On the last couple of days, I started to feel the slowness of Stremyx to the level that I can’t stand with it anymore. Oddly, it happens only to the websites located in the US. Not the type of the person who jump to the conclusion by blaming Streamyx, I did my own googling.
It took only 1 minute to figure what happens. Apparently it started since 18th of February when there is circuit fault on the cable that links Malaysia internet traffic to the US. Is is estimated to get fixed by 5th of March. Chill out then.. not Stremyx fault.
This is the official announcement from Streamyx. Do you check Stremyx website before voicing your frustration/anger against Stremyx on blog or Twitter?
24/02/2009 SERVICE INTERRUPTION
Dear Valued Customers,
Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) wishes to announce that there is a disruption of its Internet services since 18 February 2009 due to circuit fault on the Asia Pacific Cable Network 2 (APCN2) between Kuantan - Katong in Singapore and Shantou - Tanshui in Taiwan linking Malaysia to the United States (US).
Due to this, customers using Internet services may now experience slow browsing while accessing content hosted in the U.S. In addition, customers using other IP services such as Virtual Private Network (VPN) and other critical business applications linked to the US may also experience some service degradation.
To alleviate the problem, some of the links have been rerouted to alternate routes to ease the congestion.
During the restoration process, traffic to Northern America may experience minor degradation while traffic to other countries is not affected. TM expects the complete recovery of its services by 5 March 2009. TM will make further announcements on the progress of the restoration works.
TM wishes to assure its customers that it is undertaking all necessary measures to restore communications services for its customers as soon as possible.
Customers can call TM at 100 and select “Internet Services” or e-mail us at help@tm.com.my for any Internet related problems.
When I watch this Chrome promotion video, the creativeness of Google Japan folks can be clearly seen there. But, it remind me back an incident when Google Japan been penalized by their own ‘godfather’, Google for buying paid link via pay-per-post.Google.co.jp end up at pagerank 5 instead of 9 before.
It happens at the time when Google raise its effort in busting paid link. Last year, they dropped bombs to numbers of establish blog and websites , for alleged selling links. Ironically, while they’re blaming webmasters for not complying with their search guidelines, their employees are not on the same page with the boss. Funny right?
That paid link campaign is an effort from marketing team, which usually play some role, together with creative team in producing advertisement. Well.. yeah, people did wrong sometime, so here is the video.
Wannabe the first to know an update about Adamo? The teaser site for Malaysian market is already there, so just sign up there. But what is Adamo?
Adamo is the new slim, thin and slick notebook lineup from Dell. Not sure when it is going to be on market though. Oh, btw, Dell’s profit down almost 50%. Could it be another salary cut just like HP?
Google Chrome latest build, 2.0.166.1 has added new feature that allow user to switch to full screen browsing, just like other web browsers with F11 button.
You’re required to upgrade to the latest build to be able to do so, but please be reminded, that this is alpha version, which is still pretty much on development and bug fixing phase. So you may encounter any bug when using it.
Upgrading to the latest build was a breeze, but downgrading it, is not that easy. Chrome build is controlled by Chrome Release Channel. If you encounter any problem and want to go back to the previous version, I encourage you to read this post.
Asus capable of what the rest of industry leader can do, provide a new gadget in lightning speed. Its flagship product, Eee PC have countless model, from low end, special edition to high end version.
Over to smarphone, it does have lots of model too. P835 unveiled today, is their latest addition on smartphone lineup.The very common smartphone design philosophy nowadays are, huge screen which Asus P835 has at 3.5 inch. Of course it is touchscreen. It run on Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system.
Other features including 5 megapixel camera, GPS, WIFI, USB 2.0 and bluetooth capable. In term of networks, it support HSPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM networks
3.5” TFT, 65K-color Touchscreen, WVGA (800 x 480 pixels)
Processor
Qualcomm 7201A 528MHz
Memory
4GB Internal Storage + 288MB SDRAM + 256MB ROM
Expansion Slot
MicroSD with SDHC support
Connectivity
WLAN 802.11b+g , USB v2.0, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
WAP Browser
HTTP / WAP 1.2.1/2.0
Messaging
SMS / MMS / Email / MSN / Push Email
Battery
1100mAh Lithium
GPS
Yes (AGPS supported)
Business Applications
PIM
Word (editor), Excel (editor), PowerPoint (viewer), Adobe Reader, Windows® Live, MSN, Voice Commander** and Push Email (Exchange Server).
Other Features
Opera browser, Wi-Fi Access Point, YouTube, Flickr, ASUS Virtual Keyboard, Anytime Launcher, ASUS Today, EziMusic, EziPhoto, Google search and RSS Reader.
Multimedia and Entertainment
Camera
5 Megapixel Auto Focus
Video
Record: MPEG4/H.263
Playback: MPEG4/H.264/H.263/WMV
Video Call, Audio/Video Streaming
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