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January 21, 2012

Brewing Anti-Online Piracy Bill in the Philippines

TechLocal.com reports that there is a brewing plan for a bill to combat online piracy in the Philippines. A group is said to be lobbying in congress and the senate to pass a bill similar to SOPA or PIPA.

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The Internet
January 07, 2012

Review: Android Ice Cream Sandwich on Google Nexus S

This year, the new flavor of Google’s mobile OS will be Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0 ICS) and majority, if not all, of the flagship handsets that will be launched this year will have it pre-installed so we thought it’s best to give you a comprehensive walkthrough on what to expect from ICS.

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Gooooogle, Software
July 24, 2011

How security-conscious is your office or workplace?

Having worked at huge multi-national IT company almost a decade ago, I know how some office workplaces can be very restrictive or security-conscious but every time I hear more stories about office restrictions, I still can’t believe they enforce those.

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Careers
April 02, 2011

Chrome surpasses Firefox in the Philippines?

Got a tip from a reader pointing me to a StatCounter report for the Philippines showing that Google Chrome browser has surpassed Firefox in terms of usage in the Philippines.

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Software
January 14, 2011

Lenovo-YugaTech Laptop Contest Winners

This is the last of the 4 give-aways we did last December and among them, the hardest to judge since I had to read each of the close to 300 entries one by one. This caused the 1 week delay but it’s finally here — check out the winners of the Lenovo-YugaTech Laptop Contest after the jump.

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Contests
December 23, 2010

Smart caps Mobile Internet @ 1.5GB/month

This is the first time I was able to read Smart’s Fair Use Policy on Mobile Internet Use and was surprised to see that their cap on unlimited mobile internet is just 1.5GB per month.

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Telecoms
December 14, 2010

AdMU Apple iCampus sells discounted iPads!

Looks like the Apple Store (iCampus) inside the Ateneo de Manila University has been selling the iPads at discounted prices. Yes, lower than the suggested retail prices with the 16GB entry-level iPad WiFi selling for only Php23,000.

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Apples and iPods
December 13, 2010

Contest: Lenovo-YugaTech Laptop Give-away

This is our 3rd installment of the Lenovo-YugaTech Give-away. The difference is that this month, we’re sending off the Lenovo IdeaPad G460 to one winner.

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Contests
November 15, 2010

Asus intros next-generation Motherboards

I was able to attend the ASUS Technical Seminar in Singapore where leading motherboard-manufacturer showcased their next-generation motherboards that will support the upcoming Intel processors code-named “Sandy Bridge”. It was just a half-day event but I think I already consumed all the geeky stuff my brain can handle in a year.

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PC Gaming, Personal Computing
September 15, 2010

Sony Vaio P115 Review

When the first Sony Vaio P came out last year, I drooled over it. The design was exquisite and you’d even ask if Apple made that sexy thing. The price was too high and the specs are on the lower end. A year later, a redesigned Vaio P, the specs were bumped a little and Sony lowered the price too. You can even say it’s an engineering feat.

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Personal Computing
August 24, 2010

Contest: Real Leaf Word Master Challenge

We’re back with Real Leaf and doing another contest. This time, it’s gonna be like a treasure-hunt game running on a Facebook App. Check out the details of the Word Master Challenge below.

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Contests
August 05, 2010

Why Google Wave failed?

About a year ago, I already saw (somewhat) the demise of Google Wave. It was much more evident when they rolled out Google Buzz (splitting user attention).

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Gooooogle
May 25, 2010

Google reveals AdSense Revenue Share

Seven (7) years — that’s how long Google has been keeping secret how much share it is giving bloggers and publishers in their AdSense network.

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AdSense
December 31, 2009

The 2009 YugaTech Traffic Stats Report

Exactly a year ago today, just before the year 2008 ended, I posted the blog’s traffic stats as a sort of reminder to myself and to set higher goals for 2009. In the same tradition, I’m posting my 2009 traffic stats report hours before the New Year.

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Site Updates
December 23, 2009

YugaTech Giveaway Round #1 Winners

First, thanks to everyone who joined in our “Merry Tweetmas Contest“. We received over 600 entries for Twitter, over 100 entries for the blog and over 500 entries in the comments. Second, apologies for the delay in announcing the winners. Didn’t expect it to be this huge. Third, let’s give out the prizes already!

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Contests
November 08, 2009

F.A.Q: Windows 7 in the Philippines

During the public launch of Windows 7 yesterday, we threw some pretty important questions to Microsoft executives about the new operating system.

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Microsoft, Software
October 22, 2009

Bing, Google to do Twitter Search

Today, Bing and Google announced that they have set an agreement with Twitter to do integrated search. This means you can see Twitter updates on both Bing and Google search pages.

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Gooooogle, Microsoft, Search, Web 2.0
September 09, 2009

Dell Inspiron Mini 12 Price: Php33,999

Although it was confirmed last August that Dell has discontinued the Inspiron Mini 12, it looks like several units of the 12-incher has already arrived and being sold at Accent Micro.

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Personal Computing
July 10, 2009

Why is everybody dissing the Nokia N97?

When the official price of the Nokia N97 was finally announced, I was glad that it was way lower than my guesstimate. Having sold my Nokia 5800, I was preparing to buy the N97 and do a full review until I read all the other earlier reviews. I wondered why all the top tech blogs gave the Nokia N97 a thumbs down?

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Mobile
July 08, 2009

Google announces Chrome OS for Netbooks

Can’t believe this is true but the official Google has announced it has developed a Chrome Operating System targeted towards netbooks.

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Gooooogle, Software