Archive for April, 2008
Bad news for Vista, XP SP3 is out
Microsoft have finally made the official release of Windows XP SP3, which in their words “includes a small number of new functionalities, which do not significantly change customers’ experience with the operating system”. Yet, the public is giving it more attention and interest than Microsoft hopes for, in it’s continuing effort to kill the OS, [...]
Happy Chernobirthday!
26th April marks my birthday. It also marks the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster. The same memory has been used to spread a Windows Virus by the same name, which some might argue it as a good day). I have had several bad incidents on my birthday before, I started wishing I could just skip [...]
Mishref Co-Op Profits
So my mother kept nagging on me to stop being lazy and open a shareholder account in Mishref Co-Op to get some promotions and profit from the purchases I make. I preferred to just use my family account instead, until I gave up and opened one for me and my wife. Ofcourse months passed without [...]
Soon your Google Ads may showup on Yahoo!
Google and Yahoo! have been undergoing a testing period for the efficiency of delivering Google Ads alongside Yahoo search results. This is to measure how the ad click-throughs are compared to Yahoo’s own ads. Yahoo themselves estimate that Google Ads bring 60-70% more revenue than Yahoo. This is because of ad relevancy for one, and [...]
Microsoft Q1 Profits Falling
The 67% increase in Xbox 360 sales did not save the company from reporting the 10.9% drop in net profits this last quarter, to only $4.3bn. The net revenue it self didn’t grow much either, less than 1% to $14.45bn. So the drop can’t only be blamed on the $1.42bn EU anti-trust fine.
That said, add [...]
Sony LCD Bravia KLV-46V200A Review
Upon request from macaholiQ8, I am reviewing this LCD 46″ V-Series screen from Sony. I should note that I’m not the expert in this field, but it’s mostly an end user opinion of it. Below are the specs, and my opinion along with it.
Product Name: Sony LCD Bravia KLV-46V200A
SIZE: 46″
Supported Resolutions: 480p, 720p, 1080i – [...]
SEO Using Proper Image Labeling
IMG ALT attribute is an alternative text that is displayed to the user when the image is not found, giving the user a hint about what the image is. Typical example would go as this:
<img src=”/images/google-logo.jpg” alt=”Google logo” />
In most cases, you normally expect that the image will be shown rather than alternative text, and [...]