Sunday, March 14, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Lotus Evora To Be Launched In Malaysia
Here are the general specs i have extracted pertaining the car:
* Acceleration: 0-60 mph in 4.9 seconds
* Top speed: 261 km/h
* CO2 emission: 205 g/km
* Fuel consumption: 8.69 L/100 km
* Drag coefficient: 0.337
From the looks of it, just like any other Lotus cars, the Evora has been designed to perfection in terms of aerodynamics as well as handling at high speed by having a wide wheel base and lower center of gravity. The launch of Evora is said to meet Lotus's mission of competing with Porshe's Cayman (though I don't see how that's relevant). The car is currently being sold in the UK market at 48,000 pounds. In fact it has been awarded as the Best Car under £50,000 by GQ magazine. Despite that, Malaysians can expect the price of Evora doubled (or more) due to Malaysia's fantastic tax structure on imported cars.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Basic AVG Troubleshooting
AVG is a complete internet security system providing end users protection from all end points identified as vulnerable. That being said, AVG does have its flaws when it down to the application by itself. Usage of AVG has been known to cause the "SYSTEM" process to utilize memory way higher than the usual. Following are the common issues when it comes to dealing with AVG
1. Installation issues:
a. MSVC Redistributables installation failed.
- The fix for this issue is available at the following AVG FAQ:
http://www.avg.com/faq?num=2654
b. Access Is Denied
- Ensure that you have Administrative privilage and download the following utility prior to installation:
http://www.avg.com/filedir/util/support/reset_access_avg9_en.exe
2. Firewall Issues:
a. Firewall cannot start because an error occurred in communication with driver
Perform a repair installation
- Download the AVG Setup file and run it. At the relevant screen select "repair installation"
b. HP Printer and AVG Firewall
- The easiest way is to go to "Firewall Settings" then Application. In the application list, select "Generic Host Process" and set it to "Allow All".
- Alternatively, you need to setup a Safe Network:
http://www.avg.com/faq?num=1218
3. Link Scanner Database is Outdated
- Disconnect from the internet and delete the following folders:
Windows XP
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application\AVG9\Update (Delete Update folder)
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\avg (Delete the AVG folder)
Windows Vista
C:\ProgramData\avg9\Update (Delete the Update folder)
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\avg (Delete the AVG folder)
Hope that helps
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Google Buzz: Taking on Social Network Giant Facebook & Twitter
Prior to this, Google released Orkut which hasn't proved to be much of a success. In fact, Orkut is not known to many worldwide. Let's just see how Buzz does.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Google Public DNS
Google claims that they want to provide users an alternative to their ISP's DNS to help make the internet faster, more reliable and somewhat more safer. Google engineers have been working on DNS for the past few months to improve its design and engineering. Instead of looking up from an ISP's DNS, Google DNS will be using its data-center and caching facility to resolve these domain name requests.
Google Public DNS will be using 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as its IP address. For users who are unsure on how they could change their DNS, Google has provided step-by-step instructions for all operating systems. The instructions can be accessed here
If you're wondering what Domain Name Server (DNS) is, well, simply picture sending a letter to "John Doe" via the postal office and the postal office will know where exactly to deliver the letter to. In this case, John Doe is the domain whilst his receiving address is the IP address.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Withdraw PayPal To Malaysian Bank Account
Here are the sending / receiving fee details
For Domestic Payment
3.4% + RM2 per transaction or below (for transaction volume less than RM12,000)

For Cross-Border Payment ( fees for receiving payments from buyers outside Malaysia)
3.9% + RM2 per transaction or below (for transaction volume less than RM12,000)

To perform these withdrawal, here are the information that you will need:-
Malaysia Bank Routing Code (also known as SWIFT Code)
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| Bank Name | MEPS Bank Routing Code |
| AFFIN BANK BERHAD | PHBMMYKL |
| ALLIANCE BANK MALAYSIA BERHAD | MFBBMYKL |
| AMBANK BERHAD | ARBKMYKL |
| BANK ISLAM MALAYSIA BERHAD | BIMBMYKL |
| BANK KERJASAMA RAKYAT BERHAD | BKRMMYK1 |
| BANK MUAMALAT BERHAD | BMMBMYKL |
| BANK OF AMERICA | BOFAMY2X |
| BANK SIMPANAN NASIONAL | BSNAMYK1 |
| CIMB BANK BERHAD | BSNAMYK1 |
| CITIBANK BERHAD | CITIMYKL |
| DEUSTCHE BANK | DEUTMYKL |
| EON BANK BERHAD | EOBBMYKL |
| HONG LEONG BANK BERHAD | HLBBMYKL |
| HSBC BANK MALAYSIA BERHAD | HBMBMYKL |
| MALAYAN BANKING BERHAD | MBBEMYKL |
| OCBC BANK (M) BERHAD | OCBCMYKL |
| PUBLIC BANK BERHAD | PBBEMYKL |
| RHB BANK BERHAD | RHBBMYKL |
| STANDARD CHARTERED BANK MSIA BHD | SCBLMYKX |
| THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND BERHAD (RBS) | ABNAMYKL |
| UNITED OVERSEAS BANK | UOVBMYKL |
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
How They Make Money From Web Sites
In this article, we'll look into the different keywords used, as well as the insight of online advertising. Many of you would have came across the term Pay Per Click, Cost Per Action, In-Text Advertising and many more.
Before going into these programs, let's identify who is what in this arena. For instance, I would like to include advertisements on my website. I'm enrolled with Google AdSense program. Company A uses Google to advertise their products. whilst Google displays these advertisements on my site. So in this case, I will be known as a Publisher whilst Company A will be known as Advertiser.
Pay Per Click [PPC]
As the name suggests, PPC is an advertising model where advertisers pay you [Pubilsher] when a click is made on their ad. Google AdSense for instance, is a Pay Per Click service that displays ad on your web site based on the content that you display. Google AdSense is known to provide content based advertisements. Which is, when you write about camera's, they display advertisements from Advertisers who are in the business of dealing with camera's. The monetary flow is as same as every other agency:Advertiser pays the agency, upon click, agency pays you and take a cut.
Cost Per Action [CPA]
Cost Per Action or CPA is an online advertising model where the advertiser pays publisher for each specified action. This actions can come in the form of a form submission, filling up surveys, registering to a mailing list and etc. This advertising somewhat utilizes the idea of barter trading with visitors. Say for instance you provide a content on your site [e.g. eBook, Music, Video]. Using CPA Advertising, you could force your users to fill in the survey [or form] in order to access your content [the music]. This is done using a Content Gateway. Apparently this is a very successful advertising method. Put it this way, if the visitor wants to download that song from your site, fill in the survey or leave. The survey might just be worth USD1 each.
I wrote this article after coming across an amazing eBook tutorial on generating revenue using CPA advertising. It includes the entire step from starting the site up to marketing it to get visitors. It's not a gimmick, i've done my site and registered with the suggested CPA agency. The link to download the tutorial is included at the end of this article. As a return of my effort on writing this article, I hope you can fill in my survey to download that eBook tutorial that i used. After all, i'm not asking you to purchase it.














