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if u been hosted by Xisto, just use its php forum.. alot of people use it nowadays, and wuts more, u dont have to install it. just click and click... nice feature

u know what, i dont why i love to play old games, it dont have superb graphic, it sounds like my alarm clock but still it's not boring and sometimes can be very addictive too... i forgot the name of the game but it is not mario but it's teniislove snes

they are having some promotion now. u can have extra dolar now when u buy skype out credit using paypal.. around 2 euros they give me... i have tried skype out recently and when i made a call to malaysia, im having some lagging problem...but pc-to-pc is excellent.. i wonder how he code this little program... very talented!

i dont know whether this is a bad news or not... but ebay have started its acquisition of our friend, Skype...

this is the news from Toms Hardware:

London - Ebay today announced that it will purchase VoIP company Skype in a deal valued between $2.6 and $4.1 billion. The acquisition will allow the online auction leader to access Skype's 54 million users and further diversify its revenue streams with Skype's VoIP services - while free PC-to-PC-based calls will continue to be offered.
The acquisition comes after rumors about a possible deal between the two companies surfaced in the past week and confirms the mainstream appeal of VoIP communications for the business world. According to a statement released on Monday, Ebay intends to integrate Skype into its marketplace and payments platform. "Skype, Ebay and PayPal will create an unparalleled ecommerce and communications engine for buyers and sellers around the world," a statement said.

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Skype, barely two years old, did not come cheap for Ebay. The online auction house pays $2.6 billion in cash and stock - roughly 371 times the revenue Skype achieved in 2004 - plus a performance-based bonus, which could amount to $1.5 billion and will be due in 2008 to 2009 time frame.

"Communications is at the heart of ecommerce and community," said Meg Whitman, President and Chief Executive Officer of eBay. "By combining the two leading ecommerce franchises, eBay and PayPal, with the leader in Internet voice communications, we will create an extraordinarily powerful environment for business on the Net."

According to Ebay, "communications, like payments and shipping, is a critical part" of online shopping processes. The company hopes that Skype will streamline and improve communications between buyers and sellers in its general online auctions - and increase velocity of trade in categories that require more involved communications such as used cars, business and industrial equipment, and high-end collectibles. Ebay indicated that Skype will be a tool to establish pay-per-call communications between sellers and buyers.

Despite the substantial investment, analysts believe that Skype will pay off for Ebay and create the dominating global VoIP provider on the Internet. "The foremost benefit for Ebay clearly is to add a voice client to its services and diversify its revenue with an excellent and strong product," said William Stofega, an analyst with IDC. "Ebay purchased an enormous worldwide brand that comes with a wonderful ecosystem already built. Besides that, the company receives a proprietary technology that does not rely on SIP, but on its own signaling protocols."

Most of Skype's users however are believed to especially use the firm's free PC-to-PC-based voice offering. According to Skype spokeswoman Kelly Larabee, users will be able to use this service free of charge after the acquisition. "We have not altered our commitment to the user," she told Tom's Hardware Guide. "PC-to-PC calls will remain free."

Stofega believes that Ebay is unlikely to make any changes to the way Skype works today. "If Ebay is smart, they will not disrupt the perception of Skype," he said. He believes Ebay could provide Skype more marketing resources and create a more transparent developer community, but otherwise leave today's service unchanged.

According to Ebay, Skype accesses about 54 million members in 225 countries and territories. The service adds approximately 150,000 users a day and is considered the market leader in virtually all countries in which it does business. In North America alone, Skype has more users and serves more voice minutes than any other Internet voice communications provider, Ebay said.

i always love alienware product design(never own it thou) ... it's cool and standing in its own ground... i hope they will address their problem properly. i heard they are having some financial problem as Tom Nesler said from http://www.gripe2ed.com/

My guess at the explanation of this behavior is financial.  I think Alienware intended to honor their high levels of commitment to their customers but they greatly underestimated the cost of a poorly designed PC.  There are probably a lot of frustrated customers out there who are in the same boat and the sheer volume is making the whole warranty program a big money pit.
So what do they do?  Tick off some existing customers who may buy in the future or sell PCs to new customers and try to stay profitable?  With the PC market's profit margins being so thin, there is no room for error.

I remember different auto warranty programs for preventing rust.  A lot of companies died because they underestimated the cost of handling all the requests for rust compensation.

Tom Nesler

i actually dont like laptop coz it is slow even u got the most powerful processor. mine is as below Intel Centrino 2.13 GHz processor, 2 MB L2 Cache 512 MB DDR SDRAM memory 15.4-inch wide WUXGA display ATI Mobility Fire GL 5000 Integrated sound 80 GB hard drive, 5400 RPM 4x DVD+/-RW drive Integrated 802.11a/b/g wireless network card Integrated 10/100/1000 Network Card Integrated 56k modem 1394 Firewire Accidental Damage Protectioni dont know its price cos it is given for free as a part of my study plan.. mayb 1500-1800 usd... even so, it still cant be used to play games as good as midrange desktop... but what to do, at least it is free

hi guys, just wanna share a piece of information.

this is a way u can make money if u have internet... there is a website call studiotraffic where u can make dollars by browsing a series of websites per day... the return is very high... u can have 1% of ur investment perday(but they call it fee not investment)

when u join this program, it will give u $10 account, which means u can have $.1 perday (1%) . so u can get all your money back in 100 days! and have the other 256 days more for profit.... if u pay $1000 now, u can have $300 everymonth after first 3 months(this period is for recovering the fee)

i have joined it for 3 days and would like to invite all of u.

i have pay for $20 membership(for now, thinking to upgrade it to 100 later).



i shouldnt discourage u wif this but, u just invest an amount where u can afford to lose. i know this program can bring a lot of money if u invest all of ur savings. but please think about the risk also

check the website will ya

Studio Traffic

and one way to reduce the risk is to diverse ur investment. this is another autosurf program like studiotraffic. it is 12dailypro, This is a new site wif ever-growing members...this site have a lower risk as u can get back ur investment in every 12 days, not 3 months.. but the downside is, u have to reinvest every 12 days. so what's wrong with that? u have to use processor payment like egold.com or stormpay.com to invest in it. they do charge a fee(around 2-3 %).

check the site: 12dailypro.com

for the last thing, u have to sign up for payment processor. Stormpay is one of it, and it accept credit/debit card to fund ur autosurf account

Stormpay.com

and if u want to ask a question, just leave it here...thanks

oh man... i like him, even he knew there are hundred of thousand people watching him, he still can show his emotion.... mayb he got a fight wif his wife that day

there are a lot of readymade cgi forum around... here some of it.. hope will help ya

http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

haha.. this is the first time i seen a search engine like kartoos. it is like a mind map... nice interface also

yepp.. trillian is good, but i just knew about a program call miranda from another forumer here. a small program wif a lotta functions. u can even download the plugins if there is a new IM in town.btw, i dont know where to find it but mayb googling is a good way to find it...

thanks jedipi, i never heard of miranda before... i will use it after this... but really, i dont like small byte program, it shows that it is simple and dont have many function(mayb miranda is different), but i like the cosmetic value of a program... haha

yeap, ive learn c++ in my uni, and i never heard about C# programming. Mayb C# is useful in certain area of programming but C++ has better advantages and widely adopted in programming world

i dont know, i think the track ball is using much more energy than optical mice.... btw, how to use it, using palm or fingers?

Waa....!!!! it loooks really nice... i wonder how much the price would be. If im in my country(malaysia) im sure i can get it cheaper than any online seller would sell. U know wut, u can get 1gb sony E-407 for USD110... it is very cheap... also, Creative product is also cheap as we are neigbouring wif Singapore, the country where the company come from....

Intel Centrino 2.13 GHz processor, 2 MB L2 Cache 512 MB DDR SDRAM memory 15.4-inch wide WUXGA display ATI Mobility Fire GL 5000 Integrated sound 80 GB hard drive, 5400 RPM 4x DVD+/-RW drive Integrated 802.11a/b/g wireless network card Integrated 10/100/1000 Network Card Integrated 56k modem 1394 Firewire just coomputer? here my laptop spec

hi John, im glad that u r here. Welcome to the forum... haha as if im a senior member...im taking a little bit of ur topic to introduce myself also(too lazy to open a new one).Im from malaysia and studying in Stevens Institute of Technology, in New Jersey. Im just being here for 2 weeks and that duration of time was full of excitement of seeing new friends, places and cool wind(my uni is a very windy place). As im still not used to cool wheather(Malaysia is a tropical country, hot and wet around the year), Fall is just like a winter to me. I wonder how winter would look like.Better buy winter cloth sooner...Im taking Electrical eng and will be graduating in 2009. If someone of forumers want to visit malaysia, juz give me a private message, i will tell u which place is the best place to visit... cheers

hi guys, this is my first post here and i would to discuss about mp3 player. i cant find any other thread that is suitable for me to post this topic. As computer section is the closest match, i think i better put it hereso, everybody has a ipod nowadays. but i really dont like using things that is too common to be cool like ipod. But as u guys know, ipod is standing in its own ground with its quality, design and consumer support.i wonder where is other mp3 player makers hiding with their product? (Rise, rise and fight! never lose to an 'apple') do fellow forumers here use other-than-ipod mp3 player and would like to promote or comment about their player?