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Entries from January 2008

MSN virus at large.

January 21st, 2008 · 18 Comments

If you happen to get a message from one of your contacts on MSN chat, asking you to go to this webpage (http://www.msnimages.net/images/viewimage.php?=abc@hotmail.com), where abc@hotmail.com is your MSN e-mail, please do not click and download the file. The chat message will be similar to this:
Hey, is this your picture? =Z http://www.msnimages.net/images/viewimage.php?=abc@hotmail.com
It is a freaking virus. […]

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Tags: Announcements · Software

Gah!! Let´s face it. It is meant to be!

January 21st, 2008 · No Comments

95%Are you an Uber-Geek?
Quiz courtesy of Whirlpool Parts from PS Appliance Parts

Oh man. LOL. What else can I say?

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Tags: Tech Jokes

Fancy surfing “full internet” on your handphone browser?

January 20th, 2008 · No Comments

Currently, you can browse the internet on your mobile phone but you can’t actually access youtube, myspace, facebook or any Active X application online. Mobile processors in today’s phone does not have the capacity to do so. However, Intel has came out with a new mobile processor which will be in their Menlow platform that […]

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Tags: Technology

Lenovo X300 13.3″ Notebook specs leaks onto the web

January 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Lenovo readies an ultra-light notebook of its own
It seems quite convenient that just days after the launch of the MacBook Air that a new lightweight notebook from Lenovo finds itself leaked onto the web. We’re not ones to sweep such items under the rug, so here’s the skinny on Lenovo’s latest and greatest.
According to Gizmodo, […]

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Tags: Hardware

Dell Laptops giving its users “electric shocks”

January 18th, 2008 · No Comments

A worrying discovery about Dell laptops have been made when users complained that they have experienced electric shocks from some Dell Laptops. This electric shocks are similar to what you would feel when you get static electricity in dry, air-conditioned rooms. Although these electric shocks aren’t deadly, they do pose a concern amongst many of […]

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An Inconvenient truth - Why countries like Singapore will be slow to adopt WiMax

January 17th, 2008 · No Comments

With the advancement in wireless technology, WiMax (IEEE 802.16e) is touted to be the next generation wireless broadband connection. And with speeds attainable up to 40-70Mbps, WiMax has a great potential to compete with existing wireless broadband networks such as 3G/3.5G and WiFi networks. However, in some countries, the adoption of WiMax tends to be […]

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Tags: Tech buzz · Technology

Admin message: Sorry for the disruptions

January 17th, 2008 · No Comments

Sorry to have caused severe webpage misalignments and disruptions of services. Techie-talks had just undergone a major revamp of site design. Everything should be working normally by now. Cheers!
Sincerely,
Firdooze.

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Tags: Announcements

The illusive “thing” in the air @ the Macworld 2008 isn’t WiMax.

January 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Apple unveiled it’s next generation MacBook — the MacBook Air, at the Macworld Expo 2008. Rumours were going around that Apple will be coming out with a MacBook that will support not only WiFi but also WiMax (and probably HSDPA?) when a sign outside the Macworld Expo read “There’s something in the air.” So were the rumour mongers disappointed?
Well, probably not. Although […]

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Tags: Technology · Hardware

I was reaching $100 US bucks ……… then my Adsense account got terminated.

January 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Today is really not my day. I woke up at 9 am to look for articles/inspirations to blog when I realised that my Google ads are gone! At first I thought it was just a script error and I decided to check on my adsense account and my script tags. Upon logging into my adsense […]

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Tags: Tech buzz

Something to look out for this April

January 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Come April (after the hustle & bustle of the IT Show ‘08), Singapore will host a grandeur event that will host thousands of representatives from the entire WiMax value chain across Asia. What am I talking about?
Singapore will host the next Asia’s WiMax forum in April 2008. The forum will be from 8th - […]

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Tags: Techie news