moonshi :: What impact are you creating to the world?

Hello friends and supporters of Barack OBAMA, the Presidential candidate for America, I am a Singapore citizen whom resonates with Mr. Obama and I want to see him elected as the new President of America. From my point of view, he seems to be *the* only candidate that has the ability to LEAD, to MODERATE, to QUESTION issues and to THINK deep about issues that are plaguing the world and America policies. However, I am concerned that a similar incident of Presidential election could happen again which made previous Presidential candidate, Al Gore did not win the presidential election. Recently, I saw a documentary produced by HBO entitled "Hacking Democracy" which shows that the electronic election system developed by Diebold, Inc. is probably "hackable" and easily tampered with!!! It only took 10-secs to "hack" the system to change the data of the e-votes from the memory card on the e-voting system!!! Ladies and gentlemen, do you know how this could change t...

Btw, just to add to my previous sharing, due to the responses I get in my personal mailbox. Answering to the questions I received: 1. Yes, I negotiate for nearly everything I buy. It's my money, I earned it. Why should I give it away so easily? 2. Yes, I ask for discounts for everything that I am paying for and I request for something extra all the time. There's no harm asking. If you get it, it's a BONUS! If you don't get it, don't fret. Change your technique. 90% of the time, I get more value for what I am paying for. If I don't get what I ask for, I negotiate some more and if I like the person, I will still do business with them. If I don't feel like doing business with that person, I go elsewhere. I have a CHOICE. When you understand the value of money, you are in power. When you have the knowledge, you are in power, and with power comes clarity that give you CHOICES. Imagine getting $5 discount for a $50 item I bought. That is a 10% savings! I can get a...

Story by The Channel Wire The mad scientists at Mozilla went back into the lab after releasing Firefox 3 and have cooked up something that may be even more impressive. Teaming up with Adaptive Path, Mozilla wants to introduce the Aurora concept browser. Aurora was designed with the intent of creating what the Web of the future will look like. Featuring an integrated Web and desktop environment, Aurora functions in three dimensions on the desktop. The Aurora concept browser is part of the recently launched Mozilla Labs initiative. Keeping to its open-source roots, Mozilla is throwing open the doors for contributors to work with their teams to help shape the direction of the Web. "Today we're calling on industry, higher education and people from around the world to get involved and share their ideas and expertise as we collectively explore and design future directions for the Web," states the Mozilla Labs blog. "Our goal is to bring even more people to the table ...

I am a huge believer in continuous learning and growing. About 3-months ago I read the Millionaire Mind book by T. Harv Eker and attended his Guerrilla Business Intensive program in July 2008. It was pretty amazing. I learned a lot about money management and my relationship with money. It was a real eye opener. T. Harv Eker emphasized that wealthy people aren’t any smarter, they just have better money management habits. The most important part of money managing is separating your income into different accounts for specific purposes. Harv recommended that you have 6 separate accounts. He calls it the 6 money jars. Financial Freedom Account (FFA) Long Term Savings For Spending (LTSS) Education Account (EDUC) Necessities Account (NEC) Play Account Give Account Once your paycheck is cleared, immediately transfer your money to the different accounts. Harv calls it the World’s Easiest & Most Effective Money Management System. The percentage of money to be distributed are as follows: 10% ...

Dear friends of the world, I urge you to take 5-mins of your busy life to open your heart and mind and listen to this young girl. You will not regret it.

Seattle Post Intelligence reported: A federal judge today unsealed internal Microsoft e-mails that have been used to support the plaintiffs' case in the lawsuit over the "Windows Vista Capable" program . Snippets were previously read aloud in court , but the full messages go further to reveal extensive hand-wringing, at the highest levels of the company, over Windows Vista's hardware and software compatibility problems after the operating system was launched. For example, one February 2007 exchange ( PDF, 17 pages ) started with an e-mail to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer from board member Jon Shirley, who explained that he upgraded one of his computers to Windows Vista only to find it was experiencing compatibility problems with two of Microsoft's own MSN applications. Shirley wasn't upgrading his other computer because of a lack of hardware drivers. As many early Windows Vista users know, Shirley wasn't the only one experiencing those kinds of problems, esp...

DNS Security Basics When configuring DNS for a network, there are several things an administrator can do to increase the security of the DNS servers. A DNS zone is the database containing the DNS records for a network. Every DNS zone needs a primary DNS server and at least one secondary DNS server. It is important that each of the DNS servers contains the most recent version of the zone; the process that accomplishes this is known as a zone transfer. It is good security practice to restrict zone transfers to the IP addresses of the DNS servers in your own network. For example, on the primary DNS server, input the IP addresses of the secondary DNS server(s)--this will prevent zone transfer requests from DNS servers or clients outside of your own network. On the secondary DNS server(s), input the IP address of the primary DNS server—this will prevent them from accepting zone information from DNS servers outside of your own network. More details of this article, go to DNSstuff.com

IBM is looking to change the way you watch video. The company today is announcing microprocessor chipsets that can wirelessly transmit high-definition video between computers, televisions and handheld devices in the time it takes to push the Play button. IBM will do this by teaming with MediaTek to launch a joint initiative to develop these ultra fast chipsets that will let users rid their homes and offices of the cumbersome wires needed to connect their HD-TVs to set top boxes and or other devices. The companies will be developing millimeter wave (mmWave) radio technology -- the highest frequency portion of the radio spectrum -- 60 gigahertz rather than 2.4 gigahertz -- and digital chipsets that enable at least 100 times higher data rates than current Wi-Fi standards, IBM said in a release. Users could upload a 10 gigabyte file in five seconds with the new technology versus 10 minutes using current Wi-Fi technology. mmWave wireless technology can be widely used at home and...

Keep your mail servers off blacklisting sites and avoid being flagged as spam! by Moonshi Mohsenruddin, CEO CommGate, Inc. Greetings! This blog will be shared by my fellow team mates - Mr. Tan Hock Chye, Technical Manager, Mr. Ramesh Raman, Chief Technology Officer and Mr. Abhik Biswas, Chief Marketing Officer of CommGate. We will be posting alternately, in attempt to bring mind blowing technology thoughts to you on a regular basis. If you would like to read more about who we are and what we do, please do check out our profile on our corporate website. These days, it seems like every other email servers/hosts are tightening the screws on their email servers just a little bit more in order to battle against spam and viruses. Generally speaking, having more servers out there tightening their security and policies is a good thing. However, if you do not follow some basic precautions on your own email server(s), valid email from your hosted email domains may start to be flagged as spam...

COMMON QUESTIONS ASKED - Is there really a difference between gelato and ice cream? by Aida See, Owner of Frutta la Viva - http://www.frutta-la-viva.com/ The ONE question that many has asked. Is there a difference between Gelato and Ice-cream? To many of us, it is a question that we want to find out the answer but have not met an expert that could provide the advice. So here is the truth, the ultimate truth and nothing else but the truth! The answer to the question is.... Definitely! The difference are: For one, IT IS THE HEALTHIER CHOICE. Two basic differences that distinguish Italian gelato from ice cream are the fat and air. Gelato is comprised of 90% milk, as opposed to the 50/50 mix of milk and cream in most ice cream. Gelato is made with more milk and less cream, so there’s less butterfat. Generally gelato has less than 8% butterfat , as compared to ice cream which has more than 18% butterfat. Less fat content does not make gelato any less tasty. On the contrary, the gelato becom...

Is Cancer a death sentence? By Stephen Mok, Financial Consultant, IPP Financial Advisers Pte Ltd Within a short span of 6 months, 2 female relatives of mine had been diagnosed with cancer. Both are in their early sixties. One had cancer of the womb and the other had bone cancer. The first one was a simple factory worker, staying in a 3-room flat while the second was a multi-millionaire business woman, staying in District 9. Both were expected to live for a few months as they were at the fourth stage of cancer. They did not detect the cancer cells earlier due to ignorance and refused to go for medical checkups. 1) The first relative was warded at Kandang Kerbau Women and Children’s Hospital (a government restructured hospital) and underwent chemotherapy after the doctors confirmed the presence of the cancer cells. She went in and out of the hospital many times for check ups, scans, medication and counseling. Unfortunately she suffered a stroke after a week of chemotherapy and became bed...

As most of us have known today, Viagra is manufactured by Pfizer U.S. Pharmaceuticals and it is the most widely used spam. Now, can you imagine if your business computers are compromised by black-hat hackers to send out Viagra spam? Here you are - a business owner operating a growing small-medium business and have become a trusted adviser to your clients. Now, imagine this - you did not continuously invest to upgrade and protect your network computers and diligently get someone to make sure that your network is secure and IT Security policies are being practiced by all your staff. Your last network firewall purchased was 3-years ago and all your PCs are installed with an anti-virus software. After being called by your Internet Service Provider, you realized that several of your PCs has malicious software which was silently installed without the PC users even knowing. Now, what are you going to do about this? After you ponder about it for several minutes, read this story from ComputerWo...

Some of you might have come across problems with your Microsoft Windows XP computers where you knew you have typed your password correct but the PC refused to log you in. When this happens, it is due to the fact that your password file or registry could have been corrupted. To resolve this problem, you can refer to this few guides; How to Hack Into a Windows XP Computer Without Changing Password by Raymond Hacking Windows XP from the Experts by McGraw-Hills Hacking XP password by Hack in the Box Have fun!

A "Spider-man" suit that enables its wearer to scale vertical walls like the comic and movie superhero could one day be a reality, according to a study. So, you want to be a Spider-Man huh? Very soon you can - thanks to the Spider-man' suit secret which was recently revealed. Natural technology used by spiders and geckos could help a human climb the side of a building or hang upside down from a roof, the analysis suggests. The findings are published in the Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. For details go to http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6967474.stm

Contextual Thinking: The Key to Success in Communicating Innovation Proposals by Hector Ramos, COE Partners You may have heard and read much in the last few years regarding creativity and innovation.. Or you may even have attended a creativity workshop that you found interesting, fun and helped you come up with some new ideas. Now your current employer may be requiring innovative input. However, you find that your suggestions are mostly ignored or frowned upon. This is mainly because nobody has told you the ‘ the secret ’. In the case of creativity and innovation, not only do managers have different ideas of what they mean, but they find it difficult to express them in a consistent manner. This results in resorting to clichés such as out-of-the box thinking, or ideas producing bottom-line results. If there is such a variety in opinion, what can you do as a potential or current employee to provide the required creative and innovation input? 7 SIMPLE STEPS TO DEVELOP CREATIVE AND INNOV...

By Hanzo Ng, Sales Ninja Group POWER. Some have it, some don't have it. Some crave for it, some lose it. Dictionary.com defines power as the ability to act, to accomplish something; in short, the possession of control or command over others. Throughout history, people are attracted to powerful people. Power comes in many forms; in our cavemen days, power is the ability to hunt, to bring food back to the tribe. When the Roman Empire ruled the land, the senator with the most connections was seen as powerful. These days, a combination of social status - the car we drive and the money we have - signify our power. So is power reserved for the few privileged ones or can an average Joe exude a great sense of power? Is power in-born, acquired or can it be developed? What is the structure of power? Why do some people get respected more often and attracts tonnes of business opportunities, better jobs, better prospects, better women or men to their lives while the others don't? How do ...

Many of you may have difficulties in logging on to Skype this week. After checking with Skype, I was told that Skype is facing technical glitches and the Skype engineering team has determined that it’s a software issue. They expect this to be resolved within 12 to 24 hours. Meanwhile, you can simply leave your Skype client running and as soon as the issue is resolved, you will be logged in. Skype have apologize for the inconvenience and has downloads of Skype software have been temporarily disabled. They have promised to make the downloads available again as quickly as possible after they fixed their glitch. So there you go. Do not rely on 1 communication channel if you rely on VoIP for your business or to make important personal calls. Diversify and put your eggs in several baskets :) You can contact me via Skype , MSN and GoogleTalk.

By NG Chang Siang, Education Success Coach MindChamps Holdings Ltd ‘’ What makes a champion is a champion mindset. The champion mindset is the transferable commodity, not the skill itself. If you have done something great in one field, you are far more likely to do it in another ‘’ --Professor Allan Snyder FRS I have a good friend who is a primary school teacher. He also takes on as a role of a coach in flaw ball for the students in his school. Guess what? He never play flaw ball before. Not even that, after he coached his students, they won a school team which was coached by a national flawball player. That day I met him in our soccer game as we play soccer together every Monday. He played soccer very well and represented his schools when he was very young. I ask him : “ How did you do it…?” “ How can someone with no flaw-ball playing experience train and beat another team whom has an experience coach?” He replied: “ Oh, I just use the strategy I know in playing soccer and apply...

Are You Adequately Insured? By Stephen Mok, Financial Consultant IPP Financial Advisers Pte Ltd My friend called me today to tell me that one of his friends had a motorcycle accident sometime back. He fell off his motorcycle and injured his head seriously. Fortunately he survived the accident but unfortunately, he lost his memory!!! Now he is recuperating at a community hospital in Ang Mo Kio (Singapore) as he cannot stay too long at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, which is a restructured hospital. As the sole bread winner of his family with two kids, he is now unable to support them. Who knows how long he will need to stay in the community hospital. As an independent financial adviser, immediately the issue of insurance payout and the survival of his family sprung into my thoughts.... 1) Will his Private Medishield plan pay for all his hospital bills? 2) Will his Life Insurance Critical Illness Policy pay a lump sum of money for his medical related expenses outside the hospital? 3) How long ...

OpenProj - FREE alternative to Microsoft Project I wanted to share with all of you about Projity's important announcement last week at LinuxWorld. Projity announced the release of OpenProj, a FREE (yeah, another FREE software) and open source replacement of Microsoft Project. OpenProj is available on Windows, Linux, Unix or Mac and is interoperable with Microsoft Project. The best thing is, it even opens existing MS Project files! How cool is that? I read on OpenProj website that OpenProj has been downloaded on an average every 35 seconds around the clock at http://www.projity.com since they launched and made the software available last week. OpenProj is now in the 99.99th percentile for activity on Sourceforge.net and is quickly becoming one of the most used open source solutions worldwide. The OpenProj folks are expecting about 11 million worldwide users and in my opinion, this has been an excellent start for them. MS Project has been a key strategic solution for Micro...