Surfing The Web Anonymously

When you surf the web it is possible to learn information about you even when you don't want to advertise who you are. This is true even if your system contains no virus or malware software. Specifically information that is easily available online includes your IP address, your country (and often more location information based on IP address), what computer system you are on, what browser you use, your browser history, and other information. It gets worse. People can get your computer's name and even find out your name if your machine supports programs like finger or identd. Also, cookies can track your habits as you move from machine to machine.

How do people get this basic information about you?

When you visit another web site, information about you can be retrieved. Basically, information is intercepted and used by others to track your Internet activities.

How do you stop this from happening?

First of all, it is possible to serf the web anonymously and thereby stop leaving a trail for others to find. Note that this is not fool-proof, but it makes it much harder for people to know who you are. There are products called anonymous proxy servers that help protect you. The anonymous proxy server replaces your Internet address for its own. This has the effect of hiding your IP address and making it much harder for people to track you.


How do I get an anonymous proxy server?

There are many vendors who sell anonymous proxy servers. There are also free proxy servers available to you. Two such products are ShadowSurf and Guardster. Guardster (http://www.guardster.com/) offers various services for anonymous and secure access to the web, some paid as well as a free service. ShadowSurf (http://www.shadowsurf.com/) ShadowSurf provides anonymous surfing at their site for free. Go to it and you will find a box to enter a URL that you want no one to track. There are many others, but here are two that are frequently used.

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Trojan Horse, Greek Myth or Computer Nemesis?

We have all heard the term Trojan Horse, but what exactly is it? A Trojan Horse is a destructive program that masquerades as a harmless application. Unlike viruses, Trojan Horses do not replicate themselves, but they can be just as destructive. One of the most dangerous examples of a Trojan is a program that promises to rid your computer of viruses but instead introduces viruses into your computer.

The Trojan can be tricky. Who hasn’t been online and had an advertisement pop up claiming to be able to rid your computer of some nasty virus? Or, even more frightening, you receive an email that claims to be alerting you to a new virus that can threaten your computer. The sender promises to quickly eradicate, or protect, your computer from viruses if you simply download their “free”, attached software into your computer. You may be skeptical but the software looks legitimate and the company sounds reputable. You proceed to take them up on their offer and download the software. In doing so, you have just potentially exposed yourself to a massive headache and your computer to a laundry list of ailments.

When a Trojan is activated, numerous things can happen. Some Trojans are more annoying than malicious. Some of the less annoying Trojans may choose to change your desktop settings or add silly desktop icons. The more serious Trojans can erase or overwrite data on your computer, corrupt files, spread other malware such as viruses, spy on the user of a computer and secretly report data like browsing habits to other people, log keystrokes to steal information such as passwords and credit card numbers, phish for bank account details (which can be used for criminal activities), and even install a backdoor into your computer system so that they can come and go as they please.

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Malaysian Mobile Phone Company Seeks $3 Billion in Share Offering

KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia’s biggest mobile service provider, Maxis, aims to raise as much as $3.65 billion in the biggest initial public offering in the country, despite a cooling off in demand for Asian listings following China’s flurry of offerings.

Maxis, which will sell 30 percent of its existing share capital in the I.P.O., has set an indicative price range of between 4.80 ringgit to 5.50 ringgit a share, or $1.40 to $1.60, according to a term sheet obtained by Reuters on Friday.

The deal comes to market at a time when demand for I.P.O.’s has slightly soured. The South Korean company Posco Engineering & Construction canceled its planned $926 million offering this past week, citing disappointing interest from investors.

In Hong Kong, Evergrande, a developer based in Guangzhou, dramatically cut its fund-raising target to just $828 million, from $2.1 billion.

The share offer by Maxis comprises a tranche of 2.037 billion shares for institutional investors, more than 90 percent of the total, and a retail investor portion of 212.3 million shares. The company kicked off its institutional book-building process for the I.P.O. on Friday.

The term sheet showed Maxis will set aside about a third of the offering for cornerstone investors who will be subjected to a six-month lock-up period.

The I.P.O. offers “limited upside” in terms of share price gain, said Kevin Low, analyst at Affin Investment Bank, which is based in Kuala Lumpur.

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East Malaysia Gets P1 W1MAX In 2010

Having successfully met the target of 25% population coverage in Peninsula, Malaysia’s No. 1 WiMAX telco gets the green light to also roll out in East Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR - Packet One Networks (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. (“P1”), Malaysia’s first and leading WiMAX telco, announced today that it has received the necessary approvals to also roll out its P1 W1MAX service in East Malaysia.

“The deployment of WiMAX broadband is crucial in achieving the national household broadband penetration target of 50% by 2010. WiMAX operators play an important role in meeting this objective and must work towards meeting or exceeding the targets committed”, said Michael Lai, Chief Executive Officer, P1.

In the spirit of 1Malaysia and P1’s mission to get as many Malaysians as possible to join the WiMAX Revolution, the P1W1MAX roll out will begin simultaneously in Sabah and Sarawak in Q1 2010. East Malaysians in the cities such as Kuching, Miri, Bintulu, Kota Kinabalu, Sandakan and Tawau will be able to enjoy the freedom of P1W1MAX broadband as early as in Q2 2010.

“East Malaysia is a market of tremendous importance to P1. We’re truly excited and feeling very gung ho about empowering the people of both Sabah and Sarawak with WiMAX soon,” said Lai.

P1 W1MAX is primed to meet the tremendous demand for broadband in Sabah and Sarawak. “The household broadband penetration rates of only 13.6% in Sarawak and 9.5% in Sabah at the end of 2008 are still very low compared to the national average. We are looking forward to meeting a massive demand for quality broadband in both states, whilst spreading the benefits of next-generation high-speed wireless broadband!” Lai explained.

With the fastest wireless broadband network in the country, P1 expects to contribute positively to East Malaysia’s economy, especially within the SME/SMI community and local state industries such as tourism.

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Top 5 Ways To Generate Low Cost Website Traffic

There is one hard and fast rule in generating income for your website: A steady flow of website traffic. If no one goes to your site, it hardly bares a chance of generating an income. Many sites have tried and failed in doing so, and these results to the sites demise. It takes money to maintain an income generating site; it also takes money to make money.

BUT, it doesn’t take a whole caboodle of cash to generate website traffic for your site.

Ever wonder how does big hit sites drive traffic top their site? Most of them are spending tons of money to drive the traffic to their sites, investing in many advertising campaigns and different forms of marketing schemes and gimmickries. This is all worthwhile because, well, they are what they are now, high earning, big hitting websites.

You don’t have to do this if you don’t really have their resources. There are many ways to generate low cost website traffic without having to spend what you don’t have or can’t afford. Many people have banked on high cost methods and have ended up losing their shirt over it.

Here I present to you the Top five ways to generate low cost website traffic that could help your site a whole lot. Even if you only get a small percentage of successful visitors in to client ratio it still works especially if you get a high number of website traffic.

Exchange Links

This is a sure and proven method. Rarely would you see a site where there is no link to another site. Many webmasters are willing to exchange links with one another so that they could produce more public awareness about their sites. You’ll soon see and feel the sudden upsurge of the traffic coming in to your site from other sites.

A major prerequisite in exchanging links with other sites is having the same niche or content as the other site. They should share a common subject so that there is continuity in the providing of service and information to what interests your target traffic.

Exchanging links also boosts your chances of getting a high ranking in search engine results. It is common knowledge that search engines ranks high sites that have inbound and outbound theme-related links. With a good ranking position in the search engines, you will generate more traffic in your website without the high costs.

Traffic Exchange

This is like exchanging links but on a different higher level. This may cost a bit more than exchanging or trading links but could be made cheaper because you get to earn credits. You can use those credits when viewing others traffic, while you earn credits when someone views yours.

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Using Google Adwords To Drive Laser Targeted Traffic

The biggest well known secret in generating wealth in the internet based business or e-commerce is Traffic. Everybody knows it; every site wants it and every site needs it. The point of websites is to be visited and viewed. Many elaborate designs, money and countless hours of developing a site to make them beautiful and attractive are utilized. Without traffic, it is for naught.

With traffic comes a potential customer which basically means sales which in turn means profit. While many sites have collapsed in the past with the downturn of many internet based business, many smaller sites have generated good money by concentrating on a certain niche and some subniches.

This is a reason why e-commerce site laser target certain groups of people and drive them to their site to showcase their sites and products. Precision marketing is essential so that you could count on all the traffic on your site as potential customers.

Using Money to Make Money

It’s a common business notion that if you want to make money, you have to spend money. One good way of spending money for business gain is through advertising. Advertising brings in the people because through advertising, they know that there is such a company or product in existence. With the right type of advertising, you can see the spurt of traffic growth to your site. With a high volume of traffic, even if only a small portion or percentage turns out to be buying customers it is still a good average of profit generating income.

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Check Your Mozilla Plugin Update

Plugin Check is live! Mozilla, the world leader in open-source browser, has launched the new Plugin Check website that can be accessed through http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/plugincheck.

Plugin Check is a web-based application which enables users of Firefox 3.5 and newer versions to know the status information of installed plugins and update them in a single click, thus boosting security against malware threats.

As soon as a Firefox user lands on the site, a list of plugins installed in his browser is automaically generated and can be viewed right away. A button corresponding to the status of each plugin, whether the plugin is outdated, up-to-date or under research, appears beside the list.

Plugin Check website also provides relative information about Firefox plugins.

Reports reaching our end reveal that Plugin Check is being prepared for the release of Firefox 3.6 and should go full blast soon.

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Facebook For Windows Phones

Facebook for Windows Mobile lets you update your profile; stay in touch with friends; and post pictures, videos, status, and notes, all on your Windows Mobile phone. Now you can't Facebook everywhere you want in you windows mobile phones. A new Facebook application for your Windows mobile phone is available for download. Maximize the use of Windows Mobile 6 and newer versions with the new Facebook app.

• Send messages to any of the people in your Friends list.
• Take pictures and videos on your phone, then upload them right to Facebook.
• Send messages or call people in your Friends list.
• Manage your profile and post anytime, anywhere.

Download Facebook for Windows Mobile 6

Facebook for Windows Mobile is available for English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Dutch, Polish, and Greek language versions of Windows operating systems.

Download Via: Windows Phones

Windows Phones, a website upped by Microsoft Corp., is a source of useful information for users of smartphones with Windows Mobile 6* operating system.

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Sua Rasa Program

Inilah suasana kauter Celcom yang tengah setup pada hari khamis 15-Oct-09..Harap - harap tak hujan, kalau hujan habis lah...Duduk dalam kemah je la jawapnya.

Sekarang menujukan waktu 1.00 pagi aku masih tak tidur lagi, esok pagi kena seawal 6.30 pagi pulak tu..hahaha ape dah jadi r..jangan tak bangun sudah. Dekat bawah tu ialah pentas yang masih separuh siap. Apa pertunjukan yang akan berlaku, Nantikan ......haha

Ok,Di sepanjang program Sua Rasa edisi khas Aidilfitri ni, pelbagai persembahan kebudayaan tradisi seperti zapin,joget Selangor, pantun budi, tarian upih, Solo Angklong, Wushu, selingan kompang, tarian naga, cak lempong dan silat turut disediakan untuk meraikan kepelbagaian budaya masyarakat Malaysia... 1 Malaysia lah kata kan...

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Sua Rasa At Shah Alam

Sua Rasa TV9 with Celcom is back with the special edition of aidilfitri with cooperation state governments Selangor on this weekends. Thanks Selangor.

Pass fasting month time, I also participated in this Sua Rasa Carnival. This time I will not give up the opportunity to increase my sales .. hehe but what make me sad this time is, I only allow to promote prepaid products only (Celcom Blue).. but I'll also do Broadband Postpaid in hidden, even i not allowed to do that .. haha Sell prepaid for what? Prepaid commission is not enough for me . You all do not forget to come at Stadium Malawati Shah Alam end of this week | 17-18 Oct 2009 . I as the Celcom product salesperson will make interesting campaign.

At this carnival time, don't miss it !

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What's New On Maxis Broadband ?

What's new in Maxis Broadband? Let's see, As in my opinion and probably Estimated Maxis Broadband user from Celcom broadband far less. But Maxis Broadband is now making more campaign against their product. Not matter with a lower monthly payment, free modem and various rebates. Let's see more and find up your dream package in Maxis Broadband. For the packages including a modem, Maxis Broadband is now offering with 5 attractive options. You can chose which one is your dream package. But here i want talk about the 1.5Gb package, let's find the correct choice.

Device package that's mean modem are included.

My own comment on Maxis Broadband package for RM58 it is quite interesting, but there have less attractive. The reasons is, if there is no restriction on the use of speed with the quota of 1.5Gb and I think to simply open the email and normal internet browse only. if I want look the online video streaming, the quota is not enough even the speed is fast, because you should remember the quota is only 1.5Gb. When the quota limit has been reached, your broadband speed is getting slow. So, with the monthly payments of RM58 is not quite unsatisfactory. I think better use Celcom Broadband RM68 per/month 5GB quota even though the speed of 384Kbps.

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2012 Movie Review

My Favorite Movie 2012 Is Coming This November

The movie 2012 will appear in theaters on this November 12, 2009. The movie might also overwhelm audiences in theaters with the story about the end of the world year 2012. This is true or not but I know it's only a movie and I still can not wait to watch it..hahaha......This movie is director by Roland Emmerich and i know he is a the best director creating movie. Cast in this movie Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Danny Glover, John Cusack.

Synopsis: Over the decades, many have prophesised that the world will end when the ancient Mayan calendar ceases on 21 December 2012. But before that occurs, the human race is bound to face natural disasters such as massive volcano eruptions, typhoons and other natural calamities. An academic researcher opens a portal into a parallel universe and makes contact with his double in order to prevent an apocalypse predicted by the ancient Mayans.

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Xpax Special Deal ! Promotion

WooooW...! Pre-Register for special deal BlackBerry® Curve™ 8520 now to get 2 exclusive invites to the Xberry Party, the party of the year !. Watch out for performances from your favourite celebs like Jeo Flizzow, Arabyrd, Twilight Action Girl and Lap Sap (Xu). At Republic, Sunway Pyramid 10 October 2009 from 8.00pm till late. What are you waiting for ? Go Pre-Register now !

Got X, Got Life, Got It All

Get it now.
- BlackBerry Curve ™ 8520 smartphone at RM888 | RRP1100
- FREE 1 month BlackBerry prepaid access
- FREE limited edition designer skin
  ( exclusively designed by Twilight Action Girl, Lap Sap, Black Fryday, Yayawoo and Bangkit )
- FREE leather holster or car charger
- Lucky draw prize
- FREE drinks voucher

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P1 To Cut Down Competition News

Malaysia’s leading WiMAX telco embarks on next major phase of its subscriber acquisition strategy; on track to more than double its subscriber base.

KUALA LUMPUR - Packet One Networks (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. (“P1”), Malaysia’s first and leading WiMAX telco, is once again challenging the Malaysian broadband landscape with the “Potong Now!” campaign. This marks the beginning of the second phase of its subscriber acquisition strategy, which will feature groundbreaking and innovative P1 W1MAX customer packages and unique marketing programs as P1 moves to win over the early majority for its WiMAX broadband service.

The “Potong Now!” campaign kicks off with the first initiative called “Promo M”, which invites all non-P1 W1MAX broadband users to bring their current broadband bill and with it sign up for P1 W1MAX service. Those subscribers will enjoy the RM160 registration and activation fees waiver and complimentary 1st month of service (provided they meet the stipulated terms and conditions).

The P1 W1MAX packages available under the “Promo M” include all Home and Office packages, with the exception of Home Lite and all WIGGY plans. And to further sweeten the deal, all “Promo M” packages will have a 30-day cooling off period, which is the longest ever offered by P1.

"We believe in continuously making things better and easier for Malaysians who are clamouring for better broadband at even better affordability. The “Potong Now!” campaign packages will be not only budget-friendly but will also really cut down on the hassle of switching service providers”, said Michael Lai, CEO of Packet One Networks (M) Sdn. Bhd. “More significantly, this marks the start of the next major phase in our drive to empower more Malaysians with the wonders of P1 W1MAX - the largest and fastest growing wireless service in the country with new coverage areas introduced almost every day”

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Configure Your MMS & Wap | Maxis

Maybe some of you want to know how to setup / configure your MMS and WAP setting manually, Now below these are the settings that you need to put into your mobile phone setting. Normally many people are using auto setting by mobile phone, in your mobile phone just dial *100# and follow the instruction.

This setting is work for maxis postpaid and hotlink prepaid customer

Maxis WAP 2G

Access point name : net

Username : maxis

Password : wap

Account name : Maxis WAP 2.0

Proxy server address : 202.75.133.49

Proxy server port : 80

Homepage : http://wap.maxis.com.my/

Maxis WAP 3G

Access point name : unet

Username : maxis

Password : wap

Account name : Maxis 3G WAP

Proxy server address : 202.75.133.49

Proxy server port : 80

Homepage : http://wap.maxis.com.my/

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