Archive for October, 2007

Is Raphael Benitez the next manager to get sacked?

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

After Jose mourinho and Martin Jol is Rapahel Benitez the next manager to get sacked?

There is a poll on the right of my blog, just vote!

In fact, many Liverpool fans in Mauritius are complaining about the current performance of their team and the rotational system adopded by Raphael Benitez

According to me, LFC has too many good players and RB has no choice but to rotate the players!

well, LFC fans were making much noise when ‘gillete’ became the major owner of LFC, they said that now LFC will get money and they will be able to purchase players- Here is the result friends!

Célébrité d’origine mauricienne - Dj Assad

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

Attention, ce Dj parisien d’origine mauricienne fait partie de la relève tant attendue du Rn’b… Passionné par la musique, c’est en 1999 qu’Assad décide de devenir Dj devant les mixes de son mentor et ami Dj Abdel… Radio FG « s’empare » de son talent et de ses « Mixe Tape », mais c’est sur [...]

Photo transfer

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

I have a digital Sony photocamera and I wanted to transfer some pictures from it to my laptop. Imagine my surprise when I realised that Vista couldn’t find the drivers for it. It recommended checking the Sony site to obtain the drivers. However, on the Sony website, it says Vista already has the drivers included [...]

Wireless Bridge Sensors Without Batteries

Friday, October 26th, 2007

Wireless monitoring of civil engineering structures such as bridges and overpasses has gained a lot of interest in the recent years. Bridge collapses happen suddenly and unpredictably and often lead to tragic loss of human lives. Many will remain in service for many years, they need monitoring and rehabilitation.
Wireless battery-powered sensors that monitor bridges and report [...]

25,6 térabits/s, nouveau record mondial de transmission optique

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

L’équipementier en télécommunications Alcatel-Lucent a annoncé que ses équipes de recherche aux Etats-Unis et en France ont établi un record mondial de transmission optique à 25,6 térabits par seconde (Tbit/s, soit mille milliards de bits de données) sur une seule fibre, soit une bande passante suffisante pour transmettre les données de plus de 600 [...]

A day without internet!

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

Today, i was not able to surf nor chat at work.. Damn it! I was so used to it. Out of the blues i decided to restart the server. I managed to open a page but after that, it was crap. So i decided to phone MT. I was redirected to Telecom Plus. I queried [...]

Local media on the web

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

There have been a few developments lately in the local mediascape related to the web (at last!) that are worthy of attention. Starting with the Défi Media Group which has launched its website for the first time at the following address: http://www.defimedia.info
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This was long overdue as oddly enough, none of the print media titles [...]

New HP laptop finally received

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

I have finally received the long-awaited HP laptop. I was supposed to get it while in HK on my way back to Mauritius but for some reasons it wasn’t ready. Last weekend I got it from a cousin who brought it for me in her luggage (she already had her own business laptop with her).
It’s [...]

Intelligent Clothing

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

Virginia Tech professors Tom Martin and Mark Jones have spent the past six years developing electronic textiles and clothing with embedded wires and sensors. One such piece of clothing is a suit that can monitor the movement of the person wearing it, including whether the person is walking, running, standing, or sitting. “One student could [...]

Internet et vie privée 2 - Internet and private life 2

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

Nous voyons apparaître de plus en plus de sites Internet proposant des espaces de stockage en ligne moyennant un abonnement. Bien qu’ils offrent beaucoup d’avantages à leurs clients, ces sites ont néanmoins des inconvénients qui ne sont point à dédaigner. Si l’un d’eux est piraté, vos données risqueront de tomber entre les mains de personnes [...]