StumbleUpon: Discover the Web!

I've been using StumbleUpon for more than a year now and with that span of time, I can say that this Internet tool is really amazing and helpful in discovering whatever interesting in the Internet today. The fact that when you install the toolbar and just click the "stumble" button and then direct you to a page that is exciting and creative or awesome is such a brilliant idea. In addition to that, StumbleUpon really is so addictive that I often sleep late at night (early morning like 2AM actually) and just continue stumbling. Every web page and site I discover is just brilliant.

You can try it yourself if you want. Just go to StumbleUpon website and install their toolbar. You can also search them through Firefox add-ons.

Have a great day.

Internet Privacy

I know when we surf the Internet, we want our identity to be as private as possible. For security reasons, we don't want others to know what are we doing. So with that, I think a vpn service is just what we really need when it comes to Internet privacy! To know more about this, visit the link now!

Windows XP D-Day Arrives

Recently, Microsoft Corporation made it official that on Monday, June 30 will be the last day they'll going to sell Windows XP to the masses. This is after how many days of rumors and delays regarding the extension of the selling of the product.

Microsoft believed that a better world is a Vista World. However, some computers in the world will still remain XP for it isn't powerful enough for Vista.

Although I am for XP and not for Vista, I am not in panic about the said loss of XP in the marketplace. I believe that the the circulation of XP in the marketplace will never be gone. The product will be still available through many channels in the years to come. As a proof, EBay is still selling a thousand copies and usually sells it for less than $100.

And for those present XP users, like me, let's not worry a lot. Microsoft has recently pledged to keep supporting XP, including the release of security updates, all the way through 2014. So XP users needn't fret that you'll suddenly be victimized by hackers due to unpatched security flaws. Updates should work exactly as you're used to them currently through the Windows Update system.

Google VS. Yahoo, Made Simple!

There have been a lot of thoughts and ideas presented by many experts regarding Google and Yahoo. There were already thousands of comparisons written in the web for so long. So what I'll talk about in this post is just my own simple yet practical review on the two booming search engine in the World Wide Web.

Now, I could still remember the symposium we had in our school last year that primarily discussed about "Why Google is so fast?" One of our college professors explained the stated facts regarding the question. One funny fact that he presented to us was the idea that, there were infinite number of "penguins" controlling the server of Google. Reality check, I don't really remember if that was just and example or a theory, I'm not sure. Honestly, I didn't get the point on that statement and I am not sure now if that was really his statement. No offense to those sensitive readers, I am not making non-sense here. I told you, this is a simple review. :)

OK, let's have a simple experiment. Try searching the keyword "Philippines" in both of the search engines. Compare the searching time done by the sites. FYI, you can check the time in the Upper-Right part of both sites. I have already tried that and the result is:

Searching for the keyword: "Philippines"

Google: 0.09 seconds

Yahoo: 0.18 seconds

Google is much faster, and does that small difference of time affects you?

For me, NO but for those experts and wizards and geniuses, YES! Okay, no problem with that. :)

Now, when it comes to the Interface Design of the two sites, the difference it really obvious. Take a look.

What do you see in Google? Only a simple interface yet very powerful.

What about Yahoo? The design is full of services, though "some" are useful, but most of it are just useless (for me). Although Yahoo offers a lot, still I find there design very confusing.

In addition to that, for me, the ideal site as your homepage is Google because it loads faster and thus making your research work faster and easier.

But let's not make this so serious and think about it everyone and then. The good thing about this two sites that we must all consider is that, both of them offers us FREE stuffs so why not grab it and for sure you'll never be left out.

P.S.

I told you, this is just simple! :)