Take the Nokia E75 out of the box, and you’ll see a transparent sticker plastered over the display. Apparently, Nokia received too many complaints, from people who couldn’t figure out that on some phones, the red End Call key doubles as the power button! The side-effect of this noobishness? You have to take off the display cover to start using the phone, wasting the sticker’s screen protector potential.

Based on a attended product briefing, Nokia’s pushing the E75 as email-centric, highlighting the QWERTY keyboard that slides out from underneath the otherwise candybar-looking smartphone, as well as the email-friendly messaging app. Functionality-wise compared to the E71 however, the E75 is pretty much the same, with a different form factor and a newer version firmware to set it apart (and I was told that the same firmware is being prepared for the E71).

The complete data sheet is here, courtesy of Philippine affiliate Technograph. More pictures and a review to follow soon.

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We listen to classical music EVERY NIGHT these days. Apparently it's the best way to relax and wind down after a hard day's work.

My days consists of hard work … hard hard work. No, I'm not stressed out, but some people around me are very very stressed… for what reason, I have no idea. It just annoys the hell out of me that when I walk into their space I get sucked into that 'I'm so bloody tired and so tied up with work' kind of energies.

I think when the day ends, and when you shut down to go home, its time to leave your worries behind. It's hard, but its necessary. You can't carry that kind of weight around you all the time, no one can, we're all human bodies and we're not designed to carry burdens 24 hours a day. When we sleep, we're supposed to 'release' it all, and let it go. It can be done. I can't say I'm successful at letting my worries go, but I think I am able to park them some place temporary and pay full attention to 'relaxing' when I need to relax.

And God knows, everyone needs to relax every now and then.

Just follow the steps on how to get a fully licensed 1 year a-squared Anti-Malware v4.5 that normally cost $40 for FREE!

1. First you’ll need to have an account with a-squared. Go to http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/account/ and signed up for one. Just enter your name and email address.

2. Check your email address and you should get an email from Emsi Software (automail@www.emsisoft.com) with the subject Your user account information – Requires verification. Note down your password.

3. Go to http://cc.emsisoft.com and login with your email and password that you got from step 2.

4. Click on Manage Licenses on the left hand sidebar and click Get license by coupon code.

5. Enter the coupon code kam-nef-max-558 and click the Convert button. You should then see that a-squared Anti-Malware has added to the list with a 1 year license period.

6. Download a-squared Anti-Malware v4.5 and install.

7. After installation, you will be prompted to enter an account to login. Enter the same email address and password that you entered in Customer Center on the program and click Log in. You now have a full version of a-squared anti-malware valid for 1 year.

It is important that you run an update after installation to download the latest signature. The first update should take a while because I had to download a total of 17MB. According to Malware Research Group test conducted on June 2009, a-squared Anti-Malware is able to catch the most malware files compared to 18 other antivirus. A big part of the malware consist of trojans or backdoors.

For testing purposes, I copied 19 real current live virus that are circulating around internet and networks today and a-squared anti-malware did not block anything. When I did a scan, it manage to detect all 19 files are virus. It also managed to detect all of the older version of private stub for a crypter called BCD. Same as Microsoft Security Essentials, it could not detect the private trojan on manual scan and also when I run it even after enabling Paranoid mode.

When a-squared Anti-Malware is active, it has two processes which is a2service.exe and a2guard.exe both taking up 113MB. If you want to use a-squared Anti-Malware for on-demand scanning, disabling all real-time protection will drop the memory usage to only 10MB. If any of the background guard is enabled, the memory usage for a2service.exe instantly shoots up to nearly 100MB. During a deep scan, a-squared anti-malware never eats more than 50% of CPU uage. They developers of a-squared Anti-Malware should do something about the memory usage.

Offer still works so get it fast before it ends! Thanks to saturnguy62 for sharing this with us in forum!

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SHAH ALAM - Ahli Parlimen Kapar, S Manikavasagam kesal kerana sebagai wakil rakyat, beliau sendiri terpaksa menunggu lama untuk bertemu dengan Menteri Besar (MB), Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim untuk mengemukakan masalah rakyat.

Menurutnya, usaha beliau untuk bertemu dengan MB bagi memberikan gambaran sebenar tentang apa yang berlaku di kawasan Parlimennya sering menemui jalan buntu kerana beliau hanya dapat berjumpa dengan Setiausaha Politik MB, Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad.

“Sebagai Exco yang memegang portfolio Pembangunan Tanah, seharusnya lebih prihatin dan memberikan perhatian yang lebih utama kepada masalah yang berkaitan tentang hak pemilikan tanah.

“Beliau perlu membuktikan ketelusan dalam mentadbir. Saya bukan hendak menyerang beliau tetapi MB sepatutnya sedar inilah cara permainan politik dan seharusnya beliau perlu turun padang untuk berjumpa dengan rakyat yang berhadapan dengan masalah ini,” katanya ketika dihubungi Sinar Harian, semalam.

Manikavasagam berkata, kebanyakan rakyat yang datang mengadu masalah yang berkaitan dengan isu tanah ini terdiri daripada orang Melayu.

“Saya hanya menjalankan tugas saya sebagai wakil rakyat. Malahan, saya mendapat laporan isu hak pemilikan tanah ini bukan sahaja berlaku di kawasan Parlimen saya iaitu Kampung Perepat tetapi juga di Batu Arang, Kuala Selangor, Batu Caves, Ampang dan Subang.

“Kes ini sangat serius di mana hak orang miskin telah dirampas. Beliau perlu mengambil tindakan segera supaya tidak akan berlaku penyelewengan terhadap orang yang berhak,” katanya.

Beliau berkata, Menteri Besar seharusnya menyelesaikan isu pokok terlebih dahulu kerana lambat laun masalah lain pula akan timbul seperti pencemaran alam sekitar dan sebagainya.

“Beliau adalah MB dan kuasa berada di tangannya. Mungkin beliau takut, saya pun tidak tahu kenapa..,” katanya.

Sementara itu, beliau turut mengakui yang beliau juga terpaksa berhadapan dengan beberapa kesusahan ketika berusaha untuk mengumpulkan maklumat tentang hak pemilikan tanah.

“Pelbagai alasan yang diberikan antaranya, fail hilang, tidak cukup maklumat dan sebagainya.

Dalam masa yang sama, beliau juga tidak menafikan kejayaan kerajaan PR dalam memperjuangkan hak rakyat seperti memberikan air percuma, bantuan kepada warga emas.

“Apa yang saya harapkan adalah semua kesulitan ini segera berakhir. Kita perlu segera bertindak kerana rakyat telah memilih kita sebagai wakil rakyat kerana mereka mahukan perubahan.

“Jangan sampai mereka bosan dan mengubah haluan kepada pihak yang lama,” katanya lagi.

Sinar Harian 3Julai2009

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Great bodyart showing Air New Zealand have nothing to hide.

Here’s some updated news since the WebOS 1.04 firmware update from Palm. Sadly, it seems you still cannot install UpToDate for PalmOS on the Palm Pre under Classic, the PalmOS emulator. This is despite there being a virtual SD card. Bulls96 in the forums has been trying and in his latest attempt, he is still getting a “white screen” when running the installation prc, with the appropriate UTD data files in the root of the virtual SD.

Nevertheless, UpToDate users can still use the excellent Pre’s browser and access the Mobile UpToDate site: http://pda.uptodate.com
Unlike the Epocrate mobile site, there doesn’t seem to be any issues when testing it with the emulator’s browser.

After logging, you get a nice and simple Search screen

The search results seem to format nicely on the browser

I understand that this is not the solution for everyone with a mobile since it depends on a good signal, and adequate data speeds which may not be the case in all corners of your hospital. Nevertheless I think if you can, it’s a viable option, at least till the problem is fixed (hopefully soon UpToDate!)
The best thing is for a native WebOS version of UpToDate and this is what we all look forward to.

from the Palmdoc Chronicles

UpToDate on the Palm Pre

Just some quick updates.

You may have noticed that I have been missing in action for quite some time. Apologies for that.

I have actually been busy with a lot of things these past few weeks.

First up, exams. Results came out today. Pretty happy with it I guess. Got two 7’s and two 6’s. Nothing will be complete without my CPL though…

After exams were out of the way, I had to fly down to Sydney to participate in something that could potentially transform my life. Unfortunately, it was an unsuccessful attempt… Amazingly dissapointing I tell you… It felt like a slit to my throat…

After that, my mum and her friends arrived in Australia and I had to bring them down to Sydney again for holidays.

So, here I am, 0600 hours in Sydney writing from my laptop with my newly acquired pre-paid wireless broadband (pretty neat little bugger this thing!).

Alright, catch you guys pretty soon!

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The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Overview This is The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 walkthrough complete with images plus detailed text descriptions for those who need to consult a Reemus 3 walkthrough in order to beat this game. Detailed Reemus Chapter 3 walkthrough with both least resistance and aggressor endings.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Crash Site

1. Crawl onto the log “a”.
2. Consume the spider “b”.
3. Climb up the tree and consume the bird “c”.
4. Fly down and consume the snake “d”.
5. Scare the squirrel away and enter the hole “e”.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Gygax

1. Drop the fruit “a” onto the rock.
2. Consume the frog at “b”.
3. Hop onto the rocks “c”.
4. Jump up the branches “d”.
5. Leap up onto the branch above fruit “e”.
6. Drop the fruit “e” into the pool.
7. Dive into the pool “f”.
8. Consume the fish “f”.
9. Get hooked via “g” and consume the Gygax.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Cockcroach
1. Liam – Save the Cockroach – Path Of Least Resistance
2. Reemus – Chop down the tree – Path Of Aggression

Liam – Save the Cockroach – Path Of Least Resistance

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Cockroach

1. Liam – Go right to the Mushroom area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Mushroom

1. Liam – Pick up the mushroom cover “a”.
2. Go left back to the Cockroach area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Cockroach
1. Liam – Put mushroom cover onto log “a”.
2. Go 2 screens right to the Hive area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Hive

1. Liam – Walk onto “a”, switch to Reemus.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Cockroach
1. Reemus – Go right to the Mushroom area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Mushroom
1. Reemus – Get the sturdy piece of wood “c”.
2. Go right to the Hive area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Hive
1. Reemus – Shove the wood into the glue nest “b”.
2. Walk onto “a”, switch to Liam.
3. Liam – Get one of the bees “c”.
4. Liam – Go back to Cockroach area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Cockroach
1. Tie bee to the log “a”.
2. Repeat until 4 bees are tied down.
3. Switch to Reemus.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Hive
1. Reemus – Go left to Mushroom area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Mushroom
1. Reemus – Shove wood with glue onto rock “b” to make an axe.
2. Go left to Cockroach area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Cockroach
1. Switch to Liam.
2. Liam – Ride the floating log “a” to save Cockroach.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Cave Entrance

1. Switch to Reemus.
2. Reemus – Axe the Cockroach “a”.
3. Switch to Liam.
4. Liam – Get the plugs underneath the rocks “b”.
5. Solve the puzzle “c” and enter the cave.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Inside Cave

1. Liam – Open safe “a”.
2. Get strawberry gelatin from safe “a”.
3. Pour strawberry gelatin into pool “b”.
4. Jump onto bouncy pool to get up to “c”.
5. Climb the spikes “d”, “e”, “f” and “g”.
6. Switch to Reemus
7. Attack the beast to break the axe.
8. Get the green mushroom “h”.
9. Feed the green mushroom to the beast.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Inside Cave

1. Switch to Liam.
2. Liam – Climb the spikes “a”, “b” and “c”.
3. Jump to the vines “d” at the cave exit.
4. Drop vines “e” to let Reemus climb up.
5. Switch to Reemus, climb up the vines “f”.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Waxy Goo

1. Reemus – Go right to the Chest area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Chest
1. Reemus – Go right to Docks area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Docks

1. Reemus – Play rocks scissors paper with the guard “a”.
2. Play with the guard again to knock the keys down.
3. Pick up keys “b”.
4. Go left to Chest area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Chest

1. Reemus – Unlock chest “a” with the key.
2. Switch to Liam.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Waxy Goo
1. Liam – Go right to Chest area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Chest
1. Liam – Get bark skin “b”.
2. Go left to Waxy Goo area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Waxy Goo
1. Liam – Get some waxy goo “a” onto bark skin.
2. Go right to Chest area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Chest
1. Liam – Use bark skin with waxy goo on royal stamp “c”.
2. Go right to Docks area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Docks
1. Liam – Give “royal message” to guard “a”.

Reemus – Chop down the tree – Path Of Aggression

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Cockroach
1. Liam – Go right to Mushroom area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Mushroom
1. Liam – Go right to Hive area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Hive

1. Liam – Walk onto “a”.
2. Switch to Reemus.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Cockroach
1. Reemus – Go right to Mushroom area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Mushroom

1. Reemus – Get sturdy piece of wood “c”.
2. Go right to Hive area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Hive
1. Reemus – Shove wood into glue hive “b”.
2. Go left to Mushroom area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Mushroom
1. Reemus – Shove wood with glue onto rock “b” to make an axe.
2. Go left to Cockroach area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Cockroach
1. Chop the tree 3 times with the axe.
2. Cross the ravine with the chopped tree.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Tinkertok
1. Reemus – Go left to Grafitti area

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Grafitti
1. Reemus – Go left to Perriwinkle area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Perriwinkle
1. Reemus – Attempt to go Perriwinkle and get beaten up.
2. Switch to Liam.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Tinkertok
1. Liam – Go left to Grafitti area

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Grafitti
1. Liam – Go left to Perriwinkle area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Perriwinkle

1. Liam – Get Perriwinkle flag “a”.
2. Go right to Grafitti area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Grafitti
1. Liam – Go right to Tinkertok area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Tinkertok

1. Liam – Hang the Perriwinkle on rock “a”.
2. Go left to Grafitti area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Grafitti

1. Liam – Get painted tulip “a”.
2. Go right to Tinkertok area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Tinkertok
1. Liam – Paint the rock “a” with painted tulip.
2. Ring the bell “b”.
3. Go left to Grafitti area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Grafitti
1. Liam – Go left to Perriwinkle area.
2. Go left to the Pedestal area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Pedestal
1. Reemus – Go left to Holes area

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Holes
1. Reemus – Go left to Cliff area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Cliff
1. Reemus – Hold down branch “a” to reveal accorn.
2. Switch to Liam.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Pedestal
1. Liam – Go left to Holes area

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Holes
1. Liam – Go left to Cliff area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Cliff

1. Liam – Get accorn “b”.
2. Switch to Reemus.
3. Reemus – Let go of tree branch.
4. Reemus – Get rock “c”.
5. Go right to Holes area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Holes
1. Reemus – Go right to Pedestal area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Pedestal
1. Reemus – Shove the rock into hole “a”.
2. Go left to Holes area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Holes
1. Reemus – Go left to Cliff area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Cliff
1. Reemus – Get rock “c”.
2. Go right to Holes area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Holes
1. Reemus – Shove the rock into hole “a”.
2. Get ready to catch the flying fox at hole “b”.
3. Switch to Liam.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Cliff
1. Liam – Go right to Holes area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Holes
1. Liam – Go right to Pedestal area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Pedestal
1. Liam – Put accorn onto Pedestal “b”.
2. Go left to Holes area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Holes
1. Liam – Go right to Pedestal area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Pedestal
1. Liam – Go left to Holes area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Holes
1. Liam – Go left to Cliff area.
2. Switch to Reemus

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Holes
1. Reemus – Go left to Cliff area.
2. Glide down the cliff “d” together with Liam.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Weird Door

solve the puzzle by inserting the plugs into the right slots as shown above.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Pool
1. Reemus – Go right to Switch area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Switch

Switch “a” activates red, orange, yellow in the Pool area.
Switch “b” activates blue, purple, green in the Pool area.
1. Reemus – Walk onto “a”.
2. Switch to Liam.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Pool

1. Liam – Get glass vial “a”.
2. Fill up the vial with yellow liquid.
3. Go right to Switch area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Switch
1. Liam – Go right to Stairs area.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Walkthrough – Stairs

1. Liam – Pour yellow liquid into container “a”.
2. Repeat until the colors are as shown above.
3. Press buttons “b” to reveal hidden stairs.
4. Go up stairs “c”.

Deimos’s Daily Reads
No reads for today.

Deimos’s Thoughts
Too  short. The puzzle is quite easy this time. Nice to complete the game in 2 different ways.

Deimos Asks
Played and finished The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 yet?

There is something that I hadn’t tell anyone. In late 2007 after setting a cataracts surgery date for my father at University Malaya Medical Center, I took my father to the hospital’s welfare department to get help. A young social worker interviewed my father while I sat quietly in the same room. My father did most of the talking. I did not know what my father said, but we received a letter of rejection months later.

That was why his surgery at UMMC could not proceed. When I knew the contents of that letter I quickly put the letter away and suppressed my hurt.

The social worker was a young man. Maybe he could not see anything unusual with my father’s speech pattern. But anybody who meets my father for the first time can tell that something is not quite right with him so the things he says can’t be taken too seriously.

The social worker did not even bother to talk to me and chose to rely on the information my father provided.

I did not volunteer information either because it was not nice to tell someone in the presence of my father that what he said was unreliable.

So I need to go around this issue in getting the help my father deserves as a citizen of Malaysia.

I am thinking of getting him an independent Psychiatric evaluation as proof to the Social Welfare Department. And I hope my father will not take it as an insult.

For those who didnt know,

Firefox 3.5 now is available for download, replacing firefox 3.0.11.

Grab it’s installer now at http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/

This Windows Mobile smartphone for CDMA networks sports a QWERTY keyboard and a familiar slab form factor. Key features include HTC’s Inner Circle feature, GPS navigation, MMS, memory card slot, and a 2-megapixel camera with video capture. Other features include Microsoft Office, voice command, and push email.

Specs:
Modes CDMA 850 / CDMA 1900
Weight 4.2 oz (119 g)
Dimensions 4.48″ x 2.48″ x 0.54″ (114 x 63 x 13.7 mm)
Battery Talk: 4.6 hours max. (276 minutes)
Standby: 320 hours max. (13.3 days)
1500 mAh LiIon
Display Type: LCD (Color TFT/TFD)
Resolution: 320 x 240 pixels (QVGA)
2.4″ diagonal
Colors: 65,536 (16-bit)
OS Windows Mobile Standard (Smartphone) version 6.1
Processor 528 MHz Qualcomm MSM7625
Memory 95 MB (internal memory available to user for storage)
Phone Book Capacity shared memory
FCC ID NM8CEDA200 » (Approved Mar 20, 2009)

Basically, if you’ve bought a PC that came with certain versions of Vista installed, from June 26, 2009 to January 10, 2010, you get an upgrade to Windows 7 for free! According to the Microsoft Press Release:

“There is a lot of excitement for Windows 7 in the marketplace today. However, many consumers need a new Windows PC for school, work or home before October 22,” said Brad Brooks, corporate vice president, Windows consumer marketing at Microsoft. “So starting June 26th, any customer who buys a PC from a participating computer maker or retailer with Windows Vista Home Premium, Business or Ultimate will also receive an upgrade to the corresponding version of Window 7 at little or no cost.”

In other words, only Vista Home Basic users are exempted from this program. Micro Center has compiled a list of manufacturers included in the program, with relevant links:

Windows 7 OEM Upgrade Info

Acer
Upgrade Info

Averatec
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Compaq
Upgrade Info
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Dell
Upgrade Info
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eMachines
Upgrade Info

Fujitsu
Upgrade Info

Gateway
Upgrade Info

HP
Upgrade Info
Support Info

Lenovo
Upgrade Info
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Retail Box Upgrade
Upgrade and Support Info

Sony
Upgrade Info

Toshiba
Upgrade Info

Velocity Micro
Upgrade and Support Info

Post from: The Gadget Blog

Well, Palm promised the British press that a July 7 on the Palm Pre is forthcoming, but word on the street is that the event will be a launch—and that we’ll finally see a GSM version of the Palm Pre go official! Other rumors making the rounds: O2 will enjoy exclusivity, and a European market launch will increase units sold for Palm (Unless, of course, the company doesn’t fix its supply problems).

Courtesy Palm

I can see why: the (hopefully) inevitable debut of the Palm Pre on GSM networks will vastly increase the potential market, allowing use of the smartphone in many more countries throughout the world, in the hands so much more people. Especially since the Pre is easily jailbroken.

At the very least, we’ll finally see just how popular Palm’s last-stand play becomes. No details yet on specs (will they be similar to the CDMA version’s or even surpass it?) nor pricing in the UK. Stay tuned for updates!

Thanks Electronista!

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Tuan Manikavasagam a/l Sundaram [Kapar] meminta Menteri Sumber Alsi dan Alam Sekitar menyatakan langkah-langkah yang tealh diambil oleh Kerajaan untuk memastikan kesihatan penduduk sekitar tidak terjejas akibat pencemaran udara oleh industri-industri sekitar kawasan Perusahaan Sungai Puluh, Kapar serta Stesen Jana Elektrik juga di Kapar, Selangor

Tuan Yang DiPertua

Untuk makluman Ahli Yang Berhormat, Kementerian ini melalui Jabatan Alam Sekitar (JAS) akan memastikan bahawa pihak industrt yang beroperasi di sekitar kawasan Perusahaan sungai Puluh, Kapar dan Stesen Janaelektrik, Kapar mematuhi standard pelepasan yang telah ditetapkan di bawah Akta Kualiti Alam Sekeliling 1974 dan peraturan-peraturan di bawahnya.

Pihak JAS memang menyedari masalah aduan pencemaran udara yang dihadapi oleh penduduk kawasan perumahan Taman Aman Perdana, Kapar yang berpunca daripada operasi kilang-kilang di kawasan Perusahaan Sungai Puluh, Kapar. Kelulusan untuk menempatkan kawasan perumahan tersebut telah dikeluarkan oleh pihak berkuasa kerajaan Negeri Selangor pada tahun 2002 manakala kilang-kilang tersebut wujud sejak tahun 1988 lagi. Sehubungan dengan itu, lokasi penempatan kawasan perumahan dan industri yang tidak bersesuaian yang telah menimbulkan masalah pencemaran udara bagi penduduk di kawasan tersebut telahpun dipanjangkan oleh pihak JAS kepada pihak Kerajaan negeri Selangor untuk diambil tindakan selanjutnya.

Berhubung dengan stesen Janaelektrik di kawasan tersebut , stesen ini dilengkapi dengan alat kawalan pencemaran udara electric precipitator bagi memastikan pelepasan dari cerobong mematuhi standard yang di tetapkan. Pihak stesen Janaelektrik juga turut telah memasang continous emission monitoring system bagi mengukur parameter pelepasan daripada cerobong pada setiap masa. Berdasarkan semakan oleh JAS Selangor, pihak stesen Janaelektrik mematuhi standard pelepasan yang di tetapkan.

Sekian, Terima kasih

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My blog will be 2 years old on July 6, 2009 which is next Monday. To celebrate this, I am giving away 3 web hosting accounts to all bloggers. The features plan for the web hosting account is: -

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The first 3 bloggers who post it will get the web hosting account by July 6, 2009. Besides, these 3 web hosting accounts will expires on July 6, 2010. Lastly, thanks for all the support given by visiting and commenting in my blog.

It’s the second day after dad had the cataracts in his left eye removed. Mom and I took him to the clinic where the area around his eye was cleaned by a nurse. She removed the overnight capsule that covered his eye too. Mom said Dad told the nurse five times that he wanted to remove the cataracts in his right eye as well. To which the nurse replied, “I’m not the doctor” five times according to my mother.

Later, the doctor had a look at his piece-of-work and said dad’s eye was okay. At this, dad could at last direct his request to the correct person.

Dr. Fang said we need to come back two weeks later so that he may take another look at Dad’s operated eye. We’ll set the date for the other eye then.

After leaving the doctor’s office, we had lunch at the food court upstairs before going back down to Jaya Jusco Supermarket. It became clear that my father could now see better when he spotted his favorite Kraft cheese spread a few feet away and seized two bottles.

As I type this, dad’s lying down and scanning the newspaper with both hands holding it up. It’s the worst place to read in our living room. Soon, we can remove all the extra wall clocks Dad had insist to keep at corners where he most often sat and return our house back to looking a tad more normal.

THE Klang District Officer will be hauled up by the Selangor government next week that wants answers to how a Datuk had managed to transfer Temporary Occupation Licences (TOL) plots in Kampung Perepat, Kapar within 24 hours.

Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim will also question several other officers from the same Land Office to ascertain why a directive by the State government to revoke the land titles given to the Datuk had not been followed. Khalid would be calling the Klang District Officer and officers from the Land Office to present the case.

Speaking to pressmen after the Selangor Executive Councillor’s meeting, Khalid said the case would be presented at the State Economy Action Meeting (MTES) within two weeks.

“We have requested that the case be presented at the MTES either this week or next week. After that, we will deliberate on the actions to be taken on this matter,” Khalid said.

When asked if the State suspects any foul play in the Kampung Perepat issue, Khalid said: “I dare not comment anything on that right now. We shall wait and see.”

On June 19, Malay Mail frontpaged the Selangor government’s promise to 17 families, who held ToLs for agricultural land in Kampung Perepat, that the plots would be returned to them after a long-drawn tussle. Khalid, when asked for his feedback on the long-running issue, did not mince his words.

“If it is illegal, we will demolish it,” he told Malay Mail. He added that he would deploy his officers to investigate the matter. But he declined comment when asked on the lengthy amount of time taken by the Klang District Office to respond to his query on the issue.

On June 22, the controversy surrounding the Kapar land-grab issue has since deepened. Kapar Member of Parliament S. Manikavasagam said when he went to the Selangor Malaysian Anti- Corruption Commission (MACC) office at Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam, an MACC officer told him that three reports lodged by the Kampung Perepat pioneers, as well as the one he personally filed last year, could not be found. MACC responded by questioning one of the pioneers and a Malay Mail journalist.

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How is the stock market reacting to Najib's "quota-free" announcement today... the 2nd day of Q3?

I believe in the Golden Rule of 'You reap what you sow.' And I believe that it works in all areas of life, especially the subconscious 'requests' to the universe we so subtly transmit all the time.

Like say for example, if you're an attention seeker (and I know most people, including myself, are, to a certain extent), you need to be very, very careful about the kind of attention you're seeking. Because literally, you will always reap what you sow, what happens in life will definitely work in a way that returns and gifts you what you are begging for.

So if you are begging for pity, for the 'oh you poor thing, I so pity you, you so stress at work, you better eat more, aiyoh you so sad,' … if you want that kind of attention, then you need to work on yourself. Notice that you'll probably get it, but because you get it, you'll probably have a pretty sucky life with all the problems that will allow that kind of loving, pitiful attention to gravitate towards you. So do you have a 'I am too thin, problem, and no matter how much I eat I keep losing weight?'

Or do you have a, 'My boss is a slave driver, problem, and I have to stay in the office until 2 am every day.'

You do get stories to tell your friends every time right?

Well I don't like you bitching too much about the choices you make in your life, and constantly asking me to go, 'aiyoh you poor thing, aiyoh, don't lah like that, you hang in there.'

I think… you should just go hang, because you make the choices in your life, you live with them.

…

Wanna seek attention also, seek the ones that matter lah. Seek the ones where people will envy you. It's WAY WAY MORE gratifying, far far more fulfilling and it gives you a lot of energy to create positive energies in this world (me going new age here, don't mind me).

Dunia ini, macam-macam ada.

Pada hari ini kami ingin mengumumkan Senarai Jawatankuasa Ahli Parlimen Pakatan Rakyat mengikut Kementerian.

Matlamat Jawatankuasa ini adalah untuk menyediakan Ahli-ahli Parlimen Pakatan Rakyat bagi sesi perbahasan di Parlimen termasuk perbahasan Rang Undang-undang dan sesi soal jawab. Ini adalah bagi meningkatkan kualiti perbahasan dengan bersandarkan rujukan secara khusus berdasarkan kementerian masing-masing.

Jawatankuasa ini dibentuk mengikut 25 Kementerian dalam kerajaan Barisan Nasional dan dipengerusikan secara bersama oleh seorang wakil dari setiap parti dalam Pakatan Rakyat. Keanggotaan Jawatankuasa ini melibatkan beberapa Ahli Parlimen lain dan juga boleh melibatkan pakar dari luar dalam bidang masing-masing bagi membantu Ahli Parlimen Pakatan Rakyat.

YB Mohamed Azmin Ali            YB Tan Seng Giaw                                       YB Salahuddin Ayub

Ketua Whip                                 Ketua Whip Ahli Parlimen DAP                Naib Presiden PAS

Ahli Parlimen PKR

Senarai Jawatankuasa Ahli Parlimen Pakatan Rakyat Mengikut Kementerian

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Brian wrote in:

Unbound Medicine has announced the release of their Merck Manual family of products for download to iPhone and iPod touch which includes:

* The Merck Manual for Mobile and Web (Dx)
* The Merck Manual with Patient Symptoms Guide (Dx+Sx)
* The Merck Manual Suite + Davis’s Drug Guide (Dx+Sx+Rx)

Features of The Merck Manual on the iPhone:

* Interface optimized for iPhone and iPod touch
* Personalized favorites
* Cross-links for fast navigation between resources
* Frequent updates
* Superior navigation and graphics
* iPhone and web access

Animated GIF demo:

from the Palmdoc Chronicles

The Merck Manual now for iPhone

Whenever all these giant companies comes out with something new, you can find it written all over the Internet. Remember Bing, the new search engine by Microsoft? Well me and many others still think Google search results are way better. Then few days ago I heard about the upcoming free antivirus software called Microsoft Security Essentials created by Microsoft that will provide protection from viruses, spyware, rootkits, and trojans for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. As usual, it was posted everywhere and the first thing that came to my mind was is it necessary to create all that hype?

I personally don’t think that Microsoft Security Essentials will dominate the antivirus market even if it is bundled in future version of Windows. Just like Internet Explorer, it comes in every Windows but my monthly web statistics shows that there are more Firefox users than IE. I am very curious to see how good or bad is the upcoming free antivirus by Microsoft so I left work a little early today (of course with my boss’ approval) to test it out.

A good antivirus must have very good detection of known virus through signature and unknown virus through proactive method. Then it shouldn’t now slow down your computer when it is protecting your computer real-time and also during manual full scan. Scanning time and cleaning of virus should be fast. Finally, when an antivirus has proactive defense, there will surely be false detection but the numbers should be small.

The interface of Microsoft Security Essentials is very easy to use. It doesn’t have too many features to confuse a basic computer user. You have a tab to run a full, quick or custom scan, an update tab to update the virus and spyware definitions, a history tab showing you items detected as potentially harmful and the actions you took on each item and finally the settings tab to configure some options on MSE.

Virus detection (Signature and Proactive)
The virus detection on MSE is very good because it managed to detect all 19 viruses as a potential threat while RISING Antivirus 2009 (sad to say) only detected 75% of it. As for the proactive detection, I am not sure if MSE even has that as I couldn’t find any information about it. I have a private version of trojan which is detected by Kaspersky, Avira and NOD32 but is still undetectable by many other antivirus. MSE wasn’t able to detect the private trojan.

Scanning
A full scan takes 19 minutes to scan 160,000 items. I’d say that MSE has an average scanning speed as I’ve seen other antivirus software that scans at much faster and slower speed than this.

Real-Time protection
I plugged in a USB flash drive that has a malicious autorun.inf file and MSE immediately notify me about the potential threat it found. I also noticed that the real-time protection is a little slow. Meaning when I open a folder that has a virus which is detectable by MSE, it takes quite a long time to tell me that it is a virus. When I got fed up of waiting, I tried running the virus file, MSE blocks the file and prompts for action on the virus.

Action on detected items
Another problem with MSE is the actions such as removing and disinfecting an item is also very slow. This happens when MSE found a potential threat and you click either the Clean computer or Apply actions button.

Memory and CPU usage
There are 2 processes by MSE which is MsMpEng.exe and msseces.exe. Both process’ memory usage takes up an average of 60MB during idle and scanning. When running a full scan, the CPU usage goes up to around 40% but never above 50%.

The tests above are done on my desktop computer running a vanilla version of Windows XP Professional SP3 with latest hotfixes. Although the 19 virus that I had is very little to test on but they are real current live virus that are circulating around internet and networks today. As for the private version of trojan, it is also a very popular trojan (I won’t say what is the name) and good antivirus such as Kaspersky or anti-keylogger such as Zemana is able to detect the malicious (injection) activity even though it is not in the virus signature database. Do take note that Microsoft Security Essentials is still in BETA (testing) and if you’d like to try it yourself, you can download from the links below. The installer does a WGA check before allowing you to install.

For Windows XP: mssefullinstall-x86fre-en-us-xp.exe
For Windows Vista and Windows 7 (32-bit): mssefullinstall-x86fre-en-us-vista.exe
For Windows Vista and Windows 7 (64-bit): mssefullinstall-amd64fre-en-us-vista.exe

Technorati Tags: MSE, morro, microsoft, antivirus, security

每当在工作上遇到困难的时候，心里默念：

“我的女儿很可爱，我的儿子很帅很多头发。”

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Ong Tee Keat's attempt to kick the PKFZ scandal into the Parliament's basket isn't futile.

Dewan Rakyat Deputy Speaker Ronald Kiandee confirmed, and announced in the House today, that we MPs will not get the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) audit report and its appendix on the Port Klang Free Trade (PKFZ) -- that Tee Keat promised -- until the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has completed its investigation on the matter.

The deputy speaker also clarified that the 300 copies of the report were being kept by the Parliament Cecretariat on its capacity as the secretariat of PAC, because the reports were required by the PAC, first and foremost.

Unless the PAC finishes its job fast, and unless the Parliament will courier the report to us MPs, this means the earliest date we MPs can obtained the complete report is when the Parliament re-convenes on October 19.

So, what's new Malaysia Boleh, and quote OC Phang, what's new capable Malaysians?

Let me repeat, again: This PKFZ scandal is fast becoming an Agatha Christie mystery murder: You have a stinking corpse with multiple fatal stabs, no killers.

很忙很忙，忙到没有时间泵奶怎么办呢？

I like this, this would be cool in my office and any public toilet. This is more practical than those Japanese invented, but the warmer on the toilet is pretty nifty too for cold weather country.

UPDATED VERSION.The Son-in-Law made interesting utterances yesterday that the viewpoints therein cannot reconcile.

On one hand, he lauded intellectual discussions between Umno Youth and PAS Youth. On the other, he condemned Hadi Awang as a political puppet to DAP and PKR.

His friends at the Malaysian Insider say the statements are telling of "more about the political chameleon that Khairy is more than anything else... And adds to the general distrust towards Umno politicians".

The news portal adds:

"For politicians like him always believe that non-Malays must always kow-tow to the Malays. And not vice-versa." [...]

But Khairy, who has alternately spoken about going beyond race-based politics and upholding Malay superiority in the past few years, has been anything but consistent in his beliefs.

And it quotes an infamous quote:

Who can forget his “The internal split within Umno will weaken the party’s position and this will pave way for the Chinese Malaysians to make various demands to benefit their community …”, as quoted by Sin Chew Daily in August 2006?

It's now July 2009. By July 8, it will be sixteen months after GE2008.

The Son-in-Law is evidently still pressing the denial button, dreaming that Umno is still popular, its race-based politico-economic cause still valid.

Which is the perfect recipe for annihilation by GE2013.

UPDATES: And Al-Khairy replies: Insidious Insider - My Reply to Malaysian Insider (Again).

So how long does the battery of the Nokia N97 last on a full charge? Turns out much longer than the N96 and N95: “For now though, one thing is clear: based on my (admittedly undemanding) usage, the Nokia N97 almost lasted for two days. A definite improvement over the N96!”

A complete log of the phone’s usage over two days, accompanied by frequent updates on remaining battery life, is available on Philippine affiliate Technograph.

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Yes, the three founders of popular torrent tracker The Pirate Bay (and a rep from their ISP) were each sentenced to a year in prison and slapped with a $3.6 million fine. Luckily, they were able to sell the site off to a Swedish gaming company (Global Gaming Factory) for $7.8 million.

Below is a video recorded a week before The Pirate Bay closed the deal. It’s an interview between BBG’s Xeni Jardin and Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde. Of interest: “Peter’s explanation of why he believes filesharing and anonymity are good for democracy”.

The LA Times has an article summarzing the entire situation, including details on what the seller and buyer plan to do with their new acquisitions:

As noted on BoingBoing, the Pirate Bay’s blogger said the proceeds from the sale will be used for “projects about freedom of speech, freedom of information and the openess of the [Internet].

Convincing Pirate Bay’s reported 20 million users accustomed to getting content for free into paying customers will an extremely difficult task, but Pandeya said he plans to make an enticing offer.

“To compete with free file sharing, you have to beat it,” [Hans Pandeya, CEO of Global Gaming Factory] said. “What’s better than zero? Well, that’s paying somebody $1.”

Global Gaming Factory plans to pay Pirate Bay users to let their computers be part of a worldwide peer-to-peer system that can transmit data for Internet service providers like AT&T and Comcast. Theoretically, it could vastly reduce the bandwidth costs of ISPs, which are struggling to keep up with the rapidly growing amount of traffic moving through the ‘Net, much of it because of illegal piracy.

Participating computer owners could use the money deposited into their account to buy and download songs, TV shows or movies.

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The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Download – Overview Played The Several Journeys of Reemus, then sequels The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 1 followed by The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 2 and is eager to find out what happened to Reemus and Liam? In Chapter 3, now there are two completely different paths to complete the game.

Download The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 (File Size ~ 8.72 MB)
Download the ZIP archive: reemus-3.zip

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Title Menu

Not really a menu, but a pre loading screen with ads that will not work offline. Just click play.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Death Slug?

Where is Reemus and Liam? How come you are controlling a death slug from outer space?

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Death Slug Versus Gygax

The death slug surprises the frog from behind and proceeds to consume it. Om nom nom nom.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Reemus and Liam

The heroes Reemus and Liam finally appeared. Seems like Reemus does like the Cockcroach.

The Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 – Crossroads

Chop down the tree and crush the cockcroach, or save the cockcroach? Reemus or Liam?

Deimos’s Daily Reads
No reads for today.

Deimos’s Thoughts
Graphics are as good as ever. Basic game play still consists of pointing and clicking. However, the game now forces you to side with either Reemus or Liam.

Deimos Asks
Played any Reemus adventure flash games before? Enjoyed them? Yes? No? Why?

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Date: July 4, 2009
Time: Starting 9PM (Malaysian time)
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1. 9PM: Dead Celebrities (Motoleng, )
2. 10PM Rebellious (Naughty) Kids (Motoleng, ) Backup: Ah Bird
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4. MIDNIGHT: Ghosts (PekShuaHuan, Eau See) Backup: Ah Bird

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The Dell S2409W currently retails for $219. For that price, you get a 24″ wide display that features:

Courtesy Dell

• Full HD 1920 x 1080 resolution
• 16:9 dynamic aspect ratio
• Support for HDMI, DVI, and VGA
• Compatibility with VESA mounts

As a point of comparison, my HP w2228h cost around $320. It’s a 22″ display that also supports HDMI, DVI, and VGA, with a resolution of 1680 x 1050 and a 16:10 aspect ratio.

The advantages that HP display has over Dell is its built-in cable management system, speakers, and USB hub. The Dell on the other hand is much cheaper, features more visual real-estate, but takes a more no-frills approach.

Display fanatics would probably like to know about the S2409W’s 1000:1 contrast ratio, 300 cd/m brightness, 5ms response time, and 160° / 170° viewing angle, and 0.276mm pixel pitch (note that these values are manufacture claimed). But that’s them: I personally would like to see this display on my desk, and gape at how wide it is!

Having no review unit to play around with, I can only assume that the relatively thick 8.76 depth of the monitor might be too much for some. And it’s a display, nothing more. In any case, you can buy the Dell S2409W through the link below. For its features and price, it seems like a very good deal.

Dell S2409W 24″ Full HD Widescreen Monitor ($219 after instant savings)

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Tuan Manikavasagam a/l Sundaram [Kapar] minta Menteri Dalam Negeri menyatakan sebab-sebab Kerajaan mengharamkan pergerakan Hindraf. Apakah kewujudan bukti-bukti yang mengaitkan pergerakan tersebut dengan kumpulan penganas luar Negara.

Tuan Yang Pertua,

Untuk makluman Yang Berhormat, Hindraf adalah sebuah pertubuhan haram yang tidak berdaftar. Kumpulan ini telah diisytiharkan sebagai sebuah kumpulan haram pada 14 Oktober 2008 mengikut peruntukan Seksten 8(1) Akta Pendaftaran Pertubuhan 1966 (Akta 335). Tindakan penahanan lima (5) orang pemimpin Kumpulan Haram Hindraf (KHH) di bawah seksyen 8(1) AKDN 1960 adalah kerana tindak tanduk mereka menganjurkan aktiviti-aktiviti yang jelas mebangkitkan sentiment perkauman dan agama yang serius yang boleh mencetuskan konflik antara kaum dan seterusnya memudaratkan kententeraman awam dan keselamatan Negara. Mereka juga telah menganjurkan perhimpunan-perhimpunan yang membangkitan sentiment sehingga mencetuskan tindakan-tindakan yang berunsur keagamaan.

Maklumat perisikan telah mendedahkan terdapat usaha-usaha oleh Kumpulan Haram Hindraf (KHH) untuk mendapatkan bantuan dan sokongan dari Negara luar. Maklumat perisikan juga melaporakan bahawa lawatan Waytha Moorthy a/l Ponnusamy , Pengerusi kumpulan ini ke luar Negara pada 28 November 2007 adalah diantara lainnya, untuk mendapatkan sokongan antarabangsa termasuk usaha mengadakan perjumpaan dengan pemimpin LTTE.

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“NOW, I am a true Malaysian, like how I always wanted to be.” These were the words of Rajan, 23, after receiving his birth certificate yesterday at Kapar Member of Parliament S. Manikavasagam’s service centre at Pekan Kapar.

He went to the centre several months ago complaining that he did not possess a birth certificate or an identity card.

“I was born in an estate and my parents were uneducated. They did not know that I must have a birth certificate. Luckily, a nurse gave my mother a certificate stating that I was born in Malaysia and that my parents are Malaysians,” said Rajan.

“I faced so much of difficulty before a friend of mine told me to visit Manikavasagam’s office to get my birth certificate. Now I can get my identification card and move on to better things,” he added.

P. Bakiong was almost in tears when her six-year-old son Jery was presented with his birth certificate.

She told Malay Mail that she could not obtain Jery’s birth certificate because the child’s father was irresponsible and had left the family right after Jery was born.

“I was suffering for six years. I was approached by many parties who claimed they could get my son’s birth certificate for a price. I did not trust them and I came here finally. I am truly grateful for the help. Now I can send my son to school next year,” said Bakiong.

Manikavasagam’s office also proudly announced that they have solved all the birth certificate issues of folks from the Kapar slums that were highlighted two months ago.

“It took some time and it was tough. But we managed to get all the children their birth certificates. The single mothers will also be getting an allowance of RM450 starting next month. We hope that with this money their problems will be eased,” said Manikavasagam.

On May 6, Malay Mail highlighted the plight of single mothers and the problems faced by their children who did not possess birth certificates.

A youth movement called G2 alerted us to their plight. Malay Mail visited the slum and noted the high number of children who were Stateless in this small town. The children were also being recruited by drug pushers to carry out illicit dealings.

Manikavasagam visited the area a day after and promised to solve the problem of the Statelessness of the children.

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Malay Mail Ist July 2009

DURING his campaign trail last year, S. Manikavasagam promised the residents of Kapar he would solve their birth certificate problems if he won the Kapar Parliamentary seat. It has been 16 months since the first-term MP was elected and as promised, Manikavasagam is on a mission to ensure all Malaysians are accorded their birthright.

How bad is the situation in Klang of folks without birth certificates?

If you look at Klang, it is not that serious. In my constituency, we do get cases of adults not having birth certificates on a weekly basis but the number is not alarming. But, if you look at the State overall, it is worrying. I was told that there are 5,000 cases of people without birth certificates. This is shocking.

Why do you think the number is so high?

Firstly, the lack of education. Many who do not have birth certificates are estate workers and rural folk. If we can educate them that a birth certificate is important and necessary, then we can say the problem is partially solved.

Secondly, the people must understand that even if they give birth at home, they must acquire a birth certificate immediately. And finally, the National Registration Department  should be more proactive. Their officers should be on the ground more to spot cases like this in rural areas.

What other problems do you face when it comes to birth certificate issues?

There are folks who come to my office and claim that they paid strangers a large amount of money to get their birth certificates.

The amounts range from RM1,000 to RM5,000. These are scams. When the complaint reaches us, it’s already too late. I would like to advise the people of Malaysia they do not have to pay to get a birth certificate. If anybody approaches them and asks for a large amount of money, they should contact the police immediately.

How far has your focus been successful?

We have already solved 200 cases since I took office. We have had people calling my office from Kedah, Pahang and Johor asking our help to get their birth certificates. We take one case at one time. My volunteers are well versed in the issue after handling so many cases.

What I can do is advise other State assemblymen and MPs on how to go about the issue if they receive cases like these. My team will also carry on with their duties.

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Gespeaker is a GTK+ frontend for espeak. It allows to play a text in many languages with settings for voice, pitch, volume, speed and word gap.

http://gespeaker.googlecode.com/files/gespeaker_0.4_all.deb

Dad had the cataracts in his left eye removed this morning at ISEC. He was probably anxious about it last night because he mistaken the price to be a thousand ringgit more expensive and said he didn’t want to have the surgery. I said if he doesn’t do the surgery then money spent for doctor consultation, lens, and lab tests will all go to waste. I know, I can provide support for NF patients, yet I am not very comforting to my own father.

Dad was very happy when he could see clearly through the translucent capsule that protected his post-surgical eye. He smiled all the way to the food court but frowned when he got tired of walking.

At the food court, Mom asked if he wanted to join her for vegetarian food, but dad looked around and saw Chicken Feet Noodles. Before removing the cataracts, he had to eat whatever mom got for him quite reluctantly.

As for me, I need to hide food again. Right after we came back from ISEC and lunch, dad sat at the dining room and saw a new pack of chocolate cookies that my friend bought from abroad. Even though I had placed the packet at the opposite corner of where Dad usually sat, he saw it and ate all the cookies there were. I was upset that he did not leave any behind, but I should have known better than to place food out in the open.

When Dad had the Cataracts, I could at least hope that he couldn’t see it.

June 15, MCA-owned newspaper The Star quoted a statement on www.pkfznews.com.my and reported that Transport Minister Ong Tee Keat had agreed to provide every Member of Parliament a copy of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Position Review on PKFZ, including the appendices.

Reportedly, 300 copies of the report were to have been sent to the Parliament by June 15, following a request on June 12 from the Parliament Secretary.

June 22, Minister Ong reiterated that the 300 copies of the PwC report had been sent to the Parliament, and it was up to the Secretariat to distribute it to the MPs.

The current Parliament session will end tomorrow. But the said report has not been given to us MPs.

SUMMON TO TESTIFY. Meanwhile, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), an instrument of the Parliament, will summon four personalities involved in the PKFZ scandal to testify in an investigation within the next two weeks.

The foursome are Ling Liong Sik, Chan Kong Choy, Ong Tee Keat -- all are MCA-nominated Transport Ministers at some point in time -- and Tiong King Sing, the CEO of Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd (KDSB) and Barisan Nasional Backbenchers club chairman.

However, one woman was missed out in the PAC summon for testimony.

OC Phang, the chairman of PKFZ cum Port Klang Authority (PKA) general manager who served the said three Transport Ministers (read: MCA Presidents) throughout the material time PKFZ was being cooked, was not called.

Phang is believed to have left the country.

We really want to know through OC Phang if it was Ling, or Kong Choy, who had signed away the government's rights by issuing letters of support, or letters of guarantee, to underwrite risks of the project falling through.

Will Tee Keat hang his two ex-bosses to dry in order to save MCA from the quandary?

Let me repeat: This PKFZ scandal is fast becoming an Agatha Christie mystery murder: You have a stinking corpse with multiple fatal stabs, no killers.

I am always curious to know if it is possible to run an image file as an executable file. So far I only know about the double extension trick such as file.jpg.exe. If the user enabled “Hide extensions for known file types” in Folder Options, most probably the user will think that it is a JPG image file but in fact the .exe extension is hidden. That’s why the first thing I do after reinstalling Windows is to enable show hidden files and disable hide extensions for known file types.

Few days ago I was going through HackHound forum and found a tool called EXE-Forcer developed by steve10120 which claims to make any file extension execute like an .exe file. Before I run EXE-Forcer, I uploaded it to ThreatExpert to analyze and see what it does. It doesn’t do anything but a few antivirus vendor such as PC Tools, Symantec, McAfee, Sophos and Ikarus always flags it as a Trojan.

I ran it and was presented with a very simple interface with nothing on it. Right clicking on an empty space allows me to add an extension.

So I tried entering .ray extension and it was added to the program but nothing happened. I right click on EXE-Forcer again and this time I found the Build option enabled. So I selected Build and it prompts me to save an exe file to a location. Now I have another suspicious EXE file and since I don’t know what it does, I analyzed the file in ThreatExpert. This time ThreatExpert tells me that the file EXE-Forcer created will add new registry entries. From the looks of the registry modification, it seemed like it was trying to register a new file type to an EXE extension.

I ran the EXE file created by EXE-Forcer, and then I renamed a legitimate .exe file’s extension to .ray. As expected, I was able to run the .ray extension as an application after the registry modification.

This registry modification is pretty simple. It maps an extension of your choice to application. If you go to File Types tab in Folder Options (Can only be found in XP), you will see that the extension opens with %1.

EXE-Forcer works but already widely being detected as a malicious tool by most antivirus software. In fact, a simple command line would do the job. Simply type assoc.ray=exefile in command prompt will do what EXE-Forcer does. You can replace the .ray in the command line with any other extension you want to run it as executable. Hope you’ve learned something new today.

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