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HardwareZone is a great web site for information about IT products but there is one thing which irritates me about the site. I have no problems with ads that are non-intrusive - such as Google Ads. But when you put huge ads that cover half the page I'm looking at (see that big orange HP ad in the screen shot above?) , I get turned off. I just might visit HardwareZone less...

There is a new search engine in town and its name is " Cuil " (pronounced as "cool"). I tried out the service at http://www.cuil.com and I am pleasantly surprised at the relevance of the search results. For instance, I searched for " harry " and the results appeared to me as shown in the screen shot below. The presentation of the results looks attractive - it has tabs categorizing the results and thumbnail images and neatly arranged 2 or 3 column results. Unlike other start up search engines like the ill-fated Zotspot , the search results are pretty good and relevant to my queries. The service seems quite fast and responsive, although the site was down on the first day. I noticed that Blogs from Blogspot have not been indexed yet. But I will keep an eye on this site as an alternative to Google.

We all know that you can read previous and current newspapers at any public library in Singapore. Well now you can also read previous and current newspapers including the Straits Times and Business Times on the Internet at the Singapore public library web site. Here's how. Register for an account here and login. Click on the eResources link in the left navigation column. Click on the Adults tab. Click on the eNews link. Click on the Newsbank link. This will open up the Newsbank Infoweb page. Now click on the shortcut to Straits Times and Business Straits Times. Click the link Straits Times, The . The following page should appear. Choose The Straits Times or any other newspapers and type in the date of the issue you want to read (pointed to with the red arrow above). Click Search and there you go.

Yeah right. What will scammers think of next? I received this email claiming to be from Barclay Credit Bank but a tell-tale sign is the correspondence email address barclay.bk@live.com - why would Barclay use a free email account from Microsoft? BARCLAY CREDIT BANK PLC 246/B Tideslea Path, West Phamesmead , London SE28 ONH , United Kingdom FAX; 0044-704-576-3791 Dear Friend, RE:INSTRUCTION TO CREDIT YOUR ACCOUNT WITH THE SUM OF US$4.500,000.00 We at this bank wish to congratulate and inform you that after through review and evaluation of your Inheritance/Contract funds in conjunction with the World Bank Auditor General and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) assessment report, your payment file was forwarded to us for immediate transfer of the above quoted amount to your designated bank account from their offshore account with us. The reports given to us shows that you have been going through hard times by paying a lot of money to see to the release of your funds, which has been dela...

Today I received an email from the webmaster of No-Minimum.com notifying me of a payment to my PayPal account. Grand total is US$1.01 for my months of effort! Now I can go get that Nasi Lemak ! The proof is in the screen shot of the email below. Click for a larger view.