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IBMâs first software lab in Malaysia
03.05.08 (3:18 am) [edit]
IBM has set up its first software development lab in Malaysia. According to IBM Malaysia executives, this move helps to accelerate the creation of products for IBM’s Tivoli Netcool software group that focuses on communications service providers.
IBM Malaysia managing director Ou Shian Waei said, “The software development lab highlights Malaysia as an important location to help fulfill our global research, development and business strategy. As a globally integrated company, we are committed to drawing on locally established skills and talent to create value for clients worldwide.”
Ou said, “Research by IDC Malaysia estimates the telcommunications market in Malaysia as being worth US$5,505.9 million [RM17,737.41]. However, companies in this sector are facing a major shift from traditional voice services to non-voice services, such as music and video. Companies are also facing a shift from land lines to voice over IP.”
“The lab here is one of more than 80 development laboratories around the world that give these teams access to the latest technology and talent to research and develop the industry leading software,” said Gilbert Ho, software engineering senior manager for Tivoli software, IBM Malaysia. “We are committed to extending the Vallent product line and integrating them with the broader Tivoli and IBM portfolio.”
The 120 engineers at this latest lab will be developing applications for all Tivoli Netcool Performance Management products worldwide to customers.
Datuk Badlisham Ghazali, CEO of Multimedia Development Corp.—the government agency responsible for ICT initiatives—said the lab is also in line with MSC Malaysia’s aspirations to become a global partner to companies worldwide and to increase the pool of internationally recognised knowledge workers. “This is a great opportunity for local knowledge workers and to make Malaysia a regional hub for information and communications technology talent,” he said
Source:computerworld.com.my/ShowPage.aspx?pagetype=2artic leid=7780pubid=4 ;issueid=131
SK Star Returns From Knee Injury
03.05.08 (3:14 am) [edit]
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SK Knights forward Bang Sung-yoon runs the court during a KBL basketball game against the ET Land Black Slamer Tuesday at the Jamsil Gymnasium in Seoul.
/ Yonhap
He wore a large brace on his left knee, and there were blank spaces by his name on the statistics sheets from the past few months.
But other than that, it was almost impossible to tell that Bang Sung-yoon was making a return from a serious injury.
Playing in his first Korean Basketball League (KBL) game since tearing a knee ligament in December, the SK Knights star forward appeared healthy, scoring 32 points in a 96-93 victory against the ET Land Black Slamer Tuesday at the Jamsil Gymnasium in Seoul.
Bang drained 8 of 11 shots from the floor, including 4 of 6 from 3-point territory. He also made 12 of his 15 free-throw attempts in addition to contributing six rebounds and six assists.
With his help, the Knights improved their record to 24-22 to overtake the Black Slamer (24-23) for sixth place in the league standings. Thats especially important because the top six teams qualify for the playoffs, which begin later this month.
Bangs comeback from the injury is the latest chapter in a three-year KBL career that has been hindered by a series of ailments and highlighted by a plethora of big shots.
The 25-year-old Yonsei University products most recent injury occurred on Dec. 21 in a game against the KCC Egis. He was coming off a screen, when he lost his balance, twisted his left knee and fell to the Jamsil Gymnasium court in pain. It was discovered that he had a torn ligament that eventually caused him to sit out 21 games.
But when Bang returned to the lineup on Tuesday, he quickly regained the shooting touch thats made him one of this countrys most explosive scorers.
Including that performance, he ranks third in the KBL in scoring this season, averaging 22.8 points per game â the most of any domestic player.
Bang, who played with the Roanoke Dazzle of the U.S. National Basketball Associations Development League (D-League) before joining the KBL, has averaged more than 17 points in each of his three professional seasons in Korea, despite missing games earlier in his career due to shoulder and ankle injuries.
Bang won the KBL Rookie of the Year award in 2006 and earned All-KBL honors last season. He is also a member of the South Korea national team.
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Source:www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/0 3/136_20198.html
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EPA justifies blocking Calif. waiver
02.29.08 (10:58 pm) [edit]
WASHINGTON—The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday justified blocking California from cracking down on auto emissions by saying global warming isnt unique to the state.
The long-awaited analysis drew angry ridicule from environmentalists and officials in California and some of the dozen-plus other states that also wanted to implement the greenhouse gas emissions reductions sought by California.
In a 48-page document describing the reasoning behind its December decision, the EPA argues that California doesnt have the "compelling and extraordinary conditions" required for a waiver under the Clean Air Act, because the rest of the nation also suffers the effects of global warming.
"In my judgment, the impacts of global climate change in California, compared to the rest of the nation as a whole, are not sufficiently different to be considered compelling and extraordinary conditions that merit separate state GHG (greenhouse gas) standards for new motor vehicles," says the document, which was signed by EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson and will be published in the Federal Register.
Environmentalists and California officials disagreed, contending that California has been granted Clean Air Act waivers in the past to deal with problems that are also happening elsewhere, such as diesel pollution.
Critics also argued that California does, in fact, have unique problems from global warming because no other state has its combination of wildfire risks, high smog levels, rising sea level and water shortage problems.
"Theres no other state that can claim the same wide range of severe impacts that California is already suffering," said David Doniger of the Natural Resources Defense Council. He called the analysis "the latest cynical brush-off of global warming from this administration."
The EPA has been sued by California, more than a dozen other states and a coalition of environmental groups over the decision. Congressional Democrats have also released internal agency documents showing that career staff believed Johnson should grant the waiver.
"The law does not direct me to carry out a popularity contest," Johnson told The Associated Press Friday. "I needed to go by what the law directed me to do, informed by legislative history. ... Its the right decision."
The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and the National Automobile Dealers Association supported him in statements Friday.
"By rejecting a confusing multistate approach, the administrator recognizes the need for a single national solution to address energy security, tailpipe emissions and global climate change," said NADA vice president Andy Koblenz.
The Clean Air Act gives California special authority to regulate vehicle pollution because the state began such regulations before the federal government. But a federal waiver is required, and if California gets one, then other states can adopt Californias standards, too.
Californias tailpipe emissions law would have forced automakers to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent in new cars and light trucks by 2016.
Twelve other states—Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington—had adopted Californias tailpipe standards and the governors of Arizona, Colorado, Florida and Utah had said they also plan to adopt them. The rules were under consideration elsewhere, too.
In denying the waiver, Johnson argued that a nationwide approach would be better and said it would be provided by a new law raising fuel economy standards. California officials argued that Californias law would be stronger and act faster.
The EPA document released Friday cites a series of statistics to assert California does not have special threats from global warming, including a sea level rise on the California coast equal to or less than elsewhere in the U.S.; temperature increases in California higher than the national average, but equal to or lower than some other places, including Alaska; and precipitation increases not too different from other areas.
Environmentalists didnt dispute those specifics but insisted that taken together, Californias global warming problems are unique. They also noted that in making the case that global warming doesnt only threaten California, the EPA document presents an unusually detailed portrait of the dangers of climate change from an administration that has opposed any mandatory emissions controls.
Johnson said Friday he still hasnt decided whether or when to issue plans for curbing greenhouse gases from new automobiles nationally, something President Bush announced last year after the Supreme Court ruled that the EPA had the authority to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
Source:origin1.montereyherald.com/politics/ci_8406976?n click_check=1
Thousands of Gazans protest over deadly Israeli raids
02.29.08 (10:52 pm) [edit]
Tens of thousands of Gazans on Friday protested against Israeli raids that killed 35 Palestinians, as Israel mulled a ground operation to stop rocket fire from the Hamas-run territory.
Late Friday an activist of Islamic Jihad and a 17-year-old girl were killed in an Israeli air raid on Jabaliya refugee camp in the north of the Gaza Strip, hospital sources said.
A little earlier a militant of Hamass military wing was killed in a similar raid while a two-year-old girl, Malak Karsarna, died after being wounded by a shell blast near Beit Hanun, the sources added.
The deaths brought to 6,198 the number of people killed in Israeli-Palestinian violence since 2000, most of them Palestinians, according to an AFP count.
The demonstrators poured into the streets throughout the impoverished and isolated territory in response to Hamas calls to denounce the air strikes, whose victims include several children.
"Theyve killed my right to childhood," read a sign held by a child, clad in a red-stained white funeral shroud, who attended a large rally in Jabaliya.
Among the protesters in Gaza City was Khalil al-Hayyah, a Hamas leader who lost a 25-year-old son in an air strike Thursday.
"We will never recognise Israel, even if it assassinates all our leaders and kills our children," he shouted to the crowd.
A senior Hamas official told worshippers at a Gaza City mosque that the coastal strip which the Islamists have ruled for more than eight months was facing war.
"Gaza today faces a real war, a crazy war led by the enemy against our people," said Ismail Haniya, the premier in a Hamas-led government which Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas fired after Hamas seized control of Gaza.
Haniya lashed out at the US administration, which he claimed backs the Israeli attacks by portraying them as "legitimate self-defence." He also accused the Arab world of "encouraging the Israeli aggression" through its silence.
Abbas meanwhile expressed concern at what he called the "dangers of an Israeli escalation" in the Gaza Strip, his office said in a statement received by AFP.
He urged Israel to cease its attacks on the territory and also called on Palestinian militants to stop rocket attacks on Israel.
"It is in the interest of the Palestinian people not to give Israel any pretext to continue its aggression," Abbas said.
The 57-member Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) also condemned the Israeli raids and urged the United Nations to rein in the Jewish state.
But Israeli Deputy Defence Minister Matan Vilnai warned his country "will not shy away from any action" to halt the near-daily rocket fire from Gaza.
"By intensifying the rocket fire and extending their reach they are bringing onto themselves a worse catastrophe as we will use all means to defend ourselves," Vilnai told army radio.
Vilnais spokesman took strong exception to media reports that quoted the minister calling for a "Holocaust" in Gaza. "The minister used the Hebrew term shoah which means catastrophe and in this context does not refer to the the Shoah -- the Holocaust," said Eytan Guinsburg.
Defence Minister Ehud Barak said earlier Israel was considering the possibility of launching a widescale ground operation in Gaza.
Israel says its strikes target rocket-launching sites. Gaza militants have fired more 125 rockets at Israel since Wednesday, according to the Israeli army.
The attacks from Gaza injured a handful of people and killed a civilian who became the first Israeli to die since May as a result of the near-daily rocket fire.
The violence has overshadowed the Israeli-Palestinian peace process which was revived at a US-hosted conference in late November but has made little progress since.
The latest escalation around Gaza flared early on Wednesday when an Israeli strike killed five Hamas militants in the southern town of Khan Yunis. In retaliation, the Islamists launched a barrage of rockets into southern Israel.
Several of the rockets hit the coastal city of Ashkelon, raising fears inside Israel that Gaza militants are receiving longer-range projectiles and fuelling calls for a ground operation.
A five-month incursion in 2006 -- conducted after Gaza militants seized an Israeli soldier in a cross-border raid -- killed several hundred Palestinians but failed to stop the rocket fire.
The chief of Israels left-wing Meretz party, Yossi Beilin, said Hamas had offered a truce around Gaza over the past two weeks but the overtures had been rejected by the Israeli leadership, which brands the movement a terror outfit.
Source:news.theage.com.au/thousands-of-gazans-pr otest-over-deadly-israeli -raids/20080301-1w3r.html
Mirrorâs Edge Preview (Xbox 360)
02.29.08 (10:46 pm) [edit]
DICE has always been known as a pot stirrer, but we weren’t quite prepared for just how avant-garde the developer is going with Mirror’s Edge. EA wouldn’t want it any other way of course, but it did take us back during GDC 2008.
Electronic Arts held a slick GDC 2008 party to showcase Mirror’s Edge, which was interesting enough to make the dungeon-full of journalists forget about their tapas and Tom Collins for a few. The first person view was familiar enough, but the lack of pistol, SMG or bazooka in the hands of the hero (in Mirror’s Edge’s case, the heroine) took a bit to get used to.
From what we know of Mirror’s Edge so far, the lead character known as Faith has no “super” powers per se, but definitely wields the athletic prowess of earthly comic book leads such as Batman or the Black Panther. Or, in the real world, Faith could be mistaken for wielding the power of parkour– that crazy French urban gymnastics routine for those not afraid of heights; it crops up in Nike commercials every now and then. So is Mirror’s Edge really an urban acrobat sim running at altitude? In certain ways–yes–but DICE made sure to throw in some good ol’ king-fu for good measure.
The GDC demo of Mirror’s Edge didn’t get too far into the back-story of exactly why Faith is jumping from rooftop to rooftop, or why the police are spewing lead in her direction. We did, however, learn that the agile badass has been instructed by a male team member to hand off a messenger tube of lord-knows-what to another parkour princess; like they were both involved in some kind of aerial 4x100 relay event.
What the demo lacked in plot set-up, it more than made up for it with a thorough run-through of the gameplay mechanics. It was skillfully illustrated that a user can pretty much successfully perform any leap worked into the mission objective, as long as enough foot speed was generated beforehand. Obviously accelerating by foot can be done by simply getting a bigger running start before launching off of a platform or hurtling over a wall, but it was the combo system developed for Mirror’s Edge that left us wanting a build of this interesting title, stat. Just as parkour appears as an aggressive form of ballet when executed with precision, Faith will gain cat-like speed when maneuvers are gracefully parlayed together into one flowing event. If done properly, the result is like an entire gymnast floor routine set on the building tops of a beautiful, sprawling city. Make no mistake about it: this is as close to parkour fanatics will EVER get to a video game honoring their beloved
activity. The combat adds additional edge, however, mainly due to its hand-to-hand nature. Faith knows kung-fu and she knows it well as demonstrated when a few snaps and roundhouses landed squarely on five-o. We’re guessing there will be anxious moments where combat cannot be avoided with a clever leap, just to keep the gameplay a bit fresh through the intermingling of flight-and-flight.
Keeping Mirror’s Edge from being a sports title is the fact that your character won’t be leaping for score or be pitted against other agile gymnasts for a gold medallion. DICE wanted to keep the intrigue factor high in Mirror’s Edge, so expect each jump, hurdle and flip to be for a very good purpose; like keeping Faith alive. On more than a few occasions the mobile heroine was being pursued by law enforcement with less mobility but more firepower. The only way to keep from catching a bullet is to keep Faith on the run, which means users will need to rely on fast-twitch gaming skills, puzzle solving abilities and just plain intuition. Helping out in the puzzle solving and decision making areas of staying alive are red highlighted environmental objects. Objects can range from a platform or a railing to a sheer building face or even a helicopter skid. Once you see red, you’ll know it’s time to act; this is where general game skill and decisiveness will pay big dividends.
DICE does hold your hand a bit with the color markers, but putting the puzzle pieces together and actually executing the Prince of Persia-like acrobatic sequences is what will separate the women from the girls in Mirror’s Edge.
Mirror’s Edge is already looking great from both a visual and gameplay standpoint. Stay tuned for a full hands-on preview of DICE’s latest princess.
Source:previews.teamxbox.com/xbox-360/1889/Mirrors -Edge/p1/
The saddest men on the planet
02.29.08 (10:40 pm) [edit]
The boxing ring really is no country for old men.
There are no Oscars awaiting Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield should they continue with their mad idea to fight a third time. Just a grim ending; two shot fighters making fools of themselves and the sport.
It is a sad reflection on the heavyweight division that a match of this sort is even considered.
This is the market we are in. Last week Wladimir Klitschko and Sultan Ibragimov anaesthetised the Madison Square Garden crowd over 12 uneventful rounds.
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You cant sell that. Next week Oleg Maskaev and Samuel Peter battle for world heavyweight supremacy. I bet the tickets are flying out.
Regrettably, there would be huge interest in Tyson-Holyfield III. Until the bell rings. After that it would be an embarrassment. Who suffers? Boxing.
That is the real disaster.
Tyson was Hollywood, the box office machine that kept the heavyweight flame alive after Muhammad Ali.
You couldnt take your eyes off him 20 years ago. Now you have to look away.
The same applies to Holyfield for different reasons. Holyfield thinks he is a young guy. He has forgotten that he is, in boxing terms, an old man.
He is deluding himself, but at least he will be in shape.
Tyson admitted his heart had gone out of the fight game long ago. He cant even get into shape.
For his last appearance against Kevin McBride in June 2005 his old friend and trainer Jeff Fenech had to start by doing 30-second rounds in the gym.
Thats how poor a condition Tyson was in. Tyson lost in the sixth to an opponent who would not have got near him in his pomp. His pomp was 20 years ago. Frightening. He is as big as a house, old and fat.
I know that he has a thing about Holyfield. He resents those defeats in 1996 and 97. He hates the fact he quit by biting Holyfields ear.
But that is not sufficient motivation to get Tyson into shape. Holyfield, we know, is different. He will still look great when he is 60 years old. He is not, however, fit to box. He should have quit a decade ago.
In an interview in GQ magazine this month, Lennox Lewis speaks about the offers he has had to make a comeback.
Lewis says he might consider taking off his pyjamas were the numbers to hit Û50million. In other words there is no chance of him fighting again. You have to applaud that.
This week our youngsters have been out in Pescara on Italys Adriatic Coast seeking qualification for the Beijing Olympics.
That is the future, young men doing themselves and their sport proud.
Britain already has four boxers through to China, led by Frankie Gavin, who won gold at lightweight in the World Amateur Championships in Chicago last October.
Maybe Tyson and Holyfield should tune in to watch the finals today. It might serve as a reminder of what they used to be.
Holyfield took light-heavyweight bronze at Los Angeles in 1984. A proud moment. Not a word you would associate with this latest venture.
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Source:www.mirror.co.uk/sport/boxing/2008/03/0 1/the-saddest-men-on-the- planet-89520-20336348/nb sp;
Economic worries push markets lower for week
02.29.08 (10:33 pm) [edit]
NEW YORK - Stocks fell sharply Friday after a series of depressing economic and corporate reports as well as high oil prices stoked concerns about the health of the economy. The major stock indexes fell more than 2.5 percent and the Dow Jones industrials lost 315.79 points.
Investors were unnerved by disappointing quarterly results from American International Group Inc. and Dell Inc.
Oil prices continued to stir concern about inflation after pushing past $103 per barrel for the first time.
While stocks made sharp gains in the first three days this week even amid somewhat lackluster economic readings, the litany of concerns investors succumbed to Friday reflected the undercurrent of uncertainty that has kept Wall Street on edge for months.
"We really had to face a plethora of negative news," said Art Hogan, chief market strategist at Jefferies Co. in Boston. "We just ran out of gas this week."
Hogan said while stocks held up admirably early in the week amid an uneven flow of economic news, they couldnt hold their gains after the latest round of weak economic signals.
The Dow fell 315.79, or 2.51 percent, to 12,266.39.
Broader stock indicators also tumbled. The Standard Poors 500 index lost 37.05, or 2.71 percent, to 1,330.63, and the Nasdaq composite index declined 60.09, or 2.58 percent, to 2,271.48.
For the week, the Dow lost 0.93 percent, while the SP 500 gave up 1.66 percent and the Nasdaq fell 1.38 percent.
Fridays losses sent stocks lower for February, the fourth straight month of declines.
Light, sweet crude jumped to a record of $103.05 in early electronic trading before settling down 75 cents at $101.84 a barrel on New York Mercantile Exchange.
Insurer AIG announced a $5.29-billion quarterly loss largely because of steep declines in the value of a portfolio of contracts known as credit default swaps. Such contracts pledge to cover missed payments on debt.
Computer maker Dell posted a 6 percent decline in its quarterly profit, falling below analysts expectations, and warned its business could suffer from reduced customer spending.
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