Gold and Oil market

People are scared off by share market, trust funds. They'll properly go to metal and oil again. I just predict that gold will rise to USD900/ounce and oil will gain back to USD100/barrel again in a short period

Speedy Chrome

All the while I'm a IE user. Especially working in my company. IE is pre-installed in every Windows OS.

However, when I reach my home and switch on my laptop. The browser I prefer is the Mozilla Firefox. Nevertheless, I still run 2 browsers at the same time as I always sign in to 2 gmail accounts. Due to this factor, I can feel the speed different between these 2 browsers. Firefox always at the lead and IE is definitely the slower one.

Yesterday, I managed to free up my time to really sit down, installed, explored and experienced the new browser from Google - Google Chrome after it launched on the second day.

Whoops, guess what I found and the Chrome its really "chroming" my heart. It's loading time its much much faster that I thought. If IE is running, then I would probably said Firefox is leaping. If Firefox is leaping, the Chrome is definitely FYLING!!!

Below is the summarized speed comparison chart I found today from the website on several famous browsers loading the same Java Script.

Amazingly, it proved what I found wasn't wrong at all. Although the Google Chrome is still under Beta stage. The interface is simple yet it's neat and tidy. There's fewer buttons, icons and configurations compared to the Firefox or IE. However, I'm confident enough that they'll improved and add in more and more Google-ing features on top of it. No doubt, I'll definitely replace the IE that I'm using currently with Chrome.

When UMPCs and Handhelds meets?

Did you ever notice that the size of the personal computer is "nanoing"? After the desktop, they came out laptop. Now, they even try to shrink the laptop in terms of size and weight. Hence, Ulta Mobility Personal Computer (UMPC) is born.

While the PCs is shrinking in size, the handheld devices is powering up in performance. The Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) or rather called as Palmtop and the smartphones are gaining their pace to catch up to the performance of their Techno Siblings - The Computers.

Below are the comparisons between the UMPC from Fujitsu and PDA from HTC.

This is the Fujitsu LifeBook U1010, one of the UMPC model out in market. The Specs are as below:
Processor Speed: 800MHz
RAM : 1024 MB
Hard Disk : 40GB
Weight : 0.58kg
Dimension : 171x133x26.5mm


This is the PDA from the HTC called HTC Touch Diamond. It's one of the best PDA in town. The Specs are listed as below:
Processor Speed: 528MHz
RAM : 192 MB
Hard Disk : 4GB
Weight : 0.11kg
Dimension : 102x51x11.3mm

Through the specs comparison above, we can see that the PC is "down sizing" and "keep fitting". Whereas the smartphones/PDA is actually growing to become "smarter" and "faster" then before. The differences is just one is meant for doing your "work chores" and the other is built to "watch over" your husband/wife.

I do believe that not far from today, these 2 devices will meet and come into a single similarity to do your "work" and "watch" over your husband/wife concurrently. I just wonder what they'll name it as its between the laptop and palmtop. Probably the "BUTTOCK" :P