Sunday, August 26, 2012

NewsKini new URL update after cjb.net ceased URL redirection service

Since cjb.net has discontinued its free redirect service - our news website is no longer accessible via http://newskini.cjb.net.

However NewsKini Main System can still be accessed via the following URLs:

  • Direct Access: http://news-kini.appspot.com/s/pythoncgi/index.html
  • Access via a URL shortener:http://goo.gl/WSlMw
  • The NewsKini cloud app is still at http://news-kini.appspot.com - but it would not be updated as frequent as the Main NewsKini News System URLs above.

    Saturday, April 28, 2012

    Bersih Rally: Police Violence Against Journalists Points to Real War Ahead

    Even Aljazeera and Malaysiakini crew (journalist, cameraman, photographer etc) have became victims of the police violence in Bersih Rally. It can be said that this is the worst attack on cameraman in Malaysia history.

    It is obvious now that the real war out there is in the media capture! By arresting and attacking the primary carriers of information - the political masters think they can control what we see and hear. However,  this will only trigger a wave of secondary carriers of information (citizen journalism) unlike anything seen ever before.

    Imagine anyone with a smartphone camera can easily become an unofficial citizen journalist. This is a liquid media revolution which will flow by itself by its own energy as witnessed in Egypt.

    "I don’t think anyone could have predicted that smartphones would end up playing a major role in journalistic coverage or revolutions worldwide—but as this infographic shows, they have." - FrugalDad*

    Many people think the social-political leaders are the most contributing factor for toppling 'hard to fall'  corrupted governments like in Egypt and  Libya. But it is actually  the primary and secondary journalism  that ultimately connect, move and bind things together and trigger more uprising. It is the media that made the message reaches everywhere.

    In other words - these are the ultimate 'liquid bullets' that can really capture and continue to flow. . i.e. a MOVEMENT. Not only that - it can move and touch the outsiders too - even the journalist himself!!!

     “I didn’t go to Libya to cover a war, I went to cover an uprising,” said Brown, who was using an iPhone loaded with the Hipstamatic app after dropping his SLR on one of the first days he was there. “But then it became a war so I followed it, because that’s where the story was moving.”- Time Magazine -  Michael Christopher Brown - photo journalist.


    Remember the great Mahatma Gandhi himself was a journalist!

    ''As a journalist, Gandhi could have taught a few lessons in mass communication. An effective communicator, fearless and eloquent with his words, he reached out to millions of people and convinced them of his cause.


    Consider this simple words from Mahatma Gandhi:

    "Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love"

    THE POLICE VIOLENCE AGAINST THE CAMERA 

    It seems as if there are special orders from above to control not just the protesters - but also the Press people with camera! And they didn't even care who you are -  MalaysiaKini, Guang Ming Daily, Channel News Asia,  Merdeka Review,  Malay Mail, or even  Al Jazeera camerasInstead of safeguarding the safety of press men, the police are assaulting them. The main-stream media and the top BN leaders even  made matters worst by siding with the police as if the police are always 100% right.  (Hishammuddin was quoted as saying the police have acted profesionally). This is a very BIG mistake when we view the Police Cruelty at Bersih 3.0 below (Reaching 406,132 hits). We can expect the first 'citizen journalist' video to gain traction as we approach the election.





    Hishamuddin so-called police acted professionally!


    Al Jazeera report using Ipad after camera 'professionally' busted by police .


    An investigative journalist will surely ask himself - why they want to target the camera? Of course the images will create undesirable impact against the establishment - but there is something more out there that they do not wish to be discovered - especially by expensive HD/SLR cameras.

    These cameras can see beyond the surface - that's why the CSI team also used them . They provide exceptional details and identification invincible to the naked human eye. Those who study eye iridology and facial blood map can predict and read your characters by analyzing your face!! (See Note 4)



    Reference: 
    1. MalaysiaKini: Press pixmen nabbed over assault pictures
    2. FrugalDad: The People's Tech Revolution
    3. MalaysiaKini: Bersih 2.0 Pic Journalism Controversy with MCMC 
    4. Anatomist CSI: Facial Mapping CSI


    Thursday, March 15, 2012

    NewsKini Cloud is now running at Google GAE

    We are now running a Beta NewsKini Google App Engine (GAE) program.

    Initially all updates will be performed manually until an automatic
    server efficient crawling backend program is completed.

    Monday, March 12, 2012

    NewsKini cloud in progress

    NewsKini App is still under construction inside the Cloud -
    but in the meantime part of it can be seen below:

  • News List

  • Browse News Maker


  • In the next few days we are going to populate the database with more socio-political news sub groups.

    Then we can generate the main page at new URL

    http://news-kini.appspot.com

    Once completed http://newskini.cjb.net will be redirected
    to this new URL.

    Sunday, March 04, 2012

    NewsKini moving out to the cloud.

    NewsKini is unavailable temporarily due to new server application migration - we hope it will be running by 12th March 2012.

    Saturday, August 20, 2011

    Google and Motorola Mobility - Purely Genius or Simply Disaster?

    The answer can be found through the the following clues:

    Conceptually - Google is a 'middle man'  technology company
    whose business is about connecting something with something using something
    with superior quality and speed.

    eg connecting 'billions of human' to 'massive amount of information' using 'sophisticated' technology
        in the fastest way (and as accurate as) possible.


    In other words Google is a 'medium' technology company which
    aims to become a  useful tool (eg Search/Email/Ads) and destination (eg Youtube).

    As such it will always evolve to become the most sought-after and dependable content delivery company.

    Google success will depend on speed, accuracy and style (like Apple) of
    delivering (or connecting) those hungry users with the desired information.



    Motorola has produced some innovative things with style in its history.
    Perhaps Motorola compression patent  is the 'most-wanted' in Motorola
    innovation because wireless is an expensive medium. Or Motorola CPU
    and chips experience inside flying GUI Apples. It is not just the  invaluable
    patents that Google is after - it is the speed and quality  factor!

    To achieve ultra speed user experience - the Android OS alone is insufficient:
    Remember thats why Apple chose Motorola for those old Macs!

    To summarize:
    Google will acquire more company in the future - especially those 
    that have anything to do with  the media content, media delivery  and media connection.


    Friday, April 22, 2011

    Typical MACC disaster with Teoh and Sarbani

    A) For Teoh they said it was both suicide and homicide.
    B) For Sarbani they concluded that it was an accidental falling down death.

    If you read carefullty between the lines - it is not really diffcult to
    understand :

    1. Direct attack to the skull by banging head to wall.
    2. Indirect attack to the brain by continuous slapping.
    3. Attack to human sense of balance by spinning the
    body around and around many times (create dizziness)
    4. Tying the legs and hanging a person upside down for a few hours.

    After either one of above (or a combination of any of above)
    put the victim near a wide-open window of a tall building -
    you will get the most probable answer!

    It is a 'blood and brain' torture technique commonly used to
    extract confession.



    Reference: http://clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2004/6/10/49058.html

    Upside Down Torture:


    This is one of the commonly used tortures inflicted by labor camps and brainwashing classes on Falun Dafa practitioners who refuse to give up their belief. This torture makes the practitioner's blood back-flush, and can result in loss of consciousness or even death after a long period of time. Sometimes the police forbid the practitioner to use the toilet, and hang the practitioner upside down to humiliate him or her.