It's tough to live without broadband so I got my mum to install a 512K ADSL line at her home in KL for me to use when I go back for vacations. I've been using it for about a year now, well, actually about 21 days because that's like how many days I went back last year. So far the service is pretty good except during the Taiwan earthquake last December and this last trip in June.

One day, in the evening, the Internet service just stopped working. At first I thought it was my connection. So I unplugged everything and turned it back on again. It did'nt work. I went into ipconfig to release and renew my IP address. Nothing seemed to work.
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Now, you can relive the calm of the Shire, the vastness of the Dwarven halls, the wonders of the Elven spires and face the evil of orcs, wargs and spiders. Welcome to Lord Of the Rings Online, the latest MMOG to hit the shelves. And this one has its own motive--it wants to be the One Game To Rule Them All.

Having played World of Warcraft ever since its inception in November 2004, many players like me have grown bored of the world of Azeroth. The world of Middle Earth offers a very similar yet different game experience. The user interface and game mechanics are in many ways similar to WOW. But what sets LOTRO apart is its storyline and setting in the Tolkien world that has taken the world by storm because of the novel and movie trilogy.
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Singapore schools are going even more high-tech, with five schools identified for the first phase of the Government's FutureSchools initiative. The schools range from primary to secondary and are Beacon Primary, Hwa Chong Institution, Jurong Secondary, Canberra Primary and Crescent Girls.

Each school has its own implementations of IT. These include learning in 3D environments using head-on display and gloves to explore inside the human body, podcasting, and online learning portals. Some students will also be equipped with tablet PCs and PDAs, and work in a wireless campus.

Creative Technology seems to be losing its groove as it reported its fourth loss in five quarters. Things aren't quite looking up for the company as it recorded S$36 million loss for its fiscal third quarter, and said it would look to cut operating expenses by 17 percent.

There was also a 29 percent slump in MP3 sales for the quarter, shrinking its revenues by 18.5 percent to S$183.8 million for the quarter.
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OK, I have to confess. I'm not a Mac user. But when was the last time you heard this smug reply from a Mac fan that Mac is so much more secure? Even experienced IT journalists and my friends have said this to me. They are willing to splurge on the Mac, because it looks cooler (which I agree), is easier to use (which I also agree), and because (and this is where they will pause for emphasis) the Mac is so much more secure. True? I never thought so, but who am I to say otherwise? Well, now Symantec's CTO has said so.
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