Desperate for a job?

If you are unemployed or hating your current job, be careful if suddenly get an email offering you a job. Yours truly received a peculiar email yesterday saying this certain company is interested in employing me. My heart jumped when I saw the email but upon reading it again thoroughly I knew it was a scam of sorts. 

I googled the company and apparently the modus operandi is once you reply to them you have to pay certain fees to get into the country(in this case UK) and for certain tests. Some individuals in India have actually been conned by this email.

To those out there be vary wary, I could've ended working in the United Kingdon!

Mozilla Firefox 4 Beta Released

The next major version of Mozilla Firefox is available for test as their blog announced on Friday. The new version boasts faster start-up time, bookmarking and smother complex animations.

Though it is not entirely new, this is the Beta 9 version which is probably the last Beta version before final release. Firefox 4 promises a slew of new features and support like WebM and HD video, WebGL 3D graphic rendering and so on.

The browser is available for download and test at their website.

Google plans to remove H.264 support

Google announced on Tuesday that they will be dropping support for H.264 which is a HTML Video Codec currently used . They aim to make way for the development of their own WebM and Theora video codecs which unlike H.264 are open-sourced and royalty free and consistent with the codecs already supported by the Chromium Project.

Google acquired On2 Technologies in February 2010 and opened up the company's VP8 codec and creating a new royalty-free media format called WebM. Theora on the other hand is a free and open video compression format from the Xiph.org Foundation.


Admitting that H.264 plays an important role in video, they claim they are favouring open innovation and will pull all their support for open codec technologies.


The changes will occur gradually over the months as they are giving content publishers and developers using HTML an opportunity to make changes to their sites. WebM support has already been added to Firefox, Opera and Chrome.

AMD's CEO sudden resignation!

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. announced yesterday that Dirk Meyer, 49, president, CEO and a director of the company, has resigned with immediate effect. AMD's Board of Directors has appointed Senior Vice President and Thomas Seifert, 47, as interim CEO but will still maintain his current responsibilities as CFO. He has also asked not to be considered a permanent CEO but will hold the responsibilities until the Board finds a suitable replacement.

 

Meyer became AMD's CEO in 2008 and credited for reducing the company's debts and stemming losses. His most recent highlight is the acquisition of ATI Technologies Inc. and the introduction of the Fusion processor.

DiGi introduces Tablet plans

Digi has come up with it's own data plan for tablets. From the looks of it their plan is slightly cheaper compare to Maxis' iPad data plans. Even though Maxis advertise it as 'iPad' data plan, you can probably use it with other tablet devices but from a marketing point of view, it might not attract other tablet device users.

I won't comment on speed and coverage as it is still very new. From experience, whichever the telco, speed and coverage is never what they claim, we'll let the users comment on that in the forums.

Samsung shows the future of displays

At the CES 2011 show, Samsung previewed some interesting innovation which could lead the direction of displays in the future. The first item of interest is the transparent amoled display as pictured below.

The technology isn't new, we've seen it before with Sonyericsson's Pureness mobile phone(left pic) but the size is what sets it apart(19-inch). Hopefully when it gets to production stage the images will be clearer as it still looks a bit blurry/murky for me.

Another notable item is the flexible amoled. Now this is the cool hardware that should get heads turning. Not only can you bend it any way you like but it is also super strong that you can bash it with a sledgehammer. We   don't know yet if it is scratch-proof though but it looks promising.

Now, imagine a combination of both technologies and you can have endless applications for everyday uses, from car windscreen with heads up display to 360 screens and even eye-glasses. I am thinking of installing one as a glass window at home when it's available(and affordable).

Xperia arc launched!!

Just hours ago Sonyericsson launched their latest android assault with the Xperia arc at the 2011 CES. Loaded with Gingerbread(Android 2.3) the display is said to be powered by Sony's Mobile BRAVIA Engine and a whole slew of Sony's best technology.

Not sure when it will be launched in Malaysia though but according to their blog most countries will get it in Q1 or Q2 2011. Looking at the specs, it is sure to be a favourite 'to buy' phone but it's still too early to say until we get to see and test the actual product(hopefully soon!)

From the video above, I have only 3 words to say...I want one!!!!!

Welcome to my mind's eye...

It's finally here, my own blog.I have been meaning to set-up one for a long time but now I have time to do it..or rather I made time for it. In case you are wondering, this blog is actually not about me but my opinion on what going on around the world(maybe beyond too). Most of the posts here will be about technology but there will be other occasional topics such as music, food and maybe(if I'm up to it) politics.

To cap it off, comments are welcome but please mind your language and try not to be offensive...



Cheers!!!