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Monthly Archives: July 2005

Robbie Williams and Ringtones

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The pop star Robbie Williams may never win any prizes for originality with his hugely popular musical output but the chart-topping singer has signed a novel deal with a mobile phone network that could revolutionise the way fans buy his songs.
The singer has signed an exclusive deal with the global telecom giant T-Mobile that will allow customers to download songs, exclusive live tracks and concert footage to their mobile phones.

The 18-month deal is the biggest tie-up yet between a big artist and a phone company and will be watched with interest by others convinced that mobile music delivery will become an important factor in boosting flagging record sales over the next few years.

Robbie Williams and Ringtones

Fuel Prices Up Again, 20 Sen Hike For Diesel, 10 Sen For Petrol

The government Saturday announced increases in the retail price for diesel, petrol and LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) by 20 sen, 10 sen and five sen per litre effective Sunday.

The Prime Minister’s Office, in a press statement tonight, said the increase was part of government efforts to tackle the impact of the increase in the crude oil price in the world market and to check the increase in subsidy which the government had to bear.

With the latest increase, the retail price for premium petrol (RON97) in Peninsular Malaysia is now RM1.62 per litre, petrol (RON 92) RM1.58 per litre, diesel RM1.281 per litre and LPG RM1.45 per kilogram.

In Sabah and Sarawak, the new retail price for RON 97 is RM1.60 and RM1.61 per litre respectively, RON 92 RM1.58 in both states, while diesel is RM1.284 and RM1.278 per litre respectively while LPG is RM1.53 per kilogram in both states.

This is the second time the government had announced increases in the prices of petroleum products within a two-month period. The last price increase was in May.

At the same time, the government also announced a 20 sen increase in the subsidy for fishermen from 44.1 sen to 64.1 sen per litre. This means that fishermen will be able to buy subsidised diesel at around RM1.20.

This was because the government was very concerned about the burden borne by fishermen who were buying subsidised diesel at a much higher price compared to the price enjoyed by land transport operators.

According to the statement, the government had been bearing the subsidy for petroleum products which was rising. The subsidy borne in 2004 amounted to RM4.8 billion and the figure was expected to increase to RM6.63 billion by the end of the year.

The figure for this year had taken into account the increase which took effect on July 31, 2005. In addition, the government would also be bearing the burden in terms of tax exemption for the year 2005 amounting to RM7.85 billion.

This means that the overall loss burden borne by the government is RM14.48 billion.

At the same time, the government also announced a 20 sen increase in the subsidy for fishermen from 44.1 sen to 64.1 sen per litre. This means that fishermen will be able to buy subsidised diesel at around RM1.20.

This was because the government was very concerned about the burden borne by fishermen who were buying subsidised diesel at a much higher price compared to the price enjoyed by land transport operators.

According to the statement, the government had been bearing the subsidy for petroleum products which was rising. The subsidy borne in 2004 amounted to RM4.8 billion and the figure was expected to increase to RM6.63 billion by the end of the year.

The figure for this year had taken into account the increase, which took effect on July 31, 2005. In addition, the government would also be bearing the burden in terms of tax exemption for the year 2005 amounting to RM7.85 billion.

This means that the overall loss burden borne by the government is RM14.48 billion.

Fuel Prices Up Again, 20 Sen Hike For Diesel, 10 Sen For Petrol source

Chinese Blog to List on NASDAQ

‘One of China’s most well-known bloggers hopes to ride the current boom in personal online journals and transform his blog site into a U.S.-listed Internet giant.

“We are building a blog-based portal and we will be the first blogger ever to list on the NASDAQ,??? Bokee.com chairman and chief executive officer Fang Xingdong said.

Fang, who previously made a living as an online commentator, or blogger, said the company would receive US$10 million in financing next month from three American venture capitalists, Hong Kong-based venture capitalist Softbank Investment International and a mainland investor. He declined to name the individual investors as the transaction has yet to be finalized.’

Chinese Blog to List on NASDAQ

Bloggers for Ensight

For an as-yet unannounced project, I need A Few Good Bloggers, for topics such as Gaming (preferrably a girl, to be honest), Aviation (hobbyist, including the VATSim stuff, Flight Simulator, gliding, etc), as well as a “well rounded blogger??? who can do some sports, some humour, some techy gadgety stuff, some movies, etc.

If you’re interested, email me a quick note with your experience, and include 3 sample posts. 1 should be an “announcement”, one should be your opinion on something (the more controversial and witty the better) and one should be a longer free-form post on something (ie: longer being 250-500 words).

Please note: experienced bloggers only. The platform here is WordPress. Familiarity with it is useful, but not essential.

Bloggers for Ensight

Hackers Spreading Spyware From Free Personal Web Sites

Attackers are using free personal Web hosting sites provided by nationally- and internationally-known ISPs to store their malicious code, and to infect users with worms, viruses, and spyware, a security firm said Monday.

Websense, a San Diego, Calif.-based Web security and content filtering vendor, has detected a big jump in the use of personal hosting sites, said Dan Hubbard, the company’s senior director of security and technology research.

“The growth of this trend is alarming,” said Hubbard. “July has seen a major boom. In the first two weeks alone we found more instances than in May and June combined.”

In the first half of the month, Websense found more than 500 free hosting sites created to spread keyloggers alone, Hubbard added. Since the beginning of the year, it’s uncovered more than 2,500 such sites.

Although the hosted sites purport to offer up everything from online journals and photo albums to blogs and greeting cards, they all have one thing in common, said Hubbard. “Some type of automation was used to set all of them up, and fairly easily, too.” Because they’re free and easily created, they’re considered disposable by the attacker. The average lifespan of such a site, said Hubbard, was between two and four days. They’re attractive for other reasons as well.

Hackers Spreading Spyware From Free Personal Web Sites

Avant Browser 10.1

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Avant Browser 10.1 is really a cool browser. It acts like Internet Explorer, so you won’t have any problems with IE only websites.

Avant Browser is a fast, stable, user-friendly, versatile web browser. Avant Browser is a multi-window browser which features with many functions such as Pop-up Stopper, Built-in Google Searching, Safe Recovery, Integrated Cleaner and Advanced Browsing Options.

Pop-up Stopper: Eliminate unwanted pop-up pages automatically.

Browsing Options: Avant Browser provides options to block download of pictures, videos, sounds and ActiveX components. With these options users can efficiently use their bandwidth and speed up page loading.

Multi-Window Browsing: Browse multiple web pages simultaneously. All opened pages can be easily stopped, refreshed, closed or arranged with one click.

Built-in Google Searching: Avant Browser provides built-in search engine, which is powered by Google, the most powerful search engine in the world. Built-in search engine enables user to search for web pages and images in Internet.

Integrated Cleaner: Help you to keep your privacy and easily clear typed addresses, recently opened pages, web page passwords, cookies and temporary Internet files.

Safe Recovery: If Avant Browser is closed improperly, all open web pages are saved and will be automatically reopened at next startup.

Internet Explorer Compatibility: Avant Browser is compatible with all Internet Explorer functions, including Java Script, Cookies, Real player, Media Player, Internet Explorer Favorites, Macromedia Flash and ActiveX Controls.

Easy Using: Avant Browser comes with more shortcuts. It’s much easier to close or create new browser window.

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter 6)

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth book in J.K. Rowling’s bestselling series, picks up shortly after we left Harry at the end of The Order of the Phoenix. Lord Voldemort is acting out in the open, continuing his reign of terror which was temporarily stopped almost 15 years beforehand. Harry is again at the Dursleys, where the events of the previous month continue to weigh on his mind, although not as much as the impending visit from his Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore. Given their last meeting, Harry is understandably confused as to why the old wizard would want to visit him at home.

Rowling opens with a chapter she had wanted to use for the first book, of The Philosopher’s Stone–Lord Voldemort has been creating chaos in the Wizard and Muggle communities alike, the war is in full swing and the Wizarding community now lives in fear. The press have been questioning the events at the Ministry which led to the admission of Voldemort’s return, and of course Harry’s name is mentioned a number of times. Harry’s got his problems, but his anxiety is nothing compared to Hermione’s when the OWL results are delivered. There’s a new Defence Against The Dark Arts teacher, an assortment of new characters and creatures, and startling revelations about past characters and events.

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