Nokia Phones May Soon Be Linux-ed

Rai    Linux     Internet, Linux, mobile phone, motorola, nokia

This is an interesting article from pcworld.com about Nokia planning to integrate open source Linux into its mobile handsets to focus more on Internet capabilities of mobile devices. This is absolutely good news for those who want the power of Linux into their Nokia mobile phones.

Motorola Rokr-E2
Linux into mobile phone is not old news. As a matter of fact, Motorola, Nokia’s competitor in mobile phones, has already released Linux-based mobile phone into the market. One example is the Rokr-E2 phone, which is the upgraded version of my Motorola phone Rokr-E1.
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Review: Top 10 Web Hosting

Rai    Review     domain, Internet, registration, web hosting

At first there were only a few web hosting companies offering “e” services to the public, then came another one, and another one, and before we know it, we have more web hosting companies than we could ever imagine! Who could have thought that almost anyone can sell (or resell) web spaces for dirt cheap prices?
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Sex and Social Networking Sites

Rai    Internet, Linux     addiction, criminal, facebook, friendster, Internet, online, sex, social networking sites

The Internet started from just being another way to send and receive messages and evolved into something better like getting information when you need it and get in touch with friends and relatives no matter where you are. Websites too has become more than just a personal static website. I remember my good old days when I used to make my personal page in Frontpage and upload it in a website using my 56Kbps dial-up modem. Now we have publishing tools like Wordpress that needs very little effort to setup. Getting in touch with friends has never been easier now that social networking sites are everywhere.

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Malaysia’s 224Mbps Internet for $1.58

Rai    Internet, News     bpl, broadband, broadband over powerline, Internet, malaysia, nbn, velchip

You have heard about Singapore’s plans to build 100Mbps broadband network, you ought to know that Malaysia is not going to let Singapore get all the glory.

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Wikipedia Receives $3M Donation

Rai    Internet, News     donation, encyclopedia, Internet, sloan, wikimedia, wikipedia

The nonprofit group behind Wikipedia, the mammoth Internet encyclopedia built by volunteers, is getting its largest donation ever – $3 million from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

The award, to come in $1 million installments over each of the next three years, will help the Wikimedia Foundation become more financially secure as it hires more staff and seeks to improve the quality and reach of Wikipedia content, foundation leaders said.

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