Dear folks,

It’s time to upgrade your wordpress to 3.1.1, I have just updated a few minutes ago and I must said the upgrade went smoothly.

So, without further ado, just update automatically from your wordpress admin control panel or download directly from WordPress site.

Have a great one.

Nowadays, keeping up to date with scripts is pretty much a mundane thing in today’s world. Especially with scripts such as Drupal, WordPress and others that are widely used by million users, we ought to be extra careful with updated scripts. Unlike windows applications, WordPress applications are not updated for bigger file size and bigger CPU consumptions, it is updated to have better security and usability.

Just today, I have updated my WordPress to 3.0.2 from 3.0.1.

It is good to stay up to date because you never know what will happen as websites are out in the open unsupervised most of the time. Well, stay up to date and keep your websites safe by updating your scripts. Moreover, I hope 2010 was a good year for you as it’s been a great year for me so far.

Have a great day!!!

Well, exactly six years ago, I bought a 128MB USB stick from transcend about US$40 and I happen to read this news today. The news is that Kingston is now going to produce world’s first 256GB flash drive. It is pretty awesome you put 256GB in your pocket when you walk around for sure, but the thing is, the capacity of flash drives are now getting real bigger and the price has been falling down. Nowadays, I could buy a 4GB stick for about $10 and It is not even easy to buy 4GB thumb drives nowadays.

I first witnessed 16MB USB thumb drive and now 256GB, It is amazing how things have changed because nowadays I see computers with 2TB hard-disk equipped. Sometimes, I am not sure whether it is completely necessary for all these things because I clearly think I don’t.Anyway, It is awesome to see rapid changes over the years and within a short period of time. Now, I am just happy with my 4GB USB drive which can do alot of things.

Google has just increased “Western Union Quick Cash” enable countries to 10 more. It was announced yesterday. I think it is pretty good thing Google has been try to establish in a global marketing aspect. So there are the 10 new countries that is just added to the list as of yesterday, 21 April, 2010. So, the lucky countries are Saudi Arabia, Croatia, Iceland, United Arab Emirates, Latvia, Lebanon, Slovenia, Tunisia, Moldova and Malta. With Western Union Quick Cash payment option, people will not wait several days to get paid since the clearing money at the bank is sometimes time consuming and mailing time. Besides, this option will not be charged you any money at all, which is also better than bank clearing, because with bank clearing checks, the bank will charge you some amount to clear as well.

 But let me quote you what Google has stated,

 ”Please keep in mind these important points:

• Payments will continue to follow our normal payment schedule and will be available for pickup at your local Western Union agent the day after they’re issued.
• You’ll need to present a government-issued ID that matches your AdSense payee name when picking up your payment. If you need to update or correct the payee name listed in your account, please follow the instructions in our Help Center.
• Right now, only individual payee names can receive payments by Western Union, not businesses.
• Payments must be picked up within 60 days of issue, or they’ll expire and be credited back to your account.
• Payments will be made in US dollars, but depending on your local Western Union agent, they may be picked up in your local currency.”

 In case you are wondering whether your country has already been qualified for the Western Union Payment, I should have included the countries that have already been identified.

So, the finalized list of the countries that can be accepted as Western Union Quick Cash payment will be;

• Argentina
• Barbados
• Bolivia
• Bulgaria
• Chile
• China (Mainland)
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Croatia
• Dominican Republic
• Ecuador
• Egypt
• Guatemala
• Iceland
• Indonesia
• Jamaica
• Latvia
• Lebanon
• Lithuania
• Malta
• Malaysia
• Moldova
• Morocco
• Nepal
• Pakistan
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Philippines
• Puerto Rico
• Romania
• Saudi Arabia
• Slovenia
• South Korea
• Taiwan
• Tunisia
• United Arab Emirates
• Uruguay
• Vietnam
• Virgin Islands (British)

   Well, enjoy your faster payments, folks. And Thanks for reading. J

Today, I was just so busy with everything and suddenly I wanted to try Microsoft OneNote, because I think it is pretty cool program. I was pretty much skeptical with Microsoft applications, but now I needed to use them because of my profession, so that I get to get to know Microsoft Applications anyway. I actually like OneNote now because it is pretty useful. And yes, with the RPC call setup, I can actually post it directly to my blog as well. I have tested and I loved it.

 So, basically OneNote is very convenient application that is helpful to me. I will try to write more blog posts in the future with this, However, I will have to adjust all my graphics and style to make this work first. And it’s also important to learn how this Microsoft OneNote blog capabilities will either help or not with SEO/SEM setups.

 The best thing I like about OneNote is not required to worry about saving the data that I have typed; it has pretty fast catch up the things I type and pretty awesome features that can’t be found on many applications. Moreover, I pretty much love the fact that all the Microsoft applications can be attached and shared with OneNote.

 So, do you use OneNote? If so, what is your take about this software? Do you blog with OneNote? Do you use exchange server/outlook sync with OneNote? There are heaps of questions I can come up with, for me, I am using and think I will keep using it in the foreseeable future.

 Thanks for reading.

Now, everyone’s been talking about Google WAVE and I am pretty sure everyone’s curious about it.

I have been using for a week now and I think it’s pretty good, not sure whether it would finally eliminate Microsoft Exchange server type businesses LOL. But yes, it’s quite handy for collaboration.

Expectedly, if they are going for open source, it will create more and more opportunities and chances for IT force to be reckoned with. I once used PHPDotProject and I liked it, WAVE is not really near what PHPDotProject does, but its massive speed and design are quite impressive for all of us. I use DotProject when I was implementing Fedora Linux Distro a few years back. I am hoping Google Wave will be able to offer us so many possibilities.

So, what are your thoughts about Google WAVE?  I think it’s good to know and use it. Because it could be something useful in the near future to all of us.

Last night, I was awake many hours of the night because I was installing Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic. It is absolutely beautiful OS with lots of easy administration. If you upgrade from 9.04 version, you will probably need 1-2 hours download and upgrade time to complete, but it is not much changed from 9.04 version. By the way, 9.10 was released on 29th October 2009.

So, if any of you are Ubuntu fan, it’s time to download or upgrade.

As nowadays, everyone seems to be have one netbook for each person, and you won’t feel left out, because you can also download ATOM version of ubuntu that is Ubuntu netbook remix and Ubuntu has optimized for your netbooks as well.

The software package manager is better than ever. Firefox Mozilla starts with 3.5 version. Overall, it’s really worth using it. I am on the verge of leaving Windows if possible. Of course, most of the working environments, It is very hard not to use Ubuntu, however, upgrade and security point of view, I think Linux aces on top of everything.

So, have you tried Ubuntu yet?

Nokia’s first Linux Phone’s reviews are pretty much great. All I have to say is, IT IS AWESOME. Yes, it is of course, N series, N900.

For Nokia fans, This is probably one of the best phones Nokia can offer.

32GB Internal Memory, 5MP Carl Zeiss Camera, Fantastic applications, great user interface, multitasking and you name it. Very nice looking unsophisticated slide-sider QWERT keyboard and Responsive 800×480 pixel resistive screen actually are big selling points for them.

So, check out the youtube video from credited to NokiaConversations.

In 2010 Mac Office Suite.

Microsoft will not include Entourage (mail client) that is email client for Mac Office applications. It will be replaced by Outlook.

Mac Office new version is scheduled to release in 2010 possibly in holiday season. There are several issues with Entourage mainly because of its incompability to corporate exchange mail servers.

I obviously think this is a good move from Microsoft. Not only because it will basically erase bad experiences and name association with Entoruage, but also will offer pychology advantage to many people who are familiar with Outlook and Microsoft Office Suite, so to speak.

Generally, I enjoy using Mac Office and I usually do not have any issues regarding Entourage. However, change is what general people hate to adapt and Outlook Mac will enable user more of smoothness and similarities of Windows based Outlook granted, not all the functions and capabilities are the same.

Yesterday, Google updated PageRank again. I was expected to see end of June for new updates, however, it was only two months from last update and now it has updated again.

I am not really a big fan of Google PR, but It is always good to get my PR raised again by +1 in most of my sites and pages. It’s fantastic for me, because I know all my link building, SEO/SEM and hard work have paid off.

So, how about your site(s)? Any improvements?

I am a big Firefox fan, simply because Firefox can offer you a lot of things, especially plug-ins are without a doubt one of the most talked about advantages compared to other web browsers.

I have been using Firefox since its release and Now it is a good news that Firefox 3.5 RC (release candidate) will be available coming June 2009, most probably early part of June.

So, keep it up to date with your browser’s new versions. Especially Mozilla Firefox is one of the best, I have been using so far. The only drawback using Firefox is taking too many windows memory usage compared to other browsers such as safari, opera and etc. That’s on windows based. However, on Linux based, Mozilla Firefox browser serves me well and I am loving it.

If you want to test the beta versions, you can actually download them here, but possibly sometimes next month, you will be able to get a full version of Mozilla Firefox 3.5 versions and I am hoping many improvements will be included.

So,  keep your browsers updated and surf safe.

I love to use Linux for my learning experiences, I am not going to say I am anti-microsoft as I have to use Microsoft in many aspects too.

The other day I have came across one article why people give up Linux. It’s sad but true. Many people love to use it whereas some people are just not happy enough with Linux distributions. The fact is, it’s totally free and you actually have alot of possibilities to use Linux.

This article is written by Keir Thomas who is a fantastic writer for Linux especially Ubuntu distro. The article name is Top 7 reasons people quit Linux and it’s awesome to read.

Many people jump on Linux bandwagon and sometimes they got lost in a way as they never approach slowly and correctly. For me, that is the main reason why people quit using Linux. Moreover, people are too much used to Windows and they compare everything.  For me, it is crazy because you cannot compare two different things. Believe it or not, Linux applications are

For example, can you question why Apple has no right click button and still selling as the most expensive computer? Same thing applies to Linux vs Windows. You cannot compare two different things. What majority of people do not understand is stability and not required to use massive processing power in Linux compared to Windows.

For me, Windows is good to use with everything, but never ace in any area. I remember when I rendered one video file in Windows took 12 hours, but Only took about 40 minutes in iMac OSX on same Adobe Premier version. I could still install good KDE or GNOME desktop on my 10 years old Pentium III computer without any issues but now my Centrino 1.66ghz lappy has been noticeably slow on Windows SP3. Linux excels in web-based applications and web-server applications as well. All my webhosting are on either Cent OS or Slackware Linux distributions.

You may be amazed to know Linux has all the applications that Windows can offer. Check the list for Linux software equivalent to Windows software. Truly, the interface and some functions may be a little different, but the basic requirements can be fulfiled by using Linux. And drivers and installation issues are not easier than ever unless you are using the computer that is released yesterday.

Well, that’s my 2 cents about Linux and why people quit after a while. So, have you ever used Linux before and what are your experiences about it?