Laptop Info Today

Archive for October, 2008

I’ve tried a couple of free for personal use anti-virus on my laptop and most has been good but quite annoying.

Avg Free, Avira Anti-Vir, Avast Home Edition, Bit Defender has been good but a little annoying when it comes to certain files which falsely detected it as trojans.

This can be really annoying as some of the files application file needed to run a certain program like autoplay my portable hard drive … etc.

Another annoyance is that it tends to consume quite a lot of system memory during updating even some with an audio alert that says Your System has been updated thing.

It’s useful for novice users out there but for me I’m in a need to find much more better alternative.

Came in Threatfire.
This anti-virus come in the free and paid version.

One thing I like about this software is that it is light-weight, uses less system resource and updates in the background.

You might not even know whether it is updating !

But it does the job well ….. protects your pc against virus and spyware with less annoyances

Get Threatfire AntiVirus by clicking the link here.

I’ve just upgraded my blog, which is on the wordpress platform, to version 2.6.3.

When it comes to self-hosted blogs on wordpress platform, the normal time taken for and upgrade is about 5 minutes which is still quite a long time for me personally .

Being in the wordpress version 2.6.2, I am trying to find upgrading methods in less than a minute !

Unrealistic target from a techie guy, you might but it is actually not.

I’ve upgraded 2 blogs (this one and IzzyRocks.net in less than a minute ! ).

How do I do it?

Let’s begin.

You need 2 files to be downloaded to your computer first.

1. class-snoopy.php
2. version.php

Once you have downloaded both files, open up your ftp program (in this case I use Filezilla client).

Upload the 2 files to your wp-includes directory. You will be prompted whether you wanted to override the existing files. Click OK to override.

Once both files have been uploaded, refresh your wordpress dashboard and you have successfully perform your wordpress upgrade.

Hi there it’s me again and recently I was renewing my son’s passport and guess what I did all with the comfort of my laptop.

You will, of course, need a digital camera, photo printer, your laptop and an internet connection .

Internet Connection? You might puzzled I supposed.

Yeah …. let’s get started.

First , you need to take your passport photo from your own digital camera. Depends on country regulations, you might a white or colored background of your country’s choice. Read up your official immmigration rules and regulations on passport photo.

Need once you snap that photo …. upload it to your laptop (resize it) and proceed to epassportphoto.com .
This site supports passport taking for numerous countries .

Click on the “Get My Free Passport Photos” link to get started. (Remember to choose of your country of origin before proceeding further). After that it is just simply following the passport making wizard.

Save the photo as a jpeg file and print it on your photo printer ……

You’re done …. it is simple as that.

Try it out …. It’s fun.

Recently (well its yesterday actually), I did a post on the new Open Office 3.0.

One of the functions that thrills me with the new Open Office 3.0 is definitely the PDF Importer.

Finally a freeware that allows you to edit your PDF file (well it’s a long wait really ).

Unfortunately this is NOT part of the installation files but it is an extension or add-on to the Open Office 3.0 suite. Do note this extension does not work with earlier versions of Open Office.

It is one of the hottest downloads of the moment; so HOT that it has already reach 254749 downloads at the moment and 58382 downloads from this week already.

What’s more users from various platforms are able to enjoy this breakthrough function. Windows, Mac OSX, Solaris and even Linux (x32 and x64) users can use this powerful tool on their already FREE Open Office 3.0.

To download the PDF importer for Open Office 3.0, click here.

To enjoy enhancing your Open Office with new extensions (if you are familiar with Firefox style of add-ons, this is very much similar) , Click here.

That is right.

As you know, recently I ran through troubles at this blog and I am having a hard time settling for a cheap hosting service that is reliable as well.

Sounds to demanding right, well not really.

If you are a webmaster, budget always comes to a difficult choice and giving your trusty laptop to work on your website or blog and a reliable and cheap hosting service, you can’t go wrong at all.

The fact that if you surf to WebHostingRating.com, you will find several hosting plans by some of the well known web hosting services at an amazing cost.

Does below $10 sounds a good enough deal?

I hope so for you because it is an exceptionally good deal for me. You will find the TOP 10 hosting right on the main page of web hosting rating. A very good information on hosting can also be seen on the links given on the page as well as the article pages.

From best budget to best e-commerce hosting, web hosting rating will provide insight to the other hosting services like BlueHost Inc, HostMonster, Globat.com and others before you even signed to these services. Best of all, if you have decided to choose (let say Bluehost Inc for example), you need not navigate away or do a Google search again on Bluehost Inc, you can do that directly through web hosting rating(convenience in your fingertips ).

The alternative office suite for PCs (laptops included), OpenOffice.org, has now released version 3.0 of its office suite.

There are many new features in this new suite and for the first time ever ” a PDF importer”.

Which means you can import you pdf files …. edit them up and save as a document, spreadsheet, presentation or draw file (something Microsoft haven’t come out with ).

Though Microsoft has been working with third party ….. Able2Extract on this function to be in the future releases of Microsoft Office suites, Sun Microsystems has leapfrog a step further with this release.

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Yeah I’m going crazy these few days in selecting a new theme for my blog.

Recently I did a maroon theme “TECH SYS” style which I applied on this blog ….. unfortunately I get lots of feedback that I’m degrading my site and myself as well..

A close friend of mine quoted as I’m letting my readers move away even further with the new theme and it’s a wake up call nonetheless to find a suitable theme for this blog.

I had contacted a few friends of mine and a fellow blogger at SuccessFullTime.com recommended me this theme (the one you are seeing right now).

For those who are wanting to get this theme for your wordpress blog, you can proceed to Unique Blog Designs.

Hey lots of bloggers are getting their themes from there and I say ….. “It couldn’t be a wrong choice”.

I do not know what you will be thinking but I feel the technological feel like the TechCrunch site in this.

It’s been a year plus since I’ve been blogging on this site with news, articles, tips and tricks.

I was sitting down analyzing my site and I keep pondering with myself whether should I continue the same website outlook which had 3 column header widgets, a sidebar and 3 footer widgets ( Alvin Phang’s theme as the one I had previously used) or do a complete overhaul.

I thinker and thinker …. browse lots of websites and decided that this theme suits me just fine.

Why the sudden change?

I just feel I need to move away from the money-making site style to a more laptop and techy feel.

I went through 3 days searching for a good theme and finally I’ve got it at this site.

Another change (well I don’t whether it would work for me or against me) is that I decided (for the first time) to input my current photo on this blog. How the traffic or audience going to react to this …… I simply don’t know but I hope it is going to be good :)  .

Currently the header logo for Laptop Info Today is in progress; a friend of mine (Eliaski at getonlinesuccess.com) is currently designing one for me.

So my fellow visitors … blast me with comments on the new theme ….. your feedbacks will be cool.