http://www.chip.com.my/blog journal of a digital world Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:30:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en To all our friends who will be celebrating Hari Raya Aidilfitri (also known as Eid in the Middle East and Europe) we would like to wish Selamat Hari Raya and may peace be with you and your family on this joyous occation. Maybe we can take a day off from staring ... http://www.chip.com.my/blog/general/selamat-hari-raya Ahh... another web browser is being launched. We've seen so many that entered the war zone and so far the incumbent IE still stands tall at 80% of the market (largely because it's shipped pre-installed for most new PCs) followed by the pundits' favourite son, Mozilla Firefox at close to ... http://www.chip.com.my/blog/general/chrome-worthy-contender-for-the-browser-crown It's been a boring summer without the English Premier League on Astro. Okay... we don't actually have summer in Malaysia, it's sama all year long here. But honestly, how can we have over a hundred satellite channels and sometimes, none of them is watchable? Beijing Olympics filled up the void ... http://www.chip.com.my/blog/ash-report/welcome-back-epl It appears that the software that managed to put a PC on every desk will soon be retired. Very hard to imagine the ubiquitous Windows no longer running our lives. Yet this is what a new report has suggested. Apparently this is Microsoft's strategy for survival in the future. Prompted ... http://www.chip.com.my/blog/general/bye-bye-windows As you all had known by now - I've got my Wii already. Weehee.. And just a small info, I'm now carrying some sports injury due to the vigorous arm twisting to hit all those home-runs in that baseball game (Wii Sports). We've all heard what a smashing success (and ... http://www.chip.com.my/blog/ash-report/i-want-my-iphone In Nov 2007, we reported how a UK Football Website plan to take over a real football club. Subsequently, the deal was concluded in Jan 2008 and surprise, surprise... the Club actually flourish post-takeover and in May 2008, the Club went on to win FA Trophy club and one of ... http://www.chip.com.my/blog/ash-report/update-virtual-club-own-real-club Mr Jobs had better watch out coz the Android is here. Google showed off a number of exciting new developments by the company and the one that got the biggest response was Android - an open-source platform being designed for "smart" phones and other mobile devices that surf the Web. ... http://www.chip.com.my/blog/general/here-comes-the-android I was at a Unified Communication forum in KL yesterday. It was organised by IDC with presentation from IBM, Microsoft and Cisco. They were all pushing for their take on Unified Communication - a vision where a person can have a single point of communication integrating various communication channel, be ... http://www.chip.com.my/blog/ash-report/whole-wired-world I'm not much of a console gamer. Especially current generation PS2 games with fast & furious gameplay and dazzling graphics. To tell the truth, I actually felt dizzy and suffered head ache whenever I spent more than 2 mins on my last PS2. Having said that, I want my Wii. Against ... http://www.chip.com.my/blog/general/i-want-my-wii Do you believe in UFO? Let me tell you something, you have to believe in UFOs - these unidentified flying objects. I'm a firm believer and by the end of todays posting, you simply must agree with me. Okay, most of us learn about UFOs in TV programs and movies. There's ... http://www.chip.com.my/blog/ash-report/ufos-in-todays-world