Online game producers in Indonesia, PT Lyto Datarindo Fortuna latest attempt to introduce a product called Crazy Kart. Online racing game is packed in a cartoon format that will test dexterity in driving (arcade).

Crazy Kart previously produced by the manufacturer Shanda Chinese origin have been introduced in China, Hongkong, India. Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.

This racing game designed with local content and more as entertainment and can be played by anyone because the rules are very simple.

You can select the type of car from the sedan, jeep, truck, to a F1 car in which every character has a different race.

Planned to start this game can be enjoyed in April 2009 later. Players will be able to compete with many other players to become the fastest.

If you want to try this game online so you can see on the site Crazykart.

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Lenovo and vendor Blackberry smart phone, Research In Motion (Rim) will work together to promote the new Lenovo mobile solutions through a strong integration between the ThinkPad laptop, Lenovo and BlackBerry smartphone.

"With the increasing number of professionals who have high mobility on the BlackBerry smartphone and ThinkPad laptops, we see that a better integration between the two devices is a requirement," said the CEO of Lenovo, Yang Yuanqing in a press release received by Antara in Jakarta on Monday.

Meanwhile, Co-CEO of Research In Motion, Jim Balsillie said Lenovo adds significant value to customers with Blackberry integration is more robust and seamless between the ThinkPad laptop and a BlackBerry smartphone.

"By using the push-based connectivity in the industry on the BlackBerry solution, Lenovo Constant Connect will facilitate the synchronization of email and the laptop provides a better flexibility for professionals who have high mobility to manage their email while on duty outside the office," said Jim.

Utilizing the benefits and capabilities of R & D, Lenovo laptop in the field of global expertise to the rim in the field of smart mobile phone solutions and wireless, Lenovo plans to develop and bring products and technology solutions in the industry that can help the professionals do their jobs more effectively, although on duty in the office.

Lenovo Constant Connect, is the first solution that Lenovo will be developed utilizing the strength of the solution and the BlackBerry solution for the Lenovo ThinkPad laptop to bring the best in terms of flexibility, access to real-time email-based company.

Lenovo Constant Connect will enable the company received email users using the BlackBerry smartphone and automatically synchronized to the laptop via Bluetooth ThinkPad users, even when not on ThinkPad laptop, without the user doing anything.

Level of integration and the availability of these significantly increase the ease of access to email on the laptop from the Lenovo ThinkPad smarthone BlackBerry wherever located.

In addition to the flexibility and the best comfort, it also can reduce the cost of using the Wi-Fi laptop. Increased significantly in the level of integration and availability of Lenovo Constant expected Connect will be available from Lenovo business partners and in the second quarter 2009 in the United States, and launched to the market throughout the world end in 2009.

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Utones is an application that works on mobile phone with a GSM-based Mobile Content Delivery specialization.

Customers who see the ad will be paid when using this application. Utones can bring in mobile multimedia ad.

According Dendi Pratama, Head of Marketing Division of PT Mobile Communication Creative Indonesia said that this technology is new and first time in Indonesia, even in the Asia Pacific region.

In Utones applications, not only the advertiser who will only benefit customers but that is a consumer ads will gain 50 points on the GPRS and the compensation that is used as 50 points.

Points equivalent to a Rp 1. Total Rp 100 we provide for customers. Points will be collected in the wallet, the menu can be accessed in Utones. And customers can directly exchange with credit or other content such as ringtone, wallpaper or other, "he said.

With the concept of win-win solution, Utones profit sharing between advertisers, customers and agents Utones distribution.

For advertisers, plus Dendi, the media will get the ad with the target market is segmented according to product characteristics. Mobile phone users will get compensation for every ad viewed and the agency will be to get compensation from ads viewed by users who registered through these agents.

"No campaign is useless because it is not the right target. Advertisers will be directed to a specific customer. The customer will receive compensation each time you see the ad. Agents will also get hit. Overall fortunately," said Dendi.

However, this application has not been able to install in all types of phones that circulate in the market. Utones new mobile phone can be installed in the symbian operating system. Meanwhile, the next development is to support the Windows Mobile system.

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United States President Barack Obama finally allowed by the protocol of the palace to keep the BlackBerry. However, President will use this history BlackBerry with special security. According to the magazine The Atlantic, Obama used a BlackBerry is BlackBerry standard encryption security with the super special developed by the National Security Agency. This is to ensure security.

With few exceptions, government Blackberries aren't designed for encryption that protects messages above the "SECRET" status, so it's not clear whether Obama is getting something new and special. The exception: the Sectera Edge from General Dynamics, which allows for TOP SECRET voice conversations.

Perhaps the NSA and US telecommunications companies have created a special, more secure digital pathway for Obama's messages to travel on, one that would resist the inevitable penetration attempts by foreign governments.

"However, I will think twice before push the button 'send'. So if my email is finally falling to CNN and not the problem," said Obama. His Hobby, on the BlackBerry are troubled palace protocol. There are many reason. First, letters electronic Obama later this must be opened to the public after Obama not become president again. Palace protocol is concerned, there is a letter that the secret in the open.

Second, while campaigning, for example, Obama got a BlackBerry fall. Obama to take. This enables security officers to be bothered. Top reasons for that is the palace protocol his BlackBerry ask Obama spell. Previous president, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton never even use email for communication.

This is different with Obama that is "addicted" BlackBerry. Previously, before Obama becomes president often until early morning at 02.00 still reply to messages. In fact, shortly before the inauguration, he still sends a message to the social networking site Twitter. "All this because you terwuju."

Yesterday, Washington finally decided that Obama could use a BlackBerry. "I've won the race (a matter of BlackBerry)," Obama said at the White House briefing room. According to Robert Gibbs, White House spokesman, BlackBerry that will be used only to connect with staff, senior staff and that a small group of trusted friends. "It's only for a small group of people," said Gibbs.

For Obama, the output device Research in Motion of Canada is an effective means of communication. "With this tool one can reach me. If I take a foolish action, someone in Chicago can reprimand me, 'what are you doing?" directly, "he said. See info the new Blackberry.

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Google Inc on Wednesday unveiled a plan aimed at eventually letting computer users determine whether providers like Comcast Corp are inappropriately blocking or slowing their work online.

The scheme is the latest bid in the debate over network neutrality, which pits content companies like Google against some Internet service providers.

The ISPs say they need to take reasonable steps to manage ever-growing traffic on their networks for the good of all users. Content and applications companies fear the providers have the power to discriminate, favoring some traffic over others.

Google will provide academic researchers with 36 servers in 12 locations in the United States and Europe to analyze data, said its chief Internet guru, Vint Cerf, known as the "father of the Internet."

"When an Internet application doesn't work as expected or your connection seems flaky, how can you tell whether there is a problem caused by your broadband ISP (Internet service provider), the application, your PC (personal computer), or something else?" Cerf wrote in a blog post.

The effort aims to uncover the problem for users, Cerf said. Cerf is widely known for his work for the U.S. government in designing the Internet protocol in the 1970s and 1980s.

In a precedent-setting decision last year, the five-member Federal Communications Commission voted to uphold a complaint accusing Comcast of violating the FCC's open-Internet principles by blocking file-sharing services, such as those that distribute video and television shows.

The case became a flash point in the Net neutrality debate. Comcast is fighting the decision in the courts.

COX MAKES MOVE

In a move likely to fuel further debate, another large cable company, Cox Communications, said on Wednesday it would begin testing a plan to give priority to time-sensitive traffic like Web page views and streaming videos.

Less time-sensitive traffic, such as file uploads and peer-to-peer file sharing, could be delayed under the plan.

Cox said it will not discriminate based on owner or source of traffic.

Still, Net neutrality advocates are wary of such policies.

"The lesson we learned from the Comcast case is that we must be skeptical of any practice that comes between users and the Internet," said Ben Scott, policy director of Free Press, an advocacy group.
Researchers are already using tools to test connection speed and determine if an ISP is blocking or throttling particular applications. Google's effort will allow an expansion of that effort.

"The goal is to let consumers see what's under the hood of their Internet connection," said Sascha Meinrath, a wireless expert at the New America Foundation, a think tank in which Google CEO Eric Schmidt is board chairman. "Right now it's very difficult now to make an informed consumer choice."

Google has a business interest in keeping users' experiences fast and efficient, said Google policy analyst Derek Slater, who reserved further judgment until he could learn more about the new Cox policy.

"Our ability to innovate still depends on end users being able to use their broadband connections to access Google. To the extent that consumers are having problems doing that, that can directly hurt Google."

Source: Reuters

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On the second day after his inauguration, President of the United States (U.S.), Barack Obama visited the U.S. Department of Foreign Affairs. There are interesting events in the first visit to the institute at the cabinet because Obama spoke in Indonesian with an employee in the department.

"When talking with the employee, President Obama, who along with Vice President Joseph Biden, and National Security Advisor General James L Jones, his desires to visit the neighbors ever in Jakarta," the press release the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta received, Friday (23 / 1) night.

Visit to the U.S. department of foreign affairs stressed the government's attention on diplomacy and also mark the first day of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State to-67 in that department. In the visit, he announced a special U.S. envoy to the Middle East, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and provide guidance on the diplomatic front.

President Obama with Hillary Clinton announced Menlu former Senator George Mitchell as a special envoy for the peace process in the Middle East and Ambassador Richard Holbrooke as the most special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. This is a step under the new government's commitment to update it through the leadership of U.S. diplomacy.

"We are confronted by global challenges that extraordinary, related, and complicated," Obama said to the employees of department of foreign affairs. "Progress will not come quickly or easily, we also promise not justify every mistake in the world. But we can promise will be using all elements of American power to protect our citizens and advance the interests and our ideals, starting with the United States who have principles diplomacy, the focus , and sustainable. "

After greeting authorized, President Obama chat and shake hands with the U.S. diplomat. In the middle of the event, Charles Silver, a former Public Affairs Counselors for the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, said in Indonesian, "Selamat siang, Bapak.."

Without hesitate President Obama held, "Terimakasih. Apa Kabar?"

"Baik-baik," answered Silver, and then notify the President that he had served several times in Indonesia.

Then President Obama said, when he visited Indonesia, he would like to visit the neighbors in the long Menteng, Central Jakarta.

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Imlek new year 2560 will fall on January 26 to come. In the H-8, the preparation towards the new year warning that China has begun to shine. This is based on the watchlist detikcom seen in one of the shops in the area of Glodok, West Jakarta, Sunday (18/1/2009). And visitors crowd enthusiasm evident, they are fun and offer select articles for Imlek.

Accessories are offered, among others, candles, incense, fireworks, clothing typical Chinese, cake baskets, and trinkets. In addition to the aroma incense sting, store crowded also in conversations with the Chinese that occurred between the seller and buyer.

"Niau cao se me (to find what)?" a store keeper to a visitor.

"Wayo mae pain sen te se tung (I want to buy equipment prayer)," answered the visitor.

Although the Imlek still more a week, a visitor is already crowded. Even some of the goods have been sold empty. Businesses that this result is quite promising omzet reach Rp 20 million / day.

"Towards the feast day this is indeed a lot of visitors came to buy trinkets Imlek. At this time the goods are almost empty. Week before the feast omzet we reached Rp 20 million / day," said shop owner Ceria Uniq, Elis Susanan.

About the price is vary, depending on the size and quality of goods. For a pair lampion, price range between Rp 25 thousand to Rp 600 thousand. For the dragon accessories ranging between Rp 60 thousand to Rp 600 thousand.

Trinkets that, according to the Elis, has significance for the Chinese community. For example, the symbol of the dragon that triumph, a replica of the orange symbolizes prosperity, and that symbolizes lampion bright or sunny.

While tidy goods, Elis tells about the meaning of the color red dominate the Imlek time. "Red symbolizes happiness. Imlek be celebrated with happiness," he said.

Meanwhile, traders "asongan" also get a blessing before the celebration Imlek. Merchants selling this seasonal goods around the area around Glodok.

"Fair, Rp 300 thousand a day. The more closely with the increased holiday sales," said one trader named Asep asongan.

The crisis affected Impact

The goods sold in shops owned by Elis all come from China. Therefore, when the global economic crisis dash, which has been conducting business for 6 years is also affected.

Importers of Chinese goods that normally send the supply. As a result, the lack of Elis stock goods for sale. In addition, customers who normally buy in the number of lots also dwindle.

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