Currently, almost all the population in the world is crazy with text messages and voice calls. Do you know which country population that uses mobile phones most often?

The answer is the Irish people. They have spent most of their time to call and send text messages according to Reuters at Wednesday (11/19/2008).
As mentioned by the UK survey regulator, Ofcom, the people of Ireland take the lead in the usage of mobile phones voice calls, which may reach 179 minutes per month.

Meanwhile, the average Irish population sends 154 SMS in a month.

Currently, mobile phones have become a trusted gadget all around the the world. About 216 million new mobile subscribers are registered in Brazil, Russia, India and China in 2007.

Meanwhile the use of the mobile internet also continues to rise. United States leads with 15 hours per week for each person and the UK in second place with 14 hours per week for each person.

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Piracy syndicates particularly in China are now starting to switch targets to the latest generation of DVD formats, the Blu-ray. In a recent raid, police in South China successfully seized hundreds of pirated Blu-ray discs.

According to the Motion Pictures Association (MPA), this is the first time that any authority successfully catches Blu-ray piracy syndicates.

Inevitably, the Managing Director of MPA Asia-Pacific Mike Ellis also concerned that pirate syndicates on Blu-ray may have spread into many countries.

As quoted from Wired, Wednesday (11/19/2008), pirated Blu-ray movie is sold for about $ 7. While, the price of an original Blu-ray disc is sold between $20 to $30.

The pirated products are packed very similar to original Blu-ray discs, which may fool uninformed customers. However, the pirated movies are not real Blu-ray technology; it is actually AVCHD DVD format movies with lower quality recorded in Blu-ray discs.

The hijackers are apparently taking advantage on the lack of awareness by many people who do not know the difference between the Blu-ray format and the AVCHD format. AVCHD format, although lower in quality than Blu-ray, have picture that is sharper than regular DVD.

Cases of piracy are seemingly give repetitive hits on the Blu-ray industry vendor, which were pioneered by Sony Japan. In the midst of the current economic crisis, Blu-ray business is predicted to experience a bleak period. While declining purchasing power may induce consumers to seek pirated movies in purpose.

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Studies conducted by a university in Iran revealed the negative effects of radiation by mobile devices. This time, it is found that the phone electromagnetic radiation can damage dental fillings.

A study done by the Shiraz University of Medical Sciences concluded that the content of mercury in dental fillings can be eroded by mobile phone radiation.

This study involved 14 students who each have dental filling, each then have their urine checked for mercury content. The result shows that those who use mobile phone have higher mercury content in the urine than those who do not use mobile phone.

From this study, scientists take a firm conclusion that the radiation from mobile phones may have eroded the mercury in dental fillings.

However, the studies are not only to reveal the danger of mobile phone. It is said that recycled mobile phone may have materials than can be used to improve dental filling materials.

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Microsoft will not open another discussion regarding the acquisition of Yahoo, but Microsoft is still interested in doing business with the Yahoo search engine.

The Microsoft’s Chief of Executives, Steve Ballmer said, Microsoft is still interested in continuing the discussion of partnership to buy Yahoo’s search business, but not for total acquisition.

Ballmer said at the annual meeting of Microsoft shareholders that he had ended any discussion regarding Yahoo acquisition.

As quoted from Reuters at Wednesday (11/19/2008), Ballmer has not opened a serious discussion regarding the purchase of Yahoo search engine department.

Previously, Microsoft wished to acquire Yahoo for $ 47.5 billions, but Yahoo’s CEO Jerry Yang rejected the bid, as he considered it too low. The software giant then made a bid to buy Yahoo’s search business. While, Yahoo tried to form cooperation in the ad business with Google’s search results instead.

Unfortunately, Google cancelled the plan for cooperation with Yahoo due to legal complexities.

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It is good news for Windows users. Microsoft promises to release a free anti-virus software and will end the subscription of Windows Live Onecare.

As written in Zdnet, Wednesday (11/19/2008), the anti-virus software with code name ‘Morro’ is scheduled to be released in the middle of next year. This anti-virus software offers protection against viruses, adware, malwares and Trojan.

The press release issued by Microsoft said that it is part of a commitment to serve the community, Microsoft plans to offer a new security solution for the user. It would be free for all users, which will provide protection from all threats that may leak the personal information and damage the system.

This free anti-virus software is claimed as a solution that fits for the market in developing countries, which are vulnerable to virus attacks.

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iPhone users are now, no longer need to be bothered to type when searching for information. Recently, Google has released an application that allows iPhone users to search for information with voice.

Through a service called as’ Voice Search ‘, a user can ask for information. The user voice will be converted to digital files and sent to the Google servers. In seconds, the search results will be displayed in the browser.

By using this service, the user will be able to obtain advices about the place like restaurants, ask for driving directions and other important information.

This service is available for free. Other than iPhone, Google is also planning to integrate this application to other mobile-phones.

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After successfully form a partnership with HTC, Google’s Android is now also used by DoCoMo, the largest mobile operator in Japan.

According to Reuter, Wednesday (11/19/2008), DoCoMo with KTF, the cellular operators from South Korea, are interested in developing smartphone using Google Android. It is believed that the smartphone will be launched next year.

Currently, the popularity of smartphone that combines the ability of PC and mobile phone continue to increase in Japan. DoCoMo plans to introduce smartphone with Google software at 20 percent lower price than contemporary smartphones in the market.

However, DoCoMo cannot ascertain whether the smartphone will be launched next year.

DoCoMo currently has about 10 percent of shares in KTF. Both companies agreed to jointly develop handsets to save costs.

Earlier this year, Motorola and Asus are also mentioned to prepare mobile phones based on Google Android platform.

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Among many attacks on the internet that is directed to the corporate sites, the majority occurred because of internal negligence by the employees.

Around 52 percent of the attacks were successful, according to a monitoring agency called as Indonesian Security Incident Response Team on Information Infrastructure (ID SIRTII). These breaches occurred due to violations of the corporate security procedures. It means that the attack occurred because of careless internal IT implementation.

One of the most common neglected procedures is regular password changes. It is further added that password cracking are frequently carried out by financial motives.

Password can sometimes be easily predicted by outsider using the “forget your ID or password” feature, in which we are asked to answers specific questions, if we forget the password.

”Be careful with your passwords, try to change them regularly. Many reports of website breach cases are caused by neglect in internal IT implementation”, said an IT expert.

There are still a lot of internal corporate standards that does not conform to regular security rules. This shows that the company is not aware of the latest security procedures.

Other than financial issues, which underlie the increased attacks in corporate sites, the attack is also caused by competition, political or social motives.

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Cooking Mama is cooking-themed video games, which are popular with the gamers, who intend to have a virtual cooking experience. However, this game is subjected to strong protests.

The animal support group called PETA (People for the Ethical of Animals) protested the game released by the Majesco Entertainment, called as Cooking Mama: World Kitchen which is recently launched in the United States. The game is accused to have too many meats as ingredients.

PETA apparently believes that the creator of the game does not care to see so many animals being butchered. In support of their protest, PETA creates a game parody of Cooking Mama that shows the animal butchered before being cooked.

PETA also requested that the current version of Cooking Mama, to be updated to use less meat as food, especially to respect those who intend to become a vegetarian.

Majesco rejected all criticism. They argued that the game also use many vegetables as ingredients.

Cooking Mama is casual games that reach successful sales. As quoted from Gamasutra, all versions of the game had been sold 1.6 million copies in the United States since its release in 2006.

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