Streamyx Activation: 10/01/2009

Monday, October 19, 2009

Streamyx Registration

KUALA LUMPUR: Telekom Malaysia is offering its streamyx GradPack package, which targets college and university students, until Dec 31.

Subscribers will enjoy broadband service at a lower rate, as well as receive some free goodies, according to the telecommunications giant.

GradPack offers two Internet service packages � 384Kbps (kilobits per second) for RM50 a month or 1Mbps (megabit per second) for RM100 monthly.

The students who subscribe will get a free modem, and a streamyx Zone ID which grants them wireless access at more than 1,300 hotspots nationwide.

TM is also waiving its RM75 activation and RM88 installation fees for GradPack users.

Also, subscribers of the 1Mbps package will get access to music portal Hypptunes, video service HyppTV and the Rose Online Evolution massively multiplayer online role-playing game for three months.

In addition to that, they will get a TM�Manchester United special-edition T-shirt for free.

Students who want to subscribe to GradPack must present their student ID at any TMpoint, TMpoint Authorised Dealership (TAD) outlet, or TM authorised reseller nationwide.

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Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

If you are suffering from your ADSL Net getting disconnected in 5 - 10 minutes after connecting and then nothing works then this is the solution for you. Many people suffer from the problem. After a few minutes of their connecting to Internet, a weird Win32 Service error shows up and then you can neither disconnect Internet nor can you reconnect it. All you can do is just restart the machine and then go through this process all over again and again.

Microsoft did provide patches for the same later but by then the problem was resolved by the experts. Also those people who do not have fast Internet cannot use those patches. So is there a solution for it without downloading the patches and just tweaking some settings in Windows XP. Fortunately the answer is yes. There are just 2 changes that you need to make. They are described in detail below:

First of all comes system security. So when you start Registry Editor (method is shown below) take a backup of the Registry as this is one of the core components of your Windows Installation. Backing up registry would help you to restore the changes you will make and would save you from a lot of headache later on. To create a backup of registry, navigate to File and click on Export. This will create a backup of your registry which can be restored again.

Click on Start button in the taskbar and navigate to Run. Type "regedit" without quotes in it and press enter. Now on the left panel, navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. Expand it and navigate to SYSTEM. Then navigate to CurrentControlSet. In it expand NetBT. Navigate to Parameters. Now in the right panel locate TransportBindName. Just double click it and delete the default value which currently is Devices.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE --> System --> CurrentControlSet --> NetBT --> Parameters --> TransportBindName

Now navigate again to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. In it locate Softwares. Now go to Microsoft and expand it. Locate Ole in it. Now in the right panel just locate the value EnableDCOM. The default value in would be Y. Double click it and make the default value N. Now just close Registry Editor and restart the machine. Connect to Internet and voila the net now no longer gets disconnected.

You could also have changed the values of NetBIOS but generally changing the values of these two parameters would eliminate the problem for all. You would not be required to change those values.

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Networking/Broadband/DSL_Cable/Q_20797773.html

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Sunday, October 4, 2009

Which Console is Best?

During the earlier days of video games, most games were restricted to 2-D views. As technology progressed, 3-D games became available, but the graphics were absolutely horrendous. If they weren't blurry, they were 'blocky', especially around a character's face and hands.

Fortunately, things have changed as 3-D games make up the majority of video games on the market. However, by the fact there are six major gaming consoles, (the Xbox 360, the PS3, the Nintendo Wii, the PC, the Nintendo DS and the PSP), one must wonder which one is the best for playing 3-D games.

Now, if a person were to go strictly on popularity, one would assume that the Xbox 360 is the best for 3-D games. And in many ways, it is a very powerful platform for playing 3-D games. Consider titles like Fable 2 or Oblivion, where the graphics are so intriguing you feel as if you are in another world.

Yet, what if a person was interested in the type of innovative game play the Nintendo Wii offers? Yes, the Xbox 360 might showcase some pretty impressive 3-D games, but the overall game play must be expressed through a gaming control. At least with the Nintendo Wii, you can play 3-D games while using your body as a joystick.

Well, here's the deal with the Wii. While it does allow you to play 3-D games in a unique way, the graphics are horrid in comparison to its competitors. An example can be seen in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. Some of the landscapes look blurry, despite the fact they are being rendered on a next-generation system.

So, where does that leave the other gaming systems on the market? How do they fare when it comes to playing 3-D games? In terms of non-portable systems, the PS3 actually offers the best graphics. They are crisp, clear and contain virtually no blocky characters. Even the Xbox 360 doesn't offer such presentation, at least on some of their cheaper 3-D games.

The PC offers the worst graphics among non-portable systems, though there are a few surprises every now and then. The Witcher is an example, especially when you look at some of its cut scenes. The graphics still don't compare to the 3-D games on the Xbox 360 or PS3, but they are still impressive, nonetheless. You'll just have to make sure your PC has a powerful graphics card to support them.

As far as portable gaming systems, it's no question that the PSP is the best choice for 3-D games. Again, it won't replace its non-portable competitors, but the graphics are surprisingly clear considering the PSP's diminutive size. Also, some 3-D games look even more brilliant because designers use a top-down approach with viewing. This creates the illusion that the 3-D graphics are clearer than what they are, since you're not seeing your characters or their landscape close-up.

And maybe this is why the Nintendo DS is such a poor choice for 3-D games. Instead of trying to make the graphics look better through artistry, game designers still act as if they're working with an Xbox or a PS3. They're not, and it really shows on some of the 3-D games available for the DS. They look just like N64 games, which are considered ugly by today's standards. The ones that look better, (like Zelda: Phantom Hourglass); use innovative designs, such as cell shading. So, there are a few gems out there... you just have to be on the lookout for them.

For more information on 3D games, visit http://www.3-dgames.com

Having spent the past couple of days in Finland visiting some of the country's most interesting startups, the omnipresent Nokia and attending the great MindTrek conference, I'm starting to get some insight into the Finnish tech scene. In short: it's relatively tiny but surprisingly fascinating. Apart from Dopplr, Jaiku, Floobs and some others, I wasn't really all that familiar with the web startup scene in Finland, but I've met a couple of companies I'm going to feature on TechCrunch Europe over the next couple of days. First up: Muxlim, a media company that is all about 'enhancing the Muslim lifestyle'.