exit

Step seven: You will now need to copy the contents of the ISO image you downloaded, or the contents of a DVD you wish use, to the USB flash drive. There should be two folders and a file in the ISO image that need to be copied. To extract the files contained within an ISO image, you will need to use a program such as WinRAR. You can download WinRAR from here.

Step eight: Now that the files are copied, we will want to make the USB drive bootable. To accomplish this however we will need to download a small file called bootsect.exe; it can be downloaded from here or here. The file can also be found in the boot directory of the Windows 7 Installation DVD. Once downloaded, place the bootsect.exe file in the root directory of your USB flash drive.

Step nine: Back at the command prompt, we will want to change the current directory to that of the USB drive and run the bootsect command. In our case this is drive E, so we will be using the following respective commands:

e:
bootsect /nt60 e:

The bootsect command will update the target volume with a compatible bootcode. If all goes well, you should now have a bootable USB recovery drive; just remember to add the USB drive to the boot list in your system's BIOS for it to work upon start up.

Credits:
Tom's Hardware

Two days ago my HP Compaq laptop was undergoing hibernation mode after a days work.

Then, an unimaginable event took place.

While  turning on my hp laptop using it's own battery the screen went blank....

Checked on the bios settings - "Hard Disk not found"

Restarted the laptop...

"No bootable disk found, Please insert media"

The sudden rush of adrenaline spiked.

Racing against time, I had 50/50 chances

I watched in horror while dismantling the hard drive bay and saw it soaked and wet in water.

I was both:

Pessimistic - the laptop and it's hard drive is fried, burned, short circuit to pieces.

Optimistic - open the hard drive bay and dried it with a piece of tissue paper and blow dry.

The following day...

Assembled the hard drive

bios check - hard drive is online

booting to windows 7 success!

files intact.

I could not contain my joy. I was very happy!

A brilliant idea of hot blow drying the laptop and the hard drive saved the day.

now my laptop has recovered from a water dripping incident from a faulty air conditioner.

Good news to bloggers,  advertisers and publishers!

We’ve added a new feature to our LinkPost and LinkPost Jobs that many will find extremely beneficial. It’s called “Pre-Written Content” and in a nutshell, Advertisers create the content for the LinkPost they purchase and Partners use this content to create a new post on their blog.

One of the most complained about items when it comes to LinkPost and LinkPost Jobs, is the actual content produced in the post. While there are many that do a wonderful job at writing original content, there are also many that just don’t quite meet the Advertiser’s standard.

You can visit this for more information.

Credits: LinkWorth

When your blogs are raking money you also need to check from time to time your earning statistics and do some ways to improve it. I'll show you the gross earning I've earned so far - Apologies if I have to shade some confidential details - for security purposes.

Do you have something to share, I'll be glad to help.

For every successful marketing strategy may it be an advertiser or blogger with regards to their respective niche there’s an advertising system that allows them to earn money without needing payday loans to get started, market their blogs/websites, boost search engine rankings – the white hat and legitimate way.

I've been a LinkWorth user since 2007 and I'm earning pretty well thru their text link advertising thru these categories: LinkAds (text-based advertising) and LinkMura (Multi-Url Rotating Ads) and some few offers from LinkPost (Reviewing Products)

Before you start using LinkWorth Program you must have a website/blogs and must adhere to the following prerequisites:

• google pr 2 and above.
• have at least 10 recent posts and is always updated.
• must not have adult-related, hate, violence, piracy contents, etc.
• must have their site/s checked to LinkQuote Tool or Text Link Quote to gauge the average price of your website please click to enlarge image below:

Step 1

Fire up your browser and key in http://www.linkworth.com

Step 2

Click on signup button at the upper right corner.

Step 3

Choose the account type that best suits you; for this purpose lets click partner account and key in your details and include "8232" as referral id, for your referrers you can scroll down and select: Banner Ad or Others and click Create Account.

Step 4

LinkWorth will prompt you that an email message was sent.

Step 5

Check your email with the LinkWorth Message in it.

Step 6

Click on the verification link of your email

Step 7

Now your details are verified.

Step 8

Login using your account details from Step 3

Step 9

Once logged in fill-in the necessary forms, site and account details.

Step 10

Setup your site or blog details and it's description

Step 11

Set the link price of your site using the LinkQuote Tool mentioned above earlier.

Step 12

Set the LinkAds, LinkBanner, LinkWords settings and click Submit once your site is submitted wait within 24-72 hours- this allows the LinkWorth Team to assess your website and once it qualifies you'll be informed through email.

Happy monetizing.

Choosing the best hosting service is the lifeblood of having a well tuned up and running Web design company in Philippines website - your blogs of course!  No one can afford having their sites down for an hour or day! You don't want your blogs to rushed into a hospital and land suddenly in the intensive care unit - doc! everything is clear! charge! blog is having difficulty reviving - oh no I see a flatline! God forbid!

It's pure and simple logic - site down equals no visitors or simply and basically a loss of great user experience!-this equates saying goodbye to traffic. (You don't like shooing away birds feasting on your good and yummy nuts right? - they'll keep coming back for more!)

Before jumping into the hosting bandwagon here are the important things to consider:

Customer Service

Before deciding on the hosting plan you're going to purchase you must know if the customer representative answers your query not just the marketing sales staff buzzing you to buy in their hosting. If you must, try first their service for free, most hosting companies offer money back guarantees.

Reliability

Your website and hosted blogs needs to be online 24/7 everyday, weekends and holidays no interruptions please! Problems do occur but not most of the time - remember hosting companies do perform maintenance jobs and that of course puts your site offline. Remember always contact their technical support hot line when your site is down. Prompt answers is always handy and it should not take on days.

Security

I had this painful experience with one of my site/s. The other was compromised - it was spammed and injected with unknown links and malware and the other was down for 3 days. (update your site using the latest builds of WordPress,  Joomla or any open content management of your choice)

Free Hosting

Free hosting is good but it has its own implications - there's no quality assurance, less quality, no support at all.

Cheap Hosting

Is ideal for start-up individuals who have no technical knowledge, these hosting services are usually shared resources - meaning one server house a thousand websites can cause sites to slowdown and intermittent problems, bad neighborhoods spamming your site and even banning your site from search engine results.

Dedicated Hosting

Arguably Web Hosting Philippines is the solution for serious webmasters and developers who demand power and performance driven. Sites hosted with this service is prepared for traffic spikes - digged effect and Slashdot proof, control over your cpu's resources, dedicated ip's, no competition with shared resources.

Any thoughts yet? have you chosen your hosting plans? I'm glad you'll share it.

Image Credits:
Dell Community
Amit Bhawani

Internet and Computing Core Certification or IC3 - is a certification program offered to any individual to better equip themselves with digital literacy skills.
To pass and earn a IC3 Certificate one must pass three (3) separate exams, these are:

• Computing Fundamentals - deals with basic hardware,  software and operating system operations, identify types of computers and how they process information, identify computer hardware components and performing computer maintenance.
• Key Applications - deals with basic generic or commonly used programs like Excel, Word and PowerPoint functions and how they operate.
• Living Online - deals with internet, networks, browsers, emails, impact on internet and society and legal issues involved.

I would like to showcase to you the certificate I earned so far.

Credits:
Certiport
IC3 Certification
WikiPedia

There are instances when you install and setup two (2) or more different usb modems from either these internet service providers ie: smartbro, sun cellular and globe tattoo networks and they seem to work fine, then suddenly when you unplug them and putting it back on (interchanging or exchanging them) you may sometimes experience technical glitches - like unable to connect your preferred network for example on this demonstration I'll be sharing is - SmartBro Plug-It.
The SmartBro Plug-It (HSDPA USB MODEM MF627)  installed earlier came in two separate pieces, white and black usb modems, I've set them up on a fresh and clean install of Windows 7 Ultimate Edition on a new Acer Aspire 4736Z Laptop (Click here for more information on laptop deals) first - installed the white smartbro usb modem - it worked fine plugged and unplugged, installed another set which is black - out of nowhere it went haywire! caused by conflicting software and drivers to mediate and iron things out - I suggest to use only one.

To resolve and escalate these issues, go to the Control Panel of Windows 7 point over Programs tab and below click uninstall a program look for any SmartBro program associated with and uninstall it and restart your computer.

Follow these step-by-step and you're ready to roll!

Note: Once you plug-in your SmartBro Plug-It the autorun.exe popup - don't click and install - these may cause problems (It took me two days to figure this one out for the quick fix). Please click on the images for a better and clearer view.

Step 1:

Plug your SmartBro Plug-It usb stick into your computer, when done a autorun program will pop-up - Click Open Folder to View Files.

Step 2:

Once open, double-click Installer folder.

Step 3:

Right click, click Troubleshoot compatibility

Step 4:

Click Try recommended settings

Step 5:

Click Start the program - this is the tricky part, smartbro plug-it program may run on background without you noticing it - press Alt+tab several times until you reach the Setup.exe program then install it. After it's done click Next

Step 6:

Click Yes, save these settings for this program

Step 7:

You'll be greeted Troubleshooting has completed and will show you issues found - you can ignore this, click Close

Step 8:

Now with your Smart Application installed click SMART BRO on your Windows 7 Desktop.
You'll notice when you see your SMART BRO usb stick LED indicator blinks from red to green as it tries to show connection - You'll also see icons on Home, Internet, Settings, etc. - below it a status indicator shows Signal Bar - 3G - SMART - Signals A-OK! - Click the Globe button and happy surfing!

Any last words to say? I hope this helped much.

You can also visit this SmartBro Download Section select the modem drivers that corresponds to your operating system.