PODCAST Revolution

Hello Hi Assalammualaikum...... Good morning, afternoon, evening or nite to anyone who read this article. When I 1st read about pod-casting  I was blur... what is this actually....hahaha coz I'm not up to date person especially related to latest gadget or IT. I spent a time reading about pod-casts and finding articles about it. Then I realized, this gadget was going to be an amazing new way to share content across the internet and to millions of MP3 players. And this time I'm going to write what is podcast and you may read more information from The Edge, April13,2015 below to understand podcast definition. I hope you guys can have a better understanding after this and find podcast convenient and easy to use........ yesszaaaa... hopefully!

So Let's Talk More About What is a Podcast?

Based on Mr Google - Podcast is a digital audio file made available on the Internet for downloading to a computer or portable media player, typically available as a series, new instalments of which can be received by subscribers automatically.

Simple definition from Jason Van Orden from Podcast tutorial - The word podcast is a play on the word broadcast combined with the word iPod (one of the most popular portable MP3 players). Apple did not invent the word podcast, although I'm sure they are enjoying the free marketing they are getting from the popularity of podcasting. You do not have to have an iPod to listen to a podcast. He mentioned also there are many other MP3 players that are better for listening to podcasts. You can listen to podcasts on anything that plays MP3s. Once the podcast is downloaded, it's just an MP3.

                       So Let's Read More About What is a Podcast here!

   

5 Recent Scientific Advances That Signal The Future

Scientific discoveries are being made every day that are changing the world we live in. This list contains some crazy scientific innovations—and they’ve all been made in June 2013. From physics to medicine to biology, the following stories are sure to blow your mind. Technological and medical advancements that most people believed would never happen in their lifetime, let alone at this very moment, are real and continuing to develop. These discoveries bring with them a myriad of new technology and techniques that will only grow and improve with time to make the world a better place to live in.

1.  Immunity To Cancer

The University of Rochester published a study on June 19th, suggesting the mechanism that allows naked mole rats to be immune to cancer. These creepy subterranean rodents may get a lot of heat for their looks, but they seem to be having the last laugh when it comes to their immunity to cancer.

A gooey sugar known as Hyaluronan (HA) has been found in the spaces between naked mole rats’ cells, which seem to stop them from growing close together and forming tumours. The substance, acting like a parent chaperone at a high school dance, causes early contact inhibition, which is a process that stops cells from multiplying once they reach a certain density. A double mutation in the two enzymes that promote HA’s growth and reduce its breakdown is thought to be the reason for the elevated amount of the substance. Scientists tested the theory by infecting skin cells containing both high and low amounts of HA with cancer.

It was found that in the cell with low levels of HA, the cancer multiplied rapidly, but in cells with high HA, tumours failed to form. Scientists are hoping to modify laboratory rats to produce high amounts of HA in an attempt to make mice immune to cancer.

2.    Sight for the Blind

The first bionic eye prototype was introduced by a team of Australian designers in early June. The bionic eye works by having a chip implanted into the user’s skull and then connected to a digital camera in the glasses. While the glasses currently only allow the user to see outlines, the prototype has a lot of promise to be improved upon in the future. Once the camera captures an image, the signal is changed and sent wirelessly to the microchip. From there, the signal activates spots on the microchip implanted into the visual cortex of the brain. The team of researchers is hoping to further the capabilities of the glasses while keeping them lightweight, adjustable, and comfortable for the wearer. It should be usable by 85% of people who are legally blind.

3.     Medical Benefits of Silver

A study was published on June 19th by a team of researchers at Boston University regarding the benefits of using silver in antibiotics. While it has long been known that silver contains strong antimicrobial properties, scientists have only recently discovered that it’s able to turn normal antibiotics into antibiotics on steroids.

It is now known that silver uses many chemical processes to stop bacteria from forming bonds, slow their metabolic rates, and disrupt homeostasis. These processes cause the bacteria to become weak and more susceptible to the power of antibiotics. Through multiple studies, the mixture of silver and antibiotics has been up to 1,000 times more effective in killing bacteria than antibiotics alone. Some critics warn that using silver may have potentially toxic side effects on its users, but scientists disagree, saying small non-toxic amounts increase the effectiveness of the antibiotic. This is a very exciting discovery for the medical world, with the possible uses and applications for this precious metal continuing to grow.

4.   Alternative Fuel Microbes

Imagine a world where high-efficiency, low-cost alternative fuels were as easy to obtain as the oxygen in the air around us. Well, thanks to the collaboration of the US Department of Energy and a team of researchers at Duke University, we might have a microorganism that can make this dream a reality. Recent years have seen great strides in the area of alternative fuels (like ethanol from corn and sugar cane). Unfortunately, these methods have proven inefficient and given rise to a lot of criticism like cutting into the food and land supply. Recently, scientists have been able to come up with electro-fuels that are designed to harness solar energy without cutting into the food, water, or land supplies as most of the existing alternative fuels do.

In addition to its low energy need, tiny microbes can efficiently and effectively synthesize these electro-fuels in a lab. These electro-fuel microbes have been isolated and found living in non-photosynthetic bacteria. Using the electrons in the soil as food, the microbes eat up the energy to produce Butanol when exposed to electricity and carbon dioxide. Using this knowledge, scientists extract the genes to complete this photosynthesis substitute and inject them into lab-grown bacteria allowing them to produce Butanol in large amounts. Butanol is now being seen as the better alternative to both ethanol and gasoline for a variety of reasons. As a much larger molecule, Butanol has a larger energy-carrying capacity than ethanol and doesn’t absorb water, so it can be placed directly in the gas tanks of any car and transported through the existing gasoline pipelines. These Butanol microbes are very promising for the future of alternative fuels.

5.   Efficient Electrolysis (Saltwater Splitting)

In the race to find efficient and plentiful alternative fuels, researchers have always hit a roadblock when trying to come up with an efficient method of splitting seawater to produce hydrogen fuel. On June 10th, a team at the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Electro-materials Science unveiled a catalyst that is able to split ocean water with very little energy needed.

The catalyst has been fashioned into a flexible plastic film that soaks up and uses the energy obtained from light to oxidize the seawater. Unlike current methods that require a large amount of energy to oxidize the water, this method would produce enough energy to power the average home and car for a full day using only 5 litres (1.3 gal) of seawater. The film contains synthetic chlorophyll molecules to harness the energy of the sun in the same way the leaves of many plants do. Nor are there any chemical downfalls to using this method, unlike the current water-splitting method that emits clouds of poisonous chlorine gas.

This efficient and effective method could greatly reduce the cost of hydrogen fuel, allowing it to be a competitive alternative fuel to gasoline in the future.

Source of: Shelby Hoebee, July 12, 2013, http://listverse.com

Google Glass Phenomena

Hello guys, Good morning! Assalammualaikum...... have you ever heard about Google Glass? I never knew about it until my friend told me why not you search about Google Glass. For me, this is a new and I am happy to share with you and hope you guys feel free to read.

 

If you want to know further, you may find out at Mr Google.

 

 

Google Glass is a type of wearable technology with an optical head-mounted display (OHMD). It was developed by Google with the mission of producing a mass-market ubiquitous computer. Google Glass displays information in a smartphone like hands-free format. Wearers communicate with the Internet via natural voice commands. Google started selling a prototype of Google Glass to qualified "Glass Explorers" in the US on April 15, 2013, for a limited period for $1,500, before it became available to the public on May 15, 2014, for the same price. On January 15, 2015, for the same price. On January 15, 2015, Google announced that it would stop producing the Google Glass prototype but remained committed to the development of the product. According to Google, Project Glass was ready to "graduate" from Google Labs, the experimental phase of the project.

Google Glass was developed by Google X, the facility within Google devoted to technological advancements such as driverless cars. Google Glass is smaller and slimmer than previous head-mounted display designs.

 

The Google Glass prototype resembled standard eyeglasses with the lens replaced by a head-up display. In mid-2011, Google engineered a prototype that weighed 8 pounds (3,600 g); by 2013 they were lighter than the average pair of sunglasses.

 

In April 2013, the Explorer Edition was made available to Google I/O developers in the United States for $1,500.

 

 

 

 

The product was publicly announced in April 2012. Sergey Brin wore a prototype of the Glass to an April 5, 2012, Foundation Fighting Blindness event in San Francisco. In May 2012, Google demonstrated for the first time how Google Glass could be used to shoot video.

 

Google provided four prescription frame choices for $225 and free with the purchase of any new Glass unit. Google entered in a partnership with the Italian eyewear company Luxottica, owners of the Ray-Ban, Oakley, and other brands, to offer additional frame designs. In June 2014, Nepal Government adopted Google Glass for tackling poachers of wild animals and herbs of Chitwan International Park and other parks listed under World Heritage sites. Gurkha Military currently uses Google Glass to track the animals and birds in the jungle. This operation led to the latest development in military operation. Google Glass was used in military for the first operation. Google Glass was used in military for the first time in the world by Nepal.

 

In January 2015, Google ended the beta period of Glass (the "Google Glass Explorer" program).

 

 

 

 



 

 

          

New Era of Online Recruitment

 

 

 

 

 

I had memorable experienced in looking for a job using the electronic versions or traditional job-hunting sources – newspapers and recruitment agencies. When I finished my diploma in 1999, I decided to look for a job before I pursue my degree. At that time, I am using recruitment agency and newspaper to look for a job. I registered few recruitment agencies such as Agensi Pekerjaan Intelek, Kelly Services and etc. I bought newspaper especially The Star on Saturday. Finding the right job is becoming tougher for me. It all started when I was sent a resume to Henkel (M) Sdn Bhd, Shah Alam. They informing me that I can start worked on March2000. I thought that this could be what I need at the moments and work experience with Henkel seemed like a great opportunity to me.

Overal I really did enjoy my working time with Henkel. It was a great experience and it did change my view. What actually supprised me the most about working with Henkel, after 14years, I am being offered with Mutual Separation Scheme and my last working day is on 31March2014. So this time I have to look for a job again and for me internet and web-based technologies have transformed the process of recruitment and job-hunting in recent years. I posted my resume via Jobstreet, JobHunt, Monster and etc. And I felt very lucky when I am being offered to work at Dexion Asia, is a MNC in storage racking system in Shah Alam on 22April2014. Using this type of online recruitment is a good thing and will probably help to find job fast. If you are looking for a job, the internet can be an invaluable additional tool and now there are thousands of site dedicated to helping people from all professional to find work. It give me an access to jobs advertised in website. Using the internet to find work also shows motivation, initiative and confidence with technology

As revealed in the 2014 Kelly Global Workforce Index, at least three in every five job seekers in Malaysia used social media in their job hunt in the past year, much higher than the global average of 36%. This led to Malaysia ranking fourth worldwide in the use of social media for career decisions, in a list led by India, Thailand and Indonesia. In fact, Malaysian employees are eager to take up new trends. Thus, social media is increasingly becoming the best way for recruiters to fill open positions.

 

 

Basically, online recruitment has the virtue of being available to candidates and employers, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 52 weeks a year. And online recruitment can help speed up a normally time-consuming process. It is always on and easily adjustable to meet changing requirements. Online recruitment can take place through a company's own website or through specialist providers such as Jobstreet, Kelly Services or the worldwide Post Jobs and Search Resumes on Monster.com Online recruitment can be used for large-scale hiring. Candidates can apply online anytime, anywhere in the world. The benefits of online system are:

• Make it easier and faster to respond to job applications
• Reduce the time it takes to hire applicants
• Provide a faster, friendlier process
• Reduce cost of hiring
• Wider reach for employers / applicants

Just want to share the latest update from Harian Metro website on the number of active users in WhatsApp application. It shows that social media becoming important medium nowadays.



 



Living in The Era of Technology - Pros and Cons

From the above news, impacts of technology in modern life, it is our responsibility to use technology to improve our lives but we also have to make sure that we preserve our society and environment, if we don’t control the usage of technology, we shall end up harming both the society and environment. The digital worlds that we live in today are the result of many innovations and technology advances.

All of these things contribute to the changing of the world from what it was before. It seems that ‘digital’ is used to explain so many things that the word is almost meaningless. How to define digital:

Digital represents a way of living and working where technology is used to enhance our goals, needs, objectives and desires. In practical terms it encompasses:

• The virtual world - the World Wide Web, the applications, the software, the content
• The devices we use - computer, laptop, tablet, and mobile, digital watch, TV, radio, etc.
• Our behaviour and needs - the reasons why we use these things and the opportunities it provides
• The connectivity that joins these things (and people) together - Network, Wi-Fi, broadband, 3G 

Advantages of Living in Digital Life

This new era of digital innovation that promises a better future sounds good to everyone. The benefits and results are seen everywhere around the world such as:

• Easy access to information - It has become very easy to get access to relevant information at any time anywhere. This has been possible because of modern technologies like broadband internet. Lots of data is being published and indexed online, sites like Wikipedia and YouTube have great original content which can be used in research or entertainment. Information is power, and those who find information and use it well always succeed. With smart gadgets like the iPad, iPhone, Galaxy tablet, users can easily have access to information through these smart gadgets because they use internet. So a user on a train can easily read breaking news while travelling, they can also buy and sell stocks while in the bedroom using the internet. These smart gadgets make it easy to access internet and this simplifies the way we get information.
• Encourages innovation and creativity – Since technology is challenging, it sparks the brain to work to its full potential.  In the past, it used to be very difficult to start a business, one had to have lots of capital and they even had limited access to business information. Today, it is very easy to start a business while at home. For example, creative developers post projects seeking for funding from the community, this helps them generate lots of cash for their good ideas which latter leads to creation of new Jobs.  The other creative works which have been facilitated by modern technology include Google, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, etc.
• Improved communication - Communication is like water to life. We cannot develop without communication.  Modern technology has blessed us with advanced communication technology tools. These can include e-fax machines, electronic mail, mobile phones, videoconferencing, instant text messaging applications, social networking applications. All these modern communication technology tools have simplified the way humans and businesses communicate.  We can easily talk to our relative oversees using a mobile phone or video chatting services like Skype.
• Efficiency and productivity - Modern technology has helped businesses increase production. Humans are slow and sometimes they fail to deliver on time. So many businesses have integrated modern technology in their production line, most of the hard work has become so simple and the results are better than those of humans. Let’s look at a farmer who uses modern technology right from the day of preparing the farm land to the day of harvesting. They save a lot of time and money during this process

Disadvantages of Digital Life

It all sounds great, but there are still plenty of downsides. It seems like every other day the news is reporting cyber-crimes as criminals begin to take advantage of our technology dependence. People have their credit card numbers stolen and businesses have their information hacked or computer systems disabled.

• Increased loneliness – Social Isolation is on the increase, people are spending more time playing video games, learning how to use new modern technologies, using social networks and they neglect their real life. Technology has replaced our old way of interacting. If a user can easily interact with 100 friends online, they will feel no need to going out to make real friends which at a later stage leads to loneliness.
• Job loss - Modern technology has replaced many humans; robots are doing of the jobs which used to be done by humans. Many packing firms have employed robots on production lines to increase on production and efficiency, this is good news for businesses because it helps them make more money and serve customers in time, but it is bad news to employees because they get replaced by a robot.
• Competency - Increased dependency on modern tools like calculators has reduced on our creativity. You can find a student when they can solve a very simple mathematical equation without using a calculator. This affects the way this student uses their brains and reduces on the level of creativity.
• World destruction weapons - Modern technology has been the main aid in the increasing and endless wars. It aids the manufacturing of modern war weapons which will require testing. So when these weapons get into the hands of criminals, they will use them for their selfish reasons.

Conclusion

Now that we have seen some of the impacts of technology in modern life, it is our responsibility to use technology to improve our lives but we also have to make sure that we preserve our society and environment, if we don't control the usage of technology, we shall end up harming both the society and environment. Then for those seeking for jobs, I advise you to acquire different technological skills, make sure that you can create or invent something new using these new technological skills, being employed is just a step most of us have taken, but it does not guarantee financial security, you can use technology to create a small business. 

Source of:  Karehka Ramey; http://www.useoftechnology.com/modern-technology-advantages-disadvantages/

Cheaper Broadband

Charges for basic broadband packages for mobile and fixed services are expected to be reduced by between 10 and 57 per cent in the next two months. This is to make broadband more affordable as Malaysia moves ahead to become a digital nation.

PUTRAJAYA : Consumers will enjoy cheaper basic broadband packages for mobile and fixed services with a reduction of between 10 to 57 per cent in the next two months.

Communication and Multimedia Minister, Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek announced this yesterday, saying that mobile packages would be offered at RM25 for consumers who subscribed to a monthly data cap of 1GB and 3G-HSPAfor both prepaid and postpaid services.

For fixed services, Telekom Malaysia (TM) will be offering basic broadband at RM38 a month for 1Mbps of free data usage up to 1GB. This is 57 per cent lower than the current price of RM88. TIME dotCom Berhad (TIME) will be offering a similar RM38 package for fixed broadband. Discussions with telecommunications companies on the proposal for the reduction was held in February to make broadband access available to more people.

The new mobile basic broadband packages will be available in a month’s time while the fixed package by TM is expected to be available from mid-June, as it needs some adjustment period, “he said, adding that the relevant telecommunications companies would need time to upgrade their systems and software, and make changes to the billing process. Shabery said this effort was part of making broadband more affordable for both mobile and fixed users as Malaysia moved towards a digital nations. With the Goods and Services Tax (GST) being implemented on communications services, including prepaid reloads, the reductions will cushion the impact of the new tax policy.

However, in making broadband more affordable, the quality of service is critical. We can’t have cheaper services with low speed, so there should be consistent and sufficient investment, like having more towers and more fibre-optic installations,” He said infrastructure investment was needed to ensure the quality of services. “The global average for capital intensity is almost 16 per cent. Last year, the industry achieved just over 14 per cent of capital intensity, which is encouraging, and they have been very positive about investing more.”

TM Group chief executive officer Tan Sri Zamzamzairani Mohd Isa said the new charges were in line with the group’s aspirations to deliver and integrated digital lifestyle with an enhanced seamless customer experience.

We already have the most comprehensive range of affordable packages to all customer segments nationwide and continue to look for on-going opportunities to offer more value-added offerings,” he said. Celcom Axiata CEO Datuk Seri Shazalli Ramly said the company heeded the call by the ministry to encourage greater Internet usage among the people. He said Celcom was committed to championing the needs of the people to gain access to the latest technology with affordable broadband. Present were representatives from TIME, U Mobile, DiGi and Maxis.

In an immediate reaction to the announcement, Muslim Consumers Association of Malaysia chief activist Datuk Nadzim Johan lauded the plan, but added that it should have been done “a long time ago”. Nadzim said he agreed that the plan would encourage more Internet use among Malaysian.  

Publisher: New Straits Times, Prime News,Pg4                                                                     
Date : 16 April 2015, Thursday

Author: Fazleena Aziz, Fairuz Mohd Shahar, Farhana Syed Nokman and Tan Pooi Sze

Advantages of Broadband Network :

The speed of a broadband connection is the major highlight. The data transmission speed of the connection is more than 200 kbps while dial-up is 56 kbps. This is true in the major part of the country, as most connection speeds are "provisioned." (ISPs promise to make a best-efforts attempt to deliver the provisioned upload and download speeds.) 

1. Broadband Internet access allows the Internet to be connected while the phone line is in use. This is because both the voice line and the data line are separate in the broadband connection.

2. With broadband, the user need not worry about checking email. If the computer is on, the email application will automatically update from the server by checking for new emails.

3. Thanks to broadband, multiple users can work at the same time simultaneously. In contrast to this, if multiple computers are used on the same bandwidth in a dial-up connection, the speed will be very low.

4. Broadband connections have digital connections and are highly reliable. There are fewer breaks as the data transmission is fast. In dial-up modems, at times there is a data overload.

5. As the connection is fast, the download rate is also fast. Thus, downloading, music, files, emails, etc. is much faster in a broadband connection.

6. In a broadband Internet connection, there are no automatic cut-offs or time-outs of the connection.

7. The broadband connection is an “always on” connection. The broadband connection is always on 24/7 once the computer is started. This saves a lot of time as compared to dial-up where the user has to free a phone line, put in a password, connect, and then browse.

8. Broadband connections are billed according to the usage or plan and not as per how much time is spent. Thus, users do not have to keep a track of the time they spend on the Internet. 

9. Broadband Internet access is available for wireless devices as well. This connection is an advantage for those who own a laptop, palmtop, or cell phone.

Disadvantages of Broadband Network :

1. Speedier broadband connections cost almost twice as much as a dial-up connection. However, this can be reduced to an extent if you already have a separate phone line for the Internet that you can cancel.

2. Security concerns arise when the computer is on 24/7. Since the computer is on most of the time, there may be a possibility that someone might want to access the computer. Many security features are available in the market to overcome this issue.

3. The broadband connection increases the speed capability of the Internet, but does not guarantee the speed. The speed of the Internet is also very much dependent on the IPS's servers. If the servers are slow, outdated, or over-burdened, the speed of the Internet connection will suffer. 

 

Conclusion

Broadband Internet access comes with both advantages and disadvantages. However, despite the disadvantages it has become the most common way to connect to the Internet. Broadband is the future of telecommunications, and the broadband connection industry is growing just as customer demand is growing. Simultaneously, research is also ongoing to provide a better product. To conclude, it can be rightly said that the broadband Internet connection is a very important invention in the world of technology and one that is likely to remain so for the foreseeable future.

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Written by: J. Edward Casteele
Edited by: Lamar Stonecypher•updated: 1/15/2010