Do you feel safe going online? You should feel no apprehension if you have in place all the necessary safety nets. This means a firewall, anti-virus software, spam filter and also anti-spyware program that protect from hackers, viruses and spyware.

More than this, you should feel secure online if you regularly keep your computer’s operating system updated with the recommended patches and also on a regular basis update the anti-virus software. This is crucial as hackers and spammers are always finding new ways to penetrate computers, and it will be only wise to be ahead of them.

On a wireless network, you can feel safe when using the Internet if you use encryption, Wi-Fi protected access, have switched off SSID broadcast and of course a password to access the wireless access point. With these measures in place, freeloaders, hackers and eavesdropping can be kept at bay.

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The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) is holding a roadshow in conjunction with its golden jubilee celebrations this year.

The roadshow would include activities such as exhibitions to be held at shopping complexes in several states from now until June.

Selected airforce bases would also hold open days for members of the public.

RMAF public relations officer Mejar Zulkiflee Abdul Latiff said RMAF personnel would hold unarmed combat demonstrations, cultural dances and marching band performances.

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It’s a double-edged sword. Massive media publicity can galvanise the public to be on the lookout for missing people, especially children, before anything tragic happens.

Information of the suspects, via photofits or CCTV images, can also help the people alert the authorities and bring the perpetrators to justice.

This is so apparent in the ongoing search for five-year-old Sharlinie Mohd Nashar.

But such publicity also gives mischief-makers a field day, resulting in false leads, causing even more pain and anxiety to the family.

There are many strange and sick people out there who spread devious information and are prepared to profit from the misery of others.

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The man, who was arrested on Sunday following a tipoff that he resembled the photofit of the Catman, was released after police found no evidence to link him to the molest of three girls in Kampung Baru last year, the abduction of a six-year-old girl from Petaling Jaya last week and the Nurin case.

Another security guard, 43, who was picked up on Saturday in Chow Kit, was also released on Tuesday.

Kuala Lumpur CID chief SAC II Ku ChinWah said that the release of the suspects does not mean that police have stopped investigating the case.

“We are streamlining our efforts with Selangor police to track down missing five-yearold Sharlinie Mohd Nashar.”

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Google has just released its Year-End Zeitgeist for Malaysia - what people are searching for in 2007.

The Zeitgeist for Malaysia - the most popular and fastest-rising search terms that people have been typing into google.com.my in 2007 - is calculated by looking at the aggregation of the most popular and fastest-rising search queries being typed into the google.com.my search box.

Following are the full results:

TOP SEARCHES IN 2007
1. friendster
2. youtube
3. berita harian
4. myspace
5. harian metro
6. utusan malaysia
7. wikipedia
8. airasia
9. maybank2u
10. jobstreet

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Popularity: 40% [?]