BURLINGAME, Calif. — Call it the James Bond of laptops.
We dropped the Panasonic CF-30 “Toughbook,” kicked it, stood on it and tried to back over it with a Volkswagen JettaTDi. (That left a mark–on the pavement.)
We poured Diet Coke on the keyboard. Then we used the lid to crush the can.
Click Here for Sir John’s wife’s Facebook Snapshot
The new head of MI6 has been left exposed by a major personal security breach after his wife published intimate photographs and family details on the Facebook website.
Sir John Sawers is due to take over as chief of the Secret Intelligence Service in November, putting him in charge of all Britain’s spying operations abroad.
But his wife’s entries on the social networking site have exposed potentially compromising details about where they live and work, who their friends are and where they spend their holidays.
Finaly I got it right this time. I bet that most of you faced the same problem as I am after upgrading to WordPress 2.8. WordPress 2.8’s “Visual Editor” is missing. Earlier I thought maybe it caused by the incompatible internet browser. But I was wrong. Then I “google” (it is really a verb?) it and found that I am not the only one who facing it.
BOSTON, June 30 — Cybercrime is rapidly spreading on Facebook as fraudsters prey on users who think the world’s top social networking site is a safe haven on the Internet.
Lisa Severens, a clinical trials manager from Worcester, Massachusetts, learned the hard way. A virus took control of her laptop and started sending pornographic photos to colleagues. › Continue reading…
they are back!
the cute twin are back!
but in space. hmm..
how about that?
i will definitely cannot wait long for that.
2011? oh, man…
credit to knizam.com
SAN FRANCISCO: Apple Inc. slashed the entry price for an iPhone in half and lowered some laptops by $300 Monday, the company’s first dramatic price cuts since the recession began a year and a half ago.
With co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs absent until his medical leave is over at the end of June, Apple’s biggest unveiling at its annual conference for software developers was a new model of the iPhone, the 3G S.
It looks the same but sports a faster processor, longer battery life, an internal compass, a video camera and a photo camera with better resolution and auto-focus.
A 16-gigabyte version of the 3G S will cost $199 and a 32-gigabyte version will be $299.
The 8-gigabyte iPhone 3G, which came out last year, now costs $99 (RM350), instead of $199.
When the iPhone debuted two years ago, eager Apple fans had to shell out $499 for a 4-gigabyte version and $599 for 8 gigs.
Read more : Apple iPhone at US$99 RM350?.
will you buy an iPhone then?
at this price I do!
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Website: MyCause Photography Contest.
How to Participate?
What are the judges look for?
All entries will be scored on the photos (80%) and description (20%).
The best photo submitted will be judged based on its:
The description should be original and concise. It should describe the cause and tell a compelling story.
Susan Boyle last performance on Britain’s Got Talent.
although she did not win the competitions, she has secured a record deal with judge Simon Cowell.
Good luck Susan![source]
It seems that our favourite participant Susan Boyle did not make it to the top.
She lost to a street hiphop dance-troupe called the Diversity Dancers. (See Video) [source]
This world map shows a list of countries that are considered least affected by the global economic crisis.
Australia takes the top spot followed by China with India and Singapore in equal third place. Qatar is the only gulf nation that figures in this “relatively” recession-proof list.
The data is based on the results of a business confidence survey that was done on international business people of 24 nations to identify which countries they believe are surviving the crisis the best. More on Herald Sun and Servcorp, the company that commissioned the survey.
The countries perceived to be surviving the economic crisis the best, as voted by international businesspeople are:
Related: Financial Crisis in Plain English
Man United moans, Barca celebrates
Barcelona’s supporters celebrate in Barcelona after their team defeated Manchester United in the Champions League final soccer match. — ReutersROME, May 28 — Manchester United’s dreams of becoming the first club to retain the Champions League, and Sir Alex Ferguson’s hopes of becoming only the second manager to win the European Cup three times, were burnt in the heady heat of an exhilarating display by Barcelona as Ferguson was left to rue the fact that too many of his big-name players failed to perform on the night.
Ferguson also bemoaned the “shoddy” defending that had handed Barca their opening goal from Samuel Eto’o in the first half, which set his team back so dramatically, with Lionel Messi adding a second to end any hopes of a United revival in the 2-0 result. “Credit to them the better team won,” Ferguson admitted. “There is a disappointment in the performance and some individuals will feel that themselves.
“We have done well to get to the final, we had to win it to change the pattern of teams defending the trophy. With the players we have we expected better, but losing the first goal was decisive and we could not recover from that.
“It was a killer for us, it was their first attack. We were looking confident and bright but got nervous. After that goal we had plenty of time to recover and had some half chances in the second half. But we were beaten by the better team.
“We were not at our best after the first goal. The disappointment was not using the ball better when we had possession. It could be it was an off-night, it could be that it was too big a hill for us to climb.”
Ferguson continued to pay tribute to Barcelona, who have completed a remarkable treble of the Champions League, the Spanish league and the King’s Cup.
“If you analyse the teams we have played then you have to say they are one of the best,” Ferguson said. “It’s a credit to them that they have pursued that philosophy and have never changed.”
United will stand accused of negative tactics but Ferguson claimed this was not deliberate, even if he attempted to nullify the threat of Barca’s midfield. “Getting the ball was difficult,” he said.
United captain Ryan Giggs admitted his team had been second-best. “At times Barcelona can make you look silly because they keep the ball so well,” he said. “We said whoever turned up on the night would win and that proved to be the case. They turned up and played some great football, we didn’t really. I think if we had gone a goal ahead we are capable of keeping the ball like they are. But they deserved it tonight.”
Wayne Rooney added: “It’s disappointing, but I thought Barcelona were the better team tonight and deserved to win. They scored a good goal early on and Messi’s was a great goal at a difficult time for us. They deserved to win.
“I’ve never played against a better team than Barcelona. They’re a brilliant team. Iniesta is the best player in the world, he’s incredible.
“We’re still a young team and can come back I hope. We’re very disappointed tonight, but can still look forward to next season.”
Cristiano Ronaldo could not hide his disappointment afterwards. “We did not do well — the tactics were not good. Everything went wrong.”
Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola said: “I’m leaving, I’m leaving tomorrow, right away. I can’t do anything else. I’m delirious. We are not the best team in Barcelona’s history. But we have played the best season in history.” — Daily Telegraph
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/sports/27847-man-united-moans-barca-celebrates-
Zee Avi (left) performing in 2009
Zee Avi (born Izyan Alirahman,[1] also known as KokoKaina; b. 1986) is a Malaysian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and ukulele player. She was born in Miri, Sarawak, on the island of Borneo. She moved to Kuala Lumpur when she was 12.[2] She studied fashion design at American InterContinental University in London.[3]
Avi originally posted a video of her first song on YouTube because one of her friends had missed her first performance in Kuala Lumpur, so she created a video on YouTube for him to watch. He convinced Avi to leave the video up, and soon she received positive feedback, which inspired her to put more videos on YouTube.[3] After she was featured YouTube, she attracted the attention of Brushfire Records, with which she would join.[2] Her song “No Christmas For Me” is featured on Brushfire Records‘s 2008 Christmas album This Warm December: A Brushfire Holiday.[4] Her single “Bitter Heart” was first to become available on the US iTunes store, and her full self-titled debut album was released on May 19, 2009. On the day of her album’s release, YouTube featured her on the front page in Spotlight: Music Tuesday. She is currently touring the United States. –wikipedia
Zee Avi's Self Titled Debut Album
Can’t get enough of Zee Avi a.k.a Kokokaina?
Zee Avi’s Official Website
Kokokaina’s Youtube
Zee Avi’s Imeem
Zee Avi’s MySpace
Enjoy her video!
Zee Avi- An Introduction
Zee Avi – Live from and above the Solar Powered Plastic Plant
Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan (center), son Abhishek Bachchan (right), Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (2nd from left) and Jaya Bachchan display their ink-stained fingers after casting votes at a polling center in Mumbai April 30, 2009. (REUTERS/Stringer) Image : Boston's Big Picture (Boston.com)
More at Boston’s Big Picture : India’s massive general election (40 photos total)
It’s really funny when Bachchan family show their ink-marked middle finger to the press showing that they had cast their vote for India’s Election on last May 16th, 2009.
India’s massive general election
On May 16th, 2009, the Election Commission of India announced the results of its recent month-long India-wide election for their lower house of Parliament – the largest democratic election in the world. An estimated 714 million voters (from a population of 1.2 billion) were eligible to cast their vote in one of five separate phases at over 800,000 polling stations, starting on April 16th. Logistically difficult, massive in scale, and opposed by various rebel groups, separatists and protestors, the elections still managed to be held with minimal disruption, with an average voter turnout of greater than 56%. The big winner was the the Indian National Congress party, which will form the new government under the incumbent prime minister Manmohan Singh. As with any photo story from India, it is impossible to capture every aspect in just a handful of pictures – collected here are only some of the scenes that played out across the nation over the last month. – Boston’s Big Picture
India already using Finger-Ink-Marking for their Election System.
Malaysia’s Election Commission (Suruhanjaya Plihanraya Malaysia (SPRM)) is planning to use Biometric System for next General Election.
With is better Finger-Ink-Marking or Biometric System?
What say you?
Mary Stevenson Cassatt (May 22, 1844 – June 14, 1926) (pronounced [k??sæt]) was anAmerican painter and printmaker. She lived much of her adult life in France, where she first befriended Edgar Degas and later exhibited among the Impressionists.
Cassatt often created images of the social and private lives of women, with particular emphasis on the intimate bonds between mothers and children. –wikipedia
