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Monday, 01 September 2008 |
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My Windows Mobile smartphone serves many purposes to me
1) Normal phone - Features ultimate connectivity with quadband, EDGE, Bluetooth, Infrared, WiFi
2) My webcam (Powered by WebCameraPlus )- I could use the camera of the phone as a camera, even a wireless camera using WiFi, which means I can turn on my webcam on my computer and bring the handphone around the house, even to my neighbour's house.
The latest version also doubles up as a wireless microphone so you can do webconference everywhere.
3) My Skype phone (Powered by Skype Mobile )- Save that USD200 to buy a dedicated skype phone. This smartphone serves as a Skype phone so I can talk for hours if I wish to.
4 ) My Live Messenger (Powered by Windows Live Mobile )- I can chat at whichever hotspot I come across, or connect via EDGE/GPRS if I'm really desperate
5) SMS becomes easier (Powered by MyMobiler ) - Once my phone is connected to the PC, be it through USB, Bluetooth or WiFi, I can reply to SMS instantly and quick if I am infront of the computer using the keyboard. No need to use that two little thumbs. SMS are also synchronized to Outlook express using Jeyo Mobile Extender
6) My personal organizer, never miss anything anymore (Powered by Outlook Express) - I used my phone to set important dates, schedules, important meetings, assignments, etc. With Windows Vista and XP, all these can be synchronized between the computer and the phone using Microsoft Active Sync or Windows Mobile Device Centre
8) My document reader (Adobe Reader LE & Office Mobile ) - With Office Mobile and Adobe reader, reading and editing documents on the go is easy
9) My Internet browser - powered by (Internet Explorer Mobile ), WAP sites are irrelevant, view sites in full bloated HTML
10) My Sideshow (Coming soon) - Soon, the device would be able to function as a sideshow device for Windows Vista, being able to control Vista gadgets on the phone.
11) My call recorder (Powered by PMRecorder ) - thinking of blackmailing me? All phone conversations are automatically recorded. Another good reason for you not to borrow my phone to call someone else :D. Apart from that, I use CallFilter to block any unwanted incoming calls or SMS.
13) My flash drive (Powered by WM5torage ) - now this device can also act as a universal plug and play flash drive, using the SD card as the storage device. Carrying files around gets easier.
14) My pocket dictionary, with MDict , I can install as many downloadable databases to my phone such as Language translators, list of countries and it's capital, and many more
15) My modem, the phone can act as a GPRS/EDGE modem or even dial up modem (but the charge would be too high) so I can hook it to my laptop and go online wherever there is a cellphone reception.
16) There are also other useful applications, such as :
- BMI Calc , use to monitor one's fitness by calculating the BMI (Body Mass Index) value, just key in your height and weight, and with a push of the button, you know your BMI.
- Moblue , use to manage incoming Bluetooth beams, to specify the location where the received file will be saved.
- FizzBill , ever eaten with a friend at a restaurant, wanted to split the bill but calculations were confusing with all the surcharge and taxes thrown in? With FizzBill, just key in the actual amount, tax rate, and the number of people sharing the bill and the amount will be generated instantly.
This and many more features are available to you when you use a
smartphone powered by Windows Mobile. While many of you are crazy over
Symbian phones like Sony Ericsson and Nokia, why not give Windows
Mobile a try? Windows Mobile has the largest user contributed
softwares, applications and games which makes your smartphone a very
powerful device.
Not to mention, every single things in the phone can be configured and tweaked using registry, just like a normal computer
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 September 2008 )
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Monday, 01 September 2008 |
It is known to us that the bigger the number is, the less likely that it is a prime number , due to the fact that it could be a multiple of any other numbers. From 1-100, there are quite alot of prime numbers but from 1000-1100, there are lesser prime numbers.
There has been a challenge by GIMPS, the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search to see which super computer could find the biggest prime number. The prize is USD100,000.
To be able to obtain such a big prime number, you need a computer with a very powerful processing power as well as a very good algorithm (the way calculations are done) to obtain the number fast and big.
Recently, a computer reported the world biggest prime number. Can you believe how big is the number?
The clue is this 9.8 million. Still can't figure it out? Well, 9.8 million is not the figure, but it's the number of digits that make up the prime numbers. Can you believe it, that for such a big number, it is actually not divisable by any other numbers?
Read more about GIMPS here
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Last Updated ( Monday, 01 September 2008 )
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Friday, 29 August 2008 |
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Our Prime Minister has announced the Budget 2009, and so far these are the few things he announced which I think is really beneficial to us.
1) Rebate of RM400 for chargeable income less or equal to RM35000 a year (from RM350)(While it will not affect my tax subject this year, I believe the changes would be implemented in my Advanced Taxation paper next year.
2) Maximum tax rate for tax resident individual
and non tax resident to be reduced 1% from 28% to 27% (Government is
reducing the tax at the rate of 1% every year for the past few years.
The reason given by the Prime Minister is that the reduction is to
prevent brain drain and to encourage them to stay in Malaysia.
3) Double tax deduction for employer who sponsor students to study in ICT and few other fields.
4) All interest from savings for individual is tax exempt. They should have introduced this last year, then I would not have to squeeze my brain juice trying to remember the exemptions for my tax paper.
5) (Old news) Extension of Star LRT and Putra LRT to cover Puchong, Subang, USJ. (Now this is a damn good news as the jam at Subang area and Sunway area can be eased)
6) Building a new railway system from Damansara to Cheras (I really hope they do not introduce another type of train as it will not be possible to integrate into existing rail in the future)
7) A second 'KL Sentra' to be build on the existing Bandar Tasik Selatan station. A 5 storey building, capable of housing hundred of buses and taxis. I hope that they will consider the new Damasara -> Cheras link when building this terminal, probably they could run the rail parallel to the existing ERL, KTM and LRT line along Bandar Tasik Selatan so that the new terminal would be able to house these 4 systems.
8) 'Sinful' tax for cigarette to be increased for 3 cents for every cigarette stick from 15 cents to 18 cents.
9) Government staffs to be eligible for a month (or is it two) month bonus or RM1000, whichever is lower
10) Government staffs working for more than 25 years are entitled to a higher pension of RM700 a month.
11) If your telephone bill is lesser than RM20 a month, it's free !
What I stated is based on what I've heard and make sense to me, I could have heard wrongly.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 29 August 2008 )
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Thursday, 28 August 2008 |
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Beginning this friday, the competition between telecommunication provider will become greater when Mobile Number Portability is finally completed (it was supposed to be completed years ago). With Mobile Number Portability (MNP), you can switch to other network without changing your number, you can keep your existing number (most of the time, nice numbers) and jump ship. What does this means? This means that you are no longer bonded to a network once you are commited. If one of them provide you a terrible service, just go to any of the telco centres and request for a change.
To prevent users from changing as they like, a charge of RM25 is imposed on each time you change network. On top of that, your existing balance would be forfeited, so forget about carrying all your birthday bonus to another network.
According to Lowyat.Net , it will be launched in October, but starting this Friday (tommorow), you can begin the transition as the telcos get ready for the main launch. Be among the first few to jump ship as only 100 applicants will be proceesed by each telcos everyday prior to the launching.
I still remembered I was posting about MNP way back in September 2007, and back then I was saying that it would be launched 'soon'. Well guess the 'soon' will be in another two months time.
So consumers, let us just sit down and watch more freebies thrown in to us by the major telcos in Malaysia.
In the future, you will no longer know what network your friends are as 012 and 017 could as well be subscribers of Celcom or Digi and vice versa.
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Monday, 25 August 2008 |
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While rushing out for lunch, I bumped into Fariz and he told me that I was featured in today's NST Tech&U section front page and centre spread for racing in the Intel F1 simulator competition. I checked out the paper in library after that and true enough, it was in the front page and the centre spread.
Front cover of Tech&U 25th August 2008
The centre spread - My friends were asking me how come I was looking so serious. Of course la, I was concentrating on the race!
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Last Updated ( Monday, 25 August 2008 )
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Sunday, 24 August 2008 |
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I was watching the Olympic closing ceremony, then came a part when an old chap performed with his electric guitar. Guess who it was?
No, it's not Badawi, I think he's still at Permatang Pauh, it's Jimmy Page . I can't stop laughing upon realizing how similar their faces are.
Compare it yourself with the real Badawi
Perhaps they are long lost siblings.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 24 August 2008 )
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Monday, 18 August 2008 |
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I didn't worry about my result as I know what is done is done, I was just hoping that I could get as high marks as possible. The result would be sent via email by 1pm, by 12.30p.m. Ms Joyce told us that the result has already been released, however she would not release us till class ends at 1.30p.m. I couldn't wait any longer, I was not concentrating in class, I just poped up my phone and try to scan for any WiFi network but there wasn't any near the Lecture Theatre, so I tried GPRS/EDGE but still it was not working so I just finished up my work as quick as possible which was a bad decision because the first person who came out with the right answer and right presentation gets a reward of RM50 from my lecturer, ya, she's generous enough to offer that money from her own pocket.
I knew that all the computer labs would be packed with all the CAT and ACCA students wanting to check their result so I turned on the WiFi no my phone and walked around Sunway till I got a strong signal, I logged into my email, got into the inbox, opened the mail, and this is the result.
I was very dissapointed with my T5 performance even after coming out from the exam hall, I knew that at least 20 marks would be gone because it was a question that was total stranger to me, never taught, never heard, never tried, never know how to do.
I just have to be satisfied with my T3 and T4 marks, it was ridiculous for me to aim for 100% when I knew I did not put in enough effort to deserve the marks, two of my classmates got 98 and 99 respectively for T3 and T4, hope that they will get the world prize or at least the Malaysian prize.
Progress test is next week, before I realize it, it's already here, and I haven't really prepared, I am really under a lot of pressure now.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 18 August 2008 )
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