Yasmin Hamid blog still active after her shocking death

Yasmin Hamid is the famous Malay film director in Malaysia. In her films, she uses love, family realtionship and togetherness as the main theme. She differentiate herself from other film makers by using short names. Examples of her award-winning 'low budget' films are Sepet, Gurkha and TalenTime.

Her first blog was named "Yasmin The Story Teller" and her second blog was "Yasmin The Filmmaker". Apart from films she directed, we can read her thoughts, buried deep withing the written words in both of her blogs.

Those blog will active all the time. I bet no one except Yasmin knew the password for those blogs and hopefully Goggle will not delete the any of Yasmin's blog, or marking it as spam blog ofr deactivated in long period of time. I found deep inspiration in her writings.

Is Search.com the best search engine?

How many of us are using Search.com (a search engine website) to search for info on the internet?

I bet you rarely use it. Eventhough the word is 'search' but Search.com is rarely being used as default search engine by most internet users from around the world. They called themselves as 'the best search engine' while Google.com (most widely used search engine right now) has never used that kind of word in Google's history.

Technology bloger - why I wanna become a pro techblogger?

The main reason why i want to be a full time blogger, is because I want full control on my entire time. No bosses!.

I wanna enjoy what I do, full time. I really enjoy sneaking around the internet, looking for new things on software and computer- related items. I enjoy discovering news about software, new laptop, new technology and how it benefits us.

I love being a full time technology blogger. I dont want the big money as others say, all i want i free time for myself being infront of my laptop all day long.

My passion is on software, computer, antivirus. I really love reading about them and explaining how they works. I love making people understands how to use this and how to use that.

I guess being a tech news blogger fits me, at least for a shy girl.

Acer laptops - Acer Aspire One 521

Here are hardware specifications of Acer Aspire One 521

• Windows 7 operating system (starter pack)
• glossy screen surface
• AMD Athlon II Neo (K125) single core processor
• 1GB RAM, upgradeable to 4G limit
• 250GB hard drive storage capacity (SATA type)
• 5.5-6 hours battery life
• 3 USB (2.0) ports
• memory card reader for SD, MMC, Memory Stick PRO, Memory Stick, xD cards
• 802.11 b, g, n WiFi driver
• ATI Radeon 384 MB graphic driver
• HDMI and VGA video output
• audio output and input, microphone, Bluetooth 2.1

Acer designed Aspire One 521 to become a powerful netbook. It is different from other usual Aspire Ones as we see in the market.

Aspire One 521 built with gaming capability for a small laptop, because it has ATI Radeon graphic driver for sharper and faster image movement, especially when playing games.

Overall, I would recommend Aspire One 521 if you are novice laptop user who sometimes prefers to play games other than doing heavy office works with it. If most netbooks are installed with Intel Atom for usual computing, Aspire One 521 is basically designed for netbook gaming, a feature most netbooks are not equipped with.

For faster speed, you can install additional RAM slot in the backside of this laptop. Buy 2 2G RAM sticks, put it in the slot, then test it by playing games, a simple one almost close to 3D games. You will amazed how fast (and how clear the view) this small laptop will be.

Acer laptops - new Acer Timeline X

Acer upgraded their Timeline brand into the new Timeline X laptop series. The new series come with new Intel Core processors you can choose from suits your personal budget - Intel Core i3, i5 and i7. The operating system will be Windows 7 Home Premium, which I say downgradeable into Windows Xp service pack 3 or Windows Vista Home Premium.

Acer said the new Timeline X designed to has lighter, faster, sharper display, longer battery life. One of my dream laptop is an Acer Aspire Timeline.

I love its thickness, its lightness and its powerful computing engine. I fonly google Chrome was being released by now, I will install my Acer Timeline laptop with it, so no virus will harm my data.

Among Dell Adamo XPS, Apple Macbook Air or Acer Timeline X, I will choose Acer Timeline X because Acer's internal spare part for their laptops is widely available here in Malaysia. The service cost is a lot cheaper than the other laptop models made by other companies such as Dell, Hp, Sony, Toshiba, Nokia or Lenovo.

Timeline X price will be 1,900 Malaysian Ringgit and above, aimed for business users, professional workers, advanced user who prefers tri-combination of speed, style and lightness.

Toshiba laptops - Toshiba Libretto W100 dual screen laptop with virtual keyboard

Several days ago I've reported a news that Toshiba is planning on releasing new kind of laptop with weird feature, a dual screen tablet laptop (just like opening a book) with virtual keyboard available on the screen. Its like using a double iPad in front of your eyes. No touchpad needed for your mouse pointer.

The name for the new tablet laptop is Toshiba Libretto W100, powered up by Intel Pentium U5400 processor, installed with Windows 7 Home Premium OS (*sorry, no Google Android OS this time!), 2GB of onboard DDR3 memory (cant be upgraded to the higher version), 64Gb solid state drive (SSD) hard disc, one USB 2.0 port.

After inspecting its specs, I would say this laptop is suitable for a user who spents a lo of time on the internet, a user who prefers wireless internet, a user with minimal computing skills, not an IT pro.

Libretto W100 has a unique feature and a great, smooth look but I was upset with its hardware specification. I thought Libretto W100 will comes with Intel Atom processor, or at least Core processors according to its high tech features, which I think it will be a fast laptop. If you dont want to own an iPad, Toshiba Libretto W100 is a good choice, for personal entertainment right from the comfort of your home.

At least it bears a new name, not like 'LePad' by Lenovo that copies official name of iPad made by Apple. No news for Libretto W100's battery, I wonder how long it will lasts. 7 hours maybe?

USB pen drive - Lexar 128GB thumb drive for laptop users

The price for Lexar 128Gb thumb drive ( a thumb drive is also called as pen drive here in Malaysia) is $350 US Dollar (equals to RM1,225.00 Malaysian Ringgit). The price for me is really worth because this USB thumb drive has huge storage capacity (for a small sized thumb drive). Its capacity is almost similar to a hard disc storage capacity installed inside a netbook (small sized laptops). I dont think this one as waterproof thumb drive. Kingston's also has 128GB thumb drive of their own.

You can use Lexar 128Gb thumb drive as a personal backup for your important data, as temporary storage for your favorite movies or as permanent 'keeper' for your personal pictures. Recommended for tech professionals, programmers, advanced laptop users.