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How to share 3G Internet over WiFi

Published by: yuga under: Telecoms , WiFi. 43 replies

posted: February 28th, 2009

The other day, when my DSL broke down, I was forced to use my backup Smart Bro Prepaid and Globe Visibility to connect to the net. Problem was that only one PC at home had the connection. He’s a quick solution I did to share 3G internet over WiFi.

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Sony Walkman W Series

Published by: yuga under: Tech Toys & Gadgets. 14 replies

posted: February 28th, 2009

This Walkman W202 was one of several music players that were introduced by Sony a couple days back and it’s a music player built into a wireless headphone.

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Globe drops iPhone 3G Price by Php4,000

Published by: yuga under: Mobile. 16 replies

posted: February 27th, 2009

Globe Telecom today announced it will reduce the price of iPhone 3G by Php4,000 — that’s for both the 8GB and the 16GB model. That brings the 8GB down to Php33,599 and the 16GB version to Php39,799.

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Is our privacy protected by the telcos?

Published by: yuga under: Telecoms. 28 replies

posted: February 27th, 2009

Last night, my brother told me that this guy he barely knew had a grudge against him which started when they were arguing via SMS. Nothing big really until he showed me a text message with his number and our location (name of our baranggay). It’s like the guy’s saying “I know where you live so watch out“.

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Sony Vaio P: Unboxing Photos

Published by: yuga under: Personal Computing. 26 replies

posted: February 27th, 2009

Sony finally lent me one of their limited Sony Vaio P to test out for a week. That means I should be able to publish a full review by early next week. For the meantime, feast your eyes on a ton of gorgeous photos of the Vaio P.

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Sony Cybershot H20 and the whole Pack

Published by: yuga under: Photography. 11 replies

posted: February 26th, 2009

Sony unveiled a dozen or so new products for their “Summer Gears 2009″; among them is the 10.1MP Cybershot H20 with a whole pack of protective cases for sports and marine activities.

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Globe Broadband Tattoo at 2Mbps

Published by: yuga under: Telecoms. 247 replies

posted: February 26th, 2009

Okay, I think I spoke too soon. Just got this press release from Globe that they renamed their 3G internet service to Globe Broadband Tattoo.

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Globe Visibility Prepaid now at Php1,895

Published by: yuga under: Telecoms. 17 replies

posted: February 26th, 2009

Globe’s Visibility prepaid kit is now down to just Php1,895, a Php605 drop from the previous Php2,500 price a couple months ago.

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Stylish Laptop Bag from TechTote

Published by: yuga under: Contests. 87 replies

posted: February 25th, 2009

Received this laptop/netbook bag from TechTote this morning and unlike the previous laptop bags we got (and gave away to readers), this one was designed specifically for the ladies.

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Error 01 on a Canon Lens

Published by: yuga under: Photography. 15 replies

posted: February 25th, 2009

Last week-end, while using my year-old Canon 40D, I encountered several Error 01 and the screen displays “Communications between the camera and the screen is faulty. Clean the lens contacts.”

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Nokia offering Voluntary Resignation Packages

Published by: yuga under: Careers. 9 replies

posted: February 25th, 2009

Only for the first 1,000 Nokia employees — the Finnish company is offering voluntary resignation packages to about 1,000 of its employees globally including encouraging them to go on sabbaticals in an effort to reduce more cost.

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AVT offers portable GPS in the Philippines

Published by: yuga under: Tech Toys & Gadgets. 37 replies

posted: February 24th, 2009

AVT today announced a whole line of GPS devices specific for the Philippine market. That’s turn-by-turn GPS navigation available for the entire Greater Metro Manila and all national highways from Abra to Davao.

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Google offers remedy against content scrapers

Published by: yuga under: Gooooogle. 5 replies

posted: February 24th, 2009

Is someone copying your original content? Or other sites are using your images and photos without attribution? Dozens of autopilot blogs scraping/republishing your content without your permission? Google offers a couple of solutions to remedy the problem.

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MSI unveils XSlim X600 & X340 Line-Up

Published by: yuga under: Personal Computing. 11 replies

posted: February 23rd, 2009

MSI unveiled two new slim notebooks — a 13.4″ XSlim X340 and another 15.6″ XSlim X600, obviously looking more like a Macbook Air.

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HP employees to get pay cuts

Published by: yuga under: Careers. 16 replies

posted: February 23rd, 2009

Instead of laying off people during the crisis, HP decided to just cut pay on all executives and employees. In a letter to employees last Wednesday, Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd announced it’s going to make some salary adjustments across the board.

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My wish list for Nokia’s Ovi Store

Published by: yuga under: Freewares , Mobile. 9 replies

posted: February 22nd, 2009

So Nokia also announced its upcoming Ovi Store, a centralized content marketplace that will provide applications, games, videos, tones, graphics and more to most Nokia phone owners. It’s practically the same as the Android Marketplace, the Apple App Store and the BlackBerry Application Storefront.

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HTC Magic is next Google Android Phone

Published by: yuga under: Mobile. 16 replies

posted: February 21st, 2009

HTC’s has announced it’s second Android-based phone — the HTC Magic — and this time, the phone sheds off the keyboard from the previous model (HTC Dream).

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Execs resign as Inquirer.net folds back to PDI

Published by: yuga under: Careers , The Internet. 40 replies

posted: February 20th, 2009

Based on accounts from several reliable sources, the operations of online publication Inquirer.net will be folding back and joining the Philippine Daily Inquirer publication anytime now.

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10″ Acer Aspire One 103 arrives early

Published by: yuga under: Personal Computing. 16 replies

posted: February 20th, 2009

Spotted at the Octagon Computer Store at the SM Mall of Asia is the new 10-inch Acer Aspire One. Looks like it arrived earlier than we expected (we reported earlier that PC Corner is taking pre-orders for March 15).

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HTC Touch Trade-In Promo

Published by: yuga under: Mobile. 20 replies

posted: February 19th, 2009

HTC Philippines is running a promo with their latest line of mobile phones. Get a chance to get a discount of up to Php10,000 when you trade-in an old phone or PDA.

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