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After Facebook translated to Bahasa Melayu, PayPal also added more local languages for users in Thailand, Taiwan, Indonesia and Malaysia.

You’ll find the new language link in the upper right corner of most pages to select your preferred language. Though large part of PayPal site has been translated, there are still some pages that remain in English.

No Bahasa Melayu?

PayPal Malaysia website in Bahasa Indonesia

Though PayPal stated users in Malaysia can choose their local language, which is Bahasa Melayu, but I don’t see the language option in the drop down list. There is only English or Bahasa Indonesia on PayPal Malaysia website (as shown in image above).

Hey, Malaysians do not speak Bahasa Indonesia! Bahasa Indonesia and Bahasa Melayu are 2 different languages! Now I don’t think PayPal really understands Malaysia.

More Information:

• "PayPal For Dummies” listing at Amazon.com
• "Pro PayPal E-Commerce (Expert’s Voice)" listing at Amazon.com

Finally, the official Apple Online Store in Malaysia is now open! A free limited-edition Apple T-shirt will be given with purchase of a new Mac or iPod by November 24, 2008.

Why buy from Apple Online Store?

Beside the general advantages of online shopping, there are some reasons why one want to buy Apple products on Apple Online Store, instead of Apple Resellers.

• Mac customization — ability to order your customized Mac system online, reduce the waiting time.
• Personal engraving and gift wrap — Add your personal laser-engraved message at the back of iPod. Give as a gift? Apple will ship it in a signature gift box with a personal greeting card.
• Student and teacher discounts — eligible student, faculty, or staff member can get discounts on Apple products.
• Speak to Mac and iPod experts — Call 1800-80-6419 to talk with Apple experts to answer your questions and get advice you need.
• Free shipping — get free shipping with orders over RM250.

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AirAsia announced it is the 1st airline in the world which get rid of fuel surcharge and giveaway 500,000 free tickets in 2009.

(image: life in technicolortype[a]/flickr)

Due to the free seats promotion, the AirAsia website is having heavy load. You will get a much faster response time by using AirAsia mobile site.

My two cents

This is a good news for my friends and me, as we are planning for holiday trips next year. We haven’t decided where to visit yet, probably Thailand or Vietnam.

I like Taiwan and Japan but they are not reachable by AirAsia (yet?).

Where do you plan to fly to in 2009?

The newly launched Maybank2u 2.0 (M2U 2.0 review) online banking portal has been reverted back to the classic version due to some technical problems.

If you access Maybank2U website now, you can still see the new web design but there is a notice on the front page stated that users will log in via the classics Maybank2U website instead of the redesigned Maybank2U 2.0 site.

Maybank apologizes for any inconvenience M2U users may have experienced

It is not a surprise to most of us who had a preview of M2U 2.0. The new website had slow response time when we were testing.

Maybank2U 2.0 is SLOW

When Maybank2U 2.0 launched in public, Colin Charles compared the speed of the new website against the classic Maybank2U website.

The result? The new Maybank2U website is a lot slower than the classic version! M2U 2.0 has about 50% more HTTP requests and 95% slower!

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FOSS.my 2008 is Malaysia’s premier Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) event. It is purely non-commercial event about FOSS. There will be no marketing/sales talks. The vendors will be encouraged to speak on the FOSS technical aspects of their projects/tools.

Date: 8th-9th November 2008
Venue: APIIT, Technology Park Malaysia, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur (map)
Register: RM20 before 25th Oct 08, or RM50 later. Register now!

The FOSS.my 2008 will be filled by 26 talks in 2 days as shown on the time table. They are still looking for speakers. If you are interested in giving a talk, please register for your participation.

Facebook user? Join the FOSS.my on Facebook. Or, follow @fossmy on Twitter.

[Hat tip: Colin Charles]