Microsoft on Tuesday said it is delaying the release of Windows XP Service Pack 3 because of a newly uncovered glitch. The software maker said there is a “compatibility issue” between the XP service pack and Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System, a retail chain management program for small and midsize businesses. Microsoft finalized the code for Windows XP SP3 last week and had planned to make it broadly available starting Tuesday. “In order to make sure customers have the best possible experience, we have decided to delay releasing Windows XP SP3 to Windows Update and Microsoft Download Center,” the company said in a statement.

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APABILA Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi menjelaskan beliau masih belum membuat keputusan mengenai umur persaraan baru kakitangan perkhidmatan awam, ramai anak muda terutama yang berbangsa Melayu menarik nafas lega.

Sementara itu, ahli-ahli Kongres Kesatuan Pekerja-Pekerja Dalam Perkhidmatan Awam (CUEPACS) pula tersentak kerana hasrat untuk terus bekerja selepas usia mencecah 56 tahun menjadi kabur.

Orang lama ini perlu memikirkan alternatif lain untuk memastikan dapur rumah terus berasap seperti sebelum ini dan tidak bergantung kepada anak-anak untuk menjana pendapatan tambahan sebagai penjaga cucu-cucu mereka.

Apa pun dilema anak-anak muda dan golongan dewasa ini, hakikatnya, kira-kira 400,000 belia termasuk graduan di negara ini menganggur dan masih tercari-cari kerjaya jangka panjang.

Walaupun ekonomi negara berkembang pesat dan banyak firma akan beroperasi dengan pelaksanaan dasar fiskal negara, fakta semasa menunjukkan peluang pekerjaan di kementerian, jabatan serta agensi kerajaan menjadi buruan dan cita-cita sebahagian belia tempatan terutama lepasan universiti.

Populariti ini turut melibatkan Kursus Perguruan Lepasan Ijazah (KPLI) yang semakin menjadi pilihan di kalangan graduan sebaik sahaja menamatkan pengajian semata-mata kerana peluang untuk merebut peluang pekerjaan di sektor swasta yang tipis.

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1. Download the latest update file from http://rapidshare.com/users/12TMR5
2. Extract to the root of your hard drive or USB drive, or any other folder that you’re comfortable with. Make note of the folder, for eg. C:\nod_upd.
3. Start the Registry Editor and browse to the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ ESET \ Nod \ CurrentVersion \ Modules \ Update \ Settings \ Config000 \ Settings.
4. Under that, find the item named “SelectedServer”. Change its value (default is “AUTOSELECT”) to “FILE:C:/nod_upd/”. Ensure that the path is the one you extracted your files into and that the slashes are forward, UNIX-style ones. Close the Registry Editor.
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This article should satisfy those who might want to build a low power FM transmitter. It is designed to use an input from another sound source (such as a guitar or microphone), and transmits on the commercial FM band – it is actually quite powerful, so make sure that you don’t use it to transmit anything sensitive – it could easily be picked up from several hundred metres away.

The FM band is 88 to 108MHz, and although it is getting fairly crowded nearly everywhere, you should still be able to find a blank spot on the dial.

NOTE: A few people have had trouble with this circuit. The biggest problem is not knowing if it is even oscillating, since the frequency is outside the range of most simple oscilloscopes. See Project 74 for a simple RF probe that will (or should) tell you that you have a useful signal at the antenna. If so, then you know it oscillates, and just have to find out at what frequency. This may require the use of an RF frequency counter if you just cannot locate the FM band.

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