We, the group of friends who run ixibo.com for you, have made a pledge with ourselves to take this blog to new heights in the new year 2009. We will try to post more often and more relevant and will try to stick to our core theme. we have added new members to our community. we welcome p Paul, Sarah, Maria, Henry, Jason, Mansoor , Imran, Talha and Usman as our latest members. we hope to see more content and posts from you in 2009.

The New Year is just around the corner. While thinking about things to do before new year night, I have resolved to buy myself a new mobile phone/wireless phone. but this leads to a strange situation. With so many choices available, It is hard to decide which mobile phone should I buy. I have narrowed down my search to following few. I need help from my readers to help me select one of them. Please leave a comment with your choice and reason for making that choice.

Microsoft is not well known when it comes to free software for pubic domain. but for for bloggers there is some good news. Windows Live Writer 2009 is here for download and still it is free. Although focused at Windows Live Spaces, Windows Live Writer 2009 is one of the best tools available for general purpose bloggers. Its earlier version is part of the daily life of many professional blog writers.

Good friends don’t let friends use Internet explorer. I hope you will spread this poster to increase awareness about firefox and how it helps you be safe from spyware and other predators on web.

How to wire a 10BaseT, 100BaseT or 1000BaseT connector with Category 5, 5e, 6, 6e cable and RJ45 connectors using USOC 568B wiring standards
RJ45 is a standard type of connector for network cables. RJ45 connectors are most commonly seen with Ethernet cables and networks.

RJ45 connectors feature eight pins to which the wire strands of a cable interface electrically. Standard RJ-45 pintouts define the arrangement of the individual wires needed when attaching connectors to a cable.

There are plenty of tools available for creating virtual machines and servers in windows. These OS Emulation tools comes handy for testing software without investing in a large and expensive hardware lab. Before researching for this list, I was not aware that there are so many Linux tools available for creating virtual desktops and testing operating systems.

Creating a Local Area Network is very easy. You can either hire someone to do it for you or do it yourself. In both cases the guide that follows comes handy. It teaches you how setup a LAN for your home or office or Internet cafe.

LAN is a network of connected computers and it can be used to Organize a LAN party with your friends so you can enjoy multi-player games with them. In business it can help you share files between computers and share a single Internet connection.

Other uses of LAN are sharing Internet connection with neighbors and reducing the cost for every one in the neighborhood.

The VI editor is a screen-based editor used by many Unix users. The VI editor has powerful features to aid programmers, but many beginning users avoid using VI because the different features overwhelm them. The best way to learn is to remember these commands by heart, and print out this post and get a free shell account online to practice these and other Linux commands… There’s no better way than to experience things yourself.

It is good idea to experiment with your blog, so here I go, I made this big RSS icon as a teaser to remind my visitors that the best way to enjoy this blog is via RSS. I know you cannot visit daily, and you can miss out important posts from this blog. Subscribing via email using the form on right is best, you can also add this to feed reader of your choice by clicking on this icon.

Here is a very impressive trick to tweak Windows Vista’s Internet Speed. This method is very similar to what we discussed in our post titled how to increase Internet speed using host files. The other articles are also very relevant How to Turn On Your PC in Under 10 Seconds , How to Double Firefox Browsing Speed on Dialup Connection and especially How to Optimize Your Internet Connection to Get 100 % Bandwidth