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Intel Feeling The Recession Pinch

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In the so-called times of crisis (I’m not believing it), everyone is affected from small guns to the big barrels; like Intel. And recently, Ryaz Pattel whom I met at the Tumpang-Intel Core i7 event, reported his visit to Low Yat plaza was proof of the recession. He calls it the ‘R’ word. I really … Read more

Possible Premature Drive Failure With Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 hard drive

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A friend of mine forwarded an email to me warning there may be major problems which can lead to premature drive failure with the new 3.5 inch Seagate Barracuda 7200.11. He said this in his email: If you have just brought a brand new internal 3.5-inch Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 drive, be warned that it is … Read more

Malaysian 9 Year Old iPhone Application Developer

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I’m beginning to feel there’s no such thing as too early to start anything right now. Plus, what surprised me is how our local Malaysia newspapers never picked this up. It’s already been plastered over at BBC News. What? Is it because he’s a Malaysian kid residing in Singapore? The boy; Lim Ding Wen, innocent … Read more

Thank a WordPress Plugin Developer Day

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Where would your WordPress blog be without the relevant WordPress plugins? That’s right folks. Today’s the day to share some love (or traffic) with your favourite, can’t live without, WordPress plugin developer. The people at WordPress call it; Thank a Plugin Developer Day. So here’s to love (and traffic) for the WordPress plugin developer supporting … Read more

P1 Wimax Increases Fair Usage Policy Limitations

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It looks to me P1 is stepping up their game even more this 2009. Other than speaking to their users offline and communicating online through Low Yat forums, they’ve updated their wimax packages with higher fair usage threshholds. Their previous visual didn’t include the fair usage threshold but now more is put upfront. Plus, it … Read more

Flash Media Server 3.5 Now Available

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flash-media-server-iconToday, Adobe Systems announced the immediate availability of Adobe® Flash® Media Interactive Server 3.5 software and Adobe Flash Media Streaming Server 3.5 software, two key components of the Adobe Flash Platform, the de facto standard for delivering breakthrough interactive content, applications, and video and audio on the Web.

The new versions advance Adobe’s leadership in rich media and open significant new opportunities for content owners to continue to drive the business of video though synchronized, interactive and social media experiences.

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40 Screenshot Reasons To Choose WordPress 2.7

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wordpress logoWordPress 2.7, codenamed; Coltrane, is finally a worthy upgrade compared to WordPress 2.6. It feels like how Adobe recently rewrote Adobe Flash to include Inverse Kinematics (IK). The entire user experience has been improved thanks to its new information architecture and accepted comments (and suggestions) to further improve WordPress by the community.

I’ve installed WordPress 2.7 (Coltrane) on a prototype blog I’m still working on. Right after the upgrade, the aura omitting from the new user interface is simple and easy. It sounds contradictory but sometimes simple layouts aren’t made easy when it’s content isn’t defined clear enough. But not with WordPress 2.7. And, I’ve 40 screenshots to prove why I’d choose to use Coltrane.

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WordPress 2.9 Features You Definintely Want

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Maybe WordPress 2.9 started on the wrong foot with the weird CURLPROTO_FILE bug. But after watching the introductory video of Carmen (WordPress 2.9) I’ve decided to not think about the bug at all. I never knew the WordPress team had made this new version so much more. Instead of me having to describe it in … Read more