Get Reviewed! http://www.get-reviewed.com Sun, 06 Apr 2008 17:56:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 en 1660479http://www.feedburner.com Automatic Upgrading Successfull http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GetReviewed/~3/265088831/ http://www.get-reviewed.com/others/automatic-upgrading-successfull/#comments Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:08:11 +0000 admin http://www.get-reviewed.com/?p=31 Recently I found out that wordpress has released the 2.5 version, and preceded by its automatic upgrade plugins which makes it lot easier to upgrade. Using this plugins, the process of upgrading becomes very seamless. We don’t need to be troubled by backup process, either database or content. All we need to do is just let the plugins do the work, in the automated mode. This process is also successful here and here.

I’m glad that any update in the wordpress will no longer be a problem.

]]> http://www.get-reviewed.com/others/automatic-upgrading-successfull/feed/ http://www.get-reviewed.com/others/automatic-upgrading-successfull/ Mobster Rules! http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GetReviewed/~3/252019601/ http://www.get-reviewed.com/games/mobster-rules/#comments Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:05:21 +0000 admin http://www.get-reviewed.com/games/mobster-rules/ Please, don’t get a negative impression after reading the title! Yeah, I just want to share the experience of how becoming a mobster in virtual world. What I mean by this is the online game called Mafia Death. In this game, our role is becoming a Mobster and work the way to the top, either with others in a gang, or solo. Attacking and mugging people in order to better the stats and gain more money, gambling, dealing in weapons and armour, and much more! Once again, please do not get the bad or negative impression. This is just the new way of releasing the tension after a wekk of working at the office and full of work load. Is it illegal? Off course if you do it in an real world, you will face the law, and indeed inside the game, police will caught us if we do the crime and bad luck comes into our side. This game gain its popularity because some of us want to make is a remembrance of the old stories about mafia such as American Mafia, Italian Mafia and other great stories of Mafia such as Al Capone, Sicillian, and others.

The game is actually just a simulation. No real bullets were shot, no blood is scatter if we stab someone, and also no sound of turbo-boosted engine when doing the drag race. It actually all about the strategy. A strategy of gaining power, money, influence, and existence. There are three servers in this game, and we can choose one of them as we like. Just remember to use English there, because although the players come from all over the world, but the language should be understandable. There is also an option to become a respected mobster by upgrading our account with thre types of package, 30 days, 60 days and 90 days. Each package features some benefits, and we can buy them using PayPal. But don’t worry, there are always different roads to Rome, so you can also choose whether you should buy the package using PayPal or just become the regular member until you get some power and get something you sell in the market and ask some other members to buy you the package. If you are interested, just sign up and you know what it means to be a mobster.

 

Mafia Death

Statistics:

Domain : www.mafiadeath.com
Google PageRank = 4.
Alexa Rank = 7,534.
Google backlink(s) = 247.
Yahoo backlink(s) = 0.
MSN backlink(s) = 0.
AltaVista backlink(s) = 2,980.
AllTheWeb backlink(s) = 2,890.

]]> http://www.get-reviewed.com/games/mobster-rules/feed/ http://www.get-reviewed.com/games/mobster-rules/ dpreview.com - The Digital Photography Review http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GetReviewed/~3/246214940/ http://www.get-reviewed.com/websites/dpreviewcom-the-digital-photography-review/#comments Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:36:29 +0000 admin http://www.get-reviewed.com/websites/dpreviewcom-the-digital-photography-review/ This time, I’d like to share about a website that helps me so much this time in deciding which camera I should buy. A year ago, I refer to this website when I bought Canon Powershot A640. Few days ago, I sold my Canon A640 in order to be replaced by Canon EOS 400D and once again, I refer to this website. 

First, the layout of the website looks very cool, with black background, small sidebars which will expand when we put the mouse on one of the links there. The reviews/previews link is what I frequently visited besides the buying guide link. In the reviews/previews page, we will find a list of cameras which are already reviewed in this website, sorted in chronological order which is divided into two group: Reviews: Chronological, Recent (last 12 months) and Reviews: Chronological (older than 12 months). We can also pick one of the latest reviews directly from the sidebar menu which lists some latest reviewed cameras, and also page which shows the “by rating” reviews and “more”, which means we can choose which reviews we’d like to read (reviews main page).

When we choose one of the camera reviews – this time I choose EOS 400D review because this is the camera that I have bought three days ago – we will have some options in the main menu of the review page. They are: Introduction, Specifications, What’s new, Body & Design, Operation & Controls, Display, Menus, Timings & Sizes, Features, Software, Photographic Tests, Compared to, Conclusion, and Samples. Each option contains detailed explanation of the camera being reviewed, and the conclusion page consists of pro and cons conclusion which will give us quite detailed overview of the camera and whether the camera is highly recommended, or recommended with some suggestions.

What I like most of the review options page is the “compared to” menu which at that time, the comparison is between EOS 400D and Nikon D80 and (which I considered quite comparable). Last but not least, even Wikipedia does refer this website as their source of information. Great source of information for camera buyer or photography addict I think!

a picture of the nice sidebars

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Statistics

Domain : www.dpreview.com
Google PageRank = 7.
Alexa Rank = 1,236.
Google backlink(s) = 8,570.
Yahoo backlink(s) = 0.
MSN backlink(s) = 0.
AltaVista backlink(s) = 628,000.
AllTheWeb backlink(s) = 550,000.

 

]]> http://www.get-reviewed.com/websites/dpreviewcom-the-digital-photography-review/feed/ http://www.get-reviewed.com/websites/dpreviewcom-the-digital-photography-review/ New AVG Internet Security 8.0 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GetReviewed/~3/243499718/ http://www.get-reviewed.com/computer-stuffs/new-avg-internet-security-80/#comments Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:48:01 +0000 admin http://www.get-reviewed.com/softwares/new-avg-internet-security-80/ Grisfot has recently released the newest version of AVG Internet Security 8.0 is which promises to protect you online activities. This new software sit is powered with an Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware, Anti-Rootkit, Anti-Spam, LinkScanner and Firewall system; it is said that this new version will ensures for your online safety while you search or surf the net, download music, documents and pictures, send emails or instant message by scanning documents, files, Web pages and Web links right before you open them.

Whats new in AVG Internet Security 8.0?

  • Safe Search. AVG scans Google, Yahoo! & MSN search results in real-time as you search and places safety ratings next to each link.
  • Safe Surf. AVG scans each and every Web site and Web link within a Web site before you open them to ensure they are safe.
  • Safe Link Scan. AVG scans every Web link you come across, whether in e-mails, documents or instant messages, no matter the source, before you open them to ensure you are protected in advance 100% of the time.
  • Safe Favorites & Bookmark Scan. AVG scans all your favorite and bookmarked sites before you open them to ensure they are safe.
  • Safe URL Scan. If you type your favorite site address (URL) into your browser, AVG will scan the contents of the site before you open it to ensure it is safe.
  • Safe Download Scan: AVG will scan all new applications you want to install as well as all Excel, Word, PowerPoint and other documents and music, videos and pictures to ensure they are safe before you download them.
  • Safety Ratings. Site specific safety details are displayed by simply hovering over the safety icons.

The trial will be available for download with fully functional AVG software without obligation for 30 days. If you think you satisfied within the trial periods, just buy the full version directly from the application and upgrade for USD 79.99 with a 30 day money-back guarantee.

]]> http://www.get-reviewed.com/computer-stuffs/new-avg-internet-security-80/feed/ http://www.get-reviewed.com/computer-stuffs/new-avg-internet-security-80/ Technorati http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GetReviewed/~3/240023987/ http://www.get-reviewed.com/websites/technorati/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:32:58 +0000 admin http://www.get-reviewed.com/others/just-missed-something-here/ Technorati Profile

Technorati is the one of the social bookmarking sites which accommodates and used as a showcase of anything that happens on the Internet. This is called a live web. The Live Web is the dynamic and always-updating portion of the Web. Using technorati, we can search, surface, and organize blogs and the other forms of independent, user-generated content (photos, videos, voting, etc.) increasingly referred to as “citizen media.”

By using technorati, we can see abundant of blogs in the Internet, completed with statistics and ranking. At the moment, one of the blog which sits on the top rank of technorati is http://www.engadget.com, which has 24,990 authority. I should check what’s in it and find out how can it be on the top 100 position.

]]> http://www.get-reviewed.com/websites/technorati/feed/ http://www.get-reviewed.com/websites/technorati/ WLAN on SE W960i http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GetReviewed/~3/236562610/ http://www.get-reviewed.com/gadget/wlan-on-se-w960i/#comments Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:33:03 +0000 admin http://www.get-reviewed.com/gadget/wlan-on-se-w960i/ After my first general review on my new Sony Ericsson W960i, I’d like to share about the WLAN feature (which makes it different from W950). I happened to have wireless internet router at home (WRT54GL) so I tried to use it for connecting my W960i to the Internet. There are some settings which must be filled, including IP address, gateway (router’s IP) and DNS address (I use opendns, check www.opendns.com). After I set the connection setting (Tools > control panel > connections > WLAN), I tried to open the default browser of the W960i (we can also use opera mini or mobile opera which is paid version) and fill in the web address (at that time it was www.yahoo.com). Amazingly, I just got connected with yahoo as if I use my personal computer / laptop.

By using this feature, I hope I can use W960i just in case I was in hurry to check email while I was not at home and there is hotspot (wireless internet) area available. This is very beneficial compared to the laptop, although I still cannot optimally utilized it for the office purposes (typing, presentation, etc). But in my opinion, compared to windows mobile for PDA, I think Sony Ericsson W960i could be superior because it has all features available for mobile users (phone, office, internet, and even Walkman!) with the superiority on the sound quality than PDA (which has average and even low sound quality).

to be continued with other reviews.

]]> http://www.get-reviewed.com/gadget/wlan-on-se-w960i/feed/ http://www.get-reviewed.com/gadget/wlan-on-se-w960i/ I am Legend. Am I? http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GetReviewed/~3/235751936/ http://www.get-reviewed.com/movies/i-am-legend-am-i/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:44:41 +0000 admin http://www.get-reviewed.com/movies/i-am-legend-am-i/ Have you ever imagine, living in a solitary condition, no one else besides you and you have to survive your live with any means necessary? I bet you would never have a gut to even imagining that. This situation is greatly depicted in Will Smith’s movie, “I am Legend”, where he has to live alone after the entire town of New York (or even the whole world) has been severely infected by lethal virus which causes the infected people got mad and become a cannibal. Actually, Will is not all alone in the real sense because he is surrounded by infected people who only show up at night (this is the effect of virus which causes human body could no longer bear the sunlight).

Actually I just never care about the infected people in the story. I just got more attention on how Will spends his day only with his dog, does everyday routine with everything must be on schedule in order to keep his sanity, and even he has to hunt for food (although some foods are ready in his refrigerator). However, this is makes me wonder in this movie (the foods). In my common sense, there is impossible for Will to keep the food all the time in the refrigerator; how long will the food survive from deterioration, and how long has Will been in solitary. I guess that would be silly questions in a movie perspective. Everything in the movies has already been set in order to suit the needs of the director and the script writer.

Anyway… with all its pro and cons, I guess this movie can give me a new perspective in finding the true meaning of human life, especially human as a social creature after watching how stressful was Will on that movie …..

I am Legend

Movie Title: I am Legend
Category: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Thriller, Adaptation and Remake
Directed by Francis Lawrence
Produced by Akiva Goldsman, David Heyman, Erwin Stoff
Written by: Akiva Goldsman, Mark Protosevich
Novel:Richard Matheson
Starring Will Smith
Music by James Newton Howard
Cinematography Andrew Lesnie
Editing by Wayne Wahrman
Distributed by Warner Bros. Village Roadshow
Release date(s) December 14, 2007
Running time 100 min.
Country United States
Language English
Budget US $150 million (est.)
Gross revenue $557,420,893

Picture taken from: Wikipedia

]]> http://www.get-reviewed.com/movies/i-am-legend-am-i/feed/ http://www.get-reviewed.com/movies/i-am-legend-am-i/ Digital Point Forums http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GetReviewed/~3/233603808/ http://www.get-reviewed.com/websites/digital-point-forums/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:38:49 +0000 admin http://www.get-reviewed.com/websites/digital-point-forums/ This time I want to write about a forum I recently joined. It’s Digital Point. It is a forum which is specially designed for webmasters and web developers who want to share their know-how and skills in building and creating a good website, even a money generating website (internet marketing). I see this website has a great design and layout using its latest VBulletin 3.6.8. The forum loads fast because I don’t see any image content in the post, and it’s easy to post and create thread because there is a FAQ guideline each time we want to make a post or thread. Per February 12, 2008 it has 677,481 threads, 6,324,779 posts, 138,101 members, and 46,944 active members. Green color of the VBulletin template is very eyes friendly, plus good categorization of sub forums. One thing which is I considered as the negative aspect of this forum: The moderators there are too strict to the members, even after 10 minutes of posting, people could be banned for certain reasons. I guess this is for the good of the forum so I have to be very careful when do the posting. 

One unique feature that this forum has is its RSS feeds link besides the username. It shows the latest post on the blog, website or even thread in DP itself. This forum also has the buy, sell, and trade sub forum which gives opportunities for those who offer jobs related to webmasters/web developer and also those who look for additional cash from the online jobs. It has various information regarding website development, SEO technique, search engine giants (Google, Yahoo, Microsoft) discussions and other abundant source of other information. It’s even the places where the unique domain sellers put their showcase. I Guess, I would be there in the next few years to improve my skills in webmastering /web development. Nice Forum anyway!

The frontpage of the Digital Point Forums

Digital Point Forums

The unique feature I mentioned above (the RSS feeds link)

Unique feature of Digital Point Forums

ps. I took the statistics from the domain http://www.digitalpoint.com instead of http://forums.digitalpoint.com cause there’s no statistic for the subdomain.

Website Name: Digital Points
Category: Webmaster Forum

Statistics

Domain : www.digitalpoint.com
Google PageRank = 7.
Alexa Rank = 270.
Google backlink(s) = 12,000.
Yahoo backlink(s) = 2,030,000.
MSN backlink(s) = 0.
AltaVista backlink(s) = 478,000.
AllTheWeb backlink(s) = 459,000.

]]> http://www.get-reviewed.com/websites/digital-point-forums/feed/ http://www.get-reviewed.com/websites/digital-point-forums/ Web Hosting Stuff http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GetReviewed/~3/232877751/ http://www.get-reviewed.com/websites/web-hosting-stuff/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:42:18 +0000 admin http://www.get-reviewed.com/websites/web-hosting-stuff/ This time I want to write about a web hosting review website. Yes, it’s Web Hosting Stuff, the website which is frequently referred by most webmasters who need information regarding which server they would choose. This website provides general review of any web hosting companies (websites) based on user ratings and reviews on more than 7,562 web hosting companies around the globe. It publishes detailed background information on each company, including reviews by real customers and server uptime performance.The website also provides the price range for the customer who looks for business hosting for a corporate site or just the cheap one (under $10/mo.) for a personal site. I myself was in fact also referring to this website when I chose hostgator as my final destination for my web hosting. It’s also mostly linked by most smaller web hosting companies as the parameter for their uptime performance.

However, I just amazed after reading the statistics. With the PR 6 entitled to the website, how come that this website doesn’t have the MSN backlinks?? Only Uncle Google that can answer the question, I guess.

This is the picture of the frontpage of Web Hosting Stuf dot com.

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Website Name: Web Hosting Stuff
Category: web hosting reviewer

Statistics:

Domain : www.webhostingstuff.com
Google PageRank = 6.
Alexa Rank = 37,522.
Google backlink(s) = 7,090.
Yahoo backlink(s) = 14,200.
MSN backlink(s) = 0.
AltaVista backlink(s) = 79,900.
AllTheWeb backlink(s) = 76,000.

]]> http://www.get-reviewed.com/websites/web-hosting-stuff/feed/ http://www.get-reviewed.com/websites/web-hosting-stuff/ Sony Erricsson W960i http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GetReviewed/~3/232660498/ http://www.get-reviewed.com/gadget/sony-erricsson-w960i/#comments Sat, 09 Feb 2008 06:07:12 +0000 admin http://www.get-reviewed.com/2008/02/09/sony-erricsson-w960i/ Recenty I bough my new handphone Sony Erricsson W960i replacing my old W810i. This handphone is categorized as smart phone as it has various features which could be said SMART, starting from its prominent Walkman feature with 8Gb of internal memory, up to organizer that really helpful for my everyday activities. The 8gb internal memory could be loaded up to 1500 mp3! With great headset, make it comparable to iPod. I have 80Gb classic Ipod but I think the bass quality cannot supersede this W960i. However, Ipod still win in the sound-staging quality.

Why i like it so much despite my Ipod is that it has touch screen feature so that I don’t need to use my thumb when doing my ritual (short messaging service activities). I just need to use it’s stylus and get my style so I can get familiar with the style recognized by W960i. It wasn’t easy at first, however after some days using the stylus, now I already get used to it and just like using pen when doing my messaging ritual. Great handphone!

picture (credited to gsmarena):

sonyericsson-w960-001.jpg

the actual picture of the handphone (compared to Acer TM3270):

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