WordPress has won the Overall Best Open Source CMS Award in the 2009 Open Source CMS Awards. WordPress has won this Award for the first time in the past four years, earning itself a place in the Hall of Fame category for the Award next year.
While WordPress occupied the top spot in the Overall Award, the other two extremely popular finalists MODx and SilverStripe tied for the first runner up position. After Pixie and Pligg sharing a similar result for the Most Promising CMS category, this is the second time …

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YTL Communications Sdn Bhd (YTL Com), which is planning a commercial nationwide roll-out of its WiMAX wireless service in July next year, will also use its network as a test bed for WiMAX-enabled devices and applications.
Tomorrow, the YTL Power Bhd unit is slated to sign agreements with several partners, including US-based chipmaker GCT Semiconductor Inc, to fund a global programme to get innovators and creators from all over the world to develop applications for WiMAX.
This move may also see device makers using Malaysia as their springboard to test their …

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The controversial P1 WiMAX broadband advertisement which repeatedly stressed the word “potong” (cut) is being reviewed by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (SKMM).
Deputy Information, Communication, Culture and Arts Minister Heng Saei Kie said the advertisement was being reviewed to determine whether it contravened the Content Code.
In her reply to Datuk Mohamed Aziz (BN-Sri Gading), Heng said all advertisements, prior to being aired, need to be approved by the Censorship Board under the Home Ministry.
“The Censorship Board does not come under this ministry,” she said.
Earlier, Mohamed stood …

Debris and an oil slick were spotted in the Atlantic off the South Carolina coast as the search expanded Friday for an F-16 fighter pilot whose jet collided with another during night training exercises.
“We did have a report of an oil sheen which might be consistent with fuel from the fighter jet itself and we have also had a report of a small amount of debris,” said Capt. Michael McAllister, commander of Coast Guard Sector Charleston.
The search was expanded from 750 to 1,300 square miles as Coast Guard and Air …

Two teachers here decided to keep their Teachers’ Day celebration private and ended up being busted for alleged khalwat (close proximity).
The two, both married, were “caught in the act” at 2:30am on Saturday in a rented house during a raid by a group of religious officers from the Negri Sembilan Islamic Affairs Department.
“We’ve been receiving complaints from concerned parties about the couple’s indecent behaviour,” claimed a department spokesman.
“We observed them closely for three months before finally taking action. It was hard to nail them because they’ve been moving from one …

A GRAPHIC designer claimed that he spotted an unidentified flying object (UFO) circling overhead in Taman Dato’ Onn, Larkin in Johor at 10pm on Thursday, reported Kosmo!.
Mohd Zamri Zain, 30, said the UFO was seen for a few hours before it disappeared into the clouds.
He added that the lit object had appeared a few times since early March and was initially seen by his brother Zaid Zain, 43.
He recorded the UFO’s movements with his digital camera and did not believe the object was a laser light or reflection from an …

An explosion in downtown Bozeman, Mont., has collapsed three buildings and prompted the evacuation of a two-block area.
Authorities say they don’t know whether anyone was hurt in Thursday morning’s blast. But a spokeswoman for the main medical facility in the city of about 38,000 says no victims of the explosion had been admitted there.
KBZK-TV says a restaurant and bar was destroyed and another bar was heavily damaged.
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle says officials were investigating the possibility that a natural gas leak caused the explosion.
Crews were working to extinguish a fire …

Kadar tol bagi lima lebuhraya, termasuk Lebuhraya Utara Selatan (Plus) naik sebanyak 5 peratus mulai 1 Mac ini.
Empat lagi leburaya ialah Lebuhraya Sistem Penyuraian Trafik KL Barat (Sprint), Lebuhraya Bertingkat Ampang-Kuala Lumpur (Akleh), Lebuhraya Sungai Besi (Besraya) dan Lebuhraya Baru Pantai (NPE).
Perkara itu diumumkan oleh Menteri Kerja Raya Datuk Ir Mohamad Zin Mohamad.
Kadar kenaikan tol terbabit adalah seperti berikut:

Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan (Plus): Kadar kenaikan tol untuk sistem kutipan tol tertutup Plus dinaikkan 0.68 sen sekilometer bagi kereta. Bagaimanapun, kenaikan ini tidak membabitkan tol di Plaza Tol Bukit Kayu Hitam, Tambak Johor …

A late-February storm has brought more than a foot of snow to much of Maine, leaving nearly 100,000 homes and businesses without power and canceling classes at hundreds of schools.
The storm that arrived late Sunday dumped heavy wet snow in the overnight hours, snapping tree limbs and utility lines. According to the National Weather Service, the deepest totals were recorded in western Maine, where Bridgton got 25 inches and Jay received 22 inches.
Central Maine Power said that at least 83,800 homes and businesses were without power as of 5 a.m. …

Two Saudi police officers were beheaded by the sword after being convicted of raping an expatriate woman.
Corporal Shaalan bin Nasser al-Qahtani and Lance Corporal Fahd bin Hassan al-Sebeyi were convicted of attacking an expatriate and raping his niece at a checkpoint they were manning in the capital.
They had stopped them late in the night, beat the man up and locked him in a police car and then raped the woman.
Their executions bring to 11 the number of beheadings announced by the Saudi authorities since the beginning of the year. A …