YTechCity.com

Whilst most people have read about the importance of selecting “good” passwords for security, especially those interacting online, many do not take this seriously.

For those of you who want to learn more about this, Stanford University has a guide on selecting a good password.

However, someone has also published the top 500 worst passwords.

After you read this two article, think seriously when you need a security password, and keep your password safe.

Amanda MacArthur who write a post regarding 9 Ways Twitter Can Help in the Real World, after reading of this post, I’ve decided to use twitter, the micro-blogging platform to drive traffic to my blog and share intimate moments with all of my followers.

Go to the twitter homepage and watch the video on how it works. You can also use this feature or Twellow to search for people, hobbies, interests, or keywords you want, to get a better idea of twitting. You can also see who are the top twitter users with twitterholic.

Twitter, it’s FREE. And it might also change your life.

For newbies, I recommend reading how to start using twitter. This is a very useful article – a shortcut to using twitter. Follow the advice in the article and you’ll be using twitter in 15 minutes.

Facebook fans might want to read the difference between facebook and twitter.

And for those who have already joined, you can opt to “follow me” (the twitter term for “add me”) here.

There are many web sites that advertised on the internet SMS sending messages offering short message (SMS) throughout the world for free, but mostly only allow SMS to the operator / carrier selected only. However, free SMS service called KuripoTxt, works as advertised, allows international SMS for free.

Website KuripoTxt can reduce communication cost international telecommunications. KuripoTxt not only send messages in a country even though different telecommunications companies to connect the entire line of mobile phones around the world, provided it starts with the international code.

Current features / limitations:
-160 character limit
-no registrations required
-simple and straight forward user interface
-send sms anywhere in the world (theoretically)
-instant sending (may vary on heavier server load)
-no advertisements or additional texts in the message
-available in desktop and mobile versions (auto detect)

Currently confirmed supported countries are:
-United States
-Canada
-Spain
-Italy
-Saudi Arabia
-Singapore
-Thailand
-Hong Kong
-Malaysia
-Philippines
-New Zealand

Once talking about build a forum, sure we will focus on free code or open source codes which included SimpleMachines Forum (SMF), php BB, YetAnotherForum.NET (YAF), and so on.

What is SMF
Simple Machines Forum — SMF in short — is a free, professional grade software package that allows you to set up your own online community within minutes.

Its powerful custom made template engine puts you in full control of the lay-out of your message board and with our unique SSI – or Server Side Includes – function you can let your forum and your website interact with each other.

SMF is written in the popular language PHP and uses a MySQL database. It is designed to provide you with all the features you need from a bulletin board while having an absolute minimal impact on the resources of the server. SMF is the next generation of forum software – and best of all it is and will always remain completely free!

Therefore, here is a quick how to for installing SMF (SimpleMachines Forum) for a newbie:
1. Download SMF from simplemachines.org.
2. Install SMF forum on the same database as Joomla! / Mambo. Use a different prefix such as “smf_”.
3. Download SMF Forum Component
4. Install SMF Mod using SMF Package Manager.
5. Install SMF Integration Component

Complete! Now you can start to share idea, opinion and anything in your forum.

Google recently added Google Sidewiki that you can use to chip in useful information on those sites you visit. If you installed this add-ons Google Sidewiki, then the google sidebar will appear of your browser as two small icon which showing in the picture below.

The Side Wiki intro video:

Wikisearch lets a user add comments and ratings to Google SERPs, whilst Side Wiki extends this even further by letting users rate websites even if they may not rank in the results.