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Co-Founder Apple Inc. telah pergi buat selamanya setelah bertahun berjuang melawan kanker. Beliau telah banyak membuat sumbangan kepada dunia komputer terutamanya gajet² kecil yang mmg cantik serta menawan. (Baca: iPhone, iPad dan iPod). Semua orang tahu apa itu Apple dan siapa Steve Jobs kepada Apple.

Takziah kepada pengguna Apple seantero dunia.

Image Source : Apple Inc. (http://www.apple.com)

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Hari ini merupakan hari yang tidak best. Dewa Jingga sudah tidak bernyawa lagi. Macam2 dugaan yang muncul tiba. Tayar pancit, gas habis, sara meragam dan yang paling unggul sekali ialah Dewa Jingga bertukar menjadi tukun.

Ini merupakan perkara yang memang tak seronok. Munmon tanpa pcnya adalah seumpama seekor hamster tanpa roda lariannya. Nasib baik ada android... Tapi masih tidak gah dan tidak memadai untuk melakukan tugas2 hakiki.

Apa barang browse lifehacker guna mobile device. Tak seronok main cityville dgn screen kecik [at least playable la kan dari aipon :-P]. Terbantut semua aktiviti harian pada hari ini. Mungkin masanya telah tiba untuk sesuatu yang baharu ;-). Tapi... Mana mungkin...

Saya nak jemur kain. Mungkin ini adalah petunjuk dariNya...

Salam Sejahtera

Semenjak kembali ke Windows 7 ini, saya terpaksa berhati-hati ketika membuka file atau program yang dimuat-turun dari internet. Dahulu, semasa menggunakan Ubuntu, saya senyum sahaja. Sayang bini punya pasal, Windows pun... Windows la. Tapi itu tidak bermakna saya akan terus meninggalkan dunia Linux. Ini kerana, Linux adalah keperluan asas untuk saya, terutamanya di pejabat.

Apabila menggunakan Windows, adalah wajib untuk install perisian Anti-Virus. Tidak kira, sehebat manapun kita, anti-virus adalah keperluan wajib untuk pengguna Windows. Kerana yang hebat selalu alpa dan lalai apatah lagi yang biasa2 sahaja. Virus, bergantung kepada jenisnya mampu membotakkan kepala anda dan menyusahkan kehidupan anda seharian.

Oleh itu, sebelum terkena, haruslah kita beringat. Anti-Virus pun ada baik dan buruknya. Terlampau sensitif menyakitkan hati, terlampau pasif membahayakan kehidupan. Hmmm. Seksa beb. Siapala si Dungu yang cipta virus neh? Baru-baru ini, sebuah update untuk McAffee telah menyebabkan Windows untuk reboot secara loop. Mari kita lihat apa yang berlaku:

<?php
$variable1 = "restart computer";
$variable2 = reboot($variable1);
do {
echo "{$boot['boot']} <br />";} while ($boot= mysql_fetch_assoc($reboot));
?>

Rupanya virus definition McAffee telah identify svchost.exe sebagai virus dan didelete dari komputer. Jahanam!!! Engadget melaporkan:

"DAT update 5958 deletes the svchost.exe file, which then triggers a false-positive in McAfee itself and sets off a chain of uncontrolled restarts and loss of networking functionality."

So amacam sekarang? File sudah di download. Nak run ke tidak?

Nasib baik ada satu application seperti VirusTotal yang boleh tolong tengokkan file tersebut. Kita uploadkan file tersebut dan VirusTotal akan bandingkan dengan beberapa antivirus yang terkenal. Kadang-kadang hanya satu daripada 40 antivirus yang mengesan file tersebut adalah virus... Ini maknanya.. bukan virus la.

Oleh itu pandai2lah kita menggunakan akal kita serta naluri kita untuk menjaga keselamatan data kita.

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Nampak gayanya, OS yang ditunggu2 oleh ramai orang bakal diumumkan pada esok hari. Begitulah menurut TechCrunch. Sejauh manakah kebenarannya kita belum dapat pastikan akan kesahihan cerita ini. Namun nampak gayanya perang OS yang selama ini berlaku antara Ubuntu - Windows - OS X akan bertambah hebat lagi apabila Google OS ini dikeluarkan dari lubang rahsianya. Kita lihat dan tunggu.

Salam Sejahtera dan Salam

Mungkin ramai diantara kita yang tahu akan kewujudan Foxit Reader ini. Mungkin ramai yang tensi dengan kelembapan komputer kita di kala, membuka file PDF dari browser. Kelembapan komputer kita akan terserlah apabila Adobe Reader yang bertanggungjawab membuka file2 PDF ini. Sungguh sembab dan kurang sopan Adobe Reader ini. Kadang-kadang, PC kita yang gagah pon akan menjadi lembab kerana Adobe Reader sedang berjalan.

Setelah kajian dibuat, saya membuat kesimpulan bahawa Foxit Reader adalah 100x lebih baik daripada Adobe PDF Reader. Kajian yang dijalankan menggunakan 2 buah Komputer Meja (Desktop PC le) dengan speknya:

• Pentium Core2 Duo 2.5GHz
• Ram 4G
• Windows XP Pro SP3
• Mozilla Firefox

Adobe Reader mengambil masa 5 saat untuk membuka sebuah PDF 10MB. Manakala Foxit Reader hanya memerlukan 3 saat.
Winner : Foxit Reader

Cubaan seterusnya adalah membuka sebuah artikel Nursing dari Journal Cancer Nursing. Size 500kb. Adobe Reader membuka dlm masa 7 saat. Foxit Reader 2 saat.
Winner : Foxit Reader

Saiz installation file Adobe Reader adalah 40MB dan Foxit Reader hanya 5MB.
Winner : Foxit Reader

Adobe Reader selalu mempunyai update dan semuanya agak besar. Foxit reader jarang sekali mempunyai update.
Winner : Foxit Reader

Dan akhir sekali, Foxit Reader tidak membuatkan PC anda lembab. Dengan Adobe Reader, PC yang gagah pon akan menjadi lembab.
Winner : Foxit Reader

Oleh itu, secara keseluruhannya, Foxit Reader adalah lebih bagus daripada Adobe Reader. Marilah anda semua beralih ke Foxit Reader.

Message from Dropbox Team

Did you know that you can use Dropbox to share files and collaborate on projects? You can do this using Dropbox shared folders:

• Shared folders are folders in your Dropbox that sync to other Dropbox users
• Share lots of files at once (size doesn't matter)!
• Receive notifications whenever changes are made by others

Sounds better than emailing files to each other, right? Click here to get started.

Throm-ka

Perhaps, web developers worst nightmare is Internet Explorer 6. I usually don't give a damn to this issue. All troubles while developing site and designing web page, CSS issues, div placement with IE6, I will choose to create a friendlier version for IE6. Forget the those standards and try to make that page appear correctly in IE6. Why? One reason : some users still refuse to change. They would rather spend their time with that ageing IE6.

Bah! But today, after so sick with, real sick with IE6, I have decided to force users to upgrade their IE6 or you are not welcome. It is so hard to create one page that is friendly with IE6 but looks horrible with other browsers. NO! NO! NO! NO!. That's not gonna happen today.

I have put a code to ask users to upgrade their Internet Explorer 6. I wonder, why users are still tagged with that stupid browser. What a nonsense! I mean, how on earth IE6, the world's most Worst Tech Products still being used by the general public? Don't the users know how bad is IE6.

• As of January 10, 2009, Secunia reports 142 vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer 6
• Security advisory site Secunia counted 20 unpatched security flaws for Internet Explorer 6, many more and older than for any other browser
• IE6 does not fully support CSS version 2 unlike most browsers which in turn means web developers must use "hacks" or workarounds so IE6 will display web pages correctly.
• Internet Explorer 6 is evil - pure and simple.

Salam Sejahtera and Good Evening

Good Day to all of you. While waiting for the batch update of MARC record, I have found out that most users did not log off when they have finished using the computers. This is not practical and unwise. Ironically, they will make a fuss when something happen to their accounts. Who is to blame?

Using shared computers are very dangerous and prone to identity theft, banking account theft and many others. Yet they will blame others for their mistakes. Who is to blame?

Nevertheless, all of these may be avoided if users take several precautions while using and after using the computers.

Rule No. 1  : Never use shared computers for banking purposes.
Pretty simple. Never ever use any computers in Cyber Cafe, Library or any public computers for banking purposes, for these computers, we never know the people behind them. Don't give your trust to these computers. Some evils lurk within them.

Rule No.2 : Never use shared computers for your online games.
Same like Rule No.1. I don't trust any of these Cyber Cafe operators. Play your games there, have fun and tomorrow all your epic items are gone. Believe me, such thing happens. Play your games at home where it is safe and trusted (you will need to make sure before 100% safe).

Rule No.3 : Always inspect your computers for KEYLOGGERS.
This cute little programme is a total nuisance. Develop for good use but exploited for sinister purposes. They run silently in the background will record every stroke you enter and send them to their evil master. Effective for stealing account and password. They are many ways to combat this son-of-a-bitch. One of them is to check the running programmes in the background.

Rule No.4 : Never share your password even to your wifey and hubby.
Aahh. So you are in love. To share is to care. Share everything but not the passwords. Most of fraudulent cases are done by someone you know personally. Passwords are created to protect your data, your account and your money. Password that is known to more than one person is no more a password. Protect them.

Rule No.5 : Protect your computers with Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware... Update them please!!!
Those bastards out there will never stop trying to steal your data. They will send hundreds if not thousands to you. Email scams, ad scams, po-pups and free games. Protect your computers with them and update them regularly. There is no use if you install anti-virus and anti-spyware without updating them.

Rule No. 6 : Have some common sense.
Some people they just don't learn and take things for granted. Never ever entertain banking request from email. Meh! Banks ask your for passwords? Are you an idiot to believe that? No administrator or banks or System Admin will ask you for password. Don't be so idiotic to succumb to those kind of request.

Rule No. 7 : Know your software.
People... people. You should have checked the software you have downloaded for any sign of sinister or rogue behaviour. True, many free games out there and most of them are package with extra features. Check them before install. Oh. Yeah. Tell you kids not to simply install applications in your computers. At least limit their accounts.

Rule No. 8 : Avoid using Administrative Account
This is hard to do. Yes I know. As a Linux user, I don't have a problem with this. Linux users never log into Root Account for fun. We will be coming as GOD only when it is needed. We go as under privileged user all the time. Same goes to Windows user.

Rule No.9 : Clear your cache and Temp File after use and Log Out when done!!
Simple. Clear your browser data after use. Or setup your browser to automatically clear them when finish. Use that Log Out Button. They are created for a reason.

Rule N0.10 : Don't use Internet Explorer laa
The most popular browser with security holes built as a package. The door to all evils to your computer. The browser that receives security updates all the time. When you know it is not safe... Why wait. Change to Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.

Adios

Good Evening,

Ubuntu the best Linux Distro (me thinks) is releasing the next version 8.10 Intrepid Ibex soon. As of now, Release Candidate is available here. Shall I be upgrading to the latest version? I don't think so. Am feeling lazy to re-install Ubuntu. Hear me when I say, I don't like upgrading Ubuntu or any other Operating System. There's nothing better than fresh installation of an Operating System. Furthermore, am on LTS now. Why should I upgrade? I would if I have the time. Heh. /rolling eyes.

Let's see, what Ubuntu 8.10 is offering. Usually, new release has better applications and new kernel. However, one will never know what lurks behind. /sinister smile. Upgrading is not for the fainted heart. Save it for the bold. Let the experienced users test and conclude it in the future. Well, we will know. Okay, on the new features now.

• GNOME 2.24
• X.Org 7.4
• Kernel 2.6.27
• Encrypted private directory (nice feature for the paranoid)
• New Guest session
• Network Manager 0.7
• DKMS
• Samba 3.2
• PAM authentication framework
• Totem BBC Plugin
• Server Virtualization and many more

As promised by Canonical Foundation, for every 6 months, new version of Ubuntu will be released. The new 8.10 Intrepid Ibexis is scheduled to be released on 30th October 2008.

Do you believe in Ubuntu? Well, I believe. What about you?

Good Evening and Salam Sejahtera

It's 12.00AM in the morning. Should not be a problem. I will be on night shift tomorrow. Nice huh? I can wake up late in the morning, but with a price... I have to stay until 8.00PM. Coolies. It's raining, not much differences.

Okay, just found out one cool application which would act like your virtual storage. Syncing everything you save with your computers. Hence, opening again with different computer. A very good utility for the people on the move. I was playing with my Ubuntu Tweak when I came across with Dropbox in the 3rd party sources list. I was keen to find out what is this Dropbox all about.

A simple statement to enlighten me "Dropbox is the easiest way to share and store your files online". Well, it is an on-line storage where it can sync to your linked computers. It acts just like your normal folder in your computer. But whatever goes inside that folder will be uploaded to the server (hint: sync). It is safe and protected. However, one should not put confidential materials there. Just as precautions.

Try it now. A very nice application.

BTW, this application is available for Linux, Mac and Windows