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Gmail grows up with offline e-mail access

January 27, 2009 4:00 PM PST Posted by Stephen Shankland

and search Gmail messages even while not connected to the network.

Google believes almost religiously in cloud computing, the idea that computer applications and data live on the Internet rather than on PCs. But there are times when the network is inaccessible, and generally Web-based applications like today’s Gmail effectively seize up under those circumstances.

Offline sidesteps that problem, the classic example being a busy executive traveling on a plane. And offline Gmail access begins a new chapter for Google’s ambition to appeal to business customers for services such as Google Apps, of which Gmail is a component.

“This is a feature we’ve heard loud and clear the enterprise wants,” said Todd Jackson, Gmail’s product manager.
Trying to sign up business customers generally means wooing them away from the dominant e-mail products, Microsoft’s Exchange server software and Outlook PC software. Google and Microsoft began in separate spheres, but are ever-closer competitive rivals, each with a strong cash-generating business that can be used to subsidize forays into other markets.

There’s more, too. Google Apps customers will get another major offline option “soon,” too: Google Calendar access, though not initially the ability to create new entries. If the organization’s administrator enables the “New Features” option, each person within that organization will get access to the calendar, Google said.

New features help make Gmail more compelling for business customers, but for many, a bigger problem is the fact that Gmail still sports its beta tag, said Gartner analyst David Smith.

“That’s one of the biggest stumbling blocks for businesses,” Smith said. “You’re hard-pressed to find any businesses who decide to go into production with anything that a vendor calls beta, no matter how good it is.” Google promises customers will get 99.9 percent availability through a service level agreement for Google Apps, which includes Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Docs.

Cloud vs. PC
And Microsoft, while not turning on a dime, isn’t counting on a future that consists exclusively of PC-based Office. It already has a product, Office Live Workspace that lets users share and view–but not edit–Office documents online, and the next version of Office will run in a browser.

Philosophically, though, Microsoft remains firmly tethered to the PC, while Google wants to move as fast as possible to Web-based applications.

“We think the browser is the ideal platform for deploying all kinds of applications. That’s where Google is placing its bet,” Jackson said. “But people are traditionally limited by the speed and connectivity of the Internet. We want to fill in those gaps.”

Google already developed open-source technology called Gears that helps further this cloud computing agenda by storing Web data on PC, and Gmail, used by millions, could help coax more people to install Gears. That, in turn, could help solve the chicken-and-egg problem that currently means it’s not worthwhile for most Web application programmers to build in Gears support.

Greater Gears support could help other cloud-computing companies, including Zoho, which already has offline access for its Web-based e-mail application.

It’s not as if offline Gmail were completely impossible. People can set up software such as Outlook or Thunderbird to read and write e-mails, for example. But offline Gmail means people won’t have to learn a new interface.

Offline Gmail has been in testing for months, though Jackson wouldn’t share specifics about exactly how long.

What can offline Gmail do?
“We wanted the user experience to be almost identical to the experience you get when you’re online,” Jackson said.

Offline Gmail stores a copy of a user’s inbox on a personal computer. Most people will have to install it, a process Google walks you through, but it’s built into Google’s Chrome browser.

Once Gears is installed and offline access is enabled, the software automatically detects when a person’s network connection is working. If the network is good, Gmail works as usual. If it’s bad, it goes into offline mode, sending unsent messages and retrieving new ones when the connection is restored.

And if the network is dodgy, a person can use the intermediate “flaky connection mode,” which for example queues a message to be sent immediately by storing it to the hard drive then actually sends it as soon as it can. Google positions this as useful for coffee shops and poaching a neighbor’s weak-signal wireless network, but I think of this as “tech conference mode.”

When enabled, offline Gmail begins by downloading, in the background, a copy of a user’s archive to the user’s personal computer. But the software stores about 10,000 e-mails, so heavy users won’t get a complete archive.

Gmail automatically updates the local cache of messages with new and recently read items and with messages associated with a particular label on which a person has clicked, Jackson said.

Imperfect
Not everything works, though.

One big missing piece is the ability to add attachments to new messages, though attachments are visible with existing messages.

Another is the contacts tab, so forget about managing e-mail lists or adding new addresses while offline. The autocomplete option works, though, so there’s no need to start remembering e-mail addresses.

English-speaking Gmail users will be able to enable offline access as Google gradually adds the ability over the next “couple” of days, said Gmail engineer Andy Palay in a blog post. “Offline Gmail is still an early experimental feature, so don’t be surprised if you run into some kinks that haven’t been completely ironed out yet,” Palay said.

What kinds of problems occur?

“We’ve seen issues with the local cache getting out of sync. You have to refresh the browser, and that gets you going again,” Jackson said. “In some rare circumstance, it has to be fully flushed, so we ask to disable and re-enable the feature.”

But these should be unusual problems, he said: “It’s been in testing for awhile on all 20,000 Googlers, so it’s gotten some good testing.”

sumber : www.cnet.com

YouTube Mutes Copyrighted Music, Angers Users

By Jennifer LeClaire. January 15, 2009 1:35PM

YouTube, trying to balance the rights of music copyright holders and users who upload videos, has muted sound on some disputed videos after a complaint by Warner Music Group. It offers uploaders a choice of substituting approved music. Some users are angry about the policy change and have called for a boycott of the music industry.

In a move to balance the needs of music copyright holders and its content-generating users, YouTube on Wednesday said it’s offering more options to users who violate copyrights. The result is hundreds of videos without sound. 

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Akan hadir sebuah wahan baru di kota Bandung, segera!! Eplex sebuah outlet entertainment yang bisa membantu mewujudkan mimpi anda dalam dunia entertainment.

Eplex menyediakan :

• Indie Cinema, wahana mini theater dimana kita dapat menyaksikan film-film indie dari seluruh dunia dan juga karya-karya para cineas muda inonesia.
• Focus On The Star, wahana studio photo dimana kita bisa membuat cover album, majalah, poster dan sebagainya.
• Inny Gritty Stuff, Eplex menyediakan pernak pernik yang berhubungan dengan dunia hiburan.
• Indie Sound, kumpulan koleksi atau galeri musik dengan label indie.
• Showreel, wahana studio untuk pembuatan video klip dengan menggunakan blue screen/chroma key.
• Studio City, wahana studio latihan band yang bisa untuk membuat live demo.
• The Costume & Props Store, menyediakan kostum-kostum dan properti.
• Songbank, simpan lagu ciptaan kamu disini dan kami akan siarkan.
• The Casting Center, tampilkan kemampuan akting anda disini.
• That’s A Wrap Cafe
• Be On TV, Production House internal Eplex.
• ENTAC, Entertainment Academy. workshop bersama para ahli dibidangnya.
• Audition Time, tampilkan kemampuan anda didepan para VIP Industri Musik.

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Terbongkarnya Misteri G30S/PKI

sumber : 15meh.blogspot.com

May 10, 2008,  Asvi Warman Adam, ahli peneliti utama LIPI.

Setelah menunggu empat dekade, akhirnya terbitlah buku yang menguak misteri peristiwa Gerakan 30 September. Dalih Pembunuhan Massal: Gerakan 30 September dan Kudeta Soeharto, terjemahan dari buku Pretext for Mass Murder karya John Roosa.

Ketidakjelasan itu bertahan demikian lama karena rezim Orde Baru melakukan monopoli sejarah dan memupuknya bertahun-tahun. Versi lain, seperti yang ditulis oleh Ben Anderson dan kawan-kawan (kemudian dikenal sebagai Cornell Paper), yang menganggap bahwa itu persoalan intern AD (Angkatan Darat), dilarang dan penulisnya dicekal masuk Indonesia. Perdebatan tentang Gerakan 30 September diharamkan, bahkan usaha ISAI (Institut Studi Arus Informasi) menerbitkan buku tipis tentang masing-masing versi Gerakan 30 September itu diganjal Kejaksaan Agung pada tahun 1995.

Sejarawan Tolak Permintaan Amelia Yani Soal Film G30S PKI

Senin, 24 November 2008 – 08:01 wib, Hariyanto Kurniawan – Okezone

JAKARTA – Pernyataan putri mendiang pahlawan revolusi Jenderal TNI Anumerta Ahmad Yani, Amelia Yani, yang mempertanyakan tidak diputarkannya kembali film G30S PKI, ditentang oleh sejarawan.

“Saya tidak tahu jalan pikiran Amelia,” tukas sejarawan Anhar Gonggong mengomentari pernyataan Amelia, saat dihubungi okezone, Senin (24/11/2008).

Anhar mempertanyakan pernyataan yang dilontarkan Amelia, saat diskusi di Gallery Cafe, Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta, Sabtu 22 November lalu. Sejarawan ini pun kembali mempertanyakan rakyat yang dibawa-bawa Amelia yang dikatakan merindukan film G30S PKI tersebut.

“Rakyat mana? Apa dia pernah melakukan penelitian kalau rakyat mau pemutaran kembali film itu?” tanya Anhar.

Singkatnya, Anhar mengatakan, film kontroversial itu tidak perlu diputar lagi. “Saya pikir tidak terlalu urgen,” tegasnya.

Seperti diberitakan okezone, Amelia heran dengan tidak ditayangkan kembali film kontroversial itu. Amelia mengaku tidak ada yang salah dengan film tersebut, dan tidak ada rekayasa sejarah di dalamnya.

Bahkan Amelia berani mengatakan, tindakan Soeharto yang pada saat itu sebagai Pangkostrad benar. Karena tanpa tindakan Soeharto, Indonesia akan hancur. (hri)

Amelia Yani: Soeharto Benar di 1 Oktober 1965

sumber : okezone.com

Minggu, 23 November 2008 – 04:24 wib, Nurlaili

JAKARTA – Di saat banyak pihak mempersoalkan sosok mantan Pangkostrad Mayjen Soeharto, yang kemudian menjadi Presiden ke-2, digambarkan terlalu berlebihan dalam film G30S PKI, putri mendiang Jenderal Anumerta Ahmad Yani malah membelanya. Amelia Yani dengan tegas menolak alasan tersebut.

“Dialah satu-satunya orang yang berani mengambil kebijakan pada hari itu, jam itu, menit itu, detik itu,” tegas Amelia dalam suatu seminar di Gallery Cafe, Taman Ismail Marzuki, Cikini, Jakarta, Sabtu (22/11/2008).

Menurut saksi sejarah yang mengalami langsung tragedi penculikan ayahnya oleh pasukan Cakrabirawa itu, menyatakan jika pada tanggal 1 Oktober 1965 tidak ada Mayjen Soeharto, Indonesia akan hancur.

“Dia yang berani mengambil kebijakan untuk mengatakan, bahwa sudah ada korban yang dikubur hidup-hidup dalam sumur dan mengambil kebijakan untuk memberantas PKI,” kata Amelia yang mengalami langsung penculikan ayahnya tersebut. (hri)