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Reported by TheStar, Indian Bharti Airtel and African MTN Group Ltd has continued their merger talks again.

Bharti would acquire a 49 percent stake in MTN, and MTN and its shareholders would acquire a 36 percent stake in Bharti through a complex cash and equity deal, the statement said.

The two companies, both leaders in their respective markets, have agreed to pursue exclusive discussions until July 31.

Talks are still at an early stage, but if the deal goes through, the merger would result in a company with over $20 billion in annual revenues and a customer base of over 200 million, the statement said.

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Reported by Daily Tech, Microsoft and Linux Foundation are actually getting along with another though it does not happen so often. They are actually issued a  joint letter to voice out their displeasure.

This is because ALI (American Law Institute) latest effort to create an implied warranty stating that all software shipped should have no material defects.

The ALI is largely made up of judges and attorneys who are assigned the task of dealing with protocols related to software sales and warranties. Due to serious flaws and other issues, more consumers are interested in having politicians and others deal with defective software, as it can be sometimes difficult to get the companies behind the software to take responsibility.

“Parties should be able to choose the rules that best suit their needs, as they have the most knowledge about their particular transaction,” according to the joint letter. “That is not to say that certain protections — for example, in the business-to-consumer context — are not warranted. But even in today’s common law approach to software contracts, there is no great failure in terms of substandard quality or unmet expectations that would justify imposition of new mandatory rules, particularly given existing remedies under misrepresentation and consumer protection law.”

Both the Linux Foundation and Microsoft especially don’t like the following statement written into the ALI’s Principles of the Law of Software Contracts: “A transferor that receives money or a right to payment of a monetary obligation in exchange for the software warrants to any party in the normal chain of distribution that the software contains no material hidden defects of which the transferor was aware at the time of the transfer. This warranty may not be excluded.”

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Received a funny link from my friend a while ago. As the title mentioned, it got nothing to do with any programming language or something. It is just the word of it – “Cibai”

“We introduce Cibai a generic static analyzer based on abstract interpretation for the modular analysis and verification of Java classes. We present the abstract semantics and the underlying abstract domain, a combination of an aliasing analysis and octagons.

We discuss some implementation issues, and we compare Cibai with similar tools, showing how Cibai achieves a higher level of automation and precision while having comparable performances.

Actually the pronunciation sound like a bad word in Hokkian language ( Chinese dialect). The meaning of it is – private part of female in harsh manner.

面對WiMAX咄咄逼人的發展態勢，有論述者預測會取代Wi-Fi，3G則會逐漸步入淘汰階段。但也有人持著相反意見。其實，三者間存有優勢與弱點。3方面將在無線接入中互補。

陸克斯行銷副總裁大衛卡利斯表示，Wi-Fi最明顯的差異就是涵蓋範圍。最高達300英尺，而只能在標準統一的地區環境中使用。而WiMAX則達1至3英里。主要定位在流動無線城域環境中使用。而3G目前則面對數據流量高於語音流量，導致頻率受干擾、連線慢、無法控制等。最重要是由於範圍過度廣闊，因此用戶是不需要指定頻譜使用。

WiMAX訊號傳送達3英里

「WiMAX是3G和Wi-Fi的補充。與Wi-Fi、3G相比，WiMAX的成長速度更快，WiMAX完全可以作為發達國家與發展中國家一個很好的橋樑，使他們共同享受高速訊息所帶來的好處。」

「WiMAX目前作為無線寬頻的『最後一公里』技術，完全可替代現有的有線和DSL接入家庭，WiMAX本身的優勢使其能輕鬆地將無線城域網納入自己的勢力範圍。Wi-Fi只能把互聯網的連接訊號傳送到300英尺遠的地方，WiMAX則能訊號傳送至3英里處。」

他說，3G首先是實現通話的目的，然後加入了寬頻的需求，再根據技術演變開發新技術，使其傳輸更快更多的數據；而WiMAX從一開始考慮的就是寬帶的無線接入，並有各種各樣的運用，語音只是其中的一種。

星洲日报摘自

China Unicom started trials of its 3G network yesterday, becoming the last of China’s three largest mobile operators to do so.

According to a report by China’s official Xinhua news agency, China Unicom’s trial 3G network covers 55 cities and plans to be expanded to 284 cities by the end of September.

The operator’s president, Chang Xiaobing, said the network would be fully operational by year-end, but did not give a specific date. He added that triallists will be able to make video calls and access mobile TV services via the new network.

The operator – the second-largest in the country after China Mobile – has branded its new high-speed network as ‘WO’ and will reportedly use three different brand designs to target different market segments.

According to earlier reports, China Unicom will initially charge subscribers CNY150 (US$22) per month to access the new network, though further price plans are scheduled to be introduced when the trial is expanded in September.

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Today, out of a sudden received a MSN message from an ex-colleague. We actually have not been chatting with each other over the MSN quite a long long and long time.  So at first i thought what is she up to and when i look at the chat window i saw a link :-

What really make me suspicious is her status stated that she is currently offline and how can she send me link by then?

Anyway i just click on the link and see where is the link direct me to. From the picture below you can see that it wants my MSN username and password in order to me to log in :-

I got very suspicious by then and i decided to googling for what is this website all about.I managed to find out that actually is a phishing website – the website intention is they want your MSN account and password. As reported by LiewCF, he actually found out this matter today also.

He quoted:

If your friend is sending you the similar message, please ask them to change windows live password.

“Never give your password to anyone. No one from Windows Live Mail will ever ask you for your password.” (via http://help.live.com/)

Well for sure i’m going to inform my ex-colleague for this matter and inform her to change her password soonest possible!

India’s top mobile phone company Bharti Airtel announced Friday it had crossed the 100-million subscriber mark and expected to double that number within the next three years.

“We are proud to have led the telecom revolution,” Bharti chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal said, announcing the corporate milestone.

The company, founded in 1995, notched up its first 25 million customers in July 2006 and crossed the 75 million customer mark in August 2008.

Mittal, listed by Forbes magazine as one of India’s billionaires, said he expected the company to add another 100 million customers in the next three years.

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As reported by TheStar, Google is planning to re-shoot the street view in major cities in Japan for its Street View service.

This is due to the locals complained about their privacy has been intruded because of the image taken has a 360 degrees view over the fences around their homes.

The photos currently on the website were taken by cameras mounted on a stick attached to a car roof.

Google Japan said it would lower the cameras after many residents said they were high enough to look over fences around their homes, company product manager Keiichi Kawai said in a statement.

Others have previously complained that images on the service recorded vehicle licence plates and laundry hanging in backyards. Rights groups have also demanded Google suspend the service.

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Just received a forwarded email from a friend of mine just now. You can check out the email content below:-

As you can see if you forward substantial amount of emails to your friends/family members or colleagues, you are going to have a FREE LAPTOP FROM SONY ERICSSON !!! provided that you cc a copy to the above mentioned email address.

If you are mature/old enough like me , Sony Ericsson T18 and Sony Ericsson R320 do not seems like a laptop model. It was ….

Sony Ericsson T18

and Sony Ericsson R320

After some googling over the net, stumbled across this web site and as what i got in my mind – is a bloody hoax !!

MasterCard is ready to offer person-to-person (P2P)  mobile payment platform – MoneySend which developed by Obopay in US. Initially this paltform will be deploy and use by Bankcrop Bank pre-paid users.

Senders initiate transfers to any domestic mobile phone number via SMS message, mobile Web browser or a downloadable MoneySend application.

Upon initiation of the transfer, the sender approves the request by entering the MoneySend mobile PIN which only the accountholder knows. Pre-registered recipients then receive a text message confirmation of the transfer. Non registered users get an SMS informing them the payment is pending.

The funds can then be accessed through an account designated during the registration process – initially, the Bancorp Bank pre-paid offering. Recipients can obtain the money through the mobile phone or, if they have a MasterCard card associated with the account, at ATMs, in branch or at the point-of-sale.

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