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CA$HING IN ONLINE
by: Stories by Izwan Ismail
Online affiliations are a growing trend. Many affiliates have reported to be making decent earnings, dismissing claims that it’s just another online getrich-quick scheme.
Lucrative if done right
The Internet is a money-generating mechanism for many people, namely bloggers and Web site owners. The unique traffic they attract to their blogs and Web sites is attractive enough for advertisers to place their ads there.
Can one earn good ...
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INNOVATION
MICROSCOPES are invaluable tools to identify blood and other cells when screening for diseases such as anaemia, tuberculosis and malaria. But they are also bulky and expensive.
NOTEBOOK
1 Reuters1Sesame Street – Malaysians joined in to celebrate the 40th birthday of this children’s TV show on Nov 10.
LAB REVIEW
THERE’s always something sinister about being two-faced, but that’s not the case with the Acer DX650. This entry-level smartphone has a dual-face design for easy multi-tasking.
BLOGGER'S SAY
CLOTHES, shoes and accessories. These are three items women can never have enough of. And Angel Boutique (www.angel-boutique.blogspot.com) knows that very well.
NEWSFRONT
ASPECT Software’s unified communications products for contact centres now can interoperate with Office Communications Server 2007 following a tie-up with Microsoft.
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GAMING
Along with World of Warcraft and the Wii, the Guitar Hero franchise and its progeny Rock Band have been the most important commercial drivers of video gaming’s leap into the cultural mainstream over the last half-decade.
AV - IT
Sharp has come up with the world’s first LCD TV with a built-in Blu-ray disc player. At RM6,599, the 40-inch LC-40LB even features a full array of LED backlights, instead of the more conventional cold cathode fluorescent lamp backlights.
TECH TALK
Silicon Valley may have discovered the perfect business: charging real money for products that do not exist.
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| BITS & BYTES |
- SharePoint Summit
iTrain Malaysia will hold SharePoint Summit 2009 from Dec 8 to 10 in Kuala Lumpur. The event offers a knowledge-sharing opportunity to learn about the SharePoint platform. For details, call 03-21661879 or e-mail: info@itrain.com.my or visit www.iTrainSharePointSummit.com.
- Office 2003 training
IMS Asia is having a special promotion on Microsoft Office 2003 training (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) from basic to advanced levels. For details, call Salina at 012-2319217/03-77101360 or e-mail:salina@imsasia.com.
- OOAD workshop
A workshop on Object Oriented Analysis Design Using UML 2.x Notation will be held from Oct 27 to 29 in Kuala Lumpur. For details, call Wendy at 017-2193377 or e-mail: wendy@atdsolution.com.
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THE ongoing potong advertisement war between two broadband service providers urging subscribers to switch their broadband service may rile some feathers, but it is actually good news for consumers. In trying to outdo each other, the service providers may just be giving consumers the quality of service they rightly deserve.
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