How do you normally check for updates from your favorite websites and blogs? In other words, how do you know if I have posted a new post on my blog?

Well, the answer is simple. You will have to visit the sites using your browser and check them one by one. You’ll perhaps spend a few minutes looking for new updates and move on to the next website. So, just image how much time you need to spend if you have to visit 10 websites a few times a day just to find if they have updated.

More websites emerge every day. So is there an easier way to keep “in touch” with the latest updates from these websites? The answer is RSS!

So what is RSS?

RSS stands for “Really Simple Syndication”. RSS is a simple technology designed to distribute content from websites, and deliver these “feeds” directly to your reader which is usually referred as RSS Reader.

How does RSS work?

Let’s take a simple example of the way your email work. When someone sends you an email, it will be delivered to your inbox. In order to read your emails, you simply need to open your inbox. Simple!

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I know this is gonna be lame, but I thought it’s still much more interesting compared to showing me how you eat durian or showing me how you dig your nose! Hahaha…

I haven’t been to a Telekom office for years. Nobody wants to do so because we all know how torturing it’s to find a parking these days and there after the waiting for your number to be called. But today I was forced to go for a new line for my office. Bear with me for my lame story, I will see if there’s nice chicks to show you or not.

I was totally surprised to see that there weren’t too many people today! Thank God, my number was 3 in the line… must be pretty quick this time! While waiting I had a great time check out the place… looks like they had renovated the USJ branch (Last I was here was probably a year ago).

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What’s hot on the Internet since the past few days is that Google is preparing to launch a new service call Knol, a free tool to encourage people who know a particular subject to write an authoritative article about it. For now, the tool is still in development and is still in the first phase of testing.

What’s interesting is that the idea is perhaps not new, as they are very similar to what Wikipedia and Squidoo are offering. The general Internet users will get a chance to contribute to the articles on Knol if you are knowledgeable on the subject. Some speculate that this will be the end of Wikipedia when Know is fully launched in full force. Just like now where first page search is full of Google’s properties such as YouTube, Google Images, and other Google products. Google can definitely put more weight on Knol and have Knol pages appear higher in search results compared to Wikipedia. By then Wikipedia’s traffic will suffer and users interest might just switch to Knol.

A point worth mentioning is Knol will allow revenue sharing through AdSense ads placed within the contributed articles. I believe this itself will be the most attractive feature to get lots of contributed articles from everyone of us. Indeed, yet another channel for us to make money online! Soon.

Read more detailed analysis on Techcrunch: Google Knol: A Step Too Far? and Mashable: Google Introduces the Knol.

Since my colleague got himself an iPhone, I have been eying for this gadget for a long time. That celaka colleague of mine always shows off his iPhone in front of me. He shows me how he could use the phone to hack into some open WIFI networks and get online, how cool it’s playing games on the phone, how he browses the Internet with the Safari browser, how cool is the touch screen, and more…

Anyway, for the sake of sharing iPhone information with my readers, I took the opportunity and took a few pictures of the Labyrinth Game while he’s playing it just now.

The game’s interface may look pretty simple and straight forward, like a board game for a 3-year-old, but it’s absolutely fun and enjoyable to play! The game play uses gravity – just move the iPhone and the ball follows gravity. Your goal is to direct and guide the ball through the maze to the destination. But beware, avoid and don’t drop into the pit holes along the way!

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I was updating my blog when I noticed a new type of AdSense ad appearing here on Kongtechnology.com. It has two small up and down buttons. I was so tempted to test it but not sure it will cause any unnecessary problem or not so I didn’t do it in the end. Instead I tried it on another site and sure enough when clicked they will scroll the ads. AJAX style.

Check out the following screen shot.

In fact before this I saw another slightly different style where the arrows are in triangle shape and no background color. But blame it on my itchy hand. I refreshed the page and it was gone. Couldn’t take a screen shot and show you.

WP Themes Plugin reported that there’s another variant which scrolls sideways.

Looks like AdSense is testing this new style on a number of blogs and websites. But the most important question is will this be effective in increasing CTR? And impressions? Also, will Google let us select this as an option in AdSense setup?