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Archive for June, 2008

Microsoft Zune 8GB Review

Published by: yuga under: Microsoft , Tech Toys & Gadgets. 35 replies

posted: June 30th, 2008

Having had several mp3 players (an iPod Video 30GB, a Nano, an iPod Touch and a Red Zune) for sometime now, I find myself using the Zune more often than the others. Let me share with you some things about the Microsoft Zune and why I think it’s a good replacement for the venerable Apple iPod.

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Blizzard announces Diablo 3

Published by: yuga under: PC Gaming. 25 replies

posted: June 29th, 2008

Blizzard Entertainment has just announced the 3rd installation of one of my all-time favorite game — Diablo 3. Coming really, really soon to your desktop PC and bringing tons of sleepless nights.

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Watch the Pacquiao-Diaz Fight for Free on Smart myTV

Published by: yuga under: Mobile. 10 replies

posted: June 29th, 2008

This is one of those rare times when Smart can really plug their myTV as an on-demand, anytime, anywhere service in the Philippines. The Manny Pacquiao vs. David Diaz fight can be watched online for free over the Smart myTV network.

Starting 8am, you can get live streaming video straight from Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas for the entire match. If you own a Nokia N77 or a Nokia N92, just tune in to Channel 11.

That’s better than going for pay-per-view or going to cinemas at the mall. If only Smart was able to get the mobile TV policies approved earlier, they would have made bonus points in this arena.

Bill Gate’s last day at Microsoft

Published by: yuga under: Microsoft. 9 replies

posted: June 28th, 2008

Two years ago, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates announced that he will retire from his work at Microsoft. Today, he steps out of his office in Redmond, Washington for the last time. After 33 years at the helm of the software giant, Bill is finally leaving the tech industry.

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Free Airborne Access WiFi with Nokia E Series Phones

Published by: yuga under: Mobile , WiFi. 12 replies

posted: June 27th, 2008

Just bought a new phone — the Nokia E51. In the box was a little pamphlet that says Nokia E Series phone users can get as much as 60 free wifi days from Airborne Access.

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ICANN to open tons of new top level Domain Names

Published by: yuga under: The Internet. 15 replies

posted: June 27th, 2008

In a landmark move, ICANN has approved the introduction of a whole range of new names introduced to the Internet’s addressing system.

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The perils of upgrading to Windows 64bit

Published by: yuga under: Microsoft. 7 replies

posted: June 26th, 2008

Had trial copies of Windows Vista 64bit and Windows XP 64bit for some time now. Since both my laptop and my PC are on 4GB of RAM, the 32bit versions of XP and Vista can only use around 3GB. Was wondering if it’s worth to try the 64bit versions to maximize the available memory on board.

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Japanese ISP to Impose Bandwidth Limits

Published by: yuga under: Telecoms , The Internet. 7 replies

posted: June 26th, 2008

As a country that leads in worldwide internet speeds, it’s a surprise that a Japanese Internet Service Provider will put bandwidth limits on its subscribers. Only shows that despite the very fast and cheap DSL connectivity, consumers will still abuse the service.

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GT opens Globe Labs Division

Published by: yuga under: Telecoms. 12 replies

posted: June 25th, 2008

In a press launch this afternoon, Globe Telecom announced the opening of a new division aptly named Globe Labs. The new department will embark in innovative projects including the recently concluded 3G Multimedia Challenge.

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Nikon D700 12.1MP FX: Spiffy & Pricey

Published by: yuga under: Photography. 8 replies

posted: June 25th, 2008

Some pictures and specs of the supposedly upcoming Nikon D700 FX. The D300 has just be price adjusted (Php71,000) to make way for this new model which is said to cost about $2,999 or Php132,000.

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Paid Blogging Gigs

Published by: yuga under: Problogging. 4 replies

posted: June 25th, 2008

Anyone wanting to earn some dough on the side might want to check out these paid blogging jobs from fellow Filipino probloggers.

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What will happen to Globe Visibility Unlimited?

Published by: yuga under: Telecoms. 18 replies

posted: June 24th, 2008

People have been asking that since Globe Visibility has obviously moved into the flat prepaid and tiered postpaid models, what will happen to subscribers who are on the GV Unlimited plans?

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Voodoo Envy 133: Thinner than Air?

Published by: yuga under: Personal Computing. 12 replies

posted: June 24th, 2008

Earlier this month, HP announced the entry of Voodoo Envy 133 which was vying for the title of “thinnest laptop alive”. Thinner than the MacBook Air they say, at only 0.70″ at its thickest (the MB Air is thicker at 0.76 of an inch). HP spared no expense in making the Envy 133 a tough challenger to the Macbook Air.

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Want some YMail or RocketMail accounts?

Published by: yuga under: Freewares , Yahoo. 16 replies

posted: June 24th, 2008

Two new email domains went up for public use by Yahoo!Mail users a couple days ago – YMail.com and RocketMail.com. Okay, so RocketMail isn’t new. It’s an old email service that’s just been raised from the dead. Main reason?

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Globe Visibility Mobile 3G goes Prepaid

Published by: yuga under: Telecoms , The Internet. 12 replies

posted: June 23rd, 2008

This was just texted to me by a contact from Globe — that their Visibility plans are now available in prepaid — a move that directly competes with SmartBro Prepaid. This is on top of their postpaid GV 799 and GV 999 plans I reported earlier.

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The Typhoon that busted my DSL Modem

Published by: yuga under: Daily Dose. 17 replies

posted: June 23rd, 2008

In the years that typhoons have hit Metro Manila, none have dealt much damage to electronics at home. That’s until Typhoon Frank hit Manila this week-end. It’s all Frank’s fault – the metrowide blackout busted my DSL modem.

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Google Trends for Websites

Published by: yuga under: Gooooogle. 11 replies

posted: June 21st, 2008

Google Trends introduces a new measuring tool for websites and everybody else is calling it an Alexa-killer or Compete-killer. There’s only one big problem though — something’s missing in their graphs.

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Samsung Instinct released on Sprint

Published by: yuga under: Mobile. 3 replies

posted: June 21st, 2008

The new Samsung Instinct has just been released and now available via Sprint. Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal thinks it’s an “ok” phone but definitely not an iPhone killer. In his Samsung Instinct review, Mossberg mentioned the iPhone 31 times and the Instinct only 19 times (this guy is definitely not an Apple fanboy!).

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The Yahoo! Exodus has just began

Published by: yuga under: Yahoo. 10 replies

posted: June 20th, 2008

For a large global company such as Yahoo!, people hardly notice employees come and go. But if you see a very long list of executives going out the door at this rate, now that’s a cause for concern. Just check out how many bigwigs have left Yahoo this year alone:

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Over 26k FF3 downloads from the Philippines

Published by: yuga under: Freewares. 21 replies

posted: June 19th, 2008

Twenty-four hours later, over 7 Million downloads were made for Firefox 3 worldwide surpassing the 5M target by Mozilla. In comparison, Opera 9.5 had 4.7 million downloads in its first 5 days after the June 12 release.

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