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Malware Downloads Via Flash Ads on IGN

admin — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:00:35 +0000

I hate it when I come across Flash-based malware ‘ads’. In the screen capture above, you can see the well established lure: interact with the ad, and something — god knows what — will happen. In the case of this ad, a click will immediately initiate a file transfer without any warning or prompts from [...]

Galaxy Nexus Review: Web Browsing Performance, Camera Test And More

admin — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 04:36:27 +0000

Here’s my Samsung Galaxy Nexus review on YouTube. I don’t go into every aspect of the phone — in fact, I only cover a few of the core apps and general functions. But I do take a rather critical approach in reviewing this device, and attempt to expose some of its performance shortcomings. I will [...]

Battlefield 3 Tips: What I learned From The Beta

admin — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 03:09:49 +0000

Here’s what I’ve learnt over the past week from playing Battlefield 3 beta on the PC: Recon Class Sniping is much more difficult in BF3 than in Bad Company 2. The bright glint from the scope is a huge deterrent that will force you to take your shots as quickly as possible. I see this [...]

Beware of The Online Marketing (MMO) Niche

admin — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 02:07:46 +0000

The make money online niche (MMO) is one of the most bizarre and saddest communities I have ever come across on the entire internet. It is a group of people that blog and market to other people that blog and market. It can be described as a pyramid scheme, a parasitic relationship, a circle-jerk, or [...]

Apple Fail!? The iPhone 3GS on iOS 5

admin — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 05:15:29 +0000

I still use the oldest phone that Apple currently sells, the iPhone 3GS, but I’ve now upgraded to iOS 5 GM. To my surprise, the golden master runs much faster than previous beta versions of iOS 5. Of course, speed is a relative thing — it’s possible that the phone is no faster than it [...]

Siri: It’s More Than Just Voice Commands

admin — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:17:21 +0000

After reading reactions to Siri in the comments section of various tech blogs, it seems to me that a significant portion of commenters believe that the feature is little more than voice recognition technology re-packaged by Apple. True, it performs speech-to-text rather brilliantly (like all Nuance-based solutions), but surely Apple didn’t pay $200 million for [...]

This Blog Uses CommentLuv Premium For DoFollow Back Links

admin — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 03:01:28 +0000

Want a “do follow”, keyword-loaded backlink from Aibal.com? Read on. I’ve just installed CommentLuv premium on Aibal.com. I hope it will strike a balance between offering bloggers a potentially valuable backlink and keeping my site high-quality and spam-free. Here are the rules I’ve tentatively set: Comments are now instantly approved, so long as you don’t [...]

Banned By Akismet: How To Stay Off Their Blacklist

admin — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 14:45:04 +0000

Recently, I discovered that Akismet banned one of my sites. I’ve used blog commenting as a means to build back links for years. Through all the updates to Google’s ranking algorithms and quality filters, dropping a URL in a blog comment has always produced great results; it’s the one strategy that I trust and depend [...]

Bricked iPhone 3GS Reboot Loop After iOS 5 beta 7 OTA

admin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 05:56:49 +0000

My aging iPhone 3GS — that has been firmware upgraded, jailbroken, and restored innumerable times throughout its 2 year life — was seemingly bricked this morning when I went to upgrade it to iOS 5 beta 7. (Yes, I have my phone’s UDID tied to some developer’s account. Thank you bitcoin!) My iPhone would reboot [...]

Panasonic Lumix GF3 VS Compact Camera

admin — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 04:19:50 +0000

I had some time to play around with a Panasonic Lumix GF3, and was left feeling thoroughly impressed. I don’t care much for its touchscreen, low bit-rate video modes or lack of physical controls, but the size of the camera has left me thinking that it’s a real game-changer. The Lumix GF3 fits in the [...]