A USB device has exceeded the power limits

All of a sudden this error "A USB device has exceeded the power limits of its hub port" appears to your computer screen, and it won't charge your iPhone or iPod to your computer. You turn to the apple community forum or other technology related forums, start asking questions, what happen to your computer USB drive? and people (with good heart) start suggesting you need to check your computer USB ports and the power supplied (500mA) by going to device manager. You don't want to mess with your configuration settings if you don't know anything about it.

Here's a simple trick to check if your USB cable is still working.

1. Your iPhone/iPad normally comes with a wall connector, use it to check if your device battery will charge. If not, proceed to the next test. If you don't have a wall power connector, proceed to the next test. If you can charge the battery, then something wrong with your computer USB ports (very rare scenario).
2. Get another iPhone/iPad USB cable and use it to your computer. I recommend that you reboot your computer, before you use the second USB cable. Because if you don't reset it during the pop-up warning, you computer operating system will automatically disable your USB port. After the computer reboot, connect your Apple device, and see if the battery will charge. If you can charge your apple device with other USB cable, then it is safe to assume that your old USB cable need a replacement.

If you find out that your USB cable is the culprit, normally the Apple USB cable is loose where your iPhone/iPad connected to it. This happen over time, when you connect and disconnect your Apple device to the cable. Try pushing it to the left or right, to check if your Apple device battery will charge. It works for my iPhone, when I pushed the USB cable to right (toward my iPhone), and used a rubber band to hold it to charge my battery. Then I stop by to the nearest Apple store and bought a replacement.

I hope this help you resolve your   "A USB device has exceeded the power limits of its hub port" issue.

Source: Whaddya.com

Solved: Multisite upload images

I have issue uploading images using a wordpress multisite environment. I've posted this to the Wordpress community and got a superb assistance from lpstenu.

Here's how I started noticing I can't upload any images to other websites in multisite environment:
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"Uploading images in wordpress multisite questions.

If I upload an image at king.net it goes to http://www.king.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20120521-064035.jpg

while if I upload the same image through friended.com it goes tohttp://friended.com/files/2012/05/20120521-063835.jpg but the image won’t work.

I dried using the un-mapped version e.g. friends.king.net (for friended.com) got the same results.

How to fixt it?

Thanks in advance."

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The forum member "lpstenu" asked mbe to verify my .htaccess and httpd.conf file has "allowoverride" set to all. I verified, and also contacted by web hosting company to re-verify this for me. Another set of eyes, is a good thing.

And I posted my .htaccess file, as depicted below so I can get more input.

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<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]

# uploaded files
RewriteRule ^files/(.+) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$1 [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ - [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]
</IfModule>

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Then "lpstenu" posted this link (http://codex.wordpress.org/Multisite_Network_Administration#.htaccess_and_Mod_Rewrite) to check my .htaccess configuration. 

He directed me to see a samples of .htaccess file for subfolder and subdomain. That's where I found out that something is wrong with my .htaccess file.

SubFolder Example

# BEGIN WordPress
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]

# uploaded files
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?files/(.+) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$2 [L]

# add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?wp-admin$ $1wp-admin/ [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ - [L]
RewriteRule  ^[_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $1 [L]
RewriteRule  ^[_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/(.*\.php)$ $1 [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]
# END WordPress

SubDomain Example

# BEGIN WordPress
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]

# uploaded files
RewriteRule ^files/(.+) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$1 [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ - [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]
# END WordPress

To solve my upload issue, I copied the subdomain example, and it works perfectly. Come see the website www.friended.com or www.king.net for live demo

Source: Whaddya.com

Secure Your BlackBerry Smartphone

Guest Post: Telebit.com Reader

Losing your smartphone can feel like losing an arm and a leg. The frantic anxiety creeps in when you suddenly realize your inability to function without it. How will you drive to your next destination without GPS navigation? How will you meet with friends without calls or text messages? How will you check your bank account before an impulse purchase? How will you share photos? And this is only the beginning of a perpetual slew of problems. After the initial panic, you'll begin to wonder: What if someone found it—or worse, stole it? What would the finder do with the plethora of personal information stored on that device? Before this happens, take the proper preemptive measures to protect your information. There are a variety of methods for protecting Android, Windows and Apple smartphones depending on the operating software, but all BlackBerry devices are fairly similar in terms of protection. Whether you have a Verizon, Sprint, AT&T or t-mobile blackberry device, you can follow these simple steps to protect your smartphone.

Use a password

All BlackBerry devices enable password protection to guard lost or stolen phones. By configuring an unlock password, others would not be able to access the device. In the case of brute-force attempts, the BlackBerry device can perform a data wipe if an incorrect password is entered multiple times.

Encrypt your memory

With the provided encryption tool for device memory, users can encrypt the onboard storage memory to prevent outside attempts to extricate sensitive files. The removable media card can also be encrypted to prevent it from being accessed from a computer. This tool can be found on the Security menu under “Encryption.”

Wipe your data

Users can delete applications and data stored on the device as well as the media card by using the “Security Wipe.” This will ensure that your files will not be available to the finder, should you lose your phone.

Vertical Markets

I always asked myself, what is a Vertical Markets. Here's my research of vertical markets and it's definition. I hope this information will help other entrepreneurs.

Automotive/Telematics	Companies that provide systems that allow drivers and passengers to use voice commands to access entertainment and services within a vehicle.
Call Centers	Companies offering speech solutions that help manage call flows and reduce agent time.
Consumer Electronics	Companies that offer speech solutions for games, toys, MP3 players, and other personal entertainment devices.
Distribution/Warehouse	Companies that offer speech solutions allowing warehouse workers to send and receive verbal cues to guide them in everyday tasks.
Education	Companies offering solutions that improve in-class learning and aid students, teachers, parents, and administrators to keep track of performance, attendance and other indicators of success.
Entertainment/Gaming	Companies providing applications and technology for videogame developers or other creative professionals who manipulate voices, create new personas, or supply authentication/verification technologies to be used in this industry.
Financial Services/Insurance	Companies that offer solutions to speed access to personalized information, reduce call center costs, and automate service delivery for better customer service and employee productivity.
Government/Security	Companies that help public-sector organizations, including the military, police, and other state, local and national government departments and agencies, manage data, convert from paper to digital documents, simplify services, streamline and secure communications, and translate, transcribe, and transfer information.
Healthcare/Pharmaceuticals	Companies that enable healthcare providers to offer easy access to information, reduce human errors, improve overall efficiency, and meet regulations designed to safeguard patient privacy.
Hospitality	Companies that help hotels, restaurants, and service providers improve customer service with solutions that handle reservations, ticketing, and frequently asked questions about their establishments.
Manufacturing	Companies that provide solutions to factories and plant operations.
Non-profit	Companies that offer solutions to charities and service organizations, often at a reduced cost.
Professional Services	Companies that offer technical and operational expertise in this industry. These companies can be vendor-neutral or tied to a specific vendor.
Retail	Companies that offer retailers an opportunity to improve customer service and create a unique caller experience for their customers.
Technology	Companies that provide solutions and services to aid high-tech firms provide information and technical support to their customers.
Telecommunications	Companies serving cable, wireless, wire line and ISP carriers and service providers.
Travel/Transportation	Companies that serve airlines, auto rentals, commuter and commercial rail services, bus line, travel agencies, logistics companies, and more.
Utilities	Companies that provide the oil, gas, water, and electric companies with solutions that automate routine functions like reporting a power outage, scheduling a repair, activating and stopping a service, and paying bills.

Category Definitions and Credit goes to http://www.speechtechmag.com/Verticalmarkets/Categories.aspx
Blog: http://www.whaddya.com/2012/03/vertical-markets.html

Software update for iPhone iPod and iPad

There is a software update available for iPhone/iPad/iPod to version 5.1.
Here’s how to update. Please connect your iPhone or iPad to wireless network and power source before running the update.

• In your iPhone/iPad/iPod, go to Settings, General, Software Update, and touch Install. 
• If you already applied the software update, you will see a message “Your software is up to date”. 

This will download the software update, automatically upgrade your iPhone/iPad, and restart. It will take 10-15 minutes to complete the software update.

After the software update, my iPhone now at 4G network, not sure if this will be the same for iPad.

I hope this help you.

HOWTO setup your BlackBerry phone using your Office 365 email

HOWTO setup your BlackBerry phone using your Office 365 email?

My customer is using a Microsoft Online Business Productivity Online Services (BPOS), then transition to Office 365 (latest software as of March 2012). After the upgrade, the user can't read/send email. This is because the e-mail server is different from BPOS to Office 365.

Though setup using Office 365 is a lot easier because of a new autodiscover CNAME added to your company domain name host record.

If you are using Verizon service provider, go to this URL address: http://blackberry.net/go/vzw

Log-in using your username and password.
Delete your existing email configuration.
Setup an Email, select Add an existing email account (e.g. Yahoo, Google, Microsoft Exchange)
Enter your email address and password.

For example:
Email Address: johndoe@whaddya.com
Password: my password

Click Next to continue.
Completed.

The BlackBerry service will send you a message, coming from Activation Server with the email subject of "Email account information".

Here a sample message.
"Congratulation, you have successfully setup johndoe@whaddya.com with your BlackBerry device. You should begin receiving new messages in approximately 20 minutes.

You're good to go. Let me know if this help.
EM @ KING.NET


Source: Whaddya.com
http://www.whaddya.com/2012/03/blackberry-setup-using-office-365.html 

Spiceworks using Office 365

We use Spiceworks for Help Desk to create automatic service ticket when someone send email to our Help Desk email address. After transitioning from BPOS to Office 365, the email didn't work.

To save you some time of troubleshooting, here's how it works.

Before Office 365, I configured my Spiceworks using BPOS (business productivity online services). These services are powered by Microsoft. Here's the old setup.

Setup using BPOS
Sender Email: help@Telebit.com
Display Name:  Telebit.com Help Desk

Outgoing Email
Protocol: Exchange
Server: http://red001.mail.microsoftonline.com/exchange
Auth: Requires authentication
Username: help@ Telebit.com
Password: my email password

Incoming Email

Protocol: Exchange
Server: http://red001.mail.microsoftonline.com/exchange
Auth: Requires authentication
Username: help@ Telebit.com
Password: my email password

Setup using Office 365

Sender Email: help@ Telebit.com
Display Name:  Telebit.com Help Desk

Outgoing Email
Protocol: SMTP
Server: podXXXXX.outlook.com; where podXXXX is the Outlook Web App server my mailbox is stored.
Port: 587
Auth: Requires authentication
Username: help@ Telebit.com
Password: my email password

Incoming Email

Protocol: POP
Server: podXXXXX.outlook.com
Port: 995, check Use SSL
Auth: Requires authentication
Username: help@Telebit.com
Password: my email password

Take notes:
- The podXXXX.outlook.com is the Outlook Web App server assigned to your mailbox. You can login to http://mail.office365.com with your email address and password, you will see the URL address of the Outlook Web App werver.
- The port 587, 995, and 993 (IMAP) must be added to your firewall policy. For this example, I only allow TCP port 587 and 995 for SMTP/POP ports.

I hope this help.

Reference:
Partner website Whaddya.com
2012 http://www.whaddya.com/2012/03/spiceworks-email-settings-using-office.html

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Gmail Alert

I received this bogus Gmail Alert from my gmail account.

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Subject: Gmail Alert

Message:
You are receiving this email because we detected numerous failed login attempts to your account from an unfamiliar location. We are required to open an investigation into this matter.

Kindly complete the account validation process below.

Gmail Logn <-- this is a bogus website made using a wordpress, and looks like a gmail website login page.
===

Here are some pointers to avoid this phishing techniques, and help you mitigate risk.

1. Check the FROM email address, the normal technique is hiding (spoofing) their identity using the real company email as a display. DO NOT reply when you receive a similar email, simply delete the message.
2. It comes a URL link to click, advising you to verify your account information. When you hover your mouse to the link it will show the actual URL address. In this example, the Gmail Login is pointing to a bogus website http://hfhkuching.org/wp-content/ <-- DO NOT click. What you need to do is close all your Internet browser, open a new one, and visit the "real" URL address e.g. http://www.gmail.com.

If you're still need assistance, don't hesitate to ask a friend who knows a little computer/email security. Or post a question here, and I will provide an answer.

Source: Whaddya.com

Forwarding a FAX Number

This is a very simple task, here's how.

• In your telephone handset, dial *72 wait for dial-tone (stutter) sound, dial the forwarding number, then hang-up. For example dial *72 wait for the sound 703xxxyyyy
• Test, calling the number if forwarding is working.
• To cancel forwarding, dial *73

I did this method to forward a fax machine number to a new fax number, because we want to keep our old fax number. Easy fix and it works.

Boracay Beach

Boracay The palm-studded island of Boracay - with its white, talcum-fine beach, balmy weather and warm, crystalline waters - is like a hypnotic magnet that lures many to a lotus existence. In this tiny, butterfly-shaped island at the northwestern tip of Panay in Western Visayas, days can be spent by simply lazing on the beach and nights are for indulging in the tropical party lifestyle. Boracay is an anchor tourist destination and one of the 7,000 times more islands that make up the Philippine archipelago.

Barefoot in the Beach

There is an undeniable easy atmosphere in Boracay where walking barefoot than shod is the rule rather than the exception. White Beach is so, soooo fine, it feels like treading on miles of baby powder! No wonder, even swinging discos have the beach for a floor, giving dance a new twist. There are no hang-ups either in this island. At daytime, tourists having a soothing massage under the shade of a coconut tree beside the shoreline is a common sight. And from dusk to dawn, Boracay turns into one big party place where everyone is welcome to join in…But first, let's toast that sunset cocktail! Diversions are certainly no problem in this tropical eden with leisure activities calendared throughout the year and amenities offered by some 350 tourist establishments.

A Little Bit of Daring
For the adventure-driven, "Mambo Number 5" is a little bit of boating and wind surfing, a little bit of scuba diving, a little bit of trekking, a little bit of mountain biking, and a little bit of golf. There's plenty to do in Boracay other than beachbumming and partyhopping. On the eastern side of the island is Bulabog Beach, a boardsailor's mecca that draws enthusiasts from all over the world, especially during the peak season of November to March. In January, it is the site of an International Funboard Cup.

Sailboating and kayaking are popular sporting activities, with Boracay playing host to the annual Paraw Regatta, an international sailboat race that makes use of the native outrigger. Dive sites surround the island and are learning venues to both novice and professional divers, guided by competent instructors of the many dive shops that operate in the area. Trekking or mountain biking can also bring the intrepid to the island's quaint interior villages and to the edges' scenic rocky cliffs, discovering along the way many hidden coves with isolated beaches far from the tourist crowd. And for golf bugs, Fairways and Bluewater Resort Golf and Countryclub has an 18-hole championship course. Hala Bira! Let Go! January is the time to hang loose in the "Land of the Atis." Kalibo, the capital town of Aklan, is the gateway to Boracay. Every second weekend of January, it celebrates the Ati-Atihan Festival where frenzied streetdancing is performed by costumed and black-sooted "tribes" as they wend through the main streets from dawn till the witching hours.

The Ati-Atihan is celebrated for three days and commemorates the 13th-century land deal between 10 migrating Bornean chieftains and the aboriginal Ati King Marikudo. It also honors the town patron, the infant Santo Niño. To the accompaniment of hundreds of lyres and drums, merrymakers throw all inhibitions to the wind as they join the tribes in a mad jig punctuated by rhythmic shouts of: "Hala bira! Puera pasma! Hala bira! Viva Santo Niño!" (Loosely translated, means: "Let go! Don't get sick! Let go! Hail the Holy Child!") Kalibo is also famous for its handloom weaving industry where fine silken fabrics are produced from the fibers of the piña (pineapple) and abaca plants.

Island Flavors
The taste of the region is simple with charbroiled chicken as common fare. Another favorite dish is raw fish marinated in spicy vinegar. Dining, however, is no problem in Boracay with most resorts having their own restaurants that serve both Filipino and international cuisines. Small snack bars and fastfood outlets line the island.

continue reading: http://www.philippinetravel.com/boracay

Microsoft Tag for Telebit.com

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The SQIT.com Short URL Cloaking Service and Marketing tools comes with easy to handle your long URLs and to control traffic, cloak your affiliate links, track clicks, redirect statistic for timing, referring sites, IP Addresses, referring pages; set temporary download links and protected with password, and best of all your content goes mobile with QR Codes and Microsoft Tags. So much features to post, it’s better for your to try it out yourself.

The short URL service is free to use and you don’t have to register to use most of it’s functionality.

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