It used to be that the Palm Pilot had the most downloadable apps.  Now, it’s different. Palm is dead and the iPhonereigns supreme. When it comes to applications, the iPhone has it all. Even the Windows Mobile phones can’t compete. Don’t believe me? Check out the Apple Store. Or Cydia. Or Installer

Want to control yourDVD? There’s an app for that. Want to find the nearest German bistro? There’s an app for that. Want to record your nosepicking  habits and post them on facebook? Yep, there’s an app for that, too. There’s even a shit program called Poop the World that pooped  its way into Apple’s iPhone App Store. For a dollar, the app combines the iPhone’s GPS power with your own notes to create a public diary of your private business. How sick is that??!

Insane? Def. Pointless? Of course. But delightful? For some sickos- yeah!. I hate to be a party pooper, but let’s face it: Shit apps are becoming commonplace on the iPhone. Wanna know which iphone apps really burp this month? Check it out! Continue Reading »
Top 3 Really Dumb Iphone Apps

Very often, Id stumble across a website or auction selling magical keyword lists. The list allegedly contains highpaying keywords for the Adsense Program. The vendor claims that using those keywords in a site can make you earn up to $60 per click because companies bid very highly on them.

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Keyword List Scam

Watch what you eat and buy in China. The government’s idea of consumer protection is giving “Certificates of Government Approval” to those rich enough to pay for them. I bet the inspectors never even peek under the hood of what they approve!

You see, I recently visited Guangdong and bought a can of mushrooms. After frying it, I consumed the sickly looking things only to experience severe stomach upsets right after. My guide said (seriously) that manufacturers here tend to use formalin in their food stuffs. Formalin??? Isn’t that to preserve the dead?

The shopping district looked next to Shi’a beckoned to me after the doc pumped me full of medicine so I took a stroll and bought some shirts and jeans. Hmmm… never knew that Prada was spelt “Prrada” and Louis Vuitton sold as “Luis Veeton” here. Quality matched the poor spelling: the darn things started shrinking after a good wash.

Sigh. Any horror stories from fellows visiting this consumer unfriendly land?

Did anyone ever recommend this bunk of crap?

Here’s a product that promises you’ll get rich. Really rich.

The secret?

All you have to do is promote the book itself aggressively and earn commissions from its sale.

How cool is that?

(The author conveniently forgot to mention that he gets rich while you keep promoting his book)

The product sucks so much that I just can’t give you the link to AutoProfit Pilot.

Now here’s something shameless:

http://www.contentrewriterpro.com.

The site opens with a tempting spiel:

You Can Quickly And Easily Rewrite Your Content And Drive More And More Ultra-Responsive Targeted Traffic To Your WebSite – Even If You Are A Newbie!”

HINT: New Powerful Software Makes Rewriting Content Ever-So-Easy

Date: Tuesday, May 8, 2007

From: David Tang

Dear Friend,

Listen up carefully… if you are truly serious about rewriting your own content into hundreds of human readable unique versions, read what I have to say below, it is very important!

Fact I: “Content is King”

No matter whether you are an experienced guru or a complete newbie, as long as you have a website or ever sell a product on internet, you must acknowledge as a website owner “Content is King”. Marketers use content to drive target traffic to their websites to sell their products and services. So why content is so important? Because search engines love unique and relevant content. People perform searches via search engines (Google, Yahoo, MSN etc.) and the search engines return a list of relevant websites. It is a proved fact that the higher the website is ranked in search engines, the more targeted traffic that the website will receive, and consequently the more sales that website will make. There are many factors that can have an impact on the ranking of a website in search engines. *Unique Content* is one of the most important! If the content on your website is very unique, the seach engines tend to index your website more quickly and rank it higher.

Fact II: No Time to Get Enough Unique Content

In order to get unique content, marketers and webmasters usually have to write the contents themselves, or hire a ghost writers to do it for them. This process can be very time consuming and prohibitively expensive. Many marketers and webmasters prefer to pay a monthly fee and join a membership site. This has the advantage that each month, they can access freshly generated Private Label Rights (PRL) articles for their own personal use. It is a convenient and fast way to get content with minimal expense, but there are significant drawbacks and limitations. Since most membership sites have several hundreds members, each of them may end up duplicating some of the same content on their own websites, so in consequence these PRL articles cannot really be classed as unique content. That’s why almost all membership sites ask their members to rewrite a significant percentage of the PRL articles before they publish them online.

In the past I tried to rewrite all kinds of content, mostly Private Label Rights (PLR) articles that I obtained from various membership sites. I worked day and night on them in the mistaken belief that as long as I worked hard, I could always finish this kind of rewrite work on time. However, I soon found out that I was 100% wrong, I *never* finished my work on time! Simply because there was so much content waiting for me to complete, and I just did not have enough time to do it! I wished that I could have 48 hours in a day just to finish my ongoing projects! I was drowning in a sea of content and found myself asking: How can I make the process more efficient, quicker and easier?

Bottomline?
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Content ReWriter Pro Review

The WRT300N router based on the draft N pre-standard offers a mountain of features: configurable routing, stateful firewall, wi-fi multi media and greater speed such that you can download multiple files without interrupting your VOIP and YM chatting.

Sounds cool?

I DON’T RECOMMEND IT!

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Linksys WRT300N Review

I’m surprised that many webmasters still put a great deal of importance on “Alexa Rank.” For those not in the know, alexa rank is a number that the SE assigns to your site.

The lower the number, the “higher” your popularity. A site with 200,000 ranking is considered average. Those with over 800,000 might as well go home.

You’re a big shot once you hit the 1 to 100,000 mark.

This leads to the problem of less than honest business men selling Alexa Boosters Continue Reading »
Alexa “Boosters” – Crud of the Month – January

The Sauna Belt joins a long line of crap products that claim to sweat away unwanted fat, eliminate cellulite, lose weight and ease muscle pain, all while sitting in the comfort of your own home. How does it work? The Velform Sauna Belt focuses the sauna heat on problematic body parts to ‘help’ flush out and eliminate toxins. Wait, there’s more! This portable sauna belt is great for the abdomen, waist, back and hips. Just apply the Velform Sauna Belt around the chosen body part and let the belt do all the work.

If it works as its operating principles claim, then harried housewives should be thin as supermodels after all, they’re hunched over hot dryers, hot stoves and hot gardens all day. Continue Reading »
Sauna Belt Velform

In the tradition of JUNK like the Turbo Stormy, the Eco-Tek and the Turbo-Zet comes the newest miracle gas saver that lightens your wallet and actually increases total cost of ownership!

THE KHAOZ

The Khaoz is an air-bleed device, created in the 70s by Pablo Planas from the Philippines. Air-bleed devices are by no means new. Companies have been peddling crap like this for years and promising whopping 50% gas savings!

Despite some attempts at pseudo science, the operating principle of the KSTC is clear. It contains a regulating valve and also a spring-loaded (vacuum-operated) valve, which in combination allow variable air to flow through the gadget and into the engine. This khaoz bled air does not pass through the carburetor, so it introduces less fuel, and the overall effect is a leaner air/fuel mixture. Continue Reading »
Khaoz Super TurboCharger Review

We just got a barrage of requests to post a review on an allegedly compelling scam. Instead of writing the review, we are posting verbatim a suggested review from Scam.com as well as a link to the forum that discusses this problem.

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Friendsinbusiness.com Review

I drive a naturally aspirated Type R, EK Chassis. Despite being a 99 model, it still looks good and leaves the pedestrian Fords choking on my dust.

My friends- the racing types – have been bugging me for years to upgrade my trusty TypeR, at least with a Simota Air Filter. They know I’m loathe to tamper my engine and stuff (hey, won’t that be a slap to Honda Engineers), but they promise me instant seat of the pants gratification. A simota supposedly de-restricts airflow and improves HP and engine efficiency.

Bottomline is, I get to leave more guys choking on my fumes. I decided to invest the $200. Did it work?

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Simota Air Intake Review

I obtained this unit 5 months ago… and suddently, the remote failed.Customer support replied was that there is no solution as it’s solid state technology. Now they suggested to call them back in a few months to request an available remote. How’s that for utterly poor service

Additional concerns: the unit’s front panel is sparsely populated. Barely any controls to run the DVDs! Imagine, what DVD does not have a forward and reverse control? Without the remote, you can’t watch a thing on this DVD!

JUNK

I positively drooled when Pantene models sashay on screen with those flowing glossy locks. So soft… so fragrant….so radiant!

Imagine what that could do for me and my girl! We’d stroll the mall with shiny manes. Picturing the envious stares of the frizzy haired would be such a pleasure.

Here’s Elain Heng- Pantene Image Model. Think that’s real hair???

Alas.. it remains a dream. The shampoo companies stabbed at my credit card for all its got in exchange for bottled crap of all shapes and sizes (and prices). Dry formula, damage formula, gleam formula, even dandruff-and-flea formula… I’ve tried them all. So has my girl. Nothing works. No magic. We never resemble the godesses of Mt. Pantene. Till today I wear a fuzzball mop on my head.

$5,000 poorer and years after my first bottle of Pantene, Palmolive, et al, I came to a conclusion: The shampoo industry sells sweet promises to the vain. But I feel no one will ever look like those models, even if one swims in a vat of Pantene ProV all day.

Want great hair? Ditch Pantene and fire up the blow drier.

Ewater Water Vitalizer
Here’s something a cousin purchased, measured and found wanting.

Sold for $400+, it’s a glorified blender that proferred zero tangible results to my poor kinsman.

They claim a lot for your $400:
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Water Vitalizer Review

eMug website

Fresh from the giddy experiences with the Fridge Energizer and JU99, I knew I just had to buy this little goodie from ewater.com. It would be great to drink energized cola right throughout Saturday Night Live.

Here’s what the site trumpted:

Great for keeping track of fluid intake each day. TBM (Total Body Modification) doctors themselves asked us to make this available, so we did it. I PERSONALLY LOVE THIS MUG!

POWERFUL! Fifteen foot field of protection in all directions from computers and all environmental chaos. Great for energizing bags of foods!

Anything placed inside is energized and turned in thirty seconds!!! Longer times produce even higher energies. Foods can be placed near it and will be energized as well.

This will become your favorite and will never leave your side. All the advantages of E Technology, plus SIZE!

It’s another energy product, this time some quantum soup of flexoelectric polymers that’s pretending to be a high-priced mug. Reminds me very much like the composites offered in the Fridge product. Continue Reading »
FlexoElectric eMug Review

Here’s one of the internet’s ancient relics. A product sold since the 90s and it toots a huge horn.

The Purple Tesla Plate is:

The atoms and electrons of the aluminum have been altered so that the plates are in resonance, or in tune, with the basic energy of the Universe. They function as transceivers of the Earth’s paramagnetic force…creating a field of energy around themselves that will penetrate any material substance by osmosis.

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Tesla Purple Plate Review