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If you are one of the lucky guys whom Microsoft invited to host a Windows 7 party during the event of its release then you are entitled to grab a free copy of Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 by just going to the link below and start sending copies to 15 of your friends.

http://usa.kaspersky.com/shakeitup/

This offer is only good until the 30th of November. So grab your copy now!

Globe Broadband’s flyer for their new Click Fix tool has a minor mistake on it. They are suggesting that we download their tool at this address - WWW.GLOBEBROADBAND.COM.PH which does not exist at all. Oh well, what else can we expect from Globe other than their crappy DSL service and their crappy customer support. How in the world can they fix our internet connection when they can’t even fix their print ads.

Here’s a quick post about this mirroring service which became famous ever since the term “digg-effect” took the virtual space by storm.

Our Goal

Are you tired of clicking on some link from a web portal, only to find that the website is temporarily off-line because thousands or millions of other users are also trying to access it? Does your network have a really low-bandwidth connection, such that everyone, even accessing the same web pages, suffers from slow downloads? Have you ever run a website, only to find that suddenly you get hit with a spike of thousands of requests, overloading your server and possibly causing high monthly bills? If so, CoralCDN might be your free solution for these problems!

http://www.coralcdn.org/

While I was searching for some proxy I accidentaly stumbled on a academic testbed Content Distribution Network by the Network Systems Group at Princeton University. Quite to my surprise they are offering services open for the public. One is their HTTP-Only Proxy which I believed is a Squid proxy server and another one which is some sort of a file transfer service for large file transfers over HTTP. Now before we get excited, let’s not forget that these services are made by an academic institution which embodies a strict end-user policy. I think that’s all for now, visit their site and explore what they have in store for you.

http://codeen.cs.princeton.edu/

Here’s a simple way to make Opera browser even more safer by integrating Scandoo.

But before we proceed, let me show you first what this Scandoo is all about. The text below is taken from Scandoo’s website.

How did we start Scandoo and why is it free?

Scandoo is based on ScanSafe’s web security technology that currently scans billions of web requests for corporate employees around the world. ScanSafe software developers were often asked by their friends and family if they could protect home Internet use in the same way that they protect corporate users. When our lab came up with safe searching technology we thought it was such a good idea that we wanted to make it available to all.

We think the web should be safe and free. Too many people today suffer from fraud of their online bank accounts through spyware and phishing attacks, and children are being tricked to click on innocent looking links only to find offensive content. Scandoo is our way of keeping the web secure and safe for all, without the need for you to download and install any software. Just type, click and use your preferred search engine with confidence that the results are scanned and safe to visit.

How does it work?

Our scanning technology is installed on high speed server infrastructure around the world. We scan each and every one of your search results to see if there is anything malicious behind the links and then feed the security results back into your search page. Unfortunately, using a database lookup alone can’t protect you with better or safer searches, and because database technology relies on updates you can’t rely on its accuracy. That’s why Scandoo is designed to give you advanced warning – before you click – by scanning content in real-time. In addition we continually update our ratings based on your feedback and rely on our community of users to help protect each other.

Now back to our little guide

1. Open your Opera browser
2. Go to Tools > Preferences
3. Open Search tab
4. Assuming you have Google as your default search engine. Disable it by Selecting Google from a list of search engines and clicking the Edit button. Click the Details >> button and uncheck Use as default search engine and Use as Speed Dial search engine.
5. Create a new search engine entry by clicking the Add button
6. Copy the following values below for your Scandoo search engine to be integrated

You will be using this search string to convert your regular Google search engine into a Scandoo protected Google:

http://g.s.scandoo.com/search?hl=en&meta=on&q=%s

7. Check Use as default search engine and Use as Speed Dial search engine

There you have it! You now have a more safer Opera browser powered by Scandoo’s technology.

Our fellow blogger Yuga author of Yugatech.com is giving away FREE Creative webcams! All you have to do is answer this question - What app/software do you use for video messaging?. Yuga will randomly choose four lucky winners when he gets back from his Singapore trip.

photo from yugatech.com

But wait! Here’s what makes this more exciting, if you blog about this contest, you will get 4 more webcams! This is perfect for my new internet cafe!

Here’s a code for PHP Live! chat script that fixes the issue on Internet Explorer version 6.0 failing to render the chat buttons, making the script inoperable.

How-to install:

1. Look for your xmlhttp:js file located in this path - yourlivechatfolder/js/

2. Remove the existing content of xmlhttp:js and replace it with the code below.

// IE support
if (window.ActiveXObject && !window.XMLHttpRequest) {
window.XMLHttpRequest = function() {
return new ActiveXObject((navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf('msie 5') != -1) ? 'Microsoft.XMLHTTP' : 'Msxml2.XMLHTTP');
};
}
// Gecko support
/* */
// Opera support
if (window.opera && !window.XMLHttpRequest) {
window.XMLHttpRequest = function() {
this.readyState = 0; // 0=uninitialized,1=loading,2=loaded,3=interactive,4=complete
this.status = 0; // HTTP status codes
this.statusText = '';
this._headers = [];
this._aborted = false;
this._async = true;
this.abort = function() {
this._aborted = true;
};
this.getAllResponseHeaders = function() {
return this.getAllResponseHeader('*');
};
this.getAllResponseHeader = function(header) {
var ret = '';
for (var i = 0; i < this._headers.length; i++) {
if (header == '*' || this._headers[i].h == header) {
ret += this._headers[i].h + ': ' + this._headers[i].v + '\n';
}
}
return ret;
};
this.setRequestHeader = function(header, value) {
this._headers[this._headers.length] = {h:header, v:value};
};
this.open = function(method, url, async, user, password) {
this.method = method;
this.url = url;
this._async = true;
this._aborted = false;
if (arguments.length >= 3) {
this._async = async;
}
if (arguments.length > 3) {
// user/password support requires a custom Authenticator class
opera.postError(’XMLHttpRequest.open() - user/password not supported’);
}
this._headers = [];
this.readyState = 1;
if (this.onreadystatechange) {
this.onreadystatechange();
}
};
this.send = function(data) {
if (!navigator.javaEnabled()) {
alert(”XMLHttpRequest.send() - Java must be installed and enabled.”);
return;
}
if (this._async) {
setTimeout(this._sendasync, 0, this, data);
// this is not really asynchronous and won’t execute until the current
// execution context ends
} else {
this._sendsync(data);
}
}
this._sendasync = function(req, data) {
if (!req._aborted) {
req._sendsync(data);
}
};
this._sendsync = function(data) {
this.readyState = 2;
if (this.onreadystatechange) {
this.onreadystatechange();
}
// open connection
var url = new java.net.URL(new java.net.URL(window.location.href), this.url);
var conn = url.openConnection();
for (var i = 0; i < this._headers.length; i++) {
conn.setRequestProperty(this._headers[i].h, this._headers[i].v);
}
this._headers = [];
if (this.method == 'POST') {
// POST data
conn.setDoOutput(true);
var wr = new java.io.OutputStreamWriter(conn.getOutputStream());
wr.write(data);
wr.flush();
wr.close();
}
// read response headers
// NOTE: the getHeaderField() methods always return nulls for me
var gotContentEncoding = false;
var gotContentLength = false;
var gotContentType = false;
var gotDate = false;
var gotExpiration = false;
var gotLastModified = false;
for (var i = 0; ; i++) {
var hdrName = conn.getHeaderFieldKey(i);
var hdrValue = conn.getHeaderField(i);
if (hdrName == null && hdrValue == null) {
break;
}
if (hdrName != null) {
this._headers[this._headers.length] = {h:hdrName, v:hdrValue};
switch (hdrName.toLowerCase()) {
case 'content-encoding': gotContentEncoding = true; break;
case 'content-length' : gotContentLength = true; break;
case 'content-type' : gotContentType = true; break;
case 'date' : gotDate = true; break;
case 'expires' : gotExpiration = true; break;
case 'last-modified' : gotLastModified = true; break;
}
}
}
// try to fill in any missing header information
var val;
val = conn.getContentEncoding();
if (val != null && !gotContentEncoding) this._headers[this._headers.length] = {h:'Content-encoding', v:val};
val = conn.getContentLength();
if (val != -1 && !gotContentLength) this._headers[this._headers.length] = {h:'Content-length', v:val};
val = conn.getContentType();
if (val != null && !gotContentType) this._headers[this._headers.length] = {h:'Content-type', v:val};
val = conn.getDate();
if (val != 0 && !gotDate) this._headers[this._headers.length] = {h:'Date', v:(new Date(val)).toUTCString()};
val = conn.getExpiration();
if (val != 0 && !gotExpiration) this._headers[this._headers.length] = {h:'Expires', v:(new Date(val)).toUTCString()};
val = conn.getLastModified();
if (val != 0 && !gotLastModified) this._headers[this._headers.length] = {h:'Last-modified', v:(new Date(val)).toUTCString()};
// read response data
var reqdata = '';
var stream = conn.getInputStream();
if (stream) {
var reader = new java.io.BufferedReader(new java.io.InputStreamReader(stream));
var line;
while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
if (this.readyState == 2) {
this.readyState = 3;
if (this.onreadystatechange) {
this.onreadystatechange();
}
}
reqdata += line + '\n';
}
reader.close();
this.status = 200;
this.statusText = 'OK';
this.responseText = reqdata;
this.readyState = 4;
if (this.onreadystatechange) {
this.onreadystatechange();
}
if (this.onload) {
this.onload();
}
} else {
// error
this.status = 404;
this.statusText = 'Not Found';
this.responseText = '';
this.readyState = 4;
if (this.onreadystatechange) {
this.onreadystatechange();
}
if (this.onerror) {
this.onerror();
}
}
};
};
}
// ActiveXObject emulation
if (!window.ActiveXObject && window.XMLHttpRequest) {
window.ActiveXObject = function(type) {
switch (type.toLowerCase()) {
case 'microsoft.xmlhttp':
case 'msxml2.xmlhttp':
return new XMLHttpRequest();
}
return null;
};
}
function initxmlhttp()
{
var xmlhttp ;
if ( !xmlhttp && typeof XMLHttpRequest!='undefined' )
{
try
{
xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest() ;
}
catch (e)
{
xmlhttp = false ;
}
}
return xmlhttp;
}


This is the evolution of online radio streaming at it’s best! Welcome Screamer Radio. A small online streaming radio player that has a huge database of online radio stations you can choose from. It has lots of nifty features like updating its built-in presets database and can record streaming music. On top of that, this monster is FREE!

Why to use Screamer Radio?

It’s easy to use
It’s not bloated
It’s ad free
It has no spyware
It has a huge database of radio stations (around 300+)
It has a cool peak meter
You can easily record what you’re listening to
You can hide it in the system tray
You can play back on multiple soundcards
…and it’s free!

Download: http://www.screamer-radio.com/download/

If you’re a Filipino and you’re connected online, the fastest way for you to get Windows technical support is where else but from a forum who does troubleshooting in a daily basis. Visit Ulop.net, short for United Lanshops Owners Portal, an online discussion group which caters live technical support using their dynamic shoutbox. Register now and join the forums so you can start asking for support from friendly internet cafe owners.

register at http://ulop.net

Early this morning I found out how easy it was to get a green light (means Network OK) on Utorrent even under one of these scenarios:

1. If your router is using PPOE to establish a connection.
2. If your router is using NAT.
3. If you have a modem/router in bridge mode having its own gateway.

I’m writing this guide as a way to remind me that the conventional port range forwarding of Linksys BEFSR41 won’t give me a green light on Utorrent. This maybe because my modem in bridge mode has its own gateway and I’m behind a NAT network.

I’m not sure how or why, but this trick worked for me.

1. login to your Linksys router - 192.168.2.1

Username: admin
Password: admin

2. Browse to UPnP Forwarding under the Application and Gaming tab.

3. Then add the following values:

Application: Utor1
Ext. Port: 80
Protocol: TCP
Int. Port: 80
IP Address: 192.168.2.100 (or your computers IP address)
Enabled: check

4. Click Save Settings

You should now have a green light on Utorrent. But ofcourse, don’t forget to use port 80 and enable UPnP port mapping on your Utorrent preferences.