Saturday, May 30, 2009
Vaio P - Pocket PC
The words "low key" and "Sony" don't often pop up in the same sentence, especially not when you're talking about the launch of a highly anticipated product such as the Vaio P, but unfortunately, those were the only words that we could muster up when looking back at the events that took place yesterday.
Held in Sony Malaysia's office at Mid Valley, the Vaio P was launched with minimal fuss to a room full of journos - a stark contrast from the in-your-face PS3 launch last year, and even their usually prim and propper Bravia launches. Was this a sign of tough times ahead? We can't say for sure (even though Sony did post their first loss in 14 years), but enough about that for now.
Between the two flavors that are available, the fully fledged P15 and toned down P13, one thing is undeniable - the Vaio P is a bloody stylish netbook pocket style PC. However, once you get past the sexy form factor and gleaming exterior, you might be a tad surprised to find the specs a little light weight
The P15 comes with an Intel Atom Processor Z530 (aren't all Atom powered notebooks automatically called netbooks?), 2GB of RAM, and a 64GB SSD, while the P13 comes with a Intel Atom Processor Z520, 2GB of RAM, and a 60GB HDD. In terms of connectivity, both models come with built-in WiFi and Bluetooth. The P15 ships with a set of noise cancelation ear phones as well as a LAN/Display USB dongle, whereas owners of the P13 will be required to buy the dongle as an additional accessory.
The other thing that caught our attention was the quick boot feature which allows you to boot up the Vaio P into a interface that's pretty similar to that on the PSP. In this quick boot mode, you can listen to music, watch videos and even surf the net without having to wait a whole minute or so to boot up Windows. Oh yeah, these ship with Windows Vista, NOT Windows 7.
Maybe, just maybe, a more elaborate launch will take place then.
Lacie Storage RAID disk 5 TB
I never really cared much for storage devices before this, no matter how funky they looked or how exciting the press releases made them sound. Ok, so maybe I was taken a back a little by the singular red light on this LaCie storage unit, but what really caught my attention was the insane amount of data that this monster could hold - a whopping ten terabytes.
Achievable by providing you with five hot-swappable drive bays, the aptly named 5big Network claims to be "the most complete five-bay RAID solution for small and medium workgroups or offices that need large storage and backup capacity, improved performance and advanced security."
But as always, with great volumes comes a great price tag. The 10TB 5big Network retails at US$2,099 on the LaCie website. Ouch.
Friday, May 29, 2009
PaceMaker DJ
I have been fascinated by the art of DJing for the longest time now, and I almost flipped when I discovered this dinky new handheld DJing solution called the Pacemaker. Produced by a Swedish company called Tonium, the Pacemaker prides itself as being the world's first pocket-sized DJ system.
Designed to fit snugly in medium to large sized palms, the Pacemaker features 60GB of storage, two "turntables" and a mixer all in one small package. You'll also get access to two audio channels - one for output, the other for cueing - a one-touch beatmatching button, a full set of audio effects, as well as a crossfader.
Retail for this baby is a rather steep US$499.99, and since it's not officially available here it will probably cost more to get it from a reseller but that's not going to stop us (me) from wanting one bad. More information on the Pacemaker can be found on the official website at: http://www.pacemaker.net/
P1 Max Wimax technology
Remember that new "desktop series modem" from P1 I was larking about during my trip to JB for the WiMAX Conference not too long ago? Well, it looks like the modem has finally managed to find it's way out of the engineering labs and will be unleashing WiMAX, WiFi and voice (over-WiMAX) functionality to homes very soon.
Called the DV230, this next-gen desktop unit was developed with the help of previously collected customer input and integrates WiFi router functionality to deliver truly wireless, hassle-free Internet connectivity to multiple users from one device with just one connection.
“The DV230 WiMAX modem is designed based on customers’ feedback. These customers have enjoyed the high-performance wireless benefits of P1 W1MAX and want an easy-to-setup device to share the speed and performance of P1 W1MAX without the associated costs of purchasing additional equipments. The DV230 delivers this and makes next-generation wireless broadband access affordable. As a customer-centric telco, we will continuously improve our product and service offerings to always deliver what our customers want and fulfill the P1 brand promise of providing broadband for all,” -- Michael Lai, Chief Executive Officer, P1.
The DV230 is also future ready with next-generation voice capabilities. The device is equipped with a port that allows normal phones to be plugged straight into the modem. This will offer the option of future product and service upgrades to P1’s subscribers without incurring much additional costs.
The DV230 is available with 12- and 24-months subscription plans. As an added bonus, the DV230 is provided free with two years warranty for the device when customers subscribe to selected 24-months P1 W1MAX plans. Users of the current DS300 modem (a.k.a. the alarm clock) can upgrade to the DV230 by purchasing a unit from the P1 Paddock at RM499.
For more information on the DV230, visit http://www.p1.com.my.
In view of the current global economic slowdown, NComputing, a company known for their ultra low-cost computing solutions, has been able to carve a name for themselves as being producers of reliable and value for money hardware.
The company has recently released a new product to their line-up called the NComputing X350, which is a product that was built to accommodate popular slim-line PCs. The X350 turns one PC into four virtual desktops – each able to deliver rich multimedia performance and full-screen video. With a second X350 kit, a total of seven users can share a single PC.
The NComputing X350 retails for RM964.00. For more information on the product, visit: http://tinyurl.com/d7lknb
Nikon D5000
Nikon Inc. today introduced the new D5000, a DSLR camera aimed at photo enthusiasts and those new to DSLR photography. Leveraging on Nikon's expertise and technologies found in its pro-level DSLRs, the 12.3-megapixel D5000 enables users to capture not only high resolution images, but HD video as well.
The D5000 features a 11-point auto focus system with Scene Recognition System with Face Detection and a versatile 2.7" Vari-angle LCD monitor with Live View, an important tool for capturing those difficult angle shots. It also activates Subject Tracking autofocus which automatically locks onto a moving subject, even if it leaves the frame and returns. Also featured are Face Pririoty AF, Wide Area AF and Normal Area AF.
The D5000's D-Movie Mode allows users to record HD movie clips (1280 x 720) at a cinematic 24 frames per second with sound and are recorded onto an inserted SD or SDHC memory card and saved as Motion JPEG AVI files for easy editing with widely available video editing software.
The 12.3-megapixel CMOS sensor is coupled with Nikon's exclusive EXPEED™ image processing system which is capable of delivering clear and low noise photos from the normal ISO range of ISO 200 to 3200, and the expanded range of Lo 1 setting of ISO 100 or a Hi 1 setting of ISO 6400.
The D5000 will be available late April or early May with an estimated price of around RM3100 for the kit which includes the AF-S NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR lens while the standalone body retails at around RM2700 (Prices are rough estimates after conversion from USD).
iPhone extra charger battery
The MiLi Power Pack
The Ultimate in iPhone Power Portability - Introducing the MiLi Power Pack...
The MiLi will give you the freedom to use your iPhone without the daily worries of running out of battery life! Enjoy your iPhone for voice, music, video, games and business applications with extended, stable power.
You can now experience a full day, two days or more of uninterrupted iPhone power, depending on your usage. We know you only want products that compliment your iPhone’s appearance. So we developed a battery design that would appeal to all senses.
The MiLi is made of the highest quality materials and integrates the best in technology. With MiLi, you can have portable power, anywhere, anytime you need it.
iPhone Compatibility
The MiLi has been tested for Dual Compatibility with iPhone 2G and iPhone 3G.
Haven't upgraded your iPhone yet? Not to worry, you can use the MiLi with your 1st generation iPhone (2G) and continue using it when you upgrade to iPhone 3G!
Charging the MiLi Power Pack
Use the included standard USB cable to charge the MiLi power pack. Connect the mini USB end to the input labeled as “IN” on the MiLi. Connect the other end of the cable to a USB 2.0 or 1.1 compatible power source outlet.
Forgot where you placed that iPhone cable? Now you can use the more commonly available USB compatible cables to charge your iPhone / MiLi anywhere you are.
Charging external devices with the MiLi
You can use the port labeled as “OUT” on the MiLi power pack to charge most external USB devices. To use, just connect the device's USB cable into the “OUT” port and it will charge your device using the MiLi battery. This is perfect for charging devices like a Bluetooth headset while on the move. You can even charge two iPhones at the same time if you wish!
Synching with iTunes
You can sync your iPhone with iTunes while it's still docked to the MiLi power pack. Charge your iPhone, MiLi and sync with iTunes all at the same time! Just use the included USB cable and connect it to the computer with which you wish to use iTunes.
MiLi's Smart Power Chip and Charging Priorities
When the iPhone is connected to the MiLi power pack, the MiLi’s internal smart chip efficiently prioritizes power consumption. If the MiLi is connected to a USB power source, consumption comes first from the power source. When the MiLi is not being charged, the iPhone power consumption comes from the MiLi battery. The iPhone will continue to use the battery until the MiLi’s remaining charge is less than 5 percent. When the MiLi battery is less than 5% charged, the internal iPhone battery power source is used. The iPhone battery power source is always used last so it can maintain its maximum charge.
Thanks to MiLi's smart chip you can extend your iPhone battery life by using the iPhone battery only when it's absolutely necessary. Feel like slimming down? Just disconnect the iPhone from the Mili and you will have a fully charged phone to take with you. Leave your MiLi to charge and re-attach at your will. You can even toss the MiLi in your laptop bag or leave in your car for emergency use. With the MiLi, you never run out of iPhone battery life!
iPhone / MiLi Power Source Usage Priority
* 1st = iPhone uses USB outlet power source
* 2nd = iPhone uses MiLi power pack battery
* 3rd = iPhone switches to Internal iPhone battery
Advanced Battery Technology
The MiLi utilizes high quality lithium-polymer battery technology. This allows the MiLi to have a small, lightweight package with an extremely powerful high capacity battery. The MiLi battery can offer up to 2000mAh of charging capacity! Each individual MiLi goes through extensive Quality Assurance testing with our QA staff to ensure it can provide safe, stable power to your iPhone. You can rest assured that your iPhone is being properly charged with the MiLi Power Pack!
Battery LED indicator lights
Press the MiLi power meter button to display the charge indicator lights. The lights will show you the percentage of remaining battery life in the MiLi power pack. Read the blue LED indicator lights from left to right as follows:
MiLi Color Selection
The MiLi Power Pack is available in six different high gloss colors to choose from. Designed to compliment your black, white and silver iPhones, the MiLi is available in a black or white base color and your choice of inner lining. Select from the following color choices:
* High Gloss Black with Blue inner lining
* High Gloss Black with Green inner lining
* High Gloss Black with Gray inner lining
* High Gloss White with Orange inner lining
* High Gloss White with Green inner lining
* High Gloss White with Gray inner lining
Mili Power Pack Specifications
Compatibility = iPhone 2G and 3G
Battery Capacity = 2000mah
Standby Time – Up to 390 hours
Talk Time – Up to 6.5 hours on 3G
Up to 13.5 hours on 2G
Internet Use – Up to 6.5 hours on 3G
Up to 8 hours on Wi-Fi
Audio Play – Up to 31 hours
Video Play – Up to 9 hours
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HP mini notebook
Building on its award-winning portfolio of Mini products, HP recently unveiled another new HP Mini designed for mobile professionals and internet-centric consumers that require a rich computing experience in a small, portable package.
The HP Mini 2140 Notebook PC features a simple, refined all-aluminum case for a sleek yet lightweight design. Starting at 1.19 kg, the fully functional and durable HP Mini 2140 is an ideal companion PC for the on-the-go road warrior. It features a large 10.1-inch diagonal scratch-resistant HP Illumi-Lite LED display, a user-friendly 92 percent of full-size QWERTY keyboard, and a range of hard-drive options including an optional high-capacity 80-gigabyte solid-state drive.
The HP Mini 2140 with Windows XP Home is available April onwards at a recommended price of RM1,699. The HP Mini 2140 with Windows XP Professional is available April onwards at a recommended price of RM2,299.
For more information on the HP Mini 2140, visit the official HP website at http://www.hp.com
Dell Adamo Desire
The much hyped and long anticipated Dell Adamo finally dropped here in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Unveiled in a low-key casual media gathering, we managed to get our grubby hands all over the new machine that Dell proudly call the "thinnest laptop in the world". The name Adamo is derived from the Latin word meaning "to fall in love," and will serve as Dell's flagship line of products that focus on design aesthetics, personalization choices and sought-after technologies.
The first thing we noticed about the Dell Adamo was the slick screwless chassis that was milled out of a singlepiece of aluminum, much like the unibody Macbooks. Not only did the unibody chassis look and feel good, but it added the much needed rigidness to an otherwise incredibly delicate machine. Speaking of other Mac inspired design cues, the Dell Adamo also comes with a sexy backlit keyboard and a slick edge-to-edge glass display over it's 13.4-inch (16:9) HD display.
Available in two configurations - the fully fledged Desire and the lighter specced Admire - the top-of-the line Dell Adamo Desire runs on an Intel Core 2 Duo 1.4GHz processor with Intel Centrino technology, 4GB of 800MHz DDR3 memory and a 128GB Solid State Drive. For a couple of thousand Ringgit less, the Dell Adamo Admire comes a little toned down with an Intel Core 2 Duo 1.2GHz processor, and 2GB of 800GHz DDR3 memory instead.
Both models feature a variety of connectivity options such as WiFi, Bluetooth, an eSATA port for an external hard drive, 2 USB ports, and a display port for an additional screen. There is also talk of matching accessories to come, which include the likes of external storage options as well as external optical drives. According to the press release, an option to include mobile broadband connectivity is also in the pipeline, but details on that are rather sketchy now.
Available in both Pearl (white) and Onyx (black).
For more information on the Dell Adamo, as well as detailed specifications of the two models, visit Dell's website at:
http://adamobydell.com (Dell Adamo International Campaign)
Acer Aspire 3935 'Mini' Notebook
Since Apple kicked off the "minimalist" trend in computing oh so many years ago, the term has been used and reused by many other brands to varying degrees of success. I personally thought that the term died off some time last year, when computers started popping up on shelves with laser engravings and other wild adornments, but it looks like at least one other brand (apart from Apple) is going back to slick lines and no nonsense styling.
That brand is Acer, and the emergence of their latest ultra-portable notebook (another term we haven't heard in a while), the Aspire 3935, is definitely a sight for sore eyes (especially after the Predator).
Measuring 13.3-inches, the Aspire 3935 offers unprecedented mobility options as it comes with built-in WiFi and WiMAX receivers. Even though our local WiMAX infrastructure doesn't support non-vendor receivers just yet, it doesn't hurt to futureproof yourself. Furthermore, selected models in the Aspire 3935 range can be specified with an optional 3G port. Now that's mobility.
In terms of computing prowess, the Aspire 3935 is driven by Intel Centrino 2 processor technology that features the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors and Mobile Intel GM45 Express chipset with integrated 3D graphics. It also supports up to 4 GB of DDR3 1066 MHz and is available with or without an optical drive. It also comes with a LED backlit display panel that supports 1336 x 768 pixel resolutions, and can be configured to come with an 8-cell battery.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
World Disease Pandemic - Influence A ( H1N1 ) Flu
Influence A virus subtype H1N1 is known as A(H1N1) . It is a subtype of influenzavirus A.
Most common in influenza or flu in human.
Some are endemic in Human (occur in human) , less virulent H1nN1 occurs in swine and bird.
Less virulent cause influenze like illness like seasonal flu.
In March, April and May 2009, thousands of laboratory-confirmed infections and a number of deaths were caused by an outbreak of new influence virus subtye called A(H1N1)
Previous deadly and dangerous outbreak include :-
Spanish Flu
1918 outbreak which kill about 50-100 millions of human worldwide. Cause by a subtype of H1N1 influence virus. It unusually severe and part of an avian influenze that mutated and migrate into human.
It cause a cytokinase storm , which basically cause the overstimulate immune system to secrete cytokinase into the lung tissues . This cause the lung to be flooded with fluid and destruction of lung tissues.
It cause difficulty in breathing to human and death.
Russian Flu.
The more recent Russian flu was a 1977–1978 flu .Less dangerous and only infect younger people below 23 years old. Properly because it hit in 1945 era , hence causing the adult have immunity to it. In 1978-79 , it is included influenza vaccine.
2009 Influenza A(H1N1) outbreak
Consist of a mongrel of mixture of 4 types of subtype of influenze flu viruses.North American Mexican influenza, North American avian influenza, human influenza, and swine influenza virus typically found in Asia and Europe.Mixture of human,avian ,swine influence.W.H.O in April 2009 called this new strain as Influence A(H1N1) virus.
Symptoms of Infection.
The symptoms of this new H1N1 flu virus in people are similar to the symptoms of seasonal flu and include fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. A significant number of people who have been infected with this new H1N1 virus also have reported diarrhea and vomiting. The high risk groups for novel H1N1 flu are not known at this time but it’s possible that they may be the same as for seasonal influenza. People at higher risk of serious complications from seasonal flu include people age 65 years and older, children younger than 5 years old, pregnant women, people of any age with chronic medical conditions (such as asthma, diabetes, or heart disease), and people who are immunosuppressed (e.g., taking immunosuppressive medications, infected with HIV).
How to Prevent in Infection to self
The four key things to do that will help in preventing you from getting the H1N1 Flu or Swine Flu:
- 1. Wash Your Hands
2. Cover Your Cough
3. Don't Touch Your Face
4. Stay Away from People Who are Sick
CDC Recommendation
CDC recommends the use of oseltamivir or zanamivir for the treatment and/or prevention of infection with swine influenza viruses.
- * Oseltamivir (brand name Tamiflu ®) is approved to both treat and prevent influenza A and B virus infection in people one year of age and older.
* Zanamivir (brand name Relenza ®) is approved to treat influenza A and B virus infection in people 7 years and older and to prevent influenza A and B virus infection in people 5 years and older.
Check with your physician to find out if you would need to take one of these medications to prevent or treat Swine Flu.
US Occupation Forces Torture Iraqi POW's
Photographs of alleged prisoner abuse that Barack Obama is attempting to censor include images of apparent rape and sexual abuse, it has emerged.
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""--Today, new photographs were sent to La Voz de Aztlan from confidential sources depicting the shocking rapes of two Iraqi women by what are purported to be US Military Intelligence personnel and private US mercenaries in military fatigues. It is now known that hundreds of these photographs had been in circulation among the troops in Iraq. The graphic photos were being swapped between the soldiers like baseball cards.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, one Mexican-American soldier told La Voz de Aztlan, “Maybe the officers didn’t know what was going on, but everybody else did. I have seen literally hundreds of these types of pictures.” Many of the pictures were destroyed last September when the luggage of soldiers was searched as they left Iraq, he said
An investigation, led by Army Major General Antonio M. Taguba, identified two military intelligence officers and two civilian contractors for the Army as key figures in the abuse cases at the Abu Ghraib prison. In an internal report on his findings, Major General Taguba said he suspected that the four were “either directly or indirectly responsible for the abuses at Abu Ghraib and strongly recommended disciplinary action.”
The Taguba report states that “military intelligence interrogators and other U.S. Government Agency interrogators actively requested that Military Police guards set physical and mental conditions for favorable interrogation of witnesses.” The report noted that one civilian interrogator, a contractor from a company called CACI International and attached to the 205th Military Intelligence Brigade, “clearly knew his instructions” to the Military Police equated to physical and sexual abuse. It is not known whether these instructions included, or led to, the raping of Iraqi women detainees as well. --"" source google.com
*Note : The author of this Blog , condemn torture of any kind regardless of religion,race,culture or country..Because the author don like to be tortured hence don like to torture others.
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