Don't upgrade to IE8 just yet

I'm usually not too fussy with internet browsers. Most of the time I use the default Internet Explorer browser on Windows. Just couldn't be bothered too much to use Mozilla, Opera, Chrome or all sorts of other browsers out there. Of course on a Mac I would use Safari, but somehow I just don't fancy the Safari on Windows.

If you are a regular user of IE browser, you might have been tempted to upgrade to Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) as has been widely promoted on the web. Or if you do set your Windows Update on automatic, you might have been alerted to uprgade to IE8 in one of it's regular update.

I suggest you to hold off your thoughts to upgrading to IE8, well at least wait a couple of months or so before you do.

I accidentally updated all my Windows Update packs, including IE8. So after realising that I have done just that, decided to test IE8. Well the experience wasn't really that pleasing. They all said that IE8 would compliment Vista. So let's see.

Firstly, eventhough IE8 do have some nice features, my CPU usage was revving at an all time high! I found out from Task Manager that it was due to Windows Sidebar applications. What?? How can IE8 be messing with Windows Sidebar causing the CPU operate near it's maximum capacity?

After browsing the web, in a lot of forums, it is mentioned that IE8 does have conflicts with Windows Sidebar if the DPI Scale settings is not at the normal 96 count. So since my DPI settings was not at 96, apparently that caused my CPU to really spike. But if I changed it back to 96, then everything would be alright.

But I'm just not used to staring at my screen at 96 DPI scales... it's too tiny. So rather that adjusting, I just reverted back to using IE7.

You can easily uninstall IE8 by going to Control Panel, Program and Features, View Installed Updates, then you just uninstall Windows Explorer 8. You would then need to reboot. You are back to IE7.

Of course none of this problem would arise if one is to use Mozilla/Firefox. So another advantage of not using IE there...

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Celcom XPAX IDD Promotion - don't get conned!

Most of Malaysia's Celcom XPax users are probably aware of the promotion for cheaper IDD calls made by Celcom Xpax. The promotion of these so called "cheap IDD" calls would run through 31 May 2009.

Don't get conned! Tried calling a mobile phone number in the UK & whoomp, I was slapped with the old rate of RM0.88 per minute. According to the published promotion rate, it should've been 50% off, RM0.44 per minute for calls made to a UK mobile phone.

I've emailed to Celcom Customer Service on the inconsistency of their IDD promotion but 3 weeks have passed & still there's no comment or any kind of response from them. At least give me a refund, it may not be millions but it's still money man. But this is typical of the Malaysian Celcom's attribute, they don't really give a rat's ass about their customers. Perhaps in other civilised countries, customers are kings, but that phrase have yet to catch up in Malaysia.

Celcom, reimburse my overcharge call costs or stop publishing false advertisements.

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Mac OS 10.3.9 - Flash 9 (to watch HD video on YouTube)

If you wondered why High Definition (HD) / HQ (High Quality) / high resolution of videos on YouTube, Veoh, DailyMotion or any other video websites could not be played on your Mac, it's probably because you may not have the latest version of Flash.

I still have my iBook G4 running on the OS 10.3.9 (Panther) & could not play certain videos on YouTube. Perform a version check of your Flash here.

Apparently for Mac running OS 10.3.9, the most latest version is Flash Player 9, version

MAC 9,0,159,0. You can find out more about this from this macosxhints.com forum. Just download the Flash package available there & install the correct version for your Mac. Make sure it's the correct version.

I didn't bother uninstalling the previous versions of Mac that was installed on this iBook, but if you got the time to uninstall, then do so. I couldn't be bothered as the iBook is rarely used.

Now you'll be able to watch videos in HD! Neat... Of course it would be better to just upgrade to Leopard or get the most recent Mac / PC.

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