RedTone sell Mobile Money International

Just talking with friends on Redtone and Mobile money during lunch time. Later my friend show me theSun newspaper, RedTone sell its 93% of Mobile Money stake for MYR14 million cash to Lee Eng Sia (managing director of Mobile Money) and Kuok Group (Robert Kuok, single largest share holder of RedTone).

RedTone will receive another MYR15 million to 25 million over a 10-year period, for intellectual property rights to Mobile Money.

The buyout is subject to shareholder approval.

I don't see any mobile money around, and anyone is using it. See what others talk on RedTone and mobile money here.

Link:-
Yahoo news.
Business Times.

立通國際1488萬脫售流動錢包
updated:2006-03-29 12:31:28 MYT
（吉隆坡訊）立通國際（REDTONE，0032）建議以1488萬令吉現金脫售旗下流動錢包國際私人有限公司（MOBILE MONEY INTERNATIONAL）的1395萬股或93%股權給李榮城和郭氏兄弟集團。 SinChew JitPo.

ChinaPress Mobile money news.

farmstay 2005

farmstay 2005
Originally uploaded by fuyichin.

I setup my blogger account and link to flickr.com long long time ago, but I never try out the function until today.

I can blog my photo in flickr and post it to blooger, just like what I am doing now, this is great!

Wh don't google buy flickr, but yahoo did? I hope this function will not be taken out.

flickr badge

What is a flickr badge? Is just like this.

www.flickr.com what is this?

farmstay in New Zealand, 2005
(deguang)

Some blogger put in their blogs. Is just a few clicks, you can generate you own flickr badge, then paste the code (generated by flickr) to you html page, just that easy.

You can choose different style and layout for your badge, eg. html/flash, vertical and horizontal... Is easy just try it yourself and have some fun.

PS. Since blogger don't allow script tag, I have hard coded the pictures, if you direcly paste the code from flickr, the picture will be randomly displayed when the webpage is refresh.

Everything is just something

I found out I can use my Gmail web site to send instant messenger to Google Talk application. If the browser support Macromedia flash, it will show you the chat option on the Gmail web page.

Google talk in Gmail

I find it interesting, but my friend told me, is nothing excited, his colleague can send message to MSN through web too.

I told another friend, skype bought by eBay for 2.6 billion. My friend told me, skype is just VoIP and peer to peer technology, is nothing special.

I told the other friend, watch out for Alibaba.com because it has a lot of potential. Then he told me, Alibaba.com is just online Yellow Pages... Ya I think Google is just search engine, AdWords is just online advertisement.

ICQ is just instant messenger acquired by America Online for $287 million USD in cash.

hotmail is just webmail sold to Microsoft for $400 million USD.

I think these 'is just' company is worth look into it.

Why working so hard every day but still complaining, invest in stock market for extra income? and not working on something which is just something and sell it to those cash rich company? Simply they are not just something.

Opera co-founder pass away

Opera community blog release an announcement, Geir Ivarsoy has passed away after a long battle with cancer.

Ivarsoy co-found Opera Software together with Jon von Tetzchner in 1995. They write a browsing software call MultiTorg Opera while working in Norwegian state phone company, Telenor, later the company drop the project, Ivarsoy and Jon von Tetzchner get the rights of the software and from Opera Software company.

Geir Ivarsoy

Opera browser is popular for its light weight and quick response performance, it is available on all majar operating system like Windows, Mac OS, Linux and Solaris. Opera browser has been ported to embedded device like PDA, mobile phones and recent to the Nintendo Game console (Nintendo DS browser)

Palm TX hack, add microphone

This is an old news(November 2005), but sound interesting to me.

A Palm OS programmer Dmitry Grinberg, hack the Palm TX hardware and add a microphone to it. Check it in palminfocenter. there is a video you can download from here(avi, 4.2MB). Don't know how true it is.

So you can't run a skype on Palm TX because it don't even have a microphone build in.

Link:-
palminfocenter forum.
There is some picture, before and after.

Writely believe it or not

Oh! There is a web base version of MSWord-like application, writely.

writely, a web base word-like application, still in beta version

So it is possible have port office application to the web.

Google has bought writely.

Will google have an web base office application online?

link:-
Google Acquires Writely Online Word Processing Service, informationweek.

Super saver plan

Is friday night, go for a movie, no moviemate, just alone.

Mid Valley GSC show time

Case 1:
Leave office at 7pm, drop by Mid Valley Megamall while going back, pay $1 for the parking. Queue 1 hour for movie ticket, 21:20 show sold out, buy the 23:45 show, cost $10. Spend anather $25 in Mdm Kwan's Restaurant.

Spend another $12, take an ice blended green tea at starbuck, while waiting the show to start, can't go anywhere, shops close at 2200.

Starbucks Coffee

Go back home at 2am. Total spending $48.

Firewall Moive, staring Harrison Ford

Case 2: the super saver
I get a complimentary ticket from 20th Century FOX, but limitted to weekdays only, valid for the move "firewall".

20th Century Fox

I leave office 1840, drop by Mid Valley Megamall while going back, pay $1 for parking. Reach at 1910, no need to queue, get the last ticket at 2120.

I have dinner in McDonald, just beside GSC cinema. Take Mc Saver, excluded McChicken (no chicken during bird fleu season), still have 2 choices, no soft drinks, total cost $2.65 (tax included).

Everyone like McDonald

Is just 1930 after finish my Mc Saver. 2 hours to shop at Megamall.

After movie reach home 1145.

Total cost of entertaiment $3.65. The super saver plan.

Apple co-founder photos

If you only know Apple Macintosh and not Apple II, you might not know the other co-founder other than Steve Jobs, Stephen Wozniak.

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, Apple I

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in their garage office

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in MacWorld 2005

The Pink Panther Movie 2006

There are too many re-make for hollywood movies.

The Pink Panther, 2006

The Pink Panther, 1963

Not really a great movie, but there are 3 things I like about the movie,

1. comedy

2. Original theme song by Henry Mancini.

Henry Mancini

3. A smart car.

Mercedes smart

Even I may prefer a mini now.

BMW mini

You are not surprise, I like the movie Italian Job.

The Italian Job 2003

Is a re-make of 1969 movie:

The Italian Job 1969

The soundtrack "It's Caper Time", by Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones

Sun buy Aduva

Sun buy remote-management firm--SevenSpace in 2005( cnet news).

Now Sun acquire Aduva, a small company provide automated secure software patches solution.

Sun is serius about remote management and auto patches.

(Hmm... very close to pkg-get now)

A new look at Gnome 2.14

If you are interested the article is here. I use to like Gnome a lot, but since it is moving towards like a bloatware, I think it has less influence to the desktop environment in the futures. HP announce support Gnome in year 2001, HP return to CDE (Common Desktop Environment) in 2003, as they claim Gnome is not stable.

The open source development of GNOME v2.0 was still on-going at the end of 2002, and did not stabilize in the timeframe that HP had earlier anticipated. This and other business and industry factors required us to re-assess our plans.

Bluetooth worm on OS X

When a system is getting popular, it will have virus and spyware and ...

Announce by Symantec, Inqtana, a proof of concept worm exploiting Apple Mac OS X Bluetooth Directory Traversal Vulnerability.

I give up mobile internet

Ok, I give up trying to connect to mobile internet. It just fail for me, there could be many reasons from driver problem, dial-up script to service provider. Especially when I know there are many dial-up script (for OS X), that you can try.

Ross Barkman's web page provide many dial-up script for you try, check here.

Anyone succeed, please let me know.

Basically the mobile internet work like this:-

GRPS You don't really need GPRS or 3G to connect to the internet, even GSM dial-up may work, what you need is to enable data service. GPRS and 3G will have data service, You have call up the mobile service provide to enable the service if it is not enable by default. Some telco provide free service to enable data connection, so may charge minimum fees. Mobile If you need to dial-up (through desktop PC/Notebook/PDA), the mobile phone must have a modem function. I am not familiar with mobile phone, check with the provider. Driver Even your mobile phone have a modem function, you might not able to dial-up. For some Nokia phone, you need to download the driver for window to get it working. Dial-up script Different service provider may need different dial-up script, check with the provider. PPP option May service provider will ask you to disable TCP header compression. OS X, Preference - PPP - PPP Options Windows, Network Properties - TCP/IP protocol - Options Bluetooth Bluetooth is an option, but you need a physical connection connect to the modem (mobile phone). The connection could be an usb cable, Infra red, or bluetooth, they will simulate as a serial connection to the modem (mobile). You might need to enable the the bluetooth service (RFCOMM) in your software. Conclusion Using WiFi is a much easier way to connect wireless to the internet.

Billionton bluetooth

Finally I bought the billionton usb bluetooth.



It can pair up with a Nokia 7610 phone, in Windows (XP) and OS X (10.3), but have not luck of dial-up to internet through the mobile.



The mobile phone used as a modem and not a wireless access point.

May be the Nokia 7610 modem function is not working.

Which Bluetooth for OS X?

I shop for a usb bluetooth adapter for my ibook G3 (which doesn't came with a built in bluetooth). Just found out the bluetooth dongle price has cut down a lot, price range from 50 to 90. There is quite a number of choices, some with brand name and some with 'no name' brand, just list a few here:
Billionton
MSI BToes
and a few China, Singapore and Taiwan manufacture bluetooth without brand name.

None of the usb bluetooth stated support Mac OS X in their product description, except for 1 which manufactured by Singapore, which stated that support OS X 10.2. I know that some of the ('no name') bluetooth will work on OS X, but just not sure which one will work and which don't.

Apple website recommended D-Link DBT-120, officially supported by OS X, but I don't find it on the those shops. The D-Link bluetooth is much more expensive, may be that is the reason it is not so popular.

D-Link DBT-120

User review and comment on D-Link bluetooth are two extreme, is either very good or very bad. Those users who find it good because it is plug and play on OS X. Those users who comment badly, because it is not working on OS X for many reasons.

Some users can't connect the D-Link bluetooth with some ear set, mouse and keyboard, this can be solved by a firmware update program provided by Apple, but after the update the bluetooth will not work on PC (Windows) any more.

Some users having problem with the D-Link bluetooth working on Windows XP SP2. XP use the default driver but it does not work for the D-Link bluetooth. D-Link provide a driver for Windows XP, user should install the driver before plug in the bluetooth device, or user may need to re-install the XP again for the system to use the correct driver. This is a common problem on Windows XP, most other brand should have the same problem too. I have simular experience once, while installing D-Link WiFi card on a Windows XP. (see broken driver)



D-Link DBT-120 came with (at least) 3 version, which use 3 different software driver, and can't mix up. You can review it at the back fo the product. Most users never stated which version they use.

Billionton bluetooth (work on Linux)

This is a cheap and common bluetooth available. The shop owner recommend it as a more stable product compare to the other 'no name' brand. My friend Coyote told me, it was tested and work on Linux. A website says, driver provided by Apple.

It was package with a usb cable which could be usefull.

BSI BToe v2

The version 2 (black color) is 3 times faster than the previous version (white color), as the product description.

The sales person told me, one of the customer had tried the earlier version (white) on OS X, and working fine. I can't make sure the later version (black) will work, but the design of the device look nice.

Conclusion

If they provide me the bluetooth, I will test it all on OS X, anyway I am quite busy, so may be next time.

Born in 80s

This is nothing technical.

I read an interesting mail, I have read this before, but this time share with the others.

Those born in 70s, know there was 30 cents noodle soap, movie tickets less than $5.

Those born in 80s,

The song "Uptown Girl" is by "West Life" and not "Billy Joel".

John Travolta is always round in shape, and can't imagine he can dance in Gease (movie).

John Travolta in Gease

John Travolta now

Michael Jackson already whiten.

Thriller

Black or White

Spiderman are just new movie.

(There is at least one before 2002, but I can't remember when)

My friend just told me yesterday night, the little girl in Jumanji (1995) is Kristen Dunst, the actress in Spiderman (2002).

Jumanji

Spiderman

Oh! Time flies...

O2 Xda mini

Is my last day working before Chinese New Year, call some friends who never read email. Amy don't know who I am, can't recognize my voice, and no such number recorded on her phone. She is having some problem with her Xda (mini) phone, always need to reset (as usual), and send for repair many times, so lost all numbers.

The Xda look like a well design phone, but with some flaw. It take more than 30 minutes to load few hundreds (thousands?) into the list box, but since it can't display all item on a small display screen, why does it take such a long time?

Color BlackBerry

Dinner at Andrew and Tiffany's place. Andrew show me his new gadget, a color BlackBerry.

Yes, many executive and director like to use BlackBerry to read their email, anywhere and anytime, even in the toilet. BlackBerry is a user friendly device, especially its roller button at (right) side, easily operate by single palm.

Just read from website today, NTP Inc. sue RIM (Research In Motion Ltd.) for a major patent infringement, may cause RIM close down its US business.

Invalid time zone

I went home with LRT today, why? I left my car key in the office.

I am browsing Kennysia.com in the office before I left. Kenny Sia is so funny, I only take a better look at his blog today, seem like he is a popular blogger.

Albert came back to the office five minutes after he left, because he left his car key in the office. He ring the telephone in the office, because he couldn't came in, seems like the electronic lock is having some problem. He says, "Luckily you are still here." I am the only one who still in the office.

I stay until almost 8pm, and suddenly feel like leaving and go for a dinner. I make sure I shutdown my PC, off the lights, before I leave, unfortunately I forgotten to bring my car key too, only found out after I lock the door.

I tried a few times, the device is showing, "Invalid time zone" and the door is still lock. Finally I decided to walk to LRT and go home with public transport today.