Battle for Web Control May Not Be Over
The United States claimed victory this week in the contest to keep control of the computers crucial for directing Internet traffic. But approval Friday of a plan to leave Washington squarely in charge hasn't fully ended the debate: The European Union and a host of other countries are suggesting that a new multinational forum, which delegates to a U.N. technology summit also agreed to set up, simply delays the battle for another day.
The forum, they say, still could ultimately leave several countries _ and not the United States alone _ with key decisions about domain names and the computers that direct the Internet's flow of information, commerce and dissent.
The computers under dispute, known as root servers, act as the Internet's master directories so Web browsers and e-mail programs can find other computers. Users around the world check those directories millions of times a day without ever knowing it.
Although Pakistan and other countries sought a takeover of the directories by an international body such as the United Nations, negotiators ultimately agreed late Tuesday, as time ran out, to a create an open-ended, nonbinding international forum for raising important Internet issues.
As the three-day U.N. World Summit on the Information Society ended Friday, delegates from 174 countries approved a five-page platform outlining the future of Internet governance along with prescriptions for expanding access worldwide and guarding the free flow of information, ideas and knowledge.
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is expected to convene the new Internet Governance Forum early next year. A precise location had not yet been selected, though Greece has offered to host.
Details of the forum's agenda were still being worked out, but organizers said it would bring together government, business and civil leaders and could cover spam, cybercrime and other issues beyond the addressing system.
Because negotiators had watered down language of the platform to reach agreement, many questions remain about how the forum might influence the United States and the quasi-independent agency to which it has delegated authority, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN.
"The real result of WSIS (World Summit) is that the debate over ICANN and Internet governance will be prolonged for another five years," said Milton Mueller, an Internet governance expert at Syracuse University. "The U.S. can claim a short-term victory but faces a long- term war of attrition that will gradually erode its position."
Annan was blunt in his assessment.
"The United States deserves our thanks for having developed the Internet and making it available to the world," the U.N. head told delegates. "But I think you also all acknowledge the need for more international participation in discussions of Internet governance issues."
But on the sidelines, other delegates acknowledged the deal was vague.
"We haven't resolved everything, but the principle is that all governments have an equal role in responsibility," said Yoshio Utsumi, secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union, the U.N. agency that organized the summit.
The 25-member EU bloc said the deal would, in the end, give more countries a voice on domain name policies, including the prickly situation of providing domain suffixes in languages other than English.
EU spokesman Martin Selmayr said the final "inclusive and global" deal was largely based on the EU's proposal, particularly the creation of the international forum and a declaration that no country should be involved in decisions affecting another country's country-code suffix, such as ".cn" for China.
Though the EU didn't get all it wanted, it got "a framework for a more international approach," Selmayr said. "That is, for us, the important development."
Even following the deal, some delegates continued to seek a greater U.N. role through the ITU.
"The Internet has become such an important global network and an important infrastructure, that it goes beyond the framework of one state," Russian Information Technologies Minister Leonid Reiman told Itar-Tass. "ITU has proved it is capable of doing the job."
David Gross, the U.S. State Department's top official on Internet policy, said simply that the deal preserved "the unique role of the United States government in assuring the reliability and stability of the Internet."
Negotiators on both sides said that the talks, which began in earnest on Sunday, were fierce before a final decision was reached the night before the summit's opening.
Pakistan's Sarbuland Khan, executive coordinator of the UN's task force on communications technologies, said the agreement would bring countries closer "to help continue the dialogue and slowly move to a more participatory and inclusive approach."
Ultimately, the agreement came after intense political scrutiny, something that had not really taken place in the 1990s.
"That's what happened here at WSIS, which was long overdue," said Hans Klein, a professor at Georgia Tech. "The political system came in and gave it a thorough review. The irony is even though Europe has been critical of ICANN, they have given their blessing to it. It's like the Europeans re-elected George Bush."
Intel presents revolutionary cache technology for almost immediate computer start-up
INTEL has presented its latest Robson cache technology at an Intel Developer Forum in Old Taipei. With Robson, a PC pulls data and applications off an add-in flash memory card and Intel software, rather than the PC's hard drive. Flash reacts more quickly than hard drives, thus cutting down the time it takes to launch an application.
A Robson card can contain 64MB to 4GB of NAND flash-memory. Earlier this year, Samsung and Microsoft showed off a prototype hard drive with an internal 1GB flash memory chip that also cuts power consumption. In that prototype, incoming data gets written to the flash memory chip.Intel’s new Robson cache technology ensured an almost immediate start-up of a Centrino-based notebook PC during a live demonstration at the Intel Developer Forum in Taipei, while a laptop with identical hardware but without Robson took several seconds to boot up.The laptop with Robson also opened Adobe Reader in 0.4 seconds, while the other notebook required 5.4 seconds. It opened Quicken in 2.9 seconds, while the laptop without Robson technology needed 8 seconds to do the job.
The company did not say when the new devices will be hitting the market
FUJITSU: MHT20x0 SERIES-A single storage solution ideal for both the laptop and the data center.
Fujitsu Computer today announced that it will showcase the latest Fujitsu2.5" enterprise and mobile hard disk drives at the Storage Networking World(SNW) Fall 2005 Conference on Oct. 24 - 27 in Orlando, FL. Fujitsu will demonstrate the capabilities of severalenterprise storage systems utilizing its most advanced 2.5" Serial ATA (SATA)and small form factor (SFF) Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) hard disk drives.Fujitsu will also showcase a mobile-rack containing sixteen SAS hard diskdrives that achieves 1.7GB/s throughput, as well as a tower operating withSATA drives that boasts nearly five terabytes of storage capacity.
A single storage solution ideal for both the laptop and the data center.
2.5-inch Hard-Disk Drive, Serial ATA
5,400 RPM Mobile Hard Disk Drives
MHT2040BH * MHT2060BH * MHT2080BH
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Put Fujitsu 2.5-inch Serial ATA hard-disk drives to work for you
Serial ATA (SATA) enables the high-speed transfer of data (1.5Gb/s), outstripping older, 16-bit parallel bus technology. The 2.5-inch SATA disk drives features Native Command Queuing (NCQ), which simultaneously coordinates up to 32 instructions to be queued and reordered by the hard-disk controller.
The 2.5-inch 9.5mm hard disk drive is quieter, dissipates less heat and uses less power.
Three to four 2.5-inch SATA drives can fit in the same space as one 3.5-inch drive, allowing it to be used in a RAID array*
The small form factor allows for the design of compact, space efficient storage products, including notebooks and storage towers, as well as non-PC devices
Fujitsu has nearly 20 generations of 2.5-inch form factor product expertise.
futhur reading please visit http://www.fcpa.fujitsu.com/products/hard-drives/mht-bh-5400-rpm/specifications.html
Good chemistry is key formula for recent stop-motion movies
(October 19, 2005) -- College Park, MD Tim Burton's "Corpse Bride" and Nick Park’s “Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit”, released earlier this month, are stop-motion animation films with a new scientific twist behind the scenes. Both new and old stop motion shows are comprised of sets and characters made of malleable, lifelike looking, but inert, material.
Stop-motion is a cinematic form of animation, in which handcrafted puppets are moved just fractions of an inch, frame by frame, in front of still cameras so they can be seamlessly played back as one continuous video or film.
Modern chemistry has brought today's animators tools that can compete with sophisticated visuals generated by the latest computer graphics programs. These modern state-of-the-art hybrid plastic skins include injected foam-latex and high-tech urethane that can then be painted with a wide range of color pigmentation. In fact, technicians had to hand craft the "Corpse Bride" dolls and stretch "skins" of silicone over steel-reinforced armatures.
pembacaan lanjut di http://www.aip.org/isns/reports/2005/016.html
Kids with access to a home computer are more likely to graduate, digital divide study finds
SANTA CRUZ, CA--Access to a home computer increases the likelihood that children will graduate from high school, but blacks and Latinos are much less likely to have a computer at home than are whites, according to a new study by a researcher at the University of California, Santa Cruz, that also found the digital divide is even more pronounced among children than adults
Although many studies have explored the impact of computers in schools, and the federal government has made computer access in schools a priority, very few studies have assessed the impact on youth of having a computer in the home. Among the key findings of Fairlie's research:
• Teenagers who have access to home computers are 6 to 8 percentage points more likely to graduate from high school than teens who lack access to a home computer, after controlling for individual, parental, and family characteristics.
• Only 50.6 percent of blacks and 48.7 percent of Latinos have access to home computers, compared to 74.6 percent of whites.
• Only 40.5 percent of blacks and 38.1 percent of Latinos have Internet access at home, compared to 67.3 percent of whites.
• Among children, slightly more than half of all black and Latino children have access to a home computer, and about 40 percent have Internet access at home. By comparison, 85.5 percent of white children have home computer access, and 77.4 percent can use the Internet at home.
• Asians have home computer and Internet access rates that are slightly higher than white rates (77.7 and 70.3 percent, compared to 74.6 and 67.3 percent).
• Among Latinos, Mexicans have the lowest home computer and Internet access rates, followed by Central and South Americans.
DRS Technologies wins new battlefield computer work
nampak pada tajuk tu macam up je kan ?? padahal memang gempak pun...
DRS Technologies Inc telah berjaya mendapatkan kontrak bernilai $45.5 million utk menyediakan rugged Applique Computer Systems and peripheral equipment for the Army’s Force XXI Battle Command, Brigade and Below program.
dalam kontrak tersebut, syarikat ni akan menyediakan satu sistem komputer di mana akan diinstall perisian M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tanks and M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicles (US punya perisian untuk ketenteraan kot) sistem ini akan menyokong Army’s Blue Force Tracking di bawah paras pengelihatan. ( untk keje keje mengintip kot)
The systems are intended to support lower-echelon battle command tactical mission requirements, such as real-time situational awareness, target identification and graphical combat area displays. The situational awareness component will collectively display the geographical location of all weapons, platforms, soldiers, command posts and other facilities and will be used in conjunction with the Army’s Tactical Internet.
The new systems will support Army and Marine Corps units engaged in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. The company announced in September that it had won a $15 million contract for similar work.
akan dilancarkan pada januari 2006. alahai macam mane ni. teknologi US dah makin maju dah. Malaysia bile lagi ? tak kan takde persediaan senjata canggih cam gitu kot?? sekurang kurangnya kita bersedia...........
New Foundation-Longer Battery life
Beberapa syarikat menjalankan kajian mengenai sumber tenaga yang berasakan cell metanol (DIRECT METHANIOL FUEL CELLS, DMFCs) di mana satu sumber tenaga yang satu hari nanti akan mengantikan bateri cas untuk tujuan tertentu sedang dipamerkan di minggu pameran Ceatec japun 2005. tetapi, dalam kajian yg dibuat untuk aplikasi penggunaan pada pameran tersebut, peluang untuk menggantikan bateri laptop mungkin tipis.
DMFCs berfungsi dengan menjana kuasa elektrik apabila metanol d campurkan dgn air dan bertindak balas dgn udara menghasilkan satu lapisan nipis di panggil membran. jurutera menambarkan satu sumber tenaga yang dapat membekalkan tenaga unutk jangka masa yang panjang. --- dan mengcasnya sangat mudah. iaitu dengan menambah semula metanol ke dalam tmpat yg disediakan.
tahun lepas, dua syarikat gergasi iaitu toshiba.corp dan hitachi. ltd telah memperkenalkan prototaip bateri ca unutk telefon bimbit berasakan teknologi. prototaip yang serupa muncul pada tahun ini dan teknologi tersebut dibangunkan cukup untuk syarikat membangunkan bantuan teknikal di mana ianya tidak disdiakan pada tahun lepas.
toshiba berkata, pengeas telefon tersebut cukup untuk mengecas bateri telefon untuk 5 kali. ianya berukuran 11cm persegi dan 2cm tebal. produck hitachi pula berukuran 12cm dan boleh membekalkan tenaga selama 5 jam.
banyak syarikat sedang mencari telefon berasaskan DFMCs sebagai salah satu aplikasi awal kepada teknologi. syarikat telefon nombor atu jepun mendakwa, mereka sedang berusaha dalam projek ini dengan rakan kerja mereka.
mereka ni juga sedang berusaha untuk membina telefon bimbit yang dapat mengantikan penggunaan bateri. kedua dua syarikat ni mempunyai prototaip yang berasaskan teknologi DFMCs.
telefon keluaran toshiba yang saiznya agak besar berbanding henset sebelumynya berupaya berfungi 2.5 kali lebih lama.
pada pameran tersebut, hitachi ada mempamerkan produk lain yg juga berasakan teknologi metanol. antaranya laptop, flash memory berasakan pemain mp3 dan cakera keras...
Biowares Latest RPG "Mass Effect" Fact Sheet
"Mass Effect" is a science fiction action-RPG created by BioWare Corp., the commercially and critically acclaimed RPG developer of "Jade Empire," "Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic," "Neverwinter Nights," and the "Baldur's Gate" series. "Mass Effect" will deliver an immersive story driven gameplay experience with stunning visual fidelity. Published by Microsoft Game Studios, "Mass Effect" will be exclusively for the Xbox 360 video game system.
Key Features:
Immersive RPG: Determine the fate of mankind as you lead an elite tactical strike force as an epic galaxy-wide conflict unfolds. "Mass Effect" will take the player into new depths of an action-roleplaying game, with choice-based gameplay.
Rich and engaging storyline. While defending galactic peace and earning a position of respect for humanity in the community, gamers will discover that a greater conflict between organic life and artificial intelligence exists. Players' decisions and actions will serve to shape the destiny of all life in the galaxy as you become absorbed in the story that is "Mass Effect," the first game in an epic trilogy from BioWare. They will become the center of an engrossing story as they battle against alien life forms to save the galaxy from threatening armies.
Player controls the ultimate fate of the galaxy: The player's decisions and actions will serve to shape the destiny of all life in the galaxy, while raising humanity to the pinnacle of galactic civilization via noble means or via tyranny.
Real-time squad based combat: "Mass Effect" employs a real-time, squad based, tactical combat system. Players will be immersed in intense, challenging and exciting combat.
Electronic Arts unveils games for Xbox 360 launch
Electronic Arts Inc. on Monday announced five video game titles that will be available for Microsoft Corp's Xbox 360 console when it launches next month. EA
, the world's biggest video game publisher, will debut the Xbox 360 games, "Need for Speed Most Wanted," "FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup," "NBA Live 06," "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06" and "Madden NFL 06," at Microsoft's X05 event in Amsterdam on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Apa yang anda tidak tahu mengenai COCA COLA
sekadar nak berkonsi cerita....Kisah Disebalik Coke. Fakta seperti yang tersenarai dibawah adalah kajian santifik yang dibuat oleh ahli sains kesihatan/sosial di USA dan Britain serta laporan dari seluruh dunia mengenai minuman ringan Coke : Coca Cola. Di dalam kebanyakan negeri di US, kereta peronda lebuhraya akan dimuatkan 2 gallon Coke untuk menghilangkan kesan darah di jalanraya apabila berlaku kemalangan. Cam pasukan SMART dan bomba kita tu, Harzadous Team. Cuba tanya Plus Ronda atau Polis Lebuhraya, adakah mereka guna?
1. Masukan tulang dalam satu mangkuk yang diisi Coke, ia akan hancur atau hilang sama sekali dalam masa
2 hari. Elok untuk yang berniaga sup tulang!
3. Untuk mencuci tandas : Masukkan setin air Coke dalam tandas dan biarkan selama 1 jam dan kemudian 'flush'. Kesan kotoran/hampas akan hilang dari tindakan 'citric asid' yang berada dalam Coke. Satu bahan gantian untuk mencuci kalau sabun dah habis!Rasa-rasa buat sabun badan boleh tak?
4. Untuk menghilangkan kesan karat dari bumper kereta jenis chrome : Lap bumper dengan aluminium foil yang dicelup dengan Coke. Kesannya karat hilang!
4. Untuk menghilangkan kesan 'corrosion' atau hakisan pada skru/nat bateri kereta : Tuang saja setin Coke pasti kesan hakisan hilang serta merta.
5. Untuk melonggarkan skru yang berkarat dan ketat : Sekali lagi tuang setin Coke, skru tersebut pasti longgar dan boleh dibuka.
6. Untuk menghilangkan kesan minyak/lekit dari pakaian : Tambahkan setin Coke dalam mesin basuh bersama sabun pencuci dan basuh macam biasa. Kesan minyak tu pasti hilang. Kemudian bolehlah minum air basuhan tadi berperisa coke.
7. Cermin kereta anda berdebu/kotor/melekit ? Celup tuala dengan Coke dan lap. Pasti bersih. Tak payah guna tin sembur cuci cermin cam jual di Yawata atau di Brothers tu kerana ianya amat mahal! Bahan aktif Coke adalah phosphoric asid. Ia mempunyai pH 2.8. Ia boleh meleburkan sebatang paku dalam masa 4 hari. Kilang Perwaja/besi mesti suka ni! Asid tersebut juga menghakis kekuatan tulang belakang dan tulang lain dalam badan yang merupakan punca utama kearah penyakit osteoporosis.
Sila lihat lori yang membawa air sirap Coke dalam lori tangki,[ bukan lori yang bawa Coke siap dalam botol/tin] pasti dilengkapi dengan tanda amaran "Bahan Kimia Bahaya" atau"Bahan Penghakis : bahaya". Lori tangki itu juga diselaputi bahan penghakis hakisan untuk mengelak lori tu dihakis. . Tolon jangan letak/parkir kereta berhampiran lori tangki yang ada tanda amaran tu, silap-silap tengah bawak kereta, putus 2 sebab hakisan/karat. Para pengedar minuman Coke telah menggunakannya untuk mencuci bahagian enjin lori/trak mereka sejak 20 tahun. Wahh...mesti buat overhaul ni! Kandungan gulanya 18 sudu cawan teh satu tin Coke. Cuba try bancuh kopi/teh dengan 18 sudu gula tu kat rumah dan minum mesti termuntah tapi tambahkan citric asid, mesti muka tersenyum. Tambah pula dengan ais!. Wahh! Rasa cam minum Coke berperisa kopi. Asid tersebut akan bertindak terhadap lidah untuk memberi signal kepada otak bahawa air yang diminum tidak berapa manis. Lidah ngan otakpun kena tipu. Semua minuman ringan menggunakan asid yang sama.
Tak kiralah Pepsi. 7-up, Drinho, Yeos, Milo, F&N dll. Sama jer! Anak bapak dan Keluarga 69. Coke membawa maksud dadah Cocaine. Asal minuman Coke adalah dicipta untuk meghilangkan rasa letih dan mengkhayalkan untuk para pekerja buruh. Cam candu ! masuk China dulu. Antara isi kandungannya adalah ekstrak dari daun coca [cocaine] dan kacang Cola. Tu yang mai perkataan CocaCola tu. Cuba rendamkan gigi [gigi yang patah ker tapi kalau nak rendam gigi dalam mulut tu pun boleh gak] dalam satu mangkuk Coke, pasti gigi tu hilang/lebur... tapi semalam baru je aku minum coke......................
fakta pasal coke tu pernah aku tgk kat satu rancangan astro dulu... apa ek namanya... mythbuster kot... tak ingat la... diorang buat eksperimen ngan hampir semua fakta2 dan hasilnya lebih kurang(tak ingat) 8 dari 10 hanyalah myth semata2... aku ingat satu eksperimen diorang tu, pasal orang kata cola boleh mencegah kehamilan... diorang rendam air mani kat dlm coke, nak tgk berapa banyak sperma mati selepas waktu tertentu... .
Intel Pentium D Processor
After reading this article, im so impressed with the expandation of processing technology nowaday. In 2002, intel had release hyper threading processor, followed by intel dual core processor, and now intel dual core with HT tech.
Whether performing video editing, playing graphic intensive games or running multiple background tasks simultaneously, users today have high expectations for their PC performance with little tolerance for degradation in experience. For people who run multiple demanding applications simultaneously, the Intel® Pentium® D processor is Intel’s preferred desktop processor. Because it is powered by two execution cores in one processor it offers exceptional functionality and performance so consumers get the most productivity and enjoyment from their PCs when one or more people are running multiple applications at the same time.
In today’s usage environment, processor speed alone is not enough to ensure a great experience.
Today users require the power of simultaneous computing found in a dualcore processor. The Intel Pentium D processor brings this power to the desktop at three performance levels [3.20, 3 and 2.80 GHz]. An Intel dual-core processor delivers consumer value by providing additional computing resources that expand the PC’s capabilities and provide platform-level advancements for consumers in the form of higher throughput and simultaneous computing. With an Intel Pentium D processor users may perform multiple tasks such as digital rendering and gaming all while running virus scan or other background tasks seamlessly
The Intel dual-core processor is an evolution of HT Technology. Both HT Technology and a dual-core processor enable a multi-threaded experience for applications written to take advantage of multiple threads, but dual-core processing brings more resources and computing throughput to the PC. Dual-core processing allows for true simultaneous computing so multiple users can access and enjoy the same PC, even from different rooms with a home network and networked devices (such as a stereo connected via a DMA).
What "P D" offers you??
1) The Power of Dual-Core Delivers Exceptional Benefits to Your Platform.
2) Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology.
3) Level 1 Cache.
4) 2MB Level 2 Cache.
5) Intel® Extended Memory 64 Technology (Intel® EM64T)2.
6) Execute Disable Bit3. 7) Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 (SSE3). 8) 90nm Process Technology
It comes in three type or model which is 840,830,820 and of couse the bigger number is the better one.
Processor Intel® Pentium® D Processor Processor
NumberΔ 840, 830, 820
Architecture 90 nm technology L2 Cache 2x1MB
Clock Speed 2.80 GHz to 3.20 GHz
Front Side Bus 800 MHz
Chipset Intel® 955X Express chipset Intel® 945P Express chipset Intel® 945G Express chipset
Intel® E7230 Chipset Socket LGA775 Motherboard Intel® Desktop Boards D955XCS, D955XBK, D945PSN, D945PLM, D945PVS, D945PAW, D945GNT, D945GTP, and D945GCZ
Intel® Pentium® D Processor Features Features Benefits Dual-Core Provides two execution cores in one physical processor allowing the platform to do more in less time while enjoying smooth interaction with your PC.
Enhanced Intel® SpeedStep® Technology Enables cooler and quieter PC designs—depending on system implementation and usage. (Not available on 820.)
Execute Disable Bit° Can help to prevent some classes of viruses and worms that exploit buffer overrun vulnerabilities thus helping to improve the overall security of the system.
Intel® Extended Memory 64 TechnologyΦ Processors with Intel EM64T allow platforms to access larger amounts of memory and will support 64-bit extended operating systems.
