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Jul31
"Intel Video over Wireless Technology" Online Seminar

EEplace (www.EEplace.com) and Intel is having an online seminar on challenges in developing Streaming video over wireless networks. Register and you could bring home an iPod too. Catch the live broadcast on 10 August 2006, Thursday. intel-logo-4.jpg

Time and Place : 11:00am - 12:30pm Beijing/HK/Taipei/Singapore (GMT+08:00) online at your PC!
(ie. 8:30am - 10:00am at New Delhi, 12:00 noon - 1:30pm at Seoul, 1:00pm - 2:30pm at Sydney) 

The specific seminar topic will be "Key Considerations to Design DMA/AP to Comply with Intel Video over Wireless Technology" and its in  English.

Expert speakes include Gary A. Martz, the Intel Mobile Wireless Marketing Desktop Product Manager; David L Akerson, Product Marketing Engineer, Consumer PC Platform Group and Martha Su, MWG Product Marketing Manager, APAC Product & Platform Marketing Group .

Its been noted on the site that this seminar is especially beneficial for those wireless router developers and network media adapters' designers. Intel continues to provide leadership toward technology standards that improve the digital home experience and help accelerate development of digital home products. This web seminar will help you to understand what the challenge today with streaming over wireless media is and what the key consideration is while developing Video over Wireless technology provides the solution.

Registration URL : http://www.eeplace.com/exttp/inl060810/seminar-en.html 
Jul31
The Road Less Traveled...or is it?
Ahh...our friend Colbert is now a Full-Time Blogger. "Seduced by the Dark Side he is." I want to take this opportunity to wish him many successes ahead and am hoping that he will remember me when he is talking... Continue Reading
Jul28
Microsoft changes tune with Zune
 Microsoft's Zune portable music player will let people share and sample tracks via wi-fi and owners will be able to buy tracks that are downloaded direct to the device. The first Zune player will appear in late 2006. Zune is the... Continue Reading
Wireless Bluetooth Mighty Mouse by Apple
Apple showed off its latest device: the Mighty Mouse with Bluetooth. This is a wireless Bluetooth Mighty Mouse that's been asked for since day one of the peripheral's release. By the way, for those not interested in poring over the... Continue Reading
Jul27
Tab Mix Plus 0.3.0.5
Tab Mix Plus is a useful Firefox plugin that enhances Firefox's tab browsing capabilities and I've been waiting for something like this to keep my tabs saved.It includes such features as duplicating tabs, controlling tab focus, tab clicking options, undo... Continue Reading
Desire has a new name - The new Microsoft Vista PC
Things are not so smooth in the Microsoft camp, now that the whole Vista thing is eating into their revenues for the next months. So they are perking things up with a new hardware design that coincides with the new... Continue Reading
Microsoft Corp says IE 7 is now a High Priority Update
Microsoft Corp says IE 7 is now a High Priority UpdateMicrosoft Corp announced today that it will now include Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP as a "high priority" package in its Automatic Updates site. The company says the security... Continue Reading
Jul26
Dual Boot Vista and OS X on a MacBook with Vista Beta 2 Boot Manager
I find the process of booting Vista and OS X on a Macbook pretty suicidal. Why go on such a trip and make your life difficult when having Windows XP is good enough. Well, if you are wondering how it... Continue Reading
Application Performance Techniques
They say technology is useless unless you have a killer app to make the day to day usage easier. But what happens when applications usage degrade  due to external factors. Here's a good article where some tips, tricks and technologies... Continue Reading
Windows Live Gallery Beta
Windows Live Gallery is now in public beta and it lets you download content designed for Windows Live services such as media, gadgets, extensions, plug-ins to be customized and utilized your Windows Live applications. Sounds pretty nifty and you could... Continue Reading
Getting Rid of Pesky Humans with Snapmania Tourist Remover
Don’t you just hate it when people get in the middle of your holiday snaps. It simply takes away the magical feeling of your photos but now, you can use the Tourist Remover software to erase that ugly looking... Continue Reading
PC Growth Rates Takes a Plunge
IDC had forecast PC growth of over 10 percent for the next several years but in a report released earlier this week, IDC estimates worldwide shipments increased only 9.7 percent. Overall, PC sales were strong except for Europe. This is... Continue Reading
Jul25
Wimax Spectrums
I did not know that the Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (Wimax) has 2 main spectrums until just recently when Malaysia's Energy, Water and Communications Ministry cancelled a tender for the Wimax 2.3 Ghz spectrum. The 2 main spectrums are... Continue Reading
Couple Loses Money in Bogus Laptop Sale
Tsk Tsk. Its hard to trust people nowadays. Recently , a couple have been conned out of hundreds of pounds at a car-boot sale in Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, England. The victims visited a garage sale in Granite Way on July 9,... Continue Reading
Free Avery(r) Mac Label Expert Software For Apple Mac Users
The Avery(r) Mac Label Expert is the newest desktop tool for all your labeling needs. You can create labels, cards, CD/DVD labels and more on your Mac with the Avery Mac Label Expert. Features include a new user interface, templates... Continue Reading
ThinkFree has new Collaboration Features in Doc Exchange
I finally got my Microsoft Excel to run again but if it screws up again, I will need to rely on Thinkfree again, that lets me edit Word, Excel and Powerpoint files online via Java Applets.  Well, it seems that... Continue Reading
Co-branded Norton Internet Security service for Yahoo Users
Yahoo and Symantec have teamed up to offer internet security products to Yahoo customers at discounted rates to counter Microsoft's recent entry into the security space, undercutting former partners such as Symantec and McAfee in the process.Yahoo and Symantec said... Continue Reading
Jul24
TVU Player 1.5.12
If you ever get bored of sitting in the office while waiting for the traffic snarl to cool down, then have a look at this cool Online TV Player - TVU Player 1.5.12. It a software that enables you to... Continue Reading
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Beta 2
The new Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Beta 2 is out and CRN engineers have had a field day with the new featuresl like Unified Messaging and better Outlook Web Access support for mobile devices. Administrators thinking of moving to Exchange... Continue Reading
UBS PaineWebber Trial Aftermath
UBS PaineWebber, one of America's largest Financial Company's was ridiculed in open court today.  The defense for Roger Duronio, the man accused of planting the malicious code that downed the nationwide server network, argued that the security practices and policies... Continue Reading
CyberLink Announces Ownership of Blu-ray Disc Patent
CyberLink recently attended the first meeting of the Blu-ray Disc patent holders meeting, which was held to formulate a joint patent license for Blu-ray Disc technologies. The joint license is designed to simplify the licensing arrangements for the Blu-ray Disc... Continue Reading
New MySpace Instant Messaging Client
MySpace has launched a beta version of their new instant messaging (IM) client, MySpaceIM. MySpaceIM allows MySpace members to chat with each other without needing to be logged into MySpace. In effect it's competition with the likes of MSN Messenger,... Continue Reading
Jul23
Pure MHz Software Toolkit
Here's some freeware to help in your PC troubleshooting project. Getting virus or spyware attacks remedied is much easier if you have the Pure MHz Software Toolkit on hand.Pure MHz Software Toolkit is a collection of freeware applications, designed for... Continue Reading
Dell Profit Drops on Slow PC Growth
As the Cupertino based Apple profits and sales numbered soared on last Wednesday, IT World reports that Dell issued a warning on its quarterly revenues and profits.Although far from being in trouble, the world's largest PC vendor blames slowing PC... Continue Reading
Microsoft irons out security patch
Microsoft  last Tuesday fixed 2 bugs in relation to one of its recently released security patches and it gets pretty scary if this thing happens often. I might even want to stop updating patches in the future. That’s what... Continue Reading
The HP Virtual Server Environment
Conventional IT architecture assumes a one-to-one mapping between a server and an application: "This is our database server. Over there is our data warehouse, and that one is our CRM server." Each environment is sized for a peak load that... Continue Reading
Chinese Calendrics 7.32
The Chinese Calendrics software is a tool for the study of the Chinese Calendar and with it comes great power. It can fortell a person's character, fortune or destiny.... Continue Reading
Jul22
Monitor PC Usage with Activity Monitor
With so many viruses, security breakouts going on in corporate IT systems, it gets pretty tough to get hold of things. Activity Monitor is a surveillance software system for the real time monitoring and continuous tracking of user activities on... Continue Reading
Widget Lovers will love Widget Update and App Update
Two recently updated widgets take the pain out of keeping your software at the cutting edge. More and more apps include automatic checks for new versions, but it's still hit or miss. While MacUpdate and VersionTracker offer email notification services,... Continue Reading
SIPphone Offers Free Landline Calls in 60 countries via Gizmo Software
VoIP provider SIPphone now offers free calls to any landline in Australia, as well a 59 other countries including Canada, China, Cyprus, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, USA and others.The free calling offer is available through SIPphone's... Continue Reading
Myspace Users Hit with Adware via Windows Metafile (WMF) Exploit
The TechSpot blog reports that a banner ad running on MySpace.com and other Web sites used a Windows security flaw to push adware and spyware out to more than one million computer users this week. The attack leveraged the Windows... Continue Reading
Ten Commandments for Computer Security
We are busy people nowadays. Once you get in your office, tons of emails must be replies, Excels need to be updated, etc. Well just in case you forget, here are the Top Ten Commandments for Computer Security:    *... Continue Reading
Jul21
Dennis Hwang aka Super Google Inc. Logo Designer
Dennis Hwang may be the most famous low profile artist in the world as he is the 28-year-old Master webmaster that designs the seasonal and funny logos that decorate Google.com's (GOOG) main site."It's always a fun kind of challenge to... Continue Reading
New AIM Pro for Business
America Online (AOL) is a huge company and now they have released AIM Pro aimed at businesses and professionals. Most people are familiar with AIM's buddy lists and text chat functions, but AIM Pro adds business features like Outlook calendar... Continue Reading
New Microsoft PowerPoint Virus
Security firms are in a daze again over the latest virus to attack a Microsoft Office program. This time the virus is concealed in a malicious PowerPoint attachment that is making the rounds from a Google Gmail address. The file... Continue Reading
Accessible Search Page from Google Inc
The infamous Google Labs guys at Google Inc (goog) have come out with a new site called Accessible Search, in that it also evaluates site usability in ranking results. So basically those having vision problems like me won't have sore... Continue Reading
etribes Blogging and Photo-sharing Service
This month sees the launch of etribes designed for busy adults without the time to maintain a traditional blog but want to share their thoughts and photos online. Wait a minute. Why still maintain a blog when you are so... Continue Reading
Jul20
The Los Angeles News Service Sues YouTube
YouTube maybe be a great way to uploade videos and share them but they will have a lot of headache controlling the materials on it.A Los Angeles video news service sued YouTube Inc. last Friday in federal court for allowing... Continue Reading
Microsoft partners with XenSource for Linux virtualization
Has XenSource gone to the dark side by partnering with Microsoft to develop software that will allow computers to run the upcoming version of Microsoft's Windows server on computers that are simultaneously running Linux ? Some parties are not happy... Continue Reading
PKBlogs - Free Blog Gateway
India, Pakistan, Iran or China are those countries that are censoring a lot of information and the freedom of speech is an idea not taken well over there. Well, if you are from there, then fret no more. You can... Continue Reading
Disable Windows XP Synchronization Warnings
Offline files in Windows XP can come in handy if you need to take your work home with you, but if you have any .mdb or .pst files in a folder that has been made available offline you'll get an... Continue Reading
ICQ Phone Service ropes in deltathree Solutions
With tons of VOIP services out there, I wonder why ICQ has come so late into the playground. I've used the VOIP services of MSN, Yahoo, Jajah and Skype in the past few weeks, with Skype being the best. Now... Continue Reading
Jul19
MB Free Subliminal Message Software 1.0
I know that there's a conspiracy to add subliminal messages in the ads and music videos on MTV to make us into idiot box zombies but I never knew it could even come to the PC realm. The MB Free... Continue Reading
New Zero-Day Linux 2.6.x Kernel Vulnerability Exploit
This recent SANS Handler's diary post says an exploit for a new Linux kernel vulnerability has been posted. The exploit provides privilege escalation and works on all 2.6.x kernels, although SANS says SELinux stops it from working. Don't have many... Continue Reading
Windows Vista Build 5472 is Fast
Steven Bink says the new Vista release (Windows Vista Build 5472) from Microsoft is fast. I wouldn’t know. I don’t have any spare machine to try this demo version yet. And you can also check out tons of screenshots over... Continue Reading
Fame on Firefox’s Friends Digital Wall
Persuade your friends to switch over to the popular browser, Firefox by September 15, 2006 and you will have your name displayed on Firefox 2.0, the latest version of the browser, which is slated for final released by the end... Continue Reading
The Screen Goddess calendar comes under DOS Attack
Who says people in IT are boring, geeky looking and are not attractive ? The Screen Goddess calendar is something that Sonja Bernhardt came up with to bring more beauty into this brainy business. However it has attracted the wrong... Continue Reading
Jul18
Integrating mobile capabilities into Nokia's Daily Business Activities
Want to know how Nokia leverage's their own technology on its internal structures and operations ? Find in this paper about Nokia's quest to merge People, Processes, and Mobile Technology together. See how they integrate mobile capabilities into it's daily... Continue Reading
WildPackets OmniPeek Network Analyzer with Free Google Map Plug-in
Omnipeek's Network Analyzer is one of the best wireless analyzing software around. Now they've made visualizing things much easier with a new Google plug-in.The Google Map Plug-in reads the network address of every node in an OmniPeek packet capture and... Continue Reading
The Chinese have Hacked the Skype VOIP Protocol
No one thought it could be done but the Chinese have proven skeptics wrong. A team of Chinese engineers said they have hacked the Skype protocol, and they are planning to release a third-party Skype client before end August... Continue Reading
Nero CD Burner can't work on Windows Vista Beta 2 yet
Nero makes a mean version of its disc burning program for Linux, but it can't get it working properly on Vista beta 2 for now. "As for now, there is no Nero version available which supports one of the Windows... Continue Reading
Novell to Release Suse Linux Release 10
Novell Inc. ships Release 10 of its Suse Linux on Monday, and it hopes this will be a catalyst for its slow growth in the last few years. Industry analysts estimate that Suse is a distant No. 2 with a... Continue Reading
Jul17
Hosting Microsoft Office Suite with ThinkFree Server Edition
Thinkfree is a great Web 2.0 site that lets you upload, share or edit your Microsoft Office files. I've tried editing Excel and Word docs on it that runs on Java applets and its pretty nifty since my Office Application... Continue Reading
Microsoft to Show Off Vista at Asia Hacker Conference
Microsoft plans to give a hacker conference in Asia an inside look at new security features on Windows Vista later this year, the organizer of the event said Tuesday. The company’s commitment to show off Vista to the hacker... Continue Reading
Yahoo Revamps Finance Site
Financial sites means big business nowadays and with so many competition like Digg, Netscape and Google heating up the Internet, Yahoo does not want to feel left out. Yahoo Finance is getting a facelift today with new interactive stock charts,... Continue Reading
Storing Usernames and Passwords on your Internet Explorer browser
A while back a user at my friend's office was complaining that they kept getting locked out of their MS Outlook accounts for no reason. It seemed to happened after they would open and close outlook. There were actually 2... Continue Reading
I Got News For You!
This cool website - igotnewsforyou.com literally puts your name in the newspapers. I tried it out by entering my name and my wife's and it loads a e-newspaper that includes your names in the stories. It's pretty cool if you... Continue Reading
Jul16
Slipstream Windows with RVM Integrator v1.4
To slipstream updates, patches or service packs means to integrate them into the installation files of their original software, so that the resulting files will allow a direct installation of the updated software. That would mean a faster installation for... Continue Reading
Linux, Google Gets Some Harsh Words from Microsoft COO
Microsoft Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner better watch out because Linux activists will be banging down his door and throwing stink bombs and rotten eggs to make his life more difficult. He’s recently had some some strong words for Google... Continue Reading
A Review on Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs
This week's release of Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs is seen as something interesting from the dear old Microsoft camp and Windows watcher Steven Bink has some more details and screenshots over at Cnet.According to Bink, The software formerly known... Continue Reading
IBM Tivoli Security Operations Manager Launched
IBM Tivoli Security Operations Manager, announced yesterday, automates security data collection and analysis, presenting incident warnings in a real-time dashboard. By integrating network, security, identity and systems management in a single, centralized interface, it enables organizations to respond immediately to... Continue Reading
Yahoo and MSN Users Interoperability Finally!
Nine months ago, Microsoft and Yahoo announced interoperability between the companies' instant messaging networks and looks like its beginning to bear fruit. Beginning late last Wednesday, customers will be able to beta test the functionality by registering their accounts.The effort,... Continue Reading
Jul15
EU Fine Won’t Affect Windows Vista Launch
On Wednesday, the European Commission fined Microsoft €280.5 million (US$357 million) for failing to comply with the terms of a March 2004 antitrust judgment against it but the software maker's Japanese unit said it won’t dampen their spirits and the... Continue Reading
Free Virtual PC 2004 Service Pack 1
Software virtualization can help your businesses leverage costs by running multiple OS and servers sessions on a single high end Server. It can also allow you to maintain the compatibility of legacy and custom applications during migration to new operating... Continue Reading
Legacy PCs have new life with Windows Fundamentals
Microsoft said on Wednesday that it has rolled out a software (Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs) that allows older PCs to be turned into more modern and secure systems, but in the process also makes them less than full-fledged PCs.... Continue Reading
Cheaper Roaming Charges for EU Mobile Users
Mobile operators like Vodafone in the EU are not going to like the move by the European Commission to cut their roaming charges for users by up to 70 percent. EU Mobile Operators will now only be allowed to earn... Continue Reading
Debian.org Linux Server Compromised
Early yesterday morning, a Debian GNU/Linux server (gluck.debian.org) was compromised. According to Debian developer James Troup, "we've taken the machine offline and are preparing to reinstall it." He also said an investigation is being conducted as to what allowed the... Continue Reading
Jul14
Open Source Mugshot for Sharing Music
Red Hat introduces Mugshot, a 100 % open source project that lets users share music, and other entertainment-related content through online social networks, blogs, and websites. Mugshot creates a live social experience through online entertainment communities, and provides the platform... Continue Reading
Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for 11 July 2006
I just got the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for 11 July 2006 by email today. Looks like its going to keep the Microsoft people and users pretty busy with the patches here. Additionally, get the free Security Notification Service e-mails... Continue Reading
Recover Data from Damaged CD with Dead Disk Doctor
This CD data recovery software is free and developed by a Russian named Ivan Komlev. It features a friendly GUI interface and it only needs three steps to copy files from damaged CD.1. Choose source drive2. Selecting destination drive and... Continue Reading
Multi-Mail Notifier Standard 2.1.043.02
I’m such a “kiasu” person whereby collecting IM logins and multiple email accounts is getting pretty much a routine for me. With so many of them on my PC, it gets pretty tiring logging in to each account just to... Continue Reading
IT Security News Roundup
Some interesting IT security news for your perusal this week :   1. Britain to Hand over Gary McKinnon the Hacker The British government has OK'ed the extradition to the United States of Gary McKinnon, who is accused of the... Continue Reading
Jul13
Dell launches One2One Blog
Dell, the world's biggest PC supplier, has launched a new corporate blog called one2one. OK. I find the rational for this blog is probably to include some thoughts from Micheal Dell or to add humanity to the corporate stiffness.... Continue Reading
IT Management Best Practices Guide
I subscribe to the IT Business Edge newsletter and found their latest offer quite interesting. It’s a perfect read for IT managers out there that want to stay on top of new technologies and maximize their career (and your... Continue Reading
RestoreIT 7.0 for Server Backup
RestoreIT is an easy-to-use data recovery utility that automatically backs up all files on a server hard drive. In case of a virus attack, a Windows crash, a software installation gone wrong, or a problem caused by human error,... Continue Reading