If you still remember the MakCik PC, MIMOS will soon launch it with a partner this year, according to a very reliable little bird.

The source claims that MIMOS is looking for a partner to manufacturer and market the MakCik PC while MIMOS remains as a partner doing technical stuff and research.

MakCik PC will soon be called “Geanie” while a slimmer and advanced version of it will be called “idola”.

MIMOS is still in the process of deciding the intel processor, especially considering Intel ATOM and working closely with Intel. The OS of this portable unit will not carry a Linux OS but will probably go for proprietary operating system.

MIMOS is currently developing a WIMAX chip called WI-WI, a combination of WiMAX and WiFi chip and seriously considering to implement it within Geanie and Idola.

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Version 2.5.1 of WordPress is now available. It includes a number of bug fixes, performance enhancements, and one very important security fix. We recommend everyone update immediately, particularly if your blog has open registration. The vulnerability is not public but it will be shortly. Read the rest of this entry »

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Another 41 corporations and governments have come on board as Strategic Partners of the 16th World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT 2008) as the countdown to this highly-anticipated global forum on information and communications technology (ICT) enters its final stretch. This brings the total number of institutional participants to 67, with the latest additions including:

• Seven Malaysian States
• The nation’s pioneer in genome technology
• A Latin American country
• Malaysia’s first global university
• A global security solution provider
• Four international media organizations
• 26 companies engaged in technology development and other services.

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Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced its HyperX low-latency 1625MHz DDR3 memory has been certified under the Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (Intel® XMP) validation program to offer PC builders and gaming enthusiasts greater memory advantages and tuning flexibility when constructing high-performance systems using select Intel X38-series chipsets.

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AT&T said Friday that it would eliminate the jobs of about 4,650 workers, trimming the managerial ranks in its fading home phone business after more than $100 billion in acquisitions.

The decision covers about 1.5 percent of the work force, AT&T, the largest American phone company, said in a regulatory filing. The dismissals are in addition to the 10,000 announced with the $86 billion purchase of BellSouth in December 2006, a spokesman, Walt Sharp, said.

Most of the reductions apply to the local phone business, Mr. Sharp said.

That unit lost 1.6 million residential lines last year as customers switched to cable and wireless phone service. AT&T, which had about 310,000 employees as of Jan. 31, has sought to reduce overlap in its operations since buying BellSouth and the former AT&T Corporation. It plans to cut annual costs by about $7 billion by 2009.

AT&T plans to book a pretax cost of about $374 million for the job cuts in the first quarter. Before the announcement, analysts on average predicted AT&T would report net income of $3.95 billion for the period.

The company is scheduled to report first-quarter earnings on Tuesday. In the previous quarter, sales fell short of analysts’ estimates after some customers failed to pay their bills, hurt by slowing economic growth.

The cuts will occur in all parts of the United States, Mr. Sharp said. AT&T provides home phone service in 22 states. With new hires in other parts of the business, the company expects overall head count to remain stable this year, according to the filing.-Nytimes

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New data released Wednesday show online views of videos soared 66 percent in the U.S. in February from a year earlier, with TV networks grabbing just a pittance of those eyeballs.

The numbers from comScore Inc. underscore a problem being discussed by network executives this week at the National Association of Broadcasters annual meeting in Las Vegas, as they search for ways to drive viewers to their Web sites and TV channels.

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