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Ford motor is researching the feasibility on “voice to text” – hands free text device,  after endorsing a proposal to U.S government on a ban in texting while driving.

“A voice-recognition approach is better than bringing in a piece of paper and unfolding a map or looking down at a mobile device,” Jim Buczkowski, Ford’s director of electronics said Monday. “We’re looking at various combinations of accomplishing that task because it’s being asked for by consumers.”

Earlier this month, Ford became the first automaker to support the texting bill, introduced by U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. The legislation would withhold 25 percent of U.S. highway aid to states that do not ban reading or writing text messages on hand-held devices while driving.

In my opinion, texting is always far more dangerous than talking over the mobile phone. My country, whenever you hold your mobile phone while driving, be it talking or texting, you gonna get a 90USD fine right away. Or probably you could end up like this :-

Read a news reported by TheStar today. It is quite risky to use internet nowadays as there are so many scams and phishing activities around in the cyberworld, especially in the social networking site.

This lady actually came with a good intention in helping her friend but end up cheated by some scammer in the internet for over USD4000

ST. LOUIS: A Missouri woman was tricked into wiring about US$4,000 (RM14,400) to someone in England after receiving faked messages from a friend on Facebook asking for help, police said.

Jayne Scherrman of Cape Girardeau wired the money through Western Union after receiving what she believed were several requests for help from her friend.

They believe someone took over the Facebook account of a Cape Girardeau County resident, Grace Parry, changed the password so she couldn’t access it and sent out messages saying she and her husband had been detained in London and needed money.

Read the full article HERE.

Sony has announced a new system software for PS3. It is version 3.0 now.

Some of the key enhancement/updates:-

1. New design of the XMB screen

redesigned of XMB background color & fonts size

2. Information Panel

Information panel will shown on the top right hand corner. This is very useful as you don’t need to browse to the destination for status checking.

3. Copy & Paste function

Copy and paste via the onscreen keyboard.

4. What’s New

Current “Information Board” replaced by “What’s New”.

5. Audio Multi-Output

You can now set the audio output to HDMI, Digital & AV multi out simultaneously.

6. HDD content audio & subtitle language

Predefined the audio & subtitle language playback on a HDD content. This is still very much depend on the original format.

7. Fast forward & Fast reverse

Pictures tell a thousand words

8. Printing a Web page & save a Web page as picture

Print a web page (need to set up a printer) and save the web page as picture.

9. Friends

Lists of messages from a friend to be displayed.

All images extracted from Playstation Asia. You can read more details information at Playstation Asia.

I just can’t wait to go home and do my updates right away! . Do comment should you see anything that i had missed out here.

China Daily today reported that China Mobile has launched its own mobile Operating System call Ophone. The purpose to have this OS is to support China homegrown 3G standard – TD-SCDMA 3G.

The release of the long-anticipated Ophone platform, the world’s first mobile phone operating system developed by a telecom carrier, and the Ophone handsets is seen by analysts as a move that could help China Mobile stabilize its slowing profit growth.

China Mobile yesterday also showcased a slew of handsets based on the Ophone system, which were developed by mobile phone makers including Dell, Lenovo, Philips and Samsung.

According to a survey on www.sina.com.cn, the largest Internet portal in China, 51 percent of the 2,161 respondents said they might buy an Ophone, attracted by its “powerful” mobile Internet connection and application functions.

Ophone handsets that can support China Mobile’s TD-SCDMA 3G standard will come out this year (Picture fr ChinaDaily.com.cn)