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This DivX compatible PMP includes a 4” inch display, FM radio, OGG support, and seems to be arriving on shelves at the end of the summer. No MSRP, but with a maximum of 30GB hard drive, it seems that this might be a little less than some of the newer 40-60GB models hitting the streets.

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Wanna get a Das Keyboard but can’t spend USD80(RM304) on the blank keyboard? Aaron shows you how to make a Das keyboard by yourselves.

Security experts are warning Internet users about a new piece of software that poses as a spyware-removal tool but is actually being used to persuade unsuspecting Internet users to download spyware programs and Trojans.

The program, SpywareNo, is installed on Internet users’ computers without warning, can be difficult to remove and may be accompanied by malicious programs that hijack victims’ Web browsers, according to interviews with spyware experts.

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One the other hand, Lavasoft released Ad-Aware SE 1.06.

Thought:
Personally, I stick with Ad-aware and Spybot S & D as spyware removals. Spyware Warrior compared some spyware removals and tips to remove and prevent spywares.

The Indian government is trying to encourage the use of computers across the country by distributing free CDs that contain localized versions of popular open-source applications.

The government has started distributing CDs containing Tamil-language versions of various open-source applications, including the Firefox browser, the OpenOffice.org productivity suite and the Columba e-mail client. It plans to freely distribute 3.5 million copies of the CD to Tamil speakers worldwide, according to R.K.V.S. Raman, a researcher at the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, a Bangalore-based organization involved in the production of the CD.

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Thought:
The MIMOS had delivered free open source CDs for Malaysian before but not many know about it.

Here are some highlights of Tech Gadgets Blog - LiewCF.com in last week (22 May 2005 - 28 May 2005).

• AMD 64 powered Star Wars Episode III and Madagascar.
• The popular free Internet phone calls software, Skype starts its official blog site at Share Skype, which powered by Mambo.
• Microsoft Launched MSN China, but it is broken in Firefox.
• BitTorrent Goes Trackerless: Harder to trace illegal downloads
• On weblog news, a new Wordpress community - Blogs of the day - launched. Sadly, a blogger got murdered and he blogged about his murderer.
• Google is testing new combined Adsense Ads, and remove PageRank?
• Also, I earned RM1000 in a month from Google Adsense. Nah, it is not much. Weblogs, Inc. Network earns USD$2000 in a day!