I’m reposting my blog article entitled World of Warcraft Scam: Free Gifts and Fake Account Suspension Threats that was published via Trend Micro Malware Blog today. Blizzard’s World of Warcraft (more popularly known as WoW) is one of the most popular massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) in the world. With more than 11.5 million… Continue reading Malware Blog – WoW Scams: Free Gifts and Fake Account Suspension Threats
Month: September 2010
On Mayor and Badge: Foursquare
What is this Foursquare? Before I was a very curious why some people I follow in twitter are sending too many tweets about Foursquare. So I tried it out and I got hooked. And now I find this foursquare as so much fun. In the tradition of my free six video, my six free cafe… Continue reading On Mayor and Badge: Foursquare
Microsoft Announces IE9 Beta Download
Microsoft announced today in their MSDN IEBlog that the Windows Internet Explorer 9 Beta is now available for download via the Beauty Of The Web (www.beautyoftheweb.com) portal. The Redmond-based software giant has officially dubbed this as Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview, which in simple terms is a beta release of the web browser. The Platform… Continue reading Microsoft Announces IE9 Beta Download
Email Scam: Classic 419 Fraud of Mr. Dan Maha
As my post on Sam Mendoza SMS Scam is getting a some attention (and lots of comments too 🙂 ), I will be posting another variant of scam and this time its email scam. I got it from my free email account recently and I am sharing the as an awareness campaign to all readers… Continue reading Email Scam: Classic 419 Fraud of Mr. Dan Maha
Google Instant and its Impact to SEO and Blogging
Google recently launched Google Instant. They flaunt it as: a new search enhancement that shows results as you type in their official Google Instant page. Now I believe I understand the connection of last week’s Google interactive dots and the gray Google doodle to this newly launched enhancement. For me, the message with the Google… Continue reading Google Instant and its Impact to SEO and Blogging
Grey Google Doodle
After yesterday’s Google doodle interactive dots, they now have Grey Google doodle: Grey… but still interactive 🙂 It is only available in Google US site. There’s a lot of mystery behind the Google doodle yesterday and today and many kibitzers are guessing that there is a Google Doodle hidden message somewhere out there. Hopefully Google… Continue reading Grey Google Doodle
Google Doodle Goes Interactive Dots
Google never fail to amaze me with their attractive Google doodle. Before there was Pacman in Google and during Independence Day of the Philippines they have special Google doodle for the Philippines like this year and last year. But today they have this: Don’t be fooled by the simplicity of the Google doodle above because… Continue reading Google Doodle Goes Interactive Dots
My #SentiSabado Experience
Last week, my friend Tonyo tweeted that there will be a #Sentisabado this September 4, 2010. At the mention of Bazooka Bubble Gum and Kaypee shoes on the following tweets, I got the hint that this will be a fun filled event in twitter. But what is Sentisabado anyway? Dissecting the word: “Senti” is short… Continue reading My #SentiSabado Experience
Lee Ying Chuen and the The First-Person Account Of A Manila Hostage Survivor
Below is the translated text of Lee Ying Chuen essay. Lee Ying Chuen is a survivor of the recent hostage taking incident in Manila last month. It is a first person account of the incident and what transpired days after it. Credits to original poster/source after the blockquoted text. The First-Person Account Of A Manila… Continue reading Lee Ying Chuen and the The First-Person Account Of A Manila Hostage Survivor