Married at 22 and playing chess with his wife.. hmmm
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Monday, December 28, 2009
Behind the scenes at Hotmail
Arthur de Haan, Windows Live Test and System Engineering Director gives you a look behind the scenes at Hotmail, and tell you more about what it takes to build, deploy and run the Windows Live Hotmail service on such a massive global scale.
Hotmail is a gigantic service in all dimensions. Here are some of the highlights:
•We are a worldwide service, delivering localized versions of Hotmail to 59 regional markets, in 36 languages.
•We host well over 1.3 billion inboxes (some users have multiple inboxes)
•Over 350 million people are actively using Hotmail on a monthly basis (source: comScore, August 2009).
•We handle over 3 billion messages a day and filter out over 1 billion spam messages - mail that you never see in your inbox.
•We are growing storage at over 2 petabytes a month (a petabyte is ~1 million gigabytes or ~1000 terabytes).
•We currently have over 155 petabytes of storage deployed (70% of storage is taken up with attachments, typically photos).
•We’re the largest SQL Server 2008 deployment in the world (we monitor and manage many thousands of SQL servers).
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Monday, December 21, 2009
Saturday, December 19, 2009
How to zoom and draw during presentation
ZoomIt is screen zoom and annotation tool for technical presentations that include application demonstrations. ZoomIt runs unobtrusively in the tray and activates with customizable hotkeys to zoom in on an area of the screen, move around while zoomed, and draw on the zoomed image. ZoomIt works on all versions of Windows and you can use pen input for ZoomIt drawing on tablet PCs.
Google CEO Eric Schmidt on privacy
"If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place."
Friday, December 18, 2009
Smart Student vs Smart Teacher
Think this math way too hard? Check out this.
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=simplify+%285x%2B17%29%2F%28x^2%2B8x%2B7%29-3%2F%28x%2B7%29
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People who look young for their age 'live longer'
People blessed with youthful faces are more likely to live to a ripe old age than those who look more than their years, work shows.
Danish scientists say appearance alone can predict survival, after they studied 387 pairs of twins.
The researchers asked nurses, trainee teachers and peers to guess the age of the twins from mug shots.
Those rated younger-looking tended to outlive their older-looking sibling, the British Medical Journal reports.
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Iron Man 2 Trailer
"Iron Man 2" hits theaters May 7, 2010.
I know.. I know you can't wait to watch it now!
The first free antivirus from the cloud
After 7 months in beta testing, Panda Cloud Antivirus 1.0 FREE Edition is finally available. You can download it from http://www.cloudantivirus.com.
Some of the improvements it incorporates are:
* Supports Windows Vista and Windows 7 64bits.
* Ability to restore any neutralized file.
* Improved detection & protection against rootkits.
* Free Technical Support forums.
Remember that Panda Cloud Antivirus 1.0 is 100% FREE for home users and non-profit organizations and schools. In adition, you can install it in multiple PCs.
Twitter.com has been Hacked
Twitter's DNS records were temporarily compromised tonight but have now been fixed. As some noticed, Twitter.com was redirected for a while but API and platform applications were working. The apparent organization responsible is the "Iranian Cyber Army"
Twitter will update with more information and details once they've investigated more fully.
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Friday, December 11, 2009
Why men shouldn't write advice columns
A funny little article with an odd out come showing why women shouldn't expect a whole lot of advice from men
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Google Goggles
Google Goggles is a visual search app for Android phones. Instead of using words, take a picture of an object with your camera phone: we attempt to recognize the object, and return relevant search results. Goggles also provides information about businesses near you by displaying their names directly in the camera preview.
A Cappella - Poker Face
UCB's Noteworthy performing "Poker Face" featuring Brian Wang and Joey Goodknight at the 9th Annual West Coast A Cappella Showcase on 13/Nov, 09
Saturday, December 05, 2009
Take KLIA Transit to LCCT for only RM12.50
Friday, December 04, 2009
Malaysia’s 100 Leading Graduate Employers Awards 2009
The country’s most sought-after employers were revealed at the recent Malaysia’s 100 Leading Graduate Employers Awards 2009, organised by GTI Media (GTI).
International professional services firm, PriceWaterhouseCoopers claimed the top spot in the overall rankings, knocking 2008’s winner, Shell, down two places.
Meanwhile, accounting firm Ernst & Young came in second.
These results were based on the Malaysian Student and Graduate Barometer 2009, as compiled by Berlin-based research firm Trendence.
According to GTI publishing director Michele Lam, the survey indicated that Malaysian students placed the highest value on professional development and training, job security, as well as promotion opportunities.
Ranking for 2009
- PricewaterhouseCoopers Malaysia
- Ernst & Young
- Shell Malaysia
- KPMG
- Sime Darby Bhd
- Bank Negara Malaysia
- ExxonMobil
- Deloitte
- ASTRO
- Berjaya Corporation Bhd
- Schlumberger WTA (M) Sdn Bhd
- BDO Binder Chartered Accountants
- Accenture
- IBM Malaysia Sdn Bhd
- Hilton Kuala Lumpur
- CIMB Group
- Maybank
- BMW (M) Sdn Bhd
- HSBC Bank Malaysia Bhd
- Public Bank Bhd
- Media Prima Bhd
- Citibank Bhd
- Intel Malaysia Sdn Bhd
- Bursa Malaysia
- Marriott Hotels & Resorts
- Dell Asia Pacific Sdn Bhd
- Sony (M) Sdn Bhd
- Chemical Company of Malaysia Bhd (CCM)
- Microsoft (M) Sdn Bhd
- Hong Leong Group Malaysia
- Maxis Communications Bhd
- Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering Sdn Bhd
- Gamuda Bhd
- The Sunway Group
- GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Sdn Bhd
- DiGi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd
- Celcom (Malaysia) Bhd
- Honda Malaysia
- Telekom Malaysia Bhd
- MISC Bhd
- Hewlett-Packard Technology (M) Sdn Bhd
- Genting Malaysia Bhd
- Freescale Semiconductor (M) Sdn Bhd
- Star Publications (M) Bhd
- Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB)
- Ericsson (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
- SJ Grant Thornton
- Titan Chemicals Corp Bhd
- Siemens (M) Sdn Bhd
- Pfizer (M) Sdn Bhd
Send a UNICEF Season's Greetings card
Nokia invites you to send a UNICEF Season's Greetings card.
For each card opened, Nokia will make a donation to UNICEF. The donation amount will be announced on their website early next year.
This time they support the Schools for Africa initiative, which aims to create better education for children, and provide them with a safe and protective environment where they can learn and play.
Last year Nokia donated 250,000€ to UNICEF for the reconstruction of cyclone hit schools in Myanmar.
Thursday, December 03, 2009
Girl's tooth pulled out with remote control car
One American family have swapped the door for a remote control car to help remove their daughter’s wobbly milk tooth
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
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