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Yeah! It’s Google’s 10th anniversary! and Google is coming out a contest for anyone who is able to propose an innovative or creative idea. Any idea would fit! be it tiny projects like creating an application to help people save time, or as big as conquering the world! Yes! If your idea is nice, you will have an oppurtunity to win USD10,000,000.00! OMG!

Sound interesting? Yea… It is… So… what’s the requirement to join? All you have to do is submit your idea thru here before 20th October 2008. Wait for the public to vote. If you are the final five, you might just walk away with that moolah!!!! Simple, right? What you waiting for, fast fast go submit your idea!

So, here’s the guideline to guide to produce your idea/proposal.

If you submitted your idea and want us to vote for you. Just buzz us and we will vote for you…. Maybe….

No one gonna submit any idea? then click here to set a reminder for you to cast your vote. Choose the idea that you think you like and it help lotsa people.

For more information, please visit http://www.project10tothe100.com/

Yup! Google beta released their own open-sourced web browser – Google Chrome. So, what’s so unique with it compared to IE, Mozilla Firefox or even Safari and Opera? Well, I would rather say that it is SIMPLICITY! Yes! We knew that Google.com page is simple! right? So, their idea of simplicity was stretched to this new web browser. The UI is clean… yet it is fully functionality. Also, Google Chrome supports tabs. And of course, security is still prioritized. Google Chrome is also focusing on speed and stability whereas, it was benchmarked to be faster than IE 7, Safari and Mozilla Firefox! Wow! It also has some memory efficient mechanism especially for rendering java scripts and multiple websites loaded in tabs… As a result, it improves stability as well. I think Google is really logging a serious challenge to the web browser giants! Let’s see how it goes!

P/S: Do take a look at a comic created by Google to explain in-depth of Google Chrome! More info on Google’s official blog.

UPDATAES: After a night long of testing, I found that this browser initially loads faster… Rendering websites were lightning fast as well, especially opening in multiple tabs. Another thing that catches me was the memory consumption. It eats up relatively lower amount of memory compared to Mozilla Firefox by opening the same amount of pages! OK. Tat’s all for this time. More updates would be coming up after a period of “rigid” testing. Check out some detailed testing by Lowyat.net here!

Well… not really… It’s just that I stumbled upon and found out that AirAsia had started their own corporate blog! It’s called Just Plane Thoughts… It’s not just merely a corporate blog, but also a place where everyone can see the “inside” of AirAsia, life of dynamic AKers (AirAsia staffs) and also the most interesting part, trip reports from travellers travelling with AirAsia! Yup! I think AirAsia’a blog has one of the most creative feature where anyone can write a blog post there! Yes, it’s public! but of course must be provided with a valid AirAsia account ID (You can register at airasia.com).

Not long ago, Malaysia Airlines also publicly launched their own blog site – Living Malaysian Hospitality. The site also portraits insiders of MAS as well how MAS staffs work, travel and their lifestyle. It offers a good way for the public to know more about the airline industry and its a great marketing tool as well! In the mist of soared hiking jet fuel prices, I bet our local airlines are hoping to tap more markets, especially the online blogosphere! Anyway, take a look at these blogs! Perhaps one could find out “hot from the oven” promotions on the very first moment!

After launching the Studio line of laptops, Dell followed up the new Studio line of products by launching the new Studio Hybrid small-form-factor desktop PC. The new Studio Hybrid is a magic box! Check out more after the jump!

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Just stumbled upon TechCrunch and discovered this newly launched web search engine – Cuil. Cuil is a revolutionary search engine which claimed to be the biggest search engine on the planet where it is able to search more pages than Google, MSN Live Search and etc, having over 120 billion indexed pages … Interesting… However, I’d done a little experiment on it and found that it doesn’t really seem true… I typed “vista crew”, but doesn’t seem getting any results for this site you’re reading… Hey! “vista crew” in Google ranked 3rd! LOL! Typed “vista-crew” to re-test and guess what? Cuil didn’t found any results for this keyword! It’s on 1st place in Google man! Haha… Anyway, Cuil is just an infant coming out recently, thus improvements are imminent.

Personally, I think their layout design is quite cool. Search results are displayed in grid-like columns instead traditional rows. Detailed quotes of contents are visible and it includes images from searched sites also! if any… Cuil also has a unique feature where you can navigate through other different suggested keywords at the “Explore by category” widget beside. It also has a “Safe Search” feature where you can filter out pornography or “illegal” sites out. Typing suggestion is also available… Overall, it’s clean and stylish… but, more search result should be included in one page despite merely 8 to 10 results per page.

It could boast a threat to Google! Why? because the founders of Cuil are ex-Googlers… ha… and the backgrounds of these guys behind Cuil are really experts and professional guys… PhDs in Computer Science, Mathematics, AIs… Woah… A truly interesting and priomising startup to watch.

*UPDATES: Cuil is “HOT” now as there’s many people testing it! Thus, their server was overloaded! LOL! So if you encountered unavailability, be patient to wait for their service to go back online…

We love ice blended… but hey, do you ever imagined an iPhone being blended? Absolutely true… Somemore it’s the totally NEW iPhone 3G!!! OMFG! This guy from Blendtec queued and bought an iPhone… and he wanted to blend away his old 1st generation iPhone… But guess what? He’s mis-blended! LOL! Funny! Do take a glimpse at the video itself!

There had been rumors about Maxis’ intention to bring in the highly anticipated Apple iPhone 3G into Malaysia very soon… and guess what? the price is rumored to be less than a “grand” (1K)! in Malaysian Ringgit! The iPhone had started selling over the U.S with price starting from USD 199 last week… and that’s only RM650 approx! Wow… if the rumors are true, it will sure making a big hit over the country… and you will definitely see long queues in front of Maxis centres with enthusiasts “camping” for the debut sale of the iPhone… Well, tat’s just guessing. But hey! If the price is right, sure I will get one also! But I think the iPhone will be bundled with new Maxis line subscription… Also, if it’s gonna be true, the other local telcos will sure be quite nervy to see Maxis enjoying the slice of cake… Maybe perhaps other telcos will also join up to roll out the iPhone? Who knows?

Source: The Edge Daily

Remember the previous posts about the rumored Dell 1535/1735 laptops? Well, it’s officially launched in Malaysia tagged as the new “Studio” line of laptops! It’s interesting to see that Dell rolling out more interesting products and the Studio line is believed to fill up the gap between the Inspiron and XPS line whereas stylish designed laptops are offered at affordable prices! But somehow, it could mean that the Inspiron would be heading towards budget entry lines of laptop series rather than a major consumer product…

As expected, the new line of products consists of Studio 15 (1535) and Studio 17 (1735) (15″ and 17″ screen respectively). But hey, where is the 14″? probably later? Anyway, the Studio line laptops are equipped with full HD graphics! with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450 256MB chip! Wow… And also new colour options like Tangerine Orange and Plum Purple! and also glossy surface around the panels… You could also choose your choice of trimming colours! Cool! For the rest, most designs are inherited from the XPS 1530 series… with exception of the new L-shaped hinge.

Images extracted from Dell.com.my, PCMag.com, and Notebookreview.com