A gun, disguised as a mobile phone

An Italian Carabinieri paramilitary police officer shows a gun, disguised as a mobile phone, which was seized along with other weapons and drugs in a Camorra bunker in Torre Annunziata, near Naples, southern Italy, Monday, Nov. 24, 2008. According to investigators the gun disguised as mobile phone can fire up to four bullets. (FRANCO CASTANO/AP)

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SuperSpeed USB 3.0 spec officially released : It's fast

It's been nearly a year since we first saw the USB 3.0 connector make an appearance at CES, and after months of corporate infighting, spec-polishing, and technical navel-gazing, the future of consumer peripheral connectivity is here -- in the form of complete specifications and a demo. Symwave's giving attendees of this week's SuperSpeed conference a taste of tomorrow with a demo of the Quasar USB 3.0 chipset, which is targeted at "sync-and-go" devices like phones and media players. Sounds lovely -- now if you'll excuse us, we have to go back to mourning the death of FireWire 400.

The one bad bit of news is that your old USB cables won't deliver SuperSpeeds—you'll have to have USB 3.0 gear from end-to-end to get the ridiculous transfer rates because the cables have extra pins for data, though it is all backward compatible. On the cable front you've got three plugs: Standard A (which looks like the one you know and love), standard B (the square one), mini B (which looks like a bizarre double-headed monster) and micro. We should start seeing the first USB 3.0-equipped gadgets sometime in 2010, though maybe by the end of 2009 if we're lucky.

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High Speed USB product plugged into non-high speed port. Your device may not work properly...

Kepada Pengguna Komputer - Hati hati dengan Sindrom Karpal (Carpal Syndrome)

Bagi anda yang selalu bekerja dengan menggunakan KOMPUTER, kesalahan dalam cara menggunakan MOUSE dan Keyboard sehari-hari akan mengakibatkan anda terdedah kepada KARPAL SINDROM!

Apa itu Sindrom Karpal ?

Sindrom ini selalu menyerang mereka yang banyak melakukan kerja menggunakan tangan seperti komputer, menjahit, dan menulis. Ketika itu tangan anda hanya boleh diletakkan pada satu posisi dan sakit serta berasa kebas apabila digerakkan. Kesakitan biasanya bermula dari pergelangan tangan dan rasa kebas menular pada jari telunjuk, tengah dan ibu jari. Bagaimanapun, ada yang berasa kebas hingga ke lengan.

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Bloggers Buff 2008 bincang isu blog 22 November ini

KUALA LUMPUR: Bloggers Buff 2008, sebuah persidangan dan perangkaian bagi penulis-penulis blog akan diadakan pada 22 November ini di Pusat Dagangan Dunia Putra (PWTC), di sini.

Pengerusi penganjur, P. Kamalanathan berkata, persidangan yang akan bermula jam 9 pagi hingga 7 petang itu melibatkan dua sesi iaitu sesi pertama bertemakan "Blogging Realities" yang akan memfokuskan kepada isu-isu semasa yang berkaitan dengan penulisan blog termasuk etika, undang-undang, menjana pendapatan dan teknologi.

"Sementara itu, bagi sesi kedua pula adalah sesi perangkaian dengan tajuk "So you want to blog?" yang menyasarkan golongan muda dan penulis-penulis blog baru," katanya.

Beliau berkata, kedua-dua sesi tersebut akan mengundang panel-panel yang berpengalaman untuk berkongsi buah fikiran dan pengalaman mereka.

Katanya, antara panel yang akan hadir termasuk Peguam Negara, Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail; Pengerusi Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia, Datuk Dr Halim Shafie dan penulis blog, Ahirudin Attan.

"Selain itu, bekas Perdana Menteri, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad turut dijemput menyampaikan ucaptama pada persidangan itu," katanya. Kamalanathan berkata, persidangan ini adalah batu loncatan untuk penulis-penulis blog di Malaysia daripada pelbagai genre untuk berkumpul dan berkongsi pandangan mereka.

"Ini adalah satu hari di mana mereka membuka fikiran terhadap pelbagai aspek dalam penulisan blog dan memberi komen tentang isu yang memberi kesan kepada penulis-penulis blog di negara ini," katanya.

Kamalanathan berkata, setiap sesi bagi Bloggers Buff 2008 hanya terhad kepada 100 orang yang paling awal mendaftar.

"Penulis-penulis blog boleh memilih sama ada mahu menghadiri kedua-dua sesi dengan bayaran RM60 atau memilih antara dua sesi tersebut iaitu sesi pertama dengan bayaran RM50 atau sesi kedua dengan bayaran RM20," katanya.

Beliau berkata, persidangan ini ditaja oleh Go Mobile dan dianjurkan oleh MI Fest Management.

Selain itu katanya, ia turut disokong oleh Empower Lives, All Blogs, Malaysian Indian Bloggers (MIB) dan Putera MIC, manakala Trexx FM sebagai stesen radio rasmi.

Borang pendaftaran untuk menyertai Bloggers Buff 2008 boleh didapati di www.bloggersbuff.blogspot.com.

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Apple iBangle‏ - an Apple mp3 player

Apple Design new concept design for an Apple mp3 player. It is called the iBangle and it is unique as well as ground breaking. Itʼs no screen and it has some other really cool features.

You see that blue inner band? Push a tiny button on the side and it fills with air, expanding to fit snugly around your wrist.

Apple iBangleʼs a multi-touch track pad for easy navigation, and the audio finds its way to your ears via a couple of wireless earbuds. Alas, thereʼs no screen, but designer Gopinath Prasana figures you can navigate just fine with an audio-oriented navigation system.

Ear buds with the annoying cords wonʼt be found here, as the audio is transmitted via wireless ear buds. Thereʼs a multi-touch track pad for easy navigation. It also has a few additional buttons for music control. Although the iBangle doesnʼt have a screen, designer Gopinath Prasana figures you can navigate just fine with itʼs audio-oriented navigation system.

Windows 7 ganti Vista

SAN FRANCISCO: Pengeluar terbesar perisian Amerika Syarikat, Microsoft hari ini secara rasmi mengumumkan Windows 7 akan menggantikan sistem operasi Vista yang tidak memuaskan pada Januari 2010.

“Kami sedang membuat penyeledikan yang mendalam terhadap produk Windows dan kami berbangga kerana maklum balas dan prestasi yang baik daripada produk yang dihasilkan,” kata Ketua Jurutera Windows Ray Ozzie.

Antara keistimewaan Windows 7 adalah memudahkan penyambungan jaringan komputer dengan alat telekomunikasi seperti telefon bimbit, mesin pencetak, kamera digital dan lain-lain.

Menurut penganalsis Microsoft Matt Rosoff, syarikat berkenaan dijangka melancarkan Windows 7 menjelang tahun 2010.

“Secara relatifnya kami perlu membuat sedikit perubahan terhadap produk terbaru ini kerana Vista tidak mendapat sambutan yang menggalakkan,” kata Rosoff kepada AFP.

“Kami tahu ada perkara yang tidak digemari dalam Vista jadi kami berpendapat untuk merekacipta system tersebut kembali. Saya rasa Microsoft sedang memberi keutamaan kepada meningkatkan kualiti program berkenaan dan mengurangkan adua daripada pengguna,” katanya.

Windows 7 juga direka dengan ciri terkini yang dapat mempercepatkan tugas-tugas komputer serta memberi tumpuan kepada keserasian diantara aplikasi komputer dan alat penghubung yang lain.

“Kami membawa jaringan Web to Windows dan Windows to the Web yang terbaik untuk dalam produk terbaru kami ini,” kata Ozzie.

Microsoft juga turut mengumumkan mereka akan melancarkan versi online bagi software ‘Microsoft Office’.

Antara program yang boleh dimuat turun secara online adalah Word, Excel, Power Point dan One Note. Program-program berkenaan boleh dimuat turun di Office Live dengan memohon lesen yang sah daripada Microsoft.

Baca lebih lanjut berkenaan Windows 7:
Windows 7 - Wikipedia
Windows 7 Selepas Vista
Nama Windows 7 Di Gunakan Secara Rasmi
InfoMalaya -Windows 7

atau boleh ke website http://www.WindowsVienna.com untuk melihat screenshot dan membaca dengan lebih lanjut.

BMW 3Q net profit falls 63 percent

By George Frey

AP Business Writer / November 4, 2008

FRANKFURT, Germany—Carmaker BMW AG said Tuesday net profit for the third quarter dropped 63 percent as the global economic turmoil made consumers more reluctant to shell out for its sports and luxury cars and credit costs made it difficult for consumers and the company to borrow.

The Munich-based company said net profit for the July-September period fell to 298 million euros ($375.5 million) from 803 million euros a year ago.

"The knock-on effects of the international financial crisis and a downturn in the global economy had a significant negative impact on the performance of the automobile industry," BMW said in a statement. "Ongoing consumer reticence on the main sales markets, the weak state of the preowned car markets together with difficult refinancing conditions also took their toll on the BMW group, resulting in a perceptible drop in revenues and earnings."

Sales for the quarter fell 9 percent to 12.6 billion euros ($16 billion) from 14 billion euros in the same quarter a year ago. The company said it couldn't give a concrete outlook.

"Due to the worsening of the financial crisis, it is currently impossible to make stable forecasts for the rest of the year and beyond," BMW said in a statement.

UniCredit analyst Sven Kreitmair said in a research note to investors that the company also indicated that it could rule out "that the risk provisions for bad debts and lease financing will have to be increased again." Investors, however weren't daunted. BMW shares were up 8 percent to 22.20 euros ($27.97) in Frankfurt trading.

The company said overall car production fell 10 percent to 335,000 cars for the quarter from 372,000 in the year-ago quarter, and deliveries of its flagship BMW branded cars saw a 5.3 percent decline in deliveries, to 290,661 cars from 306,964 a year earlier.

The motorcycles division, meanwhile, saw a 15 percent increase in production to 23,284 motorcycles, while ultra-luxury brand Rolls Royce also increased deliveries, by 17 percent to 332 cars delivered from 285 in the year-ago period. The compact Mini brand reported a 1.4 percent gain in deliveries for the quarter to 58,105 from 57,315 a year ago.

The company said its results were negatively impacted by the higher provisions for bad debt risk related to preowned car markets. BMW said it raised its provision for residual value risks and credit risks especially for used car loans during the quarter by 342 million euros ($431 million), bringing that total expense recognized in the first nine months to over 1 billion euros ($1.26 billion).

The company said its results were impacted by a further 258 million euros ($325 million) in charges during the nine months related to cutting its work force. In terms of regions, BMW said European sales developed unevenly. It said it saw "positive impetus" in some countries including

Germany, France, Belgium and Luxembourg, but nine month European sales fell 5 percent overall.

In North America, the company sold 6 percent less cars than in the year ago quarter, "dominated by the ongoing financial crisis," and an increase in fuel prices, BMW said. Meanwhile, the company saw "sharp growth" in central and Eastern Europe as well as in Latin America and Asia.

Total Asian sales were up 9.4 percent in the first nine months, with China, Hong Kong and Taiwan sales up 26 percent compared with the January-September period a year ago. Meanwhile, sales in Japan fell by 16 percent for the period.

Source: http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2008/11/04/