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One of my clients has been having a really weird hard disk problem on their office PCs. The computers will randomly hang with a BSOD and it has been going on for weeks!

The problem is intermittent. Apparently its favourite time to appear is when I’m not attending this client. Needless to say, it causes a lot of strain on both me and the client because it consumes my time as well as theirs.

One consistent information that I gathered every time this problem happens is that whenever the computer is rebooted afterwards, the hard disk cannot be detected by the BIOS. And whenever I changed the SATA port it’s connected to, the problem will go away… at least until it decides to resurface again; which is usually less than 24 hours later.

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I’ve been in the web hosting business for at least three years. HTNet Solutions currently hosts a number of web sites including:

• Joneh’s personal blog and JonehRC
• Kucau’s blog
• A Shopping Queen’s Blog

Also on board are Akademi Fantasia fan sites Toi Fan Club and StacyAF.com. This just shows that HTNet Solutions is a trusted hosting provider in the entertainment circles as well.

We also host Malaysia’s online dealer for Buffalo cookware. So, we’re pretty cool on the online business market segment too.

So what does this mean to you?

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KUALA LUMPUR, 15 October 2008 – Fancy having BEN 10, Tom & Jerry and the lovable, all-time favorite Flintstone characters on your mobile interface? MESDAQ-listed mTouche Technology Berhad (“mTouche”) has announced a strategic collaboration which aims to bring fun mobile content to a wider audience – specifically to the young and the young at heart – with Cartoon Network. Mobile phone users can now fully enjoy an exciting experience through this all-new Cartoon Network WAP portal.

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It’s been a while since I posted anything regarding life in general. Business has been decent and I have earned a few bucks here and there; sufficient enough to survive. It can get better and I foresee it will. I’ve yet to do any marketing, so my current batch of customers are purely referred via word of mouth.

So, let this be a reminder to you that for all the good things banners, brochures, mailing lists, AdSense and other “modern” promotion methods can provide, word of mouth marketing is far from dead! Nevertheless, it’s good to put in more effort in marketing and that’s precisely what I’ll be doing.

The current batch of jobs I had are relatively simple basic computer maintenance tasks… at least they are simple and basic for me. The truth is, quite a number of people and companies don’t have the manpower or expertise to perform fix these problems themselves. Hence, I find myself going into this market more and more. It’s not expected, but a pleasant surprise nonetheless!

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Name cards (or business cards as many Malaysians like to call them) are important business communication and identity tools. They help your prospects understand what products and services you have to offer. They also should provide a brief but accurate representation of your company’s business.

I wanted to design my own name cards to save money and also learn a few things about designing a corporate identity. After about 2.5 revisions, I finally came up with a design that I think represents my business very nicely.

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