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Malaysia: The Internet and The Country.

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

I have been terribly frustrated with some of the current issues in Malaysia. First, the Auditor-General’s Report 2006 outlined that ministries have been overspending with public funds. Including:

  • set of screwdrivers(brand unknown) for RM224, which only worths RM34 per set on the market.
  • Faber Castell Technical Pens for RM1,147 per set, which only worths RM160 per set on the market.
  • 2 Tonnes Car Jack for RM5,741 per set, which only worths RM50 per set on the market.

These are no lies, though administration tends to label bloggers as liars. These report are from Auditor-General Malaysia(JABATAN AUDIT NEGARA MALAYSIA). I’m not in the mood to tell you more about this, please download and read the reports yourself.(In Bahasa Malaysia). More news on the TheStar Malaysia

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WWW: BAYIMG.com, your new choice for photo sharing.

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007

bayimg.com
bayimg.com

The pirates at piratebay.org, has rolled out another service for the community. BAYIMG.com is a brand new image hosting service which claims that this service is totally uncensored, which means they don’t really care what do you upload to the site, and most probably they won’t respond to any legal notice.

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371 Games for Linux, Getting Rid Of the Linux Blind Spot.

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007

Most Linux users will have the impression that gaming on Linux will more or less involve Wine, to run Windows native games on Linux. Some hardcore Linux gamers prefer Cedega, a paid service offered by Transgaming Technology, developed based on Wine.

Most users are not aware that, there are also Linux native games available on the market. For example, Quake, Unreal Tournament 2004, and my favorite Neverwinter Nights. All these have Linux native versions available.

This is a list consists of 371 Linux native games, free or commercial, compiled by Zakk from icculus.org. Please spend your time go through it and see if you can find any of your taste. The list here.

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WWW: Microsoft Censors Instant Messenging Conversations.

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007

This happens at server-side, regardless of which IM client you are using. Joost de Valk has discovered that MSN server is censoring messages that contain “.info” domain name in the line.

I’ve tested with pidgin, the server is indeed rejecting conversations with such input. Here’s a screenshot.

pidgin conversation

Well done Microsoft. What’s next?

Origianal Story.

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Favorite: Project Mars City, something you must see.

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007

Project Mars City
Picture taken from thebestcasescenario.com

Are you a Doom3 player? If yes, then this must look familiar to you. This is a PC case mod based on Doom3’s Mars City scene. It is really an amazing piece of work, modded by Crimson Sky. Head over to this forum thread and see how did he make it.

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