Dataran Merdeka
24 March 2010
Witnessing the Historical Moment - Livestream
Source: http://www.tm.com.my/connecting-you/digital-lifestyle/hsbb/Pages/livestream.aspx
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Location technologies
Cutting-edge future advanced technologies
Future handphones & cars have GPS/GSM/GPRS as standard featureDual signal technology
3 February 2010
Berg Insight says 34 million security applications will be connected to European cellular networks in 2014
According to a new research report from the analyst firm Berg Insight, shipments of wireless M2M modules for security applications in EU27+2 will grow from 2.3 million in 2009 to nearly 22 million by 2014. At the same time, the number of alarm systems and tracking devices monitored from an alarm receiving centre or similar will grow from about 10 million in 2009 to 34 million by the end of 2014. Vehicle tracking and recovery is a major application area for wireless M2M communication in the security industry. Devices combining GPS and GSM/GPRS technologies enable monitoring services for any mobile object. Passenger cars and commercial vehicles constitute the main target markets by virtue of numbers and individual value, but there are also many niche markets such as construction equipment as well as leisure vehicles and boats.
Today, clients are frequently advised to install security systems that take advantage of wireless communication and satellite positioning when applying for an insurance policy. “If you buy a top-of-the-range luxury car in European countries such as the Benelux or the UK, your motor insurer will most probably require that it is equipped with a GSM/GPS anti-theft system”, says André Malm, senior analyst at Berg Insight. He adds that once the European eCall initiative to equip all cars with GSM/GPS technology to enable automatic 112 emergency calls in case of an accident is in place, this will most likely also drive adoption of stolen vehicle tracking services that can use the same technology.
Insurance companies also encourage the use of dual fixed line and wireless signalling solutions in monitored alarm systems. A single landline connection between the alarm system and the alarm receiving centre is no longer deemed sufficient for high security premises. By adding a secondary wireless link, communication becomes much more reliable and cannot easily be disrupted.
Moreover, there is a significant untapped potential in the residential market segment that can be fulfilled with the latest generation of monitored alarm systems with GSM/GPRS or dual signalling technology.
Berg Insight estimates that there will be nearly 4 million alarm systems connected to wireless networks in Europe by 2014.
Source: http://www.berginsight.com/News.aspx?m_m=6&s_m=1
Glass phone
Cutting-edge future advanced technologies
Translucent glass phone
Source: http://www.geekologie.com/2009/08/16-week/
Virtual traffic light
Cutting-edge future advanced technologies
Stop when it is red. Virtual net-like traffic light
Source: http://limcorp.net/2009/cutting-edge-future-advanced-technologies
WUW gadgets
Cutting-edge future advanced technologies
Wear Your World (WUW) or Six Sense gadgetsWhatever you see will provide you with extra information if you choose to click further on them or wink at them. They can do a folding action and the intelligent screen gives you statistical information as if you did statistics with your computer.
Source: http://weblogsurf.com/experience-future-technology-with-six-sense-device/
Future car technologies
Cutting-edge future advanced technologies
In-vehicle systems
QNX Software Platform Licensed to More Than 17 Million In-Vehicle Systems
18 March 2010QNX has announced that its technology has been licensed for more than 17 million in-vehicle systems worldwide, an increase of 130 percent since 2008. Today, more than 200 vehicle models ship with QNX-based infotainment and telematics systems.
Source: QNX Software Platform
New Honda CR-V to Appear on the Russian Market
18 March 2010
Honda Motors Russia announced the start of sales for Honda CR-V on the Russian market. Among other options, the CR-V will offer a Honda 7.0-inch color LCD touch screen, an 8GB SSD-based (Solid State Drive) navigation system and CD/MP3/WMA encoding.
Layar
Cutting-edge advanced technologies
World's first mobile augmented reality browserImagine when this kind of technology is small enough to fit onto some glasses. then everything you see can be enhanced by augmented reality and you just have to look around, like you normally do, to find the things you are searching for.
Glasses? I've recently read an article about the development of contact lenses, which provide a display that seems to hover 50 - 100cm in front of your eyes :D That will be cool.
And I image how teachers will look for a countermeasure to these new technologies for cheating students :D
Sources: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b64_16K2e08&feature=player_embedded#
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b64_16K2e08&feature=player_embedded#
Futuristic glass
Cutting-edge future advanced technologies
Interactive smart glass interfaceFilm is either the film reel or projection screen. In the early Malayan TV industry, the projection screen is called layar (which means film). We have terms like layar perak (silver screen) but rarely layar emas (golden screen) or layar hitam (black screen). There maybe other screen or film colours, maybe layar biru (blue film).
Glass is kaca in Malay. So we have terms like kaca piring (a fragrant white flower which resembles the rose), kaca mata for eyeglasses or spectacles, or point of view.
Mirror or cermin is hardly used but highly meaningful in the IT context.
Touchscreen uses a special glass that can sense and is intelligent enough to respond to fingertip touches. Interactive software governs all onscreen touches and recognizes the user.
Some touchscreens are small and others can be as big as a room wall. Size will depend on applications.
A consultation room may have a large touchscreen on a wall or on all walls or several touchscreens of various sizes for different applications.
The smart mobile phone has the smallest touchscreen today.
Future touchscreen tables may have embedded glass touchscreens to serve as multisensors for immediate auto-scanning of paper documents for direct capture into laptops.
Bedside tables in hospitals may have smart glass table tops that can detect medicine bottles placed on them. They serve to help inform patients when it is time to take their medications. Patients can also interact with their medication schedules on their bedside tables by touch-activated touchscreen that shows up only when activated and called for by the patients at the patients' convenience..
iPottie
Cutting-edge future advanced technologies
Intelligent WCMalaysian Malay film legend, P Ramlee would have loved something like this and he would have chanted the Javanese mantra 'samarinseng mata kaji nya engseng'.
Prof Abdul Aziz Baba (Dean, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia) said a smart potty will record and inform you how much time you wasted in the toilet!
Source: Technology in our private life
Wii brainphone
Cutting-edge future advanced technologies
The brain controls everything you learnThe frontal lobe controls what you remember
The temporal lobe controls your learning
The parietal lobe controls your vision
Upel car
Cutting-edge future advanced technologies
Touch-button car
Flexible Nokia mobile phones
Cutting-edge future advanced technologies
Flexible & detachable
Toyota car
Cutting-edge future advanced technologies
Future car from Toyota of Japan
Source: http://limcorp.net/2009/cutting-edge-future-advanced-technologies
Future car from Toyota of Japan
22528-button keyboard
Cutting-edge future advanced technologies
Why need so many buttons?
Digital bathroom
Stunning bathroom ideas with customised lighting and colours. The Sultan of Brunei already has digital bathrooms. Take a look at the future of our bathrooms - the digital bathrooms that conform to your moods. Water & room temperatures are digitally controlled.
Source: http://weblogsurf.com/future-technology-to-pamper-bath-digital-bathroom/
Future technology 2019
Microsoft videos of future technologies
We may not have all the technologies today but it pays to plan for them since funders are usually willing to fund future technology projects rather than obsolete technology. Here are some good videos which will help you to understand what may come in the near future.
While most companies want to hide their future investments and technologies, Microsoft is brave to expose its roll-out of future technologies.
Microsoft Business Division President Stephen Elop was in the Wharton Business Technology Conference, Philadelphia. He brought with him Microsoft's vision for the future, a montage clip called "2019."
Highlighted in the marketing material are interactive newspapers, touch pads and computerized medical records. Please take a look at this video below.
Health Future Vision
Future Vision Montage
Source: http://dailybail.com/home/microsofts-nifty-view-of-future-technology-video.html
Qiblat Locator
QIBLAT DIRECTION FROM PC
Wherever you may be, as long as you have access to Internet, you can now determine the direction of Qiblat. Even for those who've just moved offices and doubting where the qiblat is exactly, you can be sure that the answer is now right in front of you.
If you have internet and you want to know Qiblat Direction for your prayers, please follow the following steps:
1. Go to this website : http://www.qiblalocator.com
2. Enter city, then you will see your actual location (same as in Google Earth).
4. Locate your existing position or house.
5. You will find a (+) sign in the middle of the page, put the centre of this sign above your existing location or house.
6. You will find a red line starting from the centre of the (+) sign and end at Kabaah.
7. This line is your Qiblat direction.
PLEASE DISTRIBUTE, SO THAT MANY MUSLIMS CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS SITE
Source: http://www.qiblalocator.com/
Friday, March 19, 2010
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Broadband speed test
How fast is your Internet?
1) Since 17 December 2009, I now have an upgraded fast Internet at work. It reads Local Area Connection Speed: 100Mbps.
2) So fast? Fast enough? Let's check the download/upload speeds with Broadband Speed Test.
3) Results:
4) What do the results mean?
- My download speed is 59.8Mbps instead of 100Mbps
- My upload speed is 1018 kbps or 10Mbps instead of 100Mbps
- I'm getting only 59.8% of what I should get for download
- I'm getting only 10% of what I should get for upload
- My download is slow and missing ~40% of what it can be
- My upload is very slow and missing 90% of what it can be
- My download and upload speeds are not equivalent
- My download speed is greater than my upload speed
- My network provider is supplying a reduced bandwidth
- My bandwidth is 60Mbps and not 100Mbps
- The remaining 40Mbps is reserved
- I need to apply for increased bandwidth
- Skype is not allowed on campus but can be permitted for training
- The bandwidth will be increased upon request for Skype training
If you have to upload a resource that is 300MB to a server, how long will it take you to upload? If you wish to download a resource that is 300MB from a server, how long will it take you to download? What file sizes can you upload in 5 minutes and download in 5 minutes? Assume the speeds in 3) above.
Video streaming
Streaming applies to songs and videos
Streaming media are songs and videos
Video streaming summary:
1) Many web sites allow you to watch video, even live video, without having to wait around for more than a few seconds for it to start.
2) You can see a video streaming when the screen says 'video loading'.
3) Sometimes there is a link that says 'Skip flash' or 'Skip video'.
4) Videos are made and stored in different qualities, sizes and formats to match Internet access mode & speed, and PC OS, platform & capability.
5) In many cases, video is offered in two or more different sizes or at different qualities - so that you can choose the one that plays best with your connection speed.
6) Having a faster connection means you can watch the video at a larger size and better quality.
7) VLC media player is an open source, free software media player and multimedia framework written by the VideoLAN project. VLC is a portable multimedia player, encoder, and streamer supporting many audio and video codecs and file formats as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It is able to stream over networks and to transcode multimedia files and save them into various formats. VLC used to stand for VideoLAN Client, but that meaning is now deprecated.
8) YouTube is a video sharing website on which users can upload and share videos. YouTube uses Adobe Flash Video technology to display a wide variety of user-generated video content, including movie clips, TV clips, and music videos, as well as amateur content such as video blogging and short original videos. Most of the content on YouTube has been uploaded by individuals, although media corporations including CBS, the BBC, UMG and other organizations offer some of their material via the site, as part of the YouTube partnership program.
9) Multicasting broadcasts the same copy of the multimedia over the entire network to a group of clients.
10) Reality assignment: If you have 18 tutorial rooms where you wish to show live demo videos to students direct from your lab, how would you go about setting this up and making it possible? Assume the live video demos are scheduled for thrice weekly viewing, for weekly and monthly tutorials. Assume you need to move labs for the different live video demos. Please write your answers, annotate all diagrams and include costing. Submit to Prof Faridah.
Sources:
Broadband Beginner's Guide, UK
Streaming media. Wikipedia
Comparison of streaming media systems. Wikipedia
VLC media player. Wikipedia
Youtube. Wikipedia
Windows XP, Vista and 7
Which is the best, XP, Vista or 7?
I have an XP, a Vista/7 and a 7 on 3 different laptops:
- My old Acer Aspire 1457Z still has an XP
- My Sony Vaio CS had a Vista but I replaced it with 7
- My new Acer Aspire 4740G has a 7
- Fast
- Reliable, dependable
- Good
- Easy to work with
- Simple, intuitive
- Feel good, feel data is safe
- More user-is-in-control feeling and you feel great
- You have better control of your PC
- A great combination!
- Need larger HD
- Slow, so very slow....
- Beautiful graphics and display
- With MS Office: Beautiful PowerPoint presentation formats & animation
- Messy way to access files
- Half the time wondering what the PC is doing
- Never got a nice feeling of the combination
- I could not find anyone who could do Vista partitioning, decided to switch to 7
- Faster than XP and Vista
- Easy to click everywhere
- Beautiful graphics & display
- Less intuitive than XP
- Less user-is-in-control feeling
- The software is too smart and does things for you!
- Sometimes you get worried it is too smart
- Software dominates and you follow even if you don't want to
- It does things that you don't want it to
- It can drive you crazy! Nuts even!
- It can get you frustrated when it is always doing what you don't want it to
- PC has a stiff touchpad that sometimes doesn't seem to respond
- I like the blue LED for the Power button
- I don't like the PC cover at all - it closes with a bang sometimes!
- I hardly take notice of the LEDs at the right side of the PC
- Beautiful sound but my Dell speakers at work sound even better.
Broadband Internet access
Broadband has 2 dimensions - access mode & speed
Access mode: What sort of Internet connection?
Speed: How fast is Internet?
1) Access mode:
2) Broadband speeds:
4) What does broadband Internet connection mean?
Sources:
Broadband Internet access. Wikipedia
Broadband Beginner's Guide, UK.
Access mode: What sort of Internet connection?
Speed: How fast is Internet?
1) Access mode:
2) Broadband speeds:
- Cable ~ 30Mbps
- DSL ~ 10Mbps
- BPL ~ 85Mbps
- Fixed wireless
- Satellite
- Fiber optic ~200Mbps
- T-1 ~100Mbps
- Mobile broadband wireless (WiFi) ~ 100Mbps
4) What does broadband Internet connection mean?
- A 512K broadband Internet connection is around ten times faster than a 56K dial-up Internet connection. It allows you to view web pages with barely any noticeable delay
- An 8Mb broadband connection allows you to watch TV quality video over the web!
- Any of the broadband speeds will be perfectly good for viewing the majority of web pages. Having to wait a second or two for a page to load is perfectly acceptable
- The Internet is not just pages of text and a few images
- Most Internet pages today are multimedia - they contain music, video, animations, games, etc [Isn't multimedia always better?]
- To view music with video, video with audio, animated cartoons with audio, video games with audio, will require higher broadband Internet speeds
- Simulation training programs will also require a certain hardware specification to match the higher speeds
- A 100Mbps broadband Internet connection is expected today
- The workplace should provide at least 100Mbps throughout the day
- At home, the family expects at least 100Mbps throughout the day
- Internet cafes must also provide at least 100Mbps throughout the day
- No, as speed depends on # of users in an area
- Internet Connection Speed can be 100Mbps but...
- Actual download speeds can be 2Mb only
- When paying $$$$ for Internet, check the DOWNLOAD speeds
- Compare the DOWNLOAD speeds
- Expect slower upload/download speeds in cities vs suburban area
- No, as speeds you can buy are determined by providers
- Providers may offer cheap rural broadband at reduced speeds to cut cost
- Can expect BPL at 85Mbps (better than no Internet at all)
- There is BPL at 100Mbps but cost is higher
10) Rule of Thumb. Summary of recommendations:
- Entry-Level - (256K or 512K) doesn't offer the performance you'll need to be able to get the best out of streaming audio and video. Of course, if you only use the Internet to read web pages and send email, a slower connection may be adequate.
- The Best All-Rounder - For the majority of Internet users, a 1Mb deal will offer the best balance between price and performance.
- Heavy or Shared Usage - A faster connection (2Mb or faster) is probably worth considering if you intend to play a lot of games, or if you intend to share the Internet connection between more than two or three computers at home or in the office. A connection at the higher end of the scale (4Mb upward) will allow you to take advantage of newer trends - such as video and music on demand or Digital Broadband Internet TV.
Sources:
Broadband Internet access. Wikipedia
Broadband Beginner's Guide, UK.
US broadband penetration and speeds
What are the most widely used home Internet connection?
What is a fast, reliable access?
How fast? How slow? What average speeds?
Summary:
1) The minimum speeds in the US FCC National Broadband Plan will be "faster than dial-up." [What is U.S. dial-up speed? <56kbps]
2) A recent survey sponsored by the FCC referred to the term "broadband." The survey described home broadband users as those who have almost any Internet connection other than dial-up, such as a cable modem, DSL, fixed wireless, satellite, fiber optic, T-1 or a mobile broadband wireless connection.
3) Cable and DSL, the most widely used home Internet connections, can theoretically reach speeds of 30Mbit/sec and 10Mbit/sec, respectively, but average speeds are often much slower.[Measure upload & download times.]
4) The U.S. is falling behind other countries in broadband penetration and speeds. [Which countries have better bb penetration compared to U.S.?]
5) The U.S. Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) upcoming national broadband plan will ask television broadcasters to voluntarily give up unused wireless spectrum, in exchange for a share of the profits when that spectrum is sold. [Who are U.S. TV broadcasters? What is wireless spectrum? What profits are expected? Why do TV broadcast and mobile bb use/share wireless spectrum?]
6) The FCC's national broadband plan, due out next month (March 2010), will focus on freeing up 500MHz of wireless spectrum over the next decade, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said during a speech at the New America Foundation. As part of that effort, Genachowski said the plan will propose a "mobile future auction," permitting spectrum licensees to give up spectrum.
7) FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski's speech: "With this plan, we have a special opportunity to lay a foundation for American leadership in the 21st century. If we get it right, broadband, and in particular mobile broadband, will be an enduring engine for creating jobs and growing our economy, for spreading knowledge and enhancing civic engagement, for advancing a healthier, sustainable way of life. This is our moment. Let's seize it."
Sources:
Computerworld (CW). Networking & Internet. Definition of 'broadband' still a secret in U.S. plan. Some minimum speeds will be set in final document, its author says. By Matt Hamblen. 4 March 2010, 11.44 AM ET
Computerworld (CW). Networking & Internet. Broadband in rural America: Why I'm not holding my breath. Opinion: Despite promising new technologies and federal stimulus money, the rural U.S. remains the land that telecom forgot. By David Haskin. 25 February 2010, 06:00 AM ET
Computerworld (CW). Networking & Internet. FCC aims to free up 500MHz of spectrum for broadband. By Grant Gross. 24 February 2010, 12:49 PM ET
Broadband Internet Access. Wikipedia.
What is a fast, reliable access?
How fast? How slow? What average speeds?
Summary:
1) The minimum speeds in the US FCC National Broadband Plan will be "faster than dial-up." [What is U.S. dial-up speed? <56kbps]
2) A recent survey sponsored by the FCC referred to the term "broadband." The survey described home broadband users as those who have almost any Internet connection other than dial-up, such as a cable modem, DSL, fixed wireless, satellite, fiber optic, T-1 or a mobile broadband wireless connection.
3) Cable and DSL, the most widely used home Internet connections, can theoretically reach speeds of 30Mbit/sec and 10Mbit/sec, respectively, but average speeds are often much slower.[Measure upload & download times.]
4) The U.S. is falling behind other countries in broadband penetration and speeds. [Which countries have better bb penetration compared to U.S.?]
5) The U.S. Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) upcoming national broadband plan will ask television broadcasters to voluntarily give up unused wireless spectrum, in exchange for a share of the profits when that spectrum is sold. [Who are U.S. TV broadcasters? What is wireless spectrum? What profits are expected? Why do TV broadcast and mobile bb use/share wireless spectrum?]
6) The FCC's national broadband plan, due out next month (March 2010), will focus on freeing up 500MHz of wireless spectrum over the next decade, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said during a speech at the New America Foundation. As part of that effort, Genachowski said the plan will propose a "mobile future auction," permitting spectrum licensees to give up spectrum.
7) FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski's speech: "With this plan, we have a special opportunity to lay a foundation for American leadership in the 21st century. If we get it right, broadband, and in particular mobile broadband, will be an enduring engine for creating jobs and growing our economy, for spreading knowledge and enhancing civic engagement, for advancing a healthier, sustainable way of life. This is our moment. Let's seize it."
Sources:
Computerworld (CW). Networking & Internet. Definition of 'broadband' still a secret in U.S. plan. Some minimum speeds will be set in final document, its author says. By Matt Hamblen. 4 March 2010, 11.44 AM ET
Computerworld (CW). Networking & Internet. Broadband in rural America: Why I'm not holding my breath. Opinion: Despite promising new technologies and federal stimulus money, the rural U.S. remains the land that telecom forgot. By David Haskin. 25 February 2010, 06:00 AM ET
Computerworld (CW). Networking & Internet. FCC aims to free up 500MHz of spectrum for broadband. By Grant Gross. 24 February 2010, 12:49 PM ET
Broadband Internet Access. Wikipedia.
e-paper devices
The Sony Reader is an e-book reader manufactured by Sony. It uses an electronic paper display developed by E Ink Corporation that has 166 dpi (200 dpi in 5 inch version PRS-300) resolution, eight levels of grayscale (16 in the PRS-900 model), is viewable in direct sunlight, requires no power to maintain a static image, and is usable in portrait or landscape orientation. The reader uses an iTunes Store-like interface to purchase books from Sony Connect eBook store (currently US and Canada only). It also can display Adobe PDFs, ePub format, personal documents, blogs, RSS newsfeeds, JPEGs, and Sony's proprietary BBeB ("BroadBand eBook") format. The Reader can play MP3 and unencrypted AAC audio files.
The Sony Reader competes with other e-paper devices: the Amazon Kindle, iRex iLiad, the Jinke Hanlin eReader, CyBook by Bookeen, and the Barnes & Noble nook.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Reader
The Sony Reader competes with other e-paper devices: the Amazon Kindle, iRex iLiad, the Jinke Hanlin eReader, CyBook by Bookeen, and the Barnes & Noble nook.
Operating systems
Windows
Sony Reader comes bundled with Sony's proprietary software called Sony eBook Library (formally called Sony Connect). It is similar to iTunes in nature and requires Windows XP or higher (Windows Vista or Windows 7), an 800 MHz processor, 128 MB of RAM, and 20 MB of hard disk space. This software does not work on the 64-bit versions of Windows XP. 64-bit Windows Vista and Windows 7 is supported since Sony eBook Library version 2.5.00.09170 for all but the 500 models.[12]Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Reader
Saturday, March 6, 2010
UBBL 1984 may be amended
UBBL may be amended to increase broadband reach: Muhyiddin
PUTRAJAYA (March 4, 2010): The government was looking at amending the Uniform Building By-Laws (UBBL) 1984 to make it mandatory for all new buildings to have broadband facilities, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said.
The matter was being considered by the Housing and Local Government Ministry which has been talking to the relevant stakeholders in the industry to ensure the proposal can be implemented.
"Broadband facility has now become a necessity like electricity and water. Every house everywhere around the country needs this facility. So, it is timely for all of it to be done at the same time.
More from Sun2Surf, 4 March 2010: http://www.sun2surf.com/article.cfm?id=44030
PUTRAJAYA (March 4, 2010): The government was looking at amending the Uniform Building By-Laws (UBBL) 1984 to make it mandatory for all new buildings to have broadband facilities, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said.
The matter was being considered by the Housing and Local Government Ministry which has been talking to the relevant stakeholders in the industry to ensure the proposal can be implemented.
"Broadband facility has now become a necessity like electricity and water. Every house everywhere around the country needs this facility. So, it is timely for all of it to be done at the same time.
More from Sun2Surf, 4 March 2010: http://www.sun2surf.com/article.cfm?id=44030
Thursday, March 4, 2010
New buildings must have broadband infrastructure
Must for new buildings to provide broadband infrastructure
PUTRAJAYA, March 4 — All new buildings will have to provide broadband infrastructure as a new compulsory service, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said today.More from The Malaysian Insider, 4 March 2010 - http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/55265-must-for-new-buildings-to-provide-broadband-infrastructure
Three-tier meetings:
1) Cabinet2) Ministry
3) Stakeholders
Cabinet meetings:
1) Deputy Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin
2) Cabinet committee meeting - Done
Ministerial meeting:
Ministry of Housing and Local Government - Not yet
Stakeholders' meetings:
1) Stakeholders - Not yet
2) Who are the stakeholders? How many?
3) The choice of stakeholders will depend on what/which technologies are chosen for roll-out of broadband & services for housing schemes
Summary & broadband issues for new buildings:
1) All new buildings must provide broadband infrastructure2) This is a new compulsory ruling for broadband services
3) Broadband is a necessity just like electricity and water
4) Make broadband & services available
5) To help achieve targeted 100% accessibility
6) Housing schemes are either with/without broadband infrastructure
7) Cheaper to provide broadband infrastructure in new buildings
8) New buildings without broadband infrastructure will incure higher cost
Broadband infrastructure for new buildings:
1) No specifications so far2) No cost has been cited (can be more expensive than now)
3) Cost is dependent on technology deployed
4) Bigger bandwidth will incur higher cost
Broadband performance and cost today
1) I pay RM77/mo for TM Streamyx (non WiFi version) since Jan 20082) I get to use Internet 24/7 most times
3) Internet is fast at home
4) Sometimes I cannot get Internet
5) Error msg: cannot find www.google.com
6) It is very frustrating when I cannot access Internet at home
7) Sometimes I don't know what is wrong
8) I have to learn to figure out what possibly went wrong
9) It takes me 3 days to finally obtain help from TM Streamyx
10) TM Streamyx was selling an insurance plan
11) I complained I could not get Internet
12) I got Internet immediately after I complained
On Campus & Jaring:
1) We had e-mail postings that Internet services will be disrupted2) Internet was terrible on 4 March 2010
3) Internet was nil from 6.30pm-7pm on campus
4) On-campus Internet is slower now than it was before
5) Computer Centre said it upgraded our network
6) I feel it is worse now than before
7) What is the real truth?
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Digital Review Asia Pacific
The biennial Digital Review of Asia Pacific is a comprehensive guide to the state-of-practice and trends in information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) in Asia Pacific. This third edition (2007–2008) covers 31 countries and economies. Each country chapter presents key ICT policies, applications,and initiatives for national development. In addition, five thematic chapters provide a synthesis of some of the key issues in ICT4D in the region, including mobile and wireless technologies, risk communication, intellectual property regimes,and localization.
DirAP Summary
1) Digital Review Asia Pacific is issued bi-annually
2) 4 issues - 2003-2004, 2005-2006, 2007-2008, 2009-2010
3) Chapter by country or economies
4) 30 countries & 3 regions listed
5) .my Malaysia is chapter 21
6) Each chapter can be downloaded
Source: http://www.digital-review.org/
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
SAING
Sahabat Siber Sayang Kelantan (Saing)
2 March 2010
Summary for Saing:
1) Date launched - Saturday, 6 February 2010
2) Who launched - MB, YAB Tok Guru Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat
3) Venue launched - Restoran Senangin, Perdana Resort, Kelantan
4) Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=433631045286
5) Admin team - 15 people
6) Registered members - 5,820
7) Language - Kelantan dialect / Kelantan ascent / loghat Kelantan
8) Source blog - http://asakelate.ning.com/profile/adninaim
9) How many Internet subscribers joined Saing on Facebook? Only 5.94%
10) How many Internet subscribers did not join Saing on Facebook? About 94%
11) How to promote and entice the 94% to join Saing on Facebook? Promote Saing on blogs, Twitter, etc
7% Internet penetration in Kelantan
Only Seven Per Cent Of Kelantan Population Have Internet Access
KOTA BAHARU, Feb 24 (Bernama) -- Describing the percentage as low, the Kelantan Government has revealed that only seven per cent of its 1.4 million population have access to the Internet.
More from Bernama - 24 Feb: http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=477803
Internet penetration at 7pc for Kelantan
KOTA BAHARU, Feb 24 — Describing the percentage as low, the Kelantan government has revealed that only seven per cent of its 1.4 million population have access to the Internet.More from The Malaysian Insider - 24 Feb: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/54348-internet-penetration-at-7pc-for-kelantan
Summary for Kelantan:
1) Population 1.4 million2) Internet penetration 7% (98,000 subscribers)
3) IT literacy - many are not IT literate
4) State reference for IT literacy - cannot access Internet to follow foreign & local news
5) Infrastructure - state govt supportive of land development by telcos including for transmitter installations
6) Govt agency - Kelantan State Economic Development Corporation (KSEDC)
7) Subsidiary - Infraquest Sdn Bhd (subsidiary of KSEDC)
8) Policy - by State govt & Jaring, to monitor users
9) Abuse - borderless world encourages cyber crime
10) Facebook - Sahabat Siber Sayang Kelantan (Saing)
Accessing the Internet at home
Ofcom research study done by Ipsos Mori in the UK.
Research design: Qualitative & quantitative study
Target group: Home without Internet, non Internet users at home, people without Internet at home
Source: http://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/telecoms/reports/bbresearch/bbathome.pdf
Research design: Qualitative & quantitative study
Target group: Home without Internet, non Internet users at home, people without Internet at home
Source: http://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/telecoms/reports/bbresearch/bbathome.pdf
MY broadband penetration
M'sia on track to achieve broadband penetration target
News 2010-03-01 17:34
KUALA LUMPUR, March 1 (Bernama) -- Malaysia is on track to achieve the 50 per cent broadband penetration target by yearend after reaching 32.4 per cent so far.More from MYSinchew.com - 1 March: http://www.mysinchew.com/node/35726
Summary for Malaysia:
1) Population: 27 million rakyat2) Current broadband penetration: 32.4% on 1 March 2010 (8,748,000 subscribers)
3) Targeted broadband penetration: 50% by 31 December 2010 (13.5 million subscribers)
4) Duration to reach target: 9 months
5) Current broadband penetration gap: 17.6% on 1 March 2010 (4,752,000 new subscribers)
6) More than 4.7 million new subscribers will sign up for broadband before 31 Dec 2010
7) 50% rakyat will not have broadband by 31 December 2010 (non subscribers)
8) What % of the 50% without broadband belong to the bottom billion category?
9) How do we get the bottom billion to get onto the digital band wagon?
10) What is the price of subscribing to broadband?
11) Is broadband affordable? Is it affordable by the rural poor?
12) If broadband is unaffordable, what can we do to alleviate this problem?
13) Do we have a cheaper source of broadband? How? What? Where? When?
Arkib Negara Malaysia
National Archives gets firm on records preservation
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 17 — The National Archives of Malaysia (ANM) being the keeper of the national records seeks greater cooperation especially from public servants in preserving records that may have legal and historical significance in the future.More from The Malaysian Insider - Feb 17: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/53435-national-archives-gets-firm-on-records-preservation
written by Prof Faridah Abdul Rashid, USM Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, February 17, 2010
I now have a researcher card/pass to do research at our National Archives in KL. I am writing on The Early Malay Doctors from 1870 to Merdeka. There is not much in our archive on this topic. What is more worrying is that most of the archived materials are still hardcopies when what we need for today's research should be in softcopies and readily available at the National Archives portal. There is still much that National Archives needs to do and can do. I will be more than happy to assist with the medical literature as I am currently working on that and should be free once my book is published. Maybe a Sabbatical Leave spent at National Archives will expedite efforts in converting from print base to digital archive. I really need the digital version as I live farthest from KL and can't be going there frequently or daily as I can if everything is online. It will be great once we can have the digital version. Malaysia Boleh!
written by Prof Faridah Abdul Rashid, USM Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, March 02, 2010
@National Heritage
TQ for your support. I have an idea...if National Archives is interested, I can help initiate a digital version...but only after my book is out next year. For now, I can gather people who are interested, and then get USM to move in for MoU and I take it from there. There is National Library of Medicine online and also British Museum online, so those two are good enough to study for a start. If it is text that we are after, then I would suggest to study that of PubMed and the big publishers (even Amazon.com has a good hosting mechanism). Whatever it is, we must think of safety, security & accessibility of Malaysia's digital resources. There is a good company that can make very good databases or we can initiate USM to create a good one that is unique. If the rakyat needs the digital resources, then I will e-mail my VC and see how USM can help National Archives.
TQ for your support. I have an idea...if National Archives is interested, I can help initiate a digital version...but only after my book is out next year. For now, I can gather people who are interested, and then get USM to move in for MoU and I take it from there. There is National Library of Medicine online and also British Museum online, so those two are good enough to study for a start. If it is text that we are after, then I would suggest to study that of PubMed and the big publishers (even Amazon.com has a good hosting mechanism). Whatever it is, we must think of safety, security & accessibility of Malaysia's digital resources. There is a good company that can make very good databases or we can initiate USM to create a good one that is unique. If the rakyat needs the digital resources, then I will e-mail my VC and see how USM can help National Archives.
Mobile broadband
Mobile broadband will reach rural areas soon, says Rais
BARCELONA, Feb 17 — Malaysia is recognised as among the countries which have contributed significantly to the advancement in the mobile broadband industry, Information Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said.More from The Malaysian Insider - Feb 17: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/53418-mobile-broadband-will-reach-rural-areas-soon-says-rais
Acer scanner
Here is the Acer scanner driver download page. There is none for Windows 7 OS.
http://www.nodevice.com/driver/company/ACER/Scanner.html
http://www.nodevice.com/driver/company/ACER/Scanner.html
Monday, March 1, 2010
MyREN
MYREN Research Community comprises of leading researches from various organizations in Malaysia. The community aims to promote formalization of research projects in accordance to specific focus area.
There are currently 7 Research Areas (RA) established under MYREN including Network Research, IPv6, E-Research, Multimedia Applications and Knowledge Management and Information Retrieval, High Performance Cyber Design (HPCD) and Virtual Informatics (VI). Each RA is chaired by an appointed area director. Each Research Area has Working Groups.
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