My job involves a certain amount of programming and sometimes when the odd strikes a little tiny bit of web design. Today, a friend called up and asked me to check his website which shows “FATAL ERROR: register_globals is disabled in php.ini, please enable it!” error message on his OSCommerce powered storefront. That happens all of a sudden according to him…

I told him not to panic as the solution is pretty simple.

Do a .htaccess file and put the following line in it. Upload it to the server and all should be well again.

php_value register_globals 1

That blardy friend didn’t know how to do it and I have to help him with that. Helped him and his is all smiles again!

Just want to put here to share with you all should you run into the same problem. I think the likely cause is his server setting has somehow changed, perhaps by the hosting company who decided to turn off register_global for security reasons.

Not too long ago, I brought you on a tour to Digital Mall. This is of course a good place to check out or buy whatever latest gears and gadgets you want, including the latest iPhone and iPod Touch. But for KL or even some Petaling Jaya folks, IT World at Mid Valley Megamall should be more popular especially if you have a family.

Folks with a family can head over to the IT World for a quick update on the latest IT gadgets… just browse and play with the latest iPhone, HTC PDAs, iPod Touch… talk cock with the very friendly salesmen… while the wives and girlfriends are busy with making up their hair, doing their nails, trying the smoking hot dresses; and the children are busying reading in MPH. Don’t you think this is a great place?!

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What are web proxies?

In layman terms, web proxies are proxy servers on the Internet which you can use to surf the Internet privately and securely. They usually hide your IP address and the encrypted connections prevent monitoring of your network traffic. They can also be used to bypass filters which block the website you wish to visit. Using these web proxies, you can surf normally and usually you do not need to install any software because they are web-based.

Now, out of the many free web proxy servers I have used over the years, I have finally came across one which I believe is very reliable and always up and running. It’s none other than HideMyAss! It has such an easy to remember name, isn’t it?

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When I mention “Kitkat”, what is the first thing that you think of? Is it the infamous Kitkat chocolate bar, or the self-claimed upcoming problogger from Malaysia… neh, the one from Kongtechnology.com? Wait a minute, you mentioned problogger from Malaysia?… how many probloggers do we have in Malaysia… I can only think of Liucf.

Let’s do a search on Google on the term “Kitkat”.

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Let’s forget about Google AdSense, affiliate marketing, and making money online for a moment. It’s tiring to think all these. Google is making life exciting for us, it has recently demoted PageRanks for a lot of bloggers and websites… I see more PR demotion than promotion. Not only that, Google has just made AdSense units less clickable. But life goes on… tech bloggers do have a life outside of tech stuff. Kongtechnology.com will become Malaysia’s Tech Blog with a life… not like Liucf.

Now, I am glad to present you my handsome and gorgeous… not myself, but my colleague! We address him Mr Lee. He is the programmer and tech guru in our office as whatever technical question you throw at him he can feed you with tonnes of geeky answers in no time! If you need any help with any problem with your computer, your website, your blog… you can throw at me and I will pass to him.

Today, his friend delivered a Happy Full Moon package to him. I took the opportunity and asked him to pose for my blog! Hahaha… he looks good on my blog, you dare say no?

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