http://www.avoinsource.com Sample RSS Feed for the News module CGFeedMaker 1.0.15 on CMS Made Simple windblade@live.com (Resh Windblade) http://www.avoinsource.com/news/174/15/Competitor-Analysis---It-is-always-important-to-know-your-enemy.aspx Competitor Analysis is an important part of the strategic planning process. It is also a process that can lead to more sales or growth for any organization. Some businesses think it is best to get on with their own plans and... Mon, 07 May 2012 04:57:15 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/174/15/Competitor-Analysis---It-is-always-important-to-know-your-enemy.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/173/15/U-Mobile-First-Impressions-and-Problems-makes-it-looks-like-it-sucks.aspx I recently just got a new phone, so my old one is now my spare. I decide to put an extra Sim card in it so it can be my backup line, I tried U mobile cause I saw their... Thu, 01 Sep 2011 22:45:29 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/173/15/U-Mobile-First-Impressions-and-Problems-makes-it-looks-like-it-sucks.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/170/15/Social-Media-experts---everyone-seems-to-be-one.aspx From attending few conferences, siminars and even surfing the web there will always be someone who claims he or she is a social media expert. Gary vaynerchuk seems to sum up might taughts as his website . ( What he... Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:19:20 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/170/15/Social-Media-experts---everyone-seems-to-be-one.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/172/15/Startup-Metrics-for-Pirates---Explained.aspx Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:56:22 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/172/15/Startup-Metrics-for-Pirates---Explained.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/171/15/How-to-Calculate-Dropout-Rate-for-your-website-app.aspx Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:52:07 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/171/15/How-to-Calculate-Dropout-Rate-for-your-website-app.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/168/15/Tips-on-How-to-share-SAYS-my-SAYS-com-campaigns.aspx On of the ways most of the youths in Malaysia earn some extra pocket money is by using SAYS.my and sharing commercial campaigns across various social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, or perhaps even that new Google+. I noticed... Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:05:05 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/168/15/Tips-on-How-to-share-SAYS-my-SAYS-com-campaigns.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/167/15/When-software-is-used-to-lie---Malaysian-Local-Newspaper-doctors-photos.aspx There has been many speculation among most Malaysians how the Main Stream Media like Television and Newspapers ( which are also Government owned / linked companies ) always have bias reporting to ensure the current government is in good light... Mon, 11 Jul 2011 03:19:50 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/167/15/When-software-is-used-to-lie---Malaysian-Local-Newspaper-doctors-photos.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/166/15/E-mail-replies---SMS-Style-versus-Formal-Robotic-Style.aspx Hey I had an interesting discussion with a collegue of mine at work today on how should we handle e-mail replies. The way I currently do it is the SMS Style, aka the short, blunt and to the point method,... Fri, 01 Jul 2011 03:02:58 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/166/15/E-mail-replies---SMS-Style-versus-Formal-Robotic-Style.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/164/15/Maxis-Communications-Rejects-Social.aspx By chance today, I stumbled upon Maxis Communication ( one of Malaysia's Largest Telecommunications provider ) 's Facebook Wall . It seems they were in the process of rejecting social media. Today afternoon, I noticed their wall have disable user's... Thu, 30 Jun 2011 02:04:54 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/164/15/Maxis-Communications-Rejects-Social.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/163/15/Depending-on-Facebook-too-much-for-your-website.aspx I been working on a couple of projects over the last 1 year, and everytime I present my project someone will ask me to include a Facebook login for easier access, okay this isn't so bad, I don't mind doing... Tue, 28 Jun 2011 01:58:51 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/163/15/Depending-on-Facebook-too-much-for-your-website.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/162/15/Using-technology-to-ensure-accountability.aspx Okay this is going to be one of my first personal postings related to political events happening in my country Malaysia. I normally like to avoid writing this which are controversial and focus more on technology related stuff, but the... Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:19:23 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/162/15/Using-technology-to-ensure-accountability.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/160/15/Karma-is-a-bitch-specially-to-Microsoft.aspx Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:43:23 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/160/15/Karma-is-a-bitch-specially-to-Microsoft.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/159/15/TheStar-newspaper-is-very-old-fashion.aspx Fri, 27 May 2011 16:58:58 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/159/15/TheStar-newspaper-is-very-old-fashion.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/158/15/Facebook-Fan-Page-likes-value.aspx I seriously think that brands are raping facebook, some brands are on Facebook just for the sake of being on Facebook ( then they can claim that they know how to use Social Media ) but now I really am... Wed, 25 May 2011 15:17:28 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/158/15/Facebook-Fan-Page-likes-value.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/156/15/The-Internet-and-Web-doesn-t-belong-to-Microsoft.aspx I recently got into an arguement with someone on Facebook on the topic of PHP on Windows vs on Linux, I tried to be as neutral as possible but it the end that person was being such a Microsoft fanboy... Tue, 24 May 2011 17:55:54 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/156/15/The-Internet-and-Web-doesn-t-belong-to-Microsoft.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/155/15/If-TM-Net-can-fail-to-implement-E-mail-what-about-smaller-companies.aspx Well over the last few days all over the malaysia local news media there was talks about the government's annoucement of providing e-mail to everyone over the age of 18. While the idea itself may mean well, but I ensure... Fri, 22 Apr 2011 10:44:26 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/155/15/If-TM-Net-can-fail-to-implement-E-mail-what-about-smaller-companies.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/154/15/First-Look-Ubuntu-11-04-Software-Center.aspx The Ubuntu Software Center ( USC ) has always been known as a package manager done right for the average user since it's debut. Last version of Ubuntu ( 10.10 ) they were some enhancement made to the USC but... Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:50:00 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/154/15/First-Look-Ubuntu-11-04-Software-Center.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/153/15/Lotus-Symphony---Alternative-to-OpenOffice-org-LibreOffice.aspx Most of you already heard about OpenOffice.org community members forking the project and making it into LibreOffice, everyone news and blog related to open source has been discussing this topic all week long, so I taught I will do something... Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:37:01 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/153/15/Lotus-Symphony---Alternative-to-OpenOffice-org-LibreOffice.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/151/15/Opera-Web-Browser-should-be-Open-Source.aspx I have been thinking about this, seeing the recent Web Browsers market share, it looks like the browsers which are trashing Internet Explorer's market share has 1 thing in common, they are both open source ( Google Chrome and Mozilla... Sun, 17 Apr 2011 11:51:07 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/151/15/Opera-Web-Browser-should-be-Open-Source.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/152/15/How-can-people-fall-for-this.aspx Google ads is great, it helps people who own websites have a way to earn money. However there is 2 things which I don't get about Google Ads is that how can Google allow certain ads which are obvious scams.... Sat, 16 Apr 2011 16:34:01 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/152/15/How-can-people-fall-for-this.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/150/15/Support-Linux-Game-Development---Buy-the-Humble-Indie-Bundle-today.aspx I always said that Linux gaming should target a different market, the casual game market, but Linux users need to show that there is a market for game markets ( doesn't matter if casual or even hardcore gaming ). I... Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:34:59 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/150/15/Support-Linux-Game-Development---Buy-the-Humble-Indie-Bundle-today.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/147/15/Linux-just-as-good-as-Windows-7---Mythbusting-a-Windows-7-ad.aspx I just noticed a Google Ad showcasing the Top 10 must have features in Windows 7 . I caught my attention so I clicked it to find out what are the so called must have features for Windows 7, and... Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:36:30 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/147/15/Linux-just-as-good-as-Windows-7---Mythbusting-a-Windows-7-ad.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/148/15/This-is-why-I-hate-using-Windows-Live-Hotmail.aspx I recently switched all my important e-mails over to the GMail platform, Microsoft's Windows Live and Hotmail platform  just do it for me anymore. I can't justify this with proof, but from my experiences, my GMail account gets much less... Wed, 13 Apr 2011 19:04:58 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/148/15/This-is-why-I-hate-using-Windows-Live-Hotmail.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/149/15/TM-Net-Streamyx-throttles-all-torrents.aspx TM Net ( or probably TM Nut as known by the internet / blogging community ) has always been accussed for limiting peer-2-peer downloads like torrent with the excusse that it eats up into other people's internet speed. So they... Tue, 12 Apr 2011 19:45:48 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/149/15/TM-Net-Streamyx-throttles-all-torrents.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/146/15/Hmm-is-it-worth-it-to-set-up-Free-Wi-Fi-at-your-Restaurant.aspx Yes I am very lucky almost every place around where I live offers free Wi-Fi connection, I can easily take my laptop everywhere and still manage to get online. Few days ago I wrote about my experience of going to... Mon, 11 Apr 2011 21:09:19 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/146/15/Hmm-is-it-worth-it-to-set-up-Free-Wi-Fi-at-your-Restaurant.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/145/15/Things-Ubuntu-Linux-Does-Better---Integration-with-Social-Web.aspx Okay previously I wrote on things that Ubuntu does better than Window . I taught I will expand the explanation on one of the points which I made, which is it's integration with the social web. This is one of... Sun, 10 Apr 2011 18:20:27 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/145/15/Things-Ubuntu-Linux-Does-Better---Integration-with-Social-Web.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/144/15/Perfect-World---MMORPG-running-under-Linux.aspx Normally when people tell me use wine to emulate a Windows software/game, I think in my head "Nah it won't work", or "It is going to be to complex to configure" etc. Somehow I have been proven wrong by my... Thu, 07 Apr 2011 18:09:44 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/144/15/Perfect-World---MMORPG-running-under-Linux.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/143/15/Microsoft-s-tries-to-buy-Windows-Phone-7-fans-in-Malaysia.aspx I was just browsing the web searching my normal technology news and notice an Google Ad to win a Free Windows Phone 7. I caught my eye cause it was a local advert for Malaysia, something which HTC Malaysia was... Wed, 06 Apr 2011 19:31:12 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/143/15/Microsoft-s-tries-to-buy-Windows-Phone-7-fans-in-Malaysia.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/140/15/Hmm-I-am-going-to-say-it-again-the-Browser-is-the-most-important.aspx I just came back from a mini-hackathon session with my friends at a local McDonalds near my house, mostly everyone there was around the age group of 20-30, and almost 50% of them were using Laptops. There were easily around... Sun, 03 Apr 2011 22:26:56 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/140/15/Hmm-I-am-going-to-say-it-again-the-Browser-is-the-most-important.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/139/15/Linux-Gaming---Needs-a-new-target-market.aspx Sure a lot of people who install Linux and goes back to windows all use the same excusse, there is no games in Linux. Well technically they are only half-right, there is games in Linux, just maybe not the same... Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:29:54 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/139/15/Linux-Gaming---Needs-a-new-target-market.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/137/15/Unity-Interface---A-brand-new-Look-for-Linux.aspx Well it is only around 40 more days till the next Ubuntu ships. Already there is tons of buzz around the internet about how good will be the new Unity Interface. Well while browsing the internet I have actually found... Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:30:47 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/137/15/Unity-Interface---A-brand-new-Look-for-Linux.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/136/15/Web-Browsers-you-probably-never-heard-before-For-Ubuntu.aspx Well everyone knows about the top 4 main web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla FireFox, Apple's Safari, and Google Chrome. Safari is only available for Windows and Mac OS X, where Internet Explorer is only available for Windows. Now I... Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:19:06 -0600 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/136/15/Web-Browsers-you-probably-never-heard-before-For-Ubuntu.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/135/15/Things-Ubuntu-does-better-than-Windows.aspx With Ubuntu 11.04 just around the corner ( end of April ), I took a spin of the latest Beta 3 of 11.04 to check all what all the new features was all about. I must say I am quite... Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:35:43 -0600 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/135/15/Things-Ubuntu-does-better-than-Windows.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/133/15/Ubuntu-Linux-in-working-environments.aspx You have heard those rumors floating around, that in the business world everybody uses Microsoft softwares, I am here to squash those rumors. I have been using Linux ( Ubuntu ) in my day job for already 5months now without... Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:17:12 -0600 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/133/15/Ubuntu-Linux-in-working-environments.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/132/15/Animated-TV-Shows-no-more-for-small-innocent-children.aspx Okay yes time to tell you guys a big secret, I watch cartoons. Yes I said it right, I really do watch some animated TV shows weekly ( or what some would call them, Cartoons ).  Yes some would say... Mon, 07 Mar 2011 18:29:05 -0600 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/132/15/Animated-TV-Shows-no-more-for-small-innocent-children.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/134/15/6-Hour-Web-Start-ups-now-Possible.aspx Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:06:57 -0600 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/134/15/6-Hour-Web-Start-ups-now-Possible.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/131/15/YouthSays-rebranded-to-SAYS-my.aspx I am always happy when local websites are successful, one good thing about it is there is less traffic going out of the country hence decreasing our need to buy international bandwidth. YouthAsia, a web company here in Malaysia, currently... Sun, 23 Jan 2011 22:21:06 -0600 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/131/15/YouthSays-rebranded-to-SAYS-my.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/130/15/Pay-as-you-use---A-model-of-the-past-and-why-YTL-Yes-my-is-doomed.aspx Last month, YTL lauched a new "4G" service in malaysia, which they claimed suppose to be the best and the next big thing. Yea it is the next big thing alright, the next big flop. I was thinking P1 was... Wed, 12 Jan 2011 17:54:50 -0600 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/130/15/Pay-as-you-use---A-model-of-the-past-and-why-YTL-Yes-my-is-doomed.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/129/15/Gaming-in-Linux---Good-for-Casual-Gamers-and-Developers-of-Casual-Games.aspx Well the one thing people from Windows when the jump ship to Linux they always complain that Linux has no games, some of them even dual boot Windows and Linux because of this reason. This has got me thinking sure... Sat, 08 Jan 2011 23:27:10 -0600 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/129/15/Gaming-in-Linux---Good-for-Casual-Gamers-and-Developers-of-Casual-Games.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/128/15/Traditional-Desktop-Interfaces-going-outdated.aspx I been using openSUSE 11.3 for about 2months already on my laptop. Yes there are somethings I love about it when compared to Fedora or Ubuntu, but there are also something which I disapprove of. I will save that for... Wed, 05 Jan 2011 10:42:34 -0600 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/128/15/Traditional-Desktop-Interfaces-going-outdated.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/126/15/Microsoft-s-Youtube-Fanbase.aspx Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:28:54 -0600 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/126/15/Microsoft-s-Youtube-Fanbase.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/122/15/10-Predictions-for-Open-Source-in-2011.aspx Hi everyone, it is the new year so I taught I will start it with a perdiction for the year in FOSS and other open source related materials. The list I am doing is in no particular order. The reason... Sun, 02 Jan 2011 15:48:27 -0600 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/122/15/10-Predictions-for-Open-Source-in-2011.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/123/15/Blogging-and-Advertising---Nuffnang.aspx I have no problems with blogs who have advertisements as everyone wants to earn a bit. Heck even mine does. But what I started to noticed majority of blogs are no more about "opinions". Many bloggers have started to sell... Sat, 01 Jan 2011 17:17:00 -0600 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/123/15/Blogging-and-Advertising---Nuffnang.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/124/15/This-Week-In-Linux.aspx Okay this time I am going to do something different, I am going to introduce you to one of my Youtube friends, most of the community just calls him Jordan. He has been making Linux News videos for already 1... Mon, 27 Dec 2010 22:17:32 -0600 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/124/15/This-Week-In-Linux.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/121/15/Contribution-to-Open-Source---Feedback-and-Improvement-Suggestion-Tool.aspx Well, I have been on the FOSS scene for nearly 2 years or more already. I realize I am no different than most regular people who are on it also. Most of us are just users, we are hardly contributing,... Wed, 22 Dec 2010 20:51:17 -0600 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/121/15/Contribution-to-Open-Source---Feedback-and-Improvement-Suggestion-Tool.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/125/15/People-actually-fall-for-this-type-of-scams.aspx Wed, 15 Dec 2010 02:27:35 -0600 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/125/15/People-actually-fall-for-this-type-of-scams.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/118/15/Useful-Chrome-Extensions.aspx Fri, 03 Dec 2010 16:19:12 -0600 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/118/15/Useful-Chrome-Extensions.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/117/15/Easy-Way-to-Manage-Facebook-Contacts.aspx I don't know if you are like me, but I have too many facebook friends ( i know it is only 200+, but that is a lot for me ), and there are some people I add for the sake... Sun, 28 Nov 2010 20:13:58 -0600 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/117/15/Easy-Way-to-Manage-Facebook-Contacts.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/116/15/Microsoft-Malaysia-Lies-yet-again.aspx Yes it has been heard before Microsoft spreads fear uncertainty and doubt ( otherwise known as FUD ) this is not an uncommon sight when one lives in the states but now it has come to Malaysia. Lets see what... Mon, 22 Nov 2010 18:57:42 -0600 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/116/15/Microsoft-Malaysia-Lies-yet-again.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/114/15/How-smartphone-users-see-each-other-Android-vs-BlackBerry-vs-iPhone-COMIC.aspx What does the typical Android user look like? How are they seen by iPhone users? What do BlackBerry users think of iPhone users? Full comic after the jump. I think this guy did a pretty good job and it gave... Sat, 06 Nov 2010 10:16:22 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/114/15/How-smartphone-users-see-each-other-Android-vs-BlackBerry-vs-iPhone-COMIC.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/113/15/The-Magic-of-the-Dabbawalas.aspx Few days ago, I was lucky enough to attend a presentation at Hilton Hotel, PJ entitled “The Magic of the DabbaWalas”. Dabba means Box and Walas means person, but when you put both of those words together, it means Lunch Box... Sun, 31 Oct 2010 21:15:58 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/113/15/The-Magic-of-the-Dabbawalas.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/112/15/Apple-Announces-New-Mac-Book-Air.aspx Have you heard the saying " It walks like a duck, it quacks like a duck, so it is a duck ", well apparently Apple didn't, for some time now they have been taking pot shots at Netbooks calling them... Mon, 25 Oct 2010 02:40:24 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/112/15/Apple-Announces-New-Mac-Book-Air.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/111/15/What-does-Social-Networking-mean-for-Maxis.aspx Social Networks are a double edge sword for most companies, if you know how to use it, great, your brand image improves, but if you just join for the sake of joining like my favorite punching bag, Maxis, it only... Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:25:39 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/111/15/What-does-Social-Networking-mean-for-Maxis.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/110/15/Installing-Star-Wars-Knights-of-the-Old-Republic-in-Ubuntu-using-PlayOnLinux.aspx Installing Windows-based games on Linux has always been a chore, but now with PlayOnLinux certain games ( mainly the famous ones ) can be installed with ease. Here is how I managed to install Star Wars: Knights of the Old... Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:24:21 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/110/15/Installing-Star-Wars-Knights-of-the-Old-Republic-in-Ubuntu-using-PlayOnLinux.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/109/15/Ubuntu-s-Software-Center-First-Purchase-App.aspx Few months ago I wrote my musings here on how Ubuntu can improved their software center, one of it was to include an App store where people can purchase commercial / paid applications. Ubuntu 10.10 Software Center comes with 1... Thu, 21 Oct 2010 11:01:52 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/109/15/Ubuntu-s-Software-Center-First-Purchase-App.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/108/15/DropBox---Cloud-Computing-File-Storage-service-made-Easy.aspx I have been using DropBox for over two years already. Yea, I am still using the free service because I am cheap, but it has been such a useful service, that I have it install in all my PCs, Laptops,... Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:51:54 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/108/15/DropBox---Cloud-Computing-File-Storage-service-made-Easy.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/106/15/Invasion-of-the-China-Android-Phones.aspx Mon, 18 Oct 2010 05:08:29 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/106/15/Invasion-of-the-China-Android-Phones.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/105/15/Celcom-LEDC-Symbian-Version.aspx Mon, 18 Oct 2010 03:44:01 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/105/15/Celcom-LEDC-Symbian-Version.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/104/15/Celcom-is-back-with-another-LEDC-Contest.aspx Celcom just announced the League of Extra-ordinary developer challange contest for Symbian now. They can't even handle the Android development contest and now they want to handle a Symbian developer contest. Maybe it is because it is funded by Nokia... Mon, 18 Oct 2010 03:22:12 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/104/15/Celcom-is-back-with-another-LEDC-Contest.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/103/15/Adventures-in-IT-H4x0r-work-on-Asus-EeePC-1002HA.aspx Finally after one year 3 months, my trusty Netbook gave in to my pressure. I guess I was too uber for it. This netbook has been with me all over malaysia, from north to south of Malaysia. I even took... Mon, 18 Oct 2010 00:56:48 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/103/15/Adventures-in-IT-H4x0r-work-on-Asus-EeePC-1002HA.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/102/15/Adventures-in-IT-Kaspersky-won-t-uninstall.aspx Sun, 17 Oct 2010 14:41:59 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/102/15/Adventures-in-IT-Kaspersky-won-t-uninstall.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/101/15/Anti-Virus-for-Linux.aspx Yes yes you may have heard that Linux doesn't need a Anti-Virus, it is secure, etc etc all that same old crap from hardcore fanboys. But for those who know better I have found a good and decent Anti-Virus for... Fri, 15 Oct 2010 03:52:28 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/101/15/Anti-Virus-for-Linux.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/100/15/More-Fear-Uncertainty-and-Doubt-from-our-favorite-punching-bag-Microsoft.aspx Well as usual again Microsoft takes a swing at the free and open source this time with a video showcasing their flagship product, Microsoft Office versus one of the flagship open source software, OpenOffice.org. It will be interesting to see... Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:46:47 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/100/15/More-Fear-Uncertainty-and-Doubt-from-our-favorite-punching-bag-Microsoft.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/97/15/How-to-tell-if-a-person-is-influential.aspx Doesn't matter online or even offline, the number of friends a person has doesn't determine if he or she is influential or not. To be honest there is no exact way to tell if a person is influential or not,... Thu, 07 Oct 2010 23:34:07 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/97/15/How-to-tell-if-a-person-is-influential.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/98/15/People-actually-believes-Maxis-marketing-gimmick-for-Iphone4.aspx Yes the Iphone4 launched about 2 weeks ago in Malaysia by both Maxis and Digi. I wanted to highlight something important which I think is another trick by Maxis to get more people suckered, do you actually think that Maxis... Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:22:31 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/98/15/People-actually-believes-Maxis-marketing-gimmick-for-Iphone4.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/96/15/Windows-Phone-7-explanation-and-possible-future.aspx With all the news on open source operating systems like Symbian, MeeGo or even Android, I think it is time I talk about the underdog, and a non-open source one too. Well lets take a good look at Redmond's upcoming... Mon, 04 Oct 2010 03:54:30 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/96/15/Windows-Phone-7-explanation-and-possible-future.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/95/15/A-possible-Future-for-OpenOffice-org.aspx Yup it has been a sad week in for FOSS, most of the members from OpenOffice.org project have announced the creation of The Document Foundation, and a possible fork of the current OpenOffice.org making it LibreOffice. OpenOffice.org is one of... Sun, 03 Oct 2010 12:35:02 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/95/15/A-possible-Future-for-OpenOffice-org.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/94/15/How-do-you-become-an-important-FOSS-player-in-Malaysia.aspx I have always been thinking, how does one become an important player in the FOSS scene. Well naturally I am thinking of how to do it in my own country, Malaysia. I recently wrote about how the Spirit of FOSS... Sun, 03 Oct 2010 04:02:48 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/94/15/How-do-you-become-an-important-FOSS-player-in-Malaysia.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/93/15/A-stone-beats-Windows-phone-7.aspx Sat, 02 Oct 2010 16:11:48 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/93/15/A-stone-beats-Windows-phone-7.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/92/15/If-Facebook-Existed-Years-Ago.aspx Fri, 01 Oct 2010 04:08:51 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/92/15/If-Facebook-Existed-Years-Ago.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/91/15/Poor-suckers-who-bought-Iphone4-from-Maxis.aspx Maxis has just launched their Iphone4, but as usual the company loves to make their customers unhappy. It seems that Maxis has not upgraded their systems for the data plan yet. So basically everyone who uses the data plan on... Wed, 29 Sep 2010 19:12:58 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/91/15/Poor-suckers-who-bought-Iphone4-from-Maxis.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/90/15/Want-to-contribute-to-Ubuntu-just-with-Ideas-here-is-how.aspx Are you just a user of open source software? Do you wish that you can contribute something back to the community? Well contribute is not always just code. There are many ways to contribute. For Ubuntu there is one nice... Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:50:25 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/90/15/Want-to-contribute-to-Ubuntu-just-with-Ideas-here-is-how.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/88/15/Google-Sketchup-Video-Tutorials.aspx Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13:59:18 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/88/15/Google-Sketchup-Video-Tutorials.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/86/15/What-happened-to-Celcom-s-LEDC-contest.aspx Celcom, one of the telecommunication providers in Malaysia recently hosted a contest called League of Extraordinary Developers ( or in this case it was called League of Extraordinary Android Developers, as the contest was to create an Android application ).... Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:03:53 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/86/15/What-happened-to-Celcom-s-LEDC-contest.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/87/15/Fake-Emails-Fake-World-of-Warcraft-emails-to-Scam-you.aspx Here is a sample of email that my bro keeps getting in his junk folder, I wonder which poor sucker actually falls for stuff like this. ( Best part is he doesn't even play World of Warcraft ). This is... Sun, 26 Sep 2010 00:42:16 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/87/15/Fake-Emails-Fake-World-of-Warcraft-emails-to-Scam-you.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/85/15/The-Spirit-of-Open-Source-and-Software-Freedom-is-lost-in-Malaysia.aspx Yea anyone who reads stuff written by me knows I am from Malaysia. Anyones who knows me well also knows at times I am involved with a few Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) related stuff / community events. Over... Fri, 24 Sep 2010 11:42:51 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/85/15/The-Spirit-of-Open-Source-and-Software-Freedom-is-lost-in-Malaysia.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/84/15/Mozilla-Seabird---A-new-type-of-Phone.aspx Fri, 24 Sep 2010 11:01:56 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/84/15/Mozilla-Seabird---A-new-type-of-Phone.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/83/15/Real-full-color-3D-movie.aspx Fri, 24 Sep 2010 10:44:03 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/83/15/Real-full-color-3D-movie.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/82/15/Got-to-love-kids---they-can-t-take-being-proven-wrong.aspx The Maxis10 programme is about independent voices giving their free, fair and unbiased reviews of the latest technologies and devices from Maxis. Every review offers 10 new guest reviewers the chance to experience a service or product firsthand. It's an... Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:06:57 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/82/15/Got-to-love-kids---they-can-t-take-being-proven-wrong.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/81/15/Maxis-New-Strategy---Let-s-push-the-blame-to-the-OEMs.aspx Well everyone in Malaysia knows that Maxis is the most expensive Telecommunication Provider / Carrier in the country. It looks like they got a new strategy now, which is to push the blame to the OEM / Phone makers since... Thu, 23 Sep 2010 02:50:40 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/81/15/Maxis-New-Strategy---Let-s-push-the-blame-to-the-OEMs.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/76/15/Why-all-mobile-phone-manufacturers-should-work-towards-a-single-mobile-standard.aspx I recently had many discussion with a close friend of mine in real life about the topic above. He wrote a report based upon our discussions for a college project. I managed to convince him to allow me to publish... Wed, 22 Sep 2010 02:33:17 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/76/15/Why-all-mobile-phone-manufacturers-should-work-towards-a-single-mobile-standard.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/78/15/Pokemon-Apokelypse-Live-Action-Trailer.aspx Mon, 20 Sep 2010 05:08:19 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/78/15/Pokemon-Apokelypse-Live-Action-Trailer.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/77/15/Why-don-t-all-Telecommunication-companies-make-full-use-of-IMEI-number.aspx I am sure anyone of you guys and girls out there who owns a smartphone has the same fear as me, which is losing it to a thief. There is a way to reduce this, but it will require all... Fri, 17 Sep 2010 03:18:59 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/77/15/Why-don-t-all-Telecommunication-companies-make-full-use-of-IMEI-number.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/79/15/Don-t-Trust-A-Rogue.aspx Wed, 15 Sep 2010 05:12:37 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/79/15/Don-t-Trust-A-Rogue.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/75/15/Amnesia-The-Dark-Decent---another-commercial-game-coming-to-Linux.aspx Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a graphic adventure horror game by Frictional Games, who previously developed the Penumbra series. (the latter was also available for Linux). In a similar vein to the developer's previous games, Amnesia is an exploration-based adventure... Sun, 12 Sep 2010 00:56:06 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/75/15/Amnesia-The-Dark-Decent---another-commercial-game-coming-to-Linux.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/73/15/Nokia-to-start-listening-to-consumers.aspx Stephen Elop has just been named CEO of Nokia, he has promised that listening will be one of the most important things that Nokia will focus on in future. So I taught this might be a good time I give... Sat, 11 Sep 2010 18:09:14 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/73/15/Nokia-to-start-listening-to-consumers.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/74/15/Broadcom-Drivers-getting-some-Linux-Love.aspx Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:49:21 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/74/15/Broadcom-Drivers-getting-some-Linux-Love.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/72/15/Ubuntu-10-10-Netbook-Remix-changes-the-UI-yet-again.aspx From 9.10 to 10.04, there was a UI change in the Netbook Remix edition of Ubuntu. (Particually the removal of the right side panel which acted as shortcuts to folders in the home dir such as documents, pictures, videos, etc).... Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:26:33 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/72/15/Ubuntu-10-10-Netbook-Remix-changes-the-UI-yet-again.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/71/15/Why-we-shouldn-t-could-Nokia-and-Ovi-out-of-the-Smartphone-race-yet.aspx Well I am a fan of technology, and mostly into mobile technology. I am a fan of Ovi and Nokia in general cause they are the pioneers in many things mobile, eventhough the general public does not know about it.... Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:08:03 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/71/15/Why-we-shouldn-t-could-Nokia-and-Ovi-out-of-the-Smartphone-race-yet.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/69/15/Nokia-World-2010.aspx Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:27:40 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/69/15/Nokia-World-2010.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/80/15/iPistol.aspx Starcraft 2 craze is in the air. Everyone I know wants this game badly. It is a great game, with a new take on strategy, here is the developers poking fun at Apple. This video can be seen in the... Mon, 16 Aug 2010 05:17:41 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/80/15/iPistol.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/68/15/MiniTunes---A-good-looking-simple-music-player.aspx I been trying find a suitable player for both my Linux Desktop and Netbook, most players. Kept jumping from one player to another, each with different reasons, some I don't like the interface, some I doesn't help me organize my... Mon, 02 Aug 2010 03:26:13 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/68/15/MiniTunes---A-good-looking-simple-music-player.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/67/15/MiniTube---Watch-youtube-videos-without-Adobe-Flash.aspx Do you use Linux, (or Mac OS X) but dread to install Adobe Flash player into your browser because you don't want closed source crap or ticked off due it's vulnerabilities. Well now there is a way for you to... Sun, 01 Aug 2010 21:52:11 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/67/15/MiniTube---Watch-youtube-videos-without-Adobe-Flash.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/66/15/Educational-Videos-from-Animaniacs.aspx Here is an old piece from a Cartoon that tries it's best to educate viewers with songs. This particular clip shows one of the main char trying to sing all the words in the english dictionary., naming the 50 states... Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:31:20 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/66/15/Educational-Videos-from-Animaniacs.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/65/15/History-of-Everything.aspx Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:27:56 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/65/15/History-of-Everything.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/13/15/Android-Market-in-Malaysia.aspx For the past few months I been trying to push (of course not much success) the issue of the Android Marketplace exclusion from Malaysia. Yea there is so many topics in this very forum about how the phone is broken or... Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:53:59 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/13/15/Android-Market-in-Malaysia.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/62/15/Cisco-making-a-Ubuntu-based-tablet.aspx Sat, 03 Jul 2010 23:38:46 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/62/15/Cisco-making-a-Ubuntu-based-tablet.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/61/15/Cisco-Announce-Android-base-Tablet.aspx Sat, 03 Jul 2010 23:27:17 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/61/15/Cisco-Announce-Android-base-Tablet.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/60/15/HTC-HD2-spotted-running-Linux.aspx Sat, 03 Jul 2010 18:35:14 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/60/15/HTC-HD2-spotted-running-Linux.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/58/15/Broadband-is-still-not-improving.aspx Mon, 28 Jun 2010 02:09:35 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/58/15/Broadband-is-still-not-improving.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/57/15/Social-Networking-causes-addiction-and-is-time-consuming.aspx I have reduced my gaming habits quite a bit over the last 2 years, I spend more time doing other stuff online compare to gaming, but there is a dark side to all these online stuff besides losing your privacy,... Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:04:43 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/57/15/Social-Networking-causes-addiction-and-is-time-consuming.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/56/15/Animated-Desktop---Linux-s-version-of-Windows-Dreamscene.aspx Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:56:58 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/56/15/Animated-Desktop---Linux-s-version-of-Windows-Dreamscene.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/55/15/Why-is-Intel-Nokia-going-to-be-on-most-Internet-Providers-Shit-list.aspx I have already showed you a demo of what Nokia and Intel plans to do with MeeGo operating system, some things will mimic Android and some are unique to itself, but the main thing that will determine the success and... Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:52:23 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/55/15/Why-is-Intel-Nokia-going-to-be-on-most-Internet-Providers-Shit-list.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/53/15/Future-of-the-Web-Part-2.aspx Wed, 16 Jun 2010 02:13:01 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/53/15/Future-of-the-Web-Part-2.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/52/15/What-is-Google-TV.aspx Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:48:53 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/52/15/What-is-Google-TV.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/51/15/Mac-Emulator---The-Savior-of-Desktop-Linux.aspx Tue, 15 Jun 2010 02:19:59 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/51/15/Mac-Emulator---The-Savior-of-Desktop-Linux.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/49/15/Warning-to-WiFi-HotSpot-Users-Everyone-wants-to-Data-Mine.aspx Free Public WiFi Hot spots are becoming a common thing in Malaysia, heck even the small road side footstalls might soon have WiFi. But with all the WiFi hotspots around the country some have a darker side to them, one... Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:23:33 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/49/15/Warning-to-WiFi-HotSpot-Users-Everyone-wants-to-Data-Mine.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/48/15/Learning-Institutions-Web-Development-courses-flawed.aspx Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:35:20 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/48/15/Learning-Institutions-Web-Development-courses-flawed.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/47/15/How-Sony-can-kill-and-dominate-the-mobile-market.aspx If you were to check the internet there are rumors going around that Sony is about to release a Phone using their Playstation line. I for one certainly hope they do but there are a few things which they can... Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:36:28 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/47/15/How-Sony-can-kill-and-dominate-the-mobile-market.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/54/15/A-Demo-of-Nokia-s-Intel-s-MeeGo.aspx Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:18:51 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/54/15/A-Demo-of-Nokia-s-Intel-s-MeeGo.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/46/15/Reality-distortion-field-at-Microsoft.aspx With more and more technology companies making headlines, it amazes me how much Microsoft becomes not needed. Yes, Microsoft is not going to fade away into nothingness, this is something I can fully agree upon, but they are 100% going... Thu, 03 Jun 2010 22:47:15 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/46/15/Reality-distortion-field-at-Microsoft.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/45/15/Can-Oracle-provide-a-complete-business-solution-like-how-Microsoft-does.aspx Sun, 30 May 2010 21:31:54 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/45/15/Can-Oracle-provide-a-complete-business-solution-like-how-Microsoft-does.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/25/15/JavaFX-a-future-success-or-a-predestined-failure.aspx Lets first see what exactly is JavaFX. To put it simple, JavaFX is a software platform for creating and delivering rich Internet applications that can run across a wide variety of connected devices. The current release (JavaFX 1.2, June 2009)... Thu, 27 May 2010 02:04:19 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/25/15/JavaFX-a-future-success-or-a-predestined-failure.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/42/15/Microsoft-Vision-of-the-Future.aspx The incredible presentation of future technologies in 2019, according to Microsoft. Think about all of touch screen computers in real world. Can you imagine it? You can see it how comfortable in everyday lifes. By the way, I think it's... Tue, 25 May 2010 20:47:52 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/42/15/Microsoft-Vision-of-the-Future.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/43/15/Future-of-Mobile-Phones.aspx Sun, 23 May 2010 23:05:27 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/43/15/Future-of-Mobile-Phones.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/44/15/Cloud-Computing-Explained.aspx Wed, 19 May 2010 12:26:37 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/44/15/Cloud-Computing-Explained.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/41/15/Facebook-is-getting-evil.aspx Tue, 18 May 2010 01:43:53 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/41/15/Facebook-is-getting-evil.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/5/15/Ubuntu-10-04-Ubuntu-Keeps-getting-better-and-better.aspx Fri, 14 May 2010 22:56:30 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/5/15/Ubuntu-10-04-Ubuntu-Keeps-getting-better-and-better.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/6/15/Would-you-blame-the-tools-or-the-developer.aspx Adobe is going to release Adobe Creative Suite 5, which has Adobe Flash CS5 in it, which in turn comes with a compiler which can compile your flash applications into native iphone applications. Followed by this announcement, Apple changed its... Sun, 02 May 2010 22:59:35 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/6/15/Would-you-blame-the-tools-or-the-developer.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/12/15/Trying-to-love-Google-s-Android-but-also-getting-pissed-off-A-LOT.aspx My own handphone is a HTC Hero, which is a phone produced by HTC and runs Google's mobile Operating System, Android. I find Android OS giving much more freedom when it comes to development but also cages me out of... Tue, 27 Apr 2010 23:13:21 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/12/15/Trying-to-love-Google-s-Android-but-also-getting-pissed-off-A-LOT.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/8/15/Why-telecommunication-providers-dont-want-you-have-good-mobile-internet.aspx I don't know about the rest of the world, but since I live in Malaysia, I am going to be basing this on what happens in Malaysia. Smartphones are becoming an ever increasing thing in most people lives, just like how... Sun, 18 Apr 2010 23:02:43 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/8/15/Why-telecommunication-providers-dont-want-you-have-good-mobile-internet.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/23/15/What-is-replacing-BitTorrent.aspx Tue, 30 Mar 2010 02:02:06 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/23/15/What-is-replacing-BitTorrent.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/19/15/Are-netbooks-worth-it.aspx I see a lot of people are talking down on netbooks saying it is too small to do any work.  Netbooks are a branch of mini notebooks, a rapidly evolving category of small, light and inexpensive laptop computers suited for... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:52:02 -0600 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/19/15/Are-netbooks-worth-it.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/11/15/Google-really-supports-Android.aspx I would like to thank Google, because of your ignorance and refusing to listen or even answer your customers you are officially on my shit list. Seriously, how hard is it to actually have a few people dedicated to answering people's... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:08:16 -0600 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/11/15/Google-really-supports-Android.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/14/15/Another-anti-competitive-move-by-Microsoft.aspx Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:55:35 -0600 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/14/15/Another-anti-competitive-move-by-Microsoft.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/21/15/How-to-download-youtube-videos-without-installing-anything.aspx Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:54:57 -0600 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/21/15/How-to-download-youtube-videos-without-installing-anything.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/39/15/What-Computing-Students-Need-to-know.aspx On September 16th 2009, I gave a talk in APIIT College on "What Programmers Need to know?", well I taught I will share what I did for that talk as I think it might be useful for people after graduation... Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:18:34 -0600 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/39/15/What-Computing-Students-Need-to-know.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/38/15/The-Great-Internet-Explorer-8.aspx What I think about IE8, besides saying it sucks, sucks and sucks. Well frankly, IE8 is not as bad as say IE7 or IE6, but IE8 has the inherited the same dam problem that the previous IE's all have, which... Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:17:33 -0600 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/38/15/The-Great-Internet-Explorer-8.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/37/15/Browser-is-getting-more-and-more-important-for-Kids.aspx Well maybe for people like me, when google showcased is new "OS", which just turned out to be the Chrome Web Browser sitting on top the Linux kernel, I was skeptical about the whole thing. Sure, I do spend most... Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:16:30 -0600 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/37/15/Browser-is-getting-more-and-more-important-for-Kids.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/161/15/Online-Gaming-in-Malaysia-is-just-dead.aspx 2 years ago, I was playing an online game called Perfect World ( http://www.perfectworld.com.my ), it was a unique game for malaysians such as myself due to the fact that it wasnt only meant for Malaysians and Singaporeans but it... Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:20:05 -0600 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/161/15/Online-Gaming-in-Malaysia-is-just-dead.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/31/15/Gaming-In-Linux.aspx Sometimes people tell me that Linux has no games and thats why they stick to windows base systems, well while that statement itself is not really true since there are tons of games for linux base systems just not the... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:11:40 -0600 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/31/15/Gaming-In-Linux.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/34/15/Future-of-the-Web.aspx Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:14:29 -0600 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/34/15/Future-of-the-Web.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/40/15/Web-Browser-Wars-at-BarCamp-Melaka-2009.aspx This is a summary of one of the presentations I did at BarCamp Melaka 2009 at Multimedia University which took place on the 14th and 15th of November. The topic of my presentation is as stated above, I was quite... Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:20:11 -0600 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/40/15/Web-Browser-Wars-at-BarCamp-Melaka-2009.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/36/15/IT-Magazines-and-Newspapers-in-Malaysia.aspx I am starting to get real pissed off at majority of IT Magazines and Newspapers that I buy every month. Most of them claim to give reviews or professional opinion about technology but all they are doing is sucking up... Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:15:59 -0600 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/36/15/IT-Magazines-and-Newspapers-in-Malaysia.aspx http://www.avoinsource.com/news/30/15/Musings---Ubuntu-Software-Center.aspx Ubuntu is one of the Linux distributions which is constantly improving. I am a late Linux user, I only started since Ubuntu 8.04 and Fedora 10. Even at those versions I found Linux not that difficult to use as some... Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:09:55 -0500 http://www.avoinsource.com/news/30/15/Musings---Ubuntu-Software-Center.aspx