Malaysian stocks tumbled the most in a decade today with government-linked companies hardest hit after the weekend’s political upsets.
At 2:58pm, trading was stopped for an hour as the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) fell 130.01 points to 1,166.32, from the previous day’s closing level 1,296.33 - about 10.03 percent.
Trading resumed at 3:58pm, and the stock market recovered slightly.
After it closed for the day at 5pm at 1,117.2, a drop of 123.11 or 9.5 percent.
This was the biggest one-day percentage loss in recent years. The turnover was valued at RM2.47 billion.
State-owned …

There is an interesting trend emerging among the younger generation. More and more people are turning away from those clunky old-fashioned television sets, and using a software program to watch TV on computer. As the “YouTube generation” grows up, they are carrying with them the habits of turning to the computer for entertainment, not just as a tool to use for school or work.
The Lines are becoming increasingly blurred between the television and Internet mediums, and younger users especially may choose to watch TV on computer more often than they …

BEIJING, February 5, 2008 — In addition to designing the Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch that will travel the world on its way to herald the arrival of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, Lenovo has designed new torch relay components including the Lantern and Local City Cauldrons. The lantern houses the Olympic flame once it is lit in Olympia, Greece and safely carries the “mother flame” from city to city for the duration of the relay while the Olympic cauldron will be lit by the day’s last torchbearer at each end-of-day …

Taipei, Taiwan, March 7, 2008 – The huge numbers of visitors present at ASUS’ booth during CeBIT 2008 were treated to a dazzling display of innovative technology that included the ever-popular Eee PC, the ASUS-Lamborghini PDA handphone, and the exclusive EPU energy saving technology in the motherboard range. In addition to these new product lineups, ASUS has also included new concept products at this year’s CeBIT 2008 exhibition. A leading company in the new digital era, ASUS has brought forth a new concept line that focuses on alternative material design …

Maybank today officially opened its AEON Bukit Tinggi branch, the first branch at AEON Bukit Tinggi Shopping Centre and simultaneously launched the country’s first instant redemption facility Treatspoints for Jusco shopping vouchers at the branch. The Treatspoints redemption will be available from March 15, 2008.
AEON Bukit Tinggi, Malaysia’s largest AEON Shopping Centre, also houses the largest Jusco store in South East Asia.
Maybank AEON Bukit Tinggi branch is Maybank’s fifth branch located in a shopping complex offering a complete range of services and facilities to cater to customers of the …

What is Facebook?
Facebook was started in 2004 by two students, as an online alternative to the traditional yearbook and it has quickly become a classic example of the latest online craze called social networking.
Currently, Facebook has an estimated 31 million subscribers from around the world and last year it turned down a US$2.3 billion offer to purchase from Google!
Negative influence of Facebook
The impact this seemingly innocuous site is having on South African businesses is growing. There are over 170,000 South Africans registered and Facebook is costing business owners time and …

A few years ago, many of us were still using those little 3.5 inch floppy disks to save our valuable information on. While these magnetic disks shielded in a flimsy plastic casing were the best and most portable option most of us had, they were far from perfect. At what always seemed to be the most inopportune time, our floppy disks would fail and/or loose our homework assignments for school, a presentation for work, or those important backups from our personal banking software. We struggled for a better way. While …

How do you pinpoint the most profitable Adsense secret when there are so many numerous little secrets, some of which have made a big difference in the earnings of Adsense publishers? Interestingly enough some so-called little secrets haven’t been so little and have been worth hundreds or even thousands of dollars to some webmasters and bloggers.
Actually the most profitable Adsense secret for any site depends on a number of factors. Probably the most important is at what level of development and Adsense earnings the site has reached. If you are …

The most vital, top Adsense make money tips have to be based on the content that you carry on your Adsense web site or blog site. Content is not just king when it comes to Adsense revenue, it is everything and it matters like crazy.
The problem with most Adsense affiliates is that they simply slap content onto a site, put up their Adsense ads and then wait for something to happen. When nothing happens they then get very busy looking everywhere for top Adsense make money tips that will work …

In case there were any doubts that Apple was exploring the use of advanced multitouch gestures under Mac OS X, a recent Apple patent application authored by Wayne Westerman (of Fingerworks) shows mockups of a Mac OS X gesturing control panel with options to configure standard trackpad, basic multito…
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