Thursday, November 20, 2008

Gmail: Spice up your inbox with colors and themes

I love the Terminal theme!!! :-)
Thanks for such a great one!


Source: http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/spice-up-your-inbox-with-colors-and.html

Ringgit May Weaken to 3.80 Dollar-Peg Level

Ringgit may weaken by year-end to a level when it was pegged at 3.80 to the dollar, should the central bank desist from intervening.

Global financial turmoil and a domestic power struggle may spur capital flight from the Southeast Asian economy, while a plunge in prices of commodities the country exports, including crude oil and palm oil, will put pressure on the currency to depreciate. The ringgit is Southeast Asia's second-worst performer in the past few months.

Ringgit was fixed at 3.80 per dollar in September 1998, among capital control measures aimed at stemming outflows during the Asian financial crisis. Abdullah scrapped the dollar link in July 2005, within an hour of China's decision to remove its decade-old link to the U.S. currency.


Oil traded below $60 a barrel, 60% lower from a record $147.27 set on July 11. Palm oil prices have slumped from their peak in March. Malaysia is the world's second-largest exporter of the cooking oil. Both the commodities accounted for 14.5% of the exports in the first half of the year.

The weak ringgit will help local companies boost their export earnings, but make import of food products more expensive.

Najib on November 4 cut the 2009 growth forecast to 3.5% from 5.4%. That would be the slowest economic expansion since 2001. The government on the same day unveiled a 7 billion ringgit package to spur growth.

Abdullah said it wasn't yet time to intervene as the currency's decline "has not reached a worrying level."


Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Finally: Apple Online Store, Malaysia



Now we can buy Mac, iPod, and third-party gear directly from Apple at the new Apple Online Store, Malaysia. Free shipping on orders over RM 250. :-)

Friday, November 07, 2008

10 Tech Kings of Cash

1. Hewlett-Packard - Palo Alto, Calif.
Cash and Equivalents: $14.8 billion

2. Apple - Cupertino, Calif.
Cash and Equivalents: $11.9 billion

3. IBM - Armonk, N.Y.
Cash and Equivalents: $9.8 billion

4. Microsoft - Redmond, Wash.
Cash and Equivalents: $9.0 billion

5. Dell - Austin, Texas
Cash and Equivalents: $8.6 billion

6. Oracle - Redwood City, Calif.
Cash and Equivalents: $8.5 billion

7. Google - Mountain View, Calif.
Cash and Equivalents: $8.4 billion

8. EMC - Hopkinton, Mass.
Cash and Equivalents: $5.5 billion

9. Cisco Systems - San Jose, Calif.
Cash and Equivalents: $5.2 billion

10. Intel - Santa Clara, Calif.
Cash and Equivalents: $3.7 billion

Monday, November 03, 2008

Hero - Vettel; Asshole - Glock

At Lap 70, Vettel passed Hamilton and world champion was nearly on Massa hand.

Last lap, Hamilton passed Glock right in the last seconds and world champion was gone for Massa. Damn it... as an F1 driver, Glock can't even hold it for few seconds?!?!