Intechclan : Internet Download Manager ( IDM ) with a fake serial number error (solved)

Internet Download Manager ( IDM )  is a one of the best download manager software used in Malaysia and the entire world.

I am sure many of us are too much dependent on Internet Download Manager ( IDM ) . Im Also very like with this , Internet Download Manager ( IDM ) software. Before this my Internet Download Manager ( IDM ) was working fine with me.

But today, my Internet Download Manager ( IDM ) with the latest update version 6.17 build 10 (released on Sept/16/2013) , was literally had a breakthrough and crushed with the with this box error message

“…Internet Download Manager has been registered with a fake serial number…”

This error message, prompted every minute reminding, if you click OK then it will come out the registration form to enter a valid serial number, but we don’ have  the serial number….!

This usually happens after you upgrade a new version of Internet Download Manager…., is due to two kind of updated / upgraded :

1. Internet Download Manager ( IDM )  upgrade via auto update - Internet Download Manager ( IDM ) is always running with an internet connection.  When there are new updates  or new versions of Internet Download Manager ( IDM ), when your computer connect the internet and Internet Download Manager ( IDM ) is running, then the Internet Download Manager ( IDM )  will provide information if there are new versions of Internet Download Manager ( IDM ), you are given the choice to download a new version or not. SHOULD you do not download directly. Because automatically, after the download is complete, the new version of Internet Download Manager ( IDM )  will be installed to replace the old version, Internet Download Manager ( IDM ) result you get caught if the crack so it will be blocked and can not be used.

2. The process of installing Internet Download Manager ( IDM )  connected to the internet - While you download Internet Download Manager ( IDM )  not through auto updates, but from a site that provides download Internet Download Manager ( IDM ) patch along, but during the install process, your computer is still in a state connected to the internet, then you will be blocked because Internet Download Manager ( IDM )  caught using crack or patch. For that you should never install the Internet Download Manager ( IDM )  in the computer connected to the internet (but what a purpose of Internet Download Manager ( IDM ), if your computer don’t have a connected interned…?.. ;-) ).

That is the cause why your Internet Download Manager ( IDM )  suddenly blocked and can not be used. If that happens, no matter how many times you reinstall Internet Download Manager ( IDM ), no matter how many times you restart the computer and install it again, your IDM still will be blocked and will not be used until you enter a valid serial.

Many of the Internet Download Manager ( IDM ) users were experiencing the same problem and the most favorite solution was to edit the “c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts” file and file and setting the address of http://internetdownloadmanager.com and similar domains to local host 127.0.0.1 ….. go to control panel…restat ypur computer..…bla…bla..bla,,,its give you a long steps to the heaven..…..

After im google in the net, im got the other way is the simple and easiest way to cure Internet Download Manager ( IDM ) ….

Step  :

- Go to the installation folder of  Internet Download Manager ( IDM )
  “C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Download Manager”
- Rename the “IDMGrHlp.exe” to anything you want or just delete it.
- Done! ….. ;-)

Its solved your, “…Internet Download Manager has been registered with a fake serial number…” problem, but  wait!.. When every time you run Internet Download Manager ( IDM ), there would be a new popup box saying “IDM cannot find 1 files that are necessary for browser and system integration. Please reinstall IDM“. ….. ;-)… huhuhuhhuu…

But don’t worry im got a simple steps too…....To get rid of ,  this problem just:

- Go to the installation folder of Internet Download Manager ( IDM )
    “C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Download Manager”
- Made a copy or duplicated of the “idmBroker.exe”
- Renamed it to “idmBroker1.exe”  to “IDMGrHlp.exe“.
- Done! ….. ;-)

No... annoying message anymore!!! And Enjoy your Internet Download Manager ( IDM ),  download  lifestyle…….!!!  ;-) ....If like this porgram certainly buy it.......

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Dropbox Number 1 Best Cloud Storage Services

Cloud storage services are so usefull & handy nowadays. It saves space on your computer, laptop , portable drive or gadget, smartphone / Android phone or compute dekstopr;

Cloud storage services syncs and backup all your files such as  document, pictures, video etc.throughout all your devices, its cross-platform compatibility and best of all, you can get storage space for free. Sharing big or multiple files is also made easy while it securely keeps your files away from public computers or when we are on mobile..

I'm love  Dropbox as a  no 1, Cloud storage services.  Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring all your photos, documents, application, games, videos or all type of file, anywhere. It’s super easy to keep all your files in sync with their seamless web, mobile, handphone (Samsung , Iphone , Sony, HTC  & all type android phone)  and desktop applications.   Dropbox lets you bring all your photos, documentss and videos with you anywhere and share them easily.

Most of my files are still on my laptop , netbook and dekstop pc or phone and moving them back and forth isn't convenient... Luckily we have a great  Dropbox, this great tool has really helped  collaborate as a startup and has made many painful things remarkably easy.

To trey its..... Click  Dropbox to download ...and enjoy its...!!!!!

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Today..!... Welcome to Windows 8 – The Future of Windows

Windows 8 -Download:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/home/

There has been a lot of speculation and anticipation surrounding Microsoft’s BUILD conference which started today in Anaheim, California. We can’t be there ourselves, so here’s a link to Winrumor’s liveblog, and be sure t 4: Windows pen and other input options improved.o check out their website for more exciting developments. We’re excited about the new stuff! Are you?

“Delivering Fast Boot Times in Windows 8″. To recognizes that boot time is one of the features most discussed about, and says the Windows division wants your boot to be as fast as possible. It comes as a welcome addition to the information that we’ve been given about Windows 8 – Windows 7 and its predecessors seem like lightyears behind Apple products in terms of booting up. I’m sure that everyone reading this post has encountered long periods of frustration as your computer restarts in what seems like an eternity.

Today, mornig Steven Sinofsky (the president of the Windows Division at Microsoft, as we all know by now) has posted another entry on the “Building Windows 8” blog, centered on the UI of Windows 8 and how the new Metro experience could affect consumers.

There is no doubt that Windows 7 has been a huge success. “Hundreds of millions of people rely on the Windows 7 UI and existing Windows apps and devices every day, and would value (and expect) us to bring forward aspects of that experience to their next PCs.” Sinofsky writes. He recognizes that Windows 7 powers business software, a wide variety of apps that people rely on, and provides a level of precision and control that is necessary for certain tasks. In other words, the desktop experience provides things that you can’t do as easily with a touch-only interface. Sinofsky points out that people don’t want to carry around two devices; those who have embraced tablets also usually own a laptop for those times when they need more precise control or need to use an application that is not/will not be available for use on tablets.

An important goal for Windows 8 he emphasizes is the harmony of the two UIs: one similar to Windows 7, and a Metro interface. The inception of Windows 8, he reveals, began in the summer of 2009, before Windows 7 shipped, and the goal? To completely reimagine Windows and asking some important questions: How do you attract a wide set of developers to a new platform? How can installing and removing applications be made painless and easy? How do you prevent applications from draining battery power? With these questions and more in mind, the building of Windows 8 began.

The bottom line is that Windows 8 brings together all the power and flexibility you have in your PC today with the ability to immerse yourself in a Metro style experience. There are no compromises. You carry on device that does everything you want and need, which is connectable to the peripherals you desire.

What do we think? I personally applaud Mr. Sinofsky; I agree wholeheartedly with his approach. I think we can all agree that no one uses tablets exclusively. Whether at work or at home, you have another PC. For more “heavy” tasks like modeling 3D objects or animating video, we automatically look to our desktop or laptop. Isn’t it peculiar that almost no one writes applications for a tablet on a tablet, while desktop programs are always written on a desktop? The unification of the tablet UI and the desktop experience is a necessary process and one that must be well thought out.

What do you, the readers and customers, think about Microsoft’s approach?

today is a big day for the Windows team. At the BUILD conference we are about to preview Windows 8. There’s a ton to see in the product and so we’d really encourage everyone to check out the available streams on http://buildwindows.com, where we will webcast the keynote. The BUILD conference this week is focused on developers and hardware partners, and there are over 100 sessions (all of which will be available from the link above within about a day of the scheduled presentation time). In that sense it is good to keep in mind that today is the launch of the developer opportunity for Windows, not the launch of a product (and certainly not the launch of new devices).

Windows 8 represents a reimagining of Windows from the chipset to the experience. Since this is a week focused on developers, we also detailed the bold underpinnings of the re-imagination of the Windows platform, tools, and APIs. We will show off the opportunity to build applications for all of the customers of Windows 8, no matter what type of PC they have—from tablets to laptops to convertibles to desktops. We will show the brand new tools that allow you to code Metro style applications in HTML5/JavaScript, C/C++, and/or C#/XAML. The investments you have made as developers in all of these languages carry forward for Windows 8, which lets you choose how to best make use of the Windows 8 system services. We talked about Windows 8 being a no-compromise OS for end-users, and it is also a no-compromise platform for developers.

Many are interested in Windows 8 for ARM processors. Everything we showcased today at BUILD also runs on the ARM-based Windows PCs being created by ARM partners and PC manufacturers. Windows 8 running on ARM will ultimately be available with ARM-based hardware that you can purchase. ARM requires a deeper level of integrated engineering between hardware and software, as each ARM device is unique, and Windows allows this uniqueness to shine through. The new development tools enable you to start today to build Metro style applications that will seamlessly run on x86 (32 and 64 bit) or ARM architectures. Even if you use native C/C++ code, these tools will enable Metro style apps to target specific hardware if you choose. As new PCs become available for testing, PC manufacturers will develop seed programs for developers.

You probably want to try out the preview release—and you can. Starting later tonight you can download the Windows 8 Developer Preview. This includes a 64-bit (x64) build with development tools to build apps, and a 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) build without development tools. The releases also include a suite of sample applications (please note these are merely illustrations of potential apps, not apps that we intend to ship with Windows 8). The ISOs are linked to from http://dev.windows.com.

Upgrade from Windows 7 installation is not supported for pre-release code; only clean installs are supported. Reminder: this is a developer preview release and is not meant for production. It is not a beta release. We will be updating the release with various quality updates and drivers over the coming weeks/months just to exercise our overall update and telemetry mechanisms.

We’ve got a lot more blogging to do. So stay tuned. This blog continues to be a big part of the development process. Now we have a lot more shared context, and so we expect folks commenting on posts to be running the Preview so we share in the context of the release. Let’s keep comments focused on the topic at hand and we’ll pay attention for potential new topics. We know there will be a lot—that comes from reimagining a product used by a billion people!

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The Exotic Salt Fisf & Coral Reefexotic the aquatic wonders

Walking into the aquarium and fish supply shop and are immediately dazzled by the colorful and intriguing display. There before your eyes is an almost unbelievable menagerie of exotic aquatic wonders like a anthias, butterflies, clownfish, cardinals, anemones, large angelfish, batfish etc.

Aquarium keeping is amongst the most popular of hobbies with millions of enthusiasts worldwide . Although most fish kept in aquariums are from freshwater, the acquisition of marine ornamental fish has greatly increased.

There is a popular and rapidly expanding trend in the hobby to establish marine reef mini-ecosystems within the aquarium. Reef tanks are saltwater aquariums that house or center principally on invertebrates and minimize the number of fish. A typical reef tank makes use of live rock, both hard and soft Live corals, invertebrates such as crustaceans like a crabs, hermit crabs, and shrimps or mollusks like a snails, clams, and scallops or echinoderms like a starfish, sand-dollars, and sea urchins and of course, the endless variety of colorful fish.

Consequently, the market value spent on many species of marine origin associated with the ornamental trade has greatly increased. It will be difficult to resist the temptation to pile in the angelfish, butterflyfish and anemones, but the beginning marine aquarist really should avoid these species, which are relatively fragile. The last thing you want is to spend a lot of time and money setting up your aquarium, only to have your fish sick and dying within a couple of weeks or months. Far better to start slowly, populate with hardier species, and get the hang of maintaining the appropriate marine environment with a group of aquatic pets that can survive your mistakes.

It should be noted that tank-breeding Exotic saltwater fish and marine reef specimens is a relatively new practice within the aquarium industry. It has only been in the past few decades that tank breeding has been seriously looked at as a means to supply the fish hobby trade.

A few Saltwater fish take readily to spawning in home aquariums. Both gobies and seahorses do not appear to let life in an aquarium interfere with the breeding process. Unfortunately, this is not the case with most saltwater species. Even in the spacious surroundings of public aquariums, the breeding of some saltwater species is unheard of. Perhaps it is that despite our best efforts to mimic their natural environment, certain fish instinctively realize that they are no longer in their native breeding grounds.

But for now, the learning curve is all ahead. Take your time, plot your course, and have lots of fun as the incredible marine world begins to come alive under your guidance. The saltwater aquarium, it's a hobby like no other.

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Sciences of Parving and Artificial Grass

Paving a patio, driveway, pooldeck, walkaway etc… has a number of important benefits, including better parking, greater curb appeal and the ability to keep the exterior of the home in tip top shape.

Driveway Paving : Paving your driveway is a great way to enhance the look and value of your home. Our driveway Paver Stones not only look great but are designed to withstand the heavy wear and tear of cars, trucks RVs, motor homes, buses and more. Having a paved driveway is better for most homeowners than a dirt or gravel driveway. A driveway that has been paved with asphalt is less likely to damage cars with flying rocks or to leave a vehicle dirty or muddy.

Pool Area Paving : When you decide to have a swimming pool installed, you actually do take on more than deciding on the shape and depth of the pool, because once the pool has been installed the expensive bit of this exercise follows – deciding which ground covering to surround your pool with. Selecting a paving material for your pool decking is an important part of your pool’s design as it has a tremendous impact on the look and feel of your pool. Choosing the correct ground covering can however often be confusing and if you do not do your homework, you can end up paying a fortune because of the large amount of square footage that is involved. Why are pavers great for pool areas? Not only do pavers make your pool area look gorgeous, our unsealed interlocking paver stones are non-skid, non-slip and guaranteed to endure and exposure to all kinds of weather

Garden paving : Is basically the passion and art of creating something new in the garden. You could make your home back yard and also front yard look really nice and attractive with some innovative ideas. A Patio Designs can add the space of another room to your house. It can be an easy addition if you choose to pave it. If the space has straight edges and if you have a strong back, you can easily do this project yourself. With the wide variety of pave stones available, you can let your patio make a statement about your personality. You can enjoy the beauty of a paving stone patio for years to come every time you have a backyard barbeque, host social events or even just lounging around any given Sunday or holiday.

If you are considering having some paving work carried out at your home there are various options available from. the cheapest and finishing with the most expensive option. Most people are familiar with paving bricks, but there are other options worth checking out. Paving stones may provide just the right look for your home improvement project.

…how about your playground, garden or putting green…?

In place of a lawn you could use tiles, gravel mulch or one of the many types of attractive paving -or you could even use synthetic grass matting. These alternatives have the added advantage of being easier to maintain than grass.

The most common reason Artificial Grass is chosen for residential lawns, sportting fields, putting greens and playgrounds are the maintenance requirements involved. Compared to natural sod, there is virtually zero maintenance. Watering, mowing, fertilizing, aerating, seeding and weed pulling will never have to be done again. The useable life expectancy of most artificial grass products is 20 to 25 years, during that period you will never have to pay for, or perform, those maintenance hassles again, saving you time and money.

Once a paving choice is made, an experienced contractor ensures the job is done correctly. Otherwise, mistakes can be costly in multiple ways. Uneven pavement anywhere in the community becomes a liability issue. On masonry around pools, coping is essential to reduce slippery areas and prevent seepage that can degrade structures. A covering applied over the surface of a road or outdoor area constitutes a pavement. It can be concrete, brick, asphalt, macadam or any other sort of adhering application. Although roads and footpaths are sometimes covered with wood, natural fiber is usually not labeled a pavement. really nice and attractive with some innovative ideas.

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Started your business to make a difference

You started your business to make a difference, to delight a customer, to express your vision, not to become the bank of choice for your customers. But you've been left high and dry. Maybe a client owes you money for products or services or a supplier has happily grabbed your cash without delivering the goods.

Help! Our client won't pay us for what they bought....
My client won't pay me. .......
My customer refuses to pay me.....

Sadly, we've heard these laments from many entrepreneurs victimized by customers who won't pay their debts.

The message for above alaments is simple. The longer an account goes unpaid, the more difficult it becomes to collect. You thought you had been so careful, so very prudent. A customer, perhaps even a supplier, seemed so above-board, so solvent, so trustworthy.

That being said, the biggest problem with any business and their collection department is that in many small businesses, there is no collection department. They are relying on the accounts receivable clerk to also act as the collector and they are already busy getting invoices out and keeping up with customer payments and just hope people pay them on time.

You can learn some strategies that are outside the scope of this articles …how to handles a clients…? There should be more people with her character, truly outstanding…..

Hate collecting your money? The answered is Cavalry Portfolio Service , the convenient and affordable training services that can teach you management techniques and most highly trained professionals in the industry.

At Cavalry Portfolio make a moot, the CUSTOMER is King!" , to show a commitment at Cavalry to provide with the most highly trained professionals in the industry.

Cavalry is dedicated to working with its customers to help them take control of their debt in many easy and innovative ways. With Cavalry payment online services, you can:

• View Account Information
• Update your profile
• Make an offer to resolve your account
• Set up a customized payment plan to resolve your account
• Make a payment online

Handling the debt collection process is a responsibility of successful business ownership. Too many small businesses place aging receivables and collections as a low priority. It's important to monitor your cash flow and aging receivables on a monthly basis or more. It's ok to write off bad debt, but in the end, it's your business savvy to handle the matter that will impact your growth.

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in-techclan:New Intel Core i5 and Core i7 processors.

The first time you use a Mac, you’ll quickly discover the benefits of a single company making the hardware, software, and operating system. Take the Multi-Touch trackpad on the MacBook Pro. Mac OS X Snow Leopard enables trackpad gestures, so you can interact more easily with your photos, documents, and the web. Zoom in or out on images with a pinch. Scroll up and down a page with a flick. Or flip through your web bookmarks like you’re turning the pages in a book.

A Mac also has Wi-Fi technology built in¹ and can join wireless networks (even Windows networks) in a few clicks. Just select your network, enter a password if necessary, and you’re connected. There’s no configuration process or complicated setup. Like a lot of things, the Mac does it all for you.

A Mac is great at day-to-day things, too. It comes loaded with all the essentials for email, calendar, contacts, browsing the Internet, and much more. And since these applications are all made by Apple, they all work together seamlessly. The Mac can also open Microsoft Office applications such as Word and Excel, and even run Windows — so it’s compatible with the PC world.²

Mac New Intel Core i5 and Core i7 processors : Mac Intel Core i5 and Core i7 processors new Mac, boost performance up to 50% (fifty percent) over the previous Mac generation. Based on Intel’s latest 32-nanometer process technology, these are the amazing fastest dual-core processors on the board

This Mac set an all-new benchmark for Mac notebooks.1..!!!!

Mac Turbo Boost feature : If you’re using processor-intensive applications like Aperture 3 or Final Cut Pro, Mac Intel Core i5 and Core i7 processors feature Turbo Boost that would benefit from an extra performance boom....

Turbo Boost dynamically increases the speed of one or both cores, taking a 2.66GHz MacBook Pro all the way up to 3.33GHz.

Mac Hyper-Threading : Mac Built-in Hyper-Threading allows two threads to run simultaneously on each core, mean Mac OS X recognizes four virtual cores instead of just two. When you’re running multiple applications at once, the Mac Core i5 and Core i7 processors spread tasks more evenly across a greater number of cores — so you can get more done, faster.
Integrated memory controller.

Unlike systems that connect memory to the processor through a separate controller, the new MacBook Pro uses an integrated memory controller to connect memory directly to the processor. With faster access to memory, each core gets right to work on your data, rather than waiting for it to arrive. Together with up to 4MB of shared L3 cache, the integrated memory controller ensures MacBook Pro can keep up with you.

Mac Next-generation graphics : Inside the Mac 15- and 17-inch models is the new NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M discrete graphics processor, the fastest graphics ever in a Mac notebook. Mac processing cores is 48 and up to 512MB of dedicated video memory, this graphics processor delivers even more horsepower than the Mac previous generation.

You don’t have to sacrifice efficiency for speed: The NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M is up to 30 percent more energy efficient than its predecessor. For even greater power savings, MacBook Pro also includes integrated Intel HD Graphics.

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Intechclan : Nokia N97 moblie smartphone

Intechclan : The Nokia N97 has been eagerly awaited throughout the world since its introduction late last year since being promoted to become the next big thing in the mobile market by many observers. The phone is loaded with features and is intended to be a Herculean task to condense all the features and functions in a session so there is little room for waste.

Sliding tilt? : The first thing you notice about this model from Nokia is what officials call a "mobile-Tilt" phone. This means that one is inclined to push forward and upward for the mini-desktop look and it is excellent for all types of situations.

QWERTY keyboard has always been a requirement for a users as like to feel a fingers beneath the buttons when user writing an SMS, email or URL. This keyboard is a bit small for users big fingers. Beyond the QWERTY keyboard, the only button is the menu of traditional silver button. Side buttons include a lock button, volume control and enable / disable the camera.

It was a little concerned about the wear with the mobile-dependent tilt. Nokia has said that the hinge is made of very durable material and that the phone has passed vigorous performance and drop tests. You can say that it has exceeded you own tests of the accidental and the hinge has a look and feel very strong.

The only real problem with the physical characteristics of the N97 was the back cover and battery, which are too difficult to remove and replace. It is almost impossible to remove the battery without a curious mechanism. Tragic......

Online Explorer -sense : Built for the Internet, the N97 gives the most tangible of their home screen to movable and customizable widgets for quick access to your needs.

Users can post their specific widgets in rows and rows there are about five in total. It's really useful to have a link to online news sites and social networks.

Given the relative speed of fixed broadband lines in those days, many times users had the opportunity to go online and check for updates faster than on my phone to users laptop.

It is especially useful when you are moving and need information fast. Its always easier to prove a point or win an argument when you have Google embedded in the front of the screen of your phone.

Would be impractical to consider a plan for mobile broadband to get the most out of the N97 without bleeding your wallet dry slowly paying loads of data.

Science movements ? : The resistive touch technology, along with the Nokia software allows a very elegant combination. Sailing is not second nature, there are some obstacles in finding out exactly how the web browser.

One example is the zoom. There is a vertical tab that lets you zoom in and out, but at least initially, you're not sure what part of the website is to bring a.

Nokia is one of the easiest to use phones that you can buy. This model has stayed true to that. However, as more and more aggregate functions for phones like this, just takes longer to find what you want.

There were some errors in the software of N97 after liberation and the experience that made some pendants and other small problems. According to officials from Nokia, the shortcomings were addressed in the first software update is now available.

Wait, more .... : Took countless photos and videos in the little time. With 32 GB of memory on board, Users never even thought about whether there was enough room for all of it. The camera is almost as good as it gets on a phone and the video quality is quite impressive.

Given this, it is surprising that the voice recorder was not nearly as high in terms of sound quality of recording that I thought it would be. Some recordings were quite dull.

The biggest disappointments were the speakers. Exit music (especially bass) leaves something to be desired and could barely do what the other person is saying when you turn on the loudspeaker at full volume.

That Nokia has packed too much on this phone and the speakers and, therefore, were more of a secondary (such as the removal of the back cover and battery).

Conclusion : There is an inherent charm in the N97 that is inescapable. Placing it on a table and write an SMS to navigate over a fantastic landscape mode, everything was quite memorable as far as phones go.

Also, the price was quite reasonable given the trend with new versions of high-end devices and feature filling. This is not to say that although users consider cheap.

However, user can enjoyed a time with the phone and would recommend it to anyone looking for a powerful smartphone.

Pros: Unique tilt cellphone, great for browsing, excellent fusion of QWERTY keyboard and touchscreen technology.

Cons: Substandard speakers cumbersome battery cover.

N97 (Nokia) 3G Smartphone

Camera: 5 megapixel

Display: 3.5in (640 x 360 pixels)
Messaging: SMS, MMS, e-mail

Connectivity: WLAN, HSDPA, USB, Bluetooth

Memory: 32 GB of internal memory, MicroSD slot

Standby / talk time: 400 minutes hours/360

Dimensions: 55.3 x 15.9 x 117.2mm (W x D x H)

Other features: Widgets, A-GPS
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Intechclan : A Honest computer technicians for your data safety ?

This laptop technician was caught snooping on a female customer's pictures and personal files

Intechclan : Don't Trust Your Computer, laptop or the Irreplaceable Files On It To Just Anyone! Hiring the wrong computer repair guy or technician can not only be incredibly frustrating and expensive, but you could end up losing ALL of your irreplaceable files, photos, music, e-mails, and other important documents or a technician, stealing a computer data from your hard drive.......!!!! The predictable, though unfortunate truth is that not all computer technicians are upstanding citizens.

According to dailymail , Companies responsible for the repair with a "defective" laptop illegally snoop through a client and personal files to a treaty to their bank account. An investigation found low technical steal passwords, an overload of work and private metals by means of images of the laptop with the owner of a bikini.

Researchers from a new laptop with a cable connection with hidden cameras and spy software from operating without the knowledge engineers.

The laptop is not easy to recognize: a memory chip that stopped the computer.For running, the chip simply appeared to be back in position.

Researchers from the Sky News team has a six repair shops in London. The most serious is portable revival in Hammersmith, West London.

Shortly after the adoption of the actual debt, the engineer called to say that the team with a new motherboard, costs £ 130. During the course of the investigation, other techniques have been caught trying to reach customers online bank accounts and stolen passwords

Monitoring the software and was a technician for browsing the files on your hard disk, including intimate pictures of vacations, several researchers show that the sky in your bikini.

Since the technical snoop through files was filmed smiling and showing the images to a colleague. Later in the same shop, half technician for loading the machine to look through the photos - stored in a folder 'private'.

Smile, the technician loads the images on a memory of the device is kept around his neck - the software is full of similar pictures in a folder as' Mamma jamma "- street slang for women with large breasts.

A copy of a file with passwords for Facebook, Hotmail, eBay and NatWest bank.
Portable technicians

Once the technician has discovered this information, open a web browser on the laptop and tried to bank five minutes - not because the information was false.

Portable recovery refused to comment on the investigation.

An engineer in Digitech in Putney, south-west of London, the researcher also the photos on holiday - after looking over your shoulder.

An employee at the store said: "We saw the pictures to see if the memory is fully functional."

PC World repairer in Brentford, West London, told the investigators that the team needs a new motherboard, for an amount of £ 230.When the computer is collected only memory chip - it was not faulty - has been replaced.

PC World Anina Castle spokesman said:

"We have a fee of £ 230 in every aspect of security failures."

Micro Anvika on Tottenham Court Road, central London, which the laptop signal before saying more tests are needed. Will be charged £ 145 for a full review of the laptop.

The company has since apologized and returned some of the fees. Technical Computing Evnova in Barbican in the city of London was also a loss of memory chip and solid, but not before he also said that the need to replace the motherboard.

The offer of a new motherboard is rejected, it appeared that someone Evnova chip solder pins together to renegotiate the original debt.


The company later claimed that he thought the reporter was the repair of a competing company. Only a wine shop with a certificate of good health: Pix 4 in Shepherd's Bush, west London. The company was the chip in place, and free.

Richard Webb, marketing spokesperson for the Institute on the website of Commerce, said: It is a major breach of trust. If you are skilled in computers that are not at hand in the computer to be repaired. They know that. "

As far as my "advice" is to keep sensitive files on an external HDD.. Its going cheap..cheap these days..!..., that way you don't have to take it in with the PC. Or if it's at home, then just disconnect it.

And make sure cleared your internet browser (firefox, IE, Opera etc ) cookies. Every web browser stores web pages, images, cookies, and other downloaded content on the computer. This is called the browser's cache. Clearing it before sent your computer to technician, Its can protect your privacy.:Intechclan


This footage reveals how one technician tried to get into a customer's on-line bank account


One technician charged £230 for motherboard but only replaced a memory chip


During the undercover investigation, other technicians were caught trying to get into customers' online bank accounts as well as stealing passwords


The laptop was examined by technicians at Digitech and PC World

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Refurbishes video copies of moon landing

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin raise the American flag on the moon. The video compares existing footage with the partially restored video. The thumbnail image shows the new footage on the left and the old on the right.

Intechclan : Washington - With the help of Hollywood, the historic, grainy pictures of the first man on the moon does not seem better. NASA announced on Thursday the video again the 20th July 1969 Moonwalk again by the same company that has the movie "Casablanca." NASA loses moon video and after a period of three years of searching, the officers came to the conclusion that probably approved. Original video is grainy and ghostlike.

NASA and the restoration of a Hollywood film company took back the TV video of what the Apollo 11 beamed to Earth 40 years ago and the images look sharp. NASA points out that the video is not "new" - just a better quality.

"There is nothing that is created, nothing will," said NASA senior engineer Dick Nafzger, the project. Some new details on their sharpness. Originally Armstrong visor face was too diffuse to be seen. The video shows the viewer and a renewed reflection on them.

The $ 230,000 renovation effort is only three weeks in a month-long project, and only 40 percent of the work was done. But it shows the improvement in four fragments: Armstrong walk on the stairs, the image of the face visor, Buzz Aldrin walking on the stairs, the two astronauts read a plaque that remains on the moon, the planting of the flag on the moon.

The original video beamed to the earth in large rolls of tape for each 15 minutes of video, along with another 13 channels of live data from the moon. In the 1970s and 1980s, NASA had a shortage of the tapes and erased the tapes around 200,000 and reused. That is obviously what the famous moon footage.

Nafzger praised the work of his freshness back. The catering company, Lowry Digital in Burbank, California, also reformed "Star Wars" and James Bond films with "Casablanca."

The company noted that it is a film-pixel 10-times the moon video, which means that the moon footage, the confusing and time of the film more of a challenge, in a sense.

But video of the Moon is also three hours of continuous, not like the chopped films are, so that some of the work easier, says President Mike Lowry Inchalik.

Of all the video of the company has tried, he said: "This is by far the lowest quality."



This two-minute video montage shows highlights of the Apollo 11 moonwalk


This video shows Neil Armstrong climbing down the lunar module ladder to the lunar surface. The video compares existing footage with the partially restored video. The thumbnail image shows the new footage on the left and the old on the right.


This video shows Buzz Aldrin descending the lunar module ladder. The video compares existing footage with the partially restored video. The thumbnail image shows the new footage on the left and the old on the right.


Neil Armstrong reads a commemorative plaque affixed to the Apollo 11 lunar module. The video compares existing footage with the partially restored video. The thumbnail image shows the new footage on the left and the old on the right.



This montage video shows highlights from the Apollo 11 mission, from liftoff in Florida to departure from the moon.

The restoration has four video sources: CBS News original kinescopes of the National Archives, a video from Australia, with the transfer of the moon video monitor and a TV monitor.

Nafzger and Inchalik Both said they went to extremes to improve the video as conservatively as possible.: Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. - Intechclan

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Michael Jackson spam virus in concerts a round a world

Michael Jackson spam virus screenshot. Credit: UAB.

A Cyber criminals who are exploiting public interest in his death with spam messages that infect computers with a virus able to steal bank account numbers and passwords, according to Gary Warner, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) director of research in computer forensics. Warner and the other researchers at the UAB Spam Data Mine began tracking the celebrity-focused spam early on Tuesday, June 30.

This virus been tracking the cyber criminals behind this spam and the associated virus for many weeks, but it is just today that they have shifted their strategy by embedding their virus into an e-mail that claims to link you to a Web site that will reveal Michael Jackson’s killer.

The spam related to this virus has taken many forms, including e-cards, shipment tracking links and, most recently, a fake update to Microsoft Outlook, but with the high interest in Michael Jackson’s death the cyber criminals decided to change their delivery method to capitalize on that

Google also, has confirmed that the surge of Michael Jackson-related searches on Google News Thursday was first interpreted as an attack on its service.

Google News was inaccessible for some people Thursday afternoon right as rumors of Jackson's death began to circulate, replaced by an error message reading "We're sorry, but your query looks similar to automated requests from a computer virus or spyware application. To protect our users, we can't process your request right now."

Of course, those queries were quite legitimate, as millions around the world searched for accurate information regarding Jackson following reports that he had suffered cardiac arrest. The spike in queries began at about 2:45 p.m. PDT Thursday, and Google thought the traffic was an attack for about 25 minutes before realizing what was going on.

Google also noted that it saw a huge spike in mobile searches. Yahoo's data backed up Google's; it set a record for unique visitors in a single day with 16.4 million visitors, and its lead story on Jackson's death was the most highly-visited story in its history.

A mass-mailing worm is using Jackson's death as bait, computer security company Symantec has discovered.

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For people looking for news, videos, pictures or any information regarding Michael Jackson and his life, Symantec recommends that they only visit sites they are familiar with and trust," Symantec Australia and New Zealand managing director Craig Scroggie said.

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Acer Tempo M900, F900, X960, DX900 mobile phones on the board

Acer has launched the mobile phone number in Barcelona Acer Tempo. Tempo of the Acer is the first step by the Taiwanese notebook PC manufacturer in the mobile arena. Acer Tempo is available in eight models, the company said. Design looks good? Spec is ok? I guess the price will be the killer. Usally ACER products are very well priced. Any one got any views?

Will ACER be able compete in smartphone segment?

The top-end Acer on the phone is Tempo Tempo M900 Series Acer. The smartphone, which runs on Windows Mobile 6.1. is aimed at business users. Tempo The M900 is a slider phone with a physical keyboard and a large 3.8 inch WVGA touchscreen. It offers HSDPA mobile broadband and WiFi plus Bluetooth.

Acer M900 -Tempo Acer M900 also comes with a fingerprint sensor, which makes keeping the password a thing of the past. In addition to Windows Mobile 6.1, the Tempo Acer M900 also features Microsoft Office Mobile with Word, Outlook and PowerPoint. The sliding keyboard means it's easier to edit documents written a long journey. Acer tempo M900 mobile phone will also have GPS, FM radio, voice recording and voice command functions. The expandable memory in the M900 Tempo makes it easy to store large files. The 5 megapixel (MP) camera at the time of M900 is equipped with a flash.

Acer F900 -Acer No. 2 line in the F900 is the tempo. Acer Tempo F900 is connected to the internet as a mobile phone easier. Is the sport of Internet Explorer 6 with Adobe Flash Lite and support Javascript, which allows a complete web browsing experience. Acer Tempo F900 mobile phone also features a suite of web applications before.

The F900 does not have an Acer keyboard slider, but it comes with an elegant 3.8 inch WVGA touchscreen. In addition to HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) and WiFi, the tempo has also F900 mobile HSUPA (high speed packet access uplink). The F900 has a different widget based home screen design that allows the company says easier navigation and quick links to contacts, emails, bookmarks, calendars, date and time, the world time and music. The F900 is connected to the internet as a phone.

Acer DX900 & X960 -The Tempo Tempo DX900 and X960 are the "minor" in the model in the series Acer Tempo. The black and silver Tempo X960 has a VGA touchscreen of 2.8 inches and no physical keyboard. The five-way navigation button allow easy maneuvering around the phone. Acer has also loaded the 960 with Windows Mobile and Windows Mobile Office applications.

Tempo The X960 comes with GPS functionality, although the availability of the map and load the software required is a different story in India. The press release on the Acer X960 Tempo does not mention if the phone comes preloaded with maps or not. Acer mobile phone also features a VGA 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera with flash. There is one side of the front camera for video calls too.

Acer DX900 - Acer DX 900 smartphone is a dual SIM card, support for 3.5G (HSDPA) and 2.75G (EDGE), the SIM cards. The 2.8-inch touchscreen has a VGA screen. The buttons are large and easy to finger. Animated icons and 3D transition effects are part of the user interface.

Speed dialing panel features photos contact for most frequent use of numbers in email client Outlook Mobile can access their email for business and easy to read attachments. The DX900 has a VGA camera on front for video calls, voice recorder, voice command, 3.2 megapixel camera with auto flash and expandable memory. With its dual SIM functionality, Acer claims that the tempo DX960 is essentially two phones in one.

As specialists pointed out, neither one of these smartphones revolutionizes the mobile market, but they are well designed, decent featured phones that should be considered by all smartphone users.

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This ultimate touch screen phone comparison site

Is the pinnacle of mobile technology controlling it with our fingertips? Touchscreens make us, controlling mobile menus with the majestic sweep of a finger. Though, often it's all too easy to lose control and using a touchscreen can end up being more frustrating than intuitive.

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JSRedir-R is the latest Web-based malware attacks

JSRedir-R is the latest Web-based malware attacks that infect the Internet, six times more Web pages than other malware, says Sophos. The security firm found that in the last week, nearly half of all infections were Troj / JSRedir-R. Third-party sites that host malware, infects the PC when users navigate to them. The malware will steal sensitive personal data.

Forecast: Cisco announces the acquisition of Skype?, "Nobody should be in any doubt that the Web is still the main instrument for the attack for cyber criminals, and suggests that this new threat this situation will not change anytime," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos.

"The problem is that too many computer users still think that there is no danger to surf the Internet, but with legitimate websites are often the victims of such attacks, it is time to wake up. Hacking is no longer on the Web, how to be a successful way for them to spread their infections. To combat this, it is essential to the website for all malicious code before the visit. "

How You’re Probably Getting Infected by JSRedir-R ?.JSRedir-R is responsible for more than 40% of all malicious drive-by downloads / uses. This script is located on a lot of legititmate websites after they have been comprimised (of course). JSRedir-R directs you to a malicious download, once you access to the infected site.

Your best defense against JSRedir-R is:

* Always install Windows updates (always reboot to the right).
* A good antivirus program with script detection capabilities (Avira Free 9).
* Surfing the Internet with a "sandbox" (Sandboxie. .. 32bit only).

Here are some excellent reading on JSRedir-R and how they get all the steps:
1) http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/15/script_menace/
2) http://blog.unmaskparasites.com/2009/05/07/gumblar-cn-exploit-12-facts-about-this-injected-script/

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World record attempt for the longest LAN party

Cyberfusion Sudden Attack Tournament will be seeing some intense action as different teams from around the country blast their guns for more than 20,000RM worth of cash and prizes!The gamers who participated in Cyberfusion’s One Nation Cyberjaya world record attempt for the longest LAN party have succeeded in style. Supervised by officials from the Guinness World Records, Malaysia now officially holds the world record for longest LAN party.

Starting at midnight on Saturday and ending at 4pm on Sunday, 274 gamers played non-stop for 40 hours. The participants brought and boasted the power and superiority of their own computers while waiting in line to get registered. All players were given five minutes bathroom break per hour which can be accumulated according to the Guinness rules.

Many took full advantage of the rule to accumulate their breaks and used the time to sleep in their car.However, rumours of a player who did not take a single break in 40 hours could not be verified.

There were also a few who faltered or did not return within the stipulated time and were subsequently disqualified. The original plan was to break the record of 36 hours by an extra two which would have set the record at 38 hours. Just before the 38th hour mark, when the record had already been broken, the organisers asked the players if they could push on to 40. By a majority vote, they agreed buoyantly to continue.

With energy drinks strewn all over the floor and sleep deprived gamers sluggishly walking to the exits, some still had the energy to talk about what this means for Malaysian gaming.

Eighteen-year-old student Ng Yun Bin, who was playing a variety of games including DotA and Left 4 Dead, said Malaysian gaming will certainly benefit from this. “Malaysia is already quite good in many games and we have many events here already,” said Ng. “This record will give us even more exposure and more events will be held here.”

Some players even came in pairs. Two students, 23-year-old Ansarul Iqmal Roslan and 22-year-old Nurul Nisa Omar are a couple who decided to be part of the record together.

“I’ve loved gaming since I was a kid so this was not that hard for me,” said Ansarul.

“I think more gaming companies will want to have events in Malaysia after this which is great.”

He also appreciated having his girlfriend with him to keep him company, especially since she is not a passionate gamer like him.

This party prizes is :

o Champion: RM 8,000 + Sapphire ATI Graphic Cards + In-Game Items
o 2nd Placing: RM 5,000 + In-Game Items
o 3rd Placing: RM 3,000 + In-Game Items
o 4th Placing: RM 2,000 + In-Game Items
o 5th Placing: RM 1,500 + In-Game Items
o 6th Placing: RM 1,000 + In-Game Items
o 7th Placing: RM 500 + In-Game Items
o 8th Placing: RM 300 + In-Game Items

AMD and Cyberview Sdn Bhd marked the occasion as a success. Managing director of Cyberview Datuk Redza Rafiq said that the record attempt along with the other competitions held at Cyberfusion will serve as the catalyst for Malaysia’s bid to host the 2010 World Cyber Games Asian Championship.Cyberfusion, organised by Cyberview Sdn Bhd and AMD, was held at Multimedia University (MMU) in Cyberjaya.

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ASUS' Eee Keyboard with touch screen

During CES 2009 ASUS presented a prototype for their Eee Keyboard, a complete computer – including a 5” touch-screen display – housed inside a keyboard running Windows XP. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Asus showed off its latest addition to the EEE family, the EEE Keyboard. The computer packs the usual Intel Atom internals, and puts them in a thin metal case with a built-in keyboard with Apple-style individually inset keys, much like many home computers from the days Back To The Future was cool. It has a small built-in touchscreen display, which can display the Windows desktop or a set of media controls.Asus plans to start shipping the Eee Keyboard in September 2009.

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Just a connector ? Well, think again

You probably think that an innocent-looking power strip would not use even a single drop of power because it’s just a connector, right? Well, think again. It turns out that a power strip does consume power even if it is just plugged into the wall with nothing else attached to it – about 0.02-watt, that is. While this does not amount to much, multiply it with the number of power strips you have at home and the hours they are left on, and this should come up to a few additional watts, which could have been used for bedtime reading or charging a couple of mobile phones.

The same principle goes for your phone charger: It still draws power even if you’re not charging your phone, so turn off the mains when you’re done charging. Not only will this reduce unnecessary power consumption, but also prolong the life of your charger.

Similarly, that Astro decoder consumes a whopping nine watts just by sitting there, regardless if it is on standby mode showing the time or in actual use. Likewise for your DVD player, big flat-screen TV, amplifiers, microwave oven and others – all another good few watts even on standby mode.

And if you’re an audiophile, you probably know that the higher you crank up your speakers, typically beyond the midway point, they will start consuming more power due to higher resistance.

Toasters, breadmakers, electric ovens, stoves, hot shower heaters and basically any heating or cooling element, all generally consume large amounts of electricity. And if you have a frontloader, try turning the temperature down to zero, as even if at 30 degrees Celsius it will still warm the water and waste electricity.

Getting energy savings from your computer, be it a desktop or notebook, isn’t rocket science, either. Unlike the other appliances, if you step away from your machine, you can just turn off the monitor rather than wait for the operating system to put it to sleep mode. Notebooks have sleep modes that can be configured when you close the lid.

Not using that universal serial bus external hard disk, printer, scanner or external speaker? Turn it off.

If you’re upgrading to a bigger hard disk, get something slightly bigger and copy all the data to the new disk; installing two drives is just plain wasteful because each 3.5-inch hard drive consumes 15 watts of power, more for the older ones.

Enabling the processor power-saving functions also goes a long way to reducing your power dependency. And obviously, if you’re not using your computer, turn it off.

Much like hybrid cars, energy-efficient devices are not the one-stop answer to our power dependencies. It’s how you use, not what you use.

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IBM, Sun Microsystems Deal Could Create High Tech Juggernaut

With a reported $6.5 billion cash offer on the table for Sun Microsytems, IBM would be well positioned to snag significant market share in enterprise server hardware and software, particularly in Linux and Java software for Web application development. The deal would also give IBM a leg up in the data storage, government systems and telecommunications markets.

IBM may acquire Sun Microsystems for as much $6.5 billion in cash, a premium of more than 100 percent over Sun's March 17 closing price of $4.97 a share. The proposed deal -- neither confirmed or denied by IBM and Sun -- would give IBM a powerful market position in open-source Linux and Java software for Web application development, data storage, government systems and telecommunications.

The Wall Street Journal, which reported March 18 the two companies were in talks about a possible deal, said Sun had been shopping itself in recent months, including approaching IBM server rival Hewlett-Packard and Dell. If a deal is made for $6.5 billion, it would be IBM's largest ever acquisition, eclipsing the $5 billion IBM paid for Cognos in 2007.

"It would certainly create a high tech juggernaut in the software and server business," said Technology Research Research senior analyst John Spooner. "It's an opportunity for IBM to take out a competitor and gain market share, particularly in open-source products."
Both IBM and Sun build enterprise servers that use open source to operate without Microsoft's Windows software or Intel's microprocessor chips. IBM is the world's largest server manufacturer with 31 percent of the market while the struggling Sun is in fourth place at 10.6 percent, trailing IBM, HP (29.5 percent) and Dell (11.6 percent).

"A deal would certainly give IBM a significant boost in open-source products," Spooner said. "IBM would simply expand what Sun's already doing." Spooner added it wasn't surprising Sun was seeking a buyer. "The bulk of Sun's business comes from U.S. companies that aren't really buying anything right now. IBM has plenty of cash."

Roger Kay, president of Endpoint Technologies Associates, noted that Sun owns a lot of intellectual property with a "pretty good portfolio. IBM thinks it can do more with those assets than Sun. It seems like a pretty good fit and it seems to make sense."

In November 2008 -- stunned by a nearly $2 billion quarterly loss -- Sun announced a massive restructuring of its business into three divisions that resulted in the cutting of up to 18 percent of Sun workers around the world. Under the plan, Sun collapsed its organization into three primary business units: Application Platform Software, Systems Platforms and Cloud & Developer Platforms.

Sun's fourth quarter loss was a huge reversal from the same period in 2007, when the high-end hardware and software company reported an $89 million profit.

"Sun is still fairly valuable," Kay said. "Sun has not been particularly well positioned lately. IBM will create more outlets for Sun's products.

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