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super zoom digital cameras

masterwee — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:50:14 +0000

One of the frustration of traveling with a digital camera around is that their is normally not enough ‘zoom’ power build into the camera. But if you go for a D SLR then your ‘zoom’ power is limited by your budget and your check in luggage limits. Well, many manufacturers have thought of this problem and now give you the ability to have the biggest ‘zoom’ power you ever desire in a small package. From Olympus there is a SP570UZ that packs 20x zoom from 26 to 520mm, from Fujifilm, there is the FinePix S8100fd which has 18x zoom from 27 to 486mm, from Panasonic, there is the Lumix FZ18 which has 18x zoom from 28 to 504mm and now Nikon also join the gang with the new CoolPix P80 which has 18x zoom from 27 to 486 mm. If you were to carry all this ‘zoom’ power around on a D SLR, you probably need a wheel barrel. A very good alternative for those on the road trip and would like to lighten their loads.

Piclens

masterwee — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:35:31 +0000

for anyone running firefox as your browser, you are in luck. this extension, Piclens is the best extension you could plugin to your firefox to view pictures online. it supports flickr, picasaweb, photobucket, etc. very intuitive very smooth photo browsing. an experience like you never experience before. at least for me anyway. it is very easy to use. once you download and install it and you are set to go.

watch out for these products

masterwee — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:56:26 +0000

Poisons detected in two products

Poisons detected in two products

PETALING JAYA: Two products – Bionex and Ju Purt Jen Chin Yen (Cap Fuu Cheng) – have had their registration cancelled by the Drug Control Authority after traces of scheduled poisons were discovered in them.

A statement from the Health Ministry’s pharmacy services department said the products were found to contain sibutramine and ephedrine respectively, and could cause high blood pressure and other cardiovascular effects.

wifi your camera

masterwee — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:37:00 +0000

it would a good new for anyone who has a digital camera that uses sd card as storage. eye-fi has come out with a product call eye-fi card. this product would turn any ordinary digital camera into wifi enabled. the card comes in 2gb size and is build in with wifi radio transmitter that support 802.11b/g/n. it also support Static WEP 40/104/128, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PS and has a range of 45 ft indoor.

it helps you to upload your photos to many online photo galleries such as facebook, flickr, picasaweb, smugmug, photobucket, webshots, and much much more grow lists.

a whole new way of sharing your docs!!

masterwee — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:37:46 +0000

their is a brand new way of sharing your documents online. try out this site called scribd where documents are uploaded and filed according to tags like feature and you view them using ipaper. you could also send them around the world to your friends…

google sites – another online collaboration tools!!!

masterwee — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:21:31 +0000

would this be exciting news to anyone?? there are already many players in this market, google bought this jotspot thingy and turn it into their own renamed as google sites. it is an online collaboration (yawn) tools that you could use to share information or documents etc across your team members.

Google Sites to Launch in 2008

A recent presentation from Scott Johnston, a former JotSpot executive, revealed some of the future plans for Google Apps and other Google services.

A service based on JotSpot will replace Google Page Creator. “Scheduled to be launched sometime next year (2008), Google Sites will expand upon the Google Page Creator already offered within Apps. Based on JotSpot collaboration tools, Sites will allow business to set up intranets, project management tracking, customer extranets, and any number of custom sites based on multi-user collaboration.” The service will also allow you to upload any file formats. You can already see a gallery of applications that use JotSpot.

airasia made rm246mil profit…

masterwee — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:33:34 +0000

i am curious, the company invested about rm4,362 in plant and equipment and i think majority of it is the air craft. that means (aside from other assets invested) all those investments only return 5% profits…

that means the average malaysian is doing better if you look at the profit margin as we are getting 5.5% from our EPF…

is that logical thinking, you be the judge of that.

AirAsia profit rises to RM246mil

AirAsia profit rises to RM246mil

By CHAN CHING THUT

PETALING JAYA: AirAsia Bhd’s net profit for the quarter ended Dec 31 expanded 73% to RM245.72mil from RM142.05mil in the previous corresponding quarter due to higher yields and contained unit cost.

Revenue rose 43% to RM632.72mil from RM442.84mil previously. This was attributed to 21% growth in passenger volume, 17% higher average ticket sales and 49% growth in ancillary income.

Group chief executive officer Datuk Tony Fernandes said demand for low fares remained strong and load factors were at high levels despite significant capacity addition of 40%.

“Ancillary income rose 49% to RM41.53mil. This reflects the increased service penetration and the success of our travel insurance and greater number of hotel rooms booked through our website.

jetstar website for malaysia

masterwee — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:51:35 +0000

this is one weirdly translated website!! what language is it, i am not sure but it sure is difficult to understand what more to say book a flight. i was looking for the webmaster email address or somewhere to make a suggest on the website. but there is non to be found anywhere on this site! very sad!

norway to have seed bank for doomsday

masterwee — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 04:12:28 +0000

our fear of extinction has driven us to come out with this solution.. i wonder will there be a place to store all the sperm and egg for all animal including human. maybe we should omit human as a form of punishment as we probably caused the doomsday…

‘Doomsday’ seed vault to open in Norway – CNN.com

‘Doomsday’ seed vault to open in Norway

never too old…

masterwee — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:36:44 +0000

Grandma set to campaign

Grandma set to campaign

By PAUL CHOO

Maimun campaigns on bicycle

KUALA TERENGGANU: Barely a day after 89-year-old Maimun Yusuf made headlines as possibly the country’s oldest ever election candidate, the grandmother sparked off a media frenzy again when she was not seen at home for almost the whole day.

Reporters and photographers who had gathered at her house in Kampung Gong Gemia since the morning waited anxiously, but Maimun was nowhere to be seen.

Several of her neighbours said that she had gone campaigning, while others said she had returned to her family home in Kampung Atas Tol.