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Windows Vista Goes Pink in Japan

In: Interesting Stuff, Software

How do you market a product in Japan? Well, apparently Microsoft found the answer to that question. They have released Windows Vista Home Premium in pink packaging, exclusively for the Japanese market. The package includes a 1 year subscription of Windows Live OneCare and a copy of Vista tips and tricks book bundled inside. Story […]

Ubuntu Hardy Heron (8.04) is due to be released in April 2008. It is already out now as a BETA, and among the features are GNOME 2.22 (with PolicyKit now integrated), Linux kernel 2.6.24 (that brings power savings to 64-bit processors), not to mention Firefox 3 (beta 4), PulseAudio, and Brasero (CD/DVD Burning) by default. […]

Netscape Navigator Finally Comes to an End

In: Software, The Web

If you noticed when using Netscape Navigator 9 and running the update for version 9.0.0.6, a notice will appear, stating that support for the browser will be terminated on the 1st of March 2008, urging users to switch to Flock and Firefox. After about 14 years since the first version came out in 1994, AOL […]

I get this question a lot of times. How do you speed up your Streamyx connection? (For those not familiar with it, Streamyx is an internet broadband service here in Malaysia). Not that I’m an expert in this field. Working in the IT field for the past few years, I get people telling me that […]

If there is 1 thing I hate the most about watching YouTube or Metacafe videos, is the hassle of having to click pause to allow the video to actually load. Now I’m not one of those lucky people to have blazing fast internet speeds. For a long time, I have […]