I receive an email from Windows Live Team almost a week ago regarding their new service. Windows SkyDrive. A free account with Windows SkyDrive will give us 5GB of free online storage space and it looks like we can store documents, music and video files. I wonder if there’s a restriction to our file types.

Anyway, as long as you are connected to the internet, you should be able to access your files and folders wherever you are. And you can also choose to share certain files with friends and family or to open your files or folder to the public.

An online storage facility is always welcome, even if Microsoft is a little late in filling this void, because there may be times when we need to access our files elsewhere. However, if there is no internet access where you are, you would have to depend on your external hard disk drive.

My friend, who works in a computer systems security company, told me that there are many companies who are unaware of the importance of keeping their computer systems secure and protected. I guess this is because they do not know that they are vulnerable and/or exposed.

I am not well-versed in computer or technology issues but I was recommended to use unix security software for its effectiveness and user-friendliness. The topic of protection for my computer was raised when I voiced my concern to a friend regarding the vulnerability of my system. He asked me what protection I am using so I told him. He told me to uninstall it because it’s no good. But it’s FREE, you know?

Anyway, I surely will give this a try because they offer an obligation-free 30-day trial of their product.

With a sigh of relief, I am so glad to announce that my blogs have finally moved successfully to a new server. Of course, I did not do the unenviable task of moving files from multiple domains. The server admin did that but then I was still nervous incase something wrong happens and I have missing files or broken images and lost post that I could not retrieve or restore.

So far, everything seems fine and besides the fact that I lost four posts, which were published during the move, and which I easily republished because I saved a copy of these posts on my computer, just in case, everything else is in tact.

I know I should have gotten this move done a long time ago instead of keeping quiet and bearing the long hours of server downtime but then I thought that it would be a complex process and I thought that I would be the one to do it. Luckily I did not have to do it. I may be finally comfortable with WordPress and such but moving files is certainly still beyond me. At least I am not comfortable with it!

Anyway, now that everything seems to be settled, I can finally concentrate on updating my blogs again. Hhmm all the daily server down time of up to twelve hours was not doing my traffic good. My number plummeted so drastically you don’t want to know. It’s time to rebuild that, or at least attempt to!

Did you read about how computer virus makers took the occasion of Jenna Bush’s wedding as an opportunity to spread virus?

These people have been leaving links to Jenna Bush wedding videos to bait unsuspecting computer users to click on the links hoping to watch exclusive Jenna Bush wedding video only to encounter a thousand and one pop up windows.

These victims will also be told that they have malicious spyware, malware, Trojans and what not in their computer now and that they can clean up their system by clicking on a button. The button leads them to purchase a useless computer program that purportedly will clean up their system.

I don’t know how many people have been affected just because of their curiosity to watch Jenna Bush wedding video but I think it is pretty mean of these people to capitalize on a happy occasion like this!

Anyway, do not simply click on any links that lead you to believe that you can watch Jenna Bush wedding videos. I don’t think it’s available on the web yet.

Technology evolves so fast that it is hard for us to catch up. That’s why we need the help of programs, software and professional people who specialize in computer technology so that we can concentrate on our own businesses.

There is this web application called FlySwatter from Concept Cache which is a free bug and issue management system. I think this would be useful for personal or enterprise use and certainly, it is what every computer system needs for higher productivity!

I read that FlySwatter even has iPhone and BlackBerry versions so as an iPhone user, this is definitely good news to me. If I like it, I may even write about this on my iPhone blog.

FlySwatter allows for tracking of multiple projects simultaneously, data export to an Excel or PDF file for offline viewing or for future reference, customized RSS Feeds and Twitter integration which means better accessibility, in addition to mobile access via the iPhone or Blackberry as I mentioned earlier.
FlySwatter is a free application but support could be purchased at packages of ten hours whether you are a personal or enterprise user. Phone support could be requested but that will be charged at an hourly rate, instead.

If you would like to try FlySwatter, you just have to provide your email address which will be used for update notification purposes. I don’t know about you but FlySwatter seems like something worth trying. It is free, after all and what is more cost effective than free?

Recently, I remembered that I did not submit my blogs and websites to Yahoo! Site Explorer. Hmmphh! I don’t know how I could miss that out. I remember submitting them to Goo, though. Out of twenty websites, I only submitted ONE to Yahoo! Site Explorer. Isn’t that strange?

So anyway, I couple of days ago, I dedicated a few hours just submitting all my sites and blogs and feeds to Yahoo! Ste Explorer. I had to download and upload their verification file for each of my sites. That was darn repetitive, I tell you, it was like doing it a million times.

But luckily, everything was completed eventually and I had to wait like two or three hours to check if I managed to get the files uploaded to the place where Yahoo! wants them to be.

If you have not submitted your blogs or websites, perhaps this is a good reminder for you. It is said that Yahoo! will crawl your site and pick up your new pages faster if you have done so. Well, their URL is too long for me to remember. I have to use Yahoo! Search each time I want to go there. I know I could bookmark it but it is already a mile long!

Today has been pretty bad. All my blogs which shared the same servers were down for about ten hours. That was from the time I realized that it was down, of course. And, when this happens, my traffic is busted, my RealRank is busted AGAIN… well what can I do?

I would like to change to a more stable server but how do I go about that? Would it be a lot of work moving my blogs from one server to another? I know about changing the name servers in the control panel of my domain names but what about moving y blogs physically, the files and everything?

Argh… I hate it when I have to crack my head like this. I wish that I do not even have to bother with these things and just concentrate on blogging. As you know, I have a new blog and I need time to build it up mah!