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A person who has passion and flair for writing will always have somewhere to go. This is what I heard from a teacher in high school.

Apparently, he was right.

At present, there are so many opportunities for writers to make good use of their talent and earn at the same time. The internet is a good place to start. So many sites are popping like mushrooms offering their services to both advertisers and bloggers so that the former could find bloggers who would write for them. But the question is how many of these sites actually work?

With SocialSpark, you can never go wrong. SocialSpark is a great place for advertisers to find bloggers whom they could tap, and it is a great place, too, for bloggers who wish to make money by doing what they love the most – writing. But SocialSpark offers a lot more for bloggers. Making money is not limited to writing sponsored contents. One can also earn money by simply publishing advertisements, through Cost per Click programs, and other modes. The same thing goes for advertisers. They may opt to request for a sponsored content or for a published advertisement.

Signing up for an account is a breeze. Just visit their site at SocialSpark and register either as an advertiser or a blogger. Then, just provide basic information about yourself. Everything is so simple. It took me less than five (5) minutes to sign up for an account as a blogger because all the steps seem to be laid out for the person signing up.

Once you have signed up, you will be led to your page. Navigating the page is elementary. All the links are located in places where you would usually expect them to be. It never gets this easy!

One more thing, the site doubles as a social networking site. It allows you to meet other bloggers or advertisers. In fact, I just got one friend request and I am going to accept it now.

So, if you are an advertiser or a blogger, give SocialSpark a go.

Check out the Code of Ethics before anything else.

Sign up for SocialSpark  now!

DECT Phones

Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) phones are great inside homes. Aside from their being stylish, they are, more importantly, pretty useful.

Gone are the days when you get stuck in one corner of your house while making phone calls. In this age, communication technology has made a big leap forward. A DECT phone is a proof of this.

With a DECT phone, you can make and answer calls from virtually anywhere inside your house. Not only that. As a matter of fact, you can add more handsets to serve as extensions of your line... of course without the physical cables. You can have one inside your room, the living room, hallway, in each level of your house, etc. Another great thing about a DECT phone is that it can be used as intercom along with other handsets, minus the wire. People inside the house can communicate with each other using the handsets in much the same way as intercoms work, but in a more efficient and, not to say, stylish way.

Well, enough has been said about how useful a DECT phone is inside a home. It is needless to say how even more useful it would be inside offices!

Phishing Scam: Congested Hotmail Account

If you have also received the same e-mail below, delete it or report it as a phishing scam because it is. Don't reply with your personal information.

Account Alert

Dear Valued Member,

Due to the congestion in all Hotmail users and removal of all unused Hotmail Accounts, Hotmail would be shutting down all unused and unconfirmed Hotmail Accounts, You will have to confirm your E-mail by filling out your Login Info below after clicking the reply botton, or your account will be suspended within 24 hours for security reasons.

 

User Name: .................

Password: ......................

Date of Birth: ......................

Country Or Territory: ...................

 

After following the instructions in the sheet, your account will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. Thanks for your attention to this request. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Warning!!!  Account owner that refuses to update his or her account before two weeks of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.

New YouTube Layout

I love watching YouTube videos every time I am passing my time away or whenever I am feeling lazy.

Last April 1, I had the chance to check out some videos. But, one thing I noticed was that the layout of YouTube has changed. It was a little inconvenient trying to figure out how things worked.

Personally, I believe that the previous layout was better and easier to use. But that could just be because it was the layout that I was used to. It takes a while getting used to a new layout when you have been so comfortable with an old one. I remember when Facebook changed its layout few months ago. My friends were so pissed off because they did not know where things were. However, now, they have gotten used to it and they are already fine with it.

Anyway, back to YouTube.

If you are still finding it hard to do things on YouTube because of the new layout, watch this video uploaded by Philip DeFranco, a [famous] YouTuber, showing the changes on YouTube's layout and how to go about doing your stuff on the site. This is very informative:

Why a Netbook's Battery Capacity Matters

When I see or hear about a new netbook in the market, the very first question that pops into my head is "How's the battery?". This is then followed by "What is its processor?" and other questions about the netbook.

The reason why I ask first about the battery is that most netbooks today bear the same specifications - same operating system, same processor (Intel Atom N450 is the latest processor commonly found in netbooks), same hard drive capacity, same RAM (upgradable up to 2 GB usually), etc. 

It is with respect to batteries that they oftentimes differ. Batteries may either be 3-cell or 6-cell. Currently, most netbooks have 6-cell batteries. Most probably, you would not want to get a netbook with 3-cell battery only although they may be a bit cheaper. A 6-cell battery is more advisable to have in a netbook. But take note of this: even among 6-cell batteries, there may be differences in capacities. Some netbooks have 6-cell batteries with 48wh capacity while some netbooks have 6-cell batteries with 63wh capacity. Of course, the latter can run your netbook longer than the former on a single charge. 

Worthy of mentioning here also is the fact that some netbooks offer 9-cell batteries. Ordinarily, this means longer runtime on battery for your netbook. However, this also means an undesirable bulge on your netbook in order to accommodate the 9-cell battery. Some people do not mind this anyway.

For netbooks, the ability to run on a battery for a longer period of time is very essential. Netbooks are meant to be carried around and used anywhere. They are not intended to be desktop replacements and to sit in one corner of your room the whole day.

If you are eyeing a particular netbook, you may want to inquire into how long the netbook can run on a single charge. Some manufacturers claim that their netbook can run for 10, 12, or 14 hours even though their batteries may be of the same capacity. This is due to the fact that netbooks today have built-in programs that allow the users to adjust the way the computer consumes power depending on how the computer is being used on a given occasion.

Once you are already satisfied with the battery, you may then proceed with your other questions about the netbook, especially about those that makes it different from the rest of the species.

Windows 7 on Mac

Let us say that you, a Mac user, for some reason wanted to get a taste of Windows 7. (I do not know for what reason but for "some reason" - curiosity, perhaps?) Well, you can use Boot Camp to install Windows 7 on your Mac and boot Windows 7 instead of your Mac OS. This does not mean that you cannot anymore use your Mac OS. It simply allows you to use another OS when you feel like it.

What you need aside from your Mac is, of course, an installer of Windows 7.

Here is an instructional video on how to do just that. Just follow the simple steps. Good luck.

Download Advanced SystemCare for Free

Last week, I downloaded Advanced SystemCare just to try it. I was not so eager to download it because I have my own registry cleaners anyway. But after a week of using it, I found that it is a must-have on a computer. It does so much more than being a mere registry cleaner.

Advanced SystemCare is too easy to use. All you have to do is click the "Care!" button and it will do the rest. You only need to wait.

Here are the Key Benefits from the software (taken from the site)

• Ultimate Speeding Up with New Added Turbo Boost

  Advanced SystemCare is built with Turbo Boost to speed up PC by shutting down unnecessary background processes, cleaning RAM, and intensifying processor performance.

• View What Has Been Optimized

  New version can let you view log files of what have been optimized in your system.

• Uninstall Unnecessary Application and Remove Leftover Files

  Speed up PC by removing installed files and entries that were left on the system with built-in tool Advanced Uninstaller.

• Enjoy That New PC Feeling Again

  Whatever version of Windows you’re running, enjoy that “good as new” speed usually only experienced on a brand new PC.

• Powerful Hard Drive Defragmentation

  Fast, powerfully and incredibly effective Disk Defrag function to defragment hard drives - up to 10 times faster than other defragmentation tools.

• Next-generation Free Windows XP/Vista/7 Registry Cleaner and System Optimization

  Safely cleans registry junks, compacts registry bloat and defragments the registry for blistering-fast performance.

• Defends PC Security with Extra Protection

  Secure your PC – quickly and easily. Scans and removes spyware and adware using up-to-date definition files. Prevents spyware, hackers and hijackers from installing malicious items on your computer. Erases and updates your PC’s activity history with this powerful free XP registry cleaner. Security and Privacy assured!

• Quick and Extensive Clean-up for Hard Drives

  Boosts your system’s performance with Advanced SystemCare Free, the powerful free XP registry cleaner by cleaning missing files, destroying unwanted files, deleting obsolete files, and removing junk files. Supports deep-cleansing of more than 50 types of junk files.

• Speeds Up PC Performance and Internet Access

  Tunes up Windows by releasing the built-in power of your system. Dramatically improves both system and Internet performance by up to 400%.

• Fixes Multiple System Errors

  More than a mere free XP registry cleaner – keeps your PC stably and running at peak efficiency.

• Extremely Easy to Use

  Completes its work with just one click! Scans, repairs and secures your PC in one minute.

• Safe and Free

  100% free with no spyware or adware! Advanced SystemCare Free is a safe and trusted PC protection and maintenance solution from a leading software vendor.
  
  
  I highly recommend it. Download it from here.