NeoBux Review

Since it’s pre-launch in April 2008, NeoBux has been a slightly different paid to click site compared to your common “paid to click” site.

For starters NeoBux sets itself apart from the rest of the crowd with instant payments, no more waiting business days on your money, you receive your payment within seconds of requesting your money. To protect your funds and account from hackers, NeoBux has a very sophisticated security system which is secured by a 256-bit SSL. For extra account security, NeoBux allows for a users the option to have secondary password needed to login to the account. Additionally, for extra security, users can also order a NeoBux security card. Once the NeoBux security card is activated users can chose what level of security their account has. Every time the card is required, users will be asked 3 random positions in the card’s code, printed on the back. Failure to enter the codes after a few attempts will temporarily block your account and you’ll be warned by email. Even if someone has your password, your secondary password and even your email password, they will be blocked from making changes or performing transactions of any kind.

NeoBux also has a very unique auto-clicker blocking system, requiring you click on an ad, then click a second time on a red dot located somewhere in the ad box to view the ad and receive your earnings. This ensures for advertisers that only real people are visiting and viewing their advertisements on NeoBux. Aside from these features, NeoBux also has a unique way of “making” referrals active. In order to receive any earnings from your referrals, users must be actively clicking ads, if no ads are clicked a user will not receive their referrals earnings the following day.

NeoBux Ads to click -
NeoBux usually has 6-10+ ads per day for standard members and 15+ for golden members. Some users may get less ads at times due to their country or region.

NeoBux Earnings -
NeoBux earnings are very good, as a standard member you will receive $0.01 per click on regular ads and $0.0150 per extended view ads, and you will receive $0.005 per referral click. As a premium member you will receive $0.01 per ad and $0.02 per extended view ads, and $0.01 per referral click. You will also earn 10% of any purchase one of your referrals make.

NeoBux Referrals -
NeoBux does offer referrals like any other PTC site, the only catch to the referral program is you cannot purchase referrals permanently, referrals are rented. Referrals can only be rented for a month at a time, this system may seem kind of lame but their are advantages. At anytime you can replace and inactive referral instantly from your control panel for just 8 cents. Another advantage to the renting system by enabling “autopay” from your user control panel, you can setup referrals to automatically pay for themselves so you do not have to handle making a monthly payment.

Referral renting prices for standard members are as follows: 3 referrals $0.93, 10 referrals $3.10, 20 referrals $6.20, 30 referrals $9.30, 50 referrals $15.50, 70 referrals $21.70 and 100 referrals $31.00. Aside from renting, there are referral jackpots and you can refer your own NeoBux referrals for free with your referral link you get after registering.

NeoBux Site Performance / Design -
The overall performance of the site is phenomenal, the design and layout is very professional and easy to navigate. Everything the site has to offer is well organized, you can really tell the site was built from the ground up. The user control panel offers a decent range of options, including graphs for tracking your clicks as well as your referrals clicks. NeoBux does offer an on-site forum which is integrated into the design of the site, there’s no need for two separate accounts like with most PTC sites whom offer a discussion forum.

NeoBux Support -
NeoBux has a forum and support system. The admin is online on the forums nearly everyday and is very active. NeoBux support responses are usually made within 24 hours of any inquiry or request.

NeoBux Payments -
NeoBux accepts and sends payments by AlertPay. Both standard and golden accounts have the instant cashout option, there is no waiting. You must have $3.00 minimum in your account to cashout.

NeoBux Payment Proofs -

- NeoBux Payment $22.62 (12/24/09)
- NeoBux Payment $4.49 (01/25/09)
- NeoBux Payment $2.63 (06/06/08)

Overall TSKSOFT Rating: 10/10

What’s Next?
- Visit Or Join NeoBux Website

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AMD Showcases Fusion APU Technology

AMD has demonstrated earlier today a working version of its Accelerated Processing Unit or APU technology codenamed Fusion, during an event at Computex in Taipei.

Fusion will bring together an x86 processor combined with a DirectX 11 GPU, video decoders, memory controller and system I/O interfaces. AMD will have two versions running aimed primarily at the mobile segment.

Elano will target the ultra portable market and compete with Intel's CULV/i3 products while the Ontario range will square up with Intel's mainstream product family.
Intel has already started to work on a similar concept with its current generation Arrandale Core i3 and i5 processors which bring a CPU and a GPU die on the same package. The next generation, Sandy Bridge, will actually merge both together the same way as Fusion.
This will leave Nvidia as the only one without a similar product yet. It did purchase a company back in 2006 called Stexar which was apparently going to bring in some smart x86 related technology with it but 44 months down the road and still nothing in sight.

The only other potential x86 competitor could be VIA and we might see a partnership between the two given that they both have much to lose otherwise.
AMD's Fusion demo also included a 30-seconds walk through of the graphics intensive Alien vs. Predator game which showcased the capabilities of the platform. It was not as flawless as one might expect, but then, Intel's integrated graphics unit would have come up worse.

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Intel Previews Next Generation Of Atom CPUs

Intel has announced, at Computex 2010, a new range of Atom processors codenamed Oak Trail that could bring on a new generation of laptops which will make the Mac Book Air look positively obese.

The new range of laptops and tablets, known as "Oak Trail", will come to market in early 2011 and be the based on the Moorestown architecture which was only launched back at the beginning of last month and is specifically targeted smartphones.

It will not only sport a thermal design power that's 40 per cent lower, 40 per cent smaller and 35 per cent thinner than the current generation but it will also support Google Chrome OS, Meego, Android as well as Windows 7 (Embedded Compact we suppose rather than the bloated edition)

Oak Trail Devices built around the Lincroft" System-on-Chip will support HDMI, full 1080p content as well as promises of much longer battery life.

Intel also demoed a new form factor, Canoe Lake, which comes with a dual-core processor and at 14mm, is thinner than the Mac Book air (which is up to 19.4mm thick).

Another device that will almost certainly be ported to Oak Trail at some point in the future is the just-announced Google TV which currently uses the rather long-in-the-tooth Atom CE4100 platform.

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YouTube Video Used To Catch Illegal Snake Handler

A YouTube video has been used as evidence in an investigation involving a licensed snake-handler accused of illegally releasing captured snakes.

Sunshine Coast snake catcher, David Dixon Jolly, 72, pleaded guilty to 62 charges concerning the illegal treatment of snakes at Maroochydore Magistrates Court yesterday after being confronted in court with clips from the online video sharing site.

The crime could cost him up to $7500 Aud in fines.

According to Australian laws, upon capturing a snake, a snake-handler should release captured snakes in a suitable habitat somewhere close to the location it was found.

The authorities became aware of Jolly's actions after seeing YouTube footage of him and two associates capturing and releasing snakes on the Sunshine Coast.

Annastacia Palazczuk, the acting climate change minister for Queensland, said: “Registered wildlife handlers with licences to capture or rehabilitate injured wildlife have a fundamental responsibility to care for native wildlife in their care and to abide by the highest standards of their industry.”

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Google To launch Chrome OS By Year's End

Google may launch Chrome OS, its second consumer operating system, by the end of the year according to a senior executive who is managing the project.

Sundar Pichai, Google's head of Chrome, told reporters at Computex 2010 (as reported by Reuters) that the operating system would be available by "late fall".
Google Chrome OS will be based on the eponymous open source browser and may actually be a combination of both entities, something that brought a shedload of trouble for Microsoft back in 1998 with the whole Windows & Internet Explorer saga.
Pichai says that the OS will initially target laptops and is likely to integrate seamlessly with Google's expanding array of cloud-based services, ranging from email to photo-editing services.
The announcement come only 24 hours after the Financial Times reported that the search giant had started a company ban on Windows operating system and encouraged its staff to move to Linux, Google's own OSes or Mac.

It also throws out the question of where will Android OS fit in. The mobile platform has been used in the past to power tablets and netbooks and the recent Froyo version gave us a glimpse of what was possible.

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Microsoft Hits Out Over Google Engineer's Hacking Tips

Microsoft has hit out at Google after one of the search giant's engineers released a full description of a vulnerability in the Windows Help and Support Center function for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, complete with exploit code.

The software company, along with several other security firms, said that although the information was helpful, irresponsible disclosure of vulnerabilities over the web could provide information useful to hackers in attempting to exploit the vulnerabilities.

Google engineer Tavis Ormandy posted a document detailing the vulnerability in Windows XP, explicitly explaining how an attack exploiting the vulnerability could be carried out by hackers.

Oblivious to the criticism, he said:  “I would like to point out that if I had reported (the issue) without a working exploit, I would have been ignored. This document contains my own opinions. I do not speak for or represent anyone but myself.”

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