Tag Archives: technology

Searchable Flash

Adobe is making Flash searchable.. but only to Google and Yahoo. Link

Microsoft unveils revamped Zunes

Microsoft unveils revamped Zunes | CNET News.com
The problem is that the newest Zune models don’t offer anything demonstrably better than the iPod
What? Did you expect something original out of Microsoft?

WindowsRG

FSJ points to a leaked copy of the next generation Windows operating system. It’s “Really Good”. Be sure to check out the online demo.

Microsoft is dead

Microsoft is dead, says Paul Graham.
Microsoft’s biggest weakness is that they still don’t realize how much they suck.
I love that line.

Apple Computer

Jon Gruber tells us why Apple is more of a computer company than ever, despite dropping ‘Computer’ from its name:
This isn’t a new direction for Apple. It’s the same path the company has been on all along. Cool new software powered by OS X, running on beautiful, well-designed hardware describes the iPhone and the Apple [...]

TM revenue target

Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM) is aiming to achieve a revenue of RM18.1 billion this year, up 10.36% from RM16.4 billion last year. It said in a statement that revenue growth was expected to be largely driven by its international operations in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and its domestic mobile operations. (Source: The Edge).
This follows a [...]

ABI names top mobile operators

ABI Research has named Vodafone and NTT Docomo as the top mobile operators in the industry in a recent study, according to businessMOBILEAsia.
ABI’s study revealed that both NTT Docomo and Vodafone were ahead of their peers in areas of consumer and enterprise application delivery, as well as mobile payment.
ABI also singled out Hutchison 3 and [...]

Celcom March launch

I spoke to one of Celcom’s Product Development managers last week and he revealed that Celcom was working on a project that will be unveiled at the end of the month. HSDPA perhaps? I’m guessing it will more likely be a major content deal since they’ve demonstrated great savvy in their recent marketing tie-ups.
You heard [...]

Google phone

First the iPhone, now the Google Phone. The head of Google in Spain and Portugal has confirmed that Google is working on a mobile phone. Google HQ in the US responded with a statement that neither confirmed or denied the rumoured Blackberry-like Google Phone. The telecommunications landscape is starting to look very interesting…

Malaysia awards WiMAX licenses

Yesterday the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) announced the 4 winners of licenses to operate the 2.3GHz WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) spectrum in Malaysia (PDF link to news release).
The 4 winners were:

Bizsurf (M) Sdn Bhd (a unit of YTL-e Solutions Bhd)
Packet One Networks (M) Sdn Bhd (subsidiary of Green Packet and formerly [...]

Daylight-killing time

A group of F-22 Raptors were almost knocked out of the sky due to a computer glitch caused by the new daylight-savings time schedule which takes effect this year.
When the group of Raptors crossed over the IDL, multiple computer systems crashed on the planes. Everything from fuel subsystems, to navigation and partial communications were completely [...]