5 Hardware Upgrades That Give You the Most for Your Money, ඔබ ගෙවන මුදලට නියම වටිනාකමක් ලැබෙන ලෙස නිවැරදිව පරිගණක යන්ත්‍රය අප්ග්‍රේඩ් කරගැනීම

They say the average computer lifespan has recently shrunk to two years [source: Greenpeace]. You would likely replace yours that often if you could. As newer and more memory-intensive software comes out, and old junk files accumulate on your hard drive, your computer gets slower and slower, and working with it gets more and more frustrating. You are tempted to run to the electronics store every time you double-click your favorite application and have to wait 30 seconds for it to open, or you open a second program and it brings your system to a grinding halt. But who can afford to shell out for a new machine in a tough economy?

Fortunately, there are hardware upgrades that can extend the useful life of your current computer without completely draining your account or relegating yet another piece of machinery to a landfill. Some upgrades are more expensive than others, and if you did all of them, you might as well buy a new machine in most cases. But replacing one or two components, especially the oldest part or the one you've determined is causing a bottleneck, can provide impressive performance improvements while remaining cost effective.

Opening your computer can be daunting. The level of difficulty of each type of upgrade varies, but hardware replacement is not rocket science. It will require a bit of preparation, and you'll need to take safety precautions like turning off your machine and discharging static by wearing an anti-static wrist strap or regularly touching a piece of grounded metal. But with a little manual reading and online research, you can figure out what parts and tools you need, learn how to do your hardware upgrade of choice and give yourself an ego boost to boot.

The following is a list of five hardware components that you can replace, or in some cases add, to improve your productivity and the performance of your ailing machine at relatively low costs.

5. RAM

Increasing your computer's random access memory (RAM) is one of the easiest do-it-yourself hardware projects. You can upgrade to 4GB or even 8GB starting at prices less than $50. Performance improvement will be most noticeable if you are the type of person who keeps several programs running at once, or who works on RAM-intensive projects like video or image editing. But improvement might be modest if you are not a power-user or you already had a decent amount of RAM (4GB or more). Still, even a slight improvement might be worth the cost. After installation, you should notice applications and windows opening faster and fewer instances of the annoying hourglass or rainbow wheel "wait" icons.

RAM comes in multiple types and speeds and you have to select the variety supported by your motherboard. Common types are DDR, DDR2 and DDR3. Installing the wrong type can cause issues like corrupt files, which could cripple your system, so make sure to read your owner's manual or visit your computer manufacturer's site to determine what type of RAM you need for your model. You will also need to look into its maximum supported capacity (or number of gigabytes it can handle) and only install up to that amount. You can check your computer's system properties to determine how much is installed currently, though where to go for this information varies by operating system. On some operating systems, this will also show the type of RAM that the computer needs.

Installing RAM is usually just a matter of opening your computer case with a screwdriver, finding the RAM slots, unclipping any existing RAM that you're replacing, and inserting new RAM chips. Many motherboards require that you install pairs of RAM chips of the same capacity in certain sockets, meaning you might not be able to add just one larger chip. Also, you should test thoroughly right after installation to catch issues early, and check to make sure the amount of RAM you installed now shows up when you check your system properties. Afterward, you should notice fewer system slow-downs, and feel a little less like a hardware novice.

4. HARD DRIVE

Another way to improve your current machine without breaking the bank is to install a newerhard drive. More hard drive space will keep you from running out of room for video and image files or newer applications, which are only getting larger and larger. Internal hard drives can have hundreds of gigabytes or even a few terabytes these days. They start at about $50 (or even lower) and go into the hundreds, so it's possible to vastly improve the amount of storage space for a reasonable price. Most new hard drives also allow for faster data retrieval than their older counterparts, so upgrading could improve application performance.

As you might expect, you must research what type of hard drive your motherboard supports and purchase accordingly. These are usuallyIntegrated Drive Electronics (IDE) or Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) drives. Once you have a compatible hard drive, you can either replace your old drive entirely, or, if your computer has an extra slot available, add the new one and keep the old one for extra storage. You will also need to copy your data from the old drive to the new one. If you're able to keep both drives in your machine, or if you buy a special USB adapter to attach your computer to the old hard drive, there are various software tools available to directly clone one drive to another. Other software tools allow you to save an image of your original drive onto a second machine, an external hard drive or multiple disks, allowing you to move the image to the new drive after installation. Software can be found online, but might also come with your newly purchased hard drive.

One possibility you might want to consider is upgrading from a traditional hard drive to a solid-state drive (SSD). They don't tend to have as much storage space as hard drives, and they are more expensive, but they allow for much faster data retrieval, resulting in better application performance. With all the cloud storage and music and video streaming options we have today, most people could easily forgo some of their storage space in favor of performance benefits.

3. VIDEO CARD

If you're a hardcore or even a casual gamer, you should seriously consider replacing your graphics card, especially if you're still using the one that came with your computer. Adding a new video card can greatly improve gaming performance by increasing speed and improving visuals, leading to smoother game play. A better card can enable you to enjoy newer, more graphics-intensive games.

As with any component, you have to look into compatibility. Make sure to pick the right type of card for the slot(s) on your motherboard (either AGPor PCI Express), and one that is physically small enough for your computer case. It is also possible to get too powerful of a drive for your current processor and power supply, which could harm rather than improve your gaming experience. If you have an older machine, it probably can't take the latest and greatest graphics card. A nice midrange card can greatly enhance performance for a couple of hundred dollars, but you can also find much cheaper ones that aren't bleeding-edge that will suit your needs just fine. Some motherboards also support running identical video cards in tandem to boost performance.

An alternative to replacing your video card is overclocking the drive you already have. You can generally do this either with your graphics card's driver or with software tools downloaded from the manufacturer. As long as your computer's cooling fan, the fan on the graphics card itself, and/or your power supply can handle the speed you choose, overclocking should give a modest performance boost. Some negatives are that the noise of your fan might greatly increase, and that overdoing it could reduce the lifespan of the video card. It's worth considering if you are on a tight budget, but improvement is far more dramatic when you replace the card.

2. PROCESSOR

If you're feeling brave, it's also possible to entirely replace your computer's central processing unit(CPU). You can go for a faster version of your current processor, or get one with more cores to enable your computer to better handle multitasking. Due to differences in architectures and numbers of processor cores, comparing raw GHz numbers between different manufacturer's CPUs, or even different models from the same manufacturer, doesn't always tell you what CPU will be faster. But an upgrade to a newer CPU should greatly increase your computer's speed and performance. This upgrade is especially helpful for people who work with processor-intensive applications for things like audio and video encoding, or even gaming.

As with any hardware upgrade, there are potential compatibility issues. The easiest route is to see what CPUs are supported by your current motherboard and pick a faster compatible CPU. If you want something newer and better that just isn't supported, you have to upgrade the motherboard, too. Replacing the motherboard generally requires replacing the heatsink and cooling fan, and could change the type of RAMyour computer needs, so you have to do some research to see what components you will need to buy in this case. Lone CPUs run from less than $50 into the hundreds, and motherboard and CPU combos start at less than $100 and similarly go up. But if your plans require replacing the whole kit and caboodle, you'll need to add everything up and weigh the cost against purchasing a new computer that has the performance you're seeking.

Replacing your computer's brain is not for the faint of heart. You will need to read manuals or online tutorials, make sure you have the proper tools (possibly including thermal grease), and carefully follow safety precautions so that you don't hurt yourself or fry components with static electricity. But if you install a brand spanking new processor, it could vastly improve performance, and give you the feeling of accomplishment that is sure to follow such a lofty undertaking.

1.MONITOR

You have two options for upgrading your monitor: Buy a nicer new one as a replacement, or keep your old one and attach additional monitors. New monitors can increase your screen size or improve resolution -- or both. But multiple monitors will greatly increase your screen real estate. Studies have even shown that multiple monitors increase productivity, although this might depend upon the type of work you do [sources:Derene, Richtel]. They give you the freedom to spread your work out across all the extra space, reducing the amount of time and effort it takes to find and switch windows and allowing you to multitask more efficiently.

You can usually hook two monitors up to a desktop computer because most graphics cards have two video ports. Your computer might also have multiple card slots, in which case you could attach two monitors per graphics card. Some high-end video cards or external devices even allow for up to six or eight monitors. Laptops usually only have one port, permitting one monitor in addition to the built-in screen, although there are ways to circumvent the port limit in some cases.

Your operating system or graphics card software should allow you to set one monitor as the primary that contains menus and other desktop items, and to virtually arrange the monitors so that you can move your cursor from one screen to the next in order. With two monitors, you can double your space and increase your work productivity. With three or more, you can have your own gaming command center. Just be sure you have enough desk space.

To determine what monitors or connectors to buy, you need to check the video ports on your computer. Most video cards have two different types of ports, and these could include VGA, DVI-I, DVI-D, HDMI and DisplayPort. Newer Apple computers might have Mini DisplayPort or Thunderbolt ports. It is easiest and cheapest to attach monitors that are compatible with the ports on your machine, but you can buy special adapters if your computer ports and monitor cables do not match.

Monitors run from less than $100 for moderately sized screens into the thousands for much larger and fancier displays. But two or three relatively inexpensive monitors can make a world of difference in your computing experience.

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How to Prepare for a Job Interview... සම්මුඛ සාකච්චාවකට නිවැරදිව සූදානම් වන්නේ කෙසේද සහ එය දිනා ගන්නා ආකාරය.

We all have our interview horror stories: the twenty-something human resources rep who kept calling you by the wrong name and texted her friends mid-interview; the panel of aggressive senior managers who made you feel like you were on trial for crimes against employment; and, of course, the time you forgot to wear pants. No, wait -- that was an actual nightmare.

The good news is that with some solid preparation, you can ace your next job interview, no matter what your interviewer throws at you. The goal of a job interview is to present your best possible self to the employer. Even better, you want to show how that best self is an excellent match for the open position at the company.

The worst thing you can do when preparing for a job interview is to take a casual attitude and just "wing it" [source: Robert Half International]. Even if you were voted "Miss Personality" in high school, you won't land a job by charm alone. In this tight job market, employers are very much in the driver's seat. They're looking for qualified applicants who show a serious commitment to their work. This commitment starts during the interview phase.

Employers seek out candidates who know the industry inside and out and understand the specific mission of the company [source: Fisher]. They want someone who's eager to learn, open to new challenges and knows that flip-flops don't go with a suit. All it takes is 10 minutes for an employer to decide if you possess these qualities or not. Come prepared and you'll leave with an offer.

The secret to job interview success starts long before that first handshake. First, you need to do some serious studying. Keep reading for tips on pre-interview research.

How to Research a Company.

Remember, the goal of a job interview is to prove that you're the right person for this particular job. The best way you can prepare for the interview is to know everything there possibly is to know about the company in general, the specific job -- even your interviewer.

Your research starts with the job listing itself. Read it over several times, highlighting the key responsibilities of the position and the type of work experience required. Remember, there's a good chance that you'll be interviewed by the very person who wrote the job listing. In that way, the listing is like a sneak peek inside the interviewer's head. Look over the responsibilities and requirements that you've highlighted and begin to think about how you can match your skills and experience to each entry on the list.

Now it's time to get a bigger picture about the company itself. Start with the official company Web site, beginning with the "About Us" section, and learn more about the company's overall mission and vision. Then, it's time to brush up on current events. What are the biggest new product launches, acquisitions or projects? A great place to find this information is by browsing press releases from the past few months. These can either be found in the "About Us" section or special sections called "Press Room" or "Media."

More and more companies have official blogs, Facebook pages, YouTube channels and Twitter feeds [source: White]. Gobble up all of this information. Look for stories or ideas that really grab your interest. Take notes and write down some follow-up questions that could spark a conversation with the interviewer. Think of questions that show both your knowledge of the industry and excitement about contributing to the company's growth.

Lastly, use your personal connections to get an insider's view of the company [source: Adams]. If you have a LinkedIn account, search your network to see if it includes any employees of the company. Reach out to them and notify them that you have an upcoming interview. They might be able to tell you something about the position or the interviewer that could help you be even better prepared for success.

Now that you've done your research, it's time to develop a self-marketing plan. What kinds of questions should you expect to be asked, and how will you give the best possible answer? Learn more on the next page.

Job Interview Preparation Tips

Your main responsibility at a job interview is to answer questions. Luckily, there are several common questions that you can expect to hear at most interviews. Practice answering these questions in a way that portrays you in the best possible light. You shouldn't lie, of course, but focus on the information that makes you look talented, confident and prepared for the job. Even if you're not looking for a job in marketing, this is the time to sell yourself [source: Hering].

Start with the most open-ended question of all: "Tell me about yourself." Remember that this is a job interview, not a date, so the focus should be on your relevant work history and experience, not your likes and dislikes. If you're short on experience, talk about your education, specifically courses and projects you feel have best prepared you for the job. Finish with a short blurb about your personal life --"I have two kids, a dog and a goldfish, and enjoy gardening" -- without getting too personal. Enlist a friend as a mock interviewer, and practice packaging your life story into a concise and compelling narrative [source: Fisher].

Practice answering some other common questions that can trip up a less-prepared interviewee. "Why did you leave your last job?" is a tricky one. Whatever you do, don't badmouth your last employer [source: Fisher]. It makes you look petty and vindictive. Even if you left your old job on bad terms, figure out a way to paint it in the best light. Talk about how you felt limited in the position and were eager to find a job where you could tap your full potential. Then segue into why you think your skills and aspirations are such a great match for the open position.

Because of the sagging job market, many applicants walk into interviews after months of unemployment. Be ready for the question: "What have you been doing since your last job ended?" Highlight volunteer work, personal projects like blogs, and anything that shows initiative and a spirit of entrepreneurship [source: Madden]. The take home message should be: Even though you weren't getting paid, you put your skills and creativity to work.

Another tip: Know what you're worth. If the interview goes really well, your interviewer might inquire about your salary range. Be ready to give a ballpark figure for your base salary, but be quick to add that it all depends on the rest of the compensation package: health coverage, bonuses and other benefits.

Lastly, remember that a job interview is a two-way street [source: Buhl]. Come prepared to ask some of the questions you developed during the research phase. Again, concentrate on questions that show a deep understanding of the industry and can spark an engaging conversation.

Even though there aren't any hard and fast rules for job interviews, the etiquette tips on the next page will help you make the best first impression.

Job Interview Etiquette

A successful job interview starts in your closet. Choose an outfit that is appropriate for the company culture where you're interviewing. Wear a suit and tie to a law office and office casual to a Web start-up. If you have no idea what to wear, call up the human resources department and ask. Even if the culture is ultra-casual, you must always look well-groomed and clean.

Be nice to all receptionists and assistants! You never know whose opinion counts the most with an employer [source: White]. If the interview goes well, but you were obnoxious in the waiting area, you blew it. Greet everyone with a friendly and pleasant attitude -- even if they don't do the same.

Believe it or not, handshakes do matter. The key words are firm, friendly and fast. Avoid sweaty palms, hand-crushing grips and "dead fish" fingers. And don't forget to punctuate that handshake with a winning smile. With all of that concentrating on your handshake, don't forget to catch your interviewer's name. This could be awkward later.

Sit up straight and lean slightly forward. This makes you look ready and eager to get started. Be friendly and upbeat, but don't sit there with a smile glued on your face. It comes across as phony [source: Hershon]. Smile and nod when appropriate without turning into a human bobble head.

Don't be the first one to bring up the topic of salary or vacation or sick days or parking spaces [source: Potter]. If the interviewer feels like you're a good candidate, he or she will be the one to break the ice. If you mention any of those items first, it will make you look greedy and superficial.

There are conflicting opinions about when to ask a question in an interview. Some experts say to wait until the end, when the interviewer typically asks if you have any questions. Others say it's fine to break in with a question if it's on topic and the conversation is going well.

But there's one job interview etiquette tip that experts and hiring managers all agree upon: Follow up with a thank-you note. Yes, it seems a little cheesy, but a short, friendly thank-you note is a hallmark of good manners and will help keep you fresh in the employer's mind. You don't have to hand-write the note on fancy stationary. A simple e-mail will suffice. Without being too obvious, recap your best selling points and reiterate how excited you are about the prospect of working for the company [source: White].

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Like To Talk? ඔබගේ නිර්මානාත්මක හැකියාව භාවිතා කරන්න 

1. Blog for Ad Revenue – Start a blog on a topic you love, build up a reader base and make money from ads on your site.
2. Be a Forum Moderator – Keep out the spam and build a community and you can earn a little cash on the side moderating forums.
3. Write Articles for Websites – Content is King on websites. Keeping sites updated with fresh, high quality content is a chore for website owners and often outsourced. If you’re a good writer with experience in an area you can make a living off of it.

4. Be a Guest Author – Some higher quality sites will pay between $50 – $400 for a solid article on a topic their readers are interested in. The results are never assured with this method, but the rewards are much higher.
5. Get Paid to Post in Forums – No one wants to post in an empty forum, so webmaster will hire forum posters to help kick start their forum and make it look active. Get paid between $0.10 – $0.25 per post to help get a forum started.

6. Start a Podcast – Basically the same as with a blog, but with audio or video. Talk about what you want and make money from the ads.

7. Get Paid for Forums You Already Talk On – Many forums offer a revenue share program where you can run your own ads on threads you create. This is something Destroy Debt offers. Take advantage of it.

8. Translate Documents - Automated translation is no substitute for humans. If you speak a second language, translate documents and get paid.

9. Be a Life coach or Counselor - Many people would rather talk to a counselor through the safety of the Internet. Offer your advice at an hourly rate.

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10. Farm Gold – Regardless of which online game you like to play there’s always people selling in game money for real money. It may be against the terms of the game but it isn’t illegal. Just make sure you’re making more than your subscription fee.

11. Participate in Gaming Tournaments – If you’re good enough consider entering gaming tournaments. Several of them give away serious cash and prizes.

12. Buy In-Game Real Estate – This was popularized by Second Life. Buy and develop land in the game and it can fetch you cash in the real world. You could become a millionaire like Ansche Chung.

13. Open an In-Game Store – Another one from Second-Life. Many people have made big bucks selling tshirts, pets, and just about anything else you can imagine in the game.

14. Be a Tester – A paid game testing job is hard to come by, since so many people will do it for free, but they do exist.

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15. Put a US Face on an Overseas Business – People outsource overseas because it’s much cheaper. However due to communication problems and some bad experience people are also weary of it. Find some workers overseas you can trust who have a particular talent, and open a US store front offering that service. Charge the premium rates for a US company and “oversee” the overseas work.

16. Organize Forum Posters – When starting a forum many webmasters will hire posters to get it started. Paying 50 people $5 each is a pain and you never know the kind of work you’ll get. Put together a team and provide a one stop shop for webmasters.

17. Offer Client Referral Exchanges – Programmers often will get more projects at one time than they can handle and have to refer them off. Pay these programmers 10% to refer clients to you, and charge other developers 20% to send referrals to them. Pocket the difference. The same is true with other professions.

18. Be a Link Broker – Many people want to buy quality links for their websites while others want to sell them. Be the middleman to make these connections and make a profit on the price difference.

19. Sell Websites and Domains for Others – Some people have quality websites or domains but either don’t know how or don’t have the time to go about selling them. Provide this service and charge a 10% fee.

20. Refer Others to Jobs – Many firms will pay referral bonuses of $500-$1,000+ for referring the right candidate for a job. Develop relationships with recruiters and scour job boards for candidates that fit. Make the connection and pocket the cash.

Can You Program? ඔබ Programming වලට දක්ෂයෙක්ද? සොෆ්ට්වෙයා මරුවෙක්ද? 

21. Write Software for Resale – I’ve personally bought tools on a number of occasions I knew I could write myself just because they were cheap enough to justify buying them instead of spending the time to write it.

22. Write a Web Component – I’m sure you’ve bought fancy drop down menus, charting, comboboxes, etc before. If not with your own money than for a project at work. Write a component like this and sell it.

23. Develop Websites for Others – This is kind of a no-brainer. Do some side work, you can probably charge 2-3x per hour what you get paid for your day job. Sites like Rent A Coder and Elance can put you in contact with buyers.

24. Automate Manual Jobs and Charge per Job – I’ve seen several people asking for forms to be populated from Google Maps or Yahoo Answers data. Write a quick app to do this, but charge per entry the same as if you were manually doing it.

25. Extend Existing Software – Create a plugin, build a storefront package on top of Amazon Web Services, make a bulletin board system more SEO friendly, or whatever you dream up. By extending the functionality of existing software, you can quickly build a user base.

26. Start Your Own Search Engine – Not from scratch, Google provides a great API for you to build your own custom search engine. Build one around a certain topic, provide a better design or give out random prizes. When people search from your site and click on the ads, you get credit.

27. Build Canned Websites for Resell – Create a website for a particular industry once, give it a descent admin and then resell copies of it over and over. Just swap out the logo, a few images and you’re good to go. This works especially well for affiliate marketing websites.

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28. Sell Your Junk on Ebay – The packaging and mailing is a pain, but it sure beats having a garage sale.

29. Buy Other Peoples Junk and Sell it on Ebay – Go to garage sales and resell for higher, or buy bulk discontinued items and sell them off individually.

30. Sell Other Peoples Junk on Ebay for Them – There’s a store on virtually every corner that does this now. Why not you?

31. Create a Virtual Store on Ebay with Drop Shipping – Create a wide storefront with tons of products. The beauty is, by working with a private label drop shipping company you don’t have to actually have these products. Just order one when you make a sale and they’ll ship it out for you, with your name on it. You don’t have to deal with the packaging either!

Don’t Mind Working In The Real World? සාමාන්‍ය ජීවිතයත් සල්ලි වලට හරවමු.

32. Take Stock Photos – Take clever photographs and sell them for stock photos on other websites. Sites like iStockPhoto.com allow you to sell the same photo to hundreds of websites.

33. Make Stuff to Sell Online – If you can quilt, sew, work with wood or are descent at any other task, you can make it and sell it online.

34. Enter Data for Google Maps – Google is currently paying people to take photos of businesses and enter basic data such as hours of operation. Go to the local business complex next to the grocery store and you can knock out 50 of these in a few hours.

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35. Flip Websites or Domains – There are countless websites and domains for sell every day at places like DigitalPoint, SitePoint and DnForum. Find the bargains and turn them around for a quick profit.

36. Buy Profitable Websites and Keep Them – The standard going price for a small profitable website is 10-12 months earnings. Buy some gems, hang onto them past 10-12 months and reap the benefits.

37. Learn the Art of PPC Arbitrage – Put up a simple website that has ads, affiliate programs or some other source of revenue. If you can find the right terms and buy traffic to the site cheap enough, it’s possible to make a profit on the difference on what you buy the traffic for and what you sell it for.

38. Become a Day Trader – Better know what you’re doing on this one because it’s just as easy to loose money with it as make it. But it can be quite profitable if you know what you’re doing.

39. Convert E-Currency – There are several forum posts everyday for people who want to convert some EGold money into Paypal money, etc. Offer this service and charge a 5%-10% fee for it.

40. Buy a Fancy Machine – Buy a high tech printer, engraver or automated sewing machine and charge people for the items you can produce with it.

Good With Photoshop? ඔබ ෆොටෝෂොප් එඩිටින්, ඩිසයින් දක්ෂයෙක්ද?

41. Design Logos – Every good business needs a good logo. You may be just the person to provide it.

42. Design Websites – Why stop with the logo, entire websites need to be designed. I am horrible at design so hired Evermark to design this site. Other webmasters are hiring too.

43. Design Ads – Webmasters still need design work after the site is created. Create banners and other professional ads for websites.

44. Draw Cartoons – You may have noticed our section of debt cartoons. I can tell you I didn’t draw them, it was Dan from GibbleGuts.com. Start your own cartoon business.

45. Design T-Shirts – Come up with a nice image or some interesting text and sites like CafePress will help you slap it on a t-shirt and sell it.

46. Design a Seal – Here’s a little secret, most of those “authority seals” you see really don’t mean anything. They just look like they give a site credibility, so webmasters are willing to buy them because they improve the conversion rate. Create your own, make up some guidelines and charge $300 for websites to use it.

47. Create Digital Scrap Booking Templates – People love to scrapbook and some prefer to do it on the computer. Create templates for every occasion that allow your customers to just slide in their own photos.

48. Make Clipart and Icons – People still need these. Another option is comment graphics for sites like MySpace. Build packages of these, give a few away for free and sell the rest.

49. Create MySpace Backgrounds - Don’t stop at the comment tags. Myspace is a gold mine for selling simple customizations if you’re good at it. Create some nice backgrounds and cash in.

50. Make Photoshop Brushes and Filters – If you’re a true wiz at Photoshop, extend its functionality and you can make a fortune.

Have An Artistic Touch? කලාත්මක හැකියාවක් තියෙනවානම්.

51. Edit Photos for Others – You can restore old photos, or give existing ones an artistic touch, nice frame, etc. My brother offers this service for kid’s sports pictures at Zongker Team Pics.

52. Create Video Montages – Have people email you a stack of photos and put together a nice DVD to music for weddings, anniversaries, reunions, funerals, etc.

53. Create Photo Mosaics – You know those nifty pictures that are made up from 500 smaller pictures. Have customers send you the digital images they want to use and you can create these automatically with software like Andrea Mosaic.

Got Talent? කුමක් හෝ දක්ෂතාවයක් තිබේනම් 

54. Record Songs and Sell Online – That is if you don’t suck. With online downloads, record labels are becoming a thing of the past. If you got the goods, sell it online at palces like Arkade.

55. Sell Artwork Online – If you can paint, draw, sketch, make caricatures, etc try selling them online. You may be surprised how many people are willing to buy it.

56. Compose Midi’s – Create either your own original creation or your interpretation of more popular songs and sell them as midi’s or ring tones.

57. Make Videos – Sites like Revver and Break will share ad revenue or even pay you for your videos. Make something clever and upload it.

58. Contribute to a Collection – Whether it’s a recipe, short story, poem or whatever. You may not be able to sell it alone, but could get royalties from contributing it to a collection.

Have More Time Than Talent? දක්ෂතාවයට වඩා ඔබට කාලය වැඩියෙන් තිබෙනවානම්.

59. Submit to Social Bookmarking Sites – Just look at the Digital Point Forums and you’ll see tons of people paying for someone to Digg or Stumble their site. You’ll be considered the scum of the earth by the users of these sites, but will have a few extra bucks in your pocket.

60. Get Paid to Surf – You won’t make much, you’ll be giving up your privacy and possibly be installing malware, but this list wouldn’t be complete without the obligatory get paid to surf reference.

61. Take Surveys – A few sites will pay you to complete surveys. Not always in cash, but sometimes you can get free samples or points to buy products with.

62. Get Free Samples – You probably won’t find free cash, but hey stock up on all the free samples, mouse pads and other junk you can find! There are tons of freebie sites who’ve done the hard work of finding these freebies for you.

63. Enter Contests – If you’ve got some time to kill, enter a few contests. You may not win the beach house, but I’ve personally won free pizza’s, cell phone accessories and flowers from some local online contests.

64. Data Entry – Here’s ole faithful. People often need data moved from one type of document to another, or written/verbal notes dictated. It’s work pretty much anyone can do.

65. Become a Virtual Assistant – Occasionally people want research done on anything from finding a certain car but don’t have time to do it themselves. Provide this research service for them and charge by the hour. It’s a real industry with it’s own organization.

66. Get Paid to Search – With sites like Winzy you can win prizes for searching.

Do You Know HTML? HTML වැඩ දන්නවාද?

67. Make Blog/Forum Templates – Pick a popular blog or forum software, design some nice templates for it and sell them.

68. Create MySpace Layouts – This is essentially the same task as the blog templates, but an entirely different market. You may even be able to reuse the same template for both purposes.

69. Start an Online Store – Order products wholesale, or drop shipped and create your own storefront.

70. Start an Affiliate Website – Don’t want to deal with the headaches of selling your own products? Refer visitors to someone else’s products and earn a commission.

71. Open a Virtual Storefront – Building your own affiliate site is still too much work for you? Then don’t, open a virtual storefront hosted by someone else, using sites like Art.com and CardCommission.com.

72. Offer Paid Reviews From Your Website – Other website owners will pay you to review their website on your site or blog. Make from $10-$50 each or more by offering these reviews.

73. Start a Directory – Build up a quality listing of sites on a given topic and get other sites to link to this resource. Then start selling premium listings in this directory.

Are You Tech Savant? ඔබගේ දැනුම බෙදාගන්න.

74. Resell Web Hosting – You can find several sites offering reseller hosting packages atWebHostingTalk. You just rent the server space, split it up and resell it. Occasional support is required.

75. Host Game or Chat Servers – Set up a Linux box in a datacenter and you can run voice chat and game servers off of it that are available 24×7. People will pay to use them.

76. Host Forums – There’s software like SebFlipper that will allow you to host hundreds of separate forums from a single web server. Charge your members to host a forum with you, or offer it for free and run ads on all the pages.

77. Install Applications for Others – People are constantly getting hung up and asking for help with installs on websites. Install software for them and charge a fee for it.

78. Answer Tech Questions – Sites like ExpertBee provide a place for people to ask questions and specify a price they will pay for the answer.

79. Start an Uptime Monitoring Service – There’s software packages out there that will check a website for uptime, send alerts and provide reports. Buy one of these packages and resell the hosted service.

80. Offer Hosted Email – Setting up an email server, blocking spam and making sure it’s locked to relaying is a pain for most webmasters. Provide an easy way for them to outsource the whole service to you.

81. Provide Application Testing – Manually test websites on different OS and browser combinations and provide a report of your findings.

82. Provide Load Testing – Put a heavy traffic load against websites an provide a report of how it responded.

83. Offer an Offsite Backup Service – Rent a server and massive amounts of storage space from a datacenter and provide remote storage space via FTP or other method for a monthly fee per gigabyte of storage.

84. Start a Domain Registrar – Sites like TuCows will let you create your own private label domain registrar where you’ll benefit from not only the initial sale, but from renewals.

85. Sell SSL Certificates – Another service offered by TuCows and others is the ability to resell SSL certificates.

Have A Knack For SEO?

86. Be a Link Builder – Someone who can find good quality links for a website is worth their weight in gold. Become a link builder and charge per link or by the hour.
87. Submit to Directories – Filling out the forms to submit to directories is a pain but important for webmasters. Most will gladly pay to have someone else do it for them.

88. Be a Consultant – Review websites and recommend changes to help improve search engine rankings. Slap it together in a professional looking report and you can charge several hundred to a few thousand dollars per website.

Know Something About Something?

89. Become an About.com Guide – About.com will pay you a very nice percentage of ad revenue from the section you’re a guide of.

90. Write eBooks – These are hard to sell but if you really have the info others want you can make it work.

91. Teach an Online Course – Many colleges are looking for part time teachers for both their online and in-classroom courses.

92. Sell Instructional Videos – It’s got to be something people want, but if you’re truly an expert on a topic, others will pay to learn what you know.

93. Start a Subscription Website – Provide new scrapbooking techniques, recipes or any other advice on a regular basis and charge for a membership.

Are You Opinionated? ඔබ යම් දෙයකින් ඇට්ටර වෙලාද එය ප්‍රයෝජනයට ගන්න?

94. Review Software – Developers are looking for honest feedback on their work and are willing to pay for it. Use a site like SoftwareJudge to get paid for providing this feedback.

Don’t Have A Conscience? හර්ධ සාක්ෂියට එකඟ නොවී උනත් කැමතිනම් මෙහෙමත් පුළුවන්.

95. MySpace Blast People – Create an account, recruit all the friends you can and then send them bulletins with advertisements. You’ll loose a lot of ‘friends’ but you will make some money at it.

96. Do Homework for Others – It’s completely wrong of course, but you can get paid to do it.

Don’t Mind Annoying Your Friends? යාලුවන්ට ටිකක් වදයක් වෙන්න.

97. Sell Products Via Email – Gone are the days of Avon, Tupperware and Arbonne parties. Just email your friends and family the the current specials and have them email back the orders.

98. Send Out Cards – Another great program for marketing to your friend and family is SendOutCards. They send out physical Christmas, birthday and other cards on your behalf and pay for referrals.

99. Refer Them to Surveys – Not only can you fill out surveys yourself, now there’s a second tier where you can refer friends to take surveys and earn money and gifts for doing so.

Don’t Want To Actually Work? ඇත්තටම ඔබ කිසිම වැඩක් කරන්න අකමැතිද?

100. Sell Unused CPU Cycles – Why do work yourself when your computer will do it for you? Sites likeCPU Share let you sell your extra computer cycles. Just make sure you’re making enough to cover the cost of electricity.

Want More Traditional Work? ගෙදර ඉදන්ම වැඩේ කරගන්න.

101. Telecommute – Hit up your favorite online job board for jobs marked as telecommute. Most you can do entirely online from your home.

How Bluetooth Works, All About Bluetooth Technology And Sharing

When you use computers, entertainment systems ortelephones, the various pieces and parts of the systems make up a community of electronic devices. These devices communicate with each other using a variety of wires, cables, radio signals and infrared light beams, and an even greater variety of connectors, plugs and protocols.

There are lots of different ways that electronic devices can connect to one another. For example:

• Component cables
• Electrical wires
• Ethernet cables
• ­WiFi
• Infrared signals

The art of connecting things is becoming more and more complex every day. In this article, we will look at a method of connecting devices, called Bluetooth, that can streamline the process. A Bluetooth connection is wireless and automatic, and it has a number of interesting features that can simplify our daily lives.

The Problem

When any two devices need to talk to each other, they have to agree on a number of points before the conversation can begin. The first point of agreement is physical: Will they talk over wires, or through some form of wireless signals? If they use wires, how many are required -- one, two, eight, 25? Once the physical attributes are decided, several more questions arise:

• How much data will be sent at a time? For instance, serial ports send data 1 bit at a time, whil­e parallel ports send several bits at once.
• How will they speak to each other? All of the parties in an electronic discussion need to know what the bits mean and whether the message they receive is the same message that was sent. This means developing a set of commands and responses known as a protocol.

Bluetooth offers a solution to the problem.

How Bluetooth Creates a Connection

Bluetooth takes small-area networking to the next level by removing the need for user intervention and keeping transmission power extremely low to savebattery power. Picture this: You're on your Bluetooth-enabled cell phone, standing outside the door to your house. You tell the person on the other end of the line to call you back in five minutes so you can get in the house and put your stuff away. As soon as you walk in the house, the map you received on your cell phone from your car's Bluetooth-enabled GPS system is automatically sent to your Bluetooth-enabled computer, because your cell phone picked up a Bluetooth signal from your PC and automatically sent the data you designated for transfer. Five minutes later, when your friend calls you back, your Bluetooth-enabled home phone rings instead of your cell phone. The person called the same number, but your home phone picked up the Bluetooth signal from your cell phone and automatically re-routed the call because it realized you were home. And each transmission signal to and from your cell phone consumes just 1 milliwatt of power, so your cell phone charge is virtually unaffected by all of this activity.

Bluetooth is essentially a networking standard that works at two levels:

• It provides agreement at the physical level -- Bluetooth is a radio-frequencystandard.
• It provides agreement at the protocol level, where products have to agree on when bits are sent, how many will be sent at a time, and how the parties in a conversation can be sure that the message received is the same as the message sent.

The big draws of Bluetooth are that it is wireless, inexpensive and automatic. There are other ways to get around using wires, including infrared communication. Infrared(IR) refers to light waves of a lower frequency than human eyes can receive and interpret. Infrared is used in most television remote control systems. Infrared communications are fairly reliable and don't cost very much to build into a device, but there are a couple of drawbacks. First, infrared is a "line of sight" technology. For example, you have to point the remote control at the television or DVD player to make things happen. The second drawback is that infrared is almost always a "one to one" technology. You can send data between your desktop computer and your laptop computer, but not your laptop computer and your PDA at the same time. (See How Remote Controls Work to learn more about infrared communication.)

These two qualities of infrared are actually advantageous in some regards. Because infrared transmitters and receivers have to be lined up with each other, interference between devices is uncommon. The one-to-one nature of infrared communications is useful in that you can make sure a message goes only to the intended recipient, even in a room full of infrared receivers.

Bluetooth is intended to get around the problems that come with infrared systems. The older Bluetooth 1.0 standard has a maximum transfer speed of 1 megabit per second (Mbps), while Bluetooth 2.0 can manage up to 3 Mbps. Bluetooth 2.0 is backward-compatible with 1.0 devices.

Let's find out how Bluetooth networking works.

How Bluetooth Operates

Bluetooth networking transmits data via low-power radio waves. It communicates on a frequency of 2.45 gigahertz (actually between 2.402 GHz and 2.480 GHz, to be exact). This frequency band has been set aside by international agreement for the use of industrial, scientific and medical devices (ISM).

A number of devices that you may already use take advantage of this same radio-frequency band. Baby monitors, garage-door openers and the newest generation ofcordless phones all make use of frequencies in the ISM band. Making sure that Bluetooth and these other devices don't interfere with one another has been a crucial part of the design process.

One of the ways Bluetooth devices avoid interfering with other systems is by sending out very weak signals of about 1 milliwatt. By comparison, the most powerful cell phones can transmit a signal of 3 watts. The low power limits the range of a Bluetooth device to about 10 meters (32 feet), cutting the chances of interference between your computer system and your portable telephone or television. Even with the low power, Bluetooth doesn't require line of sight between communicating devices. The walls in your house won't stop a Bluetooth signal, making the standard useful for controlling several devices in different rooms.

Bluetooth can connect up to eight devices simultaneously. With all of those devices in the same 10-meter (32-foot) radius, you might think they'd interfere with one another, but it's unlikely. Bluetooth uses a technique called spread-spectrum frequency hopping that makes it rare for more than one device to be transmitting on the same frequency at the same time. In this technique, a device will use 79 individual, randomly chosen frequencies within a designated range, changing from one to another on a regular basis. In the case of Bluetooth, the transmitters change frequencies 1,600 times every second, meaning that more devices can make full use of a limited slice of the radio spectrum. Since every Bluetooth transmitter uses spread-spectrum transmitting automatically, it’s unlikely that two transmitters will be on the same frequency at the same time. This same technique minimizes the risk that portable phones or baby monitors will disrupt Bluetooth devices, since any interference on a particular frequency will last only a tiny fraction of a second.

When Bluetooth-capable devices come within range of one another, an electronic conversation takes place to determine whether they have data to share or whether one needs to control the other. The user doesn't have to press a button or give a command -- the electronic conversation happens automatically. Once the conversation has occurred, the devices -- whether they're part of a computer system or a stereo -- form a network. Bluetooth systems create a personal-area network (PAN), or piconet, that may fill a room or may encompass no more distance than that between the cell phone on a belt-clip and the headset on your head. Once a piconet is established, the members randomly hop frequencies in unison so they stay in touch with one another and avoid other piconets that may be operating in the same room. Let's check out an example of a Bluetooth-connected system.

Bluetooth Piconets

Let's say you have a typical modern living room with typical modern stuff inside. There's an entertainment system with a stereo, a DVD player, a satellite TV receiver and a television; there's also acordless telephone and a personal computer. Each of these systems uses Bluetooth, and each forms its own piconet to talk between the main unit and peripheral.

The cordless telephone has one Bluetooth transmitter in the base and another in the handset. The manufacturer has programmed each unit with an addressthat falls into a range of addresses it has established for a particular type of device. When the base is first turned on, it sendsradio signals asking for a response from any units with an address in a particular range. Since the handset has an address in the range, it responds, and a tiny networkis formed. Now, even if one of these devices should receive a signal from another system, it will ignore it since it's not from within the network. The computer and entertainment system go through similar routines, establishing networks among addresses in ranges established by manufacturers. Once the networks are established, the systems begin talking among themselves. Each piconet hops randomly through the available frequencies, so all of the piconets are completely separated from one another.

Now the living room has three separate networks established, each one made up of devices that know the address of transmitters it should listen to and the address of receivers it should talk to. Since each network is changing the frequency of its operation thousands of times a second, it's unlikely that any two networks will be on the same frequency at the same time. If it turns out that they are, then the resulting confusion will only cover a tiny fraction of a second, and software designed to correct for such errors weeds out the confusing information and gets on with the network's business.

Bluetooth Security

In any wireless networking setup, security is a concern. Devices can easily grab radio waves out of the air, so people who send sensitive information over a wireless connection need to take precautions to make sure those signals aren't intercepted. Bluetooth technology is no different -- it's wireless and therefore susceptible to spying and remote access, just like WiFi is susceptible if the network isn't secure. With Bluetooth, though, the automatic nature of the connection, which is a huge benefit in terms of time and effort, is also a benefit to people looking to send you data without your permission.

Bluetooth offers several security modes, and device manufacturers determine which mode to include in a Bluetooth-enabled gadget. In almost all cases, Bluetooth users can establish "trusted devices" that can exchange data without asking permission. When any other device tries to establish a connection to the user's gadget, the user has to decide to allow it. Service-level security and device-level security work together to protect Bluetooth devices from unauthorized data transmission. Security methods include authorization and identification procedures that limit the use of Bluetooth services to the registered user and require that users make a conscious decision to open a file or accept a data transfer. As long as these measures are enabled on the user's phone or other device, unauthorized access is unlikely. A user can also simply switch his Bluetooth mode to "non-discoverable" and avoid connecting with other Bluetooth devices entirely. If a user makes use of the Bluetooth network primarily for synching devices at home, this might be a good way to avoid any chance of a security breach while in public.

Still, early cell-phone virus writers have taken advantage of Bluetooth's automated connection process to send out infected files. However, since most cell phones use a secure Bluetooth connection that requires authorization and authentication before accepting data from an unknown device, the infected file typically doesn't get very far. When the virus arrives in the user's cell phone, the user has to agree to open it and then agree to install it. This has, so far, stopped most cell-phone viruses from doing much damage. See How Cell-phone Viruses Work to learn more.

Other problems like "bluejacking," "bluebugging" and "Car Whisperer" have turned up as Bluetooth-specific security issues. Bluejacking involves Bluetooth users sending a business card (just a text message, really) to other Bluetooth users within a 10-meter (32-foot) radius. If the user doesn't realize what the message is, he might allow the contact to be added to his address book, and the contact can send him messages that might be automatically opened because they're coming from a known contact.Bluebugging is more of a problem, because it allows hackers to remotely access a user's phone and use its features, including placing calls and sending text messages, and the user doesn't realize it's happening. The Car Whisperer is a piece of software that allows hackers to send audio to and receive audio from a Bluetooth-enabled car stereo. Like a computer security hole, these vulnerabilities are an inevitable result of technological innovation, and device manufacturers are releasing firmware upgrades that address new problems as they arise.