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Archive for January, 2008

X-Mini Capsule Speaker

Published by: yuga under: Tech Toys & Gadgets. 27 replies

posted: January 31st, 2008

This little package came in early this week and I was curious where it came from. After unwrapping, the red spherical-shaped gadget around the size of an egg is actually a portable speaker.

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Asus Launches more Eee Products

Published by: yuga under: Tech Toys & Gadgets. 10 replies

posted: January 30th, 2008

With the Asus Eee PC making a huge wave of success, parent company Asustek has just announced additional products in the Eee series. The same strategy will be followed — simple, basic and really cheap.

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Nikon D60 announced

Published by: yuga under: Photography. 18 replies

posted: January 30th, 2008

Just a couple of days after the Canon 450D was announced, Nikon made their moved and announced a newer model of their prosumer dSLR series — it’s the 10.2MP Nikon D60.

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Philippines & Indonesia gets Local Bank Withdrawals from Paypal

Published by: yuga under: Netrepreneur. 22 replies

posted: January 30th, 2008

Paypal members in the Philippines and Indonesia gets a very early new year’s treat with the introduction of direct local bank withdrawals made effective yesterday. I an email announcement to all users on both South-East Asian countries, Paypal will now accept funds in their respective local currencies.

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Google to enter Paid Reviews thru AdSense?

Published by: yuga under: AdSense. 7 replies

posted: January 29th, 2008

Nah, I don’t believe it. Google is against paid reviews, right? Shoemoney got an emailing that Google is doing a beta test for paid reviews via AdSense.

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New Freindster Phishing Site Uncovered

Published by: yuga under: The Internet. 26 replies

posted: January 29th, 2008

A reader emails in and points to a new site he accidentally stumbled while mis-typing Freindster instead of Friendster (a popular social networking site in the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia).

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How to Solve a Problem like Akismet False Positives?

Published by: yuga under: Wordpress. 13 replies

posted: January 28th, 2008

For sometime now, readers have been complaining that their comments are being accidentally flagged by Akismet as spam. Despite repeated un-flagging, their next comment still hits the spam bin. The false positives are getting really annoying (and time consuming too).

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Verzio Duplii Review: A closer look at the dual-SIM phone

Published by: yuga under: Mobile. 69 replies

posted: January 28th, 2008

November last year, Verzio launched two dual-SIM mobile phones in the Philippines. One is the 3G capable Duplii and the other is the stylus touting Twinn. This month, I got to extensibly check out the Verzio Duplii for several weeks and here’s what I think about it.

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Apple MacBook Air Commercial

Published by: yuga under: Apples and iPods. 17 replies

posted: January 27th, 2008


You’ve heard about it. You’ve seen the product. Now watch the new video ad of the Apple MacBook Air.

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How can I not blog about this?

Published by: yuga under: Curious. 11 replies

posted: January 26th, 2008

A reader contacts me with a really catchy Subject in his email — “Nationwide Emergency Roadside Assistance for the Car that Blogging Bought!” That little piece of personal news was like 18 months old and still, people remember it.

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No AdSense on 5-Day Old Domains

Published by: yuga under: AdSense. 6 replies

posted: January 26th, 2008

If you just got a new domain, launched a blog and wanted to monetize it with AdSense, you can’t do it on the first 5 days. That’s according to an insider information that says Google will stop monetizing all domains if they are less than five days old.

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Is Yahoo! Answers the new Wikipedia?

Published by: yuga under: Yahoo. 18 replies

posted: January 25th, 2008

Yahoo AnswersJust over two years ago, Yahoo! Answers came to the scene and tried to compete with the fledging for-pay Google Answers. It was free compared to the bid-style Google was offering so there was a fighting chance.

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A couple more out of the Blog Barn

Published by: yuga under: Pinoy Bloggers. 9 replies

posted: January 25th, 2008

Since my last post about seeding blog ideas, I’ve had a few additional blog projects collaborated with several more bloggers.

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The Canon EOS 450D is coming!

Published by: yuga under: Photography. 19 replies

posted: January 24th, 2008


Digital cameras really do come and go. It was only a couple of years ago when the Rebel XT (ESO 350D) and the XTi (EOS 400D) was introduced in the market. Now, Canon is coming up with the next generation that will surely create another wave of mad rush to camera shops around the world.

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Recession or another Tech Bubble?

Published by: yuga under: Netrepreneur. 9 replies

posted: January 24th, 2008

Bust, I mean. There’s been a hot debate if the economic problems plaguing the United States are first signs of a recession or just a slow down. It’s not just the weakening dollar or the rising prices of crude oil. Even tech companies at NASDAQ aren’t immune. Will 2008 be the year the bubble burst?

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Happy Slip is in teh house!

Published by: yuga under: Events. 11 replies

posted: January 24th, 2008

Yes, you heard it right. It’s teh one and only Happy Slip. Filipina internet celebrity Christine “Happy Slip” Gambito is in the Philippines (and may I add, also the 2007 Philippine Blog Awards winner for Best Podcast). Props to the Department of Tourism for sponsoring her 2-week full expense paid exploration of the Philippine islands. Anton of Our Awesome Planet is cooking up something on February 7. See her video announcement here and check Anton’s blog for more details and further updates.

WordPress Plugins should be Regulated

Published by: yuga under: Wordpress. 13 replies

posted: January 23rd, 2008

As someone who maintains hundreds of WordPress blogs for myself, friends, and clients, the number 1 problem that I’ve always encountered and have given me tons of headaches and sleepless nights are WP Plugins.

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Music in the Digital Era: Buy, Borrow or Steal?

Published by: yuga under: Polls. 25 replies

posted: January 23rd, 2008

Here’s another interesting poll for everyone — music piracy. Let’s admit it, 99% of us here have had downloaded an mp3 or two (thousand) in their lifetime.

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All Healthy Ecosystems have Parasites

Published by: yuga under: Blogosphere. 8 replies

posted: January 22nd, 2008

That’s what Founder and former Technorati CEO David Sifry said when asked to comment about the latest numbers and development in the blogosphere.

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The Terminator, Astro Boy, R2D2 and a Segway

Published by: yuga under: Tech Toys & Gadgets. 11 replies

posted: January 22nd, 2008

What do these four things have in common? Hmmm, lemme see…

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