With small form factor notebooks like the Asus EEE PC getting rave reviews and hype, it's no surprise that almost every other manufacturer and brand is heading that route. After all nothing screams sexy and cool then a small cute little notebook being toted around. So in comes HP with its entrant to the small notebook market, with their HP 2133 Mini-Note PC or HP Mini for short.

As HP’s first 8.9 inch WXGA widescreen ultra-mobile mini notebook, the HP Mini has a simple yet refined design that features one of the largest usable QWERTY keyboard and touchpad for a superior computing experience. Weighing in at only 1.19 kg, the HP Mini has a sleek anodised aluminium casing with a durable magnesium alloy structure As an added security measure, there are no visible screws on the notebook to prevent tampering and thereby enhancing its aesthetics at the same time.  

The Mini Note is already available and is retailing at the price of RM2,299 with Microsoft Windows OS. Read on for more info or go here for technical specs.

"Today we mark a new era in mobile phone evolution, an era where beauty and size integrate with uncompromising innovation at broadband speeds,” said Peter Chou, president and CEO, HTC Corp. “The HTC Touch Diamond will make browsing the Web and using web-enabled applications just as practical and easy to use as making calls."

HP today announced breakthroughs in toner, ink, and media technologies that allow customers unprecedented color printing capabilities. The new printing supplies portfolio includes HP’s newly formulated HP ColorSphere Toner that will deliver 117% higher gloss, and 39% wider color gamut, previously unseen in HP Color LaserJet printing.

“Today’s announcement represents HP’s commitment to remain at the forefront of the industry through its unwavering commitment to technological innovation. We continue to raise the bar on customer printing experiences by investing in research that delivers products which delight our customers and meet their need for developing more impressive documents and in house collateral,” said Leong Han Kong, Vice-President for Supplies, HP Imaging and Printing Group Asia Pacific & Japan.

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Celcom has recently introduced the Vodafone Mobile Connect USB Stick and the Celcom Broadband Wireless Gateway. The newly announced Vodafone Mobile Connect USB Stick is a continuation of the signed partnership agreement to jointly market products and services under a dual brand while the Huawei produced Celcom Broadband Wireless Gateway is a continuation of the partnership with Huawei which began with the Celcom Huawei 3G data card introduced in 2005.

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Symantec announced that it is strengthening its partnership with the Malaysian government and industry players through its involvement in the International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber-Terrorism (IMPACT). IMPACT is the first global public-private initiative against cyber-terrorism, which drives collaboration among governments, industry leaders and cyber-security experts to enhance the global community’s capacity to prevent and respond to cyber-threats. The inaugural meeting of the IMPACT International Advisory Board is taking place today in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, as a part of the IMPACT World Cyber Security Summit.

“IMPACT is an excellent platform for governments and industry players to exchange ideas, best practices, share skills and work together in combating cyber threats. Symantec is committed to working with governments and industry players globally to help provide consumers and businesses with a safe and confident connected experience,” said David Thompson, group president, Information Technology and Services Group, Symantec Corporation.

Commenting on Symantec’s participation, Mohd Noor Amin, Chairman of IMPACT, said, "Symantec's participation in IMPACT is a crucial component for our success. Cyberspace knows no national boundaries and its security depends on global companies like Symantec. We commend Symantec for stepping forward to do its part." 

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Apacer announced the latest addition to its proud line of memory storage solution, the Apacer Handy Steno AH225. Apacer's USB 2.0 Flash Drive AH225 trumps the commonplace features found in today's flash drives with an added ability to organize those all-too-often runaway office notes with its magnetic cap - providing a memo stand function. The magnetic cap makes your work life easy as you post up the most important tasks and information in front of you on any magnetized surface, wall or office partition. The cap can also be clipped to the tail end of the USB drive while in use to avoid it being lost.

The AH225's unique transparent colored cap and circular design brings a young and energetic outlook. With its high speed USB 2.0 performance and up to 4GB capacity it’s perfect for carrying documents, photos, presentations, videos and music files anywhere you go. AH225 blends in perfectly with your busy work routine and fun digital lifestyle. The Apacer Handy Steno AH225 also comes preloaded with ACE, Apacer Compression Explorer – a software application that provides file compression, decompression and password protection.  

The AH255 comes in a flexible range of memory capacities - 512MB/1GB/2GB/4GB. Pricing details can only be obtained through Servex (M) Sdn Bhd.  

Microsoft announced that Windows Live SkyDrive, launched at skydrive.live.com, will be available to all Malaysians starting today. This offers the 7.4 million-strong MSN and Windows Live community in Malaysia with a free, password-protected online storage and sharing space to access files and share with the people they choose.

Windows Live SkyDrive provides consumers with 5 GB of free online storage, which equates to approximately 1,000 songs, over 30,000 Microsoft Office documents of average size, or 30,000 digital photos at a resolution of 1200x1200. However, there is a 50MB limit on each file uploaded. 

“Windows Live SkyDrive is a great way for people to keep the information they need at their fingertips in order to access directly or to share with other people,” said Craig Law-Smith, Marketing Director, Microsoft Online Service Group, Southeast Asia.  “Our goal is to provide a service that people really love and value. Part of that is providing plenty of free storage to meet the majority of our customers’ needs. During the beta period, one of the main pieces of feedback we got was that people wished we provided more storage. We listened to them,” said Craig.

 

http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=sirim.my. 

So, would somebody in SIRIM care to take the compromised page down soon. As it stands now, the link to the page is being spammed across websites around the world. Google alone has already indexed about 50 of these sites.

The night belonged to Manchester United.  

After 2 hours of football failed to separate the sides, it was down to a heart stopping penalty shootout to decide whether the UEFA Champions League trophy went to Manchester or London.

Ultimately, in sudden death of the penalty shootout (thanks John Terry!), Edwin van der Sar's save from Nicolas Anelka's penalty ensured Manchester United were the kings of Europe, deservedly in my opinion, and crowned United double winners again.  

Too much drama, too many in-your-heart moments to mention here, but one could say it was United's destiny to win it.  Appropriately and fittingly, it was Sir Bobby Charlton who led the players to collect their winners' medals.

Congratulations is in order!