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Create wealth with Nouveau Riche

Have you ever hear about Nouveau Riche? Friend of mine said that is an investment program, but I just found the official website and have read a lot about Nouveau Riche, and I think it was not investment programs. It’s about an educational environment that teaches adults the way to CREATE WEALTH using the time-tested.

According to wikipedia Nouveau Riche stand for (French for "new rich"), or just called it new money. And according other resources it was related to a person who has acquired considerable wealth within his or her generation.

So, if you are looking for a way to create wealth but don’t know where to start, better to consider the Nouveau Riche, and you will start learn a lot.

The Founders of Nouveau Riche realized that this widely-accepted science, if applied to wealth-creation, could change the landscape of an entire industry and perhaps, contribute to changing the world. Grab more knowledge the official website at nouveauriche.com.

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Motorola signs agreement to acquire Soundbuzz

Motorola today has signed an agreement to acquire music provider Soundbuzz. The takeover is expected to be completed in Q1 2008.

The deal will enable Motorola to expand its MotoMusic service beyond China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Details of the acquisition were not available at press time.

According to Ian Chapman-Banks, vice president of Marketing for Asia Pacfic Mobile Devices, Motorola launched MotoMusic, its digital music download service in August 2006, with China Mobile as its key partner. There are currently approximately 3 to 4 million MotoMusic members.

With the acquisition of the music provider headquartered in Singapore, the mobile phone giant hopes to break into other Asian markets such as India, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

Motorola today also announced four handsets including the ROKR E8 at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Shipment figures from IDC show that the cell phone maker ranked third in Asia Pacific except Japan, behind Nokia and Samsung for the third quarter last year.

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One-Click Linux Software Installation BETA!

Is it difficult for you to get Linux software and it installation guidance? In the past you may have that question in mind, Now a new organized linux source was born.

Linspire is proud to announce the beta release of CNR.com. On the 23rd of January, 2007, Linspire announced for the first time that they are working to extend their CNR (Click 'N Run) website for other popular Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE and Debian. The CNR service has already been available
for all Linspire and Freespire users. Kevin Carmony, the President and CEO of Linspire Inc., stated that he had enough with complaints from MS Windows and Mac users about Linux, and that there are too many distributions and each one has a different way of installing software: "When we started Linspire, we knew that we'd need to overcome this complexity. This led to Linspire's CNR ("Click 'N Run") technology."

CNR.com is a free one-click software delivery service designed to standardize the process and eliminate the complexity of finding, installing and managing Linux software for the most popular desktop Linux distributions, both Debian and RPM based. Please note that CNR.com is currently in alpha stage.

With CNR.com you get the most extensive free resource available anywhere for desktop Linux software. Search from tens of thousands of Linux software programs, packages and libraries by title, popularity, similar software, category, Who's Who, or function, and with just one click install the software on to your computer.

CNR come with two diferent service level, Free Basic CNR Service and Premium CNR Service.
Free Basic CNR Service:
The basic CNR Service provides supported desktop Linux distributions a free, simple one-click CNR Client (currently in beta stage) that allows you to begin installing software from CNR.com immediately as well as get involved with the community.

Premium CNR Service:
The Premium CNR Service offers CNR.com users everything that comes with the basic CNR Service, plus a number of added services and benefits, including great discounts on all commercial Linux Software and more.

This is really a revolutionary moment for all computer users all around the world. Hope that it will bring many new users into the Linux world.

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Wireless keyboard encryption cracked!

Dreamlab Technologies cracks wireless keyboard encryption, and released a new white paper entitled ‘27Mhz Wireless Keyboard Analysis Report’ aka “We know what you typed last summer”. The paper, written by Max Moser & Philipp Schrödel describes the inherent design flaw which leaves a majority of consumer grade wireless keyboards wide open to keylogging.

Wireless keyboards and mice are becoming an increasingly common sight on desks. However, wireless hardware carries large hidden risks. Dreamlab Technologies has shown that it is possible to capture and decrypt keystrokes, meaning that user names, passwords, bank details or confidential correspondence can be very easily eavesdropped.

According to this white paper, The two major consumer brands affected by this vulnerability are Microsoft and Logitec. In fact Microsoft’s Wireless Optical Desktop 1000 and Wireless Optical Desktop 2000 products are specifically mentioned as being vulnerable. It’s also assumed that other 27Mhz products such as the Wireless Optical Desktop 3000, 4000 and the Laser Desktop series are open to attack in a similar way.

Due to the widespread use of these wireless devices, the huge security implications and the fact that there is no quick fix for this design flaw (its take time to fix this bug); Dreamlab have decided not to release a public proof of concept.

It’s quite worrying to see just how easy it is to sniff and extract keystrokes from these ‘consumer’ grade devices with no need for dongles, trojans or specialist equipment. The 27Mhz keyboards only use 8bit encryption which can be cracked relatively quickly with quite modest hardware. From what I can tell all that’s required is a 27Mhz capable receiver, a sound card and a computer. The range will obviously be dictated by the receiver and its antenna.

Note: I'll still use wireless device for daily activity and my job, but not the commercial one.

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Firefox 3.0 Beta 1

After successfully in recent version Firefox now get ready for the next version. Firefox 3.0 Beta 1 is now available for download.

As announced by Gran Paradiso Planning Center
At this point in time, Mozilla has been reluctant to specify the exact release date for Firefox 3.0 Beta 2, but it has pointed out to the end of December. Mozilla plans to close down the trunk of Firefox 3.0 Beta 2, on the 4th of December, permitting testing until the 7th of December, and then freeze the trunk completely, while planning the release date of the second beta for Gran Paradiso.

"At this week’s Firefox 3 / Gecko 1.9 meeting, endgame scheduling was set for the upcoming Beta 2 release. The plan is to hold the tree closed and let nightly builds "bake" for a few days with minimal changes as a way to identify and fix regressions or major bugs before handing off to QA. If all goes well, the code will be handed off to the Build and QA teams for Beta 2 release in late December," Mozilla commented.

Mozilla has wrapped up an update, addressing compatibility issues introduced by another update for Firefox 2.0. Moving from version 2.0.0.9 to 2.0.0.10. Firefox 2.0.0.10, made available on the 26th of November, was a stability update for the open source browser, designed to deal with three security issues. The update was served automatically to all Firefox 2.0 users, but it was discovered, only after large scale implementation, that the refresh impacted negatively the rendering of content, which called on the Canvas.drawImage method. Mozilla debuted work on Firefox 2.0.0.11 immediately, and the churned update is now up for grabs.

"As part of Mozilla Corporation’s ongoing stability and security update process, Firefox 2.0.0.11 is now available for Windows, Mac, and Linux for free download. We strongly recommend that all Firefox users upgrade to this latest release. If you already have Firefox 2.x, you will receive an automated update notification within 24 to 48 hours. This update can also be applied manually by selecting 'Check for Updates'… from the 'Help' menu," Mozilla revealed.

Any progress, news, project schedule, meeting note, release roadmap sould be read at Gran Paradiso Planning Center, Download firefox3.0 beta1 mirror 1

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Release for CentOS-5.1 i386 and x86_64

CentOS is an Enterprise-class Linux Distribution derived from sources freely provided to the public by a prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor. CentOS conforms fully with the upstream vendors redistribution policy and aims to be 100% binary compatible. (CentOS mainly changes packages to remove upstream vendor branding and artwork.) CentOS is free.

CentOS has numerous advantages over some of the other clone projects including: an active and growing user community, quickly rebuilt, tested, and QA'ed errata packages, an extensive mirror network, developers who are contactable and responsive, multiple free support avenues including IRC Chat, Mailing Lists, Forums, a dynamic FAQ. Commercial support is offered via a number of vendors.

Better desktop support with compiz and AIGLX.
Virtualization provided by the Xen hypervisor with Virtual Machine Manager and libvirt.
Sabayon to simplify the construction of user profiles.

One big difference between Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and CentOS 5 is that CentOS 5 includes packages from different RHEL variants, including the server and client varieties. All the Red Hat repositories have been combined into one to make it easier for end users to work with packages

Links:
Distro Release Announcement | LiveCD Release Announcement
Documentation: CentOS 5
Read CentOS5 review at Linux.com

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AMD don't interest in dual-processor platform

AMD has announced that the company is not currently taking into account development of a dual-processor platform. With this statement, AMD takes its hands off the so-much promoted FASN8 platform
and retreats from the competition with Intel on the dual-processor market.

"AMD has discontinued future planning and development of its eight-core enthusiast platform at this time. […] We will continue to support customers that have an existing Quad FX with DSDC and are also working on an upgrade path for those customers. The upgrade path likely won’t be a Phenom-branded product," said AMD spokeswoman, Suzy Pruitt.

In the battle for extreme performance, Intel have raised the stake with their Core 2 Duo and with the Intel Core 2 Quad microprocessors. Of course, AMD could only dodge and attack, so they raised the stake and introduced their Quad FX platform last year; the platform featured two dual-core AMD Athlon 64 FX-70-series processors – a pretty high-end alternative to Intel Core 2 Quad. The promises were that AMD's quad-core powerhorses were to be fully compatible with the Quad FX platform and would allegedly allow users to swap processors at no platform-switching cost.

Of course, Intel had to show who "the man" was and, shortly after the Quad FX episode, they started teasing each other with their own V8 platform, that promised two quad-core central processing units. As if that was not enough for the enthusiasts, Intel dug even deeper and pulled out to surface the Skulltrail platform, which would only work with two specially designed quad-core processors that jump the $3000 barrier each. A pretty salty price, but it'll be worth it, if you are obsessed with your system.

Time is running low for AMD, who failed in delivering hi-speed Phenoms to join the battle against Intel's Core 2 Extreme line. Phenom FX has also been delayed and AMD has left a single quad-core pawn on the table that can't carry more than 2.3 GHz – just enough to eat Intel’s Core 2 Extreme processors dust.

Read about AMD at AMD official website

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FBI Knocking On Cyber Criminals' Door

FBI committed to stop the cyber criminals, the 'Bot Roast' operation is meant to stop the cyber criminals and, especially, the botnet owners, who attempt to control
numerous computers from all over the world and launch web attacks. According to the FBI officials, since June when the campaign has started, no less than 8 individuals have been identified and some of them have even been sent to prison after they pleaded guilty. As far I can see, many of the individuals identified by the FBI were pretty young, as 3 of them were 21 years old.

"Today, botnets are the weapon of choice of cyber criminals. They seek to conceal their criminal activities by using third party computers as vehicles for their crimes. In Bot Roast II, we see the diverse and complex nature of crimes that are being committed through the use of botnets. Despite this enormous challenge, we will continue to be aggressive in finding those responsible for attempting to exploit unknowing Internet users," FBI Director, Robert S. Mueller, commented the case.

The botnets managed to cause a $20 million economic loss, and approximately one million affected computers, informs FBI. That's why it's extremely important to keep your computer protected with any powerful solution you want and to avoid downloading or installing unknown files that come from unrealiable sources.

"The public is reminded once again that they can play a part in thwarting botnet activity. Practicing strong computer security habits such as updating anti-virus software, installing a firewall, using strong passwords, and employing good e-mail and web security practices are as basic as putting locks on your doors and windows. Without employing these safeguards, botnets, along with criminal and possibly terrorist activities, will continue to flourish," FBI Assistant Director James E. Finch, Cyber Division, said.

What is Botnet? read more at wikipedia or whatis.com

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AT&T Announced 3G iPhone

The big news is that AT&T has just announced the next version of the iPhone. Unfortunately, this isn't big news at all, as anyone that actually owns a 3G phone can tell. Even before the iPhone was released a 3G version was not a matter of if, but of when… and AT&T’s timing is just plain bad.

At a meeting of the Churchill Club in Santa Clara, California,
AT&T Inc. Chief Executive Officer, Randall Stephenson said that Apple will be introducing a new version of the iPhone next year. The device will function on the third-generation wireless networks, and be able to access the Internet at a much faster rate than is available today.

Answering a question about when the 3G version of the iPhone will debut, Stephenson said: "You'll have it next year." When asked about the price, he answered that he didn’t know how much it would cost, adding that Steve Jobs "will dictate what the price of the phone is."

Of course, the 3G iphone is not exactly news, and has already been talked about by Steve Jobs at iPhone launch in the UK.

"3G chipsets... are real power hogs. Most phones now have battery lives of 2 to 3 hours and that's due to these very power-hungry 3G chip sets... [iPhone] has 8 hours of talk time life. That's really important when you start to surf the Internet and want to use the phone to listen to music. We've got to see the battery lives for 3G get back up into the 5+ hour range. Hopefully we'll see that later next year."

Of course, there is a big difference between "hopefully we'll see that later next year" and "you'll have it next year," which is why only some people should be doing the announcements. Such an announcement on the eve of the holiday shopping season is not the best of moves, as it can lead to some people holding off until next year. On the other hand, doing so would be rather futile as Apple is not going to come out with anything new until after the Asia launch, which is still a long way ahead.

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Mongolia Starts The OLPC Program

Mongolia's President, Nambaryn Enkhbayar, announced today his commitment to provide every child in his nation with a laptop connected to the internet by the end of 2010.

Wow!! First time I hear this news it was sureprissed me! I can't imagine if all country implement briliant idea just what Mr Nambaryn Enkhbayar did.

As a first step towards this accomplishment, Nicholas Negroponte, the founding chairman of the non-profit organization, OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) and Mongolia's Minister for Foreign Affairs, agreed to start the program until January 2008 and they signed a Memorandum of Understanding in the presence of President Enkhbayar

20,000 units of the XO laptops will be provided in January, to children from 6 to 12 years of age in the most inaccessible parts of the country, and also in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia's capital.

OLPC's aim is improving children's skills by giving them access to learning indoors and outdoors. For the nomadic populations, Internet access and digital learning almost didn't exist. Things will change, thanks to this project.

The project was supported in Mongolia by John L. Thornton and two MIT students, Enkhumunkh Zurgaanjin and Jan Jungclaus who promoted the concept and spread the word throughout the country, this summer.

From November 12, Negroponte's OLPC will start the "Give One Get One" program across the United States and Canada, when people can buy two XO laptops for $399, one for them and one for a child from a developing country, such as Mongolia.

I hope my country will be the second implementing the same thing.

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Mandriva Flash 4GB!- A 3D Desktop in your pocket

Mandriva Flash is a pre-installed Mandriva Linux distribution on a simple 4GB USB 2.0 Key, it claimed as the #1 linux key

Plug the key, start your Linux system everywhere, save and exchange your datas on the free space, up to 3GB!
Impress your friends with your mobile 3D desktop!

Why choose Mandriva Flash?

• Mobile: take it everywhere and make any desktop your own!
• Handy: everything for your office work, Internet and multimedia... on a stick!
• Keep your personal data in your pocket!
  
• Fun: spectacular 3D-accelerated desktop, only with Linux!
• Safe: it doesn't make any changes on the host computer
• Reliable: unmatched stability and hardware recognition
• Fast: high data transfer rates with USB 2.0
• Storage: up to 3GB available for user files

• 4GB USB flash drive designed by Dane-Elec Memory (5 year warranty!)
• A neck strap
  
• Mandriva Linux 2007 KDE 32-bit
• Mandriva Club trial account: Silver level 1 month
• Supplementary CD image to boot even on legacy systems
  
• Mandriva web support: 1 month*
  
• Automatic hardware detection**

• CPU: all Pentium, Celeron, Athlon, Duron, Sempron processors, Intel Core Duo
  
• RAM: 256MB minimum, 512MB recommended.
• Graphic cards: NVIDIA®, ATI(TM), Intel® i8xx and i9xx.
• Sound cards: all Sound Blaster compatible cards and AC97

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Mandriva Linux 2008 released

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The end of Greenphone project

Trolltech Ltd, recently announce that will not continue the Greenphone project. The device launched in 2006, the first fully open handset designed for the development of open-source applications. Running on Trolltech's Qtopia platform, the device was supposed to stimulate the growth of mobile Linux, and the company is adamant that it has done just that.

As replacement of this product, Trolltech will launch or develop other portable media and mobile phone which also use open-source applications.

According to David Bailer, the manager of Trolltech's partner community, the do this is "to catalyze an ecosystem, as well as for internal use".

Bialer said the 2-year-old architecture of the Greenphone was no longer adequate, so Trolltech would like to target "more modern 3G phones." The OpenMoko Neo1973 device, which can now run a port of Qtopia, also appears to be filling much of the need for hackable Linux handsets.

Bialer claimed that demand had recently been increasing for the Greenphone, but Trolltech would try to divert that demand to OpenMoko. "We're not (discontinuing the Greenphone) because there is no demand," he said. "It is an older design and we are not the best hardware company. It's a lot of work shipping these phones all over the world, dealing with customs and cracked screens. We realized this is not our core competency."

But he confessed that, despite hopes that the Greenphone project would break even, it had lost money. This, he said, was because the company ended up using more units internally than it had anticipated. "A lot of our developers have two or three of them," he said. "We probably underestimated how many we were going to consume ourselves."

The candidate that will replace it could be the FIC Neo 1973, recently release on July 2007.

Although Trolltech has not released exact figures, it is understood that just over 1,000 Greenphones were sold, making the device relatively low-volume and therefore expensive to manufacture.

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Anonymous Surfing with Browzar

• No browsing history, stored files, or cookies
• No embarrassing search auto-complete
• No installation. Just click ‘run’ and go
• No registration required

Browzar which is a fully free browser, guarantees browsing privacy as it doesn’t save any cache, history, cookies and does not use the auto-complete feature. It is available for PC, Mac and Linux computers and it can be downloaded in seconds (even on dial-up) and doesn't need an installation to run. It can be even placed on a USB memory stick and run directly from there "as is". Interface-wise, Browzar has a cool slick look and it is available in two different themes.

In the wake of AOL publishing the search histories of 685,000 of its customers, and the increasingly draconian measures taken by governments and corporations alike to monitor internet use, Browzar comes as a breath of fresh air, designed to protect your personal privacy as you surf the web. As a matter of fact, there is currently no easy way of anonymously surfing the web that is as simple as Browzar.

All standard internet browsers out there store by default all information about which websites you have gone to and which search queries you have run on any major (or minor) search engine. On the other hand Browzar does not record the web address or web cache for any website you visit, and there is therefore no history of your web trails after you stop surfing. Temporary files are deleted whilst you are surfing the web, and cookies are deleted at the point you close Browzar.

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Announcements: Update on the Windows Ultimate Extras

The following announcements is come from Microsoft "windowsUltimate.com"

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