Month: May 2010

Promoting an Affiliate program is a great way to make money on the Internet. Affiliates can earn generous commissions by advertising someone else’s product. But choosing the right Affiliate program is critical to your success in this field. There are certain key factors that your affiliate program should offer which will make this a win-win situation for you. Here are some tips to consider before making that decision:

1. Choose a product that you’re interested in. You’re going to spend time and money advertising this product and it should be one that you identify with and are proud to promote.

2. The program that you choose should pay you automatically. Beware of the programs that require you to check in and request your commissions. I’ve learned from experience that they’re more trouble than they’re worth.

3. Watch out for programs that won’t send you a check until you reach a minimum commission level. When you earn a commission, you should get it on a regular basis.

4. The best programs offer you ready-made promotional tools to help you succeed. They provide you with ads and articles that describe their products. I’m not suggesting that you copy their articles and ads, because you do want to stand out from your competitors, but you can certainly get great time-saving ideas which will help you describe the program to others. Some offer ready-made banner ads, or html codes to place on your website, which can be a real help!

5. Choose a company that offers more than one product. This way, once your customer is in their system, and they go back and purchase another product later on, you will earn that commission as well.

6. Choose a company that does the work for you. My favorite type of company is one that offers a free newsletter. Once you direct your customer to sign up for the free newsletter, the company takes over and sends them follow-ups to promote their products. This is a real time and money saver for you.

7. Some companies offer affiliate support. They are in constant touch with you to offer suggestions and help when you need it. These are winners!

8. Pick a company that allows you to keep your customer for life. This will provide you with residual income for as long as that customer continues to make purchases. You will make money on products you’re not directly marketing!

9. A two- tier affiliate program is a real bonus! This means that if one of your customers becomes an affiliate, you will earn commissions on their sales!

10. If your company offers a service with a monthly fee, such as an autoresponder or a paid newsletter, you get a monthly income! This is a great way to build a residual income.

11. Compare commissions before you decide. You will be spending money on advertising and you may as well pick a company that offers a decent commission.

12. Stick with one or two affiliate programs and promote them to the fullest before you branch out. Once you start making a profit, you can always branch out.

Remember, Affiliate programs offer you a simple way to make money on the Internet. You can start to see profits almost immediately. But don’t jump in quickly and affiliate with the wrong company. As with anything in life, if it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing right. Take your time, educate yourself and go for it!

In the wake of personal navigation devices’ success, cellular carriers have started to offer on-board and off-board navigation solutions, as well as a range of LBS (Location Based Services) such as friend finder and local search on GPS handsets.

Community and social-networking-related functionality, such as the sharing of POIs (Points of Interest) and geo-tagged pictures, is also becoming popular and is expected to boost GPS-enabled handset uptake as carriers, handsets manufacturers, and service providers look to capitalize on the LBS trend.

“While most CDMA handsets are already GPS-enabled and GPS is set to become a standard feature in GSM smartphones, GSM feature phones are next on the agenda to be equipped with GPS technology,” says ABI Research principal analyst Dominique Bonte.

“GPS chipset vendors increasingly target handsets, looking for new markets and spurred on by the recent dramatic growth of personal navigation devices.”

However, as GPS begins to penetrate lower-end phones, the cost, power consumption, and footprint of GPS chipsets will have to be further reduced. This will be made possible by single chipset technology and the emergence in 2009 of combination chips integrating GPS, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi all on one die.

Major silicon vendors such as Broadcom, NXP, and Atheros are well positioned to develop such solutions following the acquisition of GPS chipset vendors Global Locate, GloNav, and u-Nav, respectively.

At the same time, the thorny issue of indoor gps coverage has to be addressed, since handset-based LBS services are frequently used in challenging environments with reduced GPS signal strength. Network-assisted A-GPS and high-sensitivity GPS-receivers are becoming key requirements to reduce the time necessary to acquire fixes and to improve location accuracy.

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CYBER CRIME OUT OF CONTROL IN AFRICA

Complacency, Lacking of Constructive Digital Security Approach Allows Cybercrime and Phishing to Flourish

Syl Juxon Smith-BSc

AFRICA HOMELAND SECURITY INITIATIVES WITH HOME GROWN SOLUTIONS

Most areas of internet, intranet and cybercrime attacks in Africa is rising sharply year after year. This trend is partly caused by both consumer and the authorities complacency about their security, combined with more sophisticated phishing attacks been perpetrated from outside exploiting the weak security within the cyber infrastructures in every gamut of Communications, Information and technology including data storage facilities.

The figures are very alarming coming from international comprehensive reports that gathers information from publicly available sources about a variety of computer and fraud related based crimes in Africa and globally.

One notable trend is the rise of account takeover where, instead of using false IDs to open new accounts, fraudsters focus on stealing details and access codes for existing accounts of customers or clients, using a combination of phishing emails and Trojans to gather the information. This account takeover activity is rising rapidly especially in government institution were the intranet is mainly used to fast track payments and transactions.

Now that the banks are less forthcoming with credit, and doing more thorough checks [on new accounts], the fraudsters are focusing more attention on getting hold of existing bank account, credit card account, or even online trading account. There is a clear rise in account takeover fraud. More rampant is especially the ATM machines which lacks adequate and proper security systems and forensic auditing trail. Many of its crime is not taken seriously but swept under the carpets in most cases without compensation and watchdog reactions because of no financial policy dealing with this level of crime. Governments must start looking at creating cyber commissions’ to deal with overall cyber crimes and nefarious activities pertaining to ICT. It will help greatly and protects national sovereign integrity. It must be done sooner or the entire security will be compromised and confidentiality contaminated.

A case scenario from report highlighted a 132% increase in online banking fraud with losses totalling £52.5m, compared to £22.6m in 2007. The sharp rise can be mostly attributed to nearly 44,000 phishing websites specifically targeting banks and building societies in the UK alone and other European countries as well.

The cyber fraudsters and phishers are getting more sophisticated, not necessarily in technical terms, but in the content of the emails. We are seeing phishing attacks that use the names of MPs, or which pretend to be from DHL, telling you your package has not been delivered, and to click “here” for more information. We have also seen a wave of messages purporting to come from Inland Revenue, sometimes promising a tax rebate.”

By monitoring the ‘dark market’ where stolen details are traded on the Internet, reports has also detected a massive rise in activity, not only in the sale of stolen credit card details, but also login passwords. “A year ago, you’d see 50,000 credit cards numbers a month appearing in these trading sites for fraudsters. Now we see around 120,000 a month,” he said. “We are also seeing stolen login information being bought and sold. These include logins for Web email, social network sites, eBay and PayPal. A year ago you’d see between 6000 and 10,000 of these a month — now it’s 300,000.”

Many people are often less concerned about protecting their webmail login details, but these credentials can be used to find other valuable pieces of information. “The fraudsters go into those email accounts, look for any other useful information that might give them access to other accounts. They might go to other sites you use, claim their password is lost and have a one-time password sent to that email address. They will use your webmail address to try and pick up as many one-time passwords from other facilities that you use.”

One other factor contributing to the rise in cybercrime attacks, could be a certain complacency among clients, consumers and service providers. “In 2006/7, there was a lot of publicity about ID theft, and consumers became more aware, they bought shredders to get rid of confidential documents, and thought the job was done,” he said, but since then the fraudsters have adopted new techniques.

Users must be advised professionally to be proactive in taking more responsibility for their own security, especially since the crime is so hard for law enforcement to tackle.

In addition to covering financial and identity crime only, other report also tracks online harassment, computer misuse (spreading malware), sexual offences (mainly paedophiles) and land registry (switching ownership of land) and other document fraud.

Africa must hold more workshops and networking for better understanding and sharing of experiences which can pass on information’s to the less informed. This is not a climate for monopolising pertinent valuable information which can help to reduce the frequencies of attacks through ignorance.

Powered with multimedia features the new interactive electronic gadgets astir the enthusiasm and curiosity of the techno savvy people. It is also evident that with the passage of time the expectations of the people are also increasing. Games are the best alternative for fun. In fact, games are the integral part of our lives. We like to refresh our mood by playing any of our favorite games with our friends. Moreover, technology is also offering a helping hand to develop the quality of games which are the most important part of our daily routine. Every now and then the game developers are trying to enrich the electronic games to make them more exciting and adventurous. Various interactive and electronic gaming consoles have been launched to offer pleasurable gaming experience to the game lovers.

The PS3 games are very exciting and thrilling. They are fabricated with beautiful animations and illustrations to attract the gamers from every age groups. This interactive gaming console has been developed by the Sony Computer Entertainment. This gadget is endowed with certain user friendly interfaces and is very sophisticated in its design.

The gamers can easily play high definition games without any hassle. This attractive electronic device has the capability to run in 3.2 GHz advanced processor and 256 MB of GDDR3 VRAM. You can even view your favorite images in the enhanced photo slide show in this widget. This gizmo has been crafted to support various disk formats like DVD-R+, DVD, DVD-R, CD-ROM and Blu-Ray DVD.

This console is rapidly gaining momentum due to various innovative features. With this gaming device the users can enjoy their favorite music whenever they want. One can even watch his or her preferred video clips and view pictures in the slide show. It is very light weight. The gamers can carry their gadget anywhere and anytime to enjoy their favorite games with their friends. The most attractive feature of this widget is the wireless internet connection. With this unique feature the players can communicate with their beloved friends and even interact with their contenders.

However, to use this specific feature the gamers need to register to that particular web site and then enjoy the games online. Moreover, the PlayStation games are enriched with a wireless controller which permits the player to learn various functions of the games at ease.

The users can conveniently carry their gaming widget anywhere as it is not equipped with unnecessary wires. Moreover, it is compatible with various videos and other file formats. The mammoth storage capacity of this widget can permit the players to store tons of their favorite games without any hassle. This gadget has been applauded by the players all over the world due to its well defined features.

The PlayStation 3 games are grouped under various categories such as Action and Adventure, Casino, Card and Board games, Fighting and shooting, Kids family, Role Playing & Simulation, Sports and Racing and Strategy. As such the gamers can easily select their favorite games from these categories.

The top rated games which have all the ingredients of entertainment are Army of Two, Burnout Paradise and Call of Duty 4 Modern ware fare etc. The gamers can even opt for the new releases such as Turok, Devil may Cry, Turning Point: Fall of liberty etc. The Turok is based on an epic story. The players are destined to play the role of Joseph Turok who is a part of elite squad of Special Forces.

The players have to undertake the mission to kill the evils of a genetically altered planet. The protagonist has to intelligently use his instincts to elude the armies of well trained soldiers who populate and make the environment very dangerous. The high resolution graphics and the sci fi world which fabricates this game is very extravagant and elegant.

The gamers can even enjoy this game through the online multiplayer modes and maximise the charm of their entertainment. The Devil May Cry would indulge the players in the gothic supernatural world. In this game a brave protagonist clashes with a similar hero. With the new leading hero, Nero, the gamers would experience incredible attacks and dynamic actions. The fighting options and attractive story line of this exciting game would deliver unending entertainment to the gamers. The gamers would be introduced to new characters and exciting environments.