Computing

Still paying unnecessary telco charges to make phone calls? Well, things have changed (thanks to Google), and with the integration of Google Voice and Video Chat application onto GMail, they have made calling to United States and Canada for FREE!!!

This is unbelievable. In addition, calling to other countries in the world are achieved at reduced rate - here's a price comparison table if you are interested to know.

User will have to download the plugin and run the program off GMail. So, there is really nothing to install (apart from the browser plugin), which makes it so light-weight and user-friendly.

Indeed, this is an All-in-One solution to integrate telephony with our day-to-day email communication.

PuTTY is a SSH and telnet client, developed originally by Simon Tatham for the Windows platform. Furthermore, it is an open source software that is available with source code.

With the latest development of running 64-bit computing, such as Linux and Windows 7, PuTTY has not developed any release for 64-bit.

However, Spunk has taken it to the next level to come up with a 64-bit release, based on the 0.60 version. I have personally tested it and is pretty impressed with the usage.

The merger of the Twin Towers - Facebook and Microsoft took the stage to another level to launch an online version of Microsoft Office software - called Docs.com.

Similar to the Microsoft Office application that you use normally, this online version will allow users to create, edit and share Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents online, just like Google Docs. Built using Microsoft Office 2010 - Docs for Facebook allows users to work from just about anywhere with the familiar Office experience.

The collaboration between Facebook and Microsoft will enable them to take on the powerhouse - Google. Facebook will provide the social networking element whilst Microsoft enables the advanced word processing capabilities.

Currently, this service is only opened out to Facebook users - sadly for those without a Facebook account. The service is still currently in beta stage, though.

Last Wednesday, Microsoft Windows PCs around the world were locked into a reboot loop after the anti-virus giant, McAfee, sent out a flawed routine update.

The purpose of the update was to kill a minor virus, but instead mistakenly classified a key Microsoft Windows operating file as a malicious program and have it deleted. This resulted in computers to shut down and go into an endless cycle of reboot.

Such a mistake has affected several large organisations, such as hospitals and police departments, as well as enterprise customers around the world.

Today, I am back to give you a quick tip on how to count the Total Number of Files in a Directory (as well as sub-directories underneath it).

(Learn how to do it in Linux, using Command Line...)

A rather common error arises when users upgrade from an earlier version of phpBB. Below is an example:

General Error
SQL ERROR [ mysql4 ]

Field 'forum_last_post_subject' doesn't have a default value [1364]

After browsing through the forums trying to find an answer, it almost seems so impossible. Nevertheless, I did a couple of research myself and managed to find figure out a solution for it, which is SO simple!

(find out how to solve this phpBB error issue, click here...)

According to sources from the McAfee report, the .com domain is found to be Number 2 as the Riskiest Domains in the world. It follows that the next most popular .net domain is placed in Number 7.

The rise of such risk results in Internet users worldwide to lose trust in these websites, particularly countries domains, such as China, Philippines and Singapore.

These domains are found to be highly used in phishing and spamming activities. Potentially, they are likely to serve viruses to the world.

Google Wave is Google's latest innovation. A couple of weeks back, I requested an invite to try out Google Wave. Just at the start of this month, December 1^st to be precise, Google sent me a congratulation note that I have been provided an account to Google Wave. I am thrilled!

Along with this account, I am also given 8 additional free invites, which I am allowed to send to any email account (preferably Google account).

As such, I would be offering my readers first hand opportunities to be trying out Google Wave account. Here is what I need you to do:

Write a comment below in response to "Why do you think Google Wave will benefit you"?

5 top commentators, based on the responses will be given invites. Remember to include your email address, together wiith the comment. Closing date is December 31^st, 2009.

New Updates!!! (12 Dec 2009)

As of today, I have sent out 2 invites to my readers; in other words, there are only 3 invites remaining up for grab. Act fast now!