One of the newer engine/game projects I have been following closely is Octaforge. It is basically a fork of Tesseract, which in turn is an graphic improvement project by the makers of the well known Cube2 engine.
The main difference with Octaforge is that aims to become a game SDK and platform for easy creation of mods; And one of its prime new features for this is full scriptability with Lua.
Read about their progress on the latest beta here, which also includes this nice video showcasing the new player model and an test map:
Saturday, 30 November 2013
Friday, 29 November 2013
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Zelda can now be free as in freedom
Not only from the clutches of Ganondorf, but also from the dominion of proprietary software. All thanks to the magnificent Solarus Engine, a GPLed, SDL-based, 2D action RPG engine. This amazing project aims to provide a stable and easily customizable platform for users to create their own Zelda-like games, and so far, I must say, I am darn impressed by what I've seen. The engine already has two incredible launching titles, named The Legend of Zelda: Mystery of Solarus DX, and a parody of the former, Mystery of Solarus XD. Both are true love letters to the classic SNES RPG, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, and amazing and enjoyable games on their own.
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| Mystery of Solarus DX |
But hark, the mere words of a mortal make no justice to the grandiosity of this undertaking. Sheathe thy sword, get thy green cap and ready yourself to adventure! You can start by marching straight to the Solarus download section, or, if your intentions are more creative, you can check the various sources here, and the quest editor here.
Code License: GPLv3
Mystery of Solarus DX Artwork License: Mixed (original Solarus assets under CC-BY-SA, but the game also uses spritework taken directly the A Link to the Past rom)
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
Linux Game Awards voting open now!
Quietly in the background a group of open-source and Linux enthusiast websites (full disclosure: including FreeGamer ;) ) has developed a new platform for promoting open-source games: http://www.linuxgameawards.org/
One of its regular features will be a monthly award and a related promotion drive for the winner on all affiliated sites.
As a start, our community came up with the first 10 nominees for the January 2014 award and you can now vote for your favorite game of those here.
P.S.: One of the nominated projects, SuperTuxKart, had a new release today also. Don't forget to check it out and vote for them if you like it.
One of its regular features will be a monthly award and a related promotion drive for the winner on all affiliated sites.
As a start, our community came up with the first 10 nominees for the January 2014 award and you can now vote for your favorite game of those here.
P.S.: One of the nominated projects, SuperTuxKart, had a new release today also. Don't forget to check it out and vote for them if you like it.
Monday, 25 November 2013
Holiday Racer 2.2 released (aka Stunt Rally)
Obviously someone is having a hard time with the winter in the northern hemisphere right now:
More awesome screenshots of Stunt Rally 2.2 here, and don't miss the details of the new version in the full change log.
Last but not least, discuss it on our forums :)
Last but not least, discuss it on our forums :)
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
Lips of Suna 0.8.0 released
And another great new release :)
Our favorite work in progress & not quite serious anime RPG Lips of Suna bumps its release number to 0.8 (change-log).
Most notable changes:
Addition (2013-11-21): Now there are also windows binaries available.
Our favorite work in progress & not quite serious anime RPG Lips of Suna bumps its release number to 0.8 (change-log).
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Comment away below or in our forums.
- New player model and animations contributed by gruntunbur.
- Lots of sound effects contributed by qubodup.
- More powerful animation blending.
- Performance improvements.
- Better eye, face and hair color customization.
- Fixed the AI not being able to use many kind of weapons correctly.
- Procedural map area placement and planning system.
- Procedural dungeon generation with corridors, rooms, treasures and monsters.
- Balanced the movement speed and physics behavior of player characters.
- Terrain chunks close to the player character load much faster.
Addition (2013-11-21): Now there are also windows binaries available.
Recent Rotating Post Gadget with Excerpt For Blogger
This JavaScript code will display the latest posts of any feed, the difference being that it has two parts which can be used individually or combined. The top of this widget will show a single post along with the title (link), author, date and a brief summary of its content. In addition, this post will rotate automatically within a list whose number of elements will be decided by us. At the bottom, we'll find a full list with recent posts that, on mouse over, will replace the post above, thus breaking the automatic cycle.
Before adding anything, let's see it in action to decide if it does what we want.
Step 2. From the pop-up window, choose the "HTML/JavaScript" gadget
Step 3. Paste this code inside the empty box:
Next is start-index=1. This number indicates which post will appear first on the list. By default, it is the latest post published on your blog, so if you want to begin displaying older posts, change the 1 value.
max-results=10 indicates the maximum number of posts that we will be reading from the feed, beginning from the one that we have set up before in the start-index=1. This number always needs to be equal or greater to what we should see later and what it does is to set the number of posts that will be shown in the gadget. The easiest way would be to put 500 in order not to fail, but the higher the number is, the longer this gadget will take to load, so it's better to adjust to what we need to show.
Finally, here are some other script parameters:
Step 4. Save the gadget and you're done adding the recent rotating post widget with excerpt in Blogger.
Before adding anything, let's see it in action to decide if it does what we want.
How to Add Recent Rotating Posts Widget to Blogger
Step 1. Go to "Layout" > click on the "Add a Gadget" link.Step 2. From the pop-up window, choose the "HTML/JavaScript" gadget
Step 3. Paste this code inside the empty box:
<style>
.gfg-root {
width: 100%;
height : auto;
position : relative;
overflow : hidden;
margin: 0 auto;
text-align : center;
font-size: 12px;
border: 1px solid #DBDBDB;
}
.gfg-title {
font-size: 16px;
font-weight : bold;
color : #6B6B6B;
background:#F3F3F3;
background-repeat: repeat;
line-height : 1.4em;
overflow : hidden;
white-space : nowrap;
padding: 5px;
text-shadow: 0px 2px #fff;
}
.gfg-entry {
background-color: #FFFFFF;
width : 100%;
height : 9.2em;
position : relative;
overflow : hidden;
text-align : left;
margin-top : 3px;
}
.gf-title a {
text-transform: capitalize;
color: #0000ff;
font-size: 14px;
}
.gfg-subtitle {
display: none;
}
.gfg-list {
position : relative;
overflow : hidden;
text-align : left;
}
.gfg-listentry {
line-height : 1.5em;
overflow : hidden;
white-space : nowrap;
text-overflow : ellipsis;
padding-left : 15px;
padding-right : 5px;
}
.gfg-listentry-odd {
background-color : #F3F3F3;
border-bottom : 1px dotted #CCCCCC;
padding: 5px;
}
.gfg-listentry-even {
background-color : #F3F3F3;
border-bottom : 1px dotted #CCCCCC;
padding: 5px;
}
.gfg-listentry-odd a{
color: #595959;
padding: 0 0px 0 10px;
}
.gfg-listentry-even a{
color: #242424;
padding: 0 0px 0 10px;
}
.gfg-listentry-highlight {
background: #FFFFFF;
}
.gfg-listentry-highlight:before {
position: absolute;
left: 0;
content: '\25BA ';
font-size: 14px;
color: #DBDBDB;
}
.gfg-listentry-highlight a {
color: #242424;
}
.gfg-root .gfg-entry .gf-result {
position : relative;
background-color: #ffffff;
width : auto;
height : 100%;
padding-left : 20px;
padding-right : 5px;
}
.gfg-root .gfg-entry .gf-result .gf-title {
font-size: 14px;
line-height : 1.2em;
overflow : hidden;
white-space : nowrap;
text-overflow : ellipsis;
margin-bottom : 2px;
margin-top: 5px;
}
.gfg-root .gfg-entry .gf-result .gf-snippet {
height : 3.8em;
color: #000000;
margin-top : 3px;
}
.clearFloat {
clear : both;}</style>
<script src="http://www.google.com/jsapi" type="text/javascript"></script><script src="http://www.google.com/uds/solutions/dynamicfeed/gfdynamicfeedcontrol.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
function showGadget() {var feeds = [{title:'List',url:'http://helplogger.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?redirect=false&start-index=1&max-results=10'},];
new GFdynamicFeedControl(feeds, 'feedGadget',{title: 'Latest Posts', numResults : 10, displayTime : 5000, hoverTime : 500});} google.load("feeds", "1");
google.setOnLoadCallback(showGadget);
</script>
<div id="feedGadget">Loading...</div>
How to Customize the Recent Rotating Post Gadget
The URL in blue is for the feed. So, the http://helplogger.blogspot.com URL should be replaced with the feed URL of your blog.Next is start-index=1. This number indicates which post will appear first on the list. By default, it is the latest post published on your blog, so if you want to begin displaying older posts, change the 1 value.
max-results=10 indicates the maximum number of posts that we will be reading from the feed, beginning from the one that we have set up before in the start-index=1. This number always needs to be equal or greater to what we should see later and what it does is to set the number of posts that will be shown in the gadget. The easiest way would be to put 500 in order not to fail, but the higher the number is, the longer this gadget will take to load, so it's better to adjust to what we need to show.
Finally, here are some other script parameters:
- title: 'Latest Posts', is the widget's title that appears on top.
- numResults: 10, number of posts that will show in the list.
- displayTime: 5000, the delay time between posts in the rotator (in milliseconds).
- hoverTime: 500, minimum time for an item in the list to be displayed at the top.
.gfg-list {To:
position : relative;
overflow : hidden;
text-align : left;
}
.gfg-list {If you want to display only the list, change this:
display:none;
}
.gfg-entry {To:
background-color: #FFFFFF;
width : 100%;
height : 9.2em;
position : relative;
overflow : hidden;
text-align : left;
margin-top : 3px;
}
.gfg-entry {
display: none; }
Step 4. Save the gadget and you're done adding the recent rotating post widget with excerpt in Blogger.
Monday, 18 November 2013
Foxit Reader
Foxit Reader is a PDF Reader, viewer and editor in the world. It is a freeware software. Foxit Reader is a advance program. PDF file can read, write, edit and convert by this software. This software is like as Adobe Reader but it is very advance from Adobe Reader. A PDF can convert to MS- Word from PDF. It's Download process is very easy and it's for all little learned user. Foxit Reader software is a good feature able software. This application support a large number of add-ons. It's capacity is very high. Maximum user believe that it is a ultra modern PDF reader. Foxit reader software's size is small but it can use fast. It is PDF viewer quality is very high and its looks like very lightly and bloomy. This reader software is totally free for all kind of user. When we read a eBook or a PDF file by Foxit Reader then we can see with full screen, Zoom and text select by manually. Now this time It's being popular day by day with Adobe Reader. Some Programmer trying to update this application all time. It's feature is very nice to look and completely attractive. When we read by this application then we can zoom in and Zoom out easily and also can file open and file exit instantly. In this competitor software market Foxit Reader software will revive by its own capacity. We can also insert Image, audio file, video file and can insert other external link in Foxit reader. Now we can share a file or a eBook by social networking site easily by this Reader. Now this time we enable to do some advance work by this software such as, we can change it theme easily. Maximum user satisfy in it and they think it is a perfect Reader for them. This software's has some uncommon advantage; such as when a reader read a eBook with this application he can change it's background color for eye safety and for looking beautiful. This application's download and install process is very simple. This software is developed by Foxitsoftware.com. It's supported all kind of commenting, annotation, drawing, highlighting and conversation to text file. I think It is a best alternative to Adobe Reader for eBook and all kind of PDF file read. So, if you want a little, fast, suitable and more functional reader software, then you can choose Foxit Reader without doubt. I think it is enable to fulfill a user demand and it enable to compete with Adobe Reader in reader market. Above all, It is that kind of software what is enable to gain user satisfaction and we can use it regularly.
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MegaGlest 3.9.0 released
Since I am having internet troubles as of late, I'll keep it short and hope it will actually come through:
Megaglest 3.9.0 was released today, see changelog:
Megaglest 3.9.0 was released today, see changelog:
v3.9.0
- we hopefully now really solved the last out of sync problems for cross platform games.
- animated tileset object support. ( like trees moving in the wind )
- new tileset texturing possibilities
- new tilesets birchforest, desert4 and updated mediterran using animated objects and new texture system
- greatly improved textures and animations for the roman faction
- new maps
- better network game performance / management to handle slower clients.
- easier ability to download game content from host and masterserver( if available there ).
- new arranged options menu with several sub menus
- menu gui improvements
- attack hotkey toggles through all attack types
- single player games can be sped up incrementally in steps.
- color picking is greatly improved and the default selection mode now for better compatibility
- greater ability to translate game content into your native language. (including techtrees)
- Added Hebrew, Arabic, Vietnamese (and others).
- screenshots for savegames without annoying menu in screenshot.
- addition of google-breakpad to better track down bugs.
- many new lua functions for scenario modders.
- cell coordinates are shown in the mapeditor
- tilesets can set default air unit heights
- added ability for stand alone mod's to customize more of the engine like about screen.
- performance improvements.
- and as always many bugs were fixed
- improved textures for tech faction
Sunday, 17 November 2013
How Mobile Phone Technology can Change Hotel Experience
Mobile technology has taken the world by storm. The growth of mobile use has been an exponential one, as almost every individual is in the possession of a mobile handset. In addition to that, they come with amazing features that are aimed to make our lives easier. One would argue that,they have come to dictate how we carry one with our lives. It is no mystery that they have changed the way we interact with each other and at the same time, the way we perform our duties.In not so far in the future, mobile technology could be the talk of the future in terms of hotel experience. This is due to drastic growth of this technology.There are a number of ways mobile technology could change hotel experience, in the days to come.
Handling of Currency
Mobile banking has been the new deal in the banking sector.It is possible to buy and sell goods and services via your mobile handset.With this kind of technology in place, you will be ale to pay for your hotel room,all from the comfort of your handset. This will rule out the need to carry with you a wallet in your pocket or cash as a whole. This technology will provide a secure way to make online transactions for the services provide.
Keys to your hotel room
Each guest in a hotel room is sent an encrypted code on their handset. This code performs the same function as the modern hotel keys to your room.This technology is already in existence and hence makes it possible for one to gain access to their hotel room.
In room phones
In every hotel room, there is a phone to send out messages and call for room service. This role can also be played by a Smartphone. Hotel administration and managers should thus find a way in which Smartphones can be used as in room phones. This will minimize the use of such phones in the hotel rooms.
Reception desk
Your mobile handset will act as your reception desk. This where you make your dinner reservations and order meals. You will get all the information you need on the best places around to go for site seeing and have fun.
Room service delivery
This is one of the most common services offered in hotels while in your room.As the name suggests, you can only get this service while you are in your room and no where else. This is because the service providers are unable to locate your location while away from your room.With the mobile locator installed on your handset, you will be able to receive your order wherever you are, within the hotel premises.
Front desk attendant
Mobile technology could change hotel experience with the use of mobile handsets as hotel room keys.This will prompt management to introduce room bill services via email.You will thus be able to get your bills through your email.
Alarm clocks
This technology has been around for a while now. Many people in the hotel rooms are using their mobile devices as an alarm. In that case, there will be no need of the alarm clock provided for in each hotel room.
Hotel promotional print material
This is for the benefit of hotel marketers and promoters who strive to put up promotional materials in every hotel room. However, with the growth of mobile technology, there might be no need for this.Guests in hotels can scan a QR code and get the latest news on the hotel via their mobile gadgets.
Entertainment in the hotel room
With the availability of a bandwidth, guests can now watch movies and listen to music through their handsets. They prefer this to paying the hotel management in order to get in room entertainment.
All in one system control
This allows you to control the lighting, media and temperature of your hotel room from a single central position. This technology is already live in homes and sooner than later it will find its way to a hotel room.With that said, mobile technology could change hotel experience in a huge way.
Friday, 15 November 2013
How to Earn Money at Home through Online Freelance Jobs
The Internet has created a new opportunities earn money through work online in worldwide. Freelance jobs are a good option to make money on the internet. In my simple words freelance tasks means you can make money online by doing freelance jobs and freelance projects in your field. There are different types of freelance tasks are online. One of the most popular ways to work from home online is to do freelance tasks.
The Advantages of Having Freelance Jobs
A freelance job is a great working choice if you want to make money without being boggled down to the traumatic requirements of a conventional job. This kind of perform choice is best appropriate for housewives, average women, students, and retired persons. Freelance jobs are even appropriate for those who have frequent tasks but would like to complement their earnings.
With freelance jobs, you perform as your own manager. You choose your amount of work, what kind of perform you'll do, and whom you'll perform with - be it organizations, individuals, or both. Furthermore, you decide how much you'll cost and whether your prices are on per hour basis or per venture.
How the Internet Makes Finding Online Tasks Better
The Internet provides a constant supply of on the online tasks. If you choose to take benefits of online marketers, you can earn big money.
Regardless what type of perform you decide you want to do freelance jobs, the internet is likely to have it available as a performance from house job; for there is quite a number of home-based jobs online to choose from.
Some examples of online freelance jobsare below:
- · Article & Blog Writing
- · Copy Writing
- · Content Writing
- · Medical coding
- · E-book writing
- · SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
- · SMM (Social Media Marketing)
- · Proofreading
- · Programming
- · Web designing
- · Photography
- · Graphic design
- · Marketing consultancy
- · Accounting and more
How to Find Online Jobs
The best way to discover on the online freelance jobs is to search on the internet job websites such as Odesk.com, Elance.com and Guru.com etc. While these websites carry together people looking for work and job suppliers, they also take a small percentage. However, they carry a lot of tasks that you might not discover on your own otherwise.It will take time to develop your work from home company, but in evaluation of being your own manager compared to working for someone else, its value the attempt.
Email Marketing Tips
Email marketingis the most efficient way to advertise and enhance your business and products. It is a kind of technique that many companies choose to use as it is less costly and affordable than other techniques. Added marketing such as telecasting plus sign advertising is costly than email marketing. Email marketing is an effective way to engage with customers. You can industry your product to them through this.
The greatest benefit of this technique is affordable and less expensive than other techniques used for marketing. Strategies such as promotion on television and advertisements are expensive. By having an email marketing application, you can connect with your clients.
Conversion is the name of the plan when it comes to using an email marketing Software for your promotion drive. You will obtain high benefits when your transformation position of clean brings is higher. The next thing left can be found within how to fail your relaxed brings into paid clients.
How to handling a relation:
The factor is what to say at the begging of number information you exchange out with your email marketing software. At this factor, you need to provide deserving details. Think about what is the most essential details which you need to discuss with your members. Recognize the subscribers' problems and reverse them.
Before enjoying and email marketing technique, you should be nonindustrial. Engage with your clients before you multiply their e-mail with a wide range of special offers and publicizing their products. When you develop that you can then begin your marketing. By this, you have established your email marketing regards with your clients and brings.
Email Marketing and Business:
After the regards has designed with your clients, you are prepared for the next step. You can also engage with the market and signify. The excellent way to get began is delivering out product recommendations, online marketing course, and new amount reports.
One thing to be kept in mind while using this technique is that: do not overflow your clients' Mailbox with your e-mails every day. They will not hassle to study your posts if you do that every day. Choose delivering them e-mails every week, by every week foundation, or each month. In this way, they will give significance to your e-mails. Deliver them such type of information that will help them and such type, which others can't send them. This will create an excellent connection between you and your clients.
Bulk SMS Marketing
Bulk SMS Marketing
One of the most practical options to market your product amongst your focus on viewers is the use of bulk smssupport. The professional is confident that the concept has been provided at the right time to the designed recipient. This information could be informative, marketing or signals in characteristics and reach your customer almost immediately. These solutions are used by financial institutions or stock broking companies to send aware information to their clients or up-dates about their account.
Academic institutions or universities can also use these solutions to distribute information about various new programs presented in their specific institutions or entrance related news. Property brokers make effective use of the bulk smssupport to advertise their properties for sale. The employment of this much flexibility of a cellular can be effectively applied in trade, company, social media, service areas, technological innovation areas.Latest Marketing Technique
The introduction of bulk sms technological innovation has therefore, led to a growth in the marketing industry. It helps easy achieve to the possibility at lowest cost. There are many organizations offering bulk sms services in the world wide market. They provide excellent and remarkable solutions and make sure appropriate distribution of information without time lag at smallest possible prices.
Easy, Fast and Cost Effective
The bulk sms can be described as an easy and cost-effective technique of Interaction or marketing when a bulk variety of individuals are engaged. The globe is becoming more and small. All this is made possible with the improvements in technological innovation especially the communication technological innovation. A cellular variety can be regarded as the quickest deal with to achieve the individual straight. It is essential in Business and Professional issues to monitor back a Client using his cellular variety. Bulk sms can be regarded as a protected and immediate technique of communication with a individual or focused customer. The SMS is having the guarantee that it gets to the mailbox of the appropriate receiver and in 99% situations it will be the receiver itself starting it. This is the purpose why most of the effective companies choose the SMS to achieve their customers
Marketing of Products and Services
Moreover to the above, bulk sms are also used for marketing of products. The concept can be sent to the focus on market as and when designed. Also, academic institutions and universities use this support to deliver information about new programs or acceptance on the scholar's cell cellular phones. However, a key point here is the differentiator between inexpensive concept support and the top quality concept support.
Affiliate Internet Marketing
Affiliate Internet Marketing is considered and efficient and successful way of promoting and advancing your business. In affiliate internet marketing, a person known as the affiliate is rewarded, paid or commissioned every time he is successful in bringing in a customer or a client. This is more like being paid for services rendered. How you are paid is dependent on certain factors such as:
You can have your own affiliate programs running or you can have a third party dealing with it. It’s really up to you. These affiliate marketing is responsible for a great number of successful businesses out there. If you are interested in going into affiliate internet marketing then you might want to consider the following:
You will notice that on the net there are millions of business who are now interested in affiliate internet marketing programs. They think it is a great way to further promote and market their products and services. Being an affiliate basically means being a middleman between the business and the customer. Affiliate marketing offers you the freedom of doing you own business while sitting at home and earning good money. Although it has negligible start up costs, you need to work read hard and you need to be really dedicated in order to pull this off. All you have to do is find certain people who might be interested in specific products and services and then you recommend it to them. If you are successful in making the sale, the business you are working with will end you paying you a handsome commission. But what are the things that you need to have to do this? Well you need to have an affiliate link and an affiliate website.
What started off as a small scale idea has developed and nurtured over the past few years. It is a marketing strategy that now companies are going insane using in order to promote and market their products and services with the tough competition out there, it seems as if these companies are not ready to compromise – they are leaving no stone unturned in order to be the best one out there. As an affiliate marketer, all you need to do is promote these services, bring in as many customers as you can, write up referral reviews, attractive blogs and post videos that might interest any potential client.
- (Pay-per-click) every time there has been a visit make
- (Pay-per-lead) every time there has been a registration
- (Pay-per-Sale) every time a sale is made
You can have your own affiliate programs running or you can have a third party dealing with it. It’s really up to you. These affiliate marketing is responsible for a great number of successful businesses out there. If you are interested in going into affiliate internet marketing then you might want to consider the following:
- standalone software
- third party affiliate networks
- shopping carts with affiliate features
- hosted services
You will notice that on the net there are millions of business who are now interested in affiliate internet marketing programs. They think it is a great way to further promote and market their products and services. Being an affiliate basically means being a middleman between the business and the customer. Affiliate marketing offers you the freedom of doing you own business while sitting at home and earning good money. Although it has negligible start up costs, you need to work read hard and you need to be really dedicated in order to pull this off. All you have to do is find certain people who might be interested in specific products and services and then you recommend it to them. If you are successful in making the sale, the business you are working with will end you paying you a handsome commission. But what are the things that you need to have to do this? Well you need to have an affiliate link and an affiliate website.
What started off as a small scale idea has developed and nurtured over the past few years. It is a marketing strategy that now companies are going insane using in order to promote and market their products and services with the tough competition out there, it seems as if these companies are not ready to compromise – they are leaving no stone unturned in order to be the best one out there. As an affiliate marketer, all you need to do is promote these services, bring in as many customers as you can, write up referral reviews, attractive blogs and post videos that might interest any potential client.
Sunday, 10 November 2013
FVD Suite (Flash Video Downloader)
FVD is a Downloader Software. Now a days it is a Famous Software. It is not only a Downloader but also a Converter Software. It is a freeware software. We Can Convert any Video to any format, Such as ( AVI, FLV, WEBM, MKV, MP4). Video Download is very easy Form any Website by this Downloader Software. We can Download YouTube video by it easily. It is Developed by Flash Video Downloader. FVD Suite is use in Pc and mobile Equally. it is very Suitable for iphone, ipod and android Phone user. It is a very powerful Software. This application is three in one. FVD is Suite is a Downloader, Converter and Player. It is a powerful and modern Feature able media player. This Player can Play all kind of simple and HD Video. This application is Developing day by day. It is gain popularity is a Shortage possible time. It's Download Capacity is very high. At First this Software gain popularity as downloader. Now it is Becoming popular as converter and player with Downloader. FVD Player is a very powerful nice player capacity is very high. It's Supported all kinds of high Dimension Video. FVD Player is a the fastest & good featured.
It is a very stylish player and its paying system is very easy. This suite is very effective to download all kinds of stream video. For Download by this player at first you should click new button and then paste URL in it and hit start button. I think it is a very simple and easy way to download video from any video streaming site. FVD suite software is updating day by day and developers try to make it a famous application. By this software we can convert all video to MP4, MPEG, FLV, AVI and mp3. This application is mainly used for download video from video streaming site. Now maximum user use this software for its attractive quality. FVD downloader, converter and player becoming popular equally day by day. It's Download and Installation process is very easy and comfortable. It is a unparallel software. Maximum user think it is a bless for user. It's Supported about to one dozens file format. Above all, It is a smart software for smart user.
Saturday, 9 November 2013
How to Write SEO Optimized Blog Posts
I'm not an SEO expert and what you will read further is not top secret, but the basic optimization that everyone should apply in order to write SEO optimized blog posts. And with these techniques, effort and a bit of patience, you can occupy the best places in the search results of different search engines.
Obviously, not all cases are the same, neither all blogs are positioned in the same manner, some might have greater competition than others depending on how popular the topic is; therefore, when it comes to web ranking, there's no specific time that applies for all. Having said this, let's get to the point of this post.
Examples:
Related: How to Choose the Right SEO Keywords
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So, the most popular keywords should be included wisely without cluttering your posts with them, or it can be counterproductive.
Again, these keywords should be included in the posts title, as well.
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This way, the reader will find a greater diversity of words and might enjoy the article more.
Examples:
Another important thing to mention is that, we should avoid putting the typical "click here" or similar texts. When you put a link, the anchor text should be fairly descriptive.
Examples:
Related: How to Optimize Images for Better SEO Rankings
Also, always get informed before writing a post. Do a research and see if the information is valid; based on that, you will gain the trust of your readers.
With these few techniques you can increase the chances of ranking your posts higher in search engines. As I mentioned earlier, these aren't things that no one heard about, but I know that many are beginners and may not know how to write seo optimized blog posts.
It does not hurt repeating that the results won't appear overnight, but with some effort and patience, you should see the desired results over time.
Obviously, not all cases are the same, neither all blogs are positioned in the same manner, some might have greater competition than others depending on how popular the topic is; therefore, when it comes to web ranking, there's no specific time that applies for all. Having said this, let's get to the point of this post.
Focus on a topic
Whatever the topic of your blog is, when you try to write a seo optimized blog post, focus on a specific topic that has a clear purpose, with no distractions. For example, if you write about "Digital Cameras", then the beginning and ending of your post should be only about it. Don't start talking about digital cameras and end up telling about what you have done last weekend. A reader goes to a page because is looking for a specific information. So, unless it is not a personal blog (where you write about your daily life), do not deviate from the topic.Define the post title
The post title should be short and to the point, so that you can briefly summarize the content of the post. But you shouldn't abuse this either. Although it has to be concise, don't try to 'save' words which might be keys to the search.Examples:
A collection of all the cameras that have been released last year on the market
The best digital cameras of 2013Clearly, the first one hasn't been defined very much, and the second one is not only more accurate, but it is also more relevant for what people are searching on the internet.
The keywords
Keywords are those terms that the most people are searching for on the internet and you should try focusing on them when writing a post; these keywords need to be included throughout the entire post, but be careful to not overstuff your content with them.Related: How to Choose the Right SEO Keywords
Example:
During the fourth week of the technology, there were many products that are used today, and the most famous experts gave a speech on them.
At the opening of the fourth Technology Week, the experts talked about various topics, including how to choose a digital camera, had discussions about the pros and cons of the iPad, and which are the best smartphones.In the first example, we have written without paying attention to any terms. While, in the second one, we used phrases that are searched on the internet by the most users.
So, the most popular keywords should be included wisely without cluttering your posts with them, or it can be counterproductive.
Again, these keywords should be included in the posts title, as well.
Rely on synonyms
While it is a good strategy to use specific keywords, we should not limit ourselves to a single word. It is recommended using synonyms because users do not name things in same way and using less keywords, we can avoid leaving the impression that we are being too repetitive and insistent.Examples:
For those who enjoy good quality pictures, Nikon D7000s Digital Camera is a 16.2 megapixel digital camera that takes great pictures.
For those who enjoy good quality images, Nikon D7000s is a 16.2 megapixel digital camera that takes excellent pictures.In the first example, we have repeated the word 'digital camera' and 'pictures' twice. While, in the second one, we used the digital camera keyword once and changed the word 'pictures' with 'images'.
This way, the reader will find a greater diversity of words and might enjoy the article more.
Using bold and italics
A good practice when you write seo optimized blog posts would be to make the keywords bold by wrapping them in strong tags, so that they will stand out from the rest. But keep in mind that this shouldn't be done with CSS, but with HTML, i.e. they should not be tagged with font-weight: bold; but rather with <b> or even better, with <strong>.Examples:
For those who enjoy good quality images, Nikon D7000s is a 16.2 megapixel digital camera that takes excellent pictures.The result seems to be the same, but it is not. Although these three keywords are in bold, only one is more attractive to robots, which is the first:
For those who enjoy <strong>good quality images</strong>, <b>Nikon D7000s</b> is a 16.2 megapixel <span style="font-weight: bold;">digital camera</span> that takes excellent pictures.The same goes for the italics. Use them for highlighting important words, but don't place them between font-style: italic; but rather between <i> or even better <em>.
For those who enjoy <strong>good quality images</strong>, <em>Nikon D7000s</em> is a 16.2 megapixel <span style="font-style: italic;">digital camera</span> that takes excellent pictures.Again, the first one has a better chance of ranking than the others. Thus, it is recommended to highlight the keywords in bold and italics, or to put them between <strong> and </strong>, or between <em> and </em>.
Using External Links
Some may say that we shouldn't use links in the posts because we are giving away our Page Rank. This is not quite true. Using referral links to sites that have already shaped their credibility, will also help us to shape our own. Certainly, we should not flood our posts with links, but we can do it when is needed and especially with sites that talk about the same topics as our own.Another important thing to mention is that, we should avoid putting the typical "click here" or similar texts. When you put a link, the anchor text should be fairly descriptive.
Examples:
<a href="Link URL">Click here</a> to know more
More information about <a href="Link URL">digital cameras</a>In the first example, the anchor text is not relevant and descriptive, but in the second it is.
Rank with your images
Posts with images are not only visually appealing, but might help the reader to understand what you are talking about. So, whenever you can, use an image in your post to illustrate the writing, but don't overdo it. Many images or very large images can slow the loading time of the blog.Related: How to Optimize Images for Better SEO Rankings
New and relevant content
You should focus not only on writing many posts, but also making them relevant to your readers. New and original content is more attractive to the search engines, than a copy & paste (actually, the last gets penalized). So try to write new stuff, even if you think that all has been said. Each person has a different way of saying things.Also, always get informed before writing a post. Do a research and see if the information is valid; based on that, you will gain the trust of your readers.
Final Words
With these few techniques you can increase the chances of ranking your posts higher in search engines. As I mentioned earlier, these aren't things that no one heard about, but I know that many are beginners and may not know how to write seo optimized blog posts.
It does not hurt repeating that the results won't appear overnight, but with some effort and patience, you should see the desired results over time.
Wednesday, 6 November 2013
Tuesday, 5 November 2013
Tips for Improving your Adwords Conversion Rate
The success of online marketing can only be determined by the flow of customers and potential clients to your ad. Online marketing has been revolutionized in the advent of computing and information computer technology. The number of companies preferring to use online services in marketing has gradually increased and more companies prefer to place their ads on reputable websites as compared to billboards or television sets. Professional search engine optimization (SEO) involves a number of steps and considerations with a main aim of boosting the traffic to the ad just as a billboard placed next to a busy highway. Altogether the conversion of the traffic to income is also a major headache to the online marketers. How do you convert the huge traffic into tangible income, what is the convincing power of the ad? How many goods are you able to sell following the traffic or how many sign ups do you get per person? These are the day to day questions facing the online marketers in the world today. To improve your conversion rates the following guidelines are key.
Use of specific keywords
Suppose you want to place an ad for selling a phone, be specific in the commercial brand name. It is more likely that a potential client would be searching for a gadget in which he has more information about. Search engine optimization expert’s advice that the more precise you are the more visits you are likely to get. Generalization would only promote the traffic but at the end of the day the client would bypass and move to the more specified item. However do not be too specific that very few people know about the fine details. It is always advisable to balance.Monitor track your conversion rates
It is obvious that you get information about the number of clicks on daily basis. But how amazing would it be if you analyzed the rate of clicks to income conversion rates. By doing this you can determine which among the words u use generate mo conversion.Use of negative key words.
Attractive keywords in an ad would definitely promote the traffic to the ad. But it has a poor conversion rate. Less people are likely to purchase if they were attracted by words. For instance mot ads bearing the words such as win, free etc generate low conversion rates since it is not likely that a browser who was looking for some free staff would make purchases after realizing he has to spend.Include the prices in your ads to attract the customers
It is advisable to include the prices or a comparison of the prices with other competitors.Include the discounts or offer rates if any.Use the search word report to get the right clients.
The ad words may help to show how your key words are doing. You can use the terms searched by the surfers to know how to improve your ad. Review of the information would enable you to know what words to include or exclude from your ad. Or targeting the right potential clients.Be professional
Most browsers fear scammers. Use of professional tone gives the potential buyer the confidence to purchase from you. Avoid appearing to be too god to be real.Latest UPS spam runs include exploits
Spam runs never get old. Whether you have received a package from UPS, FedEx or even PayPal notifications, they either lead you to (poorly crafted) phishing websites or malware (mostly Trojans like Zeus).
This afternoon I saw a tweet from one of my friends on Twitter:
@MalwareMustDie Phishing Campaign http://t.co/ecm0urGFpv#malwaremustdie
— Jim Kesselring (@RazorEQX) November 5, 2013
Not many moments later I had received the mail in my inbox. Here's what it looked like:
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| UPS Delivery Notification Tracking Number : XLMBGBN855XLMBGBN581 |
Mail seems to come from:
auto-notify@ups.com or
auto@ups.com
Obviously the mail is spoofed and is really coming from:
UPS@enviosuperfast.info or
Quantum@enviosuperfast.info or
View@enviosuperfast.info
Which traces back to:
192.123.32.83 - Result & 184.82.214.54 - Result
Attached is a file called:
invoiceU6GCMXGLL2O0N7QYDZ.doc
MD5: 7c2fd4abfe8640f8db0d18dbecaf8bb4
Malwr Report
Malware Tracker Report
Other file names are possible as well, but always follow the same format:
invoiceXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.doc, where XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX is a random string of 18 characters. I haven't seen any other possibilities (yet).
What's this? It seems this is not the usual ZIP file with a piece of malware in, no, rather this .doc file is actually an .rtf file which contains an exploit. There's also a URL in the mail, which leads to the download of the exact same file. (so you're screwed either way - whether you download/open the attachment or the link - malware authors wanting to up their success rate may be a good reason for this "tactic".)
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| Submission to Malware Tracker revealed CVE-2012-0158 |
Let's perform some static analysis as well. Using our favorite tool Notepad++:
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| Clues in yellow indicating it's indeed an .rtf file (font used: Calibri) |
What's happening exactly when we are trying to open this with Wordpad? I can tell you: you just see the same thing as is happening above with Notepad++.
When using OfficeMalScanner (downloadable here) it is being revealed there's a (vulnerable) OLE document embedded. There's an excellent post over at SANS here as well on the usage of this tool.
Unfortunately OfficeMalScanner was unable to automatically extract malicious shellcode, but after some manual work I was able to receive another file, which ultimately delivers another exploit.
We have now two working exploits (both are exploits for Office/.RTF files):
CVE-2012-0158
CVE-2010-3333
When I tried to open it this .RTF file with Microsoft Word 2010, Word crashed and the following happened...:
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| Word crashing & malicious process(es) spawning |
Those are an awful lot of REG.exe processes, right? In case you're wondering, REG.exe is a legit Microsoft file - or tool- to edit the registry.
A process called WINWORD.exe is present, but neither vendor or description name are mentioned.
MD5: e5e1ee559dcad00b6f3da78c68249120
Malwr Report
Obviously this isn't the legit Microsoft Word, as that application had crashed. The first time I was reproducing this exploit in the works, it also dropped another file. Unfortunately I was a bit too fast and forgot to take a copy of that sample as well. I was not able to reproduce the spawning or creating of the latter sample.
The malware creates persistence by:
- injecting into explorer.exe
- Creating a key as follows: HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\baebadcaacbfcbcdsacfsfdsf
It also recreates itself in:
- %ApplicationData%
- %CommonApplicationData%
It calls back to the following domains:
customer.invoice-appmy.com
customers.invoice-appmy.org
customer.appmys-ups.orgfeed404.dnsquerys.org
feed.queryzdnsz.org
feeds.nsupdatedns.com
feed404.dnsquerys.com
static.invoice-appmy.com
... Which resolves to the following IP's:
158.255.2.60 - Result
118.67.250.91 - Result
The reason for these domain names are probably to fool network administrators who are possibly taking a peek at the packets passing through their appliance: "Oh, it's just for DNS queries." , one may think. Nothing's less true though.
Payload
The payload can vary in this case. According to VirusTotal results, it may be ransomware. I was unable to reproduce that kind of behaviour. I have feelings it may be a Bitcoin miner or simply Zeus/Zbot again. Kaspersky had apparently noticed the same campaign, in their sample it's a Brazilian banking Trojan. You can read that article here.
Prevention
- Upgrade to the latest version of Microsoft Word (and Office as a whole). If that's not possible;
- Install ALL your Windows Updates! These exploits are long patched by Microsoft.
- Improve security for your Office files. This means disabling ActiveX, disabling macros and blocking external content. Useful links:
Enable or disable ActiveX controls in Office documents
Enable or disable macros in Office documents
Block or unblock external content in Office documents - Block ALL the IP's mentioned above in my post.
- Install a proper antivirus & antimalware solution. In a company: you better have a spamfilter!
Disinfection
- Look for suspicious Run keys (examples here) and delete the associated file(s).
- Run a full scan with your installed antivirus product.
- Run a full scan with another antivirus and/or antimalware product.
- In a company: warn your network administrator immediately!
Conclusion
One might wonder if this is a so-called "APT" (Advanced Persistent Threat). I highly doubt that.
Though spammers and malware authors have tried the technique of attaching a malicious file or posting a link in the mail, I haven't seen them do that both very much. (exceptions being some awkward and poorly made viagra spam)
Using these exploits, it's clear they are prooftesting their possiblities. How many have fallen or will fall for this campaign? How much of these mails were sent out anyway? There's no sure way of knowing.
Follow the above prevention tips. If you're an antivirus or security company or researcher or just someone interested in this field, this may interest you:
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7c2fd4abfe8640f8db0d18dbecaf8bb4
ad0ef249b1524f4293e6c76a9d2ac10d
e5e1ee559dcad00b6f3da78c68249120
Sunday, 3 November 2013
Friday, 1 November 2013
AUS/USD 2nd November 2013 Monthly Report
AUD Primary cycles
AUD Primary cycles and breakout patterns (Dilernia Principles) suggests the AUD will continue down towards the 2014 yearly lows.
We've just recently seen Secondary support come into play around .8870 and swing back up into the 50% level @ .9730 (#3)....
My view is that the Primary cycles will now come into play and push the AUD downward, as part of a Primary break & extend pattern.
Finding the co-ordinates of a place in the new Google Maps
This article explains how to get the co-ordinates for a particular location in the new and old Google Maps interfaces.
In mid 2013, Google started rolling out a new version of Google Maps, which even now (Nov 2013) is still in Beta-testing and only works with Chrome and Firefox on desktop (ie not mobile) devices. It's related to Google Maps Engine Lite - a better tool for creating custom map - not not exactly the same product.
When I looked at Maps Engine Lite, one of the things I noticed is that there are a number of features which are missing from the new tool- and the lack of a right-click feature on map-positions means that lots of functions are accessed in a different, possibly non-intuitive, way.
Left click on the exact place that you want co-ordinates for.
Notice that there is a small circle which radiates at that place, or the nearest on-street place. It's a little this, except that it a white/light shade, rather than grey:
In the top left of the map, a small display box appears, showing the nearest street address and a pair of latitude / longitude co-ordinates.
For both the street-address and the co-ordinates:
Note that if the place you originally clicked on is an on-street address, then the address and and co-ordinates will point to the same place. But they are not necessarily the same. (I think this is a mistake on Google's part: if they show an address with co-ordinates immediately under it, most people will assume that the two relate to the same place, but that's not true at the moment. It may change soon-enough though.)
Right click on the location that you want to find the co-ordiantes for.
Choose "What's here" from the pop-up menu.
At this point, Google Maps will:
So of course you can copy-and-paste the co-ordinates from the search box.
(The pictures in this article above barely look like maps because I'm led to believe that one of the Terms and Conditons for Google Maps is that we cannot put screenshots of the mapping data into how-to articles. So I've kept the places particularly zoomed-in, to avoid any distinguishing features.)
Google Maps Engine Lite - a better tool for creating custom maps
New vs old Google Maps
When I looked at Maps Engine Lite, one of the things I noticed is that there are a number of features which are missing from the new tool- and the lack of a right-click feature on map-positions means that lots of functions are accessed in a different, possibly non-intuitive, way.
How to find the co-ordinates of a particular place in the new Google Maps
Left click on the exact place that you want co-ordinates for.
Notice that there is a small circle which radiates at that place, or the nearest on-street place. It's a little this, except that it a white/light shade, rather than grey:
In the top left of the map, a small display box appears, showing the nearest street address and a pair of latitude / longitude co-ordinates.
For both the street-address and the co-ordinates:
- You can copy / paste these as text.
- If you hover your mouse over them, then inside the maps a small circle radiates out from that spot.
- They are links: if you click on them, then the map zooms and centres at that place, with a large red marker and the street-address name or co-ordinates displayed beside it.
How to find the co-ordinates of a particular place in the existing Google Maps
Right click on the location that you want to find the co-ordiantes for.
Choose "What's here" from the pop-up menu.
At this point, Google Maps will:
- Show the latitude and longitude co-ordinates in the maps search box
- Put a green arrow showing the exact location that you clicked into the map itself
- Put the street address on the nearest on-street location into the maps search-result list, along with a marker to this location on the maps.
So of course you can copy-and-paste the co-ordinates from the search box.
(The pictures in this article above barely look like maps because I'm led to believe that one of the Terms and Conditons for Google Maps is that we cannot put screenshots of the mapping data into how-to articles. So I've kept the places particularly zoomed-in, to avoid any distinguishing features.)
Related Articles:
How to embed a Google custom map into your blog or websiteGoogle Maps Engine Lite - a better tool for creating custom maps
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