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Archive for November, 2008

Why Nokia is pulling out of Japan?

Published by: yuga under: Mobile. 5 replies

posted: November 30th, 2008

Surprising news last week was the buzz that Nokia is sort of pulling out of the Japanese market for the majority of its products. Care to guess why Nokia conceded the battle on mobile phones in Japan?

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Xiao TIP-521 Digicam comes with a Printer!

Published by: yuga under: Tech Toys & Gadgets. 5 replies

posted: November 29th, 2008

It’s like the Polaroid all over again. Japanese toy company Tomy launched this new point-and-shoot camera, the Xiao TIP-521, with a built-in printer in tow.

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LG Cookie Price: Php11,900

Published by: yuga under: Mobile. 37 replies

posted: November 28th, 2008

True to their words, LG Philippines launched today the cheapest fully touchscreen phone in the Philippines – the LG KP500 or the LG Cookie. My prediction of under Php15k was surpassed — it’s actually just Php11,900.

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Samsung Series 8 HDTV and Mornings @ ANC

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

posted: November 28th, 2008

Yesterday, Samsung Philippines introduced their new line of HDTVs just in time for the Christmas shopping season — the Series 7 and Series 8 LCD TV with 46″ and 52″ models.

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MSI-ECS Christmas Warehouse Sale

Published by: yuga under: Events. 11 replies

posted: November 28th, 2008

Local IT distributor MSI-ECS is running a warehouse sale this first week of December. See details and price list after the jump.

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Sony Ericsson XPeria X1 Price: Php42,500

Published by: yuga under: Mobile. 17 replies

posted: November 27th, 2008

In an email by Sony Ericsson today, the new Sony Ericsson XPeria X1 phone will be coming out to the public tomorrow in stores but people who made early reservations are supposed to get their own units today. The retail price — a cool Php42,500.

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What if The Matrix ran on MS Windows?

Published by: yuga under: Curious. 9 replies

posted: November 27th, 2008

What if The Matrix ran on Windows? Check out this nicely done video parody after the jump.

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Nokia 6260 Slide goes 10.2Mbps on HSDPA

Published by: yuga under: Mobile. 12 replies

posted: November 27th, 2008

I think this could be the first time we are seeing a mobile phone that can reach 10.2Mbps on HSDPA and it comes from the new Nokia 6260 Slide.

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Google sheds some fat — up to 10,000 people

Published by: yuga under: Careers , Gooooogle. 7 replies

posted: November 26th, 2008

All these time that competing company Yahoo has been announcing layoffs after layoffs, no new has beens heard about Google’s status and its roster of employees. Maybe they’re not affected by the financial crisis as much as the rest.

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Is the Dell Inspiron Mini 12 still a netbook?

Published by: yuga under: Personal Computing. 9 replies

posted: November 26th, 2008

There’s this ongoing debate on what really differentiates a notebook from a netbook. It’s supposed to be the size or the computing power but recently, the borderlines have been crossed as well. Take for example the Dell Inspiron Mini 12…

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FeedBurner migrating to Google Accounts

Published by: yuga under: Gooooogle. 4 replies

posted: November 26th, 2008

I got an email from the AdSense Team announcing the migration of all FeedBurner account to Google Accounts on December 5, 2008. This is a required step as Google pushes to integrate all its services into one account.

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Far Cry 2 on Intel Core i7

Published by: yuga under: PC Gaming. 14 replies

posted: November 25th, 2008

Just got a seed unit of the new Intel Core i7 and a copy of Far Cry 2 to play with. Intel announced the release of the new Core i7 quad-core CPUs last Friday which targets enthusiasts and hard-core gamers.

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Adobe Creative Suite 4

Published by: yuga under: Software. 5 replies

posted: November 25th, 2008

Last month, Adobe launched the Creative Suite 4 in the Philippines. I got a trial DVD of the Master Collection from their Singapore office this week and installed it on my machine for some quick testing.
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LG Dare wins CES Innovation Awards

Published by: yuga under: Mobile. 4 replies

posted: November 24th, 2008

Didn’t know there was such a thing as the CES Innovation Awards and turns out the LG Dare took the prize home in the wireless handset category.

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Wickedly powerful Laser Pointer

Published by: yuga under: Tech Toys & Gadgets. 25 replies

posted: November 24th, 2008

Got this laser pointer in the mail last week. First thoughi it was just one of those ordinary ones I see during presentation. Well, at least that’s what I thought until I powered it up.

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Another round of thanks to our Sponsors!

Published by: yuga under: Site Updates. 4 replies

posted: November 23rd, 2008

I’d like to give another shout-out to our advertisers. They’ve been very supportive of me and this blog. Here’s hoping they’d continue to do so in the coming months and years.

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Qube M1 is newest locally-branded netbook

Published by: yuga under: Personal Computing. 27 replies

posted: November 23rd, 2008

Local PC distributor Qube PC Technologies is also coming up with their own netbook this December. Dubbed the Qube M1, the Atom-based netbook will ship on December 15 in time for Christmas.

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G1 Google Android Phone Review

Published by: yuga under: Mobile. 40 replies

posted: November 22nd, 2008

After a week of playing with Google and HTC’s new Android phone, I can say that there’s a huge promise with the platform. See unboxing photos here and specs here.

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Red Mobile website officially launched

Published by: yuga under: Mobile , Telecoms. 132 replies

posted: November 22nd, 2008

The new Red Mobile website has been launched and we finally have the details of the service.

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Toshiba NB105 netbook shipping and priced

Published by: yuga under: Personal Computing. 2 replies

posted: November 22nd, 2008

Last week, Toshiba announced their flagship netbook named Satellite NB105 in Singapore — a 9 inch ultraportable aimed to compete with everybody else.

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