ASUS Blu-Ray Drive

Most of the hardware manufacturers these days are now slowly jumping on the Blu-ray dive bandwagon, the latest being Asus which just released the Asus BC-1205PT Blu-ray drive. This Blu-ray drive can read Blu-ray discs but cannot burn to Blu-ray recordable discs. However, they can read and write to CDR/RW and DVD+/-R/RW discs.

The BC-1205PT Blu-ray Drive is an internal SATA drive for PCs. It'll burn DVD±R/RW media at up to 12x speed, falling to 4x speed with dual-layer discs. It will also handle DVD-RAM writing duties, along with CD-R/RW. Despite the name, the drive won't write BD-R or BD-RE media, but it will read these formats and BD-ROM discs, all at up to 5x speed.

This drive offers a variety of innovations which are ynique to their drives, such as a Double Dynamic Suspension System II for reducing vibrations when the drive is spinning at high-speed and Liquid Crystal Tilt technology, which is said to enhance the pick-up head accuracy during recording and playback.

New Way To Chat Online

For those of who like to chat online , this is a great chatting software that you can use from now on . Here's some information about Pidgin .
Pidgin is an instant messaging program for Windows, Linux, BSD, and other Unixes. You can talk to your friends using AIM, ICQ, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, MySpaceIM, and Zephyr.

Pidgin can log in to multiple accounts on multiple IM networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on AIM, talking to a friend on Yahoo Messenger, and sitting in an IRC channel all at the same time.

Pidgin supports many features of the various networks, such as file transfer, away messages, and typing notification. It also goes beyond that and provides many unique features. A few popular features are Buddy Pounces, which give the ability to notify you, send a message, play a sound, or run a program when a specific buddy goes away, signs online, or returns from idle; and plugins, consisting of text replacement, a buddy ticker, extended message notification, iconify on away, spell checking, tabbed conversations, and more. Pidgin runs on a number of platforms, including Windows, Linux, and other UNIX operating systems.

www.pidgin.im

PosterCheckOut

An article from Anitha's Lifestyle And Shopping Blog. Visit my sister's blog at:

http://ennie2930.blogspot.com/

Looking for some cool posters, art prints or canvas transfers to hang up that wall? Then welcome to PosterCheckOut art print and canvas transfers at great prices and over 15,000.00 art prints and canvas transfers to choose from.

There are many posters from many different categories to choose from PosterCheckOut, not forgetting the most current posters too. What's more, you can find the posters and canvas transfers in many different categories by using the Adavanced Poster Search.

About 90% of the posters can be transfered to canvas. Just look for the "Canvas" option when viewing your poster. All canvas items come stretched on a custom made wood frame so they are ready to hang! PosterCheckOut use a "Museum" style of wrapping the canvas on the frame so no staples are visible from the side of the product.

Canvas transfers are a great way to enhance any living space. PosterCheckOut offer both gallery wrap and museum wrap canvas transfers. The museum wrap style stops the image at the front edge, while the gallery wrap image continues all the way to the wall.

Selecting a canvas transfer is easy! Find the particular print you are interested in, then click the "Canvas Mounted" link. This will take you to the canvas transfers page for that print. There you will see the price and description for the canvas transfer. All canvas transfers come stretched on a custom made wood frame so they are ready to hang! Any border or decorative text will not appear on the canvas transfers, only the actual image.

PosterCheckOut have FREE US shipping everyday on orders of $35 or more. Choose as many posters as you like.

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YouTube FEATURE of The Day

Marshall Islands, officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), is a Micronesian island nation in the western Pacific Ocean, located not far off Nauru and Kiribati .

The country consists of twenty-nine atolls and five isolated islands. The most important atolls and islands form two groups: the Ratak Chain and the Ralik Chain (meaning "sunrise" and "sunset" chains). Two-thirds of the nation's population lives onMajuro (which is also the capital) and Ebeye. The outer islands are sparsely populated due to lack of employment opportunities and economic development. Life on the outer atolls is generally still fairly traditional, and the nutrition of the rural population, consuming food that is either grown or caught, is superior to that of most of the urban residents, who rely considerably on white rice. A majority of the islands' land mass is at sea level.

The climate is hot and humid, with a wet season from May to November. The islands occasionally suffer from typhoons. Many Pacific typhoons start in the Marshall Islands region and grow stronger as they move west toward the Mariana Islands and the Philippines.

The Marshallese are of Micronesian origin and migrated from Asia several thousand years ago. Although English is an official language and is spoken widely, though not fluently, Marshallese is used by the government.
Virtually all Marshallese are Christian, most of them Prostestant.

My feature today is about a place that I would want to be in future for holiday. I knew about this Island since I was a kid. Maybe because of the name. If you want to see more of Marshall Island, check it out using Google map and use the satellite map and you can zoom down as much as 50 m from the sky. What you 'll see is a stunning view of this beautiful paradise.

Why I Share General Knowledge

I started reading blogs seriously only about 2 month ago and after some readings I decided to come up with my own blog. The reason I choose Pc General Knowledge is because this is what I like and good at. Spending an average of 7 hours a day allows me to surf for all kind of informations . I share it back with all my readers and my friends too. What you read everyday is something that I came across on the day or sometimes ago . This blog is like my internet diary with topic range from latest software, YouTube videos, Internet business, my affliation partners to making money online .

Being able to meet a lot of people everyday in Kuala Lumpur basically when comes to computer knowledge most of them know how to use it and mainly on applications such as E-mail, Chatting, games ( a 7 years old boy can beat the hell out of you online, like my nephew) videos and some other applications. I believes those bloggers staying here in KL knows what I'm saying . Many only know the basic usage of a computer, like my sis, when we bought this computer home that I'm am still using today. She started from zero knowledge except e-mail and today after 3 something years you can check out how she's doing at ennie2930.blogspot.com

It takes time to learn to be better for many including me. Thank God I started in the early days in the Internet Cafe era in Subang Jaya back in 97 - 98. It take my sis a while before she can come up with her own ideas. John Chow dot com was on the internet since year 2000.
It was totally a black n white layout and until Jan 2006 the heading page layout of John Chow Dot Com look like this

John Chow dot com mogul

The Miscellaneous Ramblings of a Dot Com Mogul

• Home |
• Photo Gallery |
• About |
• Contact

2005 Year In Review

Posted by John Chow on 31 Dec 2005 5:26 pm. Filed under Ramblings.

What an amazing year. I started 2005 living out of a rented house and single. I end 2005 owning two houses and engaged to a wonderful woman who has inspired me and challenged me to go beyond what I thought was possible.

The turning point of 2005 happened in June when I was vacationing in Shanghai. I was at the top of the Oriental Pearl Tower and that’s when I asked Sarah to marry




You can check for more past pages review at alexa.com It takes John Chow all these years to be damn good as he is today. The situation that I see here is also is situation that happens everywhere. While the are many is blogging around with informations, there are many who don't, but they use a pc and these group of people are the future Internet bloggers and online money makers. Many will follow this path part time or fulltime in the future. Hopefully my blog can provide you some good help.

My blog is actually a guide for some friends of mine where I make it easy and simple to understand and pack with informations that they can go through. I became better from days after days with this kind of knowledges that I found during my time using the Internet which I also hope you all enjoy it too. If you like this post please consider subscribe to my full feed RSS or subscribe by e-mail , Thank You .

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Eye-Fi

An article from Anitha's Lifestyle And Shopping Blog. Visit my sister's blog at:

http://ennie2930.blogspot.com/

Have you ever looked at a digital camera full of photos and thought those photos aren't going to upload themselves? Well, now you can with the latest Eye-Fi.

Eye-Fi has created a memory card with a built-in WiFi transmitter that will automatically upload your photos to any of 17 photo sites when you are within range of a designated wireless network. The 2GB SD memory card looks like any other, but it has a small antenna and WiFi service inside.

The card must be in the supplied card reader and formatted to recognize the right network. If you use photo sharing site like Shutterfly, Flickr or Facebook, the card will send photos over the Internet to Eye-Fi, which then formats them for the site you use and it also automates sign-in and passwords so that your photos seem to appear magically.

The Eye-Fi card and reader is available online from Amazon and it can also be set up to send photos directly ti your computer, if you want to be selective about what gets shared.

RoboForm - Automated Password Manager & Form Filler Software For Free

Again another useful software that will save your time effectively and it's free for all especially if you have a lot of website with password protected and forms . RoboForm saves you time and makes your life easier. It remembers your passwords, logs you into websites automatically, and completes forms with one click. RoboForm is secure and easy to use.

RoboForm was named PC Magazine Editor's Choice, and CNET Download.com's Software of the Year. RoboForm:
	Memorizes your passwords and Logs You In automatically.
	Fills long registration and checkout forms with one click.
	Encrypts your passwords to achieve complete security.
	Generates random passwords that hackers cannot guess.
	Backs up your passwords, Copies them between computers.
	Synchronize passwords between computers using GoodSync.
	Searches for keywords in your passwords, notes and Internet.
	Portable: RoboForm2Go RF runs from USB key, no install needed.
	PDA-friendly: sync your passwords to Pocket PC and Palm.
	Neutral: works with Internet Explorer, AOL/MSN, Firefox.
	IE 7 and Vista: are now supported.

You can download this software at http://www.roboform.com

GoodSync For Free

Do you want to have a better management of emails, MP3s and many other files in your computer ? Then GoodSync can be your solution. You can download it for free at

http://www.goodsync.com

Here's some information and features of GoodSync


Never Lose Your Emails, Photos, MP3s, etc...

GoodSync combines bulletproof reliability with an extremely easy to use interface to compare, synchronize, and backup your emails, contacts, photos, iTunes, MP3s, and other important files.

Synchronize or Back Up to Multiple Devices

Now you can synchronize your files between desktops, laptops, PDAs, and external drives, while using it on your network or over the Internet. Using an innovative synchronization algorithm -- GoodSync is years ahead of the pack when it comes to synchronization.

Easy and Automated

Keep your files up to date with one click, eliminate information clutter, and most importantly begin enjoying your peace of mind, knowing that your financial documents, work files, emails, contacts, photos, iTunes, MP3s, and other data are synchronized and backed up automatically.

"Easy to use and without any hidden spyware... Innovative, lean, useful product."
Wall Street Journal

Real Facts About Making Money Online

An article from makemoneyforbeginners.blogspot.com This is one site where beginners can learn the real way of making money online

Let's start with "Google Adsense" and Blogs.

This is the cheapest and fastest way to get started making money online. You can set up a blog for free. Google will provide advertisements for your blog for free. You will earn an immediate commission from Google each time some one clicks an advertisement on your blog. Once you get your blog up and running you can diversify with affiliate marketing and other methods of making money. A blog is very simple to manage. The new Blogger (just out of Beta) program (owned by Google) is a beginners dream as a complete computer illiterate can set up a blog just following the onscreen directions. Once you have a blog you will then learn how to market it - get traffic to your site. When you have learned how to do this you can transfer this knowledge to websites and other online ventures. A blog will teach you the basics and you can learn without spending gobs of cash in the process.

I'm sure you have seen screenshots of people who are making hundreds of dollars a day from adsense. Is this bullsh*t? Nope. They earn what they say but beware that they are not telling you the whole story.

There are several strategies for making money with Google Adsense but let's look at the two most common.

1)Using Adwords or other paid advertising to generate traffic to your Adsense sites and hence generate Adsense clicks.

2) Getting free traffic using SEO techniques (Search Engine Optimization) and harnessing the power of multiple Blogs to generate Adsense revenue.

So what is the trick?

Using Adwords

This is what they don't tell you.

A lot of those screen shots show you the money they brought in. They never tell you how much they spent to earn that income. They may make $600 a day but if they are using adwords to generate traffic then they likely spent several hundred a day as well. They always show you the gross, not the net. This doesn't mean that they aren't making a profit - they are or they wouldn't continue day after day - but that their profit is a lot less than they lead you to believe. This is done in order to make you believe that the product they are selling will help you generate profits of $600 a day. If they were completely honest they would admit that it might generate SALES of $600 a day - not PROFITS.

Using free traffic

This is what they don't tell you.

This is the best way for a beginner to start out. Build a blog on a particular niche(topic), create good quality content for it, have Google index and rank your page high for your keyword (topic) and sit back as Google sends hordes of visitors to your site. Finally, count your money from all the Adsense clicks. Right? Well almost.

This is the procedure but they don't tell you that to make serious money at this you will need to create thousands of blogs. Yes, you heard right. Your main blogs will be decent pages addressing the needs of your visitors and suitable for marketing products. The majority of the blogs however, will be set up to simply generate Adsense clicks and provide links to help your main blogs get ranked. The articles will be unique but crappy and visitors that end up on these blogs will quickly leave - hopefully by clicking an ad that will take them to where they were trying to go in the first place. This is called spam blogging and as unethical as it seems, it is how you make a lot of money with Adsense. No one talks about this aspect of making adsense profits. No one wants to admit that they use this tactic and yet this is the only way to generate a lot of money with Adsense with out spending money to get traffic

YouTube FEATURE of The Day

Has anyone heard of Jonas Anderson or Christy Gibson? While many have no idea who they are, Jonas and Christy is some of the most popular singers in Thailand. So far, Jonas has released 5 albums and Christy has released 3 (including a duo album together). In world where Thai and foreign pop is taking over, it's extremely refreshing to hear some Luktoong ( Thailand's
Country Songs ) .

Jonas Anderson is from Sweden and moved to Thailand when he was 9, and moved to Nakhon Ratchasima where he was exposed to Luktoong. He not only speaks Thai fluently, but also has learned to speak Isaan. He became quite popular in Sweden a few years back, and the Swedes are very proud of him.

Christy Gibson is half-Dutch and half-British and has a similar story as Jonas. She moved to Nakhon Ratchasima when she 6 and soon also exposed to Luktoong. She is also fluent in Thai, and has like Jonas, embraced Thai culture and the Thai ways.

Today YouTube feature a video of their most popular song from their duo album. Watch it and what do you think about them? You think that they can beat native Thai singers?
I think they're awesome ( they sing Luktoong waaay better than the Thais I know, even after drinking some Singha beers . Check it out .

Get $20 Free Click From BIDVERTISER

Currently Bidvertiser is offering $20 in free clicks if you sign up with them. All you need to do is to place a Referral button or a text link on your site and you will start to earn money when a user clicks on your button or link and signs as an advertiser or a publisher.

When a user signs as an advertiser and first spends $10, Bidvertiser will credit your account with $5 and when that same advertiser spends $50, you will be credited with an additional $20. When a user signs as a publisher and first earns $10, Bidvertiser will credit your account with $10. When that same publisher earns $50, you will be credited with an additional $40. Good money eh ?


If you have your own website or blog, you may have Bidvertiser button installed on your page as a good source of income. I have tried out using the free $ 20 free click from Bidvertiser and I managed to get some good response from it ( a total of 50 visitors and some signed up on my other free affiliations and 1 buyer of my Only In Malaysia Mah e-book affiliation ) and of course if you do not want to continue or hold on after you reached the limit of $ 20 you can pause your ad or delete it .

Many blogger is using Bidvertiser for getting their traffic especially when they have so many to offer in their blog and beside getting new subscribers and readers they will normally get a number of clicks from their Google Ad Sense, Bidvertiser or other sites. This is because regular blog readers normally do not clicks on ads. They just like your blog or articles and keep coming back for more post. Normally the one that clicks on ads are those new visitors to your blog or those using search engines and looking for particular subject or item. If you are interested and want to sign up as an advertiser or a publisher you can do so for free with the link below.

The Babel Fish Translation Tool

Fancy getting your blog translated into various language around the world? Then Babel Fish Translation is the answer to it. The Babel Fish is actually a creature in the book 'The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy' by Douglas Adams. When placed in a person's ear, it allows him or her to understand any and all languages spoken.

The Babel Fish Translation tool uses machine translation technology to translate sentences in one language into another language and can translate either text or full pages from the internet. Machine translation on the other hand is a computer program which automatically analyzes the meaning of a sentence and attempts to produce a sentence in a different language which conveys the same meaning. No computer program can translate correctly 100% of the time, but machine translation is useful to get the basic ideas of a sentence.

To improve the accuracy of the text translations, make sure you use correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation for the highest quality translations and avoid slang and use short, clear sentences.