Side Bar for Internet Explorer Regarding on the missing of sidebar, we have try our best to adjust it and make it viewable by using Internet Explorer. As the bottom bar problem has been fix, we come accross another new problem. When users use the Internet Explorer, the list of Contributors and list of Member's Web Log may be invinsible. But when users scroll down the page or hover the mouse accross it it will sometimes appear or dissappear.

Our TechNTools supports will take more effort in making it viewable by most of the internet browsers available. As what we have mentioned before, visitors are adviced to use FireFox browsers to get the best result from the site. After all the site is best viewed by FireFox!  by rezgouki at 11:38 PM  1 comments links to this post

  Google Talks
Google is reported that it will released an Instant Messaging/VOIP client this Wednesday but currently, only the 900kb beta version of Google Talk can be found on Google Talk’s main page. Finally the leader in internet searches has it’s own Instant Messaging client.

Currently only Gmail account holders can sign in to the Google Talk service. Gmail is Google’s own free email service and to date, it is only available to people who were referred to by friends. Google might open up the service to everyone soon to extend the adoption of Google Talk. The Google Talk interface it as clean as Google’s main page. No advertisements cluttering the GUI. I have yet the voice feature since all of my friends are asleep to try the feature. The beta version of Google Talk takes up a very small memory footprint compare with other major IMs.

To expand it user base, Google’s Talk service allow users to communicate with other open networks such as Trillian, Apple's iChat and an EarthLink trial system. However closed networks like ICQ, Yahoo, MSN and Skype are still out for reach for Google Talk users. If Google Talk can gain a huge user base in a short time such as Skype did and become the largest IM network ever, I wish to dump all other IMs as they are filling up my taskbar and my RAM.  by 鬼徒二等兵 at 3:10 AM  0 comments links to this post

  One Click Flag Blogger.com added a “FLAG?” button to the upper right corner of their Blogger topbar which I only noticed recently. It’s suppose to let visitors to a particular Blogger.com hosted weblog flag it if it contains objectionable content. When a weblog gets too many flags from visitors it will eventually be unlisted on Blogger.com but will be still available on the internet.

My only complaint is that a single one click is all it takes for a visitor to flag a weblog as objectionable. Blogger.com should make the Flag button ask the clicking visitor for confirmation to prevent curious clicks or accidental clicks.  by 鬼徒二等兵 at 12:39 AM  1 comments links to this post

  Posting from MS Word
Blogger.com released last week a 2MB Blogger add-on for MS Word in a form of a toolbar in Word which allows you to write, save draft, edit and publish articles to your Blogger weblog from MS Word. I’ve just installed the toolbar and writing this 1st post that I’m going to publish directly from MS Word.

The installed toolbar comes in 4 buttons. A Blogger Settings to configure your login to Blogger. Save as Draft lets you save your article to your weblog unpublished. The Open Post button is suppose to let me open and edit previous post from my weblogs on Blogger but the function doesn’t seem to work. I can select from my two weblogs but the table list of my older post isn’t being listed. Finally the publish button lets you publish your article and if you select the preview button in Blogger Settings, you’ll get an HTML preview of your work before publishing.

The Blogger add-on supports only publishing of simple text and HTML. I’ve tried posting with pictures and tables and the Blogger toolbar report that it will ignore such unsupported content. If you are going to add pictures and table alignments to your posts, you’ll still have to open up your web browser and login to Blogger.com to edit your articles that you’ve save as draft from MS word before posting. Another problem is that MS Word publishes all post in formatted HTML with the font settings that you use in MS Word which might be different from your weblog template fonts causing posts from MS Word using different font setting as posts from Blogger.com. To work around this, you can turn on HTML preview and edit the your post in HTML by deleting the "span" tags or all the HTML tags before publishing.

Despite some little hitches this little toolbar certainly makes writing and posting articles to your Blogger.com weblog easier without having to open a web browser and signing in to Blogger.com. You can do everything from MS Word if you are not adding images to your articles. You can download the 2MB add-on for MS Words here.  by 鬼徒二等兵 at 7:51 PM  3 comments links to this post

  The Death Song Yo!!! buddy.... if your origin is chinese, then you should know what is the season of this month~~ July~~ (*x*) have you see any big brother following you?


That's why i dedicated 'The Death Song' music to all of you~~ I hope you enjoying July 'big Brother' festival...

This music was made by myself in 13 May 2005. Actually i wish to create the chinese traditional funeral. But the song make me feel boring, too simple. So i just simply remix, combine echo effect,choir, and scrashing. 鬼徒二等兵 was the first person who listen to this song. Truely, i modified it under his advice. He said that the instrument not really perfect. Then we choose the most scary feel instrument and apply in to my music.

Okay, How do you feel friends? We're waiting for your comment. ^ ^/")

Please, never walking alone in the middle of the night. Some body is watching you. i'm not gonna tell who is it.... Good luck my friends... (*x*)



##WARNING##

<---- Never do the stupid act like him.... Please......Please don't try this in JULY  by 风 at 9:35 PM  2 comments links to this post

  Hacked OSX running on PCs German developer Michael "mist" Steil who maintains the Xbox Linux and GameCube Linux Projects with other hackers on the OSx86 Project, found a way to hack Apple’s Mac OSX to run on Intel or AMD CPU based systems. OSx86 is the nickname for the new hacked version of OSX and it is said to be based on a pirated version which was meant for participants in the Apple Developer Connection, according to Wired News.
The hackers on the OSx86 Project removed a kernel extension called TPM, or Trusted Platform Module, that was used to prevent the OS from running on other PC systems. More on that here.  by 鬼徒二等兵 at 3:52 PM  0 comments links to this post

  Anticipated FEAR
Sierra Entertainment released on the 5th of this month the public demo of F.E.A.R. (First Encounter Assault and Recon) developed by Monolith Productions the studio brought us No One Live Forever and Alien Versus Predator 2. The Demo can be found at whatisfear.com. The demo is a 645MB file and it’ll take over 1GB of hard disk space after installation. Please note that you need to type in your birthday during installation and upon entering their official site. This is their way of verifying your age because the game is rated “Matured”.

FEAR at first impression is like a cross between a special tactic force and a Japanese ghost movie. From opening cut scenes to the end of the demo is beautifully rendered by Monolith’s new 3d engine powered by Havok 2 physics engine which is used by many high end FPS such as Half Life 2, Halo 2 and Ghost Recon 2. I’m not familiar with this new 3D engine so I’ll describe it as having Doom 3’s lighting and shadows and slightly better texture and object shading than Half Life 2. The environment setting of the demo was at dull and dark. Only the red of blood appear to stand out of the gray background. Overall, this is a really good looking game with amazing real time lightings and stunning environment effects. You’ll find yourself clouding your own view with your gunfire’s fumes. I had a good light show in “slo-mo” mode when smoke, dust, muzzle flashes and sparks coming into play.

Your main character in the F.E.A.R. demo is a new recruit who possesses very rapid reflexes which is expressed in the game as a “slo-mo” mode. When activated, everything around you slows down so you have advantage to dodge hostile bullets while attacking the sluggish enemies. The demo came with some standard weapons such as machineguns and rifles. Other than that there are some interesting fantasy weapons like a nail gun and a plasma rifle. Besides weapon you can also attack enemies using melee moves with your hands and feet.

In F.E.A.R. you’ll need to concentrate on the game and immerse into the character to fully appreciate it. If you are dashing through the game, shooting every object and finishing the demo in 20 minutes then I think you’re better off playing Counter-Strike. Really. The are a few scenes where the game will really freak you out but won’t affect the mindless first person shooter. The game really manages to send chills down your spine when you are standing down a hall way where abnormal light flicking occurs around you. The experience is really like watching a horror movie and is very different from the scares you get from Alien VS Predator 2 or Clive Baker’s Undying.

The short 30 minute demo gave me a very good sense of a good frightening experience coming our way this 4th quarter. I hope the final game will come with many fresh and creative fear factors to experience. It’s been over one week but if you haven’t tried the demo yet, go grab it and freak out. Be warn though even lower mid range machine will struggle to run the game at low quality. By lower mid range I meant less than 2 GHz CPU with at least 512MB RAM and a Radeon 9600 class GPU.

Here are two screenshots from the official site:
  by 鬼徒二等兵 at 3:47 AM  1 comments links to this post

  Bottom Bar for Internet Explorer Due to limitations on Internet Explorer, Tech N Tools from now on will not support Internet Explorer. Visitors using Internet Explorer will not be able to find the Side Bar. The Side Bar on Internet Explorer has become to Bottom Bar.

All visitors to who wants the pages rendered correctly will be required to use the FireFox browser. Or else, you’re still free to use IE and get the Bottom Bar.
I only optimize my html codes for FireFox from now on. IE tends to distort the text and graphic alignment. If I would tune our HTML for both IE and FireFox it would make the sidebar space too big and main page too small. Therefore I’ve decided to give-up on one browser.

You might like to know that more than 80% of our visitors are from LowYat.net and almost 60% of visitors from LowYat.net use Mozilla FireFox. Because of the higher number of FireFox visitors and better precision of alignment, Get FireFox.

  by 鬼徒二等兵 at 9:43 PM  5 comments links to this post

  Air Filter At some point, air filter plays a very important role in keeping our internal casing dirt-free and hence extending the life span of the hardware. I’ve noticed that most of the cheaper casing does not come with an air filter in their intake vent. I am here to share my air filter and hope the economic class casing can enjoy fresh clean air too!!








These are the materials and tools needed, we have a car sun shade, super glue and scissors.












This is the fabric that is extracted from sun shade.













Next we apply super glue following the red dotted line

















This is the picture of the front panel with my DIY air filter.  by xnster at 1:03 AM  2 comments links to this post

  The Friendly Malaysian Doesn't Exist The best booth in my book should have the best customer service to begin with. Even with the most interesting products or wildest discounts, failure to win your customer's heart will set them off for alternatives.

The usual attitude I have seen among Malaysian sales or promoting person display is choosing who to serve or ignore from given appearance. If you are just asking for information without interest to buy, they'll give you an unwelcoming and unpleasant treatment to force you away.

Even big companies like Samsung and Sony in Malaysia are prone to hiring such poor customer serving employees. I wish companies would train their employees to provide better services to customers and hand pick employees with better personalities.  by 鬼徒二等兵 at 3:10 AM  0 comments links to this post

  Best Booth At PC Fair
I cast my best booth vote to OKI by OKI distributor Intranet Sendirian Berhad where I got the best hospitality from their friendly staffs. Even though I dressed casually, they took their time to describe to me how their highlighted Single Pass Color Technology works in detail and showed me slides regarding the technology. They have a nice Japanese guy from OKI and a local manager who opened an OKI colour printer to show me how the technology works inside.

OKI uses LED technology instead of conventional laser technology to magnetize the printing drum to generate a print. The LED technology used by OKI benefits from the direct writing to the drums as oppose to multiple steps of refracting, reflecting and focusing used in laser printing. Such complicated procedures in laser printing are less reliable and expansive to repair.

Because of the small size and low cost of the LED technology used by OKI, OKI is able to install 4 individual LED head for each toner which is unpractical on laser technology based printers. OKI printers with Single Pass Color Technology can print a colour output in a single pass at very high speeds. From 12ppm to over 30ppm A4 colour output across their range of individual and workgroup printers. The LED technology also let OKI printers print over 100 gsm of thick paper and up to 1.2 meters in paper length in a single print. OKI printers are so reliable a durable due to their LED technology that they are giving 5 years warranty for their print heads.

OKI have a fine example of good hospitality that is rare among Malaysian companies. OKI is also well prepared to answer some of the more technical questions that visitors asked.

You can check out these remarkable technologies at Single Pass Color Technology, LED vs. Laser and LED vs. Laser Technology.

So which booths do you like best this PC fair? Please share it with us.  by 鬼徒二等兵 at 9:26 PM  0 comments links to this post

  Satisfying PC Fair And Amusing Peoples
This PC Fair from 5th to 7th August ended 9pm today at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Center. I bet the dealers and exhibitors are rejoicing after the 3 days of stress and exhaustion from the enormous number of visiting crowds with promising returns.

This PC Fair was divided to 5 halls, with one main hall at the 3rd floor and 2 adjacent halls of halls 2 and 3 with halls 4 and 5 at the ground floor. The main hall was mainly occupied by the larger companies like Sony, Lg and Samsung and the booths by these companies were very large and inspiring. The rest of the 4 hall at the ground floor are a mix of dealer stalls and exhibitions by companies who could miss their chance at the 1st hall.

I really have a good impression towards this PC Fair by the commitment of the exhibiting companies which equip themselves with many promoters to serve visitors. Sadly not all are capable and some comes with a sour face. Yet they are much better than previous fair. Many products were also out on display where a lot are free for visitors to try-out.

All the booths and stalls were arranged orderly and squarely with wide spacing in between. However the sheer unanticipated number of visitors filled every corner of the hall with body odor and moans of displeasure on Saturday and Sunday.

There were a numbers of promotions given during the fair. Buying a Sony 3CCD Projector will give you a free voice controller Sony DVD player or wireless presentation kit. Sony’s digital cameras and camcorder were given with free storage, batteries, carrying bags and other accessories. Sony Laptops comes with free memory upgrade, extended warranty and limited DVD of Spiderman 2. There are too many promotions to list. Most other purchase from other companies is also packed with free gifts or discounts.

Since I wrote this report too late, I’ll only list some of the more notable promotions that took my attention. Most Creative ZEN mp3 players were given a discount up to a few hundred MYR and they sold a limited 3 ZEN Neeon 5GB for MYR699 only per day. Computer Associates sold their eTrust Antivirus for MYR39 and eTrust PestPatrol anti-spyware software for MYR49. Both product bundled together are sold for MYR70 only. Novell SuSE Linux Professional was sold at a promotional price of MYR99. Nikon’s F50 digital SLR camera was sold at MYR3188 with free 512MB SD card and a deluxe bag during the fair.

I didn’t buy anything during this fair. Instead I just went for sight seeing as always. Having asking and irritating all the promoters with my inquisitive questions I’m quite satisfied with this fair. Although there are some who gave really irrelevant answers to my inquiries. The one I like to share was from a Computer Associates sales person whom I asked why I should trust your antivirus software over Symantec’s and trend Micro’s solution. She tried to convince me that every antivirus software is the same and said even Microsoft is using their software for virus protection. She couldn’t even tell people the features of the software that she was selling and instead gave false information that she thought would convince me.

P.S. I’ve seen many visits to this weblog but none have seem to left any comments.
Please don’t be shy and share with me your experiences of silly promoters with an attitude.  by 鬼徒二等兵 at 8:07 PM  0 comments links to this post

  Crowded Fever With RM4++ Drinks To Go With
I went to Pikom’s PC fair at KLCC (Kuala Lumpur Convention Center) for 2 days. Friday and Saturday. I have to say that KLCC is certainly a better accessible than PWTC (Putra World Trade Center). I always go to fairs during Friday afternoons because I know that less people will be able to make it there during working or schooling hours. I was really surprised by the huge crowd upon entering hall 1 of the 5 exhibiting halls. It’s the kind of crowd you only get to see on Saturdays or Sundays. Most Friday’s fairs I went to have the number of exhibiting staffs outnumbering the visitors (before 12 noon).

Many visitors were frustrated with the huge traffic they get during most part of their journey to and during the fair. The Putra LRT was very so packed during Saturday evening that the Putra officers need to temporary block commuters from filling up the KLCC station and control the numbers that enter the station. Felt like New Year’s Eve already. The traffic up the surface was slightly better but the high cost of parking at KLCC destined many people to park their car at nearby parking.

Inside the fair, people pushed people all around moving at 2 meters per minute. Most people didn’t have the mood the care what was going on around them. People were tired hot and dehydrated. To add more anger to visitors, the food and drinks sold there are ridiculously inflated which gave visitors more unenthusiastic feelings towards PC Fair.

To Mew and I, that didn’t really bother us. We were there to see and feel the many exhibited items to fill our day with knowledge and satisfy our curiosity. We took 5 hours to go trough every booth by zigzagging trough the halls. I saw others like us enthusiastically moving about the hall unbothered by the crowd and pressure.

To Pikom, it is certain that this is the best PC Fair ever. Such overwhelming response is going to give Pikom good publicity even though they were caught unprepared. I know a few dealers who reported sales by Saturday afternoon already surpassed previous 3 days altogether. The success of this PC Fair is going to be bad news for the ICTS Computer fair. I hope Pikom comes up with a solution to control the overwhelming crowd next time PC fair is hosted at Kuala Lumpur Convention Center.  by 鬼徒二等兵 at 5:08 PM  0 comments links to this post

  Photos From The 1st Day of PC Fair 5th August 2005 Sorry that I couldn’t update you on the PC Fair today. I’m way too tired to type more after resizing, adjusting brightness, renaming all the photos and uploading to Flickr. There’s supposed to be over 150 taken shots but I filtered some of the boring and poorer ones and leave you with 101 pieces.

You can view the random pictures on the right SideBar. Clicking on the pictures will take you to my Flickr album to see the rest of the shots. I’ll deliver the PC fair updates tomorrow hopefully.  by 鬼徒二等兵 at 4:55 AM  0 comments links to this post

  Beer Expensive? Why not brew some at home? The open sourced Vores Øl version 1.0 is helping computer students with their programming project over at Denmark. But Vores Øl version 1.0 isn’t a software plug-in or module for their project. It’s beer! Open sourced beer.

An idea by a group of students at the IT-University in Copenhagen has created the world’s first open sourced beer. Vores Øl meaning “Our Beer”, at version 1.0 is a medium strong beer at 6% vol with a deep golden red color. The taste is being described as an original but familiar taste in Vores Øl’s English webpage.

The recipe here, is said to be based on the classic ale brewing tradition with a little bit of South American Guarana beans which have caffeine for an energy boosting effect. I admire the students and beer tasters who made it through the beta and pre 1.0 stages. Because of their sacrifices, the people of the world can now have a go at creating their own versions of Vores Øl. Being open sourced, people who use the make variations of the recipe should publish the recipe under the same license and credit the student’s work.

I’ve never thought about brewing beer at home but for the love and the rising tax of beers in Malaysia. It’s worth to give it a shot. Who knows, local brewers might even add a little bit of “Tongkat Ali” to the original 1.0 recipe to create Vores Øl 1.0 Ultra for added love energy while getting drunk.

Check out their site, it’s mostly in Danish and the funky music over there is excellent.  by 鬼徒二等兵 at 1:35 AM  1 comments links to this post

  Apple deals

Just after Apple Computer announced its new line of iBook G4s 2 weeks ago. Apple placed an advertisement in today’s The Star’s In.tech, regarding their PC Fair deal. The older version of Apple's 14” iBook G4 with a 1.33GHz Power PC CPU which retails for RM5399 with a Combo drive and RM6099 with a SuperDrive are now given a RM1121 and RM1333 cash rebate respectively this KL PC Fair.

At such low price for an Apple iBook G4, it’s worth a good consideration before you buy a Windows based laptop with integrated graphics chip that share your main memory. Both iBook G4s mentioned above comes with ATI Mobility Redeon 9200 with 32MB DDR RAM, 60GB HDD, 56MBps Wifi, 56K modem , Ethernet with Firewire and USB 2.0 ports.  by 鬼徒二等兵 at 11:45 PM  2 comments links to this post

  Edifier's Newly Launched M3300 & M2300 2.1 Multimedia Speakers
Xnster and I had the chance to get a 1^st look at some of Edifier’s newly released desktop speakers and mobile speakers at Edifier’s Kuala Lumpur showroom at the 4^th floor of Low Yat Plaza owned by Inter-Asia.

I’ll dedicate this 1^st part to Edifier’s 2 new models for the desktop range. The M3300 and M2300 are 2.1 speakers system with a wired remote. Both systems share some common features. Incorporated is an MDF enclosed 6.5 inch subwoofer driver with a bass level, shielded satellites and wired remote on both systems. The M3300 comes with a 2 way driven satellites while it’s younger sibling only has one driver per satellite. The subwoofers only differ from design of the power buttons and placement of the ports.

The supplied remote connects to the back panel of the subwoofers using a custom RS-232 connector. The stylish remote is a really a pleasure to hold with. It’s built with tough and shiny polycarbonate with a plastic volume knob and mute button. A bright blue LED lit up when you turn up the volume knob from it’s off position. Besides having a headphone output and auxiliary input on the side of the remote, the auxiliary input add as a bonus microphone amplifier. Which means I can connect a microphone directly to the M3300 or M2300 and amplify my voice without going through a computer.

The M3300 comes with two very elegant slim satellites. The main drivers are protected by a metal grill. We took a while to listen to a couple of jazz tunes then some pop and dance tracks at the Edifier Showroom. The high frequency produced by the M3300 is a bit on the bright side while the midrange driver has enough power to push the strong vocals of the jazz singers. Fine tuning the bass level behind the sub can give you a variety of bass level according to your favor. You can experience tight punchy dance beat to roaring explosions from Battlefield 2.

M3300’s little brother, M2300 which uses an identical subwoofer produces comparable sound quality to its big brother. Without tweeters, the M2300 manage to produce nice and clear sounds but I can feel the absent of some background instruments heard back on the M3300. The satellites here are enclosed in a compact polycarbonate housing.

We had the speakers pushed way over 50% of its volume level in the quiet open spaces of the 4th floor and they were still able to maintain their precision while filling the area with undistorted sound. Both speakers are well suited for serious sound in a medium sized room. Priced at entry level range, Edifier is well in position against its competitors. We believe Edifier is aiming these speakers at music lovers who plays a lot of destructive games and enjoy their DVDs on their PCs.

If you’re looking for a new set of speaker this coming PC Fair, why not drop by Edifier’s show room at Low Yat Plaza before the fair and kindly ask the people there to give you a demo. Don't wait until PC Fair and try out the speakers at the fair. It's way too noisy and the unsuitable environment will ruin your listening experience. From what we’ve experienced, Edifier manage to produce two really reasonable priced speaker with sound that won’t disappoint. The M3300 and M2300 is priced at RM239 and RM209 respectively but you should be able to get a better price from dealers at Low Yat Plaza or PC Fair.

  by 鬼徒二等兵 at 11:55 PM  1 comments links to this post

  Monster's Wish
Everyone might be wondering why my title is named Monster's Wish. To me it have two meanings. First the nick that I'm currently using is the edited version of the word MONster. I replaced the initial MON with letter X and it becames my nick XNSTER. The second meaning is about my wish. For me it is an unreacheable wish and too far stretch from me that is why I termed it as Monster's Wish.

What is my wish about? All these days I have been planning to bring in one motherboard from China to be my next experiment apparatus. This board - the ONDATA NF4X motherboard - is very important to me because it is the only nforce 4 based mobo available in the market which allows me to challenge my processor at higher FSB.

Since this is a very good mobo I wish to spread this news to all Malaysians hoping that one day we could have this mobo brand here in Malaysia. To anyone who ever reads my blog please help me to spread this news. Thank you.

This is the link to the mobo i mentioned above http://www.onda.cn/eshop/product/productdetail.jsp?ITEM_ID=7988  by xnster at 3:42 AM  2 comments links to this post

  Fancy Mouse Pad I just got this mouse pad from lowyat plaza this afternoon. This product from Thermaltake is built with an acrylic base and PVC mouse surface. It is a very fancy mouse pad with the option to lit the acrylic base using USB power with 7 different colors to choose from.

MY first impression for this mouse pad is that it is very colorful but not realistic. After I put my mouse on it, I found that it wasn't that bad. It gives a very smooth moving yet enough friction between mouse and surface which allows me to stop at any point.

Overall, this mouse pad provides sufficient space and accurate movement. For those who think that his computer desk is too plain this mouse pad can be a bonus as it is a very good decoration for your desk too.  by xnster at 11:40 PM  0 comments links to this post

  My PC Fair Wish List

I had been thinking about new gears to get this PC fair and I have created a Wish List of the things that I would like for this PC Fair. It doesn’t mean I will buy them. I really don’t have any money to buy these things this week so I’ll just wish for them.

And it goes:

1. The newly released 12” Apple iBook G4 (I hope it'll make it to this PC fair)
2. Wacom intuos3
3. MSI NX6600GT-VTD128E
4. Logitech MX518 Optical Mouse
5. Sony Ericsson K750i

There was suppose to be a PDA in that list but I never really thought about which PDA to drool about after Sony stopped producing Clié.

Tell me about your wish list too. I would really like to know what you wish for but could buy due to surging oil prices.

Just drop a comment.

For your knowledge, there's no need to sign-up to post a comment. Just select the “Other” or “Anonymous” radio button.

  by 鬼徒二等兵 at 6:08 AM  5 comments links to this post

  Pikom's 2nd 2005 PC Fair This weekend will see a new change for the Malaysian IT industry and consumers. From the 5^th to the 7^th of August, it is yet another Pikom PC Fair at KL and what’s going to be different this weekend is the new venue for the fair. Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre is the new place and goodbye to old Putra World Trade Center. I’ve only been inhabiting KL for around 5 years but I’m sure the Pikom PC Fair is typically held at Putra World Trade Center since it’s 1^st fair on 16^th June, 1995. This is certainly good news for exhibitors and visitors alike since people like a fresh new feel to most things. People living near by to Putra LRT stations will find no trouble getting to Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. For peoples from other part of town can easily take a bus to Kota Raya then get on a LRT at Jamek Mosque and head towards Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.

A new venue but will the fair remain the same old night market styled cash and carry event with that floor full of leaflets? I hope we can see some changes this time since Pikom is hosting the event at a world class exhibition hall. One problem with local IT fairs is that most exhibitors are comprised of computer dealers with their guerilla way of selling stuffs. Actual IT manufacturers who participate are still in the small numbers displaying and demonstrating their new products. Even with large distributors who exhibit at Pikom PC Fair representing their respective manufacturers, they tend to hire part time workers as salesman who doesn’t have a clue about the details of a product that is being displayed.

Try asking a salesman standing in a laptop booth concerning his laptop using a dedicated or shared video memory or ask a network booth salesman if his router supports “Simple Network Management Protocol” or if his wireless access point supports “Wireless Distribution System”. The better salesman will ask his superior for the details. The big ego salesman with say yes to whatever build-in feature you ask him about. That’s the typical Malaysian salesman you’ll find around at PC Fair.

Besides sales, exhibitors should focus more on serving potential customers. That doesn’t mean serving only people who appear to have a fat wallet. Even a 12 year old kid might get his parents to buy him that RM4000 laptop one day.

Weather we see a different PC fair or the same PC fair at a different venue this weekend will have to be waited and seen. I would doubt any drastic changes to be seen because of the Malaysian way to make compromises but I’m still hopeful for a change to be seen.

  by 鬼徒二等兵 at 10:29 PM  0 comments links to this post

  Xnster's Intro I am the last member who joined "Tech N Tools" and I was forced to write articles for "Tech N Tools" ha...... the hardest part in my life (I hate writing essays man !!)
Hmm.... what I can tell about myself probably I am a normal guy just like everyone else. If you really want know more about me, please check back to our blog frequently and I will reveal more about myself in future.  by xnster at 1:35 AM  2 comments links to this post

  Tech n Tools Hi, I'm rez.
Thank you all for visiting the page. In Tech n Tools, we are trying to give our best in reviewing and exposing the latest news regarding the current trend and technology. As mentioned by our "co-founder" 鬼徒二等兵 we are not promising anything but we'll do our best.  by rezgouki at 12:02 AM  1 comments links to this post