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Free talktime in exchange for ads

In: Computing

Ad funded mobile services were thought to be annoying and the pay-off uncertain. But a UK based mobile virtual network operator has come out with results that could give a major boost to ad-funded services.

An excerpt from BusinessWeek
Blyk—a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) which piggybacks on the Orange network and gives users 217 free texts [...]

PIKOM PC fair 2008 KLCC

In: Computing, Gadgets

I know it’s late as the latest edition of the most popular IT fair in Malaysia was concluded last week. But, I would still like to talk about this PC Fair which was held at KL Convention Center, because I know you want to see what latest gadgets you can find there.

Oh no, you actually [...]

Terminator: P2P elimination

In: Computing, Security

It seemed like the era of P2P might come to an end after all, in the near future. The Japanese ISPs have apparently agreed to disconnect any users that they detected to be using any P2P (peer-to-peer) program such as BitTorrent, BearShare, and Japan’s very own Winny.
They did have a go with an attack [...]

Social Networks have been the buzzing web applications for a while now. There has been a significant shift in the online world towards bringing more services to the individual, and social networks have been the defining application towards this trend. At the same time, the success of online virtual worlds such as Second Life have [...]

Researchers working on the next generation of Internet Framework: Internet2 are experimenting with a means to provide high point to point application dependent bandwidth using a technology called Dynamic Circuit Network. The technology is an enhancement on the concept of circuit switched networks - essentially setting up a direct link between two nodes so that [...]