eruvsLife » Computers & Technology http://eruvs.net personal finance | computers & technology | fun & recreation Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:56:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Direct Link to Download AVG-Free Antivirus http://eruvs.net/2009/10/direct-link-to-download-avg-free-antivirus/ http://eruvs.net/2009/10/direct-link-to-download-avg-free-antivirus/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:58:27 +0000 prem http://www.eruvs.net/?p=127 I am one of those guys who frequently re-installs their system, and it always involves re-loading some sort of antivirus software. My favorite is AVG Security. It’s effective, updated very frequently and free!

So when I go to their site to look for the install file, I always have to do a little dance around all their prompts to find the damn link to download the installer, so I decided to put it up here so I have a one-stop shot at getting the software.

Direct download for AVG anti-virus from AVG Site

]]> http://eruvs.net/2009/10/direct-link-to-download-avg-free-antivirus/feed/ 0 Extract Domain from a Cell in Excel http://eruvs.net/2009/09/extract-domain-from-a-cell-in-excel/ http://eruvs.net/2009/09/extract-domain-from-a-cell-in-excel/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:18:22 +0000 prem http://www.eruvs.net/?p=122 If you have a list of urls in a field, how do you get only the domain in excel, strippin goff the “http” as well? Assuming you have a list like this:

http://www.wiseclerk.com/group-news/tag/libor

http://www.wiseclerk.com/group-news/2008/04/

http://www.wiseclerk.com/group-news/

http://www.tiscali.co.uk/search/results.php?section=&from=&query=setana

sports

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080408/223932792.shtml

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080408/223932792.shtml

http://www.techdirt.com/

http://www.techdirt.com/

http://techdirt.com/index.php

http://techdirt.com/blog.php?tag=loans

and want to extract:
wiseclerk.com
tiscali.co.uk
techdirt.com

=mid(FIELD, 8, FIND("/", FIELD, 8)-8)
should do the trick! Make sure you have a trailing "/"at the end

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IXWebhosting

Prices & Features:

  • Business Plus: $8.95/mo for 12mo or $7.95/mo for 24mo, Free 2 domain registration, host unlimited domain and free 8 dedicated IP, Unlimited Disk Space,Unlimited Bandwidth
  • Expert Plan: $4.95/mo for 12mo or $3.95/mo for 24mo, Free 1 domain registration, host unlimited domain and free 4 dedicated IP, Unlimited Disk Space,Unlimited Bandwidth

Click here to visit IXWebHosting and find their latest promotion.

Click here for control panel demo

A few websites hosted by IXWebhosting.com

Overview

IXWebHosting is reputable host since 2002, with BBBOnline Reliability Participation Confirmed For ECommerce Corporation seal. IXWebHosting is well known by their quality support and hosting account features.

IXWebHosting has a few plans:

Expert Plan :- $3.95/month with Unlimited Disk Space and Unlimited Badwidth + 1 free domain name. Hosting unlimited domain. 50 MySQL D
A typical one year plan is at $59.4
A typical two years plan is at $94.80

Business Plus :- $7.95/month with Unlimited Disk Space and Unlimited Badwidth + 15 free dedicated IP + 3 free domain name. Hosting unlimited domain.
Plan comes with MySQL databases.
A typical one year plan is at $107.4
A typical two years plan is at $190.80
Special Highlight

  1. 1. Host unlimited Domains under 1 account. – You can host unlimited domains with resources allocated to you (Space + Bandwidth) to you. Each websites comes with it’s own www, ftp and mail.
  2. Free Domain – Order for at least one year and get your new domain for free.
  3. HSpere - IXWebHosting useds HSpere, one of the best web hosting control panel. Control panel comes with SiteBuilder.
  4. Anonymous FTP – You can setup anonymous FTP accounts with this plan. Most hosting plan doesn’t allow this feature.
  5. PHP and MySQL – You can use PHP to create dynamic website. Or you may use MySQL database to create a database driven application with this hosting plan.
  6. 30 days money back guarantee
  7. New! Each account comes with 15 dedicated IP, no other host offering this at price of $7.95/month.
  8. 8 . New! Add 2.50 per month and you can host in on Windows server. (Business plus plan and above)
  9. Great support service.

How to order

You will be first prompt to choose for transfer domain to use new domain, select new domain if you do not have one else choose transfer domain. Domain name is FREE when you choose yearly plan. This user friendly sign-up pages will check for availability of the domain you requested. Do provide a valid credit card during registration and once completed your account will be created usually the same day. They will send you an email telling you your account information, do print it out for easy reference.

Advice

Order 2 year and reduce hosting fee to $7.95/month. Read view of Hostmonster , BlueHost , StartLogic and if you have not read it.

Summary

They offer reliable internet service at an affordable cost. They earn your money through unparalleled service and their 30-day, unconditional money-back guarantee. They also have real operators in the USA that are ready to answer your questions 24×7 with little to no wait time.

Unlike many hosts out there, they actually own their own data centers, providing you peace of mind that your data is somewhere safe.

IXWebHosting Website

]]> http://eruvs.net/2009/08/ixwebhosting/feed/ 0 BlueHost http://eruvs.net/2009/08/bluehost/ http://eruvs.net/2009/08/bluehost/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:03:57 +0000 prem http://eruvs.net/wp/?p=75 [COMPARE WITH OTHER HOSTS]

BlueHost
BlueHost

Prices & Features: Price: $7.95 $4.95/month for 12 months or $6.95$3.95/month for 24 months Size: Unlimited Disk Space, Unlimited Bandwidth Bandwidth Offer: Free domain name and host multiple domain under 1 account. Click here to visit BlueHost and find their latest promotion.

BlueHost founder has created another entity, Hostmonster.com – which offers the same features but at a much lower price,from $4.95/month. Check out Hostmonster review

A few websites hosted by BlueHost.com

Overview

BlueHost is a popular brand name on hosting service. Quality service and generous hosting plan is the key to their success. Bluehost has been on our top ranking for more than 2 years and I have never receive any complaints from our visitors/webmaster. Bluehost is also one of the hosting company using Cpanel. Cpanel is very user friendly and most can start using without any tutorial. Try out their control panel from their homepage. BlueHost has only one hosting plan :- $6.95/month with Unlimited Disk Space and Unlimited Badwidth + unlimited Add-on domain + unlimited Park domain A typical one year plan is at $59.4 A typical two years plan is at $94.8

Special Highlight

  1. Host unlimited Domain under 1 account: You can host unlimited domain under 1 account. All your domains will share resources allocated to you. That’s means you will Unlimited space for all websites. Each websites comes with it’s own www, ftp and mail.
  2. Free Domain for life: Order for at least one year and get your new domain for free.
  3. CPanel: BlueHost uses latest CPanel 11, one of the best web hosting control panel.
  4. Anonymous FTP: You can setup anonymous FTP accounts with this plan. Most hosting plan doesn’t allow this feature.
  5. PHP 4+ and 5 ready: You have the option to use PHP 4 or 5, just request this feature from support and they will move your account to the appropriate server. Remember, their support are very friendly.
  6. 30 days money back guarantee: Get 30 days money back guarantee and 100% full refund.
  7. Anytime cancellation and refund: All accounts canceled after 30 Days of service qualify for a prorated refund at the monthly rate
  8. New! Free Website Builder: This new feature is available from control panel.
  9. New! Support Ruby on Rail.
  10. New! Free Domain Privacy: This option is available to customer for FREE.

How to order

You will be first prompt to choose for transfer domain to use new domain, select new domain if you do not have one else choose transfer domain. This user friendly sign-up pages will check for availability of the domain you requested. Do provide a valid credit card during registration and once completed your account will be created usually the same day. They will send you an email telling you your account information, do print it out for easy reference.

Advice

Order 1 year and get 1 free domain. This plan is the same as Hostmonster, read view of HostMonster if you have not.

BlueHost Website

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HostMonster

Prices & Features:

Price: $3.95/month
Size: Unlimited Disk Space, Unlimited Bandwidth
Offer: Free domain name and host unlimited domain under 1 account.

Click here to visit IXWebHosting and find their latest promotion.

Recent Update :-
PHP 5 : Php 4 is deprecate soon, Hostmonster is now using Php 5 as default engine. Users can choose between Version 4+ and 5+ from control panel.
Apache : Hostmonster has upgraded all servers to use Apache 2.2.x

Overview

  • Hostmonster has been rated #1 on Top10WebHosting.com for more than 10 months continuosly. This is the first hosting company that offers UNLIMITED domain hosting as low as $3.95/month. I have more than 20 happy client hosted on their servers.
  • With the use of award winning CPanel control Panel, most of the task can be done from control panel directly, e.g. Adding additional domain, Installing scripts, setting up email address and etc.
  • HostMonster is another company by another reputable host, BlueHost. BlueHost is well known by their quality support, you can expect the same from Hostmonster.
  • HostMonster has only one hosting plan :- $3.95/month with Unlimited Disk Space and Unlimited Badwidth + unlimited Add-on domain

    • A typical one year plan is at $71.40 ($5.95/month)

    A typical two years plan is at $118.80($4.95/month)
    A typical three years plan is at $178.2($4.95/month)
    Note: You can cancel anytime and get prorated refund.

Automation

CPanel is always my favourite control panel compare other control panel like vDeck (used by StartLogic,IPowerWeb,Dot5Hosting). The main strength of Cpanel over any other control panel is it’s ability to add-remove domains by yourself and it’s auto script installation and upgrade via Fantastico. Most control panel, e.g. vDeck doesn’t allow you to add-on domain via vDeck, you have to write in to support to get it done. Other automation includes PGP key creation, email address , ftp logins can be created from this interface too.

Fantastico script installer

The famous Fantastico script installer is part of Hostmonster’s cpanel control panel. It helps you to install over 50 freeware/commercial scripts in just a few clicks. Blogs, Portal/CMS, Customer Support scripts, forum/discussion board like phpBB2, Shopping cart, Moodle,Drupal, WordPress are supported.

Special Highlights

  1. Best service host: I always choose the best service hosting company, not the largest space nor bandwidth. Their online chat support is owesome. Whenever my client is having problem, I will usually head to their online chat support and usually problem solved within minutes !. Keep up the good work, hostmonster support team.
  2. Host unlimited Domains under 1 account: You can host All your domains will share resources allocated to you. That’s means you will Unlimited space for all your websites. Each websites comes with it’s own www, ftp and mail. As I have mentioned ealier, the adding/removing of additional domain can be done from the control panel directly without contacting support.
  3. Free Domain: Order for at least one year and get your new domain FREE FOR LIFE
  4. CPanel: HostMonster useds CPanel, one of the best web hosting control panel. Check out the Control Panel tab for more information.
  5. PHP 4 or 5 ready: You have the option to use PHP 4, 5 or PHP 5 with FastCGI. There is a link on the control which allows you to swap between these 3 mode. If you are not sure which to change, contact support. Remember, their support are very friendly.
  6. PHP 5 and MySQL 5 ready: You can use PHP to create dynamic website. Or you may use MySQL database to create a database driven application with this hosting plan. The plan comes with 100 MySQL database, it is more than enough.
  7. 30 days money back guarantee: Get 30 days money back guarantee or cancel anytime to get a prorated refund.
  8. New! Free Website Builder: This new feature is available from control panel.
  9. New! Support Ruby on Rail.
  10. New! Free Domain Privacy: This option is available to customer for FREE.

How to host multiple domains ?

You can have multiple domains point to the same site or to a directory on your site. When you sign up, just choose the main domain you want to use, and later you can login to the control panel and add the other domains through the addon domains section of the control panel.

Also, before adding on the extra domains, make sure that you have pointed them to the appropriate name servers (ns1.hostmonster.com, and ns2.hostmonster.com) with your registrar, and allow them sufficient time to propogate across the internet.

Example 1. Abc.com is your main domain. You also own xyz.com, and you would like it pointed to abc.com. This is called a ‘parked domain’, and can be set up through the ‘parked domains’ manager in your control panel.

Example 2. Abc.com is your main domain. You also own xyz.com, and rst.com. You would like xyz.com forwarded to rst.com. These two domains would be set up as ‘addon domains’ through the ‘addon domain manager’ in your control panel. Finally, you would set up a ‘redirect’ through the control panel, to point xyz.com to rst.com

FAQ

Q: How much is it to add an additional domain? OK. They say “unlimited domains,” but I assume it is not free. So when i open an account with hostmomster, and want to add 2 more domains to the same account, how much will I pay for each?

A: If you need domain registration, it is $10 per domain per year. If you already have your domain registerred, it is FREE, just point your domain to Hostmonster DNS.

Q: What version of MySQL hostmonster is running?

A: Hostmonster currently runs the latest MySQL version 5.0.45.

Q: Am I stuck in a contract with you if I sign up for a year? What if I cancel early?

A: Hostmonster.com does not stick you to a contract. If you are unhappy at any time, you can cancel and get a prorated refund.

However, if you get a free domain from hostmonster during signup and leave before your 1 or 2 year agreement is up they will charge you $10 from the remainder of the prorated funds to pay for that domain. The rest will be credited back to the original credit card that you paid with. If you paid via check or paypal, your funds will be sent back to you using that method.

Advice

I always recommends hostmonster to my customer as first choice because of their GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE and GOOD CONTROL PANEL.

Their control panel is very easy to use, even for first time user.

Order a two years plan instead of one year. You can save $2/month with 2 years plan.

They may have promotions from time to time, check out this link

HostMonster Website

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Start Logic

Prices & Features:

  • Price: USD 5.95 /month + FREE Setup
  • Size: Unlimited Disk Space, Unlimited Bandwidth
  • Offer: Prepay 24 months at $4.95/mo + Free Domain


Click here to visit StartLogic and find their latest promotion.

Overview

StartLogic is one of the best iPowerWeb reseller. They are using the same control panel as iPowerWeb but offer more disk space and bandwidth. StartLogic has recently upgraded their plan to allow hosting unlimited domains under 1 account.

StartLogic provides better customer service compare to iPowerWeb or iPower.

Customer Service

Toll free phone support
Knowledge base
Ticket based email support
Live Chat

StartLogic Website

]]> http://eruvs.net/2009/08/startlogic/feed/ 0 Why people are still using IE6 http://eruvs.net/2009/08/why-people-are-still-using-ie6/ http://eruvs.net/2009/08/why-people-are-still-using-ie6/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:49:57 +0000 prem http://eruvs.net/wp/?p=25 IE6, a legacy from good old Windows XP and still a very dominant browser, boasting 14% of all internet browsers in use (see W3Schools). Still, it contains non-standard implementations of HTML, CSS and Javascript. However, given that it was released on August 27, 2001, one can not assign blame to Microsoft, but rather encourage people to upgrade their browsers.

So why are people reluctant to update their browsers? Data from swivel shows the following:

Why People Are Still using IE6

7.00% I can’t upgrade because my computer runs an old version of Windows
7.00% I prefer this browse
17.00% I don’t feel a need to upgrade
32.00% I can’t upgrade because someone at work says I can’t
37.00% I can’t upgrade because I don’t have administrator access on my PC

7.00% I can’t upgrade because my computer runs an old version of Windows
7.00% I prefer this browser
17.00% I don’t feel a need to upgrade
32.00% I can’t upgrade because someone at work says I can’t
37.00% I can’t upgrade because I don’t have administrator access on my PC

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