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            <title>SE K800i Unlocking</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1181152</link>
            <description>hi there i would like to ask people around here how to unlock , the phone without sending it to people to do?</description>
            <author>-YellowSn0w-</author>
            <category>Others OS General Discussion</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:13:29 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1180939</link>
            <description>may i know whats wrong with my windows ?  &lt;!--emo&amp;:cry:--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/cry.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='cry.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;  &lt;!--emo&amp;:cry:--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/cry.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='cry.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;</description>
            <author>-YellowSn0w-</author>
            <category>Technical Support</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:48:51 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Blue Da De</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1165020</link>
            <description>I wana present you this song , for those who know this song is one of the top song in UK. &lt;!--emo&amp;:P--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;  &lt;!--emo&amp;:clap:--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/rclxms.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='rclxms.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;  &lt;!--emo&amp;:clap:--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/rclxms.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='rclxms.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;  &lt;!--emo&amp;:clap:--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/rclxms.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='rclxms.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[YOUTUBE]&amp;lt;object width=&amp;quot;425&amp;quot; height=&amp;quot;344&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;param name=&amp;quot;movie&amp;quot; value=&amp;quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/q_Cqydj04I0&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/param&amp;gt;&amp;lt;param name=&amp;quot;allowFullScreen&amp;quot; value=&amp;quot;true&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/param&amp;gt;&amp;lt;param name=&amp;quot;allowscriptaccess&amp;quot; value=&amp;quot;always&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/param&amp;gt;&amp;lt;embed src=&amp;quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/q_Cqydj04I0&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;&amp;quot; type=&amp;quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&amp;quot; allowscriptaccess=&amp;quot;always&amp;quot; allowfullscreen=&amp;quot;true&amp;quot; width=&amp;quot;425&amp;quot; height=&amp;quot;344&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/embed&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/object&amp;gt;[/YOUTUBE]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Live @ Eletric Circus &amp;#33;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;!--emo&amp;:P--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;</description>
            <author>-YellowSn0w-</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:32:24 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>New MEX Highway from my house good for Speeding&amp;#33;</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1165017</link>
            <description>Eh people , my friend chit chat and told me that every night got race from that MEX Highway hahaha anyone wana join ( I AM NOT A RACER) i see people race &lt;!--emo&amp;:D--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;</description>
            <author>-YellowSn0w-</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:26:07 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Ujian Satistic I Help me&amp;#33;</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1164821</link>
            <description>eh people , i wana ask some help over here how to pass the Ujian Satistic &amp;#33;&amp;#33;&amp;#33; i got 3 more marks to pass so tolong saya .</description>
            <author>-YellowSn0w-</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:59:33 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Talking About Motor Trader</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1162608</link>
            <description>Guys i brought a motor trader here , and i totally no nothing about buying and selling cars so wana ask some question here. is the price range stated there cheaper ?</description>
            <author>-YellowSn0w-</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:08:24 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>My Second Personal Computer after P4</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1162589</link>
            <description>Guys i have some ways to go but i hope some members around here will guide me around &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;budget unknown around 4k max&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Intel : [ YOU CHOOSE]&lt;br /&gt;Motherboard [ ASUS of course got abit extra go for foxconn and aslo dfi ]&lt;br /&gt;RAM : Corsair DD2 1066 KIT 4 GB with FAN&lt;br /&gt;Case : Lancool K 62 &lt;br /&gt;PSU : [ i been using coolermaster but any thing better can recommended and added to the list]&lt;br /&gt;HSF : of course Prolimatech Dark something , if budget go for Xigmatek S1283&lt;br /&gt;GFX: using my old 8800GT &lt;br /&gt;HDD : 5 WD Caviar Black 1 TB&lt;br /&gt;LCD : AOC of course , or DELL or you choose for me&lt;br /&gt;Mouse :Roccat Kone ( NOT ADDED TO BUDGET]&lt;br /&gt;Keyboard : Roccat Vaio ( NOT ADDED TO BUDGET)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so people mind kindly help me out . &lt;!--emo&amp;:P--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;</description>
            <author>-YellowSn0w-</author>
            <category>Hardware</category>
            <pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:55:25 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Fastest Internet Speed With 0% Latenency </title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1161299</link>
            <description>guys i am having a very very lag and high ping internet speed , slow internet speed from my dad streamyx . so mana satu yang bagus &amp;#33; &lt;!--emo&amp;:lol:--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='laugh.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;</description>
            <author>-YellowSn0w-</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:33:32 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Tonight is the Last night i will be in Perth &amp;#33;</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1154597</link>
            <description>i am leaving australia for good , but i will be back  &lt;!--emo&amp;:cry:--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/cry.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='cry.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;  &lt;!--emo&amp;:cry:--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/cry.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='cry.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;</description>
            <author>-YellowSn0w-</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 19:55:18 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Siapa Kata Johnkor Tak Boleh ?</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1154344</link>
            <description>&lt;!--SPOILER BEGIN--&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilertop&quot; onClick=&quot;openClose('ecb9c46441dcf27d447e9ab5bc21cda9')&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;raquo; Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... &amp;laquo;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilermain&quot; id=&quot;ecb9c46441dcf27d447e9ab5bc21cda9&quot; style=&quot;display:none&quot;&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER END--&gt;&lt;img src='http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/3217/w910iunlocksucessfulwit.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pepatah yang Aku Ubahsuai:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style='color:blue'&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;quot; Kalau tak pernah cuba , mana boleh tau ini boleh di buat. Saya johnkor berdiri di sini untuk berubah untuk seumur hidup &amp;quot;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description>
            <author>-YellowSn0w-</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 14:47:56 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Share Your HP Collection Thread V1</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1152907</link>
            <description>This Group is to specify which Group You are Under .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Start from me &amp;#33;&amp;#33;&amp;#33;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nokia 6110 , Nokia N95 8GB , Nokia 6233 , Nokia 6610 &amp;amp; 6610i , SE K800i , HTC tytnII &lt;!--emo&amp;:)--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;  &lt;!--emo&amp;:)--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;  and alot more to describe &amp;#33; &lt;!--emo&amp;:lol:--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='laugh.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;</description>
            <author>-YellowSn0w-</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:27:28 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>SPM&amp;#39;ers Come in &amp;#33;</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1150903</link>
            <description>Wah counting from today ...........How many farking days to go to SPM  &lt;!--emo&amp;:lol:--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='laugh.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;  &lt;!--emo&amp;:lol:--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='laugh.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;  &lt;!--emo&amp;:lol:--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='laugh.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt; &amp;#33;&amp;#33;&amp;#33;</description>
            <author>-YellowSn0w-</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:02:06 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>New Core i7, i5 and i3 pricing and specs leaked</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1150895</link>
            <description>&lt;b&gt;We then estimated, based on information available at the time, how this new naming system would tally with existing and future families of processor. Now the table below shows all the new information we&amp;#39;ve received, including some price cuts to models already available.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/498/intelpricecut.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://channel.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=19709' target='_blank'&gt;http://channel.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=19709&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 	&lt;br /&gt;</description>
            <author>-YellowSn0w-</author>
            <category>Hardware</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:37:20 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>New Core i7, i5 and i3 pricing and specs leaked</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1150891</link>
            <description>&lt;b&gt;We then estimated, based on information available at the time, how this new naming system would tally with existing and future families of processor. Now the table below shows all the new information we&amp;#39;ve received, including some price cuts to models already available.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/498/intelpricecut.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://channel.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=19709' target='_blank'&gt;http://channel.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=19709&lt;/a&gt;</description>
            <author>-YellowSn0w-</author>
            <category>Hardware</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:30:39 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Happy Birtday to our Donut Kor</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1150824</link>
            <description>&lt;a href='http://forum.lowyat.net/user/DonutZai' target='_blank'&gt;http://forum.lowyat.net/user/DonutZai&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HAPPY BIRTHDAY DONUT~~ &lt;!--emo&amp;:lol:--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='laugh.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;  &lt;!--emo&amp;:lol:--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='laugh.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;</description>
            <author>-YellowSn0w-</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:38:55 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Malaysia Urban Legends – Myths and Beliefs</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1150705</link>
            <description>&lt;b&gt;While hearing ghost stories from friends, you tend to hear advises of what to do and what not to do right? Well, here are some funny ones that I’ve heard by far. Don’t ask me why or how these myths and beliefs came about because as mysteriously as it appears, its passed on from generations (or perhaps friends) to generations. “They” say….&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   1. Do not stand at the corner of the lift / evelator.Apprently, that’s where the spirits like to lurk. (this one I can explain, perhaps from those ghost movies that you usually watch? Remember when the victim would just get into the lift and press the button then suddenly in the corner of his eyes, he would see some feet in one corner?)&lt;br /&gt;   2. Do not lean yourself / face etc against the wall. It is said that spirits move about by crawling along the wall so… you won’t want to get in their way, would you?&lt;br /&gt;   3. Do not call out your friends name or even answer to someone calling you when you are jungle trekking. It is said that the forest spirits would lure you by calling out your name&lt;br /&gt;   4. For the Chinese out there that celebrates Hungry Ghost Festival, it is said that once you start offering food during this day, you will need to continue with it as the spirits would come looking for your offering the following year&lt;br /&gt;   5. Remember the rules and regulations of staying in a hotel? You can look for more there.&lt;br /&gt;   6. If you hear something and you know that’s its not right (eg noises in an empty office where there’s no one but you), don’t call out or ask aloud who’s there. It is said that the spirits might just be playing and by calling out, you are acknowledging their existance and thus, the spirits would be more than happy to continue disturbing you&lt;br /&gt;   7. Get enough lighting at corridors. It is said that spirits like to lurk at dark and damp places and corridors are some of the best places. Lighting would prevent spirits from choosing the corridors as their best hiding place&lt;br /&gt;   8. Dog tears would open up your third eye. Anyone tried that?&lt;br /&gt;   9. If spirit disturbs you and its not willing to leave, swear as much bad words as possible. It is said that spirits are afraid of them. See, you now you can officially tell everyone its good to learn bad words first in any language&lt;br /&gt;  10. If the cinema is full and there are empty seats at the last row, do not get an itchy butt and move to the empty seats. It is said that those empty seats are left for our friendly friends. I’ve personally experienced it before where the whole cinema was full except for the seats at the last row but then again, perhaps it was just a bunch of people that bought the ticket but did not appear for the screening.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.spookycorner.com/269/malaysia-u...hs-and-beliefs/' target='_blank'&gt;http://www.spookycorner.com/269/malaysia-u...hs-and-beliefs/&lt;/a&gt;</description>
            <author>-YellowSn0w-</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:31:10 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Q: how to see between Real and Fake Diamond?</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1150629</link>
            <description>Eh kawan /K nak tanya sikit sini,  how can i differentiate between real diamond and fake diamond ? &lt;!--emo&amp;:lol:--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='laugh.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;</description>
            <author>-YellowSn0w-</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:40:03 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>China Food Adminstration</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1148866</link>
            <description>&lt;b&gt;Incidents in 2003&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[&lt;!--SPOILER BEGIN--&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilertop&quot; onClick=&quot;openClose('52c375a25e65eb7dcd75b9696fda8f84')&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;raquo; Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... &amp;laquo;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilermain&quot; id=&quot;52c375a25e65eb7dcd75b9696fda8f84&quot; style=&quot;display:none&quot;&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER END--&gt;edit] Poisonous Jinhua ham&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 2003, several small producers of Jinhua hams operated out of season and produced hams during warmer months, treating their hams with pesticides to prevent spoilage and insect infestation.[44] The hams were soaked in the pesticide Dichlorvos, which is a volatile organophosphate insecticide used for fumigation.[45]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[edit] Incidents in 2004&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[edit] Counterfeit baby formula&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In April 2004, at least 13 babies in Fuyang, Anhui and 50-60 more in the rural areas of the Anhui province died of malnourishment from ingesting fake milk powder. 100-200 other babies in Anhui Province suffered malnutrition but survived. Local officials in Fuyang arrested 47 people who were responsible for making and selling the fake formula and investigators discovered 45 types of substandard formula for sale in Fuyang markets. Over 141 factories were responsible for the production of the formula and Chinese officials seized 2,540 bags of fake formula by mid-April. The State Food and Drug Administration ordered an investigation in May, 2004.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The babies suffered from &amp;quot;big head disease&amp;quot; according to Chinese doctors. Within three days of ingesting the formula, the babies&amp;#39; heads swelled while their bodies became thinner from malnourishment. The fake formulas were tested to have only 1-6% protein when the national requirement was 10% protein. The government promised to compensate families and help cover medical bills. Most of the victims were rural families.[46][47][48]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[edit] Contaminated Longkou noodles&lt;br /&gt;Main article: Cellophane noodles#Health concerns&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 2004, testing by Chinese authorities determined that some brands of cellophane noodles produced in Yantai, Shandong were contaminated with lead. It emerged that several unscrupulous companies had been making their noodles from cornstarch instead of mung beans in order to save costs, and, to make the cornstarch transparent, were adding lead-based whiteners to their noodles.[49] In December 2006, Beijing authorities again inspected cellophane noodles produced by the Yantai Deshengda Longkou Vermicelli Co. Ltd.[50] in Siduitou village, Zhangxing town, Zhaoyuan city, Yantai, this time determining that sodium formaldehyde sulfoxylate, a toxic and possibly carcinogenic industrial bleach which is an illegal food additive in China, had been used in the production of the noodles. The company, which formerly sold its noodles both in China as well as overseas, was ordered to cease production and distribution.[51][52][53][54] The company&amp;#39;s website has since been shut down.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER BEGIN--&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilertop&quot; onClick=&quot;openClose('ae39dc8e35b0ef9db67b420751f13d60')&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;raquo; Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... &amp;laquo;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilermain&quot; id=&quot;ae39dc8e35b0ef9db67b420751f13d60&quot; style=&quot;display:none&quot;&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER END--&gt;[edit] Adulterated pickled vegetables&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In June 2004, the Chengdu Quality Inspection Department released figures that only about 23% of all pickled vegetables produced in Chengdu had an acceptable amount of chemical additives. The labels on the pickled vegetables that was supposed to indicate the chemical content were also found to be inaccurate. In Sichuan, the factories had been using industrial-grade salt to pickle the vegetables and had been spraying pesticides containing high amounts of DDVP on the pickled vegetables before shipment.[55]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[edit] Counterfeit alcoholic drinks&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Spring 2004, four men died of alcohol poisoning in Guangdong Province and eight other men were hospitalized in the People&amp;#39;s Hospital of Guangzhou. Wang Funian and Hou Shangjian, both from Taihe Town, died in May after drinking liquor bought from the same vendor. Two other men, one a migrant worker, died the previous night in Zhongluotan in Hunan Province. Authorities in the local health department suspected that the makers of the fake liquor blended industrial alcohol and rice wine, and closed several unlicensed liquor manufacturers.[56]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[edit] Soy sauce made from human hair&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stories began circulating in the press about cheap soy sauces made from human hair. These sauces were manufactured in China using a chemical amino acid extraction process similar to artificially hydrolyzed soy sauces and then quietly exported to other countries. An investigative report that aired on Chinese television exposed the unsanitary and potentially contaminated sources of the hair:&lt;br /&gt;“ 	When asking how the amino acid syrup (or powder) was generated, the manufacturer replied that the powder was generated from human hair. Because the human hair was gathered from salon, barbershop and hospitals around the country, it was unhygienic and mixed with condom, used hospital cottons, used menstrual cycle pad, used syringe, etc.[57] 	”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In response, the Chinese government banned production of soy sauces made from hair. Other carcinogens remain, see 3-MCPD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[edit] Incidents in 2005&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[edit] Sudan I Red Dye&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 1996, China banned food manufacturers from using Sudan I red dye to color their products. China followed a number of other developed nations in banning the dye due to its links to cancer and other negative health effects. However, officials in the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, the State Bureau of Industry and Commerce, and the State Food and Drug Administration discovered in 2005 that Sudan I was being used in food in many major Chinese cities. In Beijing, the Heinz Company added the red dye to chili sauce; in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Hunan, and Fuzhou provinces, the red dye was discovered in vegetables and noodles. Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) used the red dye in its 1,200 restaurants, and medicine in Shanghai also contained Sudan I.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Companies in China had been using Sudan I illegally for years before 2005, and government officials gave two reasons why the 1996 ban had not been adequately enforced. The first reason was that there were too many agencies overseeing food production, creating loopholes and inefficiency. The second reason was that the government agencies were not equipped or trained with the food testing equipment that could have detected the dye earlier. Officials announced that they would begin to reform the food safety system on national and local levels.[58]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[edit] Incidents in 2006&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[edit] Counterfeit drugs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The State Food and Drug Administration reported that their officials had resolved 14 cases involving fake drugs and 17 cases involving &amp;quot;health accidents&amp;quot; at drug manufacturing facilities.[59] One of these incidents involved fake Armillarisni A; ten people injected with the fake drug died in May, 2006.[60][61] The drug quality inspectors at the factory that produced the Armillarisni A drugs failed to notice that the chemical diglycol had been added to drugs. In July, 2006, six people died and 80 more became sick after ingesting an antibiotic with disinfectant as an ingredient.[62] In 2006, the government also &amp;quot;revoked the business licenses of 160 drug manufacturers and retailers.&amp;quot;[63]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[edit] School food poisoning&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On September 1, 2006, more than 300 students at Chongzhou City Experimental Primary School in China&amp;#39;s Sichuan Province got food poisoning after lunch. Of those, approximately 200 students had to be hospitalized due to headaches, fevers, vomiting, and diarrhea. The school was temporarily closed for an investigation.[64] On the same day, middle school students in China&amp;#39;s Liaoning Province also got food poisoning after eating dinner at school. The Ministry of Education ordered an investigation, and officials suspected that the cause of the food poisoning was unsanitary conditions at the schools. During summer vacation, the schools had not been cleaned or disinfected, and the pupils might have been exposed to unsanitary food or drinking water when they returned in September.[65]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[edit] Contaminated turbot fish&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In late 2006, officials in Shanghai and Beijing discovered illegal amounts of chemicals in turbot. As The Epoch Times explained, &amp;quot;China started importing turbot from Europe in 1992. Currently, China&amp;#39;s annual output is 40,000 tons. Since turbot have weak immune systems, some farmers use prohibited drugs to maintain their productivity, as their fish-farming technologies are not sufficient to prevent disease.&amp;quot;[66] Shanghai officials from the Shanghai Food and Drug Administration found carcinogenic nitrofuran metabolites in the fish and Beijing found additional drugs, including malachite green, in its fish. Other cities, including Hangzhou, have begun testing turbot fish and banning the turbot shipped from Shandong Province. Many restaurants in Shanghai, Beijing, and Hong Kong stopped purchasing turbot after officials discovered the high amounts of illegal antibiotics.[67]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[edit] Pesticide residue on vegetables&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In early 2006, Greenpeace tested vegetables in two Hong Kong grocery stores, Parknshop and Wellcome, and discovered that over 70% of their samples were covered in pesticide residue. Thirty percent of their vegetable samples exceeded safe levels of pesticides and several tested positive for illegal pesticides, such as DDT, HCH and Lindane. Greenpeace explained that nearly 80% of vegetables in these grocery stores originated from mainland China. John Chapple, manager of Sinoanalytica, a Qingdao-based food analysis laboratory, supplemented Greenpeace&amp;#39;s information. He was not surprised by the findings and explained that farmers in China have little knowledge of correct pesticide use.[68]&lt;br /&gt;Although many Chinese farms are converting to organic agriculture, pesticide use in many areas remains high.[69]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[edit] Infected snail meat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In June, July, and August 2006, the Shuguo Yanyi Restaurant in Beijing served raw Amazonian snail meat and, as a result, 70 diners were diagnosed with angiostrongylus meningitis. The snail meat contained Angiostrongylus cantonesis, &amp;quot;a parasite that harms people&amp;#39;s nervous system&amp;quot; causing headaches, vomiting, stiff necks, and fevers.[70] No one died from the meningitis outbreak and the Beijing Municipal Office of Health inspection did not find any more raw snails in 2,000 other restaurants. However, the Beijing Municipal Office of Health prohibited restaurants from serving raw or half-cooked snails and disciplined the Shuguo Yanyi Restaurant. The Beijing Friendship Hospital, where the first meningitis case was treated, began a program to educate doctors on the treatment of angiostrongylus meningitis. The Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention explained that these meningitis cases were the first outbreaks since the 1980s.[71]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[edit] Poisonous mushrooms&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In December 2006, sixteen diners were hospitalized after eating a poisonous variety of boletus mushrooms in Beijing at the Dayali Roast Duck Restaurant. The mushrooms caused nausea, vomiting, and dizziness and the ill diners were treated at the Bo&amp;#39;ai Hospital and the 307 Hospital of the People&amp;#39;s Liberation Army.[72]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In November 2006, Chinese authorities at the Ministry of Health had warned of the rising number of mushroom poisonings. &amp;quot;From July to September, 31 people were killed and 183 were poisoned by toxic mushrooms.&amp;quot;[73] Officials worried that the public could not accurately separate edible mushrooms from poisonous ones.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[edit] Incidents in 2007&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[edit] Counterfeit drugs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to John Newton of Interpol, Chinese organized crime is involved in working across national boundaries and faking drugs on an industrial scale, now appearing throughout Africa.[74] China Central Television cited an official saying those making the false albumin were making a 300% profit, assisted by shortages of the genuine product.[75]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[edit] Potential carcinogen used in frying oil&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In March 2007, the Guangzhou Information Times accused Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) of adding oil filtering powder, magnesium trisilicate, to its frying oil. It reported that KFC restaurants in several cities in the northwest Shaanxi Province used this chemical so that the frying oil could be used repeatedly for up to ten days. KFC argued that the additive was safe by United States and international standards, but health officials in Xianyang, Yulin, and Xi&amp;#39;an, all cities in the Shaanxi Province, inspected their local KFCs and confiscated the frying powder. Gaungzhou city officials also began in investigation into the frying oils, and the cities requested that the Ministry of Health step in.[76][77] KFC claimed that the oil filtering powder had not caused health problems and met local and international standards, but local Chinese authorities claimed that reusing the powder decreased its nutritional value and was connected to cancer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[edit] Contaminated wheat gluten and rice protein used for export&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In May 2007, The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine (AQSIQ) confirmed that two domestic companies had exported melamine-contaminated wheat gluten and rice protein blamed for the deaths of dogs and cats in the United States.[78] In August 2007, AQSIQ introduced recall systems for unsafe food products and toys and on December 3, 2007, China ordered 69 categories of products to be bar-coded at factories amid efforts to improve product safety, in response to several recent incidents, including: &amp;quot;scares rang[ing] from ducks and hens that were fed cancer-causing Sudan Red dye to make their egg yolks red, to pet food made of melamine-tainted wheat protein that killed scores of dogs and cats in the United States.&amp;quot;[79][80] See also 2007 pet food crisis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[edit] Sewage used in tofu manufacturing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Close to a hundred manufacturers of stinky tofu in Guangdong province were found to use a combination of sewage, slop, and Iron(II) sulfate to accelerate production and improve appearance of their fermented product.[81]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[edit] Incidents in 2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[edit] Tainted Chinese dumplings&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In January 2008, several Japanese people in the Hyōgo and Chiba prefectures fell ill after consuming Chinese-produced jiaozi (pork dumplings) tainted with the insecticide methamidophos.[82][83][84][85][86][87] The dumplings had been produced by the Tianyang Food Plant in Hebei Province[88] and sold by JT Foods and the Japanese Consumers&amp;#39; Co-operative Union. Kyodo News reported that about 500 people complained of agonies.[89] On February 5, 2008, Hyōgo and Chiba prefectural police announced that they were treating these cases as attempted murder.[90] and both prefectural police departments established a joint investigation team.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When Japanese police and other prefectural authorities inspected the recalled dumplings, they found pesticides other than methamidophos, including Dichlorvos and Parathion.[91][92][93][94] The Japanese National Police Agency found these toxins in packages that were completely sealed,[95][96] concluding that it would have been nearly impossible to insert such toxins into the packages from the outside.[97] They provided the test results to the Ministry of Public Security of China (MPS) at the conference held in Tokyo from February 21 to 22, and 25 to 27, 2008 in Beijing.[98]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Investigations jointly held by both the Chinese and Japanese governments cleared the Chinese company of responsibility after finding no traces of any poison in the raw material used nor in the factory.[99][100] Officials are now treating this incident as a deliberate poisoning, and an investigation is underway.[101] On February 28, 2008 the MPS criminal investigation bureau announced that there was little chance that methamidophos had been put into the dumplings in China, and declared that the Japanese police had rejected the requirement by the MPS to check the scene, relative material evidences, and test reports, thus information on the evidence was not fully provided to the MPS.[102] On the same day, Hiroto Yoshimura, the Comissionor-General of Japan&amp;#39;s National Police Agency, argued against the Chinese authorities that the Japanese had already offered test results and photographic evidence and claimed that some part of China&amp;#39;s assertion &amp;quot;cannot be overlooked&amp;quot;.[103][104] They asked Chinese authorities to offer the basis and evidence.[105]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On August 5, 2008, Japanese media revealed that some Chinese people who had eaten the recalled Chinese dumplings made by Tianyang Food had also become sick after the incident in Japan, in mid-June 2008; the cause was again found to have been methamidophos contamination.[106][107][108][109][110] The Chinese government alerted the Japanese government to this fact just before the 34th G8 summit in July 2008. The Yomiuri Shimbun reported that this incident has increased the suspicion of foods produced in China.[111]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[edit] Contaminated powdered ginger&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In July 2008, it was announced that the Whole Foods supermarket chain in the United States had been selling powdered ginger produced in China, which was labeled as organic, but when tested was found to contain the banned pesticide Aldicarb.[112][113][114] The ginger had been mistakenly certified organic by Quality Assurance International, who relied on two Chinese certifiers because, under Chinese law, foreigners may not inspect Chinese farms.[115]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[edit] Contaminated baby formula&lt;br /&gt;Main article: 2008 Chinese milk scandal&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In September 2008, a fresh outbreak of kidney disease occurred, due to baby formula contaminated by melamine. Six babies died and 294,000 were made sick by the tainted formula with 51,900 requiring hospitalization.[116][117] The supplier of the milk, Sanlu Group, is a name brand and is a major player in the industry in China. The company is said to have known of the problem for months, but claims the contaminant came from milk suppliers.[118][119]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[edit] Contaminated egg products&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In October 2008 news emerged certain egg products produced by Hanwei Group were also contaminated with melamine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[edit] Southeast Asia&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many of the same problems in China are turning up in nations of Southeast Asia, where business is run by overseas Chinese. 2007 Vietnam food scare、2005 Indonesia food scare, as well as formaldehyde and banned pesticide use in Thai foods, and 3-MCPD in Philippine soy sauce in 2006.&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'&gt;&lt;span style='color:red'&gt;&lt;b&gt;So DONT BUY CHINA FOOD &amp;lt; MAKE THEM GO BANKRAP &amp;#33;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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            <description>Chinese mobile phones are flooding the indian mobile market and are giving tough competition to reputed brands.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But they have also been hitting the headlines due to poor quality or due absence of IMEI number.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amit will clear your doubts regarding chinese mobile phones.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Are you a china mobile customer?? Are you using Chinese mobile? Are you safe using a such a phone ,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;from health &amp;amp; legal point of view&amp;#33;&amp;#33; Lots &amp;amp; lots of queries and no answers, either with the mobile retailers, nor the industry tech pundits or mobile specialists.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will give you a basic overview, as I am a legal manufacturer in China and have retail operations in India.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First of all, one needs to understand the origins of these China mobiles, there are 3 types of china mobile manufacturers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Home based assemblers – Small time technicians buy mobile spare parts from “recycle centers” and configure chipset with open source firmware via laptop, using “hand-made”” mobile body” or shells. These shells (mobile body) are made by pouring either molten plastic in “dies” or shapes designed. Here there is no IMEI ( only fake stickers)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Small factories assemblers: These factories buy refurbished “china mobiles” and they source chipset &amp;amp; firmware from Taiwan in bulk and sell only in Chinese market locally ( they don’t export to India), again these factories use fake IMEI.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Big Branded Factories: These are the top players in China having workforce over 5000+and have manufacturing contracts with Nokia, Samsung,LG,Iphone. For example Foxconn is world`s largest mobile phone manufacturer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Chinese mobile industry consumption in India is approx~30,000 crores alone, and growing rapidly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The IMEI issue is very plain open &amp;amp; shut case; Chinese manufacturers of all formats have to pay a license fee for getting a sequence of IMEI numbers. They don’t spend money to get the license and here in India we get duplicate IMEI numbers or forged IMEI.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Duplicate IMEI numbers happen in branded products for example, a Nokia selling in Indian grey market is hi-end “counterfeit” copy (NOT copy phone). These phones are actually from the contracted manufacturers of branded phones, who release the phones in market through smuggling network globally.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That is why, the grey market will offer you lower rates than branded stores, as it is counterfeit copy with duplicate IMEI. Margins in such phones are upto 3000 INR per handset, compared to 200/- INR to authorized retailers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a customer, Indians need to understand that&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. China is NOT to be blamed for the quality , or SAR issue or IMEI numbers, any person who wishes to import from China , will be presented a quality range, example you can buy a phone as low as from Rs: 500 to Rs: 15,00,000 (Vertu). It is upto to the importer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Indian Importers bring mobile phones which are actually made by small time technicians, our Indian importers are not concerned with the quality, type or feature such as TV,MP3,Bluetooth or 2 sim,3 sim. They are only concerned with “price”. They will haggle a price with these small time players and import to India under fake IEC( Import export) code.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“this is the major problem, which the government of India needs to tackle, so Indian importers who import low quality &amp;amp; fake IMEI, need to banned in India and also the customers should understand that all mobiles on the planet earth , let it be any brand are exclusively , manufactured in China”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So as a customer what you need to do:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Demand a bill of sale from your china mobile vendor with IMEI mentioned&lt;br /&gt;2. Register your IMEI from IMEIDATA.com website&lt;br /&gt;3. Buy higher quality china mobiles from branded players.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.chinamobiles.in/upload/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&amp;_a=viewarticle&amp;kbarticleid=4' target='_blank'&gt;SOS Korupter&lt;/a&gt;</description>
            <author>-YellowSn0w-</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:14:23 +0800</pubDate>
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            <description>&lt;img src='http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/7972/help2b.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can someone help me ? &lt;!--emo&amp;:help:--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/icon_question.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='icon_question.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;</description>
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            <category>Technical Support</category>
            <pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:43:05 +0800</pubDate>
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