Tender Internet Pedesaan Desa Pinter: Penggunaan Open Source akan mendapat Keunggulan Kompetitif

JAKARTA: Enam dari 25 penyelenggara jasa Internet (PJI) dinyatakan tidak lolos prakualifikasi proyek Internet perdesaan Desa Pinter.

“Mereka tidak lulus seleksi dokumen,” ujar Gatot S. Dewa Broto, Kepala Pusat Informasi Depkominfo, kepada Bisnis kemarin.

Keenam perusahaan itu adalah PT Cyber Network Indonesia (Mitra), PT Inet Global Indo, PT Nettocyber Indonesia, PT Sejahtera Globalindo, PT Total Info Kharisma, dan PT Core Mediatech.

Gatoto menambahkan ada tiga perusahaan yang dikurangi jumlah paket incarannya karena tidak lulus di paket wilayah tertentu.

“Seperti PT Indointernet yang semula berencana menawar di semua paket berkurang menjadi enam paket saja,” katanya.

Departemen Komunikasi dan Informatika (Depkominfo) melalui Balai Telekomunikasi dan Informatika Perdesaan (BTIP) Ditjen Postel membagi pengerjaan proyek Desa Pinter dari dana Universal Service Obligation (USO) menjadi 11 paket pekerjaan.

Ada tiga paket favorit peserta, yaitu paket 4 Jawa Barat dan Banten dengan pagu anggaran tahun pertama Rp41,5 miliar, paket 5 Jawa Tengan dan Yogyakarta dengan pagu senilai Rp35,6 miliar, serta paket 7 Bali, Nusa Tenggara Barat dan Nusa Tenggara Timur dengan pagu senilai Rp27,9 miliar.

Sebanyak enam perusahaan dinyatakan tidak lulus mengikuti paket 4, sementara empat perusahaan tidak lulus prakualifikasi di paket 5 dan paket 7.

PT Telkomsel dan PT Indonesia Comnet Plus, yang mendaftarkan diri juga sebagai calon peserta, diketahui telah memenangi hak kontrak sebagai penyedia program USO untuk akses telekomunikasi bagi 31.824 desa atau disebut Desa Berdering. Kedua perusahaan tersebut dinyatakan lulus prakualifikasi di seluruh paket.

Penggunaan Software Sumber Terbuka (Open Source)

Terkait dengan spesifikasi terminal komputer pada proyek Desa Pinter, Depkominfo tidak mewajibkan para pemenang tender untuk menggunakan peranti komputer dengan kandungan konten lokal dan berbasis sistem operasi open source.

Gatot menjelaskan dalam aturan mengenai tender menggunakan dana universal service obligation (USO) yang ditetapkan tidak ada kewajiban tersebut, pengadaan perangkat operasional bergantung pada pemenang tender di setiap paket.

“Kami mewajibkan pemenang menyediakan komputer lengkap minimal satu unit di setiap desa ibu kota kecamatan, tetapi dari siapa vendor dan bagaimana sistem pengadaannya diserahkan kepada pemenang tender,” ujarnya.

Dia menjelaskan besar kemungkinan merek komputer maupun peranti lunak yang ada di dalamnya setiap paket berbeda. Selain itu, para pemenang juga bisa mengadakan peralatan tersebut menggunakan sistem tender atau penunjukan langsung.

Hal ini sedikit bertentangan dengan pernyataan Menkominfo Tifatul Sembiring dalam acara Global Conference Open Source (GCOS) di Jakarta pekan lalu yang berjanji mendorong penggunaan open source di masyarakat. (fita.indah@bisnis.co.id)

Namun dari hasil pembicaraan kami dengan Bapak Santoso Serad, Kepala BTIP Ditjen POSTEL, dijelaskan oleh beliau bahwa untuk pengadaan haedware Komputer diperlukan jaminan dari fabrikan/vendor serta jaminan pemeliharaan selama 4-tahun, sedangkan untuk pengadaan Perangkat Lunak, maka diperlukan Perangkat Lunak yang LEGAL dan support dari Distributor Software serta jaminan pemeliharaan selama 4-tahun.

Menurut pemahaman kami, maka tiap Peserta Tender diperbolehkan untuk menggunakan Perangkat Lunak Sumber Terbuka (Open Source) sebab perangkat lunak jenis ini sudah dikenal sebagai Perangkat Lunak LEGAL berlisensi GPL (General Public License). Distributor atau Distro Perangkat Lunak Sumber Terbuka sudah banyak terdapat di Indonesia yang dibuat oleh anak-anak Bangsa, seperti IGOS Nusantara yang berbasis Distro Fedora dan dikemas kembali oleh Tim Kemetrian Negara  RISTEK, Distro turunan dari Ubuntu yang dikemas oleh para ahli software Indonesia dengan merek Blankon dan Ki Hajar, Distro turunan dari Mandriva dengan merek PC Linux OS dan PC Linux OS-3D (tampilan Desktop 3 Dimensi) yang berbahasa Indonesia dan dijamin BEBAS VIRUS!

Kesimpulannya, para Peserta Tender Internet Pedesaan Desa Pinter akan mendapatkan keunggulan kompetitif bilamana mereka memakai Distro Open Source buatan anak-anak Bangsa tersebut diatas karena mendapat support penuh dan dukungan pemeliharaan yang tak terbatas waktunya, sebab mereka semuanya berdomisil di Indonesia. Keuntungan lainnya adalah terbebas dari gangguan Virus yang biasa menyebar di Sistem Operasi Microsoft Windows, berbahasa Indonesia, tampilan Desktop yang bisa 3 Dimensi (bila dikehendaki), biaya yang kompetitif serta yang lebih penting lagi adalah tidak adanya DEVISA Nasional yang bocor ke Luar Negeri.

Kami harapkan pihat Depkominfo/Ditjen Postel/BTIP bersedia untuk mendukung kesimpulan kami tersebut diatas, sehingga para peserta Tender Internet Pedesaan Desa Pinter mendapat kepastian hukum untuk mengajukan proposal dengan menggunaan Perangkat Lunak Sumber Terbuka (Open Source).

WiFi Direct: Komunikasi Langsung Antar Terminal WiFi

Kelompok Kerja WiFi Alliance telah menyelesaikan spesifikasi standar spesifikasi yang memungkinkan komunikasi langsung antar perangkat terminal WiFi tanpa melalui tranceiver WiFi yang dinamakan WiFi Direct. Produksi perangkat WiFi dengan spesifikasi tersebut diatas akan dimulai dan disertifiaksi dengan jadwal operasional pada pertengahan tahun 2010.

Perkembangan baru ini memungkinkan makin mudahnya komunikasi antar terminal WiFi yang terpasang di Laptop, Handphone dan Smartphone tanpa harus ada tranceiver WiFi sebagai perantaranya seperti yang dilakukan saat ini. Ini mirip dengan komunikasi langsung antar terminal BlueTooths.

Dampaknya tentu akan makin memudahkan komunikasi antar pelanggan dan meningkatkan efisiensi, kecepatan dan produktivitas masyarakat pemakai jasa.

Dapatkah Gempa Bumi diramalkan secara ilmiah? Software Open Source dapat membantu.

Informasi akan terjadinya sebuah gempa di suatu wilayah merupakan informasi yang sangat berharga bagi masyarakat yang hidup di wilayah sering mengalami gempa bumi, terutama masyarakat Indonesia yang hidup di wilayah “the Ring of Fire” atau “Lingkar Api”, sebab dibawah tanah yang kita pijak terdapat pergerakan kerak bumi yang saling bertabrakan dan begesekan, sehingga meninbultak gempa tektonik. Celah yang ditibulkannya dapat pula menyebabkan keluarnya magma panas dari perut bumi dan memicu letusan gunung berapi.

Gempabumi tidak hanya terjadi di Indonesia, tetapia di wilayah-wilayah tertentu diseluruh dunia, sehingga dalam waktu 1-minggu saja dapat terjadi 288 gempa, atau sekitar 41 gempa per hari, seperti terlihat pada peta dibawah ini:

Peta Lokasi Gempa Dunia dalam 1-minggu

Sebuah software yang dapat menampilkan terjadinya gempa dimana saja di dunia tiap 5-menit, ternyata adalah software Open Source yang merupakan add-on plugin bagi Browser Firefox, yaitu software eQuake Alert addon. Untuk meng-install add-on software ini, silahkan click link dibawah ini, yaitu:

Install eQuake Alert Firefox Addon

Setelah terpasang, maka software Firefox perlu di-reset agar Addon tersebut beroperasi, Setelah itu maka pada footer bar disisi kanan bawah akan muncul informasi tentang kekuatan gempa dan lokasinya diatas bumi setiap 5-menit (bisa diubah). Dari data ini akan dapat dibuat statistik dan pola kejadian gempa dimuka bumi. Bila pola gempa itu berlokasi makin mendekat ditempat kita tinggal, maka ini merupakan peringatan agar kita bersiap-siap untk menghadapi terjadinya gempa tektonik ditempat kita tinggal.

Kompilasi rincian lokasi gempa tiap jam, hari, dan minggu dapat dilihat di Situs Web US Geoegraphic Survey Earthquake Hazards di URL: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/ seperti gambar dibawah ini:

Rincian Gempa di Padang 30 Sep 09

Demikian pula Peta Rincian Kekuatan Gempa yang melanda daratan Pulau Sumatra dapat dilihat pada peta dibawah ini.

Semoga bermanfaat bagi masyarakat Indonesia agar dapat mempersiapkan diri menghadapi gempa dengan lebih baik dan tidak terlena.

Peta Kekuatan Gempa di wilayah Padang

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Apakah bentuk Wireless Mobile Web masa depan?

Awal tahun 2000-an kita mengalami kehancuran model bisnis Web Dotcom yang sebelumnya diperkirakan akan mengambilalih bisnis perdagangan fisik ke perdagangan virtual (eCommerce). Hanya segelintir Web Dotcom yang mampu bertahan, yang umumnya adalah situs berita online seperti detik.com dan kompas.com.

Antara tahun 2005-2007 kita juga mengalami kegagalan layanan 3G yang tadinya diperkirakan akan berkembang pesat dengan traffik yang meningkat tajam sebab akan menjadi “killer apllication” yang baru. Kegagalan ini dipicu oleh ketidakmampuan layanan ini untuk memberikan kinerja layanan yang berkecepatan tinggi dan berkapasitas tinggi seperti yang diharapkan masyarakat pemakai jasa. Dalam kasus 3G Indonesia, permasalahan utamanya adalah karena sempitnya alokasi pita frekwensi yang diberikan kepada tiap operator 3G, dengan hasil layanan yang sangat lelet dan menjengkelkan bagi pelanggan. Pengalaman buruk ini berakibat para pengguna enggan untuk mengembangkan berbagai aplikasi yang innovatif dan kreatif untuk bisnis dan entertainment.

Namun dalam perkembangan mutakhir di banyak negara, internet dial-up yang sebelumnya menjadi andalan masyarakat, sekarang mulai ditingglkan dan dilupakan, sebab muncul layanan baru yang jauh lebih memuaskan, yaitu layanan broadband melalui kabel tembaga (ADSL, Speedy, Coaxial) dan serat optik (FTTH). Selanjutnya berkembang pula layanan HotSpot di cafe, restauran maupun perumahan dengan memanfaatkan layanan wireless WiFi baik yang berbayar maupun yang gratis.

Di banyak negara, layanan 3G mulai dibenahi dengan menyediakan pita frekwensi yang cukup dan memanfaatkan teknoloogi transmisi data berkecepatan tinggi HSDPA (High Speed Data Packet Access) yang nantinya akan berevolusi ke sistem transmisi Long Term Evolution (LTE). Di beberapa negara dimunculkan pula layanan tandingan mobile wireless, yaitu WiMAX standar 802.16e, namun jumlah pelanggannya masih jauh dibawah pelanggan layanan jasa 3G atau 3.5G.

Bila kita bandingkan layanan 3G Indonesia dengan 3G di negara-negara maju, maka akan sangat terlihat beda kecepatan dan kapasitasnya. Untuk membandingkannya, coba saja mengakses youtube lewat handphone, maka akan terasa betapa lambat danterputus-putusnya layanan ini di Indonesia. Pengalaman mengakses Youtube via HP di LN akan sangat jauh berbeda dan nyaman. Terlepas dari kondisi ini, kita aakn mencoba melihat masa depan Wireless Mobile Web.

Dengan membaiknya layanan broadband berkecpatan tinggi melalui wireless 3.5G atau HSDPA serta WiFi, maka muncul produk-produk Handphone (Smartphone) berlayar lebar, berkeyboard QWERTY, touchscreen, dan berdaya prosesor tinggi dari vendor besar seperti Nokia, Ericsson, Samsung, Motorola, Blackberry, K-Touch, Nexian, Android, dan lain-lain. Dampaknya saat ini adalah makin banyaknya pengguna HP yang menafaatkannya untuk layanan data dan Internet. Hasil survey menunjukkan bahwa duapertiga pengguna HP sekarang memanfaatkannya untuk layanan data, meningkat dari angka 25% pengguna yang memakai HP untuk layanan data pada 3-tahun yang lalu. 60% dari layanan data itu saat ini adalah untuk browsing Internet. Pembelian Smartphone di AS, Kanada dan Inggris meningkat dari 3% beberapa tahun yang lalu, menjadi 20% tahun ini.

Beberapa tahun yang lalu, layanan MMS gagal menempatkannya pada posisi killer apllication, karena leletnya GPRS dan 3G. Namun sekarang layanan HSDPA dan WiFi di banyak negara maju sudah cukup baik, sehingga pertanyaannya adalah bentuk apakah layanan Wireless Web melalui Handphone/Smartphone yang akan datang? Apakah merupakan replika layanan Web di Internet konvensional, ataukah akan ada simplifikasi atau kompresi yang akan digunakan agar dapat lebih cepat dan efisien dalam penampilannya?

Silahkan ditanggapi.

Advantages of Direct-to-Home Satellite TV as compared to Terrestrial Cable TV

With a transmitting satellite located at 22,000 miles above the earth in a Geostationary Earth Orbit, a Direct-to-Home Satellite all digital TV offers many advantages as compared to the conventional terrestrial Cable TV. The first one being its large earth coverage, the whole continental US can be served easily and installed quickly at relatively lower costs. The second advantage, it provides more all digital High Definition TV channels, 130 plus channels as compared to only 60 terrestrial cable TV channels, which may not all in High Definition format.

Third advantage point, Direct-to-Home Satellite TV as provided by the DIRECTV Satellite TV gives the customers more TV Programs than programs provided by its terrestrial cable TV competitors.

The forth advantage point is when a customer is moving his/her home from one state to another state, then the same DIRECT TV Satellite TV operator is available in view of its large coverage area. There will be no need to change to another TV Operator as may be the case of a terrestrial Cable TV operator.

Information on the Direct-to-Home Satellite TV provided by DIRECTV Satellite TV is available for the following States:

• Direct TV in Texas
• Direct TV in Florida
• Direct TV in California

Many customers had chosen the Direct TV Satellite TV operator as their Direct-to-Home Satellite TV provider for many years because of their proven good and reliable operation, quick and prompt response to any complain that they may have. Others may had tried different Home TV providers, but at the end they finally decided that their best choice is the Direct-to-Home Satellite TV as provided by the DIRECTV Satellite TV operator.

In addition, Direct TV Satellite TV operator offers a 5 months free for its Premier Package of 265+ Channels Free, including 31 Premium movie channels.

Network Security for WiFi Networks – A Suggested Solution

Wi-Fi just got a little less secure – though not by as much as some headlines might lead you to believe.

Two computer scientists in Japan say they’ve figured out a way to crack the WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) encryption system in wireless routers in under a minute.

Details are scarce, but the attack, developed by Toshihiro Ohigashi of Hiroshima University and Masakatu Morii of Kobe University, builds off a theoretical attack against WPA revealed in November 2008.

That attack turned out to be … well, not as huge a deal as it may have sounded. Ars Technica has a good explanation here, but in essence the attack was of limited use and didn’t crack the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP), which means it didn’t allow the hacker to recover the keys used to encrypt the keystream. So while the attack could be used for something like DNS poisoning or spoofing, it didn’t let hackers take over a router or intercept the traffic running through it.

The November 2008 attack also took about 15 minutes. The new hack claims to be a more practical approach that shortens the attack to less than one minute by adding a physical element – namely, a relay between the client and the AP. Otherwise, it’s essentially the same hack, but faster.

Should you worry? Not as far as I can tell. Sysadmins can render both attacks useless by either using really long network keys or by simply upgrading their router encryption – if they haven’t already – from WPA (which uses TKIP) to WPA2 (which supports AES-CCMP).

Not that people aren’t working on theoretical attacks on AES. We’ve seen several papers already this year proposing theoretical AES attacks. But switching to AES should keep your Wi-Fi network safe. For now. (source: telecomasia.net)

Gold Coins as a Secure Investment in the Era of Financial Crisis

The Financial Crisis which was started a year ago triggered by  the failure of the US Domestic Housing Loans has not seen an end yet, although Presdent Barack Obama Government has poured several Trillion US Dollars in rescue packages and stimulus packages up to this date. The cumulative total US Government Financial Deficit has reached almost US$ 10 Trillion.

Several private banks and financial institutions had declared bancruptcy and changed their ownership, mainly to the US Government as the majority shareholder. Several US Industry Sectors had similar experience, such as the Automotive Manfacturing Industry and others. General Motors and Ford Motor Company had asked financial rescue from the Government to maintain their production operation. Most of their production had greatly been reduced and follwed by the reduction of their employees.

Even giant Software Companies such as Microsoft Corporation which had never reduced its employees compulsorily during its long history had to do so by terminating some 5,000 employees recently to keep the company healthy during this financial crisis.

We as individuals can get a secure investment by purchasing gold coins and keep them in some safe places. They are much more secure than having savings in US Dollars or any other currencies that could change its real value in a short time during a financial crisis. Similarly, investments in public or private stocks are considered much less secure as compared to gold coins.

Now where could we find and buy gold coins? A good web address that provides you with a complete list of investment instruments is in this LINK.

Other type of gold investment instrumen that people commonly buy and keep is in the form of bullion , which we can also buy bullion from the same reference website.

Malaysia’s P1 WiMAX Operator First Year Success with 80000 Subscribers

PETALING JAYA – Packet One Networks (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. (“P1”), Malaysia’s first and leading WiMAX telco today announced that it has surpassed the 80,000 subscriber mark, after one year of rolling out its P1 W1MAX high-speed wireless broadband service.

The impressive subscriber milestone underlines P1’s commitment to challenge the Malaysian broadband scene through its innovative 4G (fourth generation) technology and compelling consumer and business high-speed wireless broadband packages. At the same time, the leading WiMAX player here and in the region is playing an active role in catering to the insatiable demand for high-speed broadband, in line with the Government’s goal of ensuring that Malaysia reaches 50% household broadband penetration rate by 2010.

P1’s CEO, Michael Lai said, “We are one year into our mission to provide broadband technology that reaches out to everyone in Malaysia. As one of the forerunners in the world for large scale 802.16e 2.3GHz commercial WiMAX deployment, we’re very proud of what we’ve achieved today from ground zero.”

P1 acquired one of Malaysia’s four WiMAX licenses in March 2007. Following this, P1 began a series of strategic alliances with the aim to be the first to launch Malaysia’s and one of the world’s first WiMAX services. In May 2008, through its parent company, KLSE Main Board listed Green Packet Berhad, P1 secured a US$14.3mil (RM50mil) investment from Intel to make it the very first Intel-invested WiMAX telcos in the Asia Pacific.

Navin Shenoy, General Manager of Intel Asia Pacific, said: “Intel congratulates Packet One on a successful first year. The Internet is an essential, enriching and entertaining part of our lives, and the strong take-up of Packet One’s WiMAX service demonstrates Malaysia’s need for powerful, flexible, wireless broadband solutions. Intel is pleased to continue its work with Packet One to bring the benefits of WiMAX to more Malaysians.”

Barely 17 months into operations, P1 launched commercial services with the go-to-market brand of P1 W1MAX in August 2008. The competition was nowhere in sight.
Lai attributes P1’s progress to a few key success ingredients. He said, “We have over 500 strong workforce that believes in our WiMAX vision, and everyone from our engineers, marketers, and finance personnel to our help desks staff tackled the knowledge gap in relation to the new WiMAX technology and on the 2.3 GHz spectrum band. Now we’re probably one of the most skilled workforce the world has to offer for deployment and service provision of WiMAX.”

Talent aside, Lai advocates the importance of the WiMAX DNA (Device, Network, and Applications).
Whilst WiMAX devices on the 2.3GHz spectrum band were practically non-existent, P1 had an unfair advantage which leverages the technology and R&D strength of Green Packet, also a wireless connectivity products and solutions provider for the international market. The outcome of which is a host of stylish and user-friendly plug-and-play fixed and mobile devices, which not only accelerated P1’s launch preparedness but continues to help it gain traction in the marketplace. P1 has also maintained a respectable (Average Revenue per User) of above US$24.30 (RM85), which it plans to sustain by continually introducing new and innovative connectivity and communications services to its consumers.

Services in the pipeline include P1 VoWiMAX or Voice over WIMAX, which is expected to bring digital voice to a whole new level with the high bandwidth capability of WiMAX and QoS. Within the next few years, P1 expects to further support WiMAX-enabled laptops and several new Mobile Internet Devices (MID) such as mobile phones and PDAs.

Rapid is the key word says Lai, when it comes to network deployment to expand coverage to the entire nation. To meet P1’s ambitious network coverage goals, the Company employs a multi-vendor strategy with Alcatel Lucent deploying the first phase, and towards the tail end, launch ZTE’s concurrent second phase deployment. P1 had even built its own in-house deployment team to support its aggressive rollout target. P1 expects to deliver 35% population coverage by 2009, and 65% by 2012.

“We want to make broadband a right for all Malaysians and not a privilege”, said Lai when asked what the P1 W1MAX brand is all about. He added with zest, “We’re the challenger, unconventional, engaging, fun and out to make an impact. More importantly, we go out of our way to understand and respond to what our consumers want.”

P1 is definitely changing the Malaysian broadband industry landscape. This new player is promising new subscriber addition numbers on the back of limited network coverage.
“More and more Malaysians are becoming convinced that P1 is capable of providing a compelling alternative and we can’t wait for them to join the P1 W1MAX revolution, if they have not already,” concluded Lai. (Source: P1 WiMAX)

Home Improvement during our spare time

As a new family I used to work at home to regularly improve our new home so as to make it as comfortable as possible for our family to live. Gradulaly we built our own home workshop by purchasing all the necessary home improvement tools accumulated through several years, such as Power Drill, workshop accessories such as Cable Reels, Straight Edges, 3rd Hand Extensions, Anti-Fatique Matts, Tool Belt Aprons, Cable Clamps, Halogen Lights, LED Work Lights, Flood Lights, Forearm Forklift lifting straps, Gorilla Tapes, Machine Covers, Panel Carriers, Wedge Sets, Torches, Adaptors, Hose End Fittings, Suction Heads, nuts, bolts, screws and nails.

Choosing the right tool for a specific home improvement work that we are facing was an interesting excercise that I experienced in the past. Eventually we found the best place to shop for a best price with superior quality products. There are not many shops available that provide a one-stop shopping service, whereby you would not need to go anywhere else to fulfill your shopping list of home improvement tools that you need at one time. Based on my personal experience, I would like to recommend to you to go to this website that will provide all the information that you might need for purchasing your home improvement tools. The shop provides you with a complete stock of all kind of home improvement tools. A more complete directory of products is also provided in this website.

Among the many home improvement tools, power drills are the most useful and handy tool that we frequently used for many purposes for most home improvement works.

For many new home owners that have had not experience in home improvement work such as woodworking, or using do-it-yourself tools, a directory of Workshop and Accessories tools is available.

Simple hand tools such as hand saws, hammers, screwdrivers, crowbars, or pry bars are very useful for routine home improvement works to improve our home appearance and replacing decaying parts. A good place to find out about hand tools is available here.

Very often we have to do our home improvement work that is located in a narrow space. I found that jig saw is a most suitable tool to use as compared to others that need larger space to move around during our home improvement works.

In some occasions we need to cut a long plank of wood into two halves. I found that circular saw is the most useful and effective tool to use for this particular task. A word of caution in using this powerful tool is that we must be very alert not to cut our fingers when we do using this circular saw in our home improvement tasks.

Finally, I wish you enjoy you home improvement work during your leisure time, and keep your home as your most comfortable place to live.

Toys and Games are still Very Relevant in Building Our Chlildren’s Skills, Creativity and Intelligence

In a fast developing Digital Age whereby almost every human manual tasks are replaced by computerized tools and appliances, some relatively simple Educational Toys and Games are still very relevant in the process of educating and training our children’s skill, creativity and intelligence in order that they will become very successful adults in their future careers.

When parents try to shop for the right toys and games in the fast markets, many find it very difficult to choose the right ones for their children without previous buying experience. They need some kind of advice from parents who have had the experience in choosing the right educational toys and games for their chlildren.

We found that a good buying guide can best be obtained from ShopWiki.com website, based on our past experiences in searching for the best toys and games products suitable for our children. The site provides good tips and buying guides for us to understand better of the products.

Educational toys and games are important for kids of all ages, since they can be used to  excercise, train and develop their brain through the experience of playing the toys and games during their leisure times.

In an increasingly technocentric world, we need to have our children doing outdoor exercises to keep them fit and healthy by meeting their neighbouring friends and socializing with them. Good and suitable sports equipment, active toys, and outdoor toys are readily available in the market for our children.

In this Information Age that we are now experiencing, creativity can be very valuable for our children to have and to experience. Creative toys that help our children in developing their creative skills and experience can also be obtain from special shops.

Board games are an easy and inexpensive way to entertain our children as well as ourselves for developing the necessary skill and experience for the future of our life. These simple and effective board games have never become obsolete. There are many board games available in the market that we can choose, such as chess or checkers strategy games for developing our strategy skills by improving our proficiency in these games.

Other board games such as Jeopardy and Trivial Pursuit are ideal games for developing your children’s mathematical and verbal skills that are useful for their future education and career.

Please have a try by visiting the appropriate websites.