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Hang out behind the scenes and schmooze with the amazing lineup of performers (Grammy Award winners Black Eyed Peas, Don Henley, Steve Miller Band, Montgomery Gentry, Berlin, and The English Beat) at the Appreciation Event on September 22 at Treasure Island. Two prizes available.

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PHP 5.3.3 Released!
The PHP development team would like to announce the immediate availability of PHP 5.3.3. This release focuses on improving the stability and security of the PHP 5.3.x branch with over 100 bug fixes, some of which are security related. All users are encouraged to upgrade to this release....
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Wave open source next steps: "Wave in a Box"

Since the announcement that we will discontinue development of Google Wave as a standalone product, many people have asked us about the future of the open source code and Wave federation protocol. After spending some time on figuring out our next steps, we'd like to share the plan for our contributions over the coming months.
We will expand upon the 200K lines of code we've already open sourced (detailed at waveprotocol.org) to flesh out the existing example Wave server and web client into a more complete application or "Wave in a Box."
This project will include:
an application bundle including a server and web client supporting real-time collaboration using the same structured conversations as the Google Wave system
a fast and fully-featured wave panel in the web client with complete support for threaded conversations
a persistent wave store and search implementation for the server (building on contributed patches to implement a MongoDB store)
refinements to the client-server protocols
gadget, robot and data API support
support for importing wave data from wave.google.com
the ability to federate across other Wave in a Box instances, with some additional configuration
This project will not have the full functionality of Google Wave as you know it today. However, we intend to give developers and enterprising users an opportunity to run wave servers and host waves on their own hardware.
Since the beginning, it has been our vision that the Google Wave protocols could support a new generation of communication and collaboration tools. The response from the developer community to date has been amazing and rewarding. Even more so now, we believe that developers and other projects are a critical part of this story.
While Wave in a Box will be a functional application, the future of Wave will be defined by your contributions. We hope this project will help the Wave developer community continue to grow and evolve. We'll discuss more technical details of our plan on the Wave Protocol Forum, which is the best place to keep up with the latest progress on the open source project and learn how you can contribute.
Wave on
by Alex North, Software Engineer, Google Wave team

MySQL is the world's most popular open source database software, with
over 100 million copies of its software downloaded or distributed
throughout it's history. With its superior speed, reliability, and ease
of use, MySQL has become the preferred choice for Web, Web 2.0, SaaS,
ISV, Telecom companies

Low-Hanging Fruit: Facebook's Business Today

Stay the Course?

Sitting on a Gold Mine?

Anonymous Social Marketing?

Watching and Waiting

Cisco VNI summary – video will drive IP traffic growthThis year’s VNI by Cisco’s service provider marketing group continues to project high IP traffic growth due primarily to video, with only slight variability from last year’s VNI forecast. Worldwide IP traffic for 2009–2014 will grow at a CAGR of 34%, an increase of 4.3x from 2009 levels. Business traffic’s share of total traffic will decline from 21% in 2009 to 13% in 2014, reflecting the “prosumer” trend. VNI has proven to be a useful tool for Cisco to bolster its technology and business vision and roadmap.
The very antithesis of “build it and they will come”: they are coming, but who will build it?

Prior to releasing the Visual Networking Index, Cisco executives hosted their first-ever quarterly business update call with industry analysts to outline Cisco’s strategy and vision for the service provider market. They described a “two-sided” business model based on B2B2C (business to business to consumer) where technology-enabled end users are willing to pay for personalized services that service providers are in a position to provide. But traditional network service providers (NSPs) need to ask where their revenues will come from in two years, and be willing to abandon traditional telco business models and embrace new ones to drive revenue growth. Cisco’s evolving IP NGN vision posits that “the network is the platform” that integrates cloud services, the IP network, and client devices to deliver a unique user experience. Cisco implied that NSPs should partner with OTT players for mutual advantage to profitably meet end-user expectations for personalized services. Cisco’s service provider technology strategy is to supply IP equipment that can not only operate “north to south” (i.e. core to access), but also “east to west” (i.e. data center to data center), supporting a content delivery network (CDN) that caches video content closer to end users and adds network intelligence. These cloud-based content delivery networks can be wholesale business offers that turn OTT players into valued partners, completing the B2B2C value chain. Thus, this is Cisco’s answer to who will pay for IP video traffic growth: the OTT players.

Cloud-based CDNs from network service providers are already emerging; for example, AT&T’s managed cloud for Blizzard Entertainment to meet the stringent performance expectations of gamers playing “World of Warcraft.” While not yet vetted with web-based content providers, the proposal is that they will shift from building their own computing networks to using CDNs based on the NSPs’ managed clouds with Cisco’s infrastructure equipment.

Cisco’s VNI provides the foundation for its network vision and roadmap

Cisco has a history of making the right calls and steering market opinion, both of which are key credentials for gaining customer mindshare. It may not always have the best-of-breed NSP products and is certainly not a price leader, but its market vision and roadmaps are hard to beat. Service providers have long-term expectations for their capex investments, so they value vendors that are good strategists. With an increasingly crowded service provider IP routing market, Cisco hopes its vision will provide a competitive edge. And, as a rising tide raises all ships, Cisco’s IP router competitors (Juniper, Alcatel-Lucent, Huawei, Tellabs, Ericsson, ZTE, etc.) haven’t disputed Cisco’s past VNI forecasts, nor do we expect they will now.

Ovum provides clients with independent and objective analysis that enables them to make better business and technology decisions. Ovum research is based on independently audited methodologies that ensure that our clients can base decisions on rigorous and fact-based research, rather than on unqualified and unjustified opinions. The research draws upon over 400,000 interviews a year with business and technology, telecoms and sourcing decision-makers, giving Ovum and our clients unparalleled insight not only into business requirements but also the technology that organisations must support. Ovum is part of the Datamonitor group.
BY:John Mazur

The stage is set for the biggest overclocking showdown to hit the eastern shores! Representatives from over 15 nations in Asia and Africa collide as they fight for glory in the Asian and African regional finals of the GIGABYTE Open Overclocking Championship. Ronaldo Bejarin will represent the Philippines.
Hailing from the Philippines, Bejarin makes history as he is the first ever Filipino to participate the in regional finals of GOOC. Bejarin became the Philippine champion when he won the crown in GOOC Philippines 2010 last May 21, 2010. He will travel to Jakarta, Indonesia to carry the Philippine flag and along with it, the ingenuity of the Filipino people.

The top 3 winners of the event will earn cash prizes, products from event sponsors and a trip to Taiwan this September 2010 for the GOOC 2010 Finals.

Vote for Bejarin at http://gooc2010.gigabyte.com/Asia-Africa/ and get a chance to win exciting prizes from Gigabyte.

GIGABYTE, headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, is known as a global leading brand in the IT industry, with employees and business channels in almost every country. Founded in 1986, GIGABYTE started as a research and development team and has since taken the lead in the world’s motherboard market. On top of motherboards and graphics accelerators, GIGABYTE further expanded its product portfolio to include notebook and desktop PCs, digital home entertainment appliances, networking servers, communications, mobile and handheld devices, servicing every facet of people’s lives at home or business. Everyday GIGABYTE aims to “Upgrade Your Life” with the most innovative designs and impeccable quality and services.

Visit www.gigabyte.com.tw for more information

These Nokia codes will work on most Nokia Mobile Phones

(1) *3370# Activate Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR) - Your phone uses the best sound quality but talk time is reduced my approx. 5%

(2) #3370# Deactivate Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR) OR *3370#

(3) *#4720# Activate Half Rate Codec - Your phone uses a lower quality sound but you should gain approx 30% more Talk Time.

(4) *#4720# Deactivate Half Rate Codec.

(5) *#0000# Displays your phones software version, 1st Line : Software Version, 2nd Line : Software Release Date, 3rd Line : Compression Type.

(6) *#9999# Phones software version if *#0000# does not work.

(7) *#06# For checking the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI Number).


(8) #pw+1234567890+1# Provider Lock Status. (use the "*" button to obtain the "p,w" and "+" symbols).

(9) #pw+1234567890+2# Network Lock Status. (use the "*" button to obtain the "p,w" and "+" symbols).

(10) #pw+1234567890+3# Country Lock Status. (use the "*" button to obtain the "p,w" and "+" symbols).

(11) #pw+1234567890+4# SIM Card Lock Status. (use the "*" button to obtain the "p,w" Go to Top
and "+" symbols).

(12) *#147# (vodafone) this lets you know who called you last.

(13) *#1471# Last call (Only vodofone).

(14) *#21# Allows you to check the number that "All Calls" are diverted to

(15) *#2640# Displays security code in use.

(16) *#30# Lets you see the private number.

(17) *#43# Allows you to check the "Call Waiting" status of your phone.

(18) *#61# Allows you to check the number that "On No Reply" calls are diverted to.

(19) *#62# Allows you to check the number that "Divert If Unreachable (no service)" calls
are diverted to.

(20) *#67# Allows you to check the number that "On Busy Calls" are diverted to.

(21) *#67705646# Removes operator logo on 3310 & 3330.

(22) *#73# Reset phone timers and game scores.

(23) *#746025625# Displays the SIM Clock status, if your phone supports this power saving feature "SIM Clock Stop Allowed", it means you will get the best standby time possible.

(24) *#7760# Manufactures code.

(25) *#7780# Restore factory settings.

(26) *#8110# Software version for the nokia 8110.

(27) *#92702689# Displays - 1.Serial Number, 2.Date Made, 3.Purchase Date, 4.Date of last repair (0000 for no repairs), 5.Transfer User Data. To exit this mode you need to switch your phone off then on again. ( Favourite )

(28) *#94870345123456789# Deactivate the PWM-Mem.

(29) **21*number# Turn on "All Calls" diverting to the phone number entered.

(30) **61*number# Turn on "No Reply" diverting to the phone number entered.

(31) **67*number# Turn on "On Busy" diverting to the phone number entered.

(32) 12345 This is the default security code.


NOKIA5110/5120/5130/5190
IMEI number: *#06#
Software version: *#0000#
Simlock info: *#92702689#
Enhanced Full Rate: *3370#[#3370#off]
Half Rate: *4720#
Provider lock status: #pw+1234567890+1
Network lock status #pw+1234567890+2
Provider lock status: #pw+1234567890+3
SimCard lock status: #pw+1234567890+4


NOKIA 6110/6120/6130/6150/6190
IMEI number: *#06#
Software version: *#0000#
Simlock info: *#92702689#
Enhanced Full Rate: *3370#[#3370#off]
Half Rate: *4720#

NOKIA3110
IMEI number: *#06#
Software version: *#0000# or *#9999# or *#3110#
Simlock info: *#92702689#


Enjoy............

By Paul Trotter
June 7, 2010

LONDON - Former IBM President Thomas Watson was famously quoted as saying there was “a world market for maybe five computers”, but now it seems one in five people has at least that many in their own home.

According to a PC Advisor survey, the majority of households (60%) have three or more computers and only 14% are stuck in the dark ages with just one.
We asked readers to reveal how many desktops or laptops were currently in use in their home, and one in three reported having four or more. Over 20% of PC Advisor’s admittedly tech-savvy audience had five or more PCs at home.

The figures demonstrate the extent to which the home computing revolution has impacted family life, with some PC Advisor forum users revealing that each member of the household now has their own dedicated PC or laptop, while others have family PC or media centre PCs on top. Furthermore, many people have a laptop for working on the move and, in few extreme cases, servers for business use

Chip Taylor"Don't be evil" has gone all 1984 on us. Or so it seems after Google revealed Friday that its Street View cars, in addition to snapping photos of the world's roadways, have also been collecting sensitive personal information from unencrypted wireless networks.

It was no secret that Google's cars had already been collecting publicly broadcast SSID information (Wi-Fi network names) and MAC addresses (unique numbers for devices like Wi-Fi routers). But this techie data, which is used for location-based services such as Google Maps, didn't include any "payload data," or personal information sent over the network.

Or so "Big Brother" Google claimed on April 27. But yesterday the search behemoth 'fessed up to a security gaffe of Orwellian proportions. Due to a piece of code written in 2006 by an engineer for an experimental Wi-Fi project, Google had in fact been collecting those private bits after all:

"But it's now clear that we have been mistakenly collecting samples of payload data from open (i.e. non-password-protected) WiFi networks, even though we never used that data in any Google products," wrote Alan Eustace, Google senior VP, engineering & research.

Wow. That's freaky and strange. And not in a good way, either.

Google was smart to open up about the spying incident. An attempted cover-up would have proven disastrous, particularly when numerous consumer and government agencies worldwide have criticized the search company's seemingly insatiable appetite for personal information, a quest that critics say infringes on individual privacy rights.

There's little doubt the Wi-Fi spying incident won't fade away quietly. In fact, the Electronic Frontiers Association (EFA) and Australia Privacy Foundation (APF) have joined forces to question potential security mishaps by Google's Street View, according to a report by Computerworld-Australia.

The latest Street View controversy is sweet fodder for conspiracy theorists. As someone said to me responding to the news: "Imagine, Google driving around in vans, taking pictures of EVERYTHING, and gobbling up Wi-Fi signals like some new-age techno CIA." Sweet conspiracy fodder - indeed.

If nothing else, Google's security gaffe should serve as a wake-up call to clueless folk who've yet to encrypt their home Wi-Fi networks. Do you get it now? Anybody may be snooping on you.

President
1 AQUINO, Benigno Simeon III C. 13,839,669
2 ESTRADA EJERCITO, Joseph M. 8,757,890
3 VILLAR, Manuel Jr B. 5,011,984
4 TEODORO, Gilberto Jr. C. 3,674,293
5 VILLANUEVA, Eduardo C. 1,026,159
6 GORDON, Richard J. 467,614
7 ACOSTA, Vetellano S. 163,710
8 PERLAS, Jesus Nicanor P. 48,946
9 MADRIGAL, Jamby A. 42,188
10 DE LOS REYES, John Carlos G. 40,065
VICE PRESIDENT
1 BINAY, Jejomar C. 13,489,293
2 ROXAS, Manuel A. 12,679,151
3 LEGARDA, Loren B. 3,807,392
4 FERNANDO, Bayani F. 937,424
5 MANZANO, Eduardo B. 706,822
6 YASAY, Perfecto R. 330,763
7 SONZA, Jose Y. 57,697
8 CHIPECO, Dominador Jr F. 47,375
SENATORS
1 BONG REVILLA, Ramon, Jr. B. 17,832,330
2 ESTRADA, Jinggoy E. 17,424,585
3 DEFENSOR SANTIAGO, Miriam P. 15,933,979
4 DRILON, Franklin M. 14,598,846
5 ENRILE, Juan Ponce -. 14,410,977
6 CAYETANO, Pilar Juliana S. 12,615,692
7 MARCOS, Ferdinand, Jr. R. 12,161,893
8 RECTO, Ralph G. 11,400,777
9 SOTTO , Vicente III C. 10,957,820
10 OSMEÑA, Sergio III D. 10,699,436
11 LAPID, Manuel M. 10,069,945
12 GUINGONA , Teofisto III D. 9,475,122
13 HONTIVEROS-BARAQUEL, Ana 8,417,723
14 BIAZON, Rozzano Rufino B. 7,955,205
15 DE VENECIA, Jose III P. 7,713,713
16 REMULLA, Gilbert Cesar C. 6,899,404
17 LIM, Danilo D. 6,750,434
18 ROCO, Sonia M. 6,235,398
19 QUERUBIN, Ariel O. 6,039,333
20 PIMENTEL, Gwendolyn D. 5,851,640
21 ACOSTA, Jr. Nereus O. 5,445,677
22 LACSON, Alexander L. 4,800,544
23 TAMANO, Adel A. 3,718,098
24 OSMEÑA, Emilio Mario R. 3,601,730
25 MAZA, Liza L. 3,560,446
26 OCAMPO, Saturnino C. 3,270,918
27 TATAD, Francisco S. 3,068,874
28 LOZADA, Jose Apolinario Jr L. 2,517,510
29 MITRA, Ramon B. 2,510,456
30 LANGIT, Rey M. 2,467,811
31 BELLO, Silvestre III H. 2,248,865
32 LAO, Yasmin B. 1,879,653
33 PAPIN, Imelda A. 1,795,929
34 OPLE, Susan V. 1,777,813
35 BAUTISTA, Martin D. 1,725,135
36 PLAZA, Rodolfo G. 1,387,155
37 BAUTISTA, J.V. L. 1,292,807
38 GUICO, Ramon, Jr. N. 1,124,517
39 LAMBINO, Raul L. 1,038,191
40 VILLANUEVA, Hector L. 884,817
41 OCAMPO, Ramoncito P. 857,437
42 INOCENCIO, Ma. Katherine L. R. 811,075
43 PALPARAN, Jovito Jr S. 743,267
44 TINSAY, Alexander B. 666,745
45 ALONTO, Zafrullah M. 627,392
46 TAMAYO, Reginald B. 618,640
47 ESPINOSA, Nanette M. 543,877
48 MAAMBONG, Regalado E. 485,053
49 DAVID, Rizalito Y. 450,930
50 ALBANI, Shariff Ibrahim H. 440,654
51 VIRGINES, Israel N. 411,048
52 PAREDES, Zosimo Jesus II M. 394,795
53 SISON, Adrian O. 378,086
54 PRINCESA, Reynaldo R. 328,129
55 IMBONG, Jo Aurea M. 324,013
56 NIKABULIN, Adz G. 310,276
57 CAUNAN, Henry B. 214,723
58 VALDEHUESA, Manuel Jr E. 181,802
59 TARRAZONA, Hector M. 150,591
60 RIÑOZA-PLAZO, Maria Gracia D. 138,161
61 LOOD, Alma A. 114,304
PARTY-LIST
1 AKO BICOL POLITICAL PARTY 1,401,967
2 COALITION OF ASSOCIATIONS OF SENIOR CITIZENS IN THE PHILIPPINES, INC. 1,192,973
3 BUHAY HAYAAN YUMABONG 1,177,900
4 AKBAYAN! CITIZEN'S ACTION PARTY 986,888
5 GABRIELA WOMENS PARTY 938,902
6 COOPERATIVE NATCCO NETWORK PARTY 847,181
7 BAYAN MUNA 694,914
8 ABONO 693,656
9 1ST CONSUMERS ALLIANCE FOR RURAL ENERGY 675,798
10 AN WARAY 640,755
11 CITIZENS' BATTLE AGAINST CORRUPTION 608,702
12 ADVOCACY FOR TEACHER EMPOWERMENT THROUGH ACTION COOPERATION AND HARMONY TOWARDS EDUCATIONAL REFORMS 565,964
13 AGRICULTURAL SECTOR ALLIANCE OF THE PHILIPPINES, INC. 482,369
14 BUTIL FARMERS PARTY 470,380
15 ALLIANCE FOR BARANGAY CONCERNS PARTY 439,699
16 ANAKPAWIS 412,154
17 KABATAAN PARTYLIST 389,060
18 LPG MARKETERS ASSOCIATION, INC. 386,100
19 ABANTE MINDANAO, INC. 353,385
20 ACT TEACHERS 338,404
21 ANG ASOSASYON SANG MANGUNGUMA NGA BISAYA-OWA MANGUNGUMA, INC. 316,792
22 YOU AGAINST CORRUPTION AND POVERTY 288,238
23 ASSOCIATION OF PHILIPPINE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES 282,785
24 BAGONG HENERASYON 274,296
25 KASANGGA SA KAUNLARAN, INC. 268,391
26 ALLIANCE FOR NATIONALISM AND DEMOCRACY 255,412
27 ANG GALING PINOY 250,727
28 ARTS BUSINESS AND SCIENCE PROFESSIONALS 241,026
29 PUWERSA NG BAYANING ATLETA 239,227
30 AGBIAG! TIMPUYOG ILOCANO, INC. 237,674
31 TRADE UNION CONGRESS PARTY 226,659
32 ALYANSA NG MGA GRUPONG HALIGI NG AGHAM AT TEKNOLOHIYA PARA SA MAMAMAYAN, INC. 224,962
33 DEMOCRATIC INDEPENDENT WORKERS' ASSOCIATION, INC. 217,255
34 ALAGAD PARTY-LIST 214,810
35 KALINGA-ADVOCACY FOR SOCIAL EMPOWERMENT AND NATION BUILDING THROUGH EASING POVERTY, INC. 212,303
36 KAPATIRAN NG MGA NAKULONG NA WALANG SALA 208,489
37 1-UNITED TRANSPORT KOALISYON 205,541
38 ANG LABAN NG INDIGONG FILIPINO 200,837
39 ALLIANCE OF VOLUNTEER EDUCATORS 198,830
40 UNA ANG PAMILYA FORMERLY ALLIANCE OF NEO-CONSERVATIVES 198,367
41 ADHIKAING TINATAGUYOD NG KOOPERATIBA 160,739
42 AANGAT TAYO 155,243
43 KASOSYO PRODUCER-CONSUMER EXCHANGE ASSOCIATION, INC. 153,676
44 ALAY BUHAY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION, INC. 153,036
45 AKSYON MAGSASAKA PARTIDO TINIG NG MASA 149,081
46 KATIPUNAN NG MGA ANAK NG BAYAN ALL FILIPINO DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT 147,860
47 ASSOCIATION OF LABORERS AND EMPLOYEES 146,373
48 VETERANS FREEDOM PARTY 142,579
49 ANAK MINDANAO 141,306
50 ALLIANCE FOR RURAL AND AGRARIAN RECONSTRUCTION, INC. 135,524
51 PILIPINO ASSOCIATION FOR COUNTRY - URBAN-POOR YOUTH ADVANCEMENT AND WELFARE 132,864
52 ATONG PAGLAUM 132,721
53 ANGAT ATING KABUHAYAN PILIPINAS, INC. 130,461
54 PARTIDO NG MANGGAGAWA 130,036
55 ABANTE TRIBUNG MAKABANSA 129,504
56 ALYANSANG BAYANIHAN NG MGA MAGSASAKA, MANGGAGAWANG-BUKID AT MANGINGISDA 126,445
57 ALLIANCE TRANSPORT SECTOR 125,325
58 KAUNLARAN NG AGRIKULTURA, ASENSADONG PROBINSYA ANGAT NG BAYAN 121,250
59 BARANGAY NATIN 116,839
60 1GUARDIANS NATIONALIST OF THE PHILIPPINES, INC. 111,526
61 AKSYON NG MAMAMAYANG NAGKAKAISA 111,067
62 1-AKO BABAENG ASTIG AASENSO 110,174
63 BABAE PARA SA KAUNLARAN 108,188
64 ACTION FOR DYNAMIC DEVELOPMENT, INC. 107,252
65 ANG LADLAD LBGT PARTY 106,566
66 AHON PINOY 106,338
67 KATRIBU INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S SECTORAL PARTY 105,846
68 BAGONG BAYAN NA NAGTATAGUYOD NG DEMOKRATIKONG IDEOLOHIYA AT LAYUNIN 105,215
69 CONFEDERATION OF NON-STOCK SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS, INC. 104,838
70 ONE ADVOCACY FOR HEALTH, PROGRESS AND OPPORTUNITY 102,348
71 KABALIKAT NG MAMAMAYAN 102,172
72 BINHI: PARTIDO NG MGA MAGSASAKA PARA SA MGA MAGSASAKA 100,607
73 1-AANI 99,928
74 AKAP BATA, INC. 98,578
75 AGILA NG KATUTUBONG PILIPINO, INC. 96,733
76 ANG ASSOSIASYON NG MGA TRABAHADOR AT PAHINANTE 96,671
77 BIYAYANG BUKID 91,857
78 ABAKADA GURO 90,185
79 FIRM 24-K ASSOCIATION, INC. 87,554
80 COCONUT FARMERS ASSOCIATION OF LINAMON, LANAO DEL NORTE, INC. 87,340
81 ABANTE ILONGGO 86,501
82 ANG KALUSUGAN PARA SA PINOY, INC. 85,879
83 AKO AYOKO SA BAWAL NA DROGA 83,485
84 FILIPINO MUSLIM ORGANIZATION 83,425
85 ACTION BROTHERHOOD FOR ACTIVE DREAMERS, INC. 82,650
86 PRO-ACTIVE ON CLIMATE CHANGE LEADERS, INC. 82,619
87 ANG TAGAPAGTAGUYOD NG SIKAP SA IKAUUNLAD NG MGA PINOY 81,166
88 WOMENPOWER, INC. 79,941
89 COCOFED-PHILIPPINE COCONUT PRODUCERS FEDERATION, INC. 79,437
90 ALYANSA NG OFW PARTY 78,458
91 1ST KABALIKAT NG BAYAN GINHAWANG SANGKATAUHAN 77,329
92 ACTION LEAGUE OF INDIGENOUS MASSES 76,630
93 PARTIDO NG KATUTUBONG PILIPINO 73,107
94 YOUTH LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND ADVANCEMENT 72,927
95 ANG TAO MUNA AT BAYAN 72,409
96 THE TRUE MARCOS LOYALIST (FOR GOD COUNTRY and PEOPLE) ASSOCIATION OF THE PHIL., INC. 71,642
97 ALLIANCE OF ASSOCIATIONS OF ACCREDITED WORKERS IN THE WATER SECTOR 67,884
98 VENDORS AND TRADERS ALLIANCE OF PHILIPPINES PARTY 67,762
99 BAYANI 67,603
100 ALLIANCE OF MINDANAO ELDERS 65,880
101 AGAPAY NG INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RIGHTS ALLIANCE, INC. 65,245
102 ALMA SA PAGKAHIKAOS AT IGNORANSIYA 64,061
103 ALLIANCE OF PEOPLE'S ORGANIZATIONS 63,255
104 CHAMPIONS FOR INNOVATIVE EMPLOYMENT 62,820
105 ORGANIZATION OF REGIONAL ADVOCATES FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE ONWARD NATION-BUILDING 62,506
106 BIYAHENG PINOY LABOR ASSOCIATION, INC. 62,056
107 PARENTS ENABLING PARENTS COALITION PARTY 61,064
108 AKBAY PINOY OFW-NATIONAL, INC. 60,835
109 UGNAYAN NG NAGKAKAISANG LAYUNIN AT ADHIKAING DAKILA 59,471
110 A BLESSED FEDERATION OF FARMERS AND FISHERMEN INTERNATIONAL, INC. 56,455
111 ANG MATA'Y ALAGAAN 56,209
112 SULONG! BARANGAY MOVEMENT 53,539
113 ADHIKAIN NG MGA DAKILANG ANAK MAHARLIKA 53,316
114 ALLIANCE FOR RURAL CONCERNS 53,094
115 ANG AGRIKULTURA NATIN ISULONG 51,850
116 ALLIANCE OF BICOLNON PARTY 50,893
117 AABANTE EMMANUEL CIVIC ASSOCIATION 50,355
118 ADHIKAIN AT KILUSAN NG ORDINARYONG TAO PARA SA LUPA, HANAPBUHAY AT KAUNLARAN 49,869
119 KABABAIHANG LINGKOD BAYAN SA PILIPINAS 47,229
120 ADHIKAING ALAY NG MARINO SA SAMBAYANAN, INC. 46,527
121 ASOSASYON NG MGA MALILIIT NA NEGOSYANTENG GUMAGANAP 46,268
122 ALLIANCE OF ADVOCATES IN MINING ADVANCEMENT FOR NATIONAL PROGRESS 46,244
123 AGRI-AGRA NA REPORMA PARA SA MAGSASAKA NG PILIPINAS MOVEMENT 45,085
124 ALAGAAN NATIN ATING KALUSUGAN 44,000
125 ACTION FOR DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT FOR- THE TRIBAL PEOPLE 43,192
126 BATANG IWAS SA DROGA FOUNDATION, INC. 42,937
127 KALAHI SECTORAL PARTY 41,717
128 GREEN FORCE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT-SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF MOTHER EARTH 40,720
129 ADVOCATES FOR SPECIAL CHILDREN AND HANDICAPPED MOVEMENT 37,932
130 ASSOCIATION FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS ADVOCAY IN LEADERSHIP 37,748
131 AKO AGILA SA NAGKAISANG MAGSASAKA 36,749
132 ANTI WAR / ANTI TERROR MINDANAO PEACE MOVEMENT 36,163
133 YES WE CAN, INC. 34,199
134 SECTORAL PARTY OF ANG MINERO (ANG MINERO) 33,990
135 AKAP KAPATIRAN PARA SA TANGKILIKAN NG MGA OBRERO 33,829
136 PASANG MASDA NATIONWIDE, INC. 33,190
137 ITENERANT VENDORS ALLIANCE OF THE PHILIPPINES 32,266
138 ALLIANCE OF BELIEVERS BRIDGE IN ATTAINING ACCURATE AND MEANINGFUL ADVANCEMENT 32,199
139 PAMILYANG OFW-SME NETWORK FOUNDATION 31,779
140 ALYANSA NG MAMAMAYANG NAGHIHIRAP 30,073
141 BAGO NATIONAL CULTURAL SOCIETY OF THE PHILIPPINES 30,036
142 ABANG LINGKOD, INC. 29,893
143 SAGIP KAPWA FOUNDATION, INC. 29,173
144 KOALISYON NG KATUTUBONG SAMAHAN NG PILIPINAS 28,778
145 FREE WORKERS 28,453
146 ALLIANCE OF NATIONAL URBAN POOR ORGANIZATIONS ASSEMBLY, INC. 28,199
147 UNITED MOVEMENT AGAINST DRUGS FOUNDATION, INC. 27,926
148 SMALL FARMERS AND LAND TILLERS ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES 27,840
149 1-AANGAT KA PILIPINO 27,442
150 ALLIANCE OF REGIONAL COALITIONS AGAINST PEOPLE'S POVERTY, INC. 26,616
151 SOCIAL MOVEMENT FOR ACTIVE REFORM AND TRANSPARENCY 26,008
152 AGRARIAN DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION 25,256
153 FIRST PEOPLE'S REPRESENTATIVE FOR INDIGENT STUDENT ATHLETES 25,211
154 ANG KAPISANAN NG MGA SEAMAN 24,559
155 BAGONG KOALISYON NG NAGKAKAISANG SAMAHAN SA SEKTOR NG TRANSPORTASYON 23,947
156 ABANTE KATUTUBO , INC. 23,890
157 ADVOCATES FOR PENOLOGY ENHANCEMENT AND LEGAL ASSISTANCE 23,633
158 AKBAY KALUSUGAN, INC. 21,196
159 ABANTE BICOL ORAGON INC. 21,059
160 ALLIANCE OF NATIONALISTIC AND GENUINE PROGRAM FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS ECONOMIC REFORM 20,704
161 ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION AND SERVICE 19,667
162 ASSOCIATION OF ADMINISTRATORS, PROFESSIONALS AND SENIORS 19,070
163 ALYANSA LUMAD, INC. 17,981
164 UNITED CADDIES AND GREEN KEEPERS ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES 17,888
165 BIGKIS PINOY MOVEMENT 17,826
166 ANGKAN KATUTUBO, INC. 17,629
167 DAMAYAN ALLIANCE OF THE AGING and DISABLED FILIPINOS, INC. 17,541
168 ALYANSA NG MEDIA AT SHOWBIZ 16,329
169 ALAY SERBISYO (WORKERS IN THE INFORMAL SECTOR ECONOMY) 16,077
170 ALAY SA BAYAN NG MALAYANG PROPESYONAL AT REPORMANG KALAKAL 15,400
171 ALYANSA NG MGA NAULILA NG MGA TAGAPAGTANGGOL NG BAYAN 14,307
172 ALLIANCE FRO PHILIPPINES SECURITY GUARDS COOPERATIVE 14,228
173 NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR COMMUTERS PROTECTION 11,196
174 KABUKLURAN NG MGA KABABAIHANG FILIPINA SA TIMOG KATAGALUGAN 11,053
175 ONE NATION EMPOWERED BY TECHNOLOGY 11,010
176 ANG PARTIDO DEMOKRATIKO RURAL 10,443
177 ABOT TANAW 9,391
178 A CONVERGENCE FOR MINDANAO AGENDA, INC. 8,050
179 ALLIANCE AND ADVOCATES FOR SENIOR CITIZENS' AFFAIRS 6,571
180 ALYANSA LUMAD MINDANAO, INC. 5,872
181 UNITED FILIPINO SEAFARERS 5,398
182 BINIGKIS NA INTERES NG MGA DRAYBER SA ADHIKAIN, INC. 4,670
183 CITIZEN POWER MOVEMENT, INC. 4,024
184 ALLIANCE OF VIGILANT PROTECTORS OF AQUATIC PRODUCTS 3,888
185 ANG SAMAHAN PARA SA MAGANDANG KABUHAYAN 3,697
186 PEOPLES FREEDOM PARTY 3,508
187 ANG NATIONAL COALITION ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S ACTION 1,090

10. Quiet It Down
Over time, the moving parts and powered pieces that move your magnetic disks around at lightning speed will wear, age, and get noisy. In a desktop computer (a Windows PC, generally), you can quiet the drive with rubber shock absorbers or elastic suspension. Toting a laptop? NotebookReview has a good starter guide to cleaning your laptop, which reduces noise, removes dust, lowers temperatures, and gives your drive a bit more life—never a bad thing. (Original posts: Rubber shocks, elastic).

9. Erase It Entirely, the Right Way
There's a huge range of tools that offer spy-agency-level data wiping—some of them are complete overkill. What software actually wipes the slate clean? Jason ran through them and picked out the good stuff, along with the physical, take-no-prisoners means of data destruction, in his advice on how to properly erase your physical media. If you need to pass on or reuse a disk, those apps and boot CDs will get you there. When you just need to make sure your credit card numbers are hidden forever, there's always a hammer. No, seriously. Photo by scragz.

8. Make a Complete Image
Backups keep your data safe, but a complete image of your system on an external drive ensures that everything—applications, data, settings, wallpaper choice, the whole shot—make it back onto your system if things go wrong. Windows users can image their hard drives with DriveImage XML, a great free tool. Another free tool, SuperDuper, makes it easy, if not exactly quick, to mirror your entire Mac onto an external drive.

7. Convert It to an External Drive
Whether it's an old desktop with a surprisingly large drive, or a laptop that's getting an upgrade, you can save that once built-in storage and turn it into an external drive, one you can just plug in with a USB cable and use for backup, media storage, or whatever you need.

6. Visualize Your Usage to Free Up Space
The strangest stuff ends up clogging up your hard drive unnecessarily. Leftover files from CD rips, huge data folders from games, backup files for apps you don't have installed—the list goes on. We've previously shown how to visualize your usage, but we updated with a new look at more simple tools for analyzing and freeing up space on your hard drive. Once you know what's there, and how big it is, you can start toward getting rid of some of it.

5. Recover Files and Rescue Your System
When things go wrong with your hard drive, they usually go really wrong—lost files, no booting, and general panic ensues. Adam's run down recovering deleted files with free software, with a focus on Windows utilities, with a few cross-platform goodies sprinkled in. When you can't get into your system, we heartily recommend a live Ubuntu thumb drive to grab files and fix things up, though a system rescue CD session can work wonders, too. When we put the call out, the answer that came back for the best recovery tool was Recuva, a Windows utility that can save files from hard drives, SD cards, iPods, and much more.

4. Install a Drive Yourself
Tech shops and laptop sellers will charge you a good bit over the parts cost to install a new, likely larger hard drive in a computer. Whether it's a desktop, a MacBook, or an SSD drive, you can likely take an hour and tackle it yourself. Adam explained the desktop hard drive installation, while tech blogger Dwight Silverman has explained a MacBook hard drive upgrade. Each laptop is build differently, but if a solid-state drive is in your future, this tutorial on MacBook installation should give you some general guidance on the job. It's a good skill to have, in general, because as Silverman writes, "Whatever you have now, it's not enough. And when you add more, that won't be enough, either." (Original post: MacBook hard drive).

3. Dual-Boot Windows, Mac, and/or Linux
Just because your computer only came with one operating system doesn't mean it has to stay that way. If you're a Mac owner who'd like a little Windows time now and again, read up on Gina's guide to setting up Boot Camp for Mac and Windows. If Windows 7 looks appealing, and a virtualized XP Mode isn't quite enough oomph, you can still boot Windows 7 with XP or Vista, and just choose your Windows flavor at start-up. And if you're keen on giving Linux a real go, why not dual boot it with Windows 7 in a way that makes it easy on both systems? It's so nice when everybody at the (partition) table just gets along.

2. Upgrade It Without Re-Installing
Maybe you've settled on a spacious new hard drive for your laptop, a solid-state drive for durability, or just need to rescue your stuff before your drive goes. Time to re-install Windows, right? Not so much. Using the Clonezilla Live CD, it's possible to upgrade to a spacious new hard drive without having to completely re-arrange your operating system and applications, and tediously transfer all your media over. It's a step-by-step process, it's fairly straightforward, and you get to trick Windows, somewhat, into believing that nothing ever happened, which can be its own reward.

1. Automatically Back It Up
Don't sell your computer data short—even if your documents don't seem all that important, the time you spent setting installing applications and putting everything in order is definitely worth saving. If you've got a good spare hard drive or an web space you can FTP into, you can set up automatic hard drive backup through Windows. Most folks, though, will want to go with one or both of two routes: online backup, for the entire-house-burns-down security, and/or offline backup, for speedy backups and convenient restoring. The best tools for doing so, when we asked, were Dropbox for online syncing—even though it's not exactly proper backup—and Time Machine for external hard drive backups. For two solutions that make the process mostly painless and care-free, try web-based, automated systems like Mozy or Carbonite. Photo by miss karen.

THE POLITICAL ISSUE (APRIL 2010): THE NEW RANGE ROVER IS WORTH YOUR TAXES

The local and national elections are just barely a month away. While the most powerful men and women in the land get busy convincing you that they're out to serve your interest, Top Gear gets busy reminding you not to be gullible. The fruit of that effort is this, our first-ever Political Issue.

On the cover is the 2010 Range Rover, probably the best SUV your congressman can splurge your (yes, your) money on. We count exactly 10 reasons why it is such a perfect vehicle for the typical Filipino politician.

We also report on BMW's new dark-horse model, the X1, as well as the three Italian motorcycle brands from MotoItalia (Piaggio, Vespa and Gilera). Meanwhile, we drive the Volvo XC60 all the way to Alicia, Isabela, to interview car nut and town councilor Ian Dy, who is currently running for vice mayor. (Ian Dy, by the way, is the boyfriend of the actress Heart Evangelista.)

For the Top Read, we tackle the most political issue in the car industry today: the product recall. We discuss what the recall is all about and why it is important not just to car buyers in the US but also to customers around the world. We then chronicle Toyota's recent missteps and the most significant recalls in the automotive industry's history.

For the Big Test, we compare three 4x2 midsize diesel SUVs (Mitsubishi Montero Sport, Isuzu Alterra and Ford Everest) and determine which one makes the best backup vehicle for a politician's convoy. Other Senate-approved vehicles tested are the Lexus LX570, the Mazda CX-7, the Honda CR-V, and the Mercedes-Benz ML350.

Among the personalities featured in this issue are car lovers turned politicos: bodykit designer Andy Cheng, race driver Tyson Sy and car enthusiast Arlene de Guzman. Plus, we have a story on Pinoy car designer Wini Camacho, who's making waves over at Daimler AG as you read this.

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When I was just about to start to make money online by blogging, my target before was to blog on a popular niche. It’s the niche wherein almost everybody were blogging about.

Trivia: A blog niche is the subject or the topic that your blog is focusing or talking about.

For example, when popular bloggers blogged about technology, other bloggers did the same, so I blogged also about technology. When John Chow popularized the Make Money Online niche, lots of bloggers followed him, so I did the same.

Wait… I want to make it clear first that I started making money online by blogging after realizing that I could really earn money through my blogs.

If you’re following me on this blog for a long time already, maybe you’ll get confused when I say that “my target was to blog on a popular niche” because you’ve learned already from my old blogposts that I started blogging without thinking of making money online but only to enhance my English writing skills.

In other words, I was already blogging for a period of time before I started to make money online by blogging.

OKay… So what I did on my early days of making money online by blogging were:

searched or tried to identify the popular niche.
customized my blog to that niche,
published blogposts related to that niche,
tried to find and drive traffic into the blog,
and then make money from the traffic that the blog got by displaying ads on that blog.
Did I really earned money at home through the internet by just blogging at the said blog?

Yes! And actually, up to this time, I am still earning money from the ads displayed on that blog even if I am not frequently posting posts on that blog… even if I am only sleeping the whole day here in my apartment with my son CJ… even if I am only playing Facebook’s Cafe World… Even if I am just driving the tricycle that the blog bought me… Even if I am just riding the Honda XRM motorcycle, a blogging juice… Even if I am not doing anything [money still comes in].

For the sake of those who don’t know what kind of income is this, economic experts called this as “Passive Income” or “residual income“.

Trivia: Passive Income or residual income is the money you earned even if you are not doing anything. In my case, I only created a blog, did things just to drive regular traffic into it, and displayed ads. Now, since the traffic is regular, then the income also comes in regularly even if I am already doing nothing.

However, this passive income is just small if compared to the passive income earned by a blog focused on a very profitable niche.

You might ask: Isn’t the profitable niche a popular niche?

Okay… The truth is: A niche can be both popular and profitable. But not all popular niches are profitable.

For example, the Pinay Scandal topic. There are lots of keywords used to search the internet for the Pinay Scandal materials. However, the “Pinay Scandal” keywords alone has generated 33,100 local searches this December 2009 and 246,000 global searches a month [according to Google's search data]. The figures clearly tell us that Pinay Scandal topic is popular.

Trivia: The popularity of a niche can be measured in two ways: (1) by the number of searches made every month; (2) by the number of competing blogs or websites under that certain niche.

But is it profitable? Well, if you are planning to sell pornographic materials and products on the blog that talks about Pinay Scandal, then I think it is profitable. However, if you want to sell useful and educational products, then it is not profitable especially if you are displaying Adsense ads on your blog.

Remember that Google Adsense displays nothing (no ads) on adult-related webpages because in the first place, you are not allowed to place adsense codes to webpages with adult content. So, you’ll not be earning decent money from Adsense if your blog focuses on this kind of niche.

However, if your blog is focused on a very profitable niche, you’ll not just earn huge money from Adsense but from your direct advertisers as well and from the products you promoted.

by SELaplana