Salam and hello all. We have already heard about the plan of High-Speed Broadband (HSBB) project that will be carried out soon which able broadband users in Malaysia to enjoy high speed broadband from 10Mbps and up to 1Gbps. Well, I’m not going to write any elaboration, comments, expectations and hopes regarding this next generation of broadband in Malaysia, but what I’m going to share with you is the screenshot below.

This is the screenshot of Streamyx 1Mbps Home Wireless Broadband package broadband speed test by SpeedTest.net and the test was done by my cousin today (13th November 2009) around 1.00 am. Do you see the download speed? What do you have across your mind now? Haha, I have no idea how this could be happened. By the way, you don’t have to worry because it happened only once. Haha! Several tests after above test have shown normal broadband speed around 1.4Mbps download and 0.48Mbps upload.

Even it happened only once, SpeedTest.net has calculated that, to download a movie of 800mb, it would take only 8 minutes of time. Great! I just wish we have that speed really soon and with affordable price. Even some rumors have said, the monthly subscription for 10Mbps broadband connection will cost you around RM500/monthly, I hope these rumors are wrong.

So, what would you say? Do write your views regarding this HSBB using the comment box below.

Well, until next entry. Bye!

Salam and hello all. This is just a simple entry as a quick updates. Well, my one-week-limited holiday is going to end soon and I’m going back to Kuala Lumpur tonight. By the way, what most important is my final exam result for Semester 2 2008/2009 already came out and fellow Uniten students may check your result at your online info page now. My result so far is so-so since I have one more subject which currently has imcomplete grade. I need to consult with my lecturer for the grade to be finalized. I still don’t know the reasons behind this, but I hope I’ll get the answer soon as the special semester starts this Monday.

That’s all for now. I’ll update more soon and wait for my dedicated entry for Telekom Malaysia a.k.a TM and about Streamyx. I’ll share a story with you. Hehehe, so stay tuned ya! If you blur about what I’m talking about, you may dig into my previous posts before, and you might know about what I’m facing with TM and Streamyx.

p/s: Owh, by the way thanks to all who wished me during my exam period last time. Thanks.

I checked RedesignMalaysia.com and found it’s latest post about Malaysia blocked access to a blog by a Malaysian called The Datin Diaries’s blog, i don’t know what this blog is all about, but from the title and URL itself, i don’t think it got something offended content till this blog should be blocked. Do you know this blog? or you ever read it before this?

I quoted the message at this blog, anyhow its quite confusing.

Sorry, the requested page is unavailable.
If you believe the requested page should not be blocked please click here.
For more information about internet service in Saudi Arabia, please click here: www.internet.gov.sa
This page was generated by Cache-2-jed1.itc.net.sa

Here the screenshot.

Ok, now the question is, why the blog blocked by Saudi Arabia ISP? Isn’t it should be by TM or TIME or whatever ISP in Malaysia? O..I got confused already, what does it means? Is Malaysia’s internet service was provided through Saudi Arabia line or what?

Or is it just a joke by the blog owner?I know April Fool day already passed, Or this blog was hacked??!Lols.. this just a blog, no point to hack. btw, the link was checked and the link is true and work. Is it true that this blog was blocked by err… by who actually? Malaysia or Saudi Arabia? If Saudi Arabia, why i also got the message? isn’t you can’t access certain blog if you access it from the country that blocked that website/blog? So does it means i’m now in Saudi Arabia?LOLS… because i can’t access a blog that was blocked by Saudi Arabia ISP?*confusing*

Microsoft lately announced about this all new version of Internet Explorer which is version 8. Although its currently still in beta stage and available for download as a preview for web devolopers and designer, Microsoft was highlighted some of great features (nway it’s always said like that everytime of new version release.. LOL ) such as improved security, improved html ( what’s this? surfing web more faster? ) and others improved features from the previous version. Check details features of Internet Explorer 8 here.

Anyway, will you use it when the full version released soon? I don’t know how much improvement we will get from IE 8 since its still in beta stage and the second beta version expected to be released next summer. Talk about the previous version, i quite unsatisfied about IE 7 which for me there should need more improvement from Microsoft in security related issue, browsing speed and web compatibility. Why i said this is because i once got virus while using IE 7 and also slow browsing speed and some incompatibility while viewing some websites. I don’t know how to explain it technically but the browsing speed was differ when i surf the same website using Opera ( the best web browser, i think ). And i think Microsoft should improve this browsing speed so that it’ll give some new browsing exprience for their IE-user.

When i checked my blog analytics report using Google Analytics, i found that the second most used web browser by my readers is IE 7 and there are some used IE 6!. The first one is Mozilla Firefox and Opera at the third place ( 3rd? lols ). I don’t know why some “web surfer” still used IE, IE somehow make me sick.

Anyhow, do you interested to try this beta version of IE 8? Here is download link.

Download Internet Explorer 8 – beta

But, please noticed that if you decided to test/try this new IE 8, the installation will replace your previous IE version.

Want more info? There are some screenshots from APCmag blog and IEblog. You can check all the details there. And, i still hope to see that IE 8 can compete with the performance of Mozilla Firefox and Opera which i think the best web browser nowadays.

Salam and hi to all my readers, i come across Hembusan’s blog and i read about his post (i read this post so many time before this..hehe) about Malaysia broadband connection speed which really s*ck! I don’t want to mention any ISP’s, but i guess you should know already. Well, i read all about the comments by his readers and i found something interesting to shared here. Although it’s already an old story, but i just know now so it is new la, rite? hee.. The thing that catch my attention is a comment by 1 of his readers, about an old lady who got the fastest broaband internet connection on earth which is 40Gbps!!! Yes! its Giga everyone! Giga! not mega.. wow, at that time i just thinking what can i do which that fast broadband connection. Oh, maybe i can download a big file just in seconds. Wth, it is awesome!

I quoted some part of the article about this broadband connection,

A 75 year old woman from Karlstad in central Sweden has been thrust into the IT history books – with the world’s fastest internet connection. Sigbritt Löthberg’s home has been supplied with a blistering 40 Gigabits per second connection, many thousands of times faster than the average residential link and the first time ever that a home user has experienced such a high speed. Sigbritt will now be able to enjoy 1,500 high definition HDTV channels simultaneously. Or, if there is nothing worth watching there, she will be able to download a full high definition DVD in just two seconds.

source: The Local

Can you imagine that you can surf the net like you change your television channel? No need to wait longer, you’ll get what you want in seconds. I wonder when my country (Malaysia la..!) ISP can provide such a highspeed broadband to home user. Till now, the fastest broadband connection in Malaysia was 4Mbps (if i’m not mistaken), but it’s still in experimental stage by TM, the one who provided the s**kest ever broadband connection, Snailmyx. The one that i subscribed at home now was 1Mbps package, which sometimes get slower than dial-up. Btw, that fastest broadband connection still in trial stage. Although it’s still in trial stage, but we already see that it can work. Anyhow i think TM should improved first their current service that they are provided, before tested/experiment on new service. Noted that i don’t means to blame them about what we had just now, but i suggested for an improvement in giving their service to their customers, they must served us equivalently as what we paid them. How come you guys want to provide a highspeed broadband such 4Mbps if you still get problem for 1Mbps connection. So from my opinion, i think TM should improved their current service first instead of experimenting on new technology. Otherwise if you think they already gave satisfaction to you, i can’t say anything. But for me, i think they need to improved first their current service. Customer’s satisfaction is the important part to be a successful company in any bussiness you’re involved, rite? Without support from your customers, who are you?

If you noticed these few days, the internet connection here (Malaysia) little bit slow or mostly we can says s*ck. Why? The reason is here…..

A submarine cable in the Middle East has been snapped, adding to global net problems caused by breaks in two lines under the Mediterranean on Wednesday.The earlier break disrupted service in Egypt, the Middle East and India. “The situation is critical for us in terms of congestion,” Omar Sultan, chief executive of Dubai’s ISP DU, told The Associated Press, following the most recent break.

South East Asia network mostly will route from your country to Taiwan, India and other country and as India line faced the same problem and it cause us getting the same problem as well. Singapore line mostly route the other way to Australia and will not affected

If you remember last time, we also faced the same problem of slow internet connection due to earthquake. So, who should we blame for this issue?ISP? haha. well, i think you’re mature and intelectual enough to think about this problem. Hopefully, this problem can be fix asap. Hoho.. i can’t live without internet haha.. its my life! please give back my life! wakakka.. oh forget to tell you guys, i don’t know weither this issue’s reason is true or not. But i got this info at xbrain blog.

p/s:damn..internet connection at starbuck also slow like snailmyx lols…

Are you web designer? or are you design your own web or blog? When it comes to design part, it is important that the design can be viewed properly as you designed. So, it is important to test it weither it is showed properly on each types of browser. As known, there are quite lots of internet browser out there with runs on variety of operation system (OS), for instead Windows, Linux, Ubuntu, MacOS and etc. And it is quite hard to test it on all those browsers which needs you to install that browser on different platform. So, thats why BrowserShots.org comes. This free online tools is really useful for those who design the website or blogs. Ok, lets have some introductions what BrowserShots.org is all about.
I quote the introduction from their website.

Browsershots makes screenshots of your web design in different browsers. It is a free open-source online service created by Johann C. Rocholl. When you
submit your web address, it will be added to the job queue. A number of
distributed computers will open your website in their browser. Then they will
make screenshots and upload them to the central server here.

See? How useful this service. You don’t have to install all those browser on different platform anymore. From here you’ll know how your websites or blogs that you designed would looks on those browsers without install them on your machine! For example, do you wanna know how your websites or blogs showed on Flock 1.0 browser which running on Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon)?? BrowserShots.org will help you to get the view of your website. Easy rite? It is much more easier compare to you need to install all of them on your machine.

Here are some of screenshot of BrowserShots.org
*Click on image to enlarge.

Can you see that?List of browsers you can choose to test your web design.. and running on different OS too!
This is the results that you’ll get after submitting your web/blog URL to BrowserShots.org. It’ll need about 15 minutes to give you the results, depends on how much browsers you select. If your web/blog design got javascript, flash or java, please make sure that you enabled this feature before submitting you URL to BrowserShots.org. You can see at the bottom of browser list there are several setting there, so make sure you set any appropriate setting before submitting.

Now, i know how my blog showed in Flock 1.0 that running on Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) without even install Flock browser and Ubuntu on my computer! Amazing and awesome rite? So why not try it by yourself? it is totally free and you can save the screenshots of your blog by downloading all the screenshots of all browser that you’ve selected.

here the link : http://www.browsershots.org/