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1. News

- Opera Mobile App for the iPhone

http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/15/opera-mini-iphone-app/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Techcrunch+(TechCrunch)

http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/skyfire-boss-on-possible-iphone-port-stay-tuned-for-news/

http://lifehacker.com/5516038/browser-speed-tests-iphones-mobile-safari-vs-opera-mini

http://mytechnews.info/b/2010/04/opera-mini-on-the-iphone.html

- Twitter acquires Tweetie/AteBits

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/04/with-tweetie-acquisition-twitter-locks-on-mobile/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+wired/index+(Wired:+Index+3+(Top+Stories+2))

- iPhone OS 4. Jailbroken

http://gizmodo.com/5518414/iphone-40-beta-jailbreak-tool-released-for-iphone-3g?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+gizmodo/full+(Gizmodo)

http://tnerd.com/2010/04/08/how-to-unlock-or-jailbreak-iphone-os-4-0-ih8sn0w-claims-to-have-done-it-already/

2. Can you Live without Social Networks?
Sherwin’s Experiment

3. Make your mobile phone battery last longer
1. http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Your-Cell-Phone-Battery-Last-Longer
2. http://technology.inc.com/hardware/articles/200612/cellphonebattery.html
3. http://www.cnet.com.au/extend-your-mobile-phone-s-battery-life-240064190.htm
4. http://nokiae50.info/articles/7-tips-to-extend-your-battery-life
5. http://www.intomobile.com/2008/07/23/extend-your-iphone-3gs-battery-life.html
6. http://ipod.about.com/od/iphone3g/tp/iphone-battery-life.htm
7. http://www.ismashphone.com/2009/07/how-to-extend-your-iphone-battery-life.html
8. http://www.apple.com/batteries/iphone.html

External Batteries

http://www.energizerpowerpacks.com/sg/products/sp2000/

http://www.mophie.com/

http://www.hypershop.com/HyperMac-External-MacBook-Battery-and-Car-Charger-s/91.htm

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Let me say it now, the future of content viewing will be on the internet, the web and it will be on demand not dictated by any network or broadcasting company. 3D success will depend on that. Give us your feedback and let us know what you think

update: 19th Jan 2010
#yorais was trending on twitter for the same issues we talked about on the Podcast. Datuk Rais Yatim made a statement that Malaysians especially muslims should not be immersed in Facebook or Twitter and something called L-band. First of all can someone tell us what L-Band is?

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News this week:

1. Friendster and Yahoo Tie Up
http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2010/1/13/technology/20100113103444&sec=technology

2. Maxis Speeds up Broadband
http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2009/12/28/technology/20091228130332&sec=technology

3. Govt Wants Reasonable Rates for Broadband
http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2010/1/5/technology/20100105100812&sec=technology

4. Malaysians Adviced to stay away from SNS
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/1/16/nation/20100116175608&sec=nation

5. 3D TV
http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/01/13/3d-porn-the-studios-are-way-ahead-of-you/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Techcrunch+(TechCrunch)
http://www.thedailymaverick.co.za/article/2010-01-09-analysis-why-you-wont-be-buying-a-3d-tv-until-you-have-to
http://gizmodo.com/5443165/im-sold-on-3d-tvsand-i-kind-of-hate-myself-for-it?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+gizmodo/full+(Gizmodo)
http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2010/1/7/technology/20100107151157&sec=technology

6. WinMo7 will reinvent the Mobile Market?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/01/14/urnidgns852573C400693880002576AC00211326.DTL

7. Most anticipated games of 2010
http://www.tgdaily.com/games-and-entertainment-features/45509-tg-daily-unveils-most-anticipated-games-of-2010

Enjoy

Thats the news this week!

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Stories this week:

1. A week of outages. Looks like lots of outages this week. Facebook,
Sidekick, Twitter.
a. Are we relying too much on technology?
b. What is the backup when these happens?
- http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10373349-36.html
- http://www.infoworld.com/d/applications/twitter-warns-users-not-change-log-in-data-until-further-notice-815
- http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/oct09/10-15sidekick.mspx
- http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=4245
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10375186-56.html
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/12/ibm_new_zealand/2. E-Readers, how useful are they? Everyone seems to be pushing it. We
talked about this last week and we are revisiting the viability of
e-book readers. Including an announcement by Google to
launch a new Bookstore/Remote Download. With Google coming in, it will
help other ebook readers compete with amazon as an alternative ebook
provider. Online Stores Rules

Google’s Announcement
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-10-15-google-editions_N.htm?csp=34
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/173749/google_online_bookstore_fuels_ereader_war.html

E-Books Avaliable/Announcements
http://gizmodo.com/5379050/ebook-craze-goes-outside
http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/5-inch-bebook-mini-now-shipping-in-the-us-for-199-hands-on/
http://gizmodo.com/5378234/why-i-think-e+ink-readers-are-dumb

3. Malaysia Step up to protect Personal Data
http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2009/10/8/technology/20091008134431&sec=technology

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Topics we talked about today

1. Happy Internernational Talk Like a Pirate day
- Pirate Pickup Lines:
http://www.talklikeapirate.com/howto.html#pickup

2. Microsoft Visual Seach – Bing
http://mashable.com/2009/09/14/bing-visual-search/
3. Microsoft Zune HD – Does it have it to challenge the iPod?
http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/09/18/review-zune-hd/

4. Palm Abandons Windows Mobile
http://www.precentral.net/palm-abandons-windows-mobile

5. Twitter readies the new ReTweet API – Facebook – Twitter Wars Heat Up
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/09/18/closing-in-on-launch-twitter-tweaks-its-retweet-api-and-a-picture-of-how-it-will-look/

6. Twitter Change Terms of Service ala Facebook
http://thenextweb.com/2009/09/11/twitter-changes-terms-service-learns-facebook-wording/

7. Tech Crunch 50
http://www.techcrunch50.com/

8. Top 10 Google Searches in Malaysia – The Sad state of Malaysia Tech News
http://technu.nst.com.my/Current_News/techNu/Monday/Notebook/20090914104527/Article/index_html

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