Riza's Technology Room

SHANGHAI, Akhir tahun ini, Friendster dikabarkan akan dijual ke investor dari Asia. Layanan jejaring sosial tersebut memang tak lagi mencorong di negara asalnya di AS dan lebih diminati pengguna di Asia.

Hampir setengah dari pengguna Friendster, yang mencapai 100 juta, berasal dari Asia. Di tempat asalnya AS popularitasnya digeser layanan jejaring sosial lainnya seperti Facebook dan MySpace meski datang lebih dulu.

"Kami sudah sampai pada titik untuk menegosiasikan hal tersebut," ujar Richard Kimber, chief executive Friendster seperti dilansir Reuters, Kamis (3/12). Ia mengatakan pihaknya menyewa Morgan Stanley untuk menangani proses negosiasi tersebut.

Menurut sumber, di antara calon pembeli yang cukup kuat peluangnya antara lain Tencent Holdings, perusahaan internet terbesar di China yang nilai bisnisnya mencapai 25 miliar dollar AS. Facebook dikabarkan juga tertarik namun menarik tawarannya karena terganjal masalah hak cipta dan persaingan yang ketat.

Nilai penjualannya diperkirakan tak kurang dari 100 juta dollar AS. Padahal estimasi nilai bisnis Friendster sendiri pada Juli lalu bernilai sampai 210 juta dollar AS menurut laporan di blog industri TechCrunch.

Enam tahun lalu, Friendster dikabarkan juga pernah ditawar Google. Namun, nilai penawarannya hanya 30 juta dollar AS. Google sendiri akhirnya membuat layanan jejaring sosial sendiri dengan nama Orkut namun tak sepopuler layanan lainnya.

Sumber: www.kompas.com

DETIKPOS.net - Tanda-tanda orang bunuh diri bisa ditelusuri via internet. Para periset di Victoria University, Selandia Baru, pun menciptakan sebuah software yang bisa mengendus apakah seseorang berpotensi bunuh diri atau tidak.

Periset Tiong-Thye Goh dan asistennya Yen-Pei Huang, membuat program penganalisis kata-kata atau frase mencurigakan di situs jejaring seperti Facebook, Bebo, atau MySpace.

Dr Goh memaparkan, tingginya frekuensi kalimat seperti 'Aku tak mau hidup lagi' atau 'aku ingin membunuh orang' mengindikasikan orang itu depresi, berniat bunuh diri atau mencelakakan orang lain. Ide software ini tercetus ketika ada pembunuh di Amerika Serikat yang memposting pesan peringatan sebelum membunuh.


Otoritas Selandia Baru sendiri diperingatkan tentang potensi bunuh diri kaum remaja via situs jejaring sosial. Ini setelah di Inggris, ada kasus grup di situs Bebo bertajuk Suicide Girls yang mengagungkan bunuh diri.

Dengan sampel 15.000 user usia 15-24 tahun dari Selandia Baru, Australia dan Inggris, para periset mengidentifikasi 0,3 persen di antara mereka berkategori risiko tinggi bunuh diri.

Dr Goh berniat melanjutkan riset dengan kemungkinan seperti mengirim pesan pada mereka yang sekiranya butuh bantuan. Meski sambutannya baik, software ini juga mendapat kritik, di antaranya dari Martin Cocker selaku direktur eksekutif dari lembaga keamanan internet Nesafe.

Ia menilai software itu bisa jadi tool berguna, namun tingginya volume konten yang diupload user tiap hari membuat pemantauan terasa sulit.

Sedangkan dari pihak situs jejaring sebenarnya sudah coba meminimalisir kasus bunuh diri. Juru bicara MySpace menyatakan, mereka juga mencari kata yang mungkin berhubungan dengan upaya bunuh diri. (detik)

Making use of a WoW raid and instance guide really got me out of a jam. Apparently, when you reach the level cap in World of Warcraft, no one will take you in any raids if you don't haven't been there yet and got an achievement that proves that. So, in order to do a raid, you must've done it before, but no one will take you if you haven't done it, see where I'm going with this?


It's like that with whatever you want to do or where ever you want to attend to, no one takes you anywhere if you haven't done it already. I'm sure all of you asked yourself something like: "How am I supposed to do it if no one takes me!?!". It's tough, I know, your only hope at this point is your friends, if you made any. if you haven't, then you can always pay a guild to take you along, but wait, you just reached the level cap, so you don't have any money. As you can see, it's like a vicious circle, luckily there is something you can do to get things moving without having to farm for money or beg anyone, try using a WoW raid and instance guide.


I have used a WoW raid and instance guide and it certainly proved useful to me. In fact, without one there wasn't any hope for me to get into any raids. There were friends who were in the same predicament as I was and they too have turned to a raid and instance guide to know what to do in every encounter and even lead their own raids. I then came to see how important it is to own such a guide. You wont need anything else, no more begging for groups, no more screwing up when in an instance and especially no more waiting for someone to be kind enough to take you along. Having a WoW raid and instance guide will enable anyone to get familiar with every instance out there, know all the tricks and tactics they need to in order to complete them. With a little bit of practice, they too can lead any raid with ease.

Most people say that in order to be good in a raid, you need gear, experience, good players around you, and maybe a bit of luck. Well I say that all anyone needs is a WoW raid and instance guide. Gear is useful when the player doesn't know what to do, it just buys him more time. Experience can be gained in a couple of runs, not in years. Knowing exactly what to do will help you instruct the others around you by telling them the tactics any encounter involves, so you will have good players around you. And as for luck, there's no such thing in World of Warcraft. The game is very calculated, some say it is even a science. To be able to execute a raid with pin point accuracy, all you will ever need is a WoW raid and instance guide.

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Many of my friends say that I am obsessed with techniques on how I can speed up my PC.

Whether I’m doing some work with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe InDesign all running at the same time, or whether I’m playing Gears of War while World of Warcraft in windowed mode is minimized, I always want my PC to perform as fast as possible. Yes, I am a speed junkie. I easily get frustrated with the slightest hint of a load time.

Hence, I am always on the lookout for ways to speed up my PC.

Here are 5 such methods that I use to speed up my PC and to ensure that it will always run at optimum performance with very minimal hiccups.

Speed Up My PC, Technique No. 1: Download The Latest Drivers

The physical components of your PC stay the same, unless you remove and replace them. But the software they run? They constantly change. The programs sold today will fall pale in comparison with the programs that will be made available next week. The websites we visit will evolve based on the internet technology that will be introduced.

And how are our systems supposed to cope up?

When I want to speed up my PC, the first thing I do is to download the latest drivers for the physical components of my rig. Graphic card, motherboard, modem… you name it, I download it! I make sure that nothing but the latest driver is installed in my system.

Speed Up My PC, Technique No. 2: Keep Your Registry Squeaky Clean

Does it take forever to boot up your system? Chances are, your registry is bogged down by useless leftover files from the programs you have installed, even if you have already uninstalled them.

Whenever I want to speed up my PC, I open my favorite registry cleaner to scan my system for some redundant, and sometimes harmful, leftover files. Then I let it do its thing, deleting the non-essential files whenever it could.

Reg cleaners really help speed up my PC, and there is no reason why they can’t help you speed up yours.

Speed Up My PC, Technique No. 3: Your System May Have Been Infected By Spyware And/Or Adware

Sometimes, slow boot up time and slow processing speed are caused by the infestation of spyware and/or adware in your system. Spyware and adware are forms of malware that surreptitiously find their way into your PC, often through the websites you visit or the email attachments you open.

If I am infected by spyware and/or adware and I want to speed up my PC, I simply open my most trusted spyware remover – Search & Destroy – a free utility that is powerful enough to wipe out all the known spyware and adware variations today.

Speed Up My PC, Technique No. 4: Scan For Viruses And Kill Them

Slow PCs may also be caused by viruses, the most popular of which are Trojans – wicked programs that keep hammering our systems their evil deeds.

There is only one way to determine the existence of a virus in your system, that is, by running a complete diagnostic scan using an anti-virus software. The best anti-virus software I can recommend is AVG, a free, open source program that is regularly updated with the latest virus descriptions which allows the program to run a really comprehensive examination of your system.

Thereafter, the anti-virus program will eliminate the threat and I’d be able to speed up my PC with no hassle at all.

Speed Up My PC, Technique No. 5: Defragment Regularly

One of the really under-appreciated features of a Windows-based PC is the Disk Defragmenter. Basically, the Disk Defragmenter will eliminate useless and redundant files in your entire system, not just your registry.

I swear to God, defragmenting your disk is THE best way to speed up my PC. Defragmenting may take a couple of hours or more, but the end result is very much worth it.

To access the Disk Defragmenter, go to START, then ALL PROGRAMS, then ACCESSORIES, then SYSTEM TOOLS, and voila! You’d be able to speed up your PC as efficiently as I can speed up my PC!
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