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Am posting this using Wordpress for BlackBerry. Those of you interested to try, point your BlackBerry browser to this url addy:

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Have fun! ;)

Passwords are part of our culture. They are everywhere from your first logon screen to your Internet service provider. If you have a user name, you have a password.

Many casual users of the Internet (and plenty who should know better) have a tendency to take passwords for granted. To conserve a few brain cells, they may create a simple password that is easy to remember and use it for anything and everything that requires registering and protecting with a password. The key word here is protecting. Weak passwords can be as bad as no passwords at all.

If you are using an online service to access the Internet, one of the first things you did was choose a user id and password. Treat your passwords with respect. Anyone with casual access to your user identification and password information can, in effect, be you, with all the rights and privileges you have on your account. Your account could be used for anything and everything, including unauthorized purchases and other illegal activities. Here are a few tips to protect yourself.

• Don’t be lazy … Change your password frequently, at least once a month.
• Use longer passwords … Make your password at least 7 characters long – preferably 10 or more.
• Mix it up … Have at least one character that is uppercase, lowercase, a number, and a symbol like $, %, or &.
• Symbols … Have at least one symbol character in the second through sixth positions.
• Be different … Be entirely different from previous passwords.
• No names … Make sure your password contains no names or usernames.
• Uncommon … Do not let your password contain words or names found in a dictionary.

source

This is one interesting idea. The presenter, Pranav Mistry came up with this idea and hoped to bring the technology to the masses. Let’s just hope greedy companies aren’t planning to rope this all in,comes up with expensive products and suppress the potentials of this genius device.

If you’re unable to see the video, it’s about a demonstration on how a mobile device can have two-way communications between the digital world and the real world, using gestures of your hand. Think, you can copy and paste everything you see. Think, you don’t need LCD screen to play you favorite games.

Thanks to Bro Nik Azmi of  ’68 for his post in the MCOBA GoogleGroup
Source of video

Another geeky post… hehe.

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If you’re planning to buy a PC sometime later this year, then expect a ridiculously high price because prices of PCs are expected to hike. During the recession last year, manufacturers have reduced capacity and delayed building additional plants, causing a component shortage this year. The reason behind this is the price hike is due to the transition from DDR2 to DDR3 memory components, which are up to 23% more expensive. The overall cost of semiconductor components is expected to increase by 2.3% this year, and this is the response from semiconductor suppliers. The prices of LCD panels and hard drives are also expected to cost 20% more. Right, now that the manufacturers are recovering from the recession, it’s our turn to suffer the post-effect!

(source Lowyat.NET)

Hello folks,

Today I’d like to share with you how easy it is to renew your road tax today, at the comfort of your home using the online service by myeg.com.my. Please kindly refer to the attachment below, as I have summarized the process in visual format (jpeg). Please also note that this is my real transaction.

But before that, here are a few things you need to have/know prior to using this service:

1. Internet connection, preferably broadband coz this will involve online payment.
2. Your credit card ready (If you opt for CC payment). There are 3 methods of payment, you’ll find it in one of the attachments.
3. Your insurance is already renewed. They also have online motor vehicle insurance renewal service, but mine has already been taken care by my agent. So I only use the Road Tax renewal service.
4. Note that if you opt for Home/Office Delivery, and if you’re staying in Klang Valley, you’ll get your road tax the next day if your transaction takes place before 6 p.m. (it is the cut-off time). Otherwise you can opt for self-collection from your chosen e-Services Centre.
5. Your Vehicle Registration Certification aka “Geran” is still with the Bank?! Don’t fret. You don’t even need it. I have confirmed this with myeg.
6. They charged me RM6 for delivery, and RM2.75 for their service charge. Altogether RM8.75, which I find very minimal (as compared to engaging with a runner). I’m sure I would fork out more than that if I were to do it by myself i.e. go to the bank and post office/JPJ (fuel, parking fees, time and not to mention all the other unexpected risks I could bear on my way there).

Now all I have to do is to check on my mailbox tomorrow. Easy peasy, don’t you think?!

So go ahead, log on now to myeg.com.my to renew your roadtax and/or Motor Vehicle insurance.

Thanks and have a nice day ahead.

Regards,
Adiq

p/s: I’m a mere user, not a staff of myeg. Why am I doing this? Why not? Sharing is caring, right? For more info you can just browse their website at myeg.com.my.