Mozilla's "Web application as a desktop application" service Prism has hit version 1.0. On Friday, the company released it with its own standalone site, and an updated API that lets developers tack on Prism-specific features to their Web applications.

This version also comes with a few niceties like tray icon notifications, application-specific settings, and automatic updates. Like in Firefox, you're also now able to clear private data like user names and passwords, along with any browsing history. What's neat in Prism's case is that it's just for that application, and not all the sites you've visited in other Prism instances.

It's safe to assume Prism will eventually make its way as a built-in feature of the next Firefox release. Competitor Chrome already has a feature that lets you do this on any site; however it does not offer things like taskbar and badge notifications.

There are two ways to use Prism; A Firefox extension or a standalone application.
Either way, you can easily turn any website into a Prism application.

Although Microsoft has already published a set of minimum system requirements for Windows 7, actually comparing those specs to the hardware inside a computer can be a daunting task for the less tech-savvy users. In general, if you bought a computer in the last couple of years or are already running Windows Vista smoothly then you are probably all set. If you don’t fall in either category or are not sure, though, Microsoft has released a simple tool to help you out. The Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor examines a PC’s components, including chip, memory, storage, and graphics processor, to automatically determine whether said system can run the company’s new operating system. It will also check attached devices and offer upgrade suggestions, such as which drivers to replace, in case of any potential compatibility issues. The utility is available only as pre-release beta version for now and should work with both Windows XP and Vista systems. You can download it from here.

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(怡保7日讯) 霹雳警方周四上午在州政府大厦附近逮捕了约30名民联国州议员及多名国州议员助理，目前被扣留者皆被押往怡保双溪申南警局录口供。

据了解，遭警方逮捕的人士中有1人是在清早身穿黑衣在DR 公园晨运时，而被警方扣留；另1 名回教党的党员在1 间回教堂附近卖黑衣服时，也被警方带返警局问话。

据了解，被扣留者分别是回教党全国回青团团长沙拉胡汀、公正党安邦国会议员朱莱蒂、莲花苑区州议员李映霞、槟惹雅区州议员沈志勤、公正党积莪营区协调员陈家兴、行动党元老刘德琦等。

据了解，公正党策略局主任兼巴都区国会议员蔡添强、 行动党怡保西区国会议员古拉于10时25分赶抵双溪申南警局， 以便了解被扣者的进一步详情，惟却被驻守在警方人员阻挡，导致双方一度引起争执。

禁止接触律师

蔡添强过后表示，他对警方毫无理由的逮捕感到不满，并且警方也不允准律师进入与被扣留者作进一步的交流。

他促请警方人员必须对今日的逮捕作个清楚的交待。陪同他到场的包括民联律师团代表奥古丁、杨自坚、古拉及莫诺汉能。蔡添强较后被捕。

被扣留者包括：沈志勤(槟城惹雅州议员)、李映霞(莲花苑区州议员)、蔡添强（公正党策略局主任兼巴都区国会议员）、郭庭源（槟州双溪槟榔区州议员）、沙拉胡丁(回青团团长)、刘德琦、丘培东(马六甲爱极乐区州议员)、苏古玛能(怡保东区国会议员古拉政治秘书)、苏古玛能友人、朱兰蒂卡玛汀（安邦区国会议员）、公正党党员廖永立、符标国、陆运来、黄思恩、陈庆强、符标隆、刘泉来、谢金财、林汉杰、刘德海、刘国文、威加也古玛(和丰区国会议员)、杨健忠(前矿物局退休人士)、胡朱末吉希(回教党巴里文达区国会议员等。

Microsoft has officially opened the flood gates on their most refined Windows build to date, Windows 7 Release Candidate 1. The release was anticipated to show on the 5th of May, and Redmond has kept their word, making it available late Monday evening. Can’t jump on the download right now? No worries. Microsoft plans to keep the RC available through July or beyond, and there is no cap on the number of downloads or product keys. Best of all, the RC isn’t set to expire for over a year, on June 1st 2010. Along with the download, Microsoft has provided a brief set of instructions that should be thorough enough to get your installation up and running.

A small Malaysian restaurant is once again proudly trading as "McCurry", after its unlikely victory in an eight-year legal battle with US fast food giant McDonald's.

With its trays of fragrant tandoori chicken and fish masala, and customers at formica tables cooled by fans turning lazily overhead, the business is difficult to confuse with McDonald's and its racks of burgers.

"You can't have fries with that but we do have a very good potato curry," owner AMSP. Suppiah, 55, says with a laugh.

But Suppiah and his wife Kanageswary spent eight years battling in the courts for the right to retain the name of the business, pursued by McDonald's lawyers who forced them to operate as "M Curry" for several years.

"We were surprised that a giant like McDonald's would want to take action against us even though there was nothing in common between us and them," Suppiah said.

"We decided to appeal because we felt we were right and the court of appeal agreed with us this week," he said after a Malaysian court ruled the business had not infringed on the McDonald's trademark by using the prefix "Mc".

To the delight of the local press which has covered the landmark case closely, Suppiah then took a tall ladder to climb to the brightly coloured signboard and reinstate the controversial "c".

Tucking into a breakfast of "dosai" or Indian pancakes, Suppiah says he never expected to win the battle against the international food giant.

"There were times when we almost gave up hope because who would have imagined that we could win against such a big company with so much money and resources at their disposal," he said.

The mom and pop operation is one of numerous simple restaurants serving up Indian fare in this multicultural country, which is dominated by Muslim Malays but also home to ethnic Indian and Chinese communities.

Suppiah, a former accountant, says his troubles began when he set up the restaurant in 1999, shortening the name Malaysian Chicken Curry Restaurant to the McCurry restaurant.

"But within a year, I began receiving letters from McDonald's urging me to change the name and threatening legal action."

Unable to resolve the impasse, McDonald's sued Suppiah and a Malaysian High Court agreed with the hamburger chain in 2006, forcing Suppiah to remove the prefix from his signs and business.

Kanageswary says she is thrilled with the legal U-turn, but adds the victory has come at a cost.

"We faced a lot of mental anguish and embarrassment over the issue and for eight years our business has been in limbo because no one wants to invest in a company facing litigation and so we have not been able to make any improvements to the restaurant," she said.

"Hopefully, we can move on now."

However, the Suppiahs' lawyer Sri Dev Nair thinks McDonald's will not give up so easily.

"The case has shown that McDonald's want to control the monopoly over the use of the prefix 'Mc' and it has a lot of money to be able to do this so many small restaurants just give in to them," he said.

"We expect them to challenge the ruling and we will be prepared to face them in court."

The US corporation can apply to have the case reviewed in the Federal Court, which is the court of last resort on the matter.

Suppiah says he does not hold any grudges.

"My children like eating at McDonald's so I will continue going there and I would like to invite the president of McDonald's worldwide to come here to McCurry's and have a dosai, on the house -- but we can't supersize it."

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吉隆坡3日讯）甲流感不断扩大版图，截至今早（3日）早上8时，全球确认流感的个案最新数据已达658人，死亡人数从先前的16人增加至17人，中南美洲国家哥斯达黎加（Costa Rica）是新确认受到流感入侵的国家，目前有1宗病例。

根据世界卫生组织（WHO）报告显示，墨西哥确认流感的数据达致397人，包括有16人死亡，该国在过去48小时内继续收集病例标本以进行化验。世界卫生组织不鼓励关闭国与国之间的入境边界，同时也劝请不想延迟旅游的人士，应跟从该国卫生局的指示，进行身体检查或扫描测试。

不开放发烧诊所 怕人满为患

(东京3日综合电) 据日本共同新闻社周六展开的一项调查，日本全国约684间“发烧诊所”已开放或将提供医疗服务，专门诊治那些疑患上甲型流感H1N1的病人。

不过，有关调查显示国内47个县和18个主要城市的备诊速度各异，其中只有东京市的“发烧诊所”占最多，共有60间，其次是长野市(51间)，与群马县和冈山县(各有3间)形成强烈的对比。

备诊工作不足的县和主要城市当局，料将呼吁私人医疗机构开放这类诊所。

一名县政府官员也强调有需要制定一个赔偿机制。

根据调查显示，几个地方政府表示，一些医院不愿开放这类诊所，部份因为担心一旦有关疫情在日本爆发，医院可能会有“人满之患”。

日美籍婴儿 非患新流感

日本一名怀疑患上新型流感的4个月大美籍婴儿，经检测后证实并非患上H1N1新型流感。

于1日搭机飞抵美军驻东京横田基地的4个月大美籍婴儿，在简易检查中曾对甲型流感呈阳性反应，但日本医疗机构再进行精密检查后，今天排除婴儿感染H1N1新型流感的可能性。

日本政府有关人士今天清晨对媒体指出，日本国立传染病研所进行基因检查的结果，这名美国婴儿是感染A苏联型流感，而不是H1N1新型流感。

这名婴孩和母亲是于1日上午由美国西雅图搭机飞抵美军横田基地，婴孩到达后经简易检查对甲型流感呈现阳性反应。这名婴孩随后被隔离在美军横田基地的医疗设施内接受治疗，母亲和坐在婴儿附近的13名飞机乘客，也被隔离进行观察。这项检查结果是由日方医疗机构通知美方，再由美方转告日本外务省。

日本厚生劳动省曾表示，由于婴儿是经由美军检疫而发现疑似感染，并不视为入境日本，即使确认感染H1N1新型流感，也不会视为日本国内发生的病例，但若通过检疫后在驻日美军基地和设施内发现感染者，即使是美籍人士也将视为在日本国内发生的病例。

日本国内迄今已有3件疑似病例，后经进一步精密检查后都排除感染H1N1新型流感的可能性。

横滨甲流感 实为虚惊一场

另一方面，日本厚生劳动省宣布一名17岁的高中男生出现甲流感类似症状，而正在进行的世乒赛的组委会立即对此作出反应，在体育馆内安装热感应摄像机，于2日开始对运动员随时进行监控，一旦有人体温高于38摄氏度，监控显示屏上的热感画面会呈现红色。

世乒赛组委会一名高级官员今日在接受采访时透露，之前发现的那例甲流感疑似病例经过诊断，确诊并不是甲流感，因此之前的担心只是虚惊一场，不过出于对来自世界各国的运动员和教练的安全和健康考虑，组委会将不会放松监测。

据了解，在发现甲流感疑似病例之后，世乒赛组委会不但派发相关资料提醒选手和官员注意，并通过3大新措施进行监控和预防，包括：在运动员及官员入口处安装热感应摄像机，随时进行监控；建议与会人员频繁、认真地洗手、漱口，做好自身保健；在馆内的各个洗手间提供洗手用的消毒液和可随意取用的面罩。

谷歌流感地图

美国互联网搜索巨擘 Google为抗疫出力，旗下公益活动分支 Google.org，利用墨西哥人搜寻流感相关字眼的数据，编制出当地流感趋势网上地图。 Google解释，人患流感会搜索温度计之类字眼，一处地方有多少人搜寻这些字眼，跟实际有多少人有流感症状有密切关系，用此法侦测流感爆发比其他系统更快。

不要握手好吗？

墨西哥甲流感疫情持续，人与人最重要保持距离，表现亲切也要份外小心；有惯常与人握手者，一想起甲流感威胁，即立刻缩手，改为碰肘了事。

当地的演员也人心惶惶，拍戏不愿与对手有身体接触，迫使电视台拍摄中的连续剧要删去拥抱、接吻等剧情，改用姿势和眼神传情。

中药处方助预防流感

深圳市卫生局网站公布两个防甲流感中药处方。一个是用葛根15克、黄芩10克、藿香10克、生薏仁10克、生甘草5克，用水煎服，每日一剂，连服3日，小儿酌减，能清热化湿，适合壮健人士。另一处方为黄芪20克、防风10克、白术10克、银花10克、生甘草5克，同一服法，有清补，防苦寒伤中等功效，适合体弱或易感冒者，但孕妇、脾胃虚寒者则要遵从医生建议。

（槟岛西南区3日讯）槟州安全干净无流感，槟州首席部长林冠英松一口气。

林冠英指出，他在接获纽西兰籍男子体检报告后，感觉松了一口气，目前他感到轻松和开心。

他是在武吉占姆高球乡村俱乐部（BJCC）外包计划新闻发布会时，受询是否已接获纽西兰籍男子的体检报告时，如是说道。

他强调，槟州目前是干净（clean）、已脱离嫌疑（clear），以及安全（safe）。无论如何，对于该名男子体检报告的详情，他说，应由卫生部长拿督斯里廖中莱正式公布。

“我可以说的是，我现在感到开心和轻松。”

另一方面，针对本南地补选，回教党欲上阵课题，林冠英不愿置评，并要求传媒向公正党实权领袖安华作出询问。

改教课题 马华避重就轻

民主行动党秘书长兼槟州首席部长林冠英指出，马华副总会长拿督斯里廖中莱指他在印裔配偶子女改教课题上没有表明立场，根本是在避重就轻，以掩饰马华不敢解决问题的弱势。

林冠英也提醒廖中莱，不要忘记在该事件上，为印裔少妇英迪拉提供法律援助及协助后者寻找女儿。

他强调，在英迪拉的事件上，行动党一直站在最前线。他希望内阁要处理改教课题上，不要只宣布而没有真正落实，不然就等于讲了不算数。

他也强调，在改教课题上，党主席加巴星的立场，就是行动党的立场。

印裔少妇英迪拉的丈夫在3月31日偷偷带走11个月大的女儿巴萨纳，同时也把两名孩子卡兰和特丽的报生纸偷走，再通过回教法庭，让3名孩子改信回教，而英迪拉则在之后成功通过法庭取得孩子抚养权。

此事件再次引起争议后，内阁决定父母改教，子女将遵照父母结婚时的宗教信仰直到年满18岁后，再自行决定宗教信仰。 无论如何，内阁的做法却招惹回教党的抨击，而马华则要求身为民联一份子的林冠英，应该在这项课题上表明立场。

摘自“光华日报”。。