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Red Fox WizBook laptops

Published by: yuga under: Personal Computing. 34 replies

posted: May 31st, 2008

Red Fox and AMD teamed up to develop their own Eee PC competitor and launched the WizBook this week with a much disappointing 400MHz AMD Geode processor. Hate to say the obvious but this is most certainly going to be a bust.

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Feedburner to roll out AdSense for Feeds

Published by: yuga under: AdSense. 1 reply

posted: May 31st, 2008

The official FeedBurner weblog just announced that they will start rolling out AdSense inside feeds for a selected number of blog next week. So what does this mean to AdSense Publishers?

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New Globe Visibility Plans: 799, 999 and 1499

Published by: yuga under: Telecoms. 9 replies

posted: May 30th, 2008

Bumped into someone from Globe this evening and she quickly tipped me about their new Globe Visibility plans – Plan 799, Plan 999, and Plan 1499. Still postpaid but they’ve made it more affordable, obviously following the move by the competition.

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Results: AVG is Most Popular Anti-Virus

Published by: yuga under: Freewares , Polls. 15 replies

posted: May 30th, 2008

According to our recent poll on antivirus, AVG came on top of the heap followed by Nod32 and Avast. From over 220 respondents, AVG was actively used by just over 25%. See chart after the jump.

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Hong Kong Adsense Publishers to get EFT

Published by: yuga under: AdSense. 4 replies

posted: May 30th, 2008

It’s getting closer to the Philippines now. Inside Adsense just announced that Hong Kong and Hungary will be available to receive their AdSense payments via Electronic Fund Transfer (ETF). EFT directly deposits your AdSense earnings into your bank account, in your local currency, to greatly speed up and simplify the payment process.

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Mini Dell Inspiron to match HP 2133?

Published by: yuga under: Personal Computing. 11 replies

posted: May 29th, 2008

According to Gizmodo, Michael Dell is secretly lugging what could be an Asus Eee PC 900 or HP Mini-Notebook 2133 competitor. It looks like an 10″ Dell Inspiron mini-laptop to me.

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Interview: Online Community Manager at Yahoo! Philippines

Published by: yuga under: Yahoo. 7 replies

posted: May 28th, 2008

When official word came out that Yahoo! Philippines has finally selected the person to be its Online Community Manager, I hooked up with Jonas de los Reyes to get an interview. The leak came in via LinkedIn (you get alerts when people change jobs and update their profile). Jonas was Yehey’s eCommerce Manager so his new position over at Yahoo looks like a perfect fit.

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Philippines ranked #8 on Worldwide Porn Revenues

Published by: yuga under: Curious. 24 replies

posted: May 28th, 2008

With about $1 billion in annual revenues, the Philippines is tied at No. 8 with Canada and Taiwan for the largest revenues from pornography in 2006. This is according to the Internet Pornography Statistics report by Jerry Ropelato of Top Ten Reviews. For a poor 3rd 2nd world country, that’s something, huh?

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Does your company encourage Social Networking?

Published by: yuga under: Web 2.0. 12 replies

posted: May 28th, 2008

A story from the Business Week reveals that IBM has been encouraging social networking among its employees with in-house versions of Web 2.0 hits such as Facebook and Twitter. A lot of companies are into corporate blogging already but social networking is another story.

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Nepal gets Battery-Powered Cars

Published by: yuga under: Curious. 6 replies

posted: May 27th, 2008

Shree Eco Visionary (SEV) of Nepal has developed battery-powered vehicles from ordinary car batteries. All the more we should be convinced that high-tech innovations can be developed via low-tech means. Their 3-wheeler electric vehicles have been plying the streets of Kathmandu on AC power since 2004.

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Nokia MD4 Mini Speakers

Published by: yuga under: Mobile , Tech Toys & Gadgets. 8 replies

posted: May 27th, 2008

When the Nokia N78 came in the mail two weeks ago for review, it came with a set of small speakers. Didn’t knew Nokia was also making phone speakers and this one looks like they were specifically made for mobile phones.

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umobile: The Price of Free Load

Published by: yuga under: Mobile , Telecoms. 13 replies

posted: May 26th, 2008

ümobile (CURE U Mobile) seems to be getting a ton of attention because of their game-changing strategy. We already know what’s in store for mobile subscribers but what’s in store for advertisers?

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e-Burial: Online Burial Viewing Service

Published by: yuga under: Netrepreneur. 12 replies

posted: May 25th, 2008

Last week, when a sibling of a friend died of colon cancer, I went to the wake at the Paco church to pay my respects. My friend told me one one of their sister from the States can’t make it and wished there’s a way they can do to ease the disappointment.

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The YugaTech T-Shirt is here!

Published by: yuga under: Contests. 71 replies

posted: May 24th, 2008

Okay, we’re not done giving away stuff yet. The YugaTech T-Shirts are finally here and I’m giving them all away to our readers here. Check out below how you can grab one for yourself.

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The Red Zune has arrived!

Published by: yuga under: Tech Toys & Gadgets. 9 replies

posted: May 24th, 2008

This one arrived in the mail this morning — a shiny 8GB Red Zune. Been wanting to have one of these babies for the longest time now.

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Contest: Tradeport iPod Shuffle Giveway

Published by: yuga under: Contests. 34 replies

posted: May 23rd, 2008

ipod-shuffleTime for another giveaway. Our newest sponsor, Tradeport, is excited about their re-launch that they’ve decided to give away five (yes, 5!) new iPod Shuffle to our fellow bloggers and readers here.

Here’s the quick and simple mechanics in order to get the chance to win the giveaways:

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Yahoo brings Panama to the Philippines

Published by: yuga under: Search , Yahoo. 6 replies

posted: May 22nd, 2008

In a press conference this morning at the Hotel Intercon, Yahoo! Philippines General Manager Jojo Anonuevo formally announced Yahoo’s Sponsored Search marketing product (codename: Panama).

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Infonxx renamed to KGB

Published by: yuga under: Careers. 31 replies

posted: May 22nd, 2008

Philippine call center company Infonxx recently renamed itself as KGB. The new name is not an acronym but if you think it sounds familiar, you’re right. They got their new name from that defunct Russian security agency.

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CURE’s U Mobile Ad-Supported Service Not Entirely Free

Published by: yuga under: Telecoms. 22 replies

posted: May 21st, 2008

Last Monday, CURE’s new U Mobile service was officially launched. About 350 units of phones were given away to pre-approved U Mobile subscribers. Part of the monthly credits will be free and supported by ads. Anything beyond the Php100, you have to pay for yourself.

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OLPC 2.0: 2nd Generation XO Laptop Unveiled

Published by: yuga under: Personal Computing. 6 replies

posted: May 21st, 2008

The One Laptop Per Child Foundation just unveiled the next generation of XO Laptops and looks like it’s an interesting upgrade to the previous one. OLPC founder Nicholas Negrponte reveals the new design of the OLPC in a press conference.

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