Wow, this is really amazing. I have never seen anything like this before, imagine you can now write, run, debug and compile a complete program online with a new web programming interface called CodeIDE. I have the feeling that this will become many programmers best friend because they will be able to access to this best friend from anywhere as long as there is Internet connection.

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Folks at PC World has recently compiled a list of 20 fantastic open source software. Yes, these software are free but that doesn’t mean they are no good. Many of these programs are superior to packaged or commercial software. Among the 20 software listed, I have personally tried some of them, and my favorites are the following few:

7-Zip
I know Microsoft Windows includes a built-in archiving utility that can compress and decompress files in the .Zip format. But, what about other formats, such as gzip, tar, bzip2, and rar. The solution is to use 7-Zip.

EMule
EMule is a great file-sharing client which lets you search for, download, and share files with other users.

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I was shocked and I just couldn’t believe it when my colleague told me this morning that Goldenhope.com.my has been hacked. If you are not aware of it, Golden Hope is a very big and well known estate and plantations company in Malaysia.

Anyway, below is a screen shot of the website after it’s hacked. Now, if you went to the site, it shows “Forbidden: You don’t have permission to access / on this server”. I believe the webmaster is trying hard to harden the server, and updating patches and all that to make the server more secure.

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It’s really amazing how blogging can bring in tonnes of money, even several times more than a full time job. This is no joke. Some famous blogs such as BoingBoing.com and TechCrunch record revenue of more than 1 million dollar a year according to a report by Business Week: Bloggers Bring in the Big Bucks.

Below is a summary of the top bloggers and their estimated revenue:
BoingBoing - Over 1 million a year
I Can Has Cheezburger? - Estimated $5,600 a month
ShoeMoney - Estimated $12,000 a month
Overheard in New York - Estimated $8,100 a month
TalkingPointsMemo - Estimated $45,000
Kottke.org - $5,300 a month

Wow $$$. It’s really amazing how these blogs can reap in so much money… they are doing better than most small businesses! Let’s take gasp for some air before continuing….

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You have done the hard work, optimized your website by including tonnes of keywords and also make sure all the content and pages are search engine optimized. Of course you have also written some very good content and you are sure there are more websites linking back to yours. Now, you are excited to wait for the next Google PageRank update… but when it is? Some say it’s around the corner… but you just can’t wait! You want to see your website jump to PR6!

Worry not. Use this Google pagerank prediction tool from iWebTool.com which has a number of other webmaster and SEO tools. This pagerank prediction tool can check up to 5 domain names at any time. It will display the current PR of the website, the predicted PR of the immediate future, the number of backlinks and even an accuracy value for your reference.

A quick check using www.kongtechnology.com reveals some pretty good news. This blog will have PR4 soon! Google, please fast fast update the pagerank, I can’t wait to see if this prediction tool is correct or not!