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10 January 2013 ~ 0 Comments

How to Downgrade WordPress 3.5 to 3.4.2

How to Downgrade WordPress 3.5 to 3.4.2 Just like all of you, I was keen on upgrading WordPress to the its latest version 3.5 and I did that as soon as they released it. Sadly, problems started creeping one at a time. First, I could not insert any hyperlinks anymore using the editor. I had to manually write HTML code [...]

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14 May 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Amazon Order Cancellation Phishing Email

Amazon Order Cancellation Phishing Email! The moment you receive an email from: order-update@amazon.com with the subject: Amazon.com – Your Cancellation(‘order#’), you start wondering: when did I last order a product through Amazon? The next question you might ask: what if someone used my credit to place an order? Maybe I should just follow through with [...]

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09 May 2012 ~ 0 Comments

What is NFC?

What is NFC? You’ve probably heard about it and only know that it stands for Near Field Communication (NFC). And you may wonder: is this another ‘bluetooth’ type technology? What’s all the fuss? I’ll try to explain this as simple as possible. NFC is basically an ISO standard that defines wireless communication (by radio signals) [...]

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23 February 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Gmail Email Account Verification Hoax

This is regarding a ‘Gmail Email Account Verification Hoax’. I must admit even techies are fooled into clicking on links that lead to sites with spyware or ‘malware’.  Note the below email I just received from someone masquerading as Google Gmail. The subject of the email is: ‘Email Account Verification‘ and the content goes as [...]

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23 February 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Challenges of Cloud Computing in South East Asia

Don’t get me wrong! I’m all for Cloud Computing and how it’s transforming the way companies use technology to streamline their business and support operations. I fully support the ‘cloud’ and why it should be exploited by companies to help reduce their technology costs. Yet what is missing from this whole equation in South East Asia [...]

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19 February 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Facebook Loading Issues in Google Chrome?

Facebook Loading Issues! Have you had issues with opening the Facebook page from your Google Chrome or even with Mozilla Firefox? Let me illustrate the problem further. You browse to http://www.facebook.com and the page loads and loads and loads…yet nothing comes up. You notice a message on the bottom status bar that says: “waiting for [...]

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10 February 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Content Delivery Networks for Dummies

So what are Content Delivery Networks? Nothing better than defining this than by example. Say you’re hosting a website on a server in the US or in Europe whereas your customers are in Asia. You may have done so because of cheaper hosting fees and most likely better support. You start off with a few [...]

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23 January 2012 ~ 0 Comments

How to Get Foursquare to Connect to BBM

If you’ve always been used to checking into Foursquare from your Blackberry, and suddenly Foursquare is not able to detect your location, then after investigation you figure BBM Service is Disconnected (under Foursquare Options), the solution to this is to upgrade your BBM (or Blackberry Messenger) to version 6. As soon as you do so, [...]

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09 December 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Apple Products Don’t Have a Shutdown Button

No ‘Shutdown’ !! OMG-Facts explain Steven Jobs was afraid of death. The concept of total cessation frightened him. He felt the experiences we encounter in this life raise us to another level of attained knowledge. And he reflected this belief in his products’ designs. Apple products don’t have a shutdown button. I remember when I first [...]

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27 November 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Central Group Credit Card Activation

So I replace my Central Group credit card because of a possible security issue due to an anonymous transaction of 1 baht. I receive a new one and decide to test using it without activation at B2S. Lo and behold the transaction is approved and registered. I try doing the same thing at the department [...]

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