Archive for June, 2006

Here is the new Proton Neo

Thursday, June 15th, 2006

Ok. Look at these picture I got from Proton’s website. Its the new car model from proton, Proton Neo. It is said to be the replacement model for the current Proton Satria.

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An information from a trusted source said, the Prime Minister, Dato’ Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi will launch Proton Neo this Friday June 16th, 2006.

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HP recalls Photosmat R707 digital cameras for fire hazard

Thursday, June 8th, 2006

hp-photosmart-r707.jpgHP had issued a firmware update to more than half a million of it’s Photosmart R707 sold worldwide.

Normally, Photosmart R707 would charge it’s batteries when it is put on it’s dock or plugged into AC adaptor. Other camera would not charge the batteries if the batteries are non-rechargeable, but R707 would. As a result it will overheat and probably will create fire.

The firmware provided with all R707 cameras is affected by this recall. There was only one incident of smoked R707 camera reported.

Lumix FX9 VGA to QVGA Video Resolution

Thursday, June 8th, 2006

In my old post, about shooting video using Lumix FX9, I had mentioned that I could not shoot video longer than 78 seconds. This problem was caused by the memory card. The camera could not write data to the memory card above the rate that the card could accept. It only occur when I use VGA (640×480) at 30 fps video quality. (more…)

Playing AVI with Subtitle on Samsung HD850 DVD Player

Thursday, June 8th, 2006

I just found out on how to play a divx file (with .avi extension) with subtitle on it.

Currently (don’t know when they are going to upgrade it’s firmware), samsung HD850 only supports SRT subtitle file. I have tried it before but it failed to show up. And after 7 months owning the DVD player, just now I have found out the right way to do it. The trick is we have to write SRT extension with capital letter. (more…)

More Secure With FireFox: Security and Stability Update for Firefox

Sunday, June 4th, 2006

According to WashingtonPost.com, Mozilla had released a new version of Firefox Web browser on Thursday, to correct 13 security holes.

These holes were known vulnerabilities on Mozilla’s FireFox product, including at least five that Mozilla said could let attackers install software without any action on the part of the user. The release also includes some fixes designed to make the browser more stable, Mozilla said on its website.

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