My Digital Online Diary

Now that we were able to buy a Nikon D90 SRL camera, we are considering the idea of launching a photo blog. There are already a number of pictures in our storage. But, we can’t find a perfect place to posts them. Most of the themes or subject of those photos doesn’t fit to the topic I usually write. It really needs a blog of its own.

Actually, we can add the photo blog in our current hosting. But, that would overload it since we already added a number of blogs in one account. Even if the package we purchase comprise of unlimited disk space, unlimited domains hosting and so much more doesn’t mean we have the right to overload it. That’s why we need to buy a new hosting.

For now I’m currently looking and reading the Just Host Review at “the top 10 best webhosting” website. I’m seeing lots of different point of view from different people who used the just host service, which pretty amaze me. I hadn’t seen these types of reviews from other so-called “review sites.” Other than that, there are also several other reviews from different hosting companies.

Well, I’ll just have to read the reviews of just host and those from different hosting companies. It’s better to know what other people say about an organization. It gives bird’s eye view on how they provide their service.

According to the latest news, Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion have brought to the display some screenshots claimed to show the upcoming BlackBerry OS 6.0. At a first look, one can easily see that RIM is moving a lot towards enhancing the end-user experience to making its OS less business-oriented than before, yet actual details on the matter lack at the moment.

The screenshots have emerged on the web on BBLeaks, which says that RIM seems to be moving in the right direction when the user experience is involved, but that what exactly the OS will deliver will only be unveiled when the first devices to sport it appear. Even so, one can easily spot the presence of widgets on the homescreen, which means that RIM might have adopted the same approach as Google did with its Android operating system.

For what it’s worth, in case the shots are legit, they do show that the next major update for RIM’s BlackBerry OS comes with more graphic enhancements than the current OS 5.0.

Even if it might resemble a little with already existing solutions, it will certainly offer users enough reasons to rejoice. Especially since the shot shows that the entertainment features of the BlackBerry smartphones will be brought to the front, leaving their business capabilities on the second place.

According to the latest news, the group behind the world’s most popular smartphone operating system – Symbian – is giving away “billions of dollars” worth of code for free. The Symbian Foundation’s announced that it would make its code open source in 2008 and has now completed the move. This means that any organization or individual can now use and modify the platform’s underlying source code “for any purpose”. “This is the largest open source migration effort ever,” Lee Williams of the Symbian Foundation stated.

They believe that the move will attract new developers to work on the system and help speed up the pace of improvements. This might increase rate of evolution and increase the rate of innovation of the platform.

Ian Fogg, principal analyst at Forrester research, said the move was about Symbian “transitioning from one business model to another” as well as trying to gain “momentum and mindshare” for software that had been overshadowed by the release of Apple’s iPhone and Google Android operating system.

According to BBC News, a new search engine and social network provider called Goojje has appeared online in China. This site contains very similar branding to Google, and the final syllable “jje” sounds similar to the Mandarin word for older sister (jiejie).

Goojje’s search results appear to be filtered for sensitive content in accordance with Chinese regulations. Google has recently objected to those restrictions, but the new site appears to be urging it to remain in China. Google said on 12 January that hackers had tried to infiltrate its software coding and the e-mail accounts of Chinese human rights activists, in a “highly sophisticated” attack.

The California-based firm – which launched in China in 2006 – said it would remain in China only if the government relaxed censorship. Goojje has a message on its site which reads: “Sister was very happy when brother gave up the thought of leaving and stayed for sister”.

While Goojje sounds like “sister”, the word Google sounds similar to the Mandarin word gege, which means “big brother”. Google has declined to comment.

According to technology analysts at Deloitte, there will be “Tens of millions” of tablet computers will be sold in 2010. The keyboard and mouse-free devices are likely to be a top trend among consumers, they anticipate. This prediction fuels rumors that Apple is set to unveil a tablet-style computer at a press event it is hosting on 27 January. However, the impact of tablet sales on the burgeoning e-reader market could be substantial, the report said.

“For every million net tablets sold there will be a corresponding impact on e-readers,” said Jolyon Barker from Deloitte’s Technology, Media and Telecommunications department. The company’s report, which forecasts the tech trends for 2010, describes tablets as “the Goldilocks of devices (not too big, not too small)”.

The graphics, software, and user interface were underwhelming, not well connected to cellular or WiFi networks, and, most important, they have largely served as work-oriented data-entry devices. By contrast, an easy-to-use, consumer-focused device used primarily for media and web browsing is much more likely to be widely accepted by the market. Read more… »

Can you help the planet just by searching the web? Well, we don’t just think you can. We know you can! Little search engines that could support your favorite causes and save energy – and are as free and as easy to use as Google. Want to try the following:

• GoodSearch (http://www.goodsearch.com)- powered by Yahoo, it donates 50% of revenues to a charity you choose each time you search.
• Blackle (http://www.blackle.com)- an unofficial black version of Google that uses less energy than the white version on some screens (for a more colorful option, try The Green Spider).
• CatchTomorrow (http://www.searchenginecorp.com)- customizable news, weather, and search options; donates 50% of revenues to the public school district of your choice.
• Green Maven (http://www.greenmaven.com)- though it’s not for charity, this Google-based search engine yields results from green-related websites only.

Changing your search engines to this one would give you the benefits of same good results. These search engines pull their results from the Google or Yahoo databases. You can also donate to charity. Get on the donation train – each search you do via a charity search engine generates about $0.01 for good causes (the money comes from the ads on search-engine sites). And, you can save energy. Some engines have a dark background color instead of white, which when viewed on older, CRT monitors – consumes 20% less energy than typical engines. So, better check those search engines now!