Malaysia picked to host ‘Fear Factor’

Malaysia has been chosen to house the first Asian production centre for the popular stunt-challenge reality television programme Fear Factor.

The centre was set up this month by local media company Juita Viden to produce Fear Factor, which is licensed by Endemol, the world's largest format creator for television.

The centre will produce the Asian version of the show for Malaysia and other countries in the region.

Currently, it is shooting the first season for Malaysia, Indonesia and India.

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Buy OSx86 Retail... in Bangkok

While it may be years (possibly never, although I think it'll happen) before you can purchase a legitimate copy of OS X for your regular x86 PC, pirates in Bangkok have sped up the process, selling what they call a "retail" version of OSx86. According to Hardmac:

"Pirates of course took advantage of the osx86project.com community discoveries, in order to sell versions they dare to call "Retail Edition", for 6 Euro."

Six Euro? Around 12 Dollars? We find it appalling that someone would try to make a quick buck from someone else's (Apple's) work. And, for the record, we neither support nor endorse any of their activities, nor any illegal use of OS X for that matter. These pirates have used hackers' "cracks" from elsewhere, not "discoveries" from this site.

They do everyone a disservice. Here, no one wins.

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Google and Apple Partnership?

This one is interesting news. Google is in competition with the world’s largest software company with their search engine services. However, they continue to prefer Microsoft Operating System for their software products. However, the latest rumors circulating in media just might display another market where Google would be going against Microsoft’s products. Digital Media on the Internet is where Google plans to join hands with Apple offering competition to MSN Music online service.

The rumors of this possible collaboration between Apple and Google has helped the Macintosh maker set an all-time high on Friday after their deal broke with Hewlett-Packard on the sales of HP branded iPod music device. The reports claim that Google is forging a partnership with Apple where the search engine giant would be offering music from Apple iTunes for sale on their web services.

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2-Megapixel Nokia N70 smartphone starts shipping

Nokia today announced that it has started deliveries of the Nokia N70, the handset maker's first 3G smartphone to include an in-body 2 Megapixel camera. Equipped with a LED flash and dual cameras for video calling, the N70 also incorporates a stereo FM radio with support for Visual Radio, Bluetooth 2.0 and USB connectivity which runs in tandem with Nokia's new XpressTransfer solution which automatically copies all photos and video clips from the N70 to a PC.

The Nokia N70 is also among the first Nokia devices to include the Catalogs Client mobile shopping application, which lets users browse, trial and purchase applications, services and content designed for the Nokia N70. No

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Intimate CG ever.. yikes !!!

yikes.. look all the faces.. yikes.. look all the guys.. yikes.. look all the girls.. yikes...

Hua Kwang smart, just play music & adjust the volume only... duh.. anyway he's ice-breaker... ice ice baby..

Download XP Codec Pack (for Windows XP only) & install it if you unable to play the video clips.

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Alonso youngest ever F-1 champ

Fernando Alonso has made history by becoming the youngest Formula One champion ever.

The 24-year-old became Spain's first world champion with third place in the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos behind the Mclaren pair Juan Pablo Montoya and Kimi Raikkonen, which clinched the championship.

Alonso claimed Kimi Raikkonen was a tougher adversary than Michael Schumacher at his peak.

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Google's Founders didn't know HTML!

The prime reason the Google home page is so bare is due to the fact that the founders didn't know HTML and just wanted a quick interface.

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Reuse Windows XP Activation Files

Here is a great tip of how to save your windows xp activation files and reuse them after you reinstall windows xp, so you don't need to activate your new installation.

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Bill Gates house: Interactive Walkaround

When your the worlds richest man, and the worlds biggest geek, you need a pretty hi-tech home. How about the Gates family wearing micro-chips behind their ears, so rooms can interact with them. Come on in....

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Nokia unveils 3250 music smartphone with 2 MP camera

Introducing its second smartphone to make use of a swivel concept - the first being the imaging-focused N90 - Nokia today unveiled the 3250, a music-oriented smartphone sporting dedicated media playback controls and a swivel-mounted 2 Megapixel camera. Unlike the delayed Nokia N91, which was to be Nokia's first music smartphone, the 3250 relies entirely on microSD cards for storage - a format first for the manufacturer, which until now has insisted on the use of varities of the MMC format.

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USB Keychain TV

A company from Germany named TerraTec Electronic, has developed a USB TV Tuner that allows you to watch TV on your Laptop or PC without an internal TV tuner card.

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Nokia Wireless Headset HS-26W

Keeping up with Sony Ericsson, Nokia has introduced the company's first wireless headset to make use of the latest iteration of the Bluetooth standard, version 2.0. Supporting both the Headset and Handsfree profile, the headset appears to be somewhat larger than Sony Ericsson's recently-unveiled HBH-610 at 66 x 22 x 20 mm, and is also a couple of grams heavier at 22 g.

Powered by a non-exchangeable 130 mAh NiMH battery, the HS-26W claims a battery life of up to 5 hours of talk time and up to 150 hours of standby time, and is expected to hit shelves some time in the fourth quarter of 2005. Further information concerning the expected pricing of the headset was not available at the time of press.

JOBS: Technician on eletronical wanted

Hey there.. looking for job? My friend company are looking for technicians. Below are the requirements:

- diploma or certificate in electrical & electronic.
- 4 ppls needed

The company are manufactured smart card & audio equipment

Who insterested, please contact:
Lee Anne
Asia Pacific Card & Systems Sdn Bhd
Tel : 603 - 3176 6700
Fax : 603 - 3176 5700
Mobile : 6012 - 253 4483
E-mail : shlee1@fp-group.com
MSN : lee_anne113@hotmail.com

Opera Reaches One Million Downloads in Two Days

More than one million people have downloaded the Opera browser in the two days since Opera announced it was dropping the ad banner and going completely free.The download rate doubles the previous record reached in April when the company released Opera 8. According to server logs, a majority of downloads came from Internet Explorer users.

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New CSS Gallery

There's a new CSS Gallery out there that has some nice sites on there. Really good resource for web designers in need of inspiration.

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A Great Link To The Best Bittorrent Sites

This is a website that I luckily stumbled upon a few months ago... it has been very helpful in finding the best site to find the torrent that I am looking for... and just a few weeks ago its new updated look is quite enjoyable... Check It Out! I hope its helpful :D...

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XP Codec Pack Update 1.2.4 - The Complete Legal XP Codec Pack

XP Codec Pack is one of the most complete codec pack which helps you to play all major audio and video formats in your standard media player. Includes FFDShow and others and is easy to install and uninstall.

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GeoRally EX Released for the Axim X50v

"GeoRally EX is our new immersive and realistic racing game for the Dell Axim X50v Pocket PC. Race through more than 15 stages of rally-racing action as you compete for racing supremacy. GeoRally EX represents the next generation of Pocket PC gaming, combining outstanding hardware accelerated graphics and unparalleled gameplay."

IonFX has just released GeoRally EX, a graphic-intensive game designed solely for the Dell Axim X50v (and I'm sure hardware-wise, the X51v supports it as well). The game will have you racing through heavily detailed environments, complete with car effects such as skids, flips and rolls! GeoRally EX can be purchased for $19.95.

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The Palm Treo 700w Uses Windows Mobile 5

Yep, Palm is using the Windows Mobile OS and Apple is using Intel processors. Did you ever think you'd see the day?

Anyway, Engadget got to play with the Verizon Palm Treo 700w for a few hours and posted some pictures. It certainly does look pretty nice running Windows Mobile 5. The 700w is even a bit smaller than the old Treo 650! It's got a 240x240 square screen, bluetooth, 64Mb or memory, 1Mp camera, SDIO and a thumb keyboard. Not exactly ground-breaking, but I imagine it should get some decent marketting hype in this country.

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She's in the loo, I'll check her phone

Almost two-thirds of Swedes secretly read their partner's SMS messages, according to research by mobile portal Halebop for Swedish operator TeliaSonera.

Some 64 per cent of those questioned this summer said they read their partners' text messages out of nosiness or jealousy, according to The Local. Most Swedes peek into their partner's phone when he or she is in the bathroom or shower.

Maybe there is an explanation for the distrust: 86 per cent of those questioned admit to have flirted with someone by SMS, while 40 per cent claim to have gone one step further: having 'SMS sex' with someone.

Swedes, it turns out, are a lot nosier than Brits. Almost half of British women, 45 per cent, owned up to secretly checking their partner's messages, compared to 31 per cent of men, according to a survey carried out by Sicap, a Swiss messaging services provider.

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Super-slim NEC L1 handset claims throne of thin

NEC has announced the launch of the world's thinnest clamshell handset, the NEC L1, also to be known as the e949 in the various countries it will be sold in. Headed for Hong Kong first, the super-slim L1 will subsequently be introduced in markets including Italy, Russia, Australia and China, among others, offering competition for Motorola's recent slate of anorectic handsets such as the RAZR and SLVR V8.

Measuring in at a meager 90.8 x 47.9 x 11.9 mm and 94 g, the L1 is a tri-band GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz clamshell handset which harbours an external OLED display and 1.3 Megapixel camera in its exterior. Inside, the handset is fitted with a 1.9-inch 65K colour display with a resolution of 176 x 220 pixels.

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Acer glimpses Personal Media Player MP-500

Although the device has yet to be officially announced, Acer recently offered a sneak peek of its Personal Media Player MP-500 at its autumn event in Athens, Greece. Likely to be announced before Christmas, the device will include support for a number of common audio and video formats, although whether Digital Rights Management is supported remains unknown.
Featuring a 3.5-inch TFT screen of unknown resolution, the MP-500 will be available in sizes of either 20 or 40 GB, also incorporating an SD/MMC slot for transferring data directly to the internal drive of the unit. This feature, in combination with photo viewing software, will let casual photographers offload and view pictures whilst on the go.

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Sony Ericsson HBH-610 headset does Bluetooth 2.0

Sony Ericsson today announced its latest top-of-the-line Bluetooth headset, the Bluetooth 2.0 enabled HBH-610. Replacing the Akono HBH-608 as the most capable headset in Sony Ericsson's line-up, the HBH-610 offers a range of advanced features such as echo cancellation, noise reduction and even automatic volume adjustment according to surrounding noise levels.

Weighing in at a mere 20 g, the HBH-610 is - as with all previous Sony Ericsson headsets - fitted with a button array for call management, voice dialing and volume adjustment. Delivered in an silver-and-black colour configuration, the headset claims a talk time of up to 6.5 hours and standby time of up to 13 days and is expected to hit shelves in October at approximately €115 EUR.

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PSP on your TV!

For only $120-$150, you can play your Sony PSP on your TV! You can even use a PS2 controller.

The PlayStation Portable has that bright, beautiful screen, but there are still times when you might want to see your handheld games and UMD videos up on a big screen. Sony originally considered adding a video out port to the PSP, but that feature was lost in development. Team Xtender, a hardware outfit which has made the MagicBox Xbox mouse/keyboard adaptor and a series of crystal console cases, has officially announced a device that will put TV-out features into the PSP at last.

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Web Developer's Handbook: css, css navigation tabs, color tools, ajax

The so-called "pocket" version of the well-known "Web-Dev-Bookmarks" (alvit.de/web-dev) is a single page, which includes essential links for web-development. Creativity resources, css galleries, color schemes & palettes, royalty free images, css layouts & navigation menus, ajax apps, SEO etc. - here you've got them all.

Simple, nice and useful.

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High Resolution Satellite Image of Hurricane RITA

Here is a high resolution image of Hurricane Rita over the Gulf of Mexico taken on September 21, 2005 by MODIS. (Image is about ~8.2MB, see comments 4 a link to view this image in a Flash Viewer)

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List of Fake Anti-Spyware Programs!

This is a list of so called anti-spyware programs. All of them are fakes, show erroneuos results and are spyware themselves.

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Are we getting smarter or dumber?

"Too much information" may be the catchphrase of the Internet age.

That's why generations reared on Net technology may need to one day rely on the brain calisthenics being developed and tested by Mike Merzenich, a neuroscientist, software entrepreneur and self-described "applied philosopher."

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This is a big computer

Running 288 cpu's, 144 GB of ram, and only 11.5 TB of disk space.

Our in-house designed (Joachim Stadel & Ben Moore 2003), massively parallel supercomputer for running our cosmological N-body simulations. This machine consists of 288 AMD Athlon-MP 2200+ (1.8 GHz) CPUs within a few cubic meters. Under load it produces about 45 kW of heat, about equivalent to 45 electric hair dryers operating continuously! This amount of heat, combined with the extremely high density necessitated a new design for efficient cooling. The 144 nodes (2 CPUs per node) are connected using an SCI fast interconnect supplied by Dolphin in a 12x12 2-dimensional torus. The layout of the machine is ring-like, thereby allowing very short "ribbon" cables to be used between the nodes. This fast interconnect network attains a peak bisection bandwidth of 96 Gbits/sec, with a node-node write/read latency as low as 1.5/3.5 microseconds. Additionally the zBox has 11.5 TBytes of disk (80 GBytes/node) and 3 Gbits/s I/O bandwidth to a frontend server with 7 TB of RAID-5 storage. This is among the fastest parallel computers in the world! At "first light" it ranked in the top 100, but the technology advances quickly. (see top500, June 2003: Rank 144) (see top500, November 2003: Rank 276)

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Sony shows VAIO A500 17-inch notebooks in style

Boosting the specifications of its VAIO A series desktop replacement series, Sony has introduced the VAIO A500 series to replace the existing VAIO A400 series. As with its predecessors, the A500 series falls under the umbrella of Sony's desktop replacement notebooks, and offers the largest screens and most powerful specifications available the Japanese maker's line-up.

Ranging in processor choices from Intel's Pentium M 740 up to the M 760, the A500 series offers speeds of up to 2 GHz in combination with up to 2 GB of 533 MHz DDR2 SDRAM. Hard drive sizes range from 80 to 120 GB in the shape of SATA disks spinning at 5,400 RPM, with the A500 series also offering a DVD±RW Dual Layer drive.

A 17-inch display is standard across all models, sporting a WXGA+ resolution of 1440 x 900 pixels and Sony's X-Black technology and being powered by a 256 MB ATI Radeon X600 graphics card.

A range of connectivity options are available including 10/100/1000 Ethernet and a V.92 56K modem; three USB 2.0 ports; FireWire; VGA and combo AV out ports; and a Memory Stick expansion slot supporting both standard Memory Stick and the newer Duo format. Furthermore, the A500 series also integrates Bluetooth 2.0 and Wi-Fi 802.11b/g.

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AirAsia offers 80% discount for two days

KUALA LUMPUR: To celebrate the record of flying 13 million passengers, AirAsia is offering a two-day promotion – fares for all seats in flights to all destinations it serves will be sold at an 80% discount.

AirAsia executive vice president (commercial) Kathleen Tan said that it was an amazing achievement for the airlines to attract 13 million passengers during its four-year operation.

“With our low fares, we have made flying very affordable and it’s truly gratifying to see how AirAsia has made flying a reality and not just a dream.

“Our two-day special promotion is just our way of saying a big thank you. We are very encouraged and will continue to offer more low fares so everyone can fly,” she said in a statement yesterday.

Tickets must be bought today or tomorrow for travel from Friday to Oct 20.

To buy the tickets, the public can call the nationwide call centre at 1300 88 9933 (within Malaysia) or 603-7884 9000 (outside Malaysia), buy online at www.airasia.com or walk in to AirAsia airport sales counters and town sales offices.

The offer is not applicable on flights to or from Macau, Bali and Surabaya.

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PHP Tutorial

Great 7-part PHP tutorial.

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Palm sued over Treo phones

PALM IS BEING sued by three consumers for Treo Smartphones alleged to be of poor quality.

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Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 Officially Released

This version includes several security and stability fixes, including a fix for a reported buffer overflow vulnerability and a fix for a Linux shell command vulnerability.

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O2 Xda Atom

Being a pda enthusiast, I pretty love this upcoming model compared with HTC Wizard, Typhoon & Apache. Its had enhanced with EDGE, FM radio, 262K colours display, 2MP camera & 128MB ROM, which makes more sense/realistic instead of having GPS feature where only certain country are supporting it. Furthermore, the black steel body will make it more gorgeous & absolutely tempted which Xda Mini owner always hoping for. Anyway, it's expected to be released in early December.
So, I think it's worth for an upgrades to those Mini owner..? I guess so..

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HOW TO Upsample Images

This article is a great solution on how to upsample those low-resolution images from your camera phone or digital camera. The images may even be good enough for framing!

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C'mon Kids, Let's Play Programmer

The creator of a board game says computer programming can be fun. A few rolls of the die later you, too, could become a programmer.

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Build a professional photo/video studio on the cheap

If you want to get the pro look of your still pictures or videos here is a great guide on how to build your own studio very cheap.

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LG VX9800 thumbboard phone comes to Verizon

Landing next month on Verizon Wireless' high-speed network, LG today introduced the VX9800 high-end vertical clamshell featuring a smorgasboard of capabilities more typically present in smartphones than mere mortal handsets. Among the highlights are EV-DO for high speed data transfers, music player capabilities, miniSD card expansion, a 1.3 Megapixel camera and much, much more.

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Dell Axim X51v

Features:
-Built in WiFi and Bluetooth
-Dual Memory Slots
-VGA ScreenIntel 2700G graphics accelerator
-Windows Mobile 5
-256MB ROM
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Finally, this is no longer rumours. Yes, X51v looked exactly like X50v in all facts. It's not a new released model but is rather to an upgrades with WM5.0, 256ROM & slightly improvement on the battery life.
Frankly, I owned a X50v & I can say this high-end ppc are worth to buy & I very satisfied with the performance, especially the VGA resolution + 16MB GPU (Intel 2700G graphics accelerator) which remarks as an awesome displays best in gaming or applications. I don't think will gonna upgrade to X51v cause Dell soon will offer WM5.0 upgrades (chargeable) to all Axim models & I will surely gonna give a shot on it. But to those who planned to get X50v, I reckon you go for X51v insteads. Or maybe wait until Dell next promotion for this if you don't mind *lol*

Here are some reviews from certain sites:
Aximsite
Pocket PC Thoughts
PocketNow
PC Mag

Invisibility cloak

Technology takes a turn for good or evil? New "invisibility cloak" supposedly has the ability to project an iten see through in a three dimensional shape. Plans for invisible walls?

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Opera is going free!

Opera Software has removed the banners and licensing fee of their Opera Web Browser, and it is now freeware.

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Google Earth

Guys.. this is cool. I managed to locate KLCC by using Google Earth. The best thing is, it's free!

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Genetically Altered Silk is Bulletproof

Scientists at Nexia Biotechnologies in Montreal have discovered what happens when you cross a spider with a goat.
Protein is extracted from the goat milk to produce silk fibers, called BioSteel, for bulletproof vests, medical supplies and space equipment.

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Web Design & Development Cheat Sheets

All the cheat sheets you'll ever need as a web designer, graphic designer, web developer, or anything related to it. Including a new Adobe Illustrator Cheat Sheet.

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The Banana Going Extinct?

I love bananas. Popular Science has an article about how they are going extinct. Apparently in the early 1900's the main table variety of banana went extinct and was replaced by what we eat now. According to Popular Science this is happening again.

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10 Tips To Make Your Digital Photos Better

These are the top 10 tips given by photographic professionals on how make your digital happy snaps better. It won't make you a professional overnight but it will help you along your way! (See comments if you can't see story for login)

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A long lost friend weddings

1 more out from my list.. hehe.. *joking*
Well, i knew her during my college time about 4-5 yrs ago. After that we never had any contact since then. If not, the groom will be me though.. hehe *joking again*..
About 9 of us, driving in 3 cars, heading towards south to meet a town named "Banting"..
Know what, the funny things is that we reached there about 30mins earlier..! Gosh.. that's the earliest time i ever made in my entire life on attending wedding dinner.. normally ppl will be late instead of early bird. Hey, who planned on this huh..?! Anyway, is not bad coz we got nice seats & extra kacang huh..
I think by end of this or next years, more & more weddings is coming in.. "harvest season" huh.. Guess i need to plan for revenge d.. hahaha.. *dreaming*









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Tutorial: Setting up a server with SuSE 10.0

this is a very detailed tutorial about how to use the new SuSE 10.0 to set up a web, mail, and ftp server.
It covers every aspect of the installation and demonstrates the setup process with the help of 50 screenshots, allowing even beginners to follow this guide. Experienced system administrators will benefit from this tutorial as well.

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Computer Desk for the Lazy

A Japanese company has created a computer desk that you use while in bed or on the couch. It supports a really large CPU, an LCD display, mouse and keyboard. The whole thing is on wheels, so it's easy to roll from bed to couch, then back to bed!

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List of Common and Bad Passwords

Huge list of commonly used, bad passwords. If you use any of these passwords, it may be a good idea to change it asap. Dictionay words make bad passwords!

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10% Ebay Coupon

Lets celebrate 10 years of ebay by saving some $$! This coupon is valid until September 28,2005 12:00 a.m (Pacific). The coupon is good for a purchase price of $25 or more, not including shipping. This coupon also cannot exceed $25. The payment must be made using Paypal, with the coupon code CELEBRATE.

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Extracting Video from the Brain

"...activity of neurons [in the brain] can be decoded into a reconstructed image." Link includes pictures of actual reconstructions from the activity of 177 cells in a cat's brain.

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China's Google Baidu is really China's Baidu Google

WHAT'S the fifth most popular website in the world? Ebay? CNN? Amazon? Actually it's Baidu. Bai who? The Chinese search engine has more visitors than any of those better known sites, according to Alexa Internet (Alexa's rankings are not 100 per cent accurate, but they do give a good idea of the relative standings of most major websites)

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Mail Beta Images + Specs -- Hotmail will burn

Hotmail is going to get replaced with a thing called Mail currently in beta. The article includes images. Google seems a lot clunkier all of a sudden. Mail is inspired from Outlook.

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Guides to convert to and from almost any type of Video

This site will help you to make your own VideoCDs, SVCDs or DVDs that can be played on your standalone DVD Player from video sources like DVD, Video, TV, DV, Cam or downloaded movie clips like DivX, MOV, RM, WMV and ASF.

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Opera weaknesses

Finally i spotted some weaknesses of Opera browser which being unable to handle java script efficiently such as creating posts in Blogger & Friendster. On top of that, i also noticed it can't be open to new window when composing mail on GMail. Other than that, i'm pretty love of their RSS feeds & tabs handlings over Firefox.
Anyway, both of them had the pros & cons but it's enough to give Microsoft headache... :)

Giant Coronal Mass Ejection to hit Earth Tonight!

If this incoming CME does hit Earth's magnetic field as hard as forecasters expect, auroras could appear in places where they are seldom seen: California, Arizona, Texas and elsewhere. Could spark a severe geomagnetic storm when it arrives.

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REVIEW: Yahoo! Mail Beta

First complete review of the new Yahoo! Mail, unavailable to most users. Screen shots. Tabbed mail reading.

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