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Firefox 4 Slips to 2011

Mozilla has admitted the next point release of its Firefox browser, slated for release this month, won't appear until some time in Q1 2010 and the next major release, originally targeted for the middle of next year, is likely to slip into 2011. The news comes as some embarrassment for Mozilla, coming just a few days after it boasted Firefox 3.5 was the 'most popular browser' though some creative market share analysis.

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The Best Sports Photographs of 2009

Top 10: Ways To Project Positivity

No.1 - Smile Smiling is perhaps the simplest way to project positivity. Think about it: You smile when you’re happy, but with a little work, you can train yourself to feel happy when you smile as well. A smile shows people you’re engaged, enthusiastic and open. Smiling is also contagious. When you smile at others, they’ll find it awfully hard not to respond in kind. No.2 - Be solution-oriented Whenever you encounter an idea you don’t like or a lukewarm response from a group of attractive women, your first instinct should be to find a solution. How can you make that bad idea better? How can you make the flawed strategy more effective? How can you improve your rate of success with women? If your first impulse is to solve problems, rather than to dwell on them, you’ll go far.

Be A Better Man In 2010

It isn’t just the end of a year; it’s the end of a decade. And a pretty significant decade at that. Ten years ago, it was New Year’s Eve 2000! You were dancing to Prince and laughing off the threat of Y2K (even if you were secretly a little apprehensive about it) and the party rocked all night long. Then you woke up into a hangover and a Bloody Mary and a fresh new year. Then that year flew by, and nine more years after it, and now here we are: New Year’s Eve 2010. We live in a culture that prizes youth, and because of this, we’re conditioned for nostalgia. We see the time that’s behind us as time lost, full of opportunities that are now lost too. And at the end of a decade, we feel it tenfold. Well, at AM we say: Enough! Enough sniffling over what could have been. It’s time for a mind-shift. And here’s how we’re going to initiate it: take the closest piece of paper and on it write down three things that you’ve accomplished since that New Year's Eve party 10 years ago. Maybe you ...

Ardi, Temuan Paling Fenomenal di 2009

Penemuan kerangka manusia pura tertua bernama Ardi dianggap sebagai temuan paling penting tahun ini. Penemuan ini membuktikan bahwa manusia dan simpanse berevolusi secara terpisah. Dilansir melalui Berkeley Education, Kamis (31/12/2009), penemuan ini tidak hanya mencengangkan para ilmuwan tapi juga manusia. Secara tidak langsung temuan ini mematahkan teori Darwin yang menganggap manusia berevolusi dari kera. Sebelum menerbitkan temuannya, seluruh tim yang diketuai Tim White dari University of California, membutuhkan waktu 17 tahun untuk mencari dan menganalisa tengkorak Ardi dan ribuan fosil lainnya yang ditemukan bersamaan. Ardi dianggap sebagai nenek moyang manusia sebenarnya, bukan kera.

About hi5

Being bored can inspire. Some bored people are inspired to pick up a hobby. Some bored people volunteer for the greater good of the community. Some bored people spend every free night thinking of ridiculous things to do and videotape. The Hi5 falls mainly into the second catergory... oh wait, I mean the one about ridiculous things. It's all about doing something that will cause a laugh and hopefully not be too boring to watch on video later. The ideas usually start off simple... for instance, one day we decided to go to the park and feed the ducks. We ended up duct taping slices of white bread onto every visible spot on Scottys body and sent him to mingle with the ducks.

Twitterature Downsizes Literary Classics

As if CliffNotes didn't already have Shakespeare and Steinbeck rolling in their graves, now there's "Twitterature," a new book that will set the literary world on its head. Written by 19-year-old University of Chicago students Alexander Aciman and Emmett L. Rensin, the book features more than 80 classics, summed up in 20 Tweets or less, according to EW.com. As on the actual Twitter, each Tweet contains a maximum of 140 characters. The result of this microblogging-meets-masterpiece experiment? William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" is summed up as: "@Peopleof Denmark: Don't worry. Fortinbras will take care of thee. Peace." EW.com has found some other classic spoilers included in "Twitterature." For instance there's this from "Anna Karenina": "Alright, twenty rubles says that I can toss my bag in the air, run across the tracks, and catch it before the train arriv–" In defense of "Twitterature,"...

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Photos: Tiger Woods' alleged mistresses Theresa Rogers, Loredana Joli, Cori Rist, Rachel Uchitel

The greatest golfer in the world is proving to be a sub-par husband. The list of Tiger Woods' purported bedmates continues to grow, reaching #10 with reports of a tryst with 40-something Theresa Rogers.

Facebook Fugitive Craig Lynch Updates Facebook Status

British police can't find escaped convict Craig Lynch, but search for him on Facebook and you’ll see that he has nearly 4,000 fans and an info box that says "Life is what you make it, live fast, die young!!!" Photo: Facebook screen grab of Craig Lynch's profile. Lynch seems intent on doing just that. Back in September, the 28-year-old Facebook-friendly convict escaped the Hollesey Bay Prison, located in Suffolk, about 100 miles north of London. Though police can't seem to figure out where he is, his Facebook friends get constant updates with Lynch describing everything from what he ate for dinner to who his first sexual conquest of 2010 will be, according to CNN .

Facebook Ideal Alami Serangan Dunia Maya

McAfee melaporkan jejaring sosial akan menghadapi eskalasi serangan peretas pada 2010. Penegakan hukum diharapkan membuat gebrakan memerangi kejahatan dunia maya itu. “Ledakan aplikasi Facebook dan layanan lainnya akan menjadi ranah ideal bagi kejahatan dunia maya yang akan mengambil keuntungan sesama teman yang saling percaya untuk mengklik link yang potensial mengandung ancaman berbahaya,” ujar McAfee.

New Micro-Machine Harvests Energy from Vibrations

Highways, train stations, and even dance floors: the world is full of vibrating surfaces that could yield a rich trove of clean, sustainable energy. It’s called piezoelectric energy, formed by the conversion of mechanical strain into electrical current. Now a team of researchers in Europe has developed a micro-scaled piezoelectric device that could harvest energy from machinery as well as from infrastructure and buildings.

Security in Windows 7: User Account Control (UAC)

People who bought computers with Vista preinstalled tend to be a lot happier than those who upgraded from XP, especially those who failed to run the upgrade advisor. The same is true of Windows 7. Even after following all advice from the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor, I still had to jump through hoops to re-enable my connection to PCMag's Virtual Private Network after upgrading from Vista. Even the biggest Vista fans, the ones who've never experienced any upgrade tribulations, have to admit that User Account Control (UAC) can be a pain in the neck. Fortunately Microsoft made some significant improvements in it for Windows 7.

How Campus Communication Technology Works

Today's generation of college students is among the first to take technological innovations such as e-mail, text-messaging and wireless Internet capability for granted. Entering freshmen in 2007 anticipate that they'll be connected in the dorms, in the classroom and across campus. © Yellow Dog Productions/Photodisc/ Getty Images Tech-savvy students expect WiFi connections. As university administrators try to keep pace with the expectations of these students who've grown up using the Internet, they're transforming the college campus into a wireless environment that integrates the latest communication technologies into the classroom and into student life. Some of the changes simply enhance the student lifestyle; others strike at the very root of timeworn notions of how learning should take place in higher-education institutions. A 2007 University of Virginia survey found that 67 percent of incoming freshman owned an iPod. Among students who came to school with a co...

Social Networks for Adults

Whil­e adults have joined online social networks that have been previously dominated by teens like MySpace and Facebook, adult users are also joining online social networks targeted at adult members. Adult social networks don't specialize in "adult" content (although those certainly exist), instead they're social networks for professionals rather than purely for friends. With over 15 million members, LinkedIn is the largest online social network for business professionals. On LinkedIn, profile pages read more like resumes, citing professional experience and education and leaving out personal tidbits like favorite books and bands. Not until recently did LinkedIn even allow users to post a profile picture for fear that it would turn the strictly business site into yet another excuse for online dating.

Information Technology Social Networks

Information technology professionals and amateur geeks have been gathering online since Usenet fi­rst launched in 1979. For people who spend their workday in front of a computer facing new technology challenges, it's natural that IT professionals took quickly to online forums, newsgroups and discussion boards. IT social networks are the latest extension of these virtual communities.

Gus Dur Wafat di RSCM

Mantan Presiden RI Abdurrahman Wahid meninggal dunia di Rumah Sakit Cipto Mangungkusumo (RSCM) pada pukul 18.45. Gus Dur menghembuskan nafasnya yang terakhir setelah sejak pukul 13.00 siang tadi dirawat intensif di ICU. Wafatnya Gus Dur itu disampaikan asisten pribadi Gus Dur, Bambang Susanto. "Innalilahi wai inalilahi rojiun ...telah meninggal dunia KH. ABDURRAHMAN WAHID(GUS DUR) di RSCM ...Al-fatehah," tulis Bambang dalam pesan pendek kepada JPNN.

Hacking and Social Networks

When people talk about hacking and social networks, they're not referring to the com­mon definition of hacking, which is using malicious code or backdoors in computer networks to damage systems or steal proprietary information. Hacking into social networks requires very little technical skill. It's much more of a psychological game -- using information on personal profiles to win a complete stranger's trust. This second type of hacking is called social engineering. Social engineering uses persuasive psychological techniques to exploit the weakest link in the information security system: people [source: SearchSecurity.com ]. Examples of social engineering scams could be: Calling a systems administrator posing as an angry executive who forgot his password and needs to access his computer immediately. Posing as a bank employee and calling a customer to ask for his credit card number. Pretending to lose your key card and kindly asking an employee to let you into the office...

Ning's Infinite Ambition

It isn't just a site where users can build their own social networks -- Ning is a model of how to create a perpetual growth machine. Here's something you probably don't know about the Internet: Simply by designing your product the right way, you can build a billion-dollar business from scratch. No advertising or marketing budget, no need for a sales force, and venture capitalists will kill for the chance to throw money at you.

Download Buku Membongkar Gurita Cikeas

Kalau anda sudah lihat berita di media massa dan elektronik tentang munculnya buku "Membongkar Gurita Cikeas", nah sekarang "sinopsisnya" bisa anda dapat disini . Isu yang beredar dari berbagai wawancara baik media massa dan elektronik, buku tersebut terkesan lemah. Walaupun sekarang hujatan pikiran rakyat Indonesia makin memanasa untuk ingin mengetahui isi buku tersebut. Dalam sebuah wawancara yang menghadirkan  George Junus Aditjondro, Jero Wacik dan juga berbagai pengamat lainnya disebuah stasiun televisi cukup membuka peluang isi dari buku ini akan jauh dari harapan. Jauh dari harapan pembaca atau memang jauh dari harapan penulis terhadap kritik para pengamat.

Google Unveils a New Holiday Doodle

A picture is worth a thousand words, they say, and Google has certainly taken it to heart. It never misses an opportunity to stick a new piece of graphic in place of the regular logo on its homepage to mark a celebration or noteworthy event. With the holidays basically here, Google is taking it one step further with a new 'doodle' every day presumably at least until Christmas. Today we got the third doodle in the series and Google has continued the theme with yet another holiday-themed postcard interestingly displayed on top of the ones from the previous days. The postcard itself depicts a mountain scene and a cabin decked in Christmas lights, a look people will be more accustomed to compared to the first one which featured a desert scene.

WordPress 2.9, Now with Built-in Image Editor and Delete Undo

The latest version of the world most popular self-hosted blogging platform, WordPress 2.9, is now out and available for everyone to download and install. It's been quite a while since the last major update, more than six months actually, and the latest version comes with a few big new features and a bunch of smaller ones as well as updates, bug fixes, the works. The biggest feature is likely the new image editor which allows users to do basic photo editing inside the post editor without having to rely on third-party tools. “I’m here on behalf of the entire WordPress development team and community to announce the immediate availability of WordPress version 2.9 “Carmen” named in honor of magical jazz vocalist Carmen McRae (whom we’ve added to our Last.fm WP release station),” Matt Mullenweg, Automattic founder, the company behind the open-source WordPress platform and the WordPress.com blog hosting service, wrote.

One Laptop Per Child Pushes XO Innovation to New Heights

Upcoming Facebook Redesign Surface

About Twitter

Twitter, founded by Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams in March 2006 (launched publicly in July 2006), is a social networking and micro-blogging service that allows users to post their latest updates. An update is limited by 140 characters and can be posted through three methods: web form, text message, or instant message. The company has been busy adding features to the product like Gmail import and search. They recently launched a new site section called “Explore” for external and third party tools that interact with Twitter and a new visualization tool called Twitter Blocks.

Dana nature reserve, Jordan, June

I'm sitting on a shady terrace, drinking mint tea, listening to the music of village life and enjoying the breeze. I'm in the Dana Nature Reserve in the mountains of eastern Jordan. Last time I was here it was in December and on the day we went to Petra it snowed - a raging blizzard with howling winds.

What is Xanga?

Xanga (pronounced /ˈzæŋə/) is a website that hosts weblogs, photoblogs, and social networking profiles. It is operated by Xanga.com, Inc., based in New York City.

Top Kontroversi: Buku Membongkar Gurita Cikeas

George Junus Aditjondro (lahir pada 27 Mei 1946 di Pekalongan, Jawa Tengah) adalah seorang sosiolog asal Indonesia.

Hoax: Virus A Card For You on Facebook

Your service users Facebook? alert! a new virus is found, and classified by Microsoft as the most destructive! The virus was only discovered on Sunday afternoon last by McAfee, and have not found a vaccine to beat. The virus is damaging Zero from the hard disc  sector , the saving function of the most important information. The virus is running as follows: This virus automatically be sent to all the names in your address list with the title: "A Card for You" (Une Carte  Pour Vous , or A Card For You). Once the virtual card is opened, the virus that would freeze the computer so that the user must begin again; if you press CTRL + ALT + DEL or a command to restart, the virus that will destroy the Boot Sector Zero from the hard disk, so the hard disk will be permanently damaged. According to CNN, the virus was in a few hours had caused panic in New York. This warning has been accepted by Microsoft's own employees. Do not open e-mail with the title: "A...

Can Google's Chrome Banner Change the Course of the Browser Wars?

Google has an ad banner in their search home page for their Chrome browser. Can it eventually change the course of the browser wars? And what can happen if it does?

2010 Predictions: The Year Ahead in Tech

Well, it's that time of the year again. Time to enjoy the glow of a nice LED backlit display and huddle with the warmth that only an overclocked PC can produce. Yep, it's time to take a look at what's going to happen in technology in 2009. Here are my five predictions for the new year. This is the year of Vista - I mean Windows 7 - Yes, it's real and it's coming in 2009. Don't expect to hear a lot of Vista cheerleading going forward, other than Microsoft telling you how much better Windows 7 will be. Between Microsoft and all its partners, close to a billion dollars will be spent on beating the Windows 7 drum and trying to get the market beyond Vista and back to Windows at the same time. The good news for IT departments is that there won't be much of end-user demand for the new operating system, so they can take their time to deploy.

Internet Explorer 9, a free upgrade for the web

It shocks me as a devoted Firefox user to say this, but Internet Explorer 9 could very well leapfrog the competition in the race of next-generation of web browsers in 2010 thanks to a groundbreaking platform-wide implementation of a hardware-accelerated renderer that I think is quite literally “a free upgrade for the web”. What makes IE9’s implementation of hardware-acceleration so compelling is that it has major real-world benefits and its completely transparent to both end-user and web developers. Using the new capabilities in Direct2D instead of GDI, IE9 is able to rendering all the visual elements of websites much faster and smoother using the powers of the graphics processing unit (GPU), instead of the CPU. One example of where this functionality really shines is in the Bing Maps demo where continuously panning the map is just as smooth as navigating a map in a 3D strategy game.

World Press Photo 2009

Our mission is to encourage high professional standards in photojournalism and to promote a free and unrestricted exchange of information. World Press Photo aims to support professional press photography on a wide international scale. Promotional activities include an annual contest, exhibitions, the stimulation of photojournalism through educational programs, and creating greater visibility for press photography through a variety of publications.

Serangan Besar Lumpuhkan Internet

Serangan yang ditujukan ke penyedia server DNS melumpuhkan beberapa perusahaan e-commerce besar. Serangan itu terjadi saat menjelang Natal yang krusial. Neustar, perusahaan yang menyediakan layanan DNS, UltraDNS mengkonfirmasi adanya serangan yang mengambil alih situs dan membuat layanan menjadi lambat. Perwakilan perusahaan mangatakan, serangan itu memang ditujukan langsung ke fasilitas Neustar di Palo Alto dan San Jose, California.

Top 10: New Year's Resolutions All Men Should Make

As 2010 looms ever larger, inevitably many of us will indulge in a bit of navel gazing. We will look at our flaws, faults, bad habits, and failed ambitions, and resolve to do better in the future. While we all know New Year’s resolutions are far easier to make than they are to keep, it doesn’t stop us from promising ourselves a more successful, more productive and happier year than the last one.

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Lima Buku Yang Dilarang Beredar di Indonesia

Dalih Pembunuhan Massa Gerakan 30 September dan Kudeta Soeharto karangan John Rosa,  Suara Gereja bagi Umat Tertindas Penderitaan Tetesan Darah dan Cucuran Air Mata Umat Tuhan di Papua Barat Harus Diakhiri karangan Cocratez Sofyan Yoman,  Lekra Tak Membakar Buku: Suara Senyap Lembar Kebudayaan Harian Rakjat 1950-1965 karya duet Rhoma Dwi Aria Yuliantri dan Muhidin M Dahlan,  Enam Jalan Menuju Tuhan karangan Darmawan dan Mengungkap Misteri Keberagaman Agama karangan Syahrudin Ahmad.

Bintang Porno Jepang Topless di Film Indonesia

Bintang film porno asal Jepang, Rin Sakuragi akan tampil di film garapan Maxima 'Suster Keramas'. Di film bergenre horor komedi itu, Rin melakoni adegan syur. Di trailer film 'Suster Keramas', Rin terlihat tengah menanggalkan pakaian di depan dua pemain pria. "Adegan itu merupakan adegan ketika beberapa anak berimajinasi nakal," ujar Odi Mulya Hidayat, pihak Maxima saat bincang-bincang dengan detikhot di Pasar Festival, Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan, Selasa (15/12/2009).

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Wah, Penyerang Paus Punya Fans di Facebook

Susanna Maiolo (25), penyerang Paus Benediktus XIV pada misa Malam Natal, Kamis (24/12/2009), ternyata memiliki fans. Tidak tanggung-tanggung, fans tersebut membuat akun Facebook yang mendukung perbuatan Maiolo tersebut. Dalam hitungan jam, jumlah facebookers yang bergabung ke dalam akun tersebut telah mencapai 150 orang. Seorang anggota kabinet menteri Italia menyebut ke-150 orang tersebut sebagai pengecut. Seperti diwartakan, Maiolo, yang mentalnya terganggu, menerobos barisan keamanan dan berhasil menarik Paus hingga terjatuh. Sebelumnya, Maiolo juga berusaha menerobos barisan keamanan Paus pada tahun 2008, tetapi tidak berhasil. Mayoritas komentar di akun Facebook tersebut bernada sarkastik. Seorang anggota, misalnya, mengatakan bahwa Maiolo seharusnya "Mendapatkan medali emas dalam cabang lomba lompat gawang di Olimpiade."

How to Get a Little Privacy on Facebook

Facebook's latest privacy revamp has changed some of the options available to users. It's offered more specific levels of privacy for some content, though it also may have led some users to select settings they didn't necessarily want. Here's a guide to Facebook's new privacy settings, what they mean, and how to activate them.

WiFi Hotspot Locator

Wondering where to find the nearest publicly available WiFi Internet access? TechNewsWorld's WiFi Hotspot Locator is a global directory of more than 110,000 locations offering WiFi Internet access in 26 countries. To receive results, you must enter a valid city, state name or zip/postal code in the field below. If you are searching for a location outside of the United States, be sure to select the country/region.

Relearning Trust in a Web 2.0 World

Web 2.0 has spawned a new generation of Internet scams -- let's call them "Cons 2.0." It's not as easy to dupe users as it used to be, but increasingly sophisticated social engineering strategies -- coupled with a growing acceptance of loss of control over one's personal data -- has made the Web a more dangerous neighborhood than ever. Still, there are steps you can take to protect yourself. Social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace rely on the trusted nature of the relationship between friends, colleagues, associates and followers. Unfortunately, the level of trust that end-users invest in each other is also being applied to the makers of applications and is perhaps a little over-optimistic. Increasingly, cybercriminals are being drawn by the possibilities opened up by application development on popular Web 2.0 Web sites with the promise of more money, which results in more infections and more potential for something to go horribly wrong with comput...

Facebook Sempat Diusili Clickjacking

Pengelola Facebook mengumumkan kalau dalam beberapa hari yang lalu mereka telah berhasil menghalau cybercrime melalui clickjacking. Kendati sudah diatasi, sang pengelola mengingatkan akan ada serangan baru. Seperti diketahui, metode clickjacking yang dilakukan perusak ini menyusupkan sebuah link kepada anggota situs jejaring sosial tersebut. Korban yang terjebak, bukannya mendapatkan situs yang diinginkan malah terjerumus ke halaman yang telah disisipi malware yang berbahaya.

Facebook Fuelling Divorce, Research Claims

The social networking site, which connects old friends and allows users to make new ones online, is being blamed for an increasing number of marital breakdowns. Divorce lawyers claim the explosion in the popularity of websites such as Facebook and Bebo is tempting to people to cheat on their partners. Suspicious spouses have also used the websites to find evidence of flirting and even affairs which have led to divorce.

Microsoft Security Essentials Ranks as Best-Performing Free Antivirus

Anti-malware testing group AV-Comparatives.org not only gave Microsoft Security Essentials a top rating for malware removal, but now they've given it their best ranking in their performance test as well. AV-Comparatives.org ran a series of real-world tests running through common scenarios like downloading, extracting, copying, and encoding files, installing and launching applications, and they also ran through an automated testing suite as well. Once the dust had settled, it became clear that not only is MSE one of only three products that both blocks and removes malware well, but it's also very light on system resources.

Google Nexus One Hands On [Nexus One]

Thanks to a clandestine meeting with a source, I got a chance to play with and try out the Nexus One. It's basically, from my time with it, Google's Droid killer. It's thin, it's fast, it's better in every way. My source was very firm about no photography, and I didn't want to jeopardize anything on my source's end, so there are no photos, hence these photos are ones we've already shown you. But, based on all the leaked shots this week, plus the very pretty and very clear one last week from Boy Genius, everyone knows what the phone looks like already. Hell, there's even a complete UI walkthrough today that's on YouTube. So I'm going to focus on the experience, and how it compares to the Droid and the iPhone 3GS.

Top Trending Topic Twitter 2009

Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Beta 5 Released

Mozilla has released Beta 5 of its upcoming web browser Firefox 3.6. This beta version is built on the Gecko 1.9.2 web rendering engine, containing many improvements for web developers, Add-on developers, and users. This 5th revision of the Beta of Firefox 3.6 / Gecko 1.9.2 introduces several new features: [NEW] Made some changes to how Mozilla allows third party software to integrate with Firefox in order to prevent crashes. [NEW] This beta is available in more than 70 languages - get your local version. More than 100 bug fixes from the last beta to improve performance, stability, security and features. The ability to run scripts asynchronously to speed up page load times. Users can now change their browser's appearance with a single click, with built in support for Personas. Firefox 3.6 will alert users about out of date plugins to keep them safe. Open, native video can now be displayed full screen, and supports poster frames. Support for the WOFF font format. Improve...

Mozilla Firefox 3.7

Here is an excellent news for Mozilla Firefox users. Almost all Firefox users complain about its look which is not good compared to other browsers like Google Chrome, IE8, etc. IE8 provides Aero Glass under Windows Vista and 7 but Mozilla Firefox doesn't.

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Zakiah Nurmala and Biography

Track Santa Online With Google Earth

It's that time of year again: the Northern  American Aerospace Defense Command  (NORAD) is partnering with  Google  to track Santa, so all the world's good boys and girls can follow along online. This is not just an opportunity for you and your kids to see how close Santa is to your house, but it's also a chance to teach your children a little something about the world. Use the  Google Earth  Browser Plug-in Santa began his annual journey at 2 a.m. ET on Thursday, and Google and NORAD have developed many different ways to keep tabs on the jolly old elf this season. One of the best ways to do so is through the  Google Earth Web browser plug-in  available for Windows and  Mac OS X  users. On Windows, the plug-in works with Google Chrome,  Internet Explorer 6  or higher, Firefox 2.0 or higher, and Flock. Mac users can use the plug-in with Safari and Firefox 3.0 or higher and some Chromium builds. Google Chrome for Mac does not...

Maudy Ayunda Jadi Zakiah Nurmala di Sang Pemimpi

Terlahir di Jakarta 19 Desember 1994, Maudy Ayunda merupakan bintang baru yang patut diperhitungkan. Debutnya dalam dunia hiburan tanah air dimulai saat dirinya membintangi film Untuk Rena di tahun 2006 yang notabene waktu ia usia 12 tahun. Dalam film arahan sutradara Riri Riza ini, tidak tanggung-tanggung di film ini Maudy mendapatkan peran utama dan beradu akting dengan aktor Surya Saputra. Ditahun 2009 ini dirinya kembali terlibat di sebuah film yang bisa dibilang cukup ditunggu oleh para penonton di tanah air. Sang Pemimpi yang merupakan bagian dari sekuel film Laskar Pelangi siap diluncurkan. Di film yang kembali diarahkan oleh Riri Riza ini Maudy berperan sebagai gadis melayu nan cantik bernama Zakiah Nurmala yang disukai oleh Arai.

Small, Private Funeral for Brittany Murphy

Actress Brittany Murphy will be laid to rest at a small, private funeral on Christmas Eve, while a larger memorial service may be held early next year. Family spokesman Alex Ben Block said the Thursday funeral for the "Clueless" and "Girl, Interrupted" actress will be by invitation-only at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills. The 32-year-old actress died after collapsing at her Hollywood Hills home on Sunday.

Facebook Bantu Cari Pedofilia

Situs jejaring pertemanan Facebook ternyata tidak hanya sebagai media online, narsis, dan juga hiburan. Senin (21/12) lalu, salah satu orang tua anak berusia 11 tahun berhasil menangkap basah pelaku pedofilia, Thomas Gibss, lewat situs Facebook. Lewat penyamaran yang dilakukan oleh orang tua tersebut lewat akun Facebook putrinya, Gibss terperangkap setelah mengetahui gadis yang diajaknya untuk bercinta tersebut, bukan korban yang sebenarnya melainkan orang tua gadis itu.

Syair Tsunami

Syair ini dalam bahasa Aceh, dikarang oleh salah satu siswa kelas 5 SD yang berada di Pulo Aceh. Syair ini sering dibaca bersama-sama oleh anak-anak yatim piatu dalam mengenang peristiwa besar Tsunami yang melanda Aceh pada tanggal 26 Desember 2004 silam. 26 Desember thon dua ribe peut Beungeh uroenyan gempa diteka Di le Tsunami rata jet gampong Rumoh digulong gampong ngen kuta Rame dum ureung yang ikot korban Inoung ngen agam tuha ngen muda Dum Aneuk yatim yang tanle Ayah Sayang sileupah mentui hana ma

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HTC Snap Saingan BB-kah?

Inner Circle = Quick Connections Life seems to be speeding up. And with more to organize and less time to do it, your phone should help prioritize the people who matter most to you. HTC Inner Circle keeps you connected to your exclusive few. With the touch of a button, e-mails from your “inner circle” rise to the top for quick access and streamlined communication. In Sync. In Step. In Tune. The HTC Snap offers a simple set of features, designed to keep your life running smoothly. Update your calendar, manage your contacts and emails and stay totally organized with the familiar experience of Windows Mobile. Even texting is faster than ever with the friendly QWERTY keyboard.

Hati-hati Upload Foto di Facebook

Online Social Networking seperti Facebook memang sedang mendunia tetapi ini ada satu hal yang perlu anda ketahui, khususnya bagi yang suka men-share foto di web. Sebuah penelitian yang dilakukan oleh University of Cambridge menemukan bahwa foto-foto yang telah anda hapus sebelumnya di online soscial networking tersebut sebenarnya tidak benar-benar dihapus atau dengan kata lain masih tersimpan di server mereka untuk beberapa waktu. Penelitian dilakukan kepada 16 website social networking dengan cara mengupload foto kemudian menghapusnya. Tetapi sebelum menghapus foto tersebut, mereka telah mencatat alamat URL dimana foto tersebut berada.

The Trojan That Never Was

Here's a cautionary tale about why, if you're a computer user, you shouldn't trust anyone: Not even your antivirus software. Avast, the free antivirus I've been using, and recommending for while, nearly gave me a heart attack the other day, via a nasty double whammy: wrongly identifying pretty much every program on my computer as a Trojan Horse virus, and then not telling me it had made a mistake. Antivirus software works like this: It keeps a library of bits of viruses it knows about it, and it compares those bits with everything on your computer. If it finds a match, warning sirens go off.

Malaysia Perkenalkan "Sup Babi" Versi Halal

Pemerintah Malaysia tengah mendukung kampanye mempopulerkan sebuah sup, yang diklaim sebagai salah satu ciri khas Negeri Jiran itu. Namun, kalangan ulama Islam menuntut pemerintah agar sup itu tidak memakai nama "Bak Kut Teh," karena berkonotasi mengandung daging babi. Dalam suatu pameran kuliner yang mempromosikan makanan tradisional akhir pekan lalu, Kementrian Pariwisata Malaysia memperkenalkan hidangan baru: Bak Kut Teh versi halal. Maksudnya, tulang dan daging yang menjadi bahan utama sup itu bukan berasal dari babi, melainkan ayam, ikan, dan sayur. Namun, maksud baik pemerintah itu mendapat kritik dari kalangan ulama Malaysia. Mereka keberatan bila hidangan itu tetap dinamai "Bak Kut Teh" walaupun memakai tambahan kata "halal."

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Kalah Sidang, Microsoft Akan Ubah Word

Microsoft dikabarkan akan melakukan perubahan pada aplikasi Word milik mereka. Hal ini dilakukan setelah Microsoft kalah dalam sengketa paten dengan sebuah perusahaan asal Kanada. Perubahan itu akan dilakukan Microsoft agar tetap bisa berjualan Microsoft Office, salah satu aplikasi andalan mereka. Seperti dikutip detikINET dari Wired, Rabu (23/12/2009), Microsoft telah mengumumkan akan melakukan perubahan itu tak lama setelah putusan sidang.

Samsung Update Firmware Omnia HD

Kabar baik bagi pengguna Samsung Omnia HD. Setelah sejak kemunculan ponsel ini di pertengahan 2009, Samsung tak pernah melakukan update firmware. Kini di akhir tahun, akhirnya vendor asal Korea itu menyediakan update firmware bagi Omnia HD. Ponsel berbasis Symbian tersebut sebelumnya dirasa kalah pamor dengan rival terdekat mereka yakni Nokia N97 yang terlihat lebih 'peduli' terhadap peningkatan kemampuan firmware.

Hape Esia Online, Khusus Buat Selancar

Esia, Bakrie Telecom kembali meluncurkan produk inovatifnya. Kali ini Esia meluncurkan produk Hape Esia Online. Wakil Direktur Utama PT. Bakrie Telecom, Erik Meijer menyatakan hape terbaru Esia seri C6100 ini untuk menjawab sepenuhnya demam mobile web 2.0 di kalangan masyarakat, khususnya anak-anak muda. ''Hape Esia Online ini memiliki kelebihan dari segi aplikasi yang lengkap,'' kata Erik di sela-sela acara peluncuran Hape Esia Online di Jakarta, Rabu (16/12).Wi

Syekh al-Albani, Ulama Hadis Abad Ini

Hadis merupakan salah satu rujukan sumber hukum Islam di samping kitab suci Alquran. Di dalam hadis itulah terkandung jawaban dan solusi masalah yang dihadapi oleh umat di berbagai bidang kehidupan. Berbicara tentang ilmu hadis, umat Islam tidak akan melupakan jasa Syekh Muhammad Nashiruddin al-Albani, atau yang lebih dikenal dengan Syekh al-Albani. Ia merupakan salah satu tokoh pembaru Islam abad ini. Karya dan jasa-jasanya cukup banyak dan sangat membantu umat Islam terutama dalam menghidupkan kembali ilmu hadis. Ia berjasa memurnikan ajaran Islam dari hadis-hadis lemah dan palsu serta meneliti derajat hadis. Nama lengkap beliau adalah Abu Abdirrahman Muhammad Nashiruddin bin al-Haj Nuh al-Albani. Dilahirkan pada tahun 1333 H (1914 M) di Ashqodar (Shkodra), ibukota Albania masa lampau. Ia dibesarkan di tengah keluarga yang tak berpunya secara materi, namun sangat kaya ilmu, khususnya ilmu agama. Ayahnya, al-Haj Nuh, adalah lulusan lembaga pendidikan ilmu-ilmu syari'at di ibukot...

Jablay Online

Jablay online adalah sebutan untuk mereka yang menjajakan diri lewat internet, bisa jadi lewat chatting di YM maupun MIRC atau malah mempampang foto bugil mereka di situs jeejaring pertemanan atau bahkan blog pribadi. Jumlah jablay online tiap tahunnya makin meningkat, mirisnya banyak jablay online yang merupakan siswi ataupun mahasiswa dari suatu perguruan tinggi. Ini disebabkan menjadi jablay online terkesan rahasia, dan mereka masih bisa menjalani hidup normal seperti teman-teman yang lain [tanpa terlihat menjajakan diri di jalan].