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May 28, 2012

Congress approves Anti Cybercrime Bill HB 5808

So the House of Representatives has finally passed their own version of the Anti-Cybercrime Bill (HB 5808) which is also known as the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012. The bill includes online threats and online defamation as cybercrime offenses.

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News
May 08, 2012

Cherry Mobile Magnum 2X Review

We know that this may be out-dated by all standards but we never really had the chance to do a full review of the dual-core smartphone from Cherry Mobile locally known as the Magnum 2X. Now that we have a review unit from the Philippine-based cellphone manufacturer, we thought to give it a fair airtime.

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Mobile, Reviews
April 24, 2012

Intel launches 3rd-gen Ivy Bridge processors

Intel just announced the arrival of the first 22nm quad-core processor in addition to their 3rd-generation Intel Ivy Bridge line-up.

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Personal Computing
March 28, 2012

Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus vs. Huawei Honor

We’ve recently attended the official announcement of the Huawei U8860 (Honor) and been dazzled by its features and most importantly its price. So we had an idea to compare Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus which is in the same price range as the Honor to give you guys an insight on which phone will give you more bang for your buck.

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Mobile
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
December 28, 2011

Jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 for iPad, iPod Touch & iPhone4

Jailbreak for iOS 5.0.1 came out earlier today but it’s only for the iPhone 3GS, iPhone4, iPad 1, iPod Touch 3G/4G and does not include A5 devices like the iPhone 4S or iPad 2.

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Apples and iPods
December 23, 2011

Hacked iPhone 4S runs on Vangie, the Pinoy Siri

In my iPhone 4S review, I mentioned I had a hard time using Siri (the personal/virtual assistant) and concluded I can live with the iPhone even if I’d deactivated it. Turns out there’s a group that hacked Siri and replaced it with Vangie.

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Software
September 30, 2011

Firefox 7 out and ready for download

Just downloaded it today but Firefox 7 has been out for a couple of days now and claims it uses much less memory (50%) compared to FF4.

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Freewares
August 09, 2011

Apple releases Lion Recovery Disk Assistant

In my recent review of the 2011 Macbook Air, I noticed that Apple no longer included a recovery disk (no CD or USB drive) in the box, since it’s already built into the Mac OS X Lion. Still, it would have been nice to have the same feature found on an external drive.

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Apples and iPods
July 21, 2011

How my Paypal account got closed down

Barely over a month since my Paypal account was hacked and restored, I once again encountered a disastrous incident — this time, Paypal emailed me saying they have placed the account on Limited Access.

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The Internet
July 11, 2011

Acer Iconia Tab A500 is cheapest Honeycomb tablet

We’ve been playing with the Acer Iconia Tab A500 for over a week now and I must say this is a pretty decent Honeycomb tablet and probably the cheapest dual-core tablet in the Philippines with street prices as low as Php18,500.

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Personal Computing
July 07, 2011

Jailbreak iOS 4.3.3 on iPhone, iPad & iPod Touch

The much-awaited jailbreak for iOS 4.3.3 is now out and ready to hack your iPhone 4, iPad and iPod Touch. The steps are quick and easy, just like how it was done before.

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Apples and iPods
June 09, 2011

Using 2-Step Verification with GMail

In the recount of what happened yesterday regarding my hacked Paypal account, I realized that it was my GMail that was originally compromised and used to reset my Paypal password.

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Gooooogle
June 08, 2011

Disputing Unauthorized Transactions on Paypal

So my Paypal account was hacked at exactly 10:01am this morning. In the many years that I have been doing online transactions, I’ve gotten used to frauds and hacks but this one from Paypal (Unauthorized Transaction) is the biggest so far.

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The Internet
December 12, 2010

HTC Desire HD Review

The HTC Desire HD is one of the most anticipated superphone this year and it’s coming to town in time for Christmas (or so they say). Check out our full review of the Desire HD after the jump.

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Mobile
November 11, 2010

Archos 101 in the flesh, first impressions

So we finally got our hands on the new Android tablet of Archos. First up is the flagship model, the Archos 101.

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Personal Computing, Tech Toys & Gadgets
October 31, 2010

GMail Security Alert

Been getting this GMail security alert for a couple of times last week and I thought it was just a bug. GMail is reporting that someone else from another IP has logged into my account but could not give more details.

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Gooooogle, The Internet
November 27, 2009

HP Mini 311 Review

The HP Mini 311 is Hewlett-Packards’ latest and largest iteration of the Atom-powered netbook. At the same time, this is the only netbook in the local market today that sports an NVidia ION LE chipset. See our full review below.

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Personal Computing
August 20, 2009

Cheaper Sony PlayStation 3 Slim announced

The original PlayStation 3 was way too expensive when it first came out. That’s probably one of the main reasons why it lagged behind the Nintendo Wii and the XBox 360 in sales. So Sony has come up with a newer but cheaper one — the PlayStation 3 Slim.

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Tech Toys & Gadgets
August 11, 2009

Dell Inspiron Mini 10A selling for Php20,999

I thought the Dell Mini 9 would be the last netbook from Dell we’d see for the longest time. It’s been almost a year ago when the first model was launched while the Inspiron Mini 10 was announced as early as January this year.

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Personal Computing