New Straits Times articles from July 2006

New Straits Times archives from July 2006

High-speed Bluetooth tech.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) THE Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) recently gained consensus from its member companies to move forward on the creation of a high-speed Bluetooth channel utilising ultra-wideband (UWB) technology...

Understanding Bluetooth.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) BLUETOOTH wireless technology is the global short-range wireless standard for personal connectivity of a broad range of electronic devices. The technology is now available in its fourth version of the...

Innovative mobile options.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Shyla Sangaran BLUETOOTH GS.R238 Manufacturer: Navitech Sdn Bhd Enquiries: PG Shop Sdn Bhd (Tel: 03-22840399) Price: RM899 (Software and receiver included) This wireless and compact...

Passionate over regional growth.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) RAPID changes in the business environment is often overwhelming and can throw an organisation's plans and strategy off course. Being in control of these changes is what distinguishes businesses that are...

O2 picks new country sales manager.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) PROVIDER of mobile communications services O2 has appointed Law Heng Fu as its new country sales manager in an effort to expand brand presence and grow market share in the Malaysian market. In his...

Benefits of business process automation.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) FACED with intense competition from players in other Asian countries a couple of years back, local contract manufacturing and plastic-moulding company Power Choice was quick to identify that automating...

Convenient connectivity.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Rozana Sani IF Internet connectivity is an important criteria when choosing your hotel accommodation or planning a function, then head on to the Grand BlueWave Hotel...

First dual-core Itanium 2 chip.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Subashini Selvaratnam INTEL Corp unveiled its first dual-core Itanium 2 9000 series chip codenamed Montecito in Singapore last week. Boasting higher processing power, much is expected from...

New servers for high-performance computing.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Subashini Selvaratnam SUN Microsystems Inc has introduced three new servers designed to handle the complexities of data centre applications, high-performance computing, virtualisation and...

Training for ISP and telecom regulators.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Subashini Selvaratnam US-BASED Telcordia Technologies Inc (Telcordia) and Malaysian-based Unified Communications Holdings Limited (Unified Communications) have joined hands to offer a...

Some info on MS-DOS.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Ng Ken Boon Q: AFTER the new release of WinXP codenamed Vista (formerly known as Longhorn), I was told that the operating system (OS) would no longer include MS-DOS. So, I want to...

Text messaging still cash cow.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Izwan Ismail SIMPLE messaging applications continue to drive mobile data revenues in Malaysia despite the availability of third-generation (3G) mobile communications services which feature...

Benefits of good IT infrastructure.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Izwan Ismail MORE and more local companies are realising the importance of having a well-structured information technology environment in an effort to stay ahead of competition. Based on a...

Paving the way forward for RFID tech.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Rozana Sani LAST week, at the RFIDAsia Exhibition held in Kuala Lumpur, the newly formed Persatuan RFID Malaysia (www.rfidmalaysia.org) passed around a Press release announcing its efforts...

Tapping into global market via WCIT.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Foo Eu Jin THE 16th World Congress on Information Technology, or WCIT 2008, in Kuala Lumpur is set to become a strategic platform for Malaysia to springboard into the global information and...

SAP focuses on small and medium biz.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) SAP Malaysia will continue to leverage its key business areas in small and medium enterprise (SME), enterprise resource planning (ERP), NetWeaver and customer relationship management (CRM) to drive...

BCB offers online tax payment services.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Shyla Sangaran BUMIPUTERA Commerce Bank, in collaboration with the Inland Revenue Board (IRB), has launched an online facility to enable its customers to submit personal income tax and...

Points for call usage.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) TIME dotCom Berhad recently announced its partnership with RealRewards in its efforts towards providing better benefits for its customers. Grouped under a special category called Real Time Rewards...

Comprehensive plan for cyber security centre.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Rozana Sani THE Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry (Mosti) has given itself two months to come up with a comprehensive plan for the setting up of a national cyber security centre....

ICT outfits undeterred by Mid-East crisis.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) THE ongoing Middle-East crisis is not expected to hamper interest of local information and communications technology (ICT) outfits to invest in the region. According to advisor of the Association...

Seven Seas Computers in regional expansion.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Izwan Ismail UNITED Arab Emirates-based systems integrator Seven Seas Computers has picked Kuala Lumpur as the base to expand its reach into the integrated hospitality management software...

Promoting open source.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Chooi Yew Tzen THE Free Open Source Software Group (FOSS) has been invited to demonstrate a wide range of open source applications at PC Fair 2006 (II), which will be held at the Kuala...

Imaging technology in plate recognition.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Izwan Ismail AN alternative to the usage of tickets and access cards for vehicle identifying purposes and access control has been developed by Asia Pacific Institute of Information...

FedEx equips Nanjing branch with GPRS tech.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) GLOBAL express transportation company FedEx Express (FedEx) has equipped its couriers at the Nanjing branch with the latest general packet radio service (GPRS) Trackers, which provide information about...

Pilgrimage tragedy.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) NIBONG TEBAL: Forty-six people left Ipoh in a bus at the break of dawn yesterday in a pilgrimage to the annual St Anne's Feast in Bukit Mertajam. Hardly 90 minutes later, and approaching the last...

Beirut burning.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) NOTHING less than an immediate ceasefire is required to end the pain and sorrow of the dying and the displaced in Lebanon. But with the world not doing much to stop Israel, a halt to the bombing and...

Water, electricity for all rural schools.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Roy Goh LABUAN: All schools in rural areas will have clean water and electricity supply by end of next year. They will also have living quarters to ensure that teachers do not use the...

Driver: I was not speeding.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) BUTTERWORTH: The driver of the chartered bus involved in an accident, which claimed the lives of 11 people yesterday, said the steering wheel jammed during the incident. M. Santhanasamy, 24, said...

Drivers advised to have ample rest.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) NIBONG TEBAL: The worst this year and one of the most catastrophic on the North-South Expressway in its 20-year history. Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu, who said this, expressed the hope...

'We're watching movie when bus crashed'.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) BUTTERWORTH: The passengers were watching a Tamil movie on the bus when it crashed. The survivors also described the accident as a horror they would never forget. First, the bus veered wildly...

NIE workshop inspires teachers.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Nancy Nais KUCHING: Nineteen teachers from various schools in Kuching and Sibu had lots of fun and an eventful time recently, thanks to the New Straits Times School Sponsorship Programme....

Terengganu pay a heavy price.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Zainuddin Muhammad TERENGGANU paid a heavy price to qualify for the Malaysia Cup quarter-finals in their come-from-behind 3-3 draw against Negri Sembilan Naza on Sunday, Coach Yunus Alif's...

600 to traverse country.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) KUALA LUMPUR: About 600 participants are expected to take part in the nationwide "Kempen Kembara Jalur Gemilang 2006" which starts on Aug 19, Deputy Information Minister Datuk Zahid Hamidi said. ...

Thousands of trading lots for jobless grads.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Minderjeet Kaur KUALA LUMPUR: City Hall has been tasked to identify 16,000 new trading lots, the bulk of them to be reserved for jobless graduates. Federal Territories Minister Datuk...

Move to consider power options.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) MUAR: Rising fuel and coal prices have made it vital for Malaysia to look for alternative sources of energy. Energy, Water and Communications Minister Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik said this was one...

Tenaga exact sweet revenge.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Jugjet Singh TENAGA Nasional kept their Malaysia Hockey League (MHL) league title hopes alive when they hit three goals past Sapura to win 3-0 at the Kuala Lumpur HA Stadium in Pantai...

Let's go back to the basics.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Benildus Tan THERE is not much that is good to be said for local or city councils, judging by the complaints aired in the media. Consider the recent complaint by an Ipoh resident about a...

Women squad seek more glory.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Ranjini Thangaraju AFTER making headlines for their gold medal feat at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games in March, the national lawn bowls women's triples squad aim to make the news again at...

Seven-year-old dies after boy on m-bike rams into him.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) DUNGUN: A 10-year-old boy, who took a motorcycle on a joyride, crashed into a seven-year-old boy on a bicycle, killing him. The accident occurred on a dimly-lit street in Taman Rakyat along Jalan Gong...

Few objections to weapons training.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) MALACCA: Most parents support the weapons training programme introduced for their children under the National Service. National Service Training Council chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye said of the...

Kimberley beats Stephanie for winning debut.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) SEA Games triathlon champion Kimberley Yap lived up to expectations when she easily won the second leg of the Malakoff Malaysian Duathlon Series (MMDS) in Putrajaya yesterday. The former national...

Youth killed in fall from 18th floor apartment.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) MALACCA: A 19-year-old undergraduate who tried to climb through an 18th floor apartment window fell to his death yesterday. He had left his keys in his locked room when leaving for lunch with a...

Thanks for friendly gestures.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Amba IT is true that you hardly ever get any recognition when you are sitting just two feet away from the highway toll collectors in Kuala Lumpur, as J.A.L. says ("Neither greeting nor a...

Complain to MB.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Esther I COULD not agree more with S.R. of Petaling Jaya in "Quick to send notices, slow to tackle grouses" (NST, July 25) for his forthright opinion on the indifferent attitude of the PJ...

A war crimeto target civilians.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Josef Roy Benedict AMNESTY International is gravely concerned that civilians continue to bear the brunt of the ongoing hostilities between Israel and Lebanon. The international...

Recognition shows maturity.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Boyd Mc Leary I WAS pleased to see the report "40 British war veterans honoured for services" (NST, July 20). Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak presented the first Pingat Jasa...

Snatch theft victim thought of family first.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Devinder Singh KUALA LUMPUR: As life seeped out of Lee Kean Yip, 18, on Saturday, the last thoughts of the snatch theft victim were not of his predicament. Rather, the first-year...

Leave out frills.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Victor Chew THE new mayor of Ipoh has got his priorities right and we, the people of Ipoh, will hold him to his words. Yes, we only want to see that the basic amenities are provided and...

Try being nice.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Zana Fauzi J.A.L. of Kuala Lumpur is right about unsmiling toll collectors. After more than six months going back and forth through the Sunway toll plaza, I have never encountered a smiling...

Restore it to life.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: J. Smith DURING an all too brief visit to Kuala Lumpur recently, I came across Bok House on Jalan Ampang. Historically and architecturally, it is a gem and I would like to add my voice to...

AirAsia faces unfair competition.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: R.S. I REFER to the views expressed by William Dennis in "Competition good for the market" (NST, July 24). The kind of competition Dennis is advocating for AirAsia is neither fair nor a...

Monitoring bird movement.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) KOTA BARU: Veterinary officers at the Kelantan-Thailand border have been directed to be on alert for the movement of birds following the death of a 17-year-old Thai youth in the northern part of the...

Alex makes it a double.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Ajitpal Singh ALEX Liew (pic) is proving to be invincible at the Jaya Ancol Bowl in Jakarta. Asia's No 1 last year, Alex now holds the distinction of being the only bowler to successfully...

Chen Khwan springs surprise in Under-12.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: K. Kandiah ONG Chen Khwan surprised everyone yesterday by capturing the boys' under-12 title at the Penang Closed Junior Age Group Tennis championships at the Penang Sports Club courts in...

Repair flaws.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam DATUK Zain Majid referred to my statement in the NST as having "harped on the flaws of the New Economic Policy". Indeed I have and will continue to do so to...

Allow flights.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Dilip K. Ghosh WHEN AirAsia wanted to operate flights to Singapore from Kuala Lumpur, the authorities there imposed high fees which made such a plan unfeasible. Singapore did not have a...

Make it part of pre-marriage counselling.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: M. Ganeshadeva IT is sad that women do not appear to be acquiring domestic skills, ("Women losing domestic skills", NST - July 24). In the old days, girls, besides attending school, were...

What if your name sounds like 'waiting to use toilet'?
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Eileen Ng; Julia Chan; Irdiani Mohd Salleh KUALA LUMPUR: What's in a name? A great deal if it means "dog" or "waiting to use the toilet" in Cantonese, "souvenir" in Bahasa Malaysia or "Batu...

Team to advise on disease.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) KUCHING: The Health Ministry is sending a team of infectious disease specialists to advise the State Government on further steps to take to contain the hand, foot and mouth disease outbreak in Sarawak....

Stolen pistol found, Indonesians held.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Nancy Nais KUCHING: A pistol, belonging to an assistant minister which was reported stolen last month, was recovered by police on Saturday following the arrest of seven Indonesians. State...

Stunt costs Fazrul championship points.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Desmond Davidson SHELL Harian Metro Maju's Ahmad Fazli Sham won the Expert category in the Petronas Sprinta AAM Malaysian Cub Prix Championships in Kuching after a battle royale with elder...

More hard work ahead for Sharon after win.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Ajitpal Singh MALAYSIA ended their World Youth Bowling Championships in Berlin with four gold, one silver and one bronze, their best ever finish in the history of the championships. ...

Crack down hard on pushers.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: J.D. Lovrenciear THE recent killing of the Sultan of Pahang's sister, Tengku Puteri Kamariah Sultan Abu Bakar, brings to the fore a frightening truth about the drug problem in Malaysia. The...

PD festival to take on a new concept.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) PORT DICKSON: Pesta Port Dickson, once a major attraction among local and foreign tourists, is making a comeback after a lapse of four years. Bagan Pinang State Assemblyman Faizal Ramli said it...

Gory sight greets couple at shop.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) JOHOR BARU: Two clients of a bridal shop owner made a shocking discovery when they went to meet him on Saturday to plan their wedding - his dead body on the floor. Indra Shahril Mohd Salleh, 32, is...

Man, 34, drowns in UTM lake.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) JOHOR BARU: A 34-year-old businessman drowned in a lake at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, while playing with remote-control boats yesterday. Phang Kok Long of Senai, a dealer of...

It's not the 'tudung' but the attitude that matters.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Maria Kamal I AM writing in response to Datuk Zain Majid's "Work together to close the gap between races" (NST, July 26). I'm surprised by his statement that "the overdone headdress...

Policemen acquitted due to missing evidence.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) KOTA BARU: Two policemen were acquitted of bribery charges after the evidence - the money supposedly handed to them - was not found. Sessions Court judge Azman Abdullah, who acquitted them without...

M. Nasir, Siti wow 'em at SP Setia concert.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) SHAH ALAM: A mesmerising performance by M. Nasir and Siti Nurhaliza thrilled thousands of fans at Taman Rekreasi Setia Alam last night. The veteran singer and composer and the country's singing...

Abdullah's baby, a super corridor in south Johor.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Ravi Nambiar JOHOR BARU: The Prime Minister arrived here in a take-charge mood yesterday and made the biggest announcement the country has heard from him this year since the Ninth Malaysia...

Johor Sultan gives project the nod.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) JOHOR BARU: The Sultan of Johor is impressed with the South Johor Corridor (SJC) project and wants work started on it without any delay. The Prime Minister was granted an audience with Sultan Iskandar...

New administrative capital by next August.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) JOHOR BARU: The South Johor Corridor will include: * Nusajaya: The Johor Government's new administrative capital, which is now under construction and is due for completion by August 2007. Spread over...

Balbir's family keep their silence.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) KUALA LUMPUR: Balbir Kaur's family here have put up a wall of silence, refusing yesterday to comment on the fugitive who is living in a RM2 million house in India. Her elder brother Dilbagh Singh...

Pepper spray man in hospital.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Sharifah Mahsinah KOTA BARU: The Datuk who is under remand for the pepper spray incident involving former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has been admitted to the Raja Perempuan...

Donate and help Lebanese victims.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) KUALA LUMPUR: Just yesterday, the bodies of 54 civilians were recovered in the Lebanese village of Qana - 37 of them children. Horrified mothers embraced their dead children, still wearing the...

Cannabis in backyard: Man gets jail, rotan.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) SUNGAI PETANI: A farmer insisted that the cannabis plants found in five pots in his backyard was not his - it was the work of his wife and other family members. Abdul Ghani Abdul Kadir, 44, also...

First off the blocks but ...
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Brendan Pereira MALAYSIANS are an optimistic lot. The national football team has connected generations of Malaysians with disappointment as the emotional mortar. And yet we still...

Passport penalty for drug convicts.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Azura Abas PETALING JAYA: Those convicted of drug offences will not get an international passport for 10 years. Deputy Home Affairs Minister Datuk Tan Chai Ho said the new ruling would...

DAP riled up over being denied use of auditorium.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) KUALA LUMPUR: The DAP is in a huff over the withdrawal of permission to hold a forum on ethnic relations at the Dewan K.R. Soma yesterday. Forum organiser A. Sivanesan said the reason given that a...

Rottweilers can be gentle, too.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) PETALING JAYA: Rottweilers are a misunderstood breed. Many fear them because of the negative media publicity they have been receiving. Le Roc, the infamous rottweiler which made headlines when...

Muhibah Run to strengthen racial ties.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) KUALA TERENGGANU: The Young Malaysian Movement is organising a "Muhibah Run" to help strengthen racial ties among the people. The run, split into categories of 5km and 10km, will be held on Aug 11 and...

Every day's a celebration.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) KOTTARAM is celebrating its first anniversary in August. To mark the occasion, the outlet will be holding promotions and a variety of activites until Aug 31. Kerala Kottaram Sdn Bhd chief...

Strong flavours, exotic taste.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) AN exclusive Taiwanese cuisine promotion is on at the Kim Ma Chinese Restaurant at Palace of the Golden Horses in Seri Kembangan, Selangor. The promotion ends today. Taiwanese food, like all...

What I saw on telly.
July 31, 2006... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Joan Lau I WAKE up each morning and the first thing I do is turn on the telly. Nasty habit, I know. Most mornings, it's turned on to the news channels - CNN or BBC - and I hear it more...