Facebook launches Timelines to everyone

It’s been long overdue, but Facebook has finally made it’s biggest overhaul to the profile system open to everyone in the form of ‘Timelines’. The Facebook blog reveals that the feature has now gone live for everyone, but users will have the option to see the timeline for the next seven days and make changes to it before it goes live. This includes adding or removing events and selecting what should or should not appear on the site. One of the main new changes is the cover photo that appears on top of the profile picture along, which may seem redundant but actually serves a nice aesthetic purpose. Have you made the change yet? Learn more about it here....

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RIM delays next-gen Blackberry phones to late 2012

It’s no secret that Research in Motion has been having the worst year of their existence and need a miracle to save them as market share of their products come tumbling down every waking minute. Being a Blackberry user myself, I still agree that they do need something to bring them back up. The next-gen Blackberry 10 phones were touted to be that thing, but now looks like it’s a long wait to get them. Business Insider reports that during an investor conference, the management of RIM let it loose that next generation Blackberry phones fitted with the newly named Blackberry 10 won’t be available until late 2012. Insiders previously had pegged the release to be the first quarter of 2012, so that’s a long delay right there which gives customers enough time to switch over to a...

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Apple’s A5 chips supplied by Samsung from Texas

In a recent report by Reuters it was revealed that Apple’s current A5 processor, that’s used in both the iPad 2 and iPhone 4S, is supplied by Samsung’s factory in Austin, Texas, instead of South Korea. Samsung uses its 1.6 million sq.ft. factory, almost as big as 9 football fields, to produce the majority of the A5 processor chips for Apple. Earlier in the year, when the iPad 2 was launched with the A5 processor, and even the A4 processor used in the original iPad and iPhone 4, all production was done in the South Korean factory by Samsung in-house. Parts were then sent to Foxconn in China to be assembled into final products. Earlier this month, the Austin facility went into full force with all of the A5 processors now being supplied to Apple directly from Austin. Outside...

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Nexus S Segera Cicipi Android Es Krim

Nexus S Segera Cicipi Android 'Es Krim' Washington - Google mulai merilis sistem operasi Android 4.0 atau Ice Cream Sandwich, pertama kali untuk Samsung Nexus S. Update dipastikan akan segera meluncur secara bertahap bagi pengguna Nexus S di seluruh dunia.Google mengumumkan para pemilik Nexus S versi GSM di Amerika Serikat akan pertama kali mendapatkannya. Sebelum mendapatkan update, Nexus S dipasarkan dengan OS Android Gingerbread.Memang sebagai handset keluaran Google, Nexus S mendapat perlakuan istimewa. Selain itu, user dipastikan...

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China Wajibkan Pengguna Twitter Pakai Nama Asli

China Wajibkan Pengguna 'Twitter' Pakai Nama Asli Jakarta - Di Twitter, kita diperbolehkan menggunakan nama samaran untuk akun. Lain ceritanya di China. Para pengguna microblogging di sana kini harus memakai nama asli sesuai kartu identitas penduduk. Ya, ini adalah peraturan terbaru yang dikeluarkan pemerintah China terkait dengan internet. Weibo, situs mikroblogging serupa Twitter di China, diminta pemerintah negeri tirai bambu menyaring nama akun para penggunanya. Mereka yang tidak menggunakan nama asli, akan dilarang menggunakan Weibo....

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RIM's Stock Dives as BlackBerry 10 Launch Is Delayed

If Research In Motion were a ship, it would be springing one leak after another, while trying to reach port just over the horizon. On Friday, stock prices of the beleaguered mobile -device maker fell as much as 10 percent, as the company said that the launch of its next-generation smartphone , the BlackBerry 10, will ship in the latter part of 2012 instead of the previously-announced first half. In its third-quarter report released Thursday, RIM said revenue was 24 percent up from the previous quarter, but, year-over-year net income was down 71 percent. About 14 million BlackBerry smartphones were shipped, meeting expectations,...

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Operator Jadi Kandidat Tersangka Pencurian Pulsa Rp 1 Triliun

Operator Jadi Kandidat Tersangka Pencurian Pulsa Rp 1 Triliun Jakarta - Operator telekomunikasi dijadikan kandidat tersangka pencurian pulsa konten premium yang mengakibatkan kerugian masyarakat pengguna sedikitnya sebanyak Rp 1 triliun.Demikian terungkap dalam rapat dengar pendapat (RDP) tadi malam, Jumat (16/12/2011), antara Panja Pencurian Pulsa dan Badan Regulasi Telekomunikasi Indonesia (BRTI)."Bagaimana bisa BRTI bekerja sama dengan operator mengungkap kejahatan pencurian pulsa, padahal merekalah (operator) the candidate suspect,"...

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'Avatar' iTunes 'Extras Special Edition' out Tuesday

20th Century FoxaBy Suzanne ChoneyIf you still can't get enough of "Avatar," you may like what's coming to iTunes on Tuesday: An iTunes "Extras Special Edition" of the movie that includes scene deconstruction, so you can see how the movie went from performance capture to the final scenes.a"Fans can experience the global box office sensation like never before as they control scene deconstructions in simultaneous views," said Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and Lightstorm Entertainment, in a press release.a"This new feature will also enable consumers to interact with the performance capture and visual effects levels in 17 of the film’s scenes. For the first time ever, Green Screen X-ray gives users an interactive look through the visual effects levels to see the original green screen...

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Automatic Updates Coming To Internet Explorer

Microsoft intends to begin delivering automatic updates of its Internet Explorer browser beginning next year to ensure that as many machines as possible running Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 are protected from the latest malware schemes of cyber criminals. "Automatic updates are a very good idea based on every piece of security research I've seen," said White Hat Security CTO Jeremiah Grossman. "Keeping software up to date -- particularly Web browsers -- is critical for online security." The new service will be available initially to those Windows customers who have activated the automatic update feature in Windows....

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Battery life is price you pay for Verizon Galaxy Nexus

Courtesy of LaptopaBy Mike ProsperoLaptopaWe just put the wraps on our review of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the first phone to run Android Ice Cream Sandwich, and came away impressed with its sleek new software, large 720p display, fast camera, and blazing 4G LTE speeds over Verizon Wireless’ network. However, as we discovered with the Galaxy Nexus, as well as other phones that use Verizon’s LTE network, there’s a price to be paid for all that speed: Battery life.aCourtesy of LaptopaAs you can see from the above results, the Verizon Galaxy Nexus lasted only 3 hours and 40 minutes on our Laptop Battery Test. This test involves continuous web surfing over 4G with the screen brightness at 40 percent. GPS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and Auto Sync are all turned off. When we ran our battery test on the unlocked...

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Chrome 15 overtakes IE 8 for top browser spot

GoogleaBy Athima ChansanchaiIf you're reading this on Chrome, you're part of a wave that has ditched Internet Explorer or Firefox and helped vault Google's browser to the top Web browser spot worldwide.aWe've been watching for a while now as reports have shown a consistent rise in Chrome's popularity. We saw how in one report, it's already gone past Firefox, knowing it was just a matter of time before it usurped one of the longest reigning dynasties in the browser world, IE.aBut wait, there is a caveat to this: Chrome 15 beat IE 8, specifically, this one week at the end of November, with 23.6 percent of the worldwide market, compared to IE 8's at 23.5 percent. With all the versions of IE floating around, IE is still No. 1 in the world, but Chrome is right behind it.aStatCounteraIreland-based StatCounter — which...

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Transformasi Contact Center yang Terintegrasi Social Media

Transformasi Contact Center yang Terintegrasi Social Media Jakarta - Dulu, hanya segelintir orang dalam perusahaan yang menggunakan email. Sekarang semua orang memakainya. Hal yang sama terjadi dengan multimedia. Perpindahan dari komunikasi sinkronus ke asinkronus benar-benar telah mencapai massa kritis melalui banyak kanal multimedia. Banyak orang tidak lagi memanfaatkan telepon, tetapi mentweet atau memposting ke sebuah blog. Perusahaan-perusahaan yang mengoperasikan contact center punya kebutuhan khusus untuk memilah dan mengintegrasikan...

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Apple Lepas Simpul Ketergantungan dari Asia

Apple Lepas 'Simpul' Ketergantungan dari Asia Jakarta - Apple dikenal sangat bergantung pada pabrikan di Asia, baik dalam mendapatkan komponen maupun merakit gadget populernya. Kini produsen iPhone itu perlahan melepas 'simpul' ketergantungannya dengan mulai menerima komponen penting untuk gadgetnya dari pabrik yang lokasinya lebih dekat dengan perusahaannya, yakni di Texas, AS.Tengok saja, prosesor A5 yang menjadi otak iPhone 4S dan iPad 2, diproduksi di pabrik seluas 1,6 juta kaki persegi di Austin, Texas, AS. Memang, pabrik ini milik...

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Timeline Ajak Facebooker Arungi Masa Lalu

Timeline Ajak Facebooker Arungi Masa Lalu Jakarta - Semua postingan masa lalu pengguna Facebook kini bisa dimunculkan kembali. Facebook telah menghadirkan fitur baru bernama Timeline yang dapat menghadirkan sejarah penggunaan Facebook seseorang.Fitur Timeline dimunculkan untuk menghadirkan postingan status, foto, link dan sebagainya yang dibuat pada masa lalu. Lengkap pula dengan waktu ketika postingan tersebut dilakukan.Timeline diperkenalkan bos Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg pada September lalu. "Kami pikir ini adalah langkah penting untuk...

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Chrome 15 Takes Top Spot for Browsers

There's a new top dog among browser versions. Recent statistics show Google's latest Chrome browser has taken the No. 1 spot, bumping out the most popular version of Internet Explorer from Microsoft . According to StatCounter.com data released Thursday, Chrome 15 now captures 24.55 percent of the world market, edging out IE8's 22.9 percent. Mozilla's Firefox 9.0 is at 14 percent, and IE9 is in fourth at 10.4 percent. Those rankings, covering the last half of November and the first week in December, are of particular release versions. \ When taken as a brand, with all versions combined, IE is still tops with 39.5 percent...

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Ancaman Cyber yang Patut Diwaspadai di 2012

Ancaman Cyber yang Patut Diwaspadai di 2012 Jakarta - 2012 belum juga datang, namun ancamannya di dunia cyber sudah harus diprediksi sejak dini. Simak, apa saja yang perlu diwaspadai jika belajar dari beragam jenis serangan yang pernah terjadi di 2011 ini.Pencurian data, penyerangan virus, atau aksi peretas yang membobol suatu situs mungkin sudah biasa, dan mungkin akan selalu terjadi. Namun ada beberapa modus penyerangan baru yang harus diwaspadai.Menurut prediksi Symantec, ada beberapa modus penyerangan yang mungkin akan terjadi di...

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Komputer untuk Wanita yang Gemar Memasak

Komputer untuk Wanita yang Gemar Memasak Jakarta - Sebagai komputer all-in-one, HP TouchSmart 520 tidak hanya mudah digunakan tapi fitur di dalamnya juga makin memanjakan para wanita yang gemar memasak.Sekilas HP TouchSmart 520 mungkin terlihat sama dengan komputer all-in-one lainnya. Memiliki layar touchscreen 23 inch, spesifikasi kelas menengah dengan Intel Core i5 atau i7, lalu beberapa fitur yang memang didedikasikan untuk keluarga.Namun menurut Jane Ritonga, MDM Consumer Desktop PC HP PSG Indonesia, komputer ini memiliki nilai lebih...

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2012 Networking Challenges Forecast by Ixia

Next year promises to arrive with a full slate of computer networking challenges that will require the rapid deployment of cutting-edge test solutions by equipment manufacturers, service providers and enterprises, according to the top networking industry trends for 2012 predicted by Ixia. Among other things, the global provider of converged IP network test technologies observed that the virtualized servers in next-generation data centers will generate more traffic than 10 gigabits per second (Gbps) connections can handle. And the rising prevalence of distributed denial of service attacks means that enterprises will...

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Best written video games of 2011

It all begins with an idea and a story; we reveal the best writing of the year for video games. In-Game's Todd Kenreck reportsa...

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Pre-caffeine: iPhone apps, Etsy exobiology!

via BoingBoing.netaBy Helen A.S. PopkinOur pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning. Here's everything that you need to know before taking that first sip of coffee today: aThe government's proposal to ban drivers from using cellphones in any way — even with hands-free help — is dividing police and lawmakers alike, who agree on one thing: Any such ban would likely be hard to enforce.aMeanwhile, a conservative Florida organization's opposition to the reality show "All-American Muslim" has stirred up a storm of controversy that's got Lowe's, a Muslim rights group, travelwebsite Kayak, actor Kal Penn and the hacktivist group Anonymous all choosing sides.aCome the revolution, the proletariat will no doubt want to get a move...

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FO Putus, Jaringan Indosat Kolaps

FO Putus, Jaringan Indosat Kolaps Jakarta - Jaringan fiber optik (FO) Indosat putus di area Sumatera Bagian Utara (Sumbagut). Pelanggan pun mengeluh karena tak bisa telepon, SMS, dan mengakses BlackBerry, sejak tadi sore."Memang benar, ada fibre cut di lima lokasi, tapi tidak mati total. Tetap masih bisa call terbatas dalam area regional Sumut," kata Presiden Direktur dan CEO Indosat, Harry Sasongko saat dihubungi detikINET, Kamis (15/12/2011).Sementara Head of Corporate Communication Indosat, Djarot Handoko, menjelaskan FO yang putus adalah jaringan yang menuju Medan. "Imbasnya...

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Etisalat announces iPhone 4S plans

Etisalat announced today price plans for the most amazing smartphone from Apple, the new iPhone 4S. Offered on the nation’s widest 3.5G network, Etisalat’s iPhone 4S plans will offer multiple options to meet requirements of both, Wasel prepaid as well as postpaid customers.   Update: We have managed to find unit prices for Plan 1, Plan 2 and Plan 3. However, exactly what these plans include is still not available Monthly Costs (AED) 16GB Unit 32GB Unit 64GB Unit Plan 1 99 2000 2849 3249 Plan 2 249 1449 1849 2249 Plan 3 449 free 399 799   Commenting on the new iPhone 4S device and plans, Matthew Willsher, Chief Marketing Officer at Etisalat, said, “As our customers’ data consumption increases, so does their demand for speedy networks that support...

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Google Zeitgeist 2011 UAE, Egypt and Saudi Arabia reports

Google’s annual Zeitgeist report shows the search trends of the millions of users who use Google everyday. Today Google released the search results for UAE, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. While social networking sites are still up there, local interests are still some of the most obvious queries. Of course, there are a few odd one’s in there, like Saudi children being fascinated by Sponge Bob, or Egyptians looking for Forbidden Love Stories, or UAE’s subcontinental population wanting to catch up on the Cricket World Cup. To see the worldwide results, please visit Zeitgeist 2011 after December 15th 12:00 GMT (1600 UAE time)....

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Berkeliling Menyusuri Markas Besar Apple

Berkeliling Menyusuri Markas Besar Apple California - Selain Facebook dan Google, Apple dipandang sebagai perusahaan teknologi yang jadi tempat kerja idaman. Selain kesejahteraan sangat baik, para karyawan juga dimanjakan dengan kenyamanan di dalam kantor. Lalu seperti apa sejatinya daleman kantor Apple?Sama seperti kantor Facebook dan Google, kantor Apple terlihat cukup nyaman. Sayangnya, Apple kabarnya tak mau terang-terangan mempublikasikan kantor mereka. Namun ada juga yang berhasil menjepret kantor pusat Apple di California.Hanya saja tak seperti kantor Facebook dan...

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