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Google AdSense is a fast and easy way for website publishers of all sizes to display relevant Google ads on their website’s content pages and earn money. Because the ads are related to what your visitors are looking for on your site — or matched to the characteristics and interests of the visitors your content attracts — you’ll finally have a way to both monetize and enhance your content pages.

It’s also a way for website publishers to provide Google web and site search to their visitors, and to earn money by displaying Google ads on the search results pages.

For more info, visit https://www.google.com/adsense/

Amendment to the PayPal Payments Policy

Policy Updates


PayPal is a business that serves a new and exciting market. As that market changes, our business evolves. This page is dedicated to informing users in advance of important changes to the PayPal service, its User Agreement or other policies.

Amendment to the PayPal Payments Policy

Notice Date: 14 July 2008
Effective Date: 3 September 2008

Beginning 3 September 2008, PayPal will introduce a new method to add funds to your PayPal Account in select countries.

Adding Funds to your account (Topping up)

  1. Topping up. PayPal customers in the following countries may add funds to their PayPal Account via bank transfer from their local bank accounts: Italy, Ireland, Belgium, Austria, Denmark, Greece, Portugal, Poland, Finland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Singapore, Hong Kong and Mexico. Funds may be used for the purchase of goods or services over the internet. Due to bank processing times, it may be a few days from your initiation of the transfer that the funds will appear in your PayPal Account.
  2. Fees. PayPal will not charge you a fee for topping up from a bank account, however, your financial institution may charge you a fee to send the funds to PayPal. Please check with your bank prior to sending funds.
  3. Limitations. Only customers in the countries listed above may add funds to their PayPal Account via bank transfer. The funds must come from your bank account into a PayPal Account with the same name as the registered account holder. In the event you attempt to send funds from an account wherein the name on the PayPal Account and the name on the bank account do not match, the funds transfer may be rejected by PayPal. You will be liable for any fees incurred for attempted transfers to accounts that do not have the same registered owner. For fraud, risk and regulatory reasons, PayPal reserves the right to limit the amount that may be topped up at any time.
  4. Redemption. Top up funds may be redeemed for good or services from other PayPal customers and may be refunded to your registered bank account, where available and in accordance with PayPal’s withdrawal policies as shown below. Read More »

How to store your files online

Thanks to a growing range of services, it’s now possible to keep all your personal digital information in the Internet “cloud”, as they’re calling it these days. Everything from documents and e-mails to photos and music can be stored — often for free.

The benefits of storing your digital life this way are considerable. You’re no longer tied to a particular computer or location, and you can access your data from any Internet-connected device.

There are a vast number of Internet-based storage services available and growing user demand is leading to some of the world’s biggest IT companies offering more. Interest surged recently when Microsoft launched its SkyDrive service (see below) in more than 30 countries around the world, including Australia. Meanwhile there are strong rumours that Google is planning a similar service, likely to be called GDrive, that will offer masses of online storage space to anyone who wants it.

The Internet storage services we’ve chosen for this round-up can be divided into two categories: those intended primarily for storing and sharing files, and those designed specifically for backups. While some can be used for both, a quick check of their features will determine what they’re best at delivering. Read More »

Obama cites past drug use at forum on faith

US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (L) smiles as Pastor Rick Warren asks a... Enlarge Photo US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (L) smiles as Pastor Rick Warren asks a…

By Jeff Mason and Ellen Wulfhorst

LAKE FOREST, Calif. (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama cited his youthful experimentation with drugs and alcohol as his greatest moral failing on Saturday at a forum on faith and values that also featured Republican John McCain.

The Illinois senator touched on emotional and controversial topics in the religious community, ranging from his support of abortion rights to his backing of civil unions for gay and lesbian couples.

The televised discussion, moderated by one of the country’s leading evangelicals, Rick Warren, was an opportunity for both candidates to reach out to religious voters who will be a key voting bloc in the November election.

“I had a difficult youth,” Obama said when Warren asked about his greatest moral failing. “There were times when I experimented with drugs.”

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