Intergrating Avira Into IDM

I've been using Avira AntiVir Personal since the last 5 years, and I download a heck a lot of stuff from the Internet. I like speedy downloads, so I use IDM. Now here is the problem: downloaded stuff may contain viruses, and like most people we're just too lazy to scan each and every file immediately after the download.

Fret not, there is the way of automation.

Techranger: The Testimonial

Congrats and welcome to kurniasan for becoming one of us Techrangers at /g/. Now we have 4 of us with different sets of tech knowledge & skills to be some sort of help-desk guys for GForummers generally. With the inclusion of kurniasan , we are close to become a standard rangers team (since it usually needs around 5 people to make it complete LOL). Anyways now it's my turn to randomly give some sorta 'testimonial' for all 4 Techrangers so far, including myself.

1. sharif-strike: The one who are acting as the head of all Techrangers (although all of use share the same green tag color LOL). He may not always around at /g/ (since he is a busy student) but he is quite responsible in performing his jobs there. Skills: most notably has access to core hardware like CPUs, graphic cards, HDDs & mobos as well as some 'modern' overclocking.

2. revolutionworks: Have a long time reputation of being the troubleshooting guy for GForummer's PC problems for many years already. Good at looking for solutions for PC problems on the web. Very reliable when it comes to sfinding solutions for strange/weird problems. Skills: More to delicate, detailed technical stuff as well as programming.

3. kurniasan: The latest member of Techrangers. In earlier days he doesn't look like to have interest in PC stuff but then it turns out that he could be of some help most of the time. Skills: A software guy, I must say. Have lotsa experience in quite a number of software that he is able to notice problems that might resulted from conflicting installed software.

4. halfey: yeah, that's me. I joined the Techrangers after I see the announcement that Techranger are having staff shortage as I believe I could be of some help too. The only Techranger with no professional background in ICT (either study or work). It's all from my experience and driven by my enthusiasm towards tech stuff. Skills: Most likely to possess certain amount of knowledge in networking & connectivity, particularly internet , peripheral interface as well as web 2.0. A very enthusiastic guy when it comes to tech toys. Have experiences in PC-modding and 'classic' overclocking.

Now, d'you have any problems in PC or have some curiosities in PC stuff that you'd want an answer for? Logon to our hive at /g/ and don't hesitate to seek help from us there. I'm sure at least one of us would be able to give you what you need.

We have added a new Techranger!

A gforumer, kurniasan has joined our party recently. It's nice to see a growing number of Techrangers, as things can get a little too hot for one man to handle. Besides, each of us have different experiences (with me being the least experienced actually), so we can combine our heads together as a team to solve all those problems about tech.

But as a reminder, Techrangers doesn't necessarily do tech support all the time. They can also submit reviews and news for a lot of cool stuff going in and out of the tech world.

I hope that our new member here can help us improve /tech/, for all your tech convenience. And to top it off, let's give a warm welcome to kurniasan :D

Wireless Broadband War

PacketOne Networks, better known as P1 is steadily expanding their WiMAX network coverage in Peninsula. The most recent one is announced in some place in East Coast and Southern area. It is just a matter of time for them to reach East Malaysia, probably by earlier next year if not by the end of this year. I was informed that in Peninsula P1 is not the only player that brought in the WiMAX technology to Malaysian. Even in Sarawak there's already a provider, RedTone who claimed to have a network speed 44 times faster than any other existing wireless broadband service provider. And all that comes with a hefty price; even their cheapest package cost more than MYR100, but in return you get more monthly bandwidth to utilize as well as a fixed IP address, allowing you to virtually host your own web server at home, provided that you are willing to keep it on the whole day of course.

Wireless broadband has gradually maturing in Malaysia, thanks to their initial presence in the from of 3G network since 2006. Soon after that the 3.5G follow suit and now we have WiMAX in the list. Most of us may have known well about both 3G and 3.5G. To sum it up, 3G is the most basic wireless your money can get while 3.5G is nothing but 3G on steroid, and comes with extra price too. WiMAX on the other hand evolved from a completely different path. However, unlike the relationship between  3G and 3.5G, the WiMAX you know today is not Wi-fi on steroid, so to speak. It sure have evolved from the traditional Wi-fi but now it is a completely different technology from its 'ancestor'.

Just like both 3G and 3.5G (which have been existing long before they become accessible to us), WiMAX also has been around since 2005 when Intel first reveal about it on that time. As we already know Intel is one of many tech bodies who pushes the Wi-fi technology to us, thanks to their Centrino technology found in most notebooks. It was also their plan to bring Wi-fi to the next level and Wi-MAX is the answer. However, unlike Wi-fi, WiMAX requires special carrier (service provider) to put the technology into use, thus it is not really an upgraded version of Wi-fi.

Well, you might wonder all this time, if Wi-MAX is not Wi-fi on steroid, then what is? Ever heard about Super Wi-fi? For me that is what I call Wi-fi on steroid. Believe it or not, the one behind this technology is not Intel but Altai Technologies. Rather than working on something new (like how WiMAX was born) their approach is simple; boost and enhance whatever the current Wi-fi today have and voila, you got Super Wi-fi. Unlike Wi-MAX, you don't need special modem to connect to it. Only the access point needs to be change and with that all are set. Hmm, I wish I could experience it myself too but I have a feeling that this Super Wi-fi will be like cable TV technology that never sees it's day here.