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WiMAX, a technology that enables wireless broadband access, is close to being implemented nationwide after the Government awarded four companies yesterday with licences to operate such networks. Bizsurf (M) Sdn Bhd, MIB Comm Sdn Bhd, Asiaspace Dotcom Sdn Bhd and Redtone-CNX Broadband Sdn Bhd were given licences to operate WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) networks.

Bizsurf, MIB Comm and Asiaspace Dotcom will cover peninsular Malaysia while Redtone-CNX Broadband will serve Sabah and Sarawak. Once these are in operation, Malaysians will be able to surf the Internet at ultra-high speeds from any point in the country, as well as enjoy new or improved Web-based services. The four beat 13 other companies including telecommunications heavyweights DiGi.Com Bhd, Maxis Communications Bhd and TM Bhd.

Don’t you wish that you home has the Home Theater? My uncle has one in his large bedroom and it is the high end type, able to swivel and flat TFT screen. There’s no radiation unlike the conventional TV electron tube which may be harmful to the eyes over long periods of time. Watching together has been family activity for years where the whole family watches some dramedy, melodrametic shows or animated cartoons for the kids’ viewing pleasure.

Now there is a company the provides services like installation of home theater, plasma and LCD TV installation in the United States. Consumers or business are discouraged not to do it themselves or trust companies like Bestbuy or Circuitcity. Here’s why you shouldn’t do it yourself or have your friend install your Plasma or LCD TV? Home theater installation is not like moving a couch that is straightforward or installing a refrigerator.

Home Theater, LCD and Plasma TV installation takes several unique skills that the normal Joe may not possess. The installation requires very skilled workers with technological knowledge and 3 years of study. Also, HD Installers require all of their installers to be certified plasma TV installation, home theater installers, CD TV installation and even 3D surround sound installation. At HD Installers, you can be assured of quality technical service for the installation of your plasma TV and surround sound system, amongst others.

InPhonic has a unique model for selling cell phones online that has made it’s main website Wirefly.com the industry leader in online activations. It is listed in the wireless industry news. Personally speaking, online selling is the way to go with the internet technology in this era. Using a safe and secure payment gateway, buyers are able to make purchases at the convenience of using the computer at home and with the use of their credit cards. All information transferred is via a https:// path that is safer and will not be encrypted by phishers. With the internet, reach is borderless and global. The merchant is able to sell more cell phones at a reduced cost of advertisements, setting up a retail store and renting space.

As more people are starting to be internet savvy, they are more willing to trust buying online than ever before. Gadgets are the top items and you can just check out Ebay. From second hand stuffs to brand new ones are traded online via PayPal. This form of online selling caters more to the young at heart and the technologically inclined web surfers. However, the older generation and the illiterate ones are the people that you cannot target for your online cell phones sales. For more information, just check out financial news for InPhonic, Inc. on Yahoo.

Nowadays, even schooling teenagers own a cell phone and it is rather common to see youngsters talking or smsing on the cell phones. In Malaysian, teenagers use their cell phones as a social gadget to keep in touch with their friends while the business men use them to secure projects and liaise with clients. The ubiquitous cell phone is something you should not leave behind whenever you go out.

By the way, cell phone personalization features have just been taken to new, cool heights by U-DOO by Wirefly. With U-DOO, users can custom-build some fun talking Avatars, download them to their cell phone or email them to their friends, and have them appear and speak their cheeky messages as custom ring tones. U-DOO by Wirefly is an application that adds a great deal of custom fun to most of today’s cell phone models. It allows users to build custom Avatars, select a message for the characters to speak and send the finished products to a cell phone, to a friend via email or to a MySpace account. The talking characters can then be set to function as custom ring tones.

The first step is to choose an avatar character from among 20 options. Facial features, hair color, clothing, hat, accessories and background can be modified and personalized at the click of a mouse. Avatar characters range from common face and hair types to more outrageously fun ones such as Manga to sumo-wrestlers.

Dapper is now open to the public and in the coming months, expect to see new features and improvements to Dapper’s functionality. Dapper’s mission is to allow visitors to use any web based content in any way imaginable. And it means going beyond just reading or viewing a webpage. You may want to create an RSS feed or a Google Gadget for a site, take a site’s content and put it on a map. Whatever you want to do, however you want to mold the web, Dapper can help you do it.

There is non-stop music hits on your favorites from Dapper here. By creating a Dapp (web service), you can browse to find pages. Use their virtual browser to add similar pages from a website into your basket. For instance, if you want to build a Dapp for Google search results, enter http://www.google.com and then perform a few searches, adding each search results page to your basket. You can also have Dapplications which are web-based services that use Dapps. Here are a list of Dapplications that have been created by the Dapper community.

You can think of a Dapp as a “black box” which represents a specific type of page on a specific website on the Internet. The Dapp provides access to the content of that specific website in XML. Basically, the web is your playground.

In five brilliant colors and just US$79, the 1GB iPod shuffle lets you wear up to 240 songs1 on your sleeve. Or your lapel. Or your belt. Clip on iPod shuffle and wear it as a badge of musical devotion. You know what they say about good things and small packages. But when something 1.62 inches long and about half an ounce holds up to 240 songs, “good” and “small” don’t cut it. Especially when you can listen to your music for up to 12 continuous hours. In fact, iPod shuffle just may be the biggest thing in small.

As it uses flash memory but colored aluminum cases, the Apple iPod nano (Second Generation) looks like a cross between the first generation iPod nano and the second generation iPod mini. It uses either 2 GB, 4 GB, or 8 GB of flash memory, capable of supporting either 500, 1000, or 2000 songs, respectively. Regardless of capacity, every iPod nano (2G) is capable of holding up to 25,000 iPod nano-viewable photos, but none support video playback.

The 2 GB model is available in silver, the 4 GB model in silver, green, blue, and pink, and the 8 GB model in black only. Hardware enhancements from the original iPod nano include longer battery life (a reported 24 hours), and a brigher 1.5 inch (diagonal) LCD display. The software has been improved with a search engine. In Malaysia, the silver 2GB Ipod retails for RM699, the 4GB apple green, fushcia pink and turquoise blue retails at RM939 while the black 8GB Ipod sells at RM1,149.