Michael Jackson - the Making of the King of Pop

Born:

August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana

Died:

June 25, 2009 in Los Angeles, California

Overview:

As a young child, Michael Jackson had cultivated stardom as a singer and performer with the Jackson Five before he reached double digits in age. In the '70s he remained a stalwart member of that group, becoming an ever more central figure in its continuing success. And although he began to step out as a solo artist during the '70s, Jackson did not truly become a full-fledged star until the '80s, the decade he personified, defined and ruled so completely.

An Off-the-Wall Transition to Solo Star:

If Thriller was Jackson's magnum opus, then 1979's Off the Wall was certainly a pretty hefty masterpiece in its own right. With this smash hit record, Jackson not only proved he was capable of sustaining his own, independent career; he showed that not even the sky was the limit. "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" is an absolutely exhilarating tune, employing elements of disco with great skill but succeeding much more completely through Jackson's masterful approach to various pop music styles.

Quite a Thrill & Still the Biggest-Selling Album of All Time:

At nearly 60 million albums sold worldwide, Michael Jacksons 1982 masterpiece, Thriller, retains its title as the biggest-selling record of all-time. Those numbers are evidence of the music's continuing popularity but also just how big a hit the album was upon its initial release, during which some two-thirds of these sales occurred. The music from this record was omnipresent from 1982 through 1984, and ultimately the album yielded seven Top Ten pop hits culled from its nine-track total.

With Success Comes Publicity, and then More Publicity:

As the mid-'80s arrived, Jackson had become arguably the biggest star in the world. As such, press paid close attention to his every move, of which there were many. In the wake of Thriller, Jackson ruined his friendship with Paul McCartney when he outbid the former Beatle for control of many of the band's songs. He also famously suffered burns when his hair caught on fire filming a Pepsi commercial. And in 1985, he was a major force in recording the massive "We Are the World" charity single.

Michael Jackson Still Huge Despite Relative Career Decline:

Looking at the sales of Bad, Jackson's follow-up to Thriller released in 1987, it certainly didn't look like his star was on the wane. Nonetheless, despite four No. 1 singles and multi-platinum sales, the album was received more coolly than Thriller. Worse, Jackson increasingly got noticed less for his music and more for his drastically changing appearance or outlandish rumors that he tried to buy the Elephant Man's bones. Around this time Jackson's disparaging nickname, Wacko Jacko, surfaced.

The '90s and Beyond - More Controversy, Legal Troubles & Reduced Relevance:

Jackson entered the '90s as the biggest pop star in the world, but his life, at least publicly, had become quite a circus. He seemed to spend a lot of time at his Neverland ranch, often entertaining children there and sometimes inviting them to sleep over. In 1993 he was accused of child molestation, a case the singer eventually settled. A highly scrutinized marriage to Lisa Marie Presley followed. Then more sexual abuse charges surfaced in 2003, resulting in a notorious trial and acquittal in 2005.

Shocking Death & The Still-Emerging Michael Jackson Legacy:

Though Michael Jackson has been known for pretty much anything and everything under the sun besides music for the past 15 years or so, his accomplishments during the '80s will always remain some of the most impressive in music history. For better or worse, Jackson came to define what it meant to be a star in the modern world, and it can certainly never be said that his public life has ever been boring. That statement remained eerily true all the way up to Jackson's unexpected death on June 25, 2009 in Los Angeles, where he had been preparing for a series of comeback concerts set to begin in London in July 2009.

Sony Ericsson G900 Mobile Phone Review

The Sony Ericsson G900 we have here comes in Dark Red color with black borders surrounding the 2.4” touch screen. The buttons are raised and easy-to-press even for larger-sized fingers. Turning the phone around will reveal the 5.0 megapixel camera at the top right, together with an LED light used as the flash. The stylus is stored on the top left corner of the phone. We found that the stylus was too short for our liking. However, the G900 is finger friendly, so you can alternatively scroll and select using your fingers.

This phone is based on Symbian’s OS 9.1 and the UIQ 3.0 interface. Basically, it’s like the interfaced found on the P1i that was released a while back. As there are not many UIQ3 devices around in the market today, be ready so spend a little bit more time to get accustomed with the phone’s interface. That’s unless you’re familiar with the P1i already.

The phone, being targeted at business users, comes with a host of office applications such as Quickoffice and a business card scanner. It also supports Exchange ActiveSync so your office mails will be with you all the time.

The 5.0 megapixel camera’s quality is slightly poorer compared to the C902. To be fair to the G900, the C902 was a Cybershot phone so its camera function was probably enhanced. Despite the quality, there are a few nifty functions to the camera. Users can now touch on the screen to focus on a particular area instead of letting the phone do it. There is also an Image Stabilizer feature that smartly prevents blurry pictures taken by shaky hands.

The phone’s memory can be expanded using Sony’s Memory Stick Micro (M2). Although the card is hot swappable, you’ll still need to open up the battery cover to do it.

The Sony Ericsson G900 phone is great for busy business minded folks frequently on the go. The office applications within has its perks. The stylus was a tad too short, but thankfully the screen’s finger friendly. This also leads to the camera’s cool touch focus feature although we do feel the camera itself could have performed better.

Pros: Finger friendly operation, touch focus, a host of business applications

Cons: Short stylus

Sony Ericsson G900 Specifications:

Frequency: GSM, UMTS

Screen: 2.4” (262 Colors, 240 x 320)

Connectivity: Bluetooth, USB2.0, Wi-Fi

Others: 5.0 megapixel camera with Auto Focus, M2 MemoryStick card slot

Dimensions: 106 x 49 x 13 mm

Weight: 99g

Sumber : http://hardwaretechreview.com

LG Arena KM900 Mobile Phone Review

LG is one of the first few mobile phone manufacturers to use capacitive touch sensitive screens and since then, no one looked at touch screen devices in the same way. The LG Arena we have today was launched recently and our review unit came in silver. Wrapped around the 3 inch screen is a chrome frame, giving the Arena a more classic touch. The phone felt a little plasticky in our hand though. There are three touch sensitive buttons below the screen, namely call, end and shortcut keys.

The most interesting part of the phone is LG’s new Cube interface. We’ve seen the interface before in the Prada 2 but that was only either black or white. This time, it’s in a full color and boy it was nice! There are four menus to choose from, Shortcut, Widget, Contacts and Multimedia. By splitting everything into these screens, LG managed to cramp more stuff into the menu yet making it look simple enough to use.

Like all LG higher end mobile devices, the LG Arena is equipped with Schneider Kreuznach optics with a 5.0 megapixel sensor. The camera features were good and it lets you manually configure ISO values, focusing type and more. Picture quality was excellent but the single LED flash light wasn’t really good at lighting up dark areas.

The inch WVGA display is also one of the better ones we’ve used. It’s 480 x 800 resolution was really good for videos and photos. Speaking about photos, you will be able to zoom in and out using the pinching gesture. However, it’s not as smooth as the phone from a certain “fruity” brand. Despite saying that, it is still a huge improvement in terms of multi gesture device.

The Arena has a whopping 8GB internal storage with 2GB NAND Flash and 1GB of RAM. That’s more than enough for an average user. You can also add more storage via its microSD card slot located above the battery as well.

The LG Arena is a great phone with superb display as well as huge storage. The 5.0 megapixel camera with Schneider Kreuznach optics takes great photos as well. If only it uses less plastic, and we suggest you have feel of it before deciding.

Pros : Nice display, Huge internal storage

Cons : A little plasticky

LG Arena KM900 Specifications :

Network Support : 3G, HSDPA, GSM, EDGE

Connectivity : Bluetooth, USB 2.0, Wi-Fi

Others : 5 megapixel camera with Schneider Kreuznach optics, A-GPS

Dimensions : 105.9 x 55.3 x 11.95mm

Sumber : http://hardwaretechreview.com

How to identify relabeled Kingston memory chips

The following chips can be found on Kingston DDR-RAM DDR 333, 400 modules.
For more information on which modules you can find these chips follow this link.

D328DW-50 = Winbond BH-5
D328DW-60 = Winbond BH-6

D328DW-45


Before 0318 BH-5

In 0319 BH-5/CH-5

After 0319 CH-5



Same Chips, but less legs than the genuine Winbond Chips?

Kingston's relabeled BH-5 / BH-6 and CH-5 chips (D328DW - 45, 50, 60) have twelve legs less than the orginal BH-5/BH-6 and CH-5 chips.

Those chips that Kingston used are custom made by Winbond.

Orginal Winbond BH-5 / BH-6 and CH-5 chips have 17 dummy (no connection) legs. Kingston wanted chips without most of them. (less traces, cheaper PCB), and Winbond made custom chips for Kingston. Winbond removed twelve legs from the original chip and used a different pin out. They still left five dummy legs on those custom chips, because they wanted an even amount of legs on each side of the chip.


Not connected legs in original BH-5 / BH-6 and CH-5 chips are:

4, 7, 10, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 25, 43, 50, 53, 54, 57, 60, 63.

Those custom chips are also the reason why Kingston still has "some" certain sticks with BH-5/BH-6 chips on their shelves.

Sumber : http://www.techpowerup.com

Scythe Announces Kamariki 4 Series Power Supplies

Scythe Europe hereby officially announces the supply of the in-house developed Kamariki 4 Power Supply series. The early stage production samples were first displayed at this year’s CeBit in Hannover, Germany and gathered a lot of attention of visitors and press representatives.

The Kamariki series is entering the next level as the 4th version and is now available for the worldwide market. In Japan, Scythe is one of the market-leading brands for High-End Power Supplies and Cooling Components for many years where the essential experience and know-how is coming in which were gathered successfully over these years. Kamariki 4 PSU is available in a Plug-in (modular) version with detachable power cables for more convenience and also available in a standard version with non-detachable power cables. For better usability, 45 to 55 cm long cables are wrapped by robust and flexible mesh. Each version is available in 450, 550, and 650W models. In order to comply with market demands and the GreenIT movement, Scythe Kamariki 4 PSU Series are fully conform to 80Plus Standards (20/50/100% system load).

Original Scythe Kaze Jyu 100 mm fan is used to assure efficient cooling which was already implemented in successful CPU Cooler, such as Kama Cross, Mine and Katana 2. In order to achieve the silent operation of the Kamariki 4 PSU, the fan speed was optimized and adjusted to perfection. Even under conditions of full load, the Power Supply keeps a low noise level of 20,7 dBA (450 W), 23 dBA (450 W) 25,6 dBA (650 W). Furthermore it is possible to connect up to 3 case fans to the integrated Intelligent Fan Cable Connecter which will then adjust the fan speed according to the load of the Power Supply, and therefore improve the airflow inside PC Case when it is required.

Scythe Kamariki 4 Power Supplies are available immediately for the following MSRP:

Kamariki 4 450 W Plug-in: 63,00 EUR (excluding VAT) / US$ 85.00 (excluding TAX)
Kamariki 4 550 W Plug-in: 72,00 EUR (excluding VAT) / US$ 97.00 (excluding TAX)
Kamariki 4 650 W Plug-in: 87,00 EUR (excluding VAT) / US$ 117.00 (excluding TAX)
Kamariki 4 450 W: 50,00 EUR (excluding VAT) / US$ 67.50 (excluding TAX)
Kamariki 4 550 W: 63,00 EUR (excluding VAT) / US$ 85.00 (excluding TAX)
Kamariki 4 650 W: 77,00 EUR (excluding VAT) / US$ 105.00 (excluding TAX)

Products' details

Model Name & Model Number:
Kamariki 4 450 W Plug-in Power Supply (KMRK4-P-450A)
Kamariki 4 550 W Plug-in Power Supply (KMRK4-P-550A)
Kamariki 4 650 W Plug-in Power Supply (KMRK4-P-650A)
Kamariki 4 450 W Power Supply (KMRK4-450A)
Kamariki 4 550 W Power Supply (KMRK4-550A)
Kamariki 4 650 W Power Supply (KMRK4-650A)

Dimensions: 150 × 160 × 86 mm / 5.91 × 6.3 × 3.39 in (W×D×H)

Cooling: Scythe Kaze Jyu 100 mm Fan

• max. 1,350 rpm (450 W)
  
• max. 1,500 rpm (550 W)
  
• max. 1,700 rpm (650 W)

Noise Level:
8.4 – 20.7 dBA (450 W)
8.4 – 23.0 dBA (550 W)
9.2 – 25.6 dBA (650 W)

Cable Lengths: 45 – 55 cm Mesh-Type cables

Connectors:
450 W Version: 1 x ATX Main, 1 x EPS 12V, 1 x PCI-Express, 2 Floppy, 6 x Drives (4-pin Molex), 6 x Serial ATA, 3 x Fan

550 W, 650 W Version: 1 x ATX Main, 1 x EPS 12V, 1 x PCI-Express, 2 Floppy, 6 x Drives (4-pin Molex), 8 x Serial ATA, 3 x Fan

Efficiency: 80% at 20/50/100% system load

Protection: Over Current, Over Voltage, Short Circuit

Standards: ATX 12V Version 2.3, EPS 12V

Weight: 2.2 kg / 77.6 oz (w/o accessory)

Sumber :http://www.techpowerup.com

3 Phenom Baru dari AMD

Hari ini AMD memperkenalkan CPU QuadCore Black Edition yang juga dikenal sebagai Phenom X4 9950 Black Edition. Selain itu AMD juga memperkenalkan Phenom X4 9350e dan Phenom X4 9150e.

Khusus untuk Phenom 9950 Black Edition, AMD tidak mengunci multiplier dari CPUs/article dari CPU ini dengan harapan para pecinta overclock akan melirik prosesor yang beroperasi pada clockspeed 2.6GHz dan dibanderol berkisar $235 ini. Konsumsi dayanya juga tidak lebih dari 140 watt seperti yang ditulis di dailytech.com.

Sekarang kita melihat sekilas dua CPU lainnya. Phenom X4 9350e memiliki clockspeed 2.0 GHz dan dijual pada kisaran harga $195 sedangkan Phenom X4 9150e bekerja pada clockspeed 1.8GHz dan dijual pada kisaran harga $175. Kedua prosesor ini mengkonsumsi daya tidak lebih dari 65 watt saat bekerja penuh.

Semua prosesor ini memiliki L1 cache sebesar 64KB per core, L2 cache sebesar 512KB per core dan shared L3 cache sebesar 2MB. Ketiga prosesor ini sudah melalui proses produksi 65nm.

Sumber : DailyTech

5 Ways to Build a Website for Free!

Yes – you can build a decent website for free. I will outline five online tools that will leave you with neither an embarrassing website nor a large bill!

1. Weebly – I do not know how these guys make money. One of the biggest challenges with do-it-yourself websites is the designs. They're usually TERRIBLE. As in, don't touch it with a 10-ft pole terrible. The designs on Weebly are great – provided you want a very simple, clean streamlined website that does not require robust e-commerce. I built a website in literally 15 minutes.

2. Site2You – You still need a hosting company and there's a $59.95 fee after your 7-day trial period, but you can get yourself up and running at no cost for the first seven days. The templates are a mix of great and overly busy. The site is easy to set up. This one took me the full hour, but I ended up with a more professional looking website.

3. freewebs.com – While there is a difference between the free version and the pro versions you can still set up great looking website. In the pro version you have access to lots of features (in future articles we'll help you decide if you actually need any of these features). The free version is completely free – no trial period.

4. Blogger and Wordpress – Two great blogging sites that are totally free. But did you know you can also build regular website using Blogger & Wordpress? These can be great, free tools and you can point your domain name to them so that it doesn't read "yourbusiness.blogger.com"

5. Apple's website building tool - I have been pleasantly surprised by the quality of websites I've seen my students build using Apple's iWeb software. They're clean and simple and with a bit of guidance from a professional about what to include and how to avoid common mistakes you'll be well on your way. Of course, you want to have a Mac computer and you'll get the most mileage from the tool if you have a .mac account or another hosting account. Mac users can consider iWeb a good source for building a simple free website.

With all of the DIY tools remember one thing – your website is only as good as its content. Make sure your content isn't just "descriptive" or leading nowhere. Create content that asks for an action - moving visitors one step closer to being customers.

Tips Menaikkan Rating Blog

Untuk menaikkan rating blog anda, tentu bkn kapasitas saya bwt menjawabnya karna rating blog saya juga biasa aja. tapi anda bisa menanyakannya pada pemilik blog2 dibawah ini karna rating blog mereka cukup bagus:

www.suryaningsih.wordpress.com (hits nya mencapai 1.150.000)

www.mumtazanas.wordpress.com (hits nya mencapai 1.100.000)

www.irvansyaiban.wordpress.com (hits nya mencapai 750.000)

www.abusalma.wordpress.com (hits nya mencapai 700.000)

dan situs yg ratingnya juga bagus:

www.alsofwah.or.id (hits nya mencapai 16.000.000)

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Agar blog anda banyak dikunjungi, ini ada bbrp tips manual:

Salah satu kekuatan blog adalah pada search engine maksudnya jika blog kita mempunyai posisi yang tinggi di search engine seperti google, yahoo, dan msn maka akan banyak orang yang mengunjungi blog kita.

1. Buatlah judul artikel yg menarik, yg populer, yg sedang trend, yg sering dicari orang pake situs pencari (google,dll) sehingga ketika orang2 mengetik kata kunci mereka di google maka akan nyangkut ke blog anda

2. Ingatlah bahwa kekuatan judul itu sangat signifikan, daya tariknya bagi situs pencari sangat besar, karena judul artikel lebih dicari google daripada isi artikel. Pilihlah judul yg populer

3. Muatlah artikel yang banyak dan panjang, yang mengandung sebanyak mungkin kosakata yg sering dicari orang

4. Muatlah artikel dengan berbagai tema yg berbeda, terutama tema2 yg populer yg sering dicari orang di internet

5. Jika isi blog anda hanya berisi curhat pribadi dgn tema yg tidak trend/populer maka bagaimana mungkin google akan sering melacak blog anda? orang2 yg sedang surfing kecil kemungkinan menemukan blog anda. Bayangkanlah apa kata kunci yg digunakan orang sehingga nyangkut ke blog anda jika isi blog anda hanya catatan harian dgn judul yg tidak populer.

6. Jadi, anda juga harus memuat artikel2 yg bisa membuat orang2 yg menggunakan situs pencari nyasar ke blog anda

Sumber : http://echot-private.blogspot.com

VCD Cutter Pro v4.16

When it comes to a great way to make your own DVDs, VCDs, and Videos you don’t have to look any farther than the VCD cutter, oh and did I forget to mention that you don’t even have to have a DVD+R Drive in your computer, now how cool is that? I know you are asking how, but as the name states it makes VCDs. As an author I am finding that making and creating Video clips is an important part of the promotional business. More and more people are turning to videos to sell their products and offer their services online. So what are you waiting for go and out get the VCD Cutter and try it out on your next VCD project.