American Sitcoms and TV Shows.

I wasn't really a fan of any American sitcoms or TV Shows, not until I was introduced to The Nanny when I was in elementary school ( back in early 2003 or 2004 I think). Yeah, The Nanny was the first American sitcom I've ever saw on TV. It was aired on Hallmark Channel.

(At that time, the channel was available on Astro)

I still remembered how I was laughing so hard while watching the show as The Nanny was the funniest sitcom I've ever seen (at that time of course). Call me weird or whatnot, I remember I didn't really enjoy any Malaysian sitcoms (i.e. Pi Mai Pi Mai Tang Tu) as much as I enjoyed The Nanny, probably because before we starting to subscribe to Astro, we only had the basic three channels (TV1, TV2, TV3) to switch in between. In addition to that, we actually had to rotate the TV aerial pole if we wanted to switch the channel from TV1 and TV2 to TV3. What a hard life we've been through. I think that's the main reason I wasn't really into Malaysian sitcoms which most of them were aired on TV3. It's hard, you know, to rotate the tall pole and everything.

A few years later, The Nanny was no longer aired and the channel was replaced with DIVA Universal. So, no more my American sitcoms resources available. Other channels were not helping at all because they tend to air more complicated-plot TV shows rather than airing a sitcom or two on their networks. As time passed by, I started to living far away from home; enrolled myself in a boarding high school etc. so I've figured out my interest in American sitcoms or TV shows was completely gone. But I must admit that I was wrong. During semester breaks and I was home all the time, the only thing that kept me busy (other than sleeping) was watching American TV Shows. That was the first time I found out the existence of Chuck while it was aired on a network. I usually spent my time watching the CSI franchises with my sister but as soon as I watched Chuck, I felt like my interest in American sitcoms and comedy TV shows has resurfaced.

From that very moment, I tried to look up on the Internet if I could stream every episode online or maybe download all the episodes. It took me almost 5 years to figure out the solution to my problem. Thank God!

• Thanks to Chuck for the great OSTs. My music preference has changed since then.
• Thanks to Chuck for the great lessons I've learnt throughout the show, and yes, when it comes to family and friends, it is a number one priority.

A few years later, channel Hits was introduced as a part of Astro family pack and I was, and still am, a happy kid. The channel provides awards-winning American TV shows and sitcoms that were tremendously popular back in 1980-1990s, and still are.

I learned the existence of Cheers, Seinfeld, The Golden Girls, Mad About You etc. And my most favorite definitely is Seinfeld. Come on! It is the all-time-favorite TV Show, well obviously it is my opinion and opinions are differ for each individual, but hey, it is one of the most popular and is the most high rating TV Show even after the syndication re-run on many networks i.e. TBS, Hulu and whatnot.

Cosmo Kramer, George Constanza, Elaine Benes, Jerry Seinfeld

The show is definitely something else, with their 'no hugging and no learning' policy. I must say, even the show was first aired in 1989 and hey I wasn't even born yet, I got to say how much I love the show. It's really brilliant. If one claimed the show is a show about nothing (which is totally opposite to what proposed by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld), I would rather put it as a show about nothing and everything.

Even though the finale was claimed to be a failure and mixed audience reactions were received, I just think that the finale wasn't that bad actually. It differs to each individual. One might take a lesson or two from the show and one might take no lessons at all. Seriously, it is up to you who watch the show.

I personally love the cast reunion on Curb Your Enthusiasm S7E10, when they acted like they were actually taping Seinfeld (like they try to make another finale instead of the criticized-real-ending from the show). I don't know. I just think LD is so genius and the rest of the cast and crew as well.

Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld, Michael Richards (Kramer), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Elaine),
Jason Alexander (George)

I actually love to see if there's any another possible reunion or Seinfeld project (i.e. Seinfeld movie perhaps) because I always feel happy and warm watching the cast and the show. I will always remember Kramer's unique entrances, Elaine's little kicks and thumbs out dance, the 'these pretzels are making me thirsty', 'yada yada' , 'no soup for you', 'anti-dentite' , 're-gifter' and many more. Too many to list out.

How To Install .apk File or .ipa File On Your Electronic Device.

Before we start this piece of cake tutorial today, let me write down the explanation on what is the .apk file extension and .ipa file extension.

• Brief introduction on the extensions.
• .apk file extension

Android application package (APK) is the package file format used by the Android operating system for distribution and installation of mobile apps and middleware. 

APK files can be installed on Android powered devices just like installing software on PC. When a user downloads and installs an Android application from either an official source (such as Google Play), or from some other (unofficial) site, they are installing an APK file on their device. 

A user or developer can also install an APK file directly to a device (that is, not via download from the network) from a desktop computer, using a communication program such as adb, or from within a file manager app in a process known as "sideloading". 

By default, the ability to install from unofficial sites or directly from a desktop or file manager is disabled for security reasons on most Android devices. Users can enable it by changing the setting "Unknown sources" in the Settings menu.

Source : Wikipedia

• .ipa file extension

An .ipa file (iPhone Application archive) is an iOS application archive file which stores an iOS app. Each .ipa file includes a binary for the ARM architecture and can only be installed on an iOS-device. Files with the .ipa extension can be uncompressed by changing the extension to .zip and unzipping.

Source : Wikipedia

Come on, it's okay to not know the description of both extensions. The important thing to note is an .apk file is used by the Android OS meanwhile an .ipa file is for iOS. When we download an app from either Google Play or App Store, we are actually downloading these extensions. When the app is installed, the file is actually being compressed so that you can use the app, say, the Instagram, like right now ( a readable app for us the end the users).

• How to install an .apk file
•   Firstly, download the .apk file to your android device. Remember the location where the downloaded .apk file is stored on your device.
•  Go to your device setting > security > allow installation from sources other than the Play Store tab > tick the checkbox.

• 

  Disclaimer: this photo isn't mine. I'm just too lazy to screenshot
  the whole process and I found this on Google.
• Go to the location where the downloaded .apk file is stored. Click on the file. Start the installation process.
• When the process is done, you’re good to use the app as the .apk file is completely installed as an app.
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• How to install an .ipa file

I'm gonna explain the easiest method that I always use so far.

•  Firstly, download the .ipa file and remember the location where the downloaded .ipa file is stored. I would recommend you to download it directly from your PC and store it at any location you could easily access, i.e. save the .ipa file in the Download folder or Desktop.
• Connect your iOS device to the PC. Or you can do this step first followed by the step above.
• Open up the iFunBox. Follow the instructions as pictures shown below.

Go to the Managing App Data tab.

Then you'll see the Install App (*.ipa) - as circled above.
Click on it.

Once you click, a window will appear. Look for the downloaded
.ipa file on your PC and click Save to begin the installation.

Once the installation finished, you're good to use the app on your iOS device.

I would recommend you people to use the iFunBox because it is easy to use and a very user-friendly app.

I hope this article is helpful for any of you out there.

Instagram's latest version: Could it be the worst nightmare?

Just wasting my time painting the canvas lol

Today (or yesterday), Instagram has released the latest update of the app; available on google play and apps store. Apparently I haven’t update my devices to the latest version just yet.

You see here, I got a habit of delaying the updating activities for any apps installed on my electronic devices. The reasons might be, yes, I don’t like spending my internet quota on these activities, and b because I usually spend my time reading reviews written by those immediate-updaters (I named them as such to refer to those who are the first one to update the apps to the latest version) before I start thinking whether to update any particular applications or otherwise.

*Note how many times I used the word 'update' in one single paragraph LOL.

Okay now let’s go back to the purpose of why I’m writing this entry. Last night, while I was scrolling down my Instagram feed, I saw a photo uploaded by Instagram itself. What actually caught my attention wasn’t the photo's caption but rather the comments posted by users. Lots of people riled up to criticize or give out their feedback on the latest version of the apps. Most common comments I’ve read are 

• The logout button is missing! Put it back on!
• Where’s the switch account feature?
• Help I cannot switch between accounts!
• I have like more than 13k followers in my other account. Now that the switch and logout are missing, thanks to you, feel like I cannot update the account no more!
• The update is suck! If you think this has made you a better social media platform, then I think you are very wrong! In any ways!
• I really really hate this whole showing the best posts on your timeline thing. Like, seriously??
• Do you really have to do that??

To be honest, I really don’t like the new Instagram’s feature of having our timeline no longer sorted chronologically as it should have been because that’s what a timeline is all about. I mean, come on! It maybe the best posts on my timeline but perhaps not according to my preference. The idea of turning on any users’ notifications is somehow dissed me. I’m sorry Instagram.

But thanks to them (the updaters) for providing such helpful and thoughtful comments or reviews regarding the apps because 

• The apps developers would love their feedback as these hardworking developers would immediately go all out and in to fix the glitches found in the latest version of the application, thus the known glitches would be disappear forever when the next update/version is released in the nearest future. See that’s why the feedback section on Apps Store and Google Play is important.
• The other users should aware if there are any problems with the apps before updating the apps on their devices. It is each user’s responsibility when it comes to self-awareness, thus the ‘SELF’ there. Users should not be a lazy bum to read the reviews because this is a healthy trick for them to make a wise decision; should or shouldn’t I update the apps or not just yet?

It is important to note that an update doesn’t necessarily mean that every glitch or bug found in the previous version of a particular apps is ‘gone’ gone, forever disappear or whatever the term you’re using. Basically an update means the apps has been tweaked in any ways to suit and satisfy users’ needs. That’s the reason why for an apps/ software, the version number comes after their name

 eg: Instagram v7.19.0 < the latest version of Instagram.

My friend texted me about the disappearance of Clear Search History button on Instagram. She updated the apps this afternoon and somehow couldn’t find the named button. A few buttons are missing and I hope everyone’s handling this kind of situation very well and wisely.

But hey, there’s always a trick to get the previous version of any apps back installed on your devices. If your device is running on Android platform, try to google  'instagram’s version (ie: instagram version 17) .apk file free download', download the file to your device and install it but make sure to allow the installation of apps from sources other than the Google Play Store on your device. (in the device setting)

If your device is running on iOS platform, replace the .apk file with .ipa file instead before googling them. To install any .ipa file on your iOS devices, I would recommend you to use iFunBox (a software available for PCs) and be sure that your device is connected to your PC to do so.

Then you’re good to go!

(I explained this here)

Anyway, how do you find the latest version of  Instagram? Me favor the previous one rather than this one. It's up to you people to get the latest version or not. There're always these two stores:

I'm feeling Googly

Howdy!
On the 1st of September, 2015, Google had released their new Logo. But that's not what I'm going to write about on this blog.

Apparently if you try to type these phrases in the search box, something nice is coming on your way. hahaha. nah, Google'd made it automatically directed to some specific pages. Below are some examples.

#1. I'm feeling puzzled

a Google a day page would appear and you're good to play the provided puzzles.

#2 I'm feeling generous

Be generous by giving away some amounts of money to needy people.

#3 I'm feeling curious

I know lots of people around the world use Google everyday to google up on something blablabla...

If, in case, you've nothing to do but your feeling of googling is in the air, why don't you 'I'm feeling curious'-ing on Google. Perhaps, a random answer out of a curiosity will make its way to you.

Then, I tried to google 'I'm feeling pissed off' and guess what did appear?

yeah, the search ended up to nothing but these.-_-*

There are lot more than these tricks when it comes to Google.You just have to google the tricks up to know more.

And how do you find this article?

Bypass A Proxy Server by ZenMate

Previously on this blog, I talked about how you can view any blocked sites by using Tor Browser. Tor Browser enables us to do so because it has this feature to bypass the proxy server, faking your IP Address. But, it has some drawbacks such that you're now online like an anonymous and the possibility for a particular site, i.e Facebook to  detect this vigorous activity of always changing the IP Address might cause you to appear as being hacked by someone from weird locations is high.

Thus, I crossed out the Tor Browser thingy from my web server list.

The most annoying message ever, is it not?

It happens that people are known for the existence of other sites, i.e Hola, TunnelBear, Hide My Ass Web Proxy, Proxmate, that service to bypass the proxy server by faking your IP Address and so forth. You can even use Google Translate as your web server. For this entry, I'll be focusing on ZenMate, the one that I am currently using.

I believe you guys must have heard about Hola VPN being discovered to be used to perform DDoS attacks and violate user privacy, thus my list of web servers is crossed out again. Since I don't really use Hola that often, I wasn't being a all sucked-up folk for this to happen. Me before this tried Media Hint, TunnelBear and those listed above is now sticking up with ZenMate, (so far).

Here's the reasons of me staying faithful with ZenMate.

1. This web server is very easy to use. You can just google it up or if you're using Chrome browser, you can simply download the extension from the browser itself.
2. The extension is available for Chrome, Firefox, Opera browser.
3. It also available on iOS, Android OS, Windows OS. With the same account registered beforehand, you can use the web server on your PCs and your smartphones simultaneously, which I believe most of the web servers have this feature though.
4. Unlimited data usage and it's free. Well, if you want some additional features, i.e malware protection, more locations, tracking protection, speedy browsing obviously you need to upgrade to premium account.
5. ZenMate is a very user-friendly web server and a safe solution if you want to hide your IP address

As so you know, these web servers are privileges for you to view the content of sites restricted to several regions. I would like to recommend ZenMate to my friends and users all over the world, no matter how tech-savvy they are. If you're looking for a safe solution in hiding your IP Address but keeping your privacy protected, ZenMate is the answer.

How To Use WhatsApp Web

On January 25,2015, WhatsApp, via their blog, had announced a new feature of the messenger application in which their clients are now able to remotely use WhatsApp Messenger from the desktop of their PCs.

Before the WhatsApp Web launched, we all have came to know the fact that there's always BlueStacks App Player which can be installed on PC and the app allows user to install the WhatsApp Messenger and use it from the desktop. The drawback is that only a device is permitted to content a particular WhatsApp Messenger account (one device one account principle).

To use WhatsApp Messenger on desktop, all you need to have is the WhatsApp Messenger itself, already installed on your phone and please be sure to have your WhatsApp up-to-date because the next step only can be done with an up-to-date WhatsApp (as it has WhatsApp Web preference)

Read instruction below to get to WhatsApp Web button. Steps may vary accordingly:

Network and Connectivity: Difference Between Hub, Bridge, Switch and Router

Difference Between Hub, Bridge, Switch and Router 

Choosing A Power Bank

It's no longer a surprise when we are introduced with brand new technologies, innovations and gadgets in each single day we pass through. So that was happened when we were getting to know about an unique and small piece of gadget known as Power Bank, comes in various shapes and sizes with one main purpose; to ease each of the users who encounter a crucial situation, such that almost-dying-battery and I-don't-have-any-backup-to-keep-my-gadget-alive.

A power bank is definitely an answer or a life savior when your are in such dying-dreadful situation. There are several factors in which we shouldn't neglect when choosing a power bank.

Knowing what is power bank

Power bank is a gadget usually in small size and shape, acts as a substitute battery charger and power adapter. Implemented by a capacitor-like concept, a power bank works when there are charges stored within. Portable power banks can be a great option for a quick and convenient way to keep electronic devices charged when it’s needed

Shape and size

A bear-shaped power bank

There are various shapes and sizes available. For a satisfaction, one should be really careful and can be really picky in choosing those. There are even power banks that come out with mp3-like shape, an external hard drive shape, a cat-like an even a mango shape. Choose what favors you the most.
Let's move on to their sizes. It is just like when you are choosing a t-shirt, shirt or even a blouse. There are small-size power bank, a large one and even a largy-small (medium size). Once again, it's yours to choose. The size and shape does not really affect your gadgets' charging rate really. It is totally a different thing that need to be taken care of.

Capacity

"the bigger the better"

As the saying goes, the bigger the capacity of a power bank, the better it will be, given the fact on how it will affect the entire charging process.
Most of power banks are available in capacity of 2800 mAh, 4000 mAh, 5600 mAh, 6000 mAh and even 1200 mAh. There are also power banks that come along with 20 000 mAh which is totally big. 

Q: what is mAh?A: milliAmpere/hours . It's a measurement 

The capacity provided also hinted us on how many times one can charge his or her gadget, given that the power required to fill up the battery content of the gadgets.

The power requirement of each gadget (especially a smartphone) can be found at the box that come along when you buy the gadget; the box that keeps your gadget within it. You also can find the requirement by visiting the products' official website like SAMSUNG, Apple Inc. , HTC.

Tricks To Speed Up The Charging In Smartphones

One common thing about smartphones is that they all are easily to be discharged no matter how frequent you use your smartphone. Sometimes it feels like smartphones are no longer that smart since it takes forever for it to fully recharge but takes no time for the battery to be emptied.

This entry will cover a few tricks that should be done in order to consume less time in charging the smartphones.

Switch Off Your Smartphone

This often can be heard from any other people. In addition, if you were charging your smartphone without shutting it down it only will cause more harm to the smartphone especially its battery. There even a case in which the battery melted after the user refused to switch it off while charging and kept using his smartphone making calls and texts.


Switch On The Airplane/Flight Mode

by enabling Flight Mode, you are actually disabling every single application from being connected to any network. All connections such as bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Global Positioning Systems (GPS), Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot and including mobile data will all be disabled when you turn Flight Mode on. In this way, time taken for your smartphone to be fully charged will decrease

Use The Right Power Adapter and Cable

Review:Windows 8.1,the teaser

Assalamualaikum wbt.

Hello i-Tech ,nerds, computer guy sekalian.

sebenarnya, hari ini aku dengan rasminya telah meng-install Windows 8.1. sebenarnya, lebih kepada upgrade Windows OS dari Windows 8 kepada Win 8.1. so, aku rasa nak cerita sikitlah pasal apa yang berbeza atau best pasal New Version of Win OS ini.

sebenarnya,untuk makluman anda semua, tiada banyak beza pun antara Win 8 dan Win 8.1. tapi sekarang seperti yang kita lihat, Microsoft cuba menyaingi apple.inc dengan menjadikan paparan /user interface yang digunakan oleh user lebih menarik. laptop aku memang asalnya Win 8. alang-alang nak upgrade kepada Win 8.1 percuma, aku cuba try walaupun memakan 3.6+ GB.

berikut aku sertakan beberapa screencap. *sila ignore wallpaper ke apa ke yang patut.

Laptop Users, Read This!!!

Assalamualaikum wbt.

To all laptop users,, be AWARE of this such thing.

A couple lost their 25 year old son in a fire at home on June 4th. The son who had graduated with MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison two weeks earlier had come home for a while. He had lunch with his dad at home and decided to go back to clean up his hostel room. His father told him to wait, to meet his mother, before he went back for a few days. He decided to take a nap while waiting for his mom to come back home from work. Some time later their neighbors called 911 when they saw black smoke coming out of the house.

Unfortunately, the 25 years old died in the three year old house. It took several days of investigation to find out the cause of the fire.

It was determined that the fire was caused by the laptop resting on the bed. When the laptop was on the bed cooling fan did not get the air to cool the computer and that is what caused the fire. He did not even wake up to get out of the bed because he died of breathing in carbon monoxide emitted out of burnt laptop.

The reason I am writing this to all of you is that I have seen many of us and also our brothers& sisters sons&daughters friends&family using the laptop while in bed. Let us all decide and make it a practice not to do that. The risk is real. Let us make it a rule not to use the laptop on bed with blankets and pillows around. Please educate as many people as you can.

some of people out there may have read this article. or maybe not.
take it as a reminder for people who tend to forget the crucial issues. including me, myself.

a burnt laptop as reported in news

be aware!! this'll cause you harm.

a quote -you might burn out your shirts. and your pants. lols

cr-useful info

Power Bank

Assalamualaikum wbt

pada malam yang sejuk ini aku nak cerita sedikit tentang benda yang ramai orang nak sekarang ni iaitu POWERBANK

• apa itu Power bank?

power bank kalau kita translate dalam bahasa melayu akan jadi bank kuasa. dalam erti lain suatu peranti yang ada kuasa bagi mengecas. lebih kurang kapasitor lah. peranti ini menyimpan cas - dalam kata lain pengecas sementara.

• mengapa perlu power bank

power bank makin menjadi buruan orang ramai seiring dengan kemajuan dunia teknologi yang serba canggih ni. sebab apa?? orang zaman sekarang semua pakai phone canggih canggih. touch screen, swipe screen lah segala bagai. memang lah best pakai phone canggih tapi ada cons jugak. phone yang jenis sebegitu ; smartphone etc memang akan cepat kehabisan bateri. tak kisahlah kau pakai Samsung ke, iPhone ke, HTC ke, Nokia ke, LG ke,SONY ke. memang semua pattern sama aje bila part bateri ni. sebab memang sudah tercipta sebegitu apabila OS nya pakai Android ke, Windows ke , build yang paling latest ke. tambah-tambah bila main game, bukak wi-fi tapi tak surf internet dan sebagainya. lagipun smartphone kan ada sensor yang memang cepat habiskan bateri. apa guna ada pengecas kalau nak phone tak pernah habis bateri??

oleh itu, adalah golongan cerdik pandai yang mencipta satu barang elektronik yang deberi nama PowerBank. dengan adanya PB ni, ia memudahkan dan menyenangkan para pengguna. kalau habis bateri, grab aje PB ni dan connect ke phone masing-masing. kalau tengah travel pun, tak payah susah-susah nak cari plug, sumber elektrik untuk cas. senang kan???

• Bentuk Power Bank

PB mempunyai pelbagai bentuk dah sekarang. maksudnya, macam-macam rupa dan saiz. ada yang besar sama besar dengan Hard Disk , ada yang kecil sikit, ada yang macam mp3, dan lain-lain. warna yang ditawarkan juga pelbagai-bagai depends brand lah.

• Kapasiti

kapasiti PB juga pelbagai. unit yang digunakan ialah mAh. ada yang 2800 mAh, 4000 mAh, 5600 mAh, 6000 mAh. ada jugak 12 000 mAh. ada yang sehingga mencapai 20 000 mAh. kapasiti itu penting bagi menentukan berapa banyak kali kita boleh cas phone,mp3 dan sebagainya sehingga penuh. bergantung kepada kuasa yang bateri phone itu sendiri perlukan bagi setiap cas. sebagai contoh,

 Mini Galaxy kalau tak silap memerlukan 2800 mAh bagi fully charged. jika PB itu 5600 mAh, maka kita boleh cas Mini Galaxy tu sebanyak 2 kali.

5600/2800 = 2 kali

makin besar kapasiti, makin banyak kali devices boleh cas pakai PB.

• Brand

sekarang ni, dah banyak company yang membuat PB sendiri dan jual dengan harga lebih murah kalau nak compare dengan brand terkemuka. ini sepadanlah dengan kualiti PB itu sendiri. kalau nak yang gila punya elok, belilah SeaGate ke, brands yang memang phone punya brands. Sony ke.

tapi aku pakai yang biasa aje

• mahal vs murah

PB mahal sudah tentu lagi elok dari yang murah, sebab ori dan Insya Allah tak harass devices yang di connect ke PB. tapi tak semua yang murah tak berkualiti. depends barang yang ada dalam PB tu. sama ada bateri ion ke lithium. sudah tentu yang lithium lagi bagus. PB yang murah, keberangkalian untuk meletup lebih tinggi berbanding PB yang ori. 

lagi mahal, lagi secure.

orang kata, kalau PB yang murah-murah jangan beli besar sangat mAh nya. takut makin cepat rosak a.k.a meletup.

Nadi Teknologi : Cip Sony dalam telefon Apple, Samsung dan LG

Assalamualaikum.
whoa..tajuk dia memang highlight la sebab masa aku baca tajuknya aje, aku tertarik nak baca.
aku tak pernah tahu pasal perkara ni

SONY membantu pembangunan teknologi cakera padat, sudah meraih hampir satu pertiga daripada pasaran bernilai AS$7.6 bilion bagi peranti pengimbas berkuasa rendah yang bertujuan untuk mendapatkan rakaman gambar yang sangat jelas. - Foto Bloomberg

Tokyo: Sony Corp mempunyai produk terbaik yang mana Apple Inc, Samsung Electronics Co dan LG Electronics Inc lebih daripada gembira untuk membantu menjualnya kepada pelanggan masing-masing. 

Teknologi terkini Sony itu bukanlah peranti seperti Walkman atau PlayStation. Sebaliknya, ia adalah sejenis cip yang ditemui dalam setiap telefon pintar dan kamera berprestasi tinggi. iPhone 5 dan 4S menggunakannya dan begitu juga telefon utama Galaxy S4 Samsung serta G2 keluaran LG, mengikut penganalisis. 

Syarikat itu yang sebelum ini membantu pembangunan teknologi cakera padat, sudah meraih hampir satu pertiga daripada pasaran bernilai AS$7.6 bilion bagi peranti pengimbas berkuasa rendah yang bertujuan untuk mendapatkan rakaman gambar yang sangat jelas. 

Sony merangsang pendapatannya daripada segmen cip sebanyak kira-kira 30 peratus tahun lalu ketika Ketua Eksekutif, Kazuo Hirai cuba meningkatkan sumbangan bahagian elektronik selepas perniagaan televisyennya mencatat kerugian berterusan dalam sembilan tahun. 

“Sony menyapu bersih peningkatan permintaan (produk cip),” kata Yasuo Nakane, penganalisis di Deutsche Bank AG di Tokyo. 

Kebergantungan pesaing dengan komponen Sony bukanlah perkara baru, kerana syarikat itu membekalkan alat separa konduktor kepada pengilang lain. Kira-kira 80 peratus pengimbas imej dikeluarkan Sony dijual kepada syarikat lain, kata Masahito Takeda, seorang jurucakap bagi Sony. 

Sebahagian besar daripada 10.9 bilion yen (AS$111 juta) keuntungan operasi suku lalu bagi bahagian peranti Sony dijana penjualan cip. Penghantaran global bagi pengimbas imej berkemungkinan tumbuh kepada 3.14 bilion unit dalam tempoh satu suku lagi pada tahun ini. 
Sony enggan mendedahkan syarikat yang membeli cip atau harganya. Sony ada dinyatakan sebagai antara pembekal dalam laman web Apple, tetapi tidak disebut komponen yang dibekalkan Sony. Sony juga adalah pembekal kepada Samsung. 

Pengimbas yang dikeluarkan Sony dijual pada purata harga AS$7.30 (RM24.30) setiap satu, hampir empat kali ganda daripada AS$1.93 yang dijual Samsung untuk cip hampir sama, bersandarkan kepada unit jualan pada 2012 dan unjuran pendapatan daripada Techno Systems. 

Sony, pembuat telefon pintar Xperia tidak berada dalam senarai vendor utama pada suku lalu ketika jualan global bagi unit itu melonjak kira-kira 47 peratus kepada 225 juta, kata Gartner Inc pada 14 Ogos lalu. Samsung, Apple dan LG dalam senarai tiga jenama utama, mewakili kira-kira 51 peratus daripada pasaran global. 

Versi terkini cip yang digunakan dalam telefon pintar Xperia Z adalah lebih kecil berbanding versi terdahulu dan merakamkan imej dalam cahaya rendah atau cahaya latar belakang yang kuat. 

Sony mereka cip berlainan untuk pelanggan berdasarkan litar mengikut spesifikasi pembeli. Cip itu digunakan dalam iPhone 4 dan 4S serta Galaxy S4, menurut penyelidikan daripada SMBC Nikko Securities. - Bloomberg

petikan ; Berita Harian Online 01 Sept. 2013

Nadi Teknologi : Free Video Downloader

Assalamualaikum w.b.t

hari tu, chrome aku mempunyai masalah dengan plugin. tak boleh nak download video dekat Youtube, dan lain-lain.

aku cek dekat plugin and rupa-rupanya ada 2 files sama yang bertindih. biasalah, aku pakai trial version punya downloader. Realdownloader.  so aku decide nak pakai downloader lain.

aku cek online top download bagi download manager di Malaysia;

1. Torch Browser
2. Internet Download Manager
3. All Video Downloader
4. FLVTO Youtube Downloader
5. aTube Catcher

kalau global pulak;

1. Internet Download Manager
2. Youtuber
3. aTube Catcher
4. Torch Browser
5. FLVTO Youtube Downloader

sesungguhnya IDM merupakan antara pilihan yang terbaik. IDM sudah ada version baru. tapi IDM, hanyalah trial version selama 30 hari. memang aku tolak awal-awal sebab aku cari FREE Downloader.

aku teruskan survey di Softonic. agak okay lah jugak nak survey downloader kat situ. sebab guarantee free virus. bukan virus percuma tapi no virus lah lebih kurang.

antara yang agak okay (reviews) and free and yang aku try download adalah

• FlashGet

FlashGet agak bagus jugak sebab dia agak laju. memang purpose FlashGet ni untuk boots download speed. dia punya function lebih kurang IDM jugak kot sebab boleh pause, resume dan restart download. dia jugak boleh download a few files simultaneously dengan lajunya even though kelajuan kita download tu bagi aku based on speed internet yang kita pakai. berapa Mbps (Megabytes per sec).