Monday, December 31, 2007

Three Chinese Caught Red Handed for Casino Cheating

Three Chinese, Yau Lam, Fa Tsang and Bit Wong were caught red handed for using sophisticated technology to cheat a casino house in London and were found guilty according to the Gambling Act of 1845. The team was of two men and a lady.
The Metropolitan police’s Gaming Unit reports that this is the first time such a sophisticated technique has been used for casino cheating. They are estimated to have cheated over 380000 euros in one week itself from six of London’s casinos. The leader of the team, Yau Yiv Lam was hiding a camera up his sleeve and was filming the cards that the croupier dealt in the game of poker. This was filmed to Fan Leung Tsang who closely viewed the dealt cards from inside a white van equipped with video monitors, parked outside the casino. Tsang viewed the cards in slow motion to identify the cards as they were being laid face down on the table. He then sent the card details to the third gang member, Bit Chai Wong who was playing at the casino. The details were sent through radio to a hidden microphone worn by Wong. Wong is an experienced poker player. The casino security staff at many occasions had become suspicious of the white van parked outside the casino at many occasions and had informed to the Metropolitan police’s Gaming Unit, who then focused an investigation on Wong. The gang was caught red handed at the Mint Casino, South Kensington on September 13th. The Casino managers reported that they became suspicious when Wong was too successful and was winning consequently. At one stage, out of 44 plays, she lost just 10 hands which were well above the statistical odds. The staff then noticed the white van parked outside the casino’s Silver Room bay window and promptly informed the police and the police arrested them soon after.

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Apple Eyes The Wireless Auction

The upcoming wireless auction may be drawing another high roller. BusinessWeek has reported that Apple is looking at the possibilities of a purchase.
It’s believed that this chunk of wireless spectrum is the last available for creating a mainstream broadband network. It’s believed that signals in this 700Mhz spectrum will be able to provide faster Internet access than the cellular and WiFi options available today.
One upside of Apple purchasing the spectrum would be service to iPhone owners. They would no longer have to depend on the phone company but could use a net telephony service for cheaper, more reliable service.
There are other implications for Apple and some of them aren’t so good, for instance their margins would definitely drop.
At this point it appears as if Apple won’t bite but they’re approaching the auction well informed.

Apple Eyes The Wireless Auction

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Tips For Your computer

A majority of computer users do not play games on their computers (they probably have a play station or a Wii), nor do they use massively processor hungry applications like computer aided design packages or finite element (fea) calculation packages.
One fact that is undeniable though is that when you go and buy your next Pc with all its raw computing power you will probably still need to by something extra to make it work efficiently within a short space of time.A well rounded and efficient computer or laptop isn't just about the processor speed, granted that does help but only up to a point. A good analogy would be why buy a sports car that is capable of over a hundred and fifty miles and hour when the most you will ever do is 90?The same thing will apply to the common Pc, but where there is consumer laws governing the sale of automobiles the same level of strictness does not apply to computers. And quite often what you buy may not be quite up to the job.Of course, what we are referring to is the amount of computer memory in your laptop or Pc.

Computer memory upgrades are easily obtainable fortunately and something which you can do yourself. You can do an online memory scan to ensure and guarantee that the memory is indeed correct for your system and fit it yourself when it arrives a few days later if ordered on line.

Or you can contact you local computer repair professional who can also perform this inexpensive task if you have already purchased a new Pc or if your existing system is running slowly.

If you are thinking of purchasing new hardware then do yourself a favor and make sure you get a memory upgrade if you are purchasing a budget machine. If the salesperson does not give you the option ask for it. You will be the person that benefits in the long run.
Buying a new computer may not be necessary when all you need is a simple computer maintenance or a memory upgrade. Memory upgrades are quite often all that is needed to speed up a slow computer and you can even do a memory scan on-line to ensure you are buying the right memory.