Online checking of the integrity of your website targeting mobiles

Creating websites which can render as good as they can on normal Desktop Operating Systems is not a very breezy process. At least not as much as it is in the case of HTML based websites. But if you have been fiddling with the idea and done some experimentation but do not have a testing platform then you can check the readiness of your website here.

Everything about soap operas

They say, you can find anything on Internet. Many would not be able to believe it but than there are multi-billion dollar companies made out of this Internet business so there has to be some kind of truth in it.

And if you do not believe it than have a look at soaps.com. It will give you information about something that you would never think anyone would be looking for. But looking at the quality of the site, it would soon upon you they these guys are serious. Well organized, fast and searchable information about all the soaps that you ever cared or never cared about can be found on this website. From Soap Opera News to listing of shows, interviews, articles and message boards, you have it all. They have a poll running to make it all the more hot along with soap celebrity b'day info.

Sony Ericsson going to manufacture mobile phones in India, next

Sony Ericsson, a mobile phone manufacturer who has gained a good market share of has declared that it will start manufacturing mobile devices in the state of Chennai in India. The company is reportedly targeting production of around 10 million devices by the end of 2009 from that unit.


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Boards to discuss American Football

I have always believed that the best place to discuss something is in a community and internet is the best place to build a community. Some goes for all the sports. If you want to talk about your favorite sport, than you have to search for people online because there would be a lot.

One such place to discuss everything related to American Football is footballboards.com. There are not many places that give people to interact with others interested in same sports. nfl message board let you interact with others who share your interest for football. There are sections dedicated to the AFC and NFC zones and there are sections which are dedicated College and other football leagues. You can open and read threads on conferences too in this board. Have a look at it if you are interested in American Football.

Online car sales assistance service

Buying car is one of the most important decisions in life after getting married or buying a house for yourself. So most of the time we make sure that the stuff that we are going to buy is reliable and coming from a well trusted source. More often than not we have to go along with the word of mouth. But when we don't even have word of mouth to rely upon than we have to rely on some good service which looks promising and provides good initial car prices and choices.

AutoFigures.com partners with only the top dealers that have a trusted reputation in their local marketplace. Consumers who use this service can expect to be contacted by a dealer within a matter of hours.

News on the mobile

If you want to access the latest news and happening around the globe than you can access http://mobile.globeandmail.com through your mobile's web browser. It is supported on PDA Palm and Windows based mobiles but the website can be accessed on any GPRS enabled device.

Life and property in the US

I have always heard about Florida. In fact all the people who are not from the US have at one point of time heard about three things about the culture of US. New York, the Hollywood and Miami beaches. Maybe, it is wrong when I say that these things represent culture of the US, per say, but I think that these places have a name for themselves. Disneyland does have a huge name though. And I wonder how would it be to pass time in this place. To have a small piece of Davenport Property and to spend time at least once a year in here.

Florida is very high on my agenda when I talk about traveling to the US. Have any of you been there? Tell me about your experiences.

Sending text messages from the mobile

Google is providing free text services to the subscribers in the US. You can send free text messages to your friends on the supported mobile network carriers.

Just visit http://mobile.google.com through your mobile phone's web browser.

Funny videos at Jokeroo.com

YouTube was bought by Google for 1.65 billion dollars and that is huge money. Huge as in a lot. I mean I would be more than happy if I am one of those 3 founders and would be too happy to get only the 3rd of that amount, which still is a lot.

Anyways, it is a very well executed idea that gets paid, at the end. And Jokeroo is one such. It is funny. It has a collection of all those funny videos that you might not find any where else.

It is a great time pass to watch videos and although I like reading more but then videos and games have their own charm.

HP Photo Puzzle at PayPerPost

I have to admit that I have not been paying too much attention on blogging because although PPP is still behind my lack of attention towards blogging, it is still very much the force that is keeping me from it.

I am trying to crack that puzzle. But I must admit that the time difference is one thing I am scared of. I hope I don't loose because of that.

You would sure like this free podcasting service

If you want to sample Free Podcast but do not know which could be a good place than you can sample mypodcast.com. A free and simple service that you would sure like. If you are reading this page and you do not understand what podcasting is than the simple definition of podcasting would be recording your audio or video and putting it up on your blog or internet for people to view or listen to it through live streaming.

If you are an avid podcaster than it could be an ideal place you were looking for.

Doing nothing, just finding puzzle pieces

I have not took a single HP Photo puzzle piece opportunity and I was good with enough number of pieces in my kitty till the time one of the posties posted all the pieces that [s]he had. And the postie had near about all the pieces released till then. I am doing nothing these days, other than finding the HP puzzle pieces.


This post is not sponsored by HP though :D

Pure hoodia for weight loss

Obesity and over weight are like pests. They don't leave you and they make you cry. And the worst part is that they won't leave you easily. You have to have a very disciplined regime. Which in today's world is neither easy nor possible.

And the medicines that we take have enough chemicals in them to render more harmful effects on our body then any good effects. Therefore we need an alternative medicine to beat the overweight problem; hoodia diet is the solution.

Natural Health Certified Hoodia has helped thousands of people – all over the world – get control of their hunger and lose weight, without the struggle and torture of dieting. And it is a natural solution, which is the best part.

Shortcut to typing long text messages on mobile

If you are not charged by your mobile carrier for receiving SMS messages from anywhere, then you can probably save yourself from typing long messages [which is a cumbersome process]. Go to Yahoo! Messenger and press Ctrl+T and type your mobile phone number prefixed with the country code, type the message and Enter and you will receive the message on your phone which you can forward.

Very cute looking colourful flash drives

They look like crayons and they are incredibly cute.

I mean I have just bought a 1 GB one and I do not need any more otherwise I could have bought at least one of them for myself. But then there are lots of people to whom I can gift it or rather gift mine and keep one of those beautiful flash drives for myself.



It is available in 512MB, 1GB, 2GB or 4GB. A great portable storage in an ultra-small, Hi-Speed USB flash drive. It is available in 14 exciting colors! Durable, aluminum design with free custom laser engraving! - you can can whatever you want written on the drive and don't stop showing it off ;)


And at very special rates - 512MB Thumb Drive (any color) for $14.99 with FREE laser engraving. 1GB Thumb Drive (any color) for $18.99 with FREE laser engraving. 2GB Thumb Drive (any color) for $37.99 with FREE laser engraving. 4GB Thumb Drive (any color) for $69.99 with FREE laser engraving.

Working to popularise my blog

I was very surprised when I came to know that my technology blog isn't getting as much exposure as it is. So starting from Technorati, I have started using some features that will get my blog Technorati Profile and maybe better Google Page rank.

Furniture on sale on internet for UK customers

Finding good furniture is a pain. There is so much to consider when buying a piece of furniture especially beds or divans of something similar that you would wonder if there is anything such service available on the internet. For the customers in UK, it is now a reality. They can find and purchase beds on internet.

From leather beds to Cheap divan beds to Futon beds, mattresses, headboards and what not especially related to furniture and furnishing, bestchoicefurniture.co.uk have it all. So if you are looking to find something from the convinience of your desktop than you do not have to go anywhere else. Come and visit this website for furniishing procust. But just have a second look at the rates.

iSkoot lets you make voice calls to your buddies

Are you in middle of somewhere and you want to make an important call to your buddy and the place is not covered by your network carrier?

iSkoot lets you do it.

iSkoot is a product that you can download and install on your mobile phone and you can make voice calls to all those buddies that you have added in your iSkoot list from anywhere to anywhere.

How to date a millionaire, without spending a dime

Weather you are broke or you have millions to splurge on cars and booze and parties. Weather you can barely afford a dinner at some upmarket restaurant or you have a personal yatch, what all of us need is a partner - a someone special who makes the life worth living in this world.

Money just helps a little, or does it. By the way if you are one of those rare Millionaire Singles who do not have a date [probably you are short on confidence or something like that] than you have to check out dateamillionaire.com.

There is one thing that we all need to keep in mind, we need to sell ourselves well. No one wants to be seen with a person who isn't attractive. With the nice search facility available at datemillionaire, you can search for people who have it all except for maybe you ;)

Engin offering VoIP calls from Nokia N80

An Australian VoIP service provider, Engin has announced that users who have Nokia N80 mobile phone can now use its VoIP network to make national and international calls at very cheap rates. So if a user has access to a wireless hotspot, [s]he can make a call to US at the rate of 10 cents per minute which is around 3 times less than the current traditional rates.


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Cheap flights to most of the places in the world

Flying these days is very cheap. Cheaper than you think, it is either you do not know about it or you have been too lazy to do a little home work.

If you have been either or both and still are then you have to read this complete post :D Vacations do not have to be so expensive that you can't go anywhere after your first one and the most expensive part is travel. But if you are looking for cheap flight to Australia, then you do not have to gasp anymore!

Starting from New Zealand to flights to India to South Africa, you can find the cheapest flight fares here.

Traffic penalties on those drivers who talk on mobile

I think this should be a trend that should be followed strictly all over the world. Even when I succumb to the temptations sometimes, I still feel this is a good move to double the traffic penalties to double the present [from £30 to £60] if charged of talking on mobile phone while driving in UK.



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Buying and owning property in beautiful Bulgaria

It is not as hard as you think to buy property in a beautiful west European country. You just need to have correct and specific information to go ahead with your dream of yearly summer vacation in some exotic landscape. Check out the Sofia property specialist who have won Best Real estate agency award at Bentley International and International Property awards 2006. With host of property options ranging from studios, 1, 2 or 2+ bedroom apartments, you can choose any of them.

LG and Prada collaborating to develop mobile phones

LG and Prada are getting into a collaboration to develop and launch mobile phones that would display quality design which have been a sterling feature of Prada brand name and high quality electronic products by LG. The phone would initially be launched in select European countries and then would be available in other and Asian counties.



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Create dolls that are what you are for the world

Avatars was brought and made hugely popular by Yahoo! Instant messenger. There was a time when people used to think if they can have a personality and then came avatars. First there were just a few avatars from which people had to choose and then along came the avatars that could be customized. You can color their hair and you can color their skin and you can dress them in what ever outfit you think describe you or what ever you would ever want to look like in real. It is all such fanciful but what is life if it has no fun.

What is life if you can not be a king or a queen.



or if you can't be an angel?



thedollpalace.com is a one stop shop for you to have avatars that look like you or that dress like you to adopt and use it the way you want. You would be provided with the HTML codes that you could use anywhere, on your website, on your public profiles in forums or chats or communities or anywhere. The cute Dress Up Games let you choose the skin color, the hair style and type, the shoes, the pants or the dress, accessories, jewelery and the make up stuff. Nothing less than creating a living human being.

Chinese major buys a major stake in Pakistani telecom

China Mobile Communications, a Chinese telecommunications company has bought 88.9% stake in Paktel, a Pakistan based 5th largest mobile telecommunication company from Millicom International Cellular. Paktel has around 1.3 million subscribers.



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Great resource on innumerable subjects

There is so much on Internet that you probably would not ever have to pick up a book to learns what you want to learn. But the biggest problem is that you can never find it unless you have good tools and even than there is no guarantee that you would be able to find what you are looking for.

But then thank God, there is lot which would leave you exhausted. So if you want to read about something as far-flung as Bridal Consultants then you should be visiting this website. Excellent resource.

China Mobile family beats US family in population

China Mobile now has more subscribers than there are people in US of A. According to the figures posted on its website it, crossed the 300.9 million US population mark to reach 301.2 million at the end of last year. Great going.



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Single stop of nearly all the cell phone deals

I just hope that they start international shipping of the phones too. I mean even if they can not sell those models which are shipped bundled with the call plans, they can sell the stand alone models and looking at their rates, I feel the discounts would be good.

Jest apart, the number of phones that they have on their website seems intimidating. They seems to have all the deals and all the carriers and all those models which these carriers are offering. There are some nice Verizon cell phone deals. Not just the carrier bundled deals, they have got phone models listed according to the brands and shown with the carrier who are offering them.

Also, the site has security certifications from many agencies which makes it nearly absolutely safe, buying phone online from them.

Mobile phones radiation and brain cancer

I hope they find out that there is no link between the mobile phone and the brain cancer due to harmful mobile radiation on long-term mobile phone users. Mobile is the future. People would use it more and more, they would not stop using it. And thus I hope. Professor Lawrie Challis, chairman of Mobile Telecommunications Health Research program would be at the helm of the research which would include 500 volunteers.


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Quality resource in simple and useful format

I like it when things are simple and fast. I like designs but as much as when it is not done on the cost of the quality of content. These days there is much focus on design, which isn't great sign. But there are good exceptions too.

I always like to learn about new things and Internet is one of the best mediums. Internet is an encyclopedia of everything. And its subset is encyclocentral.com. What I like about it is the single page list of all the topics starting from an alphabet. you open the page, search for the term on the page and click to know about it. Simple and fast.

So I was trying to read about Alloys and I was happy to know that the quality of the article was better too. Although I think it would better if the language would have been a little easier.

Transmitting emergency situation pictures to 911

Do you think it would be better if people are able to send pics and vids of a criminal activity or an emergency situation through their mobile phones to the authorities?

In New York, now citizens would be able to transmit the pictures of any such dangerous or emergency situation to 911 which might be a saving trend.


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Weeding out dishonest rakeback affiliates

If you are an poker enthusiasts but you still do not consider yourself a pro but you still think that you are no longer an amateur than you have to get into a frame of mind that will help you reach that league stage. For that you have to use those services that are conducive to the right development of Poker skills in your.

Rakebeakers is one such unique service for Poker players. It lets the players rate the service of their current poker rakeback affiliates on the scale of 1 to 10 which includes timely payment of rakeback, customer service and the overall experience. You as a player can also submit a review of a rakeback affiliate. This is especially helpful in weeding out those dishonest rakeback affiliates who take people's money and vanish.

Movie tickets booking through mobiles

Soapbox Mobile, a mobile applications development company has partnered with Amp'd Mobile to provide its subscribers the facility and ability to buy movie tickets through their mobile phones with the help of a pre-registered credit card. The users can also browse show timings and theaters. The service is being launched in collaboration with Movietickets.com.



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City specific information about mortgage

there are many websites out there which talk about loans and finance and mortgages and what not but most of them are generally talking about loans and or mortgages keeping a city or a state in mind. This really do not help those of us who want to have some city specific information. In fact each of us would really appreciate a pin-point our residential city related mortgage information if we are really intending to mortgage some asset.

There is no point in getting to know about the scene of New York mortgage when we are residing in California and want some prompt and correct California mortgage related inputs. Mexico is closer. I am sure, a city specific information portal would be much better a resource. And personalhomeloanmortgages.com is one sucg good resource. You can find good and city specific information that I was talking about, at this website. Try it out.

Theme based browsing for mobiles

Webaroo, a product development company has created webpacks which "is a collection of web sites, news pages, blogs, audio and video files, and other web content." With the help of webpacks you can explore the web for the theme related content.

Compatible with Windows Mobile 2003 and 5.0 Pocket PC, Smartphones, you can download and install Webaroo on your desktop PC and laptop, download the webpacks, sync PC with Phone and transfer webpacks to the phone and start browsing.

Better alternative to the paper greetings card

No matter how nice the self-made paper card look but the fact remains that they are no match to the efficiency and cost-effectiveness displayed by the e-cards. ecards are those soft alternative to the paper greetings cards that we can e-mail to our family and friends on that very exact time we intend to.

And it is not just the cost-effectiveness, but the flexibility that you get with the cards; you can send them on the very day you intend it to reach and it would reach within minutes, or you can pre-plan them. You can even customize the text written on them or sometimes even the sound clips.

On yahoo.americangreetings.com, you can receive a free 30-day trial to send eCards and an yearly subscription (where you can send as many cards as you like) is as low as $13.99. Obviously a better alternative to the paper cards.

For the family and those you care about

I do not think that there could have been better community-serving website launched that this. One of the most important issues facing human societies in the world is the degeneration of the society. And one of the most important reason for degeneration is the exposure. Earlier not much people were able to interact. There were geographical constraints which are now diminishing especially with the advent and popularity of internet. In these times it is important that people should avoid websites that are not family-friendly.

And one of the resource for the same is familyfriendlysites.com. With a lot of categories listed and increasing count, you would probably find anything that you are looking for and with assurance that it would not harm any member of your family in any way when you Visit Family Friendly Sites.

So if you think that you want to contribute to this better cause in some way, then visit it and if you like the results, refer it to your family, friends and everyone else you care about.

Boats that you have fun with are small and light

Shame is that we are either too busy or think that the stuff that will make us happy is too expensive.

But water is something that we all enjoy - water baby or not. But then again, tools that let us enjoy with water are little expensive, until and unless we are looking at correct places and correct items. Polished red wood row boats can be luxurious and status symbol but they still can't beat little inflatable boats when you are thinking about pure unadulterated fun.

So then it is either a little boat, kayak or raft, the inflatable floaters are the nicest things you can ride - or the best part is that they don't cost a fortune.

Reliance offering Yahoo Messenger to its mobile customers

Reliance will now offer hugely popular Yahoo! Instant Messenger to its mobile customers. They have finalized a deal with Yahoo! India for providing the messenger.

The messenger which is the first Wireless Village compliant implementation in Asia has been developed by ACL Wireless - a major instant messenger service developer for mobiles in India.

Customized software and professional consultation for you business

Customized software can be expensive than the off-shelf product but you would sure realize that growing business needs customized solutions that optimize the working environment and the productivity of the workers. Thus, we see big corporates around the world talking about ERP software and their implementation for better client experience.

So if you are looking for Microsoft Consulting Experts, that you might like to call milesconsultingcorp.com. Professional consultation is something that can never be dispensable. So if you do not have much experience in technology, than it is very much possible that you would pick up a software from a shelf that you might not really appreciate.

Smelling phone by Sony Ericsson

Telecom major NTT DoCoMo of Japan has launched some phone models, one of which is a aromatic phones which is inserted with some scented sheets and it sends some relaxing smells when used. The phone is developed by Sony Ericsson.



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A community website for the Poker players

If you are not then you do not have to bother but if you are a poker enthusiast than you would really appreciate meeting with other poker player. Because meeting new players means new opportunity to play games, the more you play the more you hone your skills and the more you are good at the game, more money you would make. So it all translated into making money. PokerDIY - A free service to find LIVE poker games let you do exactly that.



With a calender of the live events and the one stop to meet all the new poker players, organize poker games and even start your own leagues, PokerDIY helps you network with people who you should be meeting without wasting your precious time.

Bollywood coming on mobile

Have you ever thought that one day you will be buying tickets to watch movie through your mobile? No? Well, this could well be reality.

The GSMA has partnered with Roamware [who provide roaming infrastructure] and Hungama Mobile [the Bollywood related content creators for mobiles], to tap of the most dynamic film industries in the world - Bollywood. They have roped in Sanjay Gupta, a film director from Bollywood to create 3 mini-movies for mobiles.



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Check out the spoof Card

Although much have been said about telemarketing companies making unsolicited calls to the end users but I personally believe that the regulations in place do not comply with what people want and what telecommunication companies are trying to implement. They have got high-paying marketing companies wanting to pay them big money but then they have those end user customers who are stressed out and are on livewire.



This disposition hurts those people who simply want to hide their number/identity while calling reason for privacy purposes. One simple way is to skirt this is to spoof the callers number. This could be attained with the help of Spoof Card. For detailed information about the card, you can visit www.SpoofCard.com.

Hutchison launching operations in Vietnam

Hutchison has launched a mobile service under the branding of HT Mobile in Vietnam. They would be providing advanced wireless voice and high-speed data access services. They are going to operate CDMA2000 1XEV-DO network in Vietnam. They are also going to launch first 2.4Mbps wireless data card in Vietnam.



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If someone is suffering from Goutrex

If you are fighting with gout or any of your near and dear one is that you must consider using Goutrex for painful gout. Even if you do not believe much in any alternative medicines then you can read a little about its ingredients on the web.

It might be possible that we are not able to place much faith in the medicines that are not based on chemicals and salts that all the medicines are made of, but the reality is that we have been shown so much of these chemicals that we do not believe in any other healing substances. But nature produces medicines too for all the diseases that it produces.

PayMate - a payment through SMS service provider

PayMate a mobile commerce company has introduced a voice and SMS based mobile payment solution in which a customer has to be the registered member of the service along with the customer's banker and the merchant establishment. After the customer buys anything, the merchant sends the billing advice to the system which sends and SMS to the customer. If the customers replies to the SMS with a Yes, his personal identification number and an alpha code, unique to that transaction, then the application communicated with the bank so that the bank debits the amount to the customer's account.



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Cleaning the history information from your Windows computer

Frankly speaking, I have never been happy with the performance of the so called History cleaning software. From Microsoft's native tool to its anti spyware to hundreds of such products claiming they do an awesome work of cleaning your internet history from your Windows system.

But then there are software which are better than the others. We have to look at those tools which Clear History more efficiently or from more places than others. Historysweep is one such product.



It clears history from not just the web browsers [which include Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Netscape, AOL Browser] but also from Media players.

I just hope that they soon create one such product for the mobile devices too.

Virgin trying to enter India

Virgin Group of UK headed by Richard Branson is planning to make an entry into the Indian telecom space. The group is reportedly in talks with Tata Teleservices for entering the Indian telecom space.



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Vertical search - an absolute must inclusion

It is not as easy as it all sounds. I am talking about Internet based search. Google and Yahoo, the major players in the search arena are constantly evolving. Google is always tweaking or improving or changing its search algorithms to stay ahead of those websites which do not have relevant material so that the visitors who are searching for content through Google do not loose interest and faith in the results produced by Google. But than no algorithm can guarantee the quality of search results - they can try to make sure that the website that is included in the search are more relevant than those which are not included and included at lesser rankings/priorities.

Similarly, there are companies that are providing information and services related to search. There are websites which are theme-specific. They deal in and provide information about a particular industry, product, subject or philosophy. And then there are companies such as Vortaloptics which provide services related to website search. Read about Vertical Search here.

It is very important, that you as a website developer or a webmaster, understand that the internet visitors are a very impatient lot. Those people who have come to your website expect to find what they are looking for and that too fast and without much not-needed effort. Thus, the accurate search function play an important part in ensuring that your customers [who become customers from visitors after you provide them what they are looking for] remain loyal and happy with the brand. Vortaloptics is a company which provides customized search solutions to help businesses to connect with their audience and engage their interest. They create software that integrates with an existing search application that a website is currently using. It also gives you an option to integrate with the paid search feeds and normal search results for the increased web presence.

Tata eyeing a Sri Lankan telecom player

Tata, a major Indian business group with diversified business interests ranging from steel to telecom through it internation telecommunication arm, VSNL Global, is trying to buy out the major private telecom operator in Sri Lanka, Suntel. If the deal goes through than it would be Tata's third international telecom deal.



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Top mobile games of 2006 by MobileRated

MobileRated, a website providing free games for the mobile phones have released a list of Top 25 mobile games. The list was prepared on the basis of number of downloads for the games. The list has been prepared for year 2006.

The Top 3 Games, judged by MobileRated, of 2006 are:

1. Jamtris

2. M-SuDoKu

3. Bomber

Legal forms online for your fast use

If you have been looking for templates for the legal forms and have met all those high fee options then you can find all these forms online at LawDepot™. From Lease Agreements, Prenupital agreements to Power of Attorney Form, they have them all. They have got a free email support system and you can right away download the forms, fill them and start the legal process. So while you are looking for a simple or complex looking legal document, just give this website a try.

Time of Malta on mobile phone now

If you are in Malta and want to keep yourself updated with whatever is happening and keep abrest with the latest local news than you can do so on your mobile as well. Timesofmalta.com has launched a WAP enable website for their readers. To access the WAP site, you can browse to wap.timesofmalta.com.


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Security solutions for Florida based residential homes and small businesses

If you are unhappy about the growing instance and news of theft, robbery, burglary in your area and are concerned about the security of your home and family but still have not really been able to decide about the security system that you want to install then you must have a look at Orlando Home Security System.

Sentinel Security Systems, Inc. is a full-service home security company. They install, service, and monitor your personalized security system. The best part of their credibility being, they are the authorized dealers for GE Security Pro. Also, they specialize in security management for residential homes and small businesses. You can call them and they will test your currently installed system.

Clean, Compact and centralized PCs

If your business is heavily relied on the kind of graphics that you generate. Or even if you have to rely on good quality rich graphics in some way or the other than which might not necessarily be your living then you have to have a look at the Clear Cube Blade range of PCs.

Other than the internal raw power, the Blade range are Small PC and do not take any extra space in your office, helping you on the space constraints. The blade PC provided by Clear Cube are compact and house the latest PC components including Intel® Core™ 2 Duo, Xeon® and Pentium® 4 processors with Hyper-Threading, DDR2 memory, SATA hard drives and NVIDIA® graphics cards. The users can take the complete use of these PCs from a centralized location. They come Linux or Microsoft Windows XP/2000 ready.

Money saving advice by thriftyscot

How many time has it happened that in the spirit of festivity you have spent more than you can afford with the help of your credit card or ready credit facility on your bank current account and now when it has been a fortnight since Christmas, and when the monthly credit card bills have started coming in, do we realize that paying interest would mean nullifying of the discounts that we availed on those items that we bought non-stop.

thriftyscot.co.uk helps you in exactly these kind of situations when you want to save money but are out of ideas. It talks about credit cards, how to deal with balance transfer and better rates and repayments. You can also read about secured loans which are becoming very much a necessity now a days. Although it would be a very stupid decision to go for mortgages or home loan just to pay off debts, but then sometimes some hard decision have to be made. The site talks about home insurance deals as well.

It would help you if you just have a look at the different resources on offer.

The latest $1000 contest at PPP

There have been these kind of contests earlier as well and I have seen them happening and people winning those uber-cool $$$. But I have kind of refrained from getting involved because I though that it was too time consuming. But I guess apart from total fun, $1000 opportunity is not trivial thing. I mean you have to work hard to make $1000. It is near equivalent to a week of full-time work. But if you get it working for a day or maybe less than what beats it?

Veronique, one of the super-cool PPP people, who was also the first winner of HP super smart digital camera is the theme of latest search contest. I think I should make a run for it too.

A new platform for all those talented music artists

The best thing about the site, something which strikes a visitor like me at first is the nice refreshing design. Nothing super different but a clear, primarily dual color template in which all is visible whatever should be clearly visible. That is unsigned.com - a stage for all those who thing that the stage deserves them as much as they deserve the stage.

People could sign up as artists and upload their music. This could be the best platform for those Unsigned Artists who believe that they have what it takes. People can sign up either as artists or listeners, upload and download the music and listen to them and rate the music.

Pay Per Post

I haven't really appreciated PayPerPost as much as I should have.




I mean they are doing amazing work. As a blogger. I have already made $500 long back and am soon poised to touch $1000 mark if everything goes good. And all this in the matter of 3 months.

Congrats and thanks to PayPerPost. You rock guys.

Domains of your choice for your future

With growing popularity, there is one crunch that has hit the Internet presence seekers too hard. And that is domain name. It is very hard to choose a domain name of your choice especially if it is a single word and is a English dictionary word. It seems that all the words are taken. Be it a normal term meaning something good or some abnormal word with an absurd meaning.

But then there are some agencies which help you find good domain names that would mean what you want to say and at the same time attract visitors with the uniqueness that they seem to reflect. activadomains.com is one such shop which lets you choose some good quality domains without much effort of thinking of and than finding them already taken or registered. They have got these categories in which domains have been listed. There are even foreign language categories like Polish and other categories like Money and Media and Business. A user can even search for the domains that they are specifically looking for.



With the ever increasing popularity and the kind of growth that Internet is experiencing, there are no points for guessing how important is it to have an internet presence. How important is it to have a domain name that identifies your business or skill set, your identification. With forward vision and some intelligent help from activa domains, you could be a future winner just now.

Something about my blogging practices

I have been thinking about blogging and been thinking if I like it as much as I should be. I mean when I am doing paid blogging, it is a little against the ethical practices. But then the disclosure policy takes a little off my head.

Anyways, I think I do not still have as many readers that I would like and when I would really think about ethical practices. That brings me another thing to mind. I have to really implement SEO in my blog. It has been too long that I have Google page rank of just 1 which really has become kind of an eye-sore. It should be around at least 3 now.

Creating family tree and finding your relatives worldwide

I do not really understand what do people find so amusing in knowing about their family tree, their ancesters, the great great grand fathers and their such distant cousins lying in some unknown part of the world. But to admit the truth, I myself want to know who all in this wrld are related to me - if I have a relative in Norway or Japan. Internet is somehow making this all remotely possible too.



One of the latest tools is ZOOOF, The Family Network. A site where you can create a flash based family tree and invite people to come and add themselves and create family trees themselves. Although the website is in beta stage at this moment but they are planning to leave the beat stage behind and go live from the valentine's day - the 14th of Feb. The site would still be free and all the functions would be available.

Note: If you find the idea excellent and want to join it now, before 14th of February than you can email the site support with your name, e-mail, country and gender at invite[at]zooof[dot]com. You will receive a personal invitation link.

There are currently beta users who range from around 49 countries. The privacy at the website is strictly regarded and will be when it goes live on 14th of February.

The New York Times on Mobile

If you are an avid news reader on Internet and you wonder how can you get to read the news on your mobile than you can go to mobile.nytimes.com and you can read the news or the headlines or you can search through last seven day archives.


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Drunken driving - lawyer for your rescue

DUI - Driving under the influence, the abbreviation might sound funny to you but you would be interested after you would come to know that there are legal agencies that specialize in providing services dedicated to arrest made by police under the DUI charges. So next time you are in some other city, for example San Diego, where you are with friends taking you to the night life then you might want to know about some good San Diego DUI Lawyer.

I would in fact suggest that you do not drink and drive but then sometimes we do not have control over the situation which leads us to the uncontrollable driving and then police are doing their work when they are trying to control the uncontrollable drivers :) So drive safe or keep the lawyer address in your pocket.

Pay your bills with the help of your Nokia

In collaboration with leading mobile phone devices manufacturer, Nokia, Visa, the leading credit card service company has launched a service where the mobile phone users can make payments with the help of their mobile phones. They have to place their Nokia mobile phones in front of a chip reader that would read the microchip installed in the phone to complete the transaction.


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Look what G-man has found :)

I try to search for SEO thing all the time which I really at the end do not but then page ranking of the websites excite me a lot and the very first thing that I did when I found out about this website, funnily called Look What G-Man Found, I went to a category called SEO and start reading the articles. Sad to say that the very first article that the chose [on the basis of the attractiveness of the title] was not a great find. The writer [G-man himself in most of the cases] was suggesting people about writing scripts. Being a half-baked coder myself, it did not interest me much. But then I was not looking for scripts or automation or anything like that, I was in fact looking some stuff related to SEO. Then I saw this article, title of which suggested that the article is going to talk about the backlinking stuff, which have always made me inquisitive. I have never really been able to understand what backlinking is about. And I was happy to read what G-man has to say about backlinking. Although some programs that pay bloggers for writing stuff which might not be related to their blog can be categorized as providing their client with links that resemble the links provided by backlinking services but they are still better because they sometimes encourage their bloggers to disclose the posts as paid posts which makes it ethical still.

Coming back to the specific website that we intend to talk about here, Look What G-Man Found, it opens with half blank page motive of which I am not really able to understand. And what exactly does g-man means is another thing that I am not able to understand. I wish G-man include a rating system so that the best rated articles are at the top of the rated list and that they bind the reader to the website. There are some good articles but they seem scattered with those not very high on the quality. These low quality stuff can repel the visitors which would not be a great situation.

Mobile assembly plant closed in Nigeria

ZTE Corp. the Chinese mobile telecommunication company that has opened the mobile assembly plant in Abuja, Nigeria has to close it. It was reportedly done because it was not profitable.


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For the insurance products in the UK

No matter how good the insurance plan is, in my personal opinion you would be loosing money anyways. No matter just how many days back have you paid the premium on your car insurance, the insurance company would not pay you the complete price you have insured your car for - in case there is some mishap.

But then car or home insurance is something we can not avoid, so better avoid the hidden costs and exorbitant charges which some companies levy on unsuspecting clients. In case you are looking to compare the insurance products than have a look at Insure 121.

It could prove to be a helpful site if you reside in the UK and is searching for a insurance product that suit your needs.

Loan store for the residents of the UK

If you have been thinking about taking loans all along but have not been actually able to take one, either because you are kind of averse to taking loans or you already have loans running on your credit card / bank statement than you have to be a little positive about a new blog.

Especially if you reside in UK than, you would never regret being introduced to ukpersonalloanstore.co.uk. From secured loans to bad credit loans, they provide you enough resource about any loan related products that would make your borrowing a rather painless process. Although at the onset I don't really like the way the form asks about your name but then it is not asking for any phone number or contact information which is rather comforting. Also, the interest tables that they have provided are quick reckoner which is rather helpful.

SMS can lead you to 2 years in jail

If you derive fun in sending stupid SMS [which might sound threatening or menacing] to people you do not know then you have to stop and think about it now. With the amendment in Information Technology Act, 2006, any transmission in the form of text or audio or video which is offensive can lead to a jail term of 2 years.


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Online and handheld poker - literally

There is one most beautiful thing about Internet, or technology - it is cheap and it does not know geographical boundaries. Which is one reason why medium does not play as important a role. It could be your PC or it could be your notebook and with passing time and improving research it could be your mobile device. You can take on internet whatever.

The best thing about downloading and playing with Pokersavvy is that you get reward points for playing poker. I mean this is a steal for the player but I wonder how are these guys making money then. You can even redeem these points against real stuff. I haven't really started playing but that is the first thing I am going to do after finishing this post :)

And Online Poker is one thing that makes it all the more beautiful. Poker is an art and although I have not seen it on mobile much, I hope and I believe that mobile would be one medium where millions would be on bets not long from now.

Get answers on mobile with NowNow

Amazon has launched a new service called NowNow with the hep of which the users can get the answers to their questions on their mobiles through email. There are surfers working for NowNow who research the answers from the internet.

The service is supported on Blackberry, Palm Treo, and other Wireless PDAs or Smart phones and it skirts the requirement of a PC to search for a quick answer.

A great list of web hosting service providers

It is no mean deal to search for good web hosting deals in this world. With host of service providers providing 100% uptime cheapest 365x24x7 technical and customer supported, it becomes hard to differentiate between the genuine hosting service provider and not so efficient one.

I still remember when I used to look for a free service provider in college times. It is very important that you test your website or your web application on a live but test environment before using your own live server. This has many advantages. First of all being you keep away from crashing your server and open it to the host of other vulnerabilities which can lead to the compromise in the security of your server and/or website. One of the biggest problems with hosting service is that more often than not you need a small part of the server and not a complete server. There are in fact better dedicated server hosting providers than shared server hosting providers which makes finding cheaper and smaller service harder to find. In quite contradiction to how the conventional market works.

Over and above this, there are lots of hosting service provider reviewers in the market that makes all this exercise of searching for a genuine hosting service provider all the bigger headache. The bigger players are endorsing the expensive players and smaller reviewers are either not exhaustive or include almost miserable service providers in their list which make you keep away from their recommendations. cheaphostingdirectory.com is one exception. First of all, they have good categories. They just do not take names. They provide you with clear segregation of the things. They tell you what is listed under which category. This categorical listing help in making sane decisions.

So if you are looking for top of the league service providers or if you are looking for budgest providers, just have a look at them for some real good deals.

Google in deal with China Mobile, eyeing wireless search domain

Google, in a bid to become the dominant player in the wireless search in China, entered into an alliance with the major Chinese mobile telecom operator China Mobile. This deal is important more so because Google has been unable to beat the local Chinese player Baidu to garner lead in the PC based Internet search. By taking this deal they plan to run to become biggest wireless search service in China.


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The scene of online dating these days

There is a lot of moolah about relationship relying on online trends now days and there are some critics who do not ardently support the concept of Online Dating but there is one hardcore supported of dating through websites and that is me.



I have always believed that websites had provided all those people who have been by nature introverts or have been reserved in nature can now really benefit from these online dating websites. They can express their feeling for a person without risking being ridiculed in public or anything. This helps in reducing frustration levels and can even sometimes help channelizing the energy positively.

BenQ Mobile being offered some help from German governmental authorities

BenQ Mobile, which is the German arm of Taiwanese mobile phone maker BenQ and a former subsidiary of Siemens, which reportedly is on the verge of bankruptcy has got some support from the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. They have been reported as being offered new subsidies till BenQ Mobile find a new long-term investor.


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Hotel reservations for worldwide destinations

Always thought of packing your bags but then never packed. Or always thinking of having enough savings before you packed your bags but was never able to decide how much is enough? Or have you simply been not able to convince yourself to leave the comfort zone of your home sweet home and tread the unknown territories on the 3rd world in the name of traveling and knowing the world? Whatever may be the reason, one thing is sure that if you want to save yourself from a regular traveling hassle and if you do not consider yourself a every dime saving backpacker and demand some leisure and comfort than you have to look in the quality places like HotelReservations.com.



Starting from Hotel Reservations, whatever you need as a leisure traveler, be it hotels, motels, resorts, vacations rentals, flights, and or car and other such issues. Or even if you are in search of complete vacation packages, HotelReservations.com provide you with unbeatable packages at unbeatable prices. There are up to 70% savings that you can make on this website. It is an absolute must for a regular traveler to have a look at this website. Although it does not cover all the countries on the face of the earth but it does cover all the continents and major tourist destinations. And if you still want, then you can dial the toll free numbers and the agents would be more than happy to answer your queries and might even give you some information regarding the countries that these guys do not cater to.

They have got a toll free number which you can call from US and Canada. They even have a toll free number for European callers. The best part is that their customer care center is open 24 hours. So if you have opted for their package and you are traveling and if you need to get in touch then you do not have to wait for the correct time zone.

Mobile VAS industry to grow in India

Mobile VAS industry is poised to grow to $1 billion by the end of this new year 2007 in India. At this moment it is nearly half of the growth projection.

If the trend continues and the projections hit the mark than it would be very fruitful for the telecom companies.


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Opticals that you always need but never realize

It is not easy to avoid the advantages that are on offer by the lenses. You must be surprised by my opening statement of this post. You must be wondering as to what in the world am I trying to state. But I am dead serious. I am going to tell you something very important - it is just that we often do not realize that is at important as it is discreet.

Only when we are watching a soccer match and sitting on that the backest of the back seat, do we miss those binoculars which our office mate bought for the last weekend game. Or when going on a safari. Although it was just 2 hours drives and a weekend gateway and not some African Sahara safari tour, but binoculars are binoculars.



Thus if you think or have at last realized the importance of owning binoculars while reading this all important post than you should also know the importance of knowing a good dealer, such as opticsplanet.net. Not just binoculars but they sell everything that employs lenses ranging from telescopes, microscopes, spotting scopes, Digital Binoculars, Riflescopes, Monoculars, opera glasses, rangefinders, police & baseball radar guns, loupes, Rx sunglasses, goggles and flashlights.



And not just the items, they sell nearly every brand that you have ever heard of in US of A. Now I won't get into taking all the names but you can find meade telescopes to atn scope in here.

So, if you are really searching for anything that is made of glass and involves focusing then this is the way to go.

Ruias enter the great Indian retail market

With Ambani owned Indian Telecom major Reliance jostling for a controlling stake in another big mobile telecom carrier Hutch-Essar along with UK based telecom group Vodafone, Ruias who own the stake in Hutch-Essar are foreseeing cash investment opportunities. They entered the retail space by launching their first retail store in a neighbouring town of Delhi, Ghaziabad.


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Information about Boise, Idaho

If you are thinking about shifting to Boise of if you think work or anything might take you to Boise than you have to look at the fabulous housing options avaibale on boisehomesguide.com in Boise. From single family houses, condos, townhouses, single/double storey houses, you name it and you will get it all on boisehomesguide.

But then not just real estate the sites contains sections on quality of life in Boise and you can fill form and you would be contacted for information on buying and/or selling houses in Boise mls, Idaho. There are articles about Boise and there is information on the history of Boise. How did it evolve into its present shape. A feature that is very important but is missing most of the times from the real estate information sites. There is a good write-up on Cultural and Historic Activities. Not just these, there is information about the Outdoor activities for the healthy lifestyle enthusiast and Nightlife information for the young and restless. Shopping related information is also provided on the website. Then there is information about schools and education in the area. It lists the number of students and teacher and student ratio. It list the technical institute in the area. The site also list information about sporting infrastructure available in the area.

MTNL launched telecom services in Mauritius

Indian government owned telecom company MTNL has launched operations in the island state of Mauritius, Chief Managing Director of MTNL Mr. R S P Sinha declared. They would launch full fledged services including Basic, Mobile and ILD in there.


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Homes for sale and rent for people moving to Las Vegas

Las Vegas is known for something that we have all heard about. Yes, Casinos is what charms everybody. Everyone knows what Las Vegas is known for. Everybody knows that there is lots of money to make and there is lots of money to loose, in the Casinos. But it is equally true that there is lots of money to make else where in Las Vegas. Las Vegas is a little tough city but once you get going, it is one smooth ride. There is a lot of competition because of the reputation that this city has got but then with competition comes opportunities.

So if you are looking for Las Vegas homes or you are looking for shifting to Las Vegas and taking a house for rent, millionsaver.com will help you with everything. New homes or resale homes, there is everything which suits everybody in here.

Send first 20 SMS for free on every new registration

By registering for free on Greetingsbysms.com, the users can send 20 SMS for free from the websites to their near and dear ones. The SMS are much cheaper than the regular SMS sent through the mobile phones as they are sent tagged with an advertisement.


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Norton software download

There are many sites from where you can download many different software according to your requirements. They might be technical websites or they can be review sites which would be having a technical sections but most of them receive huge traffic thus sometimes bandwidth allocated to your connection is not great and thus slow downloads.

So if you are looking for a good deal on Symantec software and looking for Norton AntiVirus download then you can consider downloading from antivirusdownload.com. Although I am not sure if they are quoting a fair price on their website but I guess it could prove to be a better way of avoiding traffic and buying a software hassle-free.

BSNL to provide 20 Mln mobile connections

BSNL [Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited] a government owned telecom company and a major player in the Indian telecom space has declared that it will provide 20 million mobile connections every year for the next three years. And indication of how the market is poised to skyrocket.


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Super deals right off ebay shelves

If you always thought that ebay is not as good as it used to be because there are too many waste deals then you must be mistaken. Lastminute-auction.com proves that you are indeed mistaken. They list all those deals on ebay which have less than 1 hour left to expire and that are currently at less than or equal to $1.00.

Starting from Antiques to DVDs to jewelry to comics, toys, tickets and video games, there is virtually everything which is on sale on ebay can be tracked on Lastminute Auction. In a very easy to understand interface, it lists the small description of the item along with the minutes left to expiry and the number of bids left. It also lists Shipping and Handling charges along with the items.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2007

I wish you all a very happy and prosperous new year 2007.

May it bring all the happiness to your love and work life :)