Articles Archive for October 2009
Featured, Internet and Web, Technology »
Have you ever wondered what is people’s favorite password? You might be one of them. Thus, better think twice before choosing a password for e-mail, online bank accounts and airline tickets. Passwords that show no imagination or distinctiveness are easy prey for information pirates, a new US study says. A statistically analysis of 28000 passwords recently stolen from a popular US website and posted on the internet reveals that people often do the easy thing.
It found that 16% took a first name as a password, often their own or …
Technology »
There is always a question from commoners whether to choose USB or external Serial AT Attachment (eSATA). Most home users should not worry too much about eSATA. This technology based on the SATA cables that connect internal hard drives, transfers data much faster than USB 2.0 and Firewire connections. But few computers include eSATA ports. For example, Dell and HP only offer them on a handful of desktops and laptops; Apple doesn’t provide them on Macs. Most hard drives, in turn, only support USB and Firewire. If you will move …
Research, Science »
More amazing research findings are being made in research centers of the Malaysia’s local universities. The PECIPTA 09 exhibition, which had been held from 8-10 October 2009, uncovers these new findings, which contribute towards a more progressive society. Among many amazing research presented, Associate Prof Dr Amin Ismail explains that his submission, “Guava Pulp Composition Moving from Industrial Waste to Useful Functional Food Ingredients”, processes guavas and their lycopene rich products for the food industry.
Guava pulp also has many health benefits and this method minimizes disposal problems in the …
Featured, Gadgets, Headline, Technology »
Multiple award-winning, the palm-sized AIPTEK Pocket Cinema V10 projector allows users to project a large image at up to 50 inches on to a wall from 1.8 meters away. As its name suggests, this device is pocketable thanks to its small and light design – it measures 125 x 55 x 23 mm (or 1cm longer than an iPhone) and weight only 160g!
It comes bundled with an audio-video cable that enables users to hook it up to a variety of electronic devices such as a mobile phone, PSP, iPod …
Science »
More amazing research findings are being made in research centers of the Malaysia’s local universities. The PECIPTA 09 exhibition, which had been held from 8-10 October 2009, uncovers these new findings, which contribute towards a more progressive society. Among many amazing research presented, in a project led by Prof Dr Kaida Khalid on “Processes for Production Virgin Coconut Oil, Coconut Cooking Oil and Raw Material for Coconut Biodiesel”, he proposed that the present invention relates to an improved process for the preparation of virgin coconut oil, raw material for biodiesel …
Technology »
DiGi, one of the biggest Malaysia telecomunication players once again showed off its innovative side, venturing into other markets beyond the telco’s traditional offerings, by setting up an online advertisement business portal called MySimplifieds. MySimplifieds was set up in partnership with local content developer Kasatria Technologies Sdn Bhd to serve as a platform where people can meet on the Internet to buy and sell or simply browse items.
DiGi aims to tap the growing popularity of the online space as an avenue to engage current customers as well as reaching …
Science »
More amazing research findings are being made in research centers of the Malaysia’s local universities. The PECIPTA 09 exhibition, which had been held from 8-10 October 2009, uncovers these new findings, which contribute towards a more progressive society. Among many amazing research presented, Prof Dr Mohd Ali Hassan submitted his research on “Novel High Rate In-vessel Composter for Oil Palm Biomass, Organic and Municipal Wastes”. …
Science »
More amazing research findings are being made in research centers of the Malaysia’s local universities. The PECIPTA 09 exhibition, which had been held from 8-10 October 2009, uncovers these new findings, which contribute towards a more progressive society. Among many spectacular research presented, a team led by Prof Dr Mahiran Basri on “Design and Development of palm-based transdermal nanoemulsions for Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS)” suggested that patients taking long term NSAIDS medications suffered serious gastrointestinal (GI).
Topical palm-based nanoemulsions system was designed and developed to deliver the NSAIDS. There were …
Featured, Technology »
World’s most advanced gadget technology company, Apple has announced the Asia’s availability of its consumer software suite iLife 09, which includes upgrades to iPhoto 09, iMovie 09 and GarageBand 09.
New to iPhoto 09 is the ability to browse your photo collection by faces and places. A new way to organize your photos in iPhoto 09 is Faces, which automatically scans photos using face detection to identify specific persons in a picture and assign a name to them. From there you will be able to search for …
Featured, Technology, Weird and Oddities »
I got these excellent pictures from Boingboing and found out they are really interesting and unique. Gama-Go’s tape measure is actually covered by a radio cassette-casing while owl tape measure is an art from a shop called Gold Bug in Pasadena, California. They are very cheap too! Maybe if you manage to past the town, please buy me one. Thanks in advance!
Gama-Go Measurement Tape ($8!)

