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Beta Version of Wi-Fi
14 March 08 09:44 PM | adrian | with no comments

I came across an interesting "fact" in the Heroes Happen Here comic strip. A radio is called a beta version of wi-fi, not exactly true, but kind of reminding me over how simple does the past usually is. Get the comic here . Share this post:...

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Hello Safari!
01 August 07 09:45 PM | adrian | with no comments

Just now, Apple has released yet another Beta for their Safari web browser for the PC. This update resolves security issues and, from what I've seen, stability improvements. For example, I can now write in a textbox, where previous version (the first...

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iPhone vs. N95
07 July 07 10:10 AM | adrian | 4 comment(s)

If you've went to latest computer festivals and events, you'll see agressive marketing push from Apple about their new iPhone. The banners say "COMING SOON!", but the sales guys say "next year". Apple calls next year soon....

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Steve and Bill Got Together
17 June 07 09:38 PM | adrian | 2 comment(s)

Earlier this month, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates got together in All Things Digital D5 Conference . This is a once in 10 years event! My friend Adinoto have placed a service for everyone who wanted to see their "chat" in video; instead of downloading a whopping...

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New Student Ambassadors!
26 April 07 08:15 PM | adrian | 2 comment(s)

Since Narenda and me have graduated, ITB has no SA for some time, until now. Last weekend, we interviewed several candidates and have chosen two of them to become the new Student Ambassadors. Ronald Penalosa , a very creative guy, currently working on...

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Cupertino, Start Your Photocopier!
23 March 07 02:40 PM | adrian | with no comments

Well, it's about time that Apple took something from Microsoft. Earlier this week's launch of Apple TV shows that. Take a look at the concept similarity... :D Apple TV Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Conclusion: watch Pirates of Silicon Valley...

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Microsoft Shared Source License(s)
01 January 07 12:51 AM | adrian | with no comments

Yes, Microsoft have their own open source licenses, and is named Shared Source Licenses . There are actually three levels of license, depending over how licensee (the user of the source code) can act over the source code. The licenses are Microsoft Reference...

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bubuawards v.05 solution
23 November 06 07:01 PM | adrian | 7 comment(s)

Mr. Tahir and Mr. Norman have blogged about discrimination on this (or next?) year's bubuawards, self-tagged: "Indonesia's Most Prestigious Web Competition". While I know previous bubuawards reputation, the current limitation of web...

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Wave of FREE Software
31 October 06 06:58 PM | adrian | with no comments

This month in particular have seen several new free applications from Microsoft. The wave starts with Internet Explorer 7. Lots of new features, most notably is the Feed reader. The feed reader is integrated with the system, so you can expect a single...

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GooTube Anyone?
10 October 06 09:52 PM | adrian | 1 comment(s)

Earlier today, Google have completed a deal that bought YouTube. It's not about the deal, but it's the numbers. YouTube started with US$ 3.5mil, plus US$ 8mil several months after launch. But now, not 2 years yet from it's unofficial launch, it is worth...

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Campus Update
23 August 06 07:43 PM | adrian | with no comments

http://www.itb.ac.id/news/1139 It's amazing when you take a look of the going-ons' in this campus. Ever since I admitted four years ago, ever-increasing exclusivity has been a primary reason most of us failed to realize the problems outside this campus...

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Are You Using Indonglish?
01 August 06 02:22 PM | adrian | with no comments

Wikipedia Indonesia has a good summary of what is and what isn't in Indonesian language. Very useful. http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pedoman_Ejaan Share this post: | | | |

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One More Reason to Buy A MacBook Pro
06 April 06 08:59 AM | adrian | 2 comment(s)

Several weeks ago, I posted a question about what notebook suits me best. I got the answer today. I'm going for the MacBookPro, definitely. Not only it runs MacOS X natively, it also runs Windows XP natively . Surely, this is something that IBM PCs don...

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Google AdSense, What's That?
30 March 06 10:27 AM | adrian | 4 comment(s)

If you've been reading my blog for a while (not via RSS), you should already seen some ads on the left side of the blog. These ads come from Google and targeted based on the content of the page. A lot of people asked me what those are, so here we go....

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Apple vs. Microsoft
28 March 06 02:15 AM | adrian | with no comments

Or, specifically Apple iTunes 6.0.4 versus Microsoft Windows Media Player 11. P.S.: iTunes installs perfectly on Windows Vista Build 5308 Share this post: | | | |

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