How To Watch Hong Kong TVB Series With PPS 港台剧场- PPS.tv is a very good Chinese software that allow you to watch TV shows, movies and more for free and on demand. It’s based on P2P technology, initially it has many shows in their server, but then sooner because of copyright issue, more and more shows are restricted outside of China, only can view in China region.

If you are outside China, or Hong Kong, you can’t really watch Hong Kong TVB series with PPS. Just like you are unable to stream US TV shows outside US. However, this is not really a problem because with a little tweaks to your system, you are going to watch Hong Kong TVB series in no time with PPS.

Here, I want to guide you on how to enable Hong Kong TVB series playlist in PPS, which will unlock many other shows too.

1. Start >Run.

2. Type %APPDATA% in Run.

3. A windows will pop-up. Open PPstream folder.

4. Look for the file ppsarea (or psnetwork if ppsarea does not shows relevant content).

5. Replace the below code with the one in ppsarea.

[areainfo]
servertime=1318520564
localtime=1318520576
country=4S4K3ZM3XU
area=4WGY5ZFYTQ
province=42YZ72ELR4
city=4WGZPZF2VQ
net=42KZT2ECWLT33EI
ip=352611

6. Save the file. Then right click on the saved file (ppsarea) and click Properties.

7. Tick Read-only.

8. Launch your PPS.tv. Voila, Hong Kong TVB series playlist will now available in your PPS.

It’s very easy only, the tweak actually tricks PPS to see your PC is in China, it works like a proxy. Good luck, if you are lazy to tweak, there’s actually an easier method. Good luck.

How To Download American TV Series Via BitTorrent – Living in Malaysia, US TV series is very slow, slow as in it only shows here after a few months of premiere in the States. So I have to go online to get updated with the latest TV series. Last time, I used Chinese streaming app PPS.tv to watch US TV series but later then they have removed it from their playlist, due to copyright issue.

That doesn’t prevent me from watching my favourite American TV series, I am now downloading them via BitTorrent and my US TV series torrent all come from this site – EZTV.it. In this post, I want to teach you how to use BitTorrent (BT) to download the TV series.

The BitTorrent client I am using is uTorrent. It’s available on Mac and Windows.

1. So firstly, download uTorrent and install it.

2. After you have installed uTorrent, head over to EZTV.it to look for your favourite American or UK TV series.

3. Click on the download icon that shows a download arrow on the right next to a magnet icon.

4. When prompt where to save your download, click Open with, and choose uTorrent as your client.

5. uTorrent will now run on your computer and ask you where to save your download. Pick your location and click OK.

6. Your TV series is downloading, wait for it to complete and enjoy!

Simple right? This is how you download US American TV series via BitTorrent. Good luck.

How To Set Keyboard Shortcut For Language Input On Mac OSX – When using Windows, switching language input is just pressing ALT + SHIFT. It’s so easy. After moving to Mac OSX, I couldn’t find the default method to change language input via keyboard shortcut. Last time I had to click on the flag symbol (language input) on the menu bar to change language.

Here’s a guide that you can set up a keyboard shortcut to change language easily.

1. Go to System Preferences.
2. Keyboard.
3. Keyboard Shortcuts.
4. Keyboard & Text Input.
5. Scroll down and find “Select the previous input source, Select next source in Input menu”
6. Double click and setup this new shortcut – Control + Command + (Arrow Up/Down)

I am using this keyboard shortcut to change language from English to Chinese.

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Android APN Settings For Maxis, DiGi & Celcom – Have been using Android for some times and I realised I should share with you guys the APN settings for Maxis, DiGi & Celcom in Malaysia so you can set it up manually when you root your device or something wrong with the automatic settings.

To access Android APN Settings:

Settings -> Wireless & Networks -> Mobile Networks -> Access Points Name -> (Menu) -> New APN

Maxis (3G):

Maxis Mobile Internet 3G
Access point name : unet
Username :
Password :
Account name : Maxis 3G WAP
Proxy server address : 202.75.133.49
Proxy server port : 80
Homepage : http://wap.maxis.com.my/

MMS 3G
Access point name : unet
Username :
Password :
Account name : Maxis 3G MMS
Proxy server address : 202.75.133.49
Proxy server port : 80
Service center address : http://172.16.74.100:10021/mmsc

DiGi

DiGi APN,
Name : DiGi Internet
APN: diginet
MCC: 502
MNC: 16
APN Type: default
(Others, blank)

DIGI MMS,
APN: digimms
username: mms
password: mms
Proxy: 203.092.128.160
Port: 80
MMSC: http://mms.digi.com.my/servlets/mms
MMS Proxy: 203.092.128.160
MMS Port: 80
MCC: 502
MNC: 16
APN Type: mms

Celcom

Celcom 3G Setting
Name: celcom3g
APN: celcom3g
Proxy: 010.128.001.242
Port: 8080

Celcom MMS Setting
Server: http://mms.celcom.net.my
Proxy: 010.128.001.242
Port: 8080

Enjoy Internet on your Android device.

How To Untethered Jailbreak iOS5 iPhone 4 Easily – Jailbreaking the Apple iPhone is a good thing to me, not because of supporting pirated, but it allows me to open up the potential of the phone, as well as customize the phone like theme and ringtone and get out of the iOS’ walled-garden.

Recently, the latest iOS 5 (5.0.1) can be jailbroken in untethered mode, meaning that user will not need to jailbreak everytime they restart the phone with a tethered-mode. However, this applicable to only iPhone 4, iPod touch 3G, iPod touch 4G, iPhone 3GS, but not the iPhone 4S yet.

Here I share the easy way on jailbreaking your iOS iPhone and iDevice which is brought to your by iClarified. This method works for Windows and Mac. Just get the different version of Redsn0w.

1. Download the latest version of RedSn0w from here.

2. Then download the 5.0.1 firmware from Apple. Place them in a same folder so you can find it easily later. (Note: If you are already on 5.0.1, you do not need to download the firmware.

3. Connect you iDevice, iPhone to your computer, launch iTunes.

4. Launch redsn0w application from the redsn0w that you have just downloaded earlier. (Run it in in executable mode as an administrator in Window Vista compatibility. You can do this by right clicking the file and select Properties).

5. In redsn0w, click the Jailbreak button.

6. Follow on screen instruction of redsn0w. It will guide you to DFU mode for jailbreak.

7. Wait for iPhone to reboot, then check Install Cydia options and click Next.

8. Wait for iPhone to reboot again and you are done. You will see Cydia on the Springboard.

Thanks to iClarified for the guide. Good luck on jailbreaking your phone. Support original applications.

Fixed WordPress 3.2.1 Link Problem – I run a few blogs across the Internet and I have updated one of the blog (nickchan.net) to the latest version of WordPress 3.2.1. I was liking the new interface of the admin area until I encounter with a problem during I was writing a blog post. My blog post couldn’t aut0-save and every time I try to hyperlink a phrase, word or image, the whole page refreshes and I have no auto-save draft in my database. This really troubles and annoys me a lot until I found a good solution.

I was thinking of downgrading the WordPress but it seems many works to do. And then I found out that it’s actually one of the plugin which is causing the problem – Disqus Comment System. The solution is pretty simple, go to Disqus’ website, download the latest WordPress plugin and copy it to your ftp server and WordPress is working godlike now. So, the lesson is, have your plugin updated to the latest version all the time.

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How To: Install Facebook For iPad App. Few weeks ago, I talked about the leaked and backdoor to get the Facebook for iPad application. It was blocked by Facebook in less then a day and I couldn’t login to the Facebook for iPad app anymore. However, I have found a solution on how to access it and have been using it for a few days already.

Some have ask me where to download the Facebook For iPad app but then you don’t really need to download it as you already have it if you have the latest version of Facebook for iPhone on your iPad. You just need to do some tweak to change your Facebook to the iPad version.

One thing you must have is a JAILBROKEN iPad. Follow the instruction below to get your Facebook for iPad app. (Thanks to TNW).

1. Check for updates to make sure you have the latest version of Facebook from the App Store. Also, backup your iPad in iTunes.
2. Visit jailbreakme.com from your iPad. Jailbreaking your iPad is legal, but voids your warranty if you bring your iPad into an Apple Store. It’s easy to undo if need be. Just pug your iPad into your computer and restore it from your previous backup. (If you are running iOS 4.3.3, this will NOT work.)
3. Once the jailbreak process is complete, tap on Cydia, that was just installed on your iPad.
4. Tap the Search tab in Cydia and search for iFile. Download it using the button in the upper right hand corner.
5. Once iFile installs, open it up, and navigate to the “var” folder of your iPad. Then go to “mobile,” then “applications,” then “directory.”
6. Click the settings gear icon in the bottom navigation bar and turn “Application Names” to “On.”
7. Open the Facebook folder within the “directory” folder you’re inside of. Once you’re inside the Facebook folder, open Facebook.app.
8. Look for the info.plist file, then open it. Pick “Property List Viewver” to view the hexadecimal settings for the Facebook app.
9. Look for the UIDeviceFamily field and select it.
10. Delete the 1 you see, and put a 2 in instead. Tap “Done” to complete the process.
11. Hold down your power button to reboot your iPad.
12. Then go to Cydia again and seach for Faceforward.
13. Download and install it.
14. Launch your new Facebook app and you are now in.

Cydia hack to allow you to login to Facebook.

It’s a little bit buggy, Page is not working as it crashes but overall it looks good. But if were to compare to MyPad, MyPad seems better than this. Tell me what do you think after trying it.

Don’t ask me why do I have a BlackBerry right now. I will talk about it in another post. But right now I want to give an advice to those want to sell their BlackBerry out for a better phone. Do not delete stuff like app, media and account one by one, but instead, wipe it to restore to factory default to be safer.

It’s very easy to do so.

1. Go to Options.
2. Select Security Options.
3. Then Security Wipe.
4. Check the items you want to wipe.
5. Type blackberry in the box.
6. Select Wipe.

Good luck.

Some people have their PS3 at home, they only use it for games and Bluray movie. But have you think of you are capable of playing HD video via the PS3? I have plenty of MKV format video in my computer (don’t ask me how do I obtain them), but then I only watch it on my PC. Now I realised that PS3 is a actually a media player too but unfortunately, it doesn’t support MKV file format. That’s the suckest thing to me.

Though, things don’t come to an end so fast. I have actually found guide on the net on how to watch MKV video on PS3. It’s pretty simple, convert it to a PS3 compatible format then transfer it to the PS3 then you are ready to go.

Some people are worried of video quality would be downgraded during the conversion but if you use the right software, it won’t. So the software is called mkv2vob, it’s a freeware, download it, convert it, transfer it.

Browse for your MKV file and select your destination directory which is also the output folder.

If your PS3 doesn’t connect to a amplifier via S/PDIF digital cable, you may not hear DTS surround sound, so you have to CHECK “Always Transcode DTS”.

On the other hand, if you want to transfer your file via a flash drive or portable HDD, you need to split your file. Sucks right? It’s because that PS3 only recognizes FAT32 format and the problem is you can’t transfer any file larger than 4GB into a FAT32 formatted HDD.

Unless that you have your PS3 connected into your network, you need not split it, you can just stream directly or just copy from your network.

As for me, my PS3 is not connected into my home network, my house runs wireless and it’s not capable for HD streaming. My method of watching MKV video without splitting is by burning the converted video into a dual layer 8.5GB DVD+/-R.

I went around PC Fair and I saw a lot of netbook at there. I am so not interested in netbook right not because I have got my lovely Aspire One, which I bought it last year when it first release. Buying a netbook right now is a headache because there’s so many brands are offering it, it’s not like last time when netbook, the word first came to us, it’s only Asus and Acer. Later then company compete to release their netbook and this competition sucks because everyone offers almost the same thing.

I thought Dell Mini 9 has discontinued? If you are looking for Dell, Dell Mini 12 is good, but the battery life not so good.

These are the new Lenovo S10 2.

Touch screen Asus EEE PC which doesn’t fancy me. I don’t like touch tablet unless the screen is very sensitive.

The one on the far right seems good.

Have to say sorry because I didn’t really hands-on and test drive all the netbook around, I just went around, look and take photos. Anyway, I got some guide for you for choosing netbook, do take note about these:

• Battery life (at least 6 hours)
• HDD Capacity (at least 120GB)
• RAM (at least 1.5GB)
• Screen size (at least 10.1 inch)
• Weight (less than 1.2kg)
• Preferably with 3G slot built in even if you don’t have 3G data, you may have one in the future.
• Bluetooth and card reader.

After looking around, Acer and Lenovo seem to have some nice model.