Sony Ericsson launched the Z520i a mobile phone in an appealing, stylish design. The Z520's high-tech features are wrapped inside the smooth sleek body of an elegant clamshell, creating a small and inviting handset that fits in the hand as easily as it does in the pocket or bag.

Digital Video Disc (DVD) players have always become a hot commodity for average families. Watching a DVD movie at home is more cost-effective and convenient than going to their favorite movie houses.

In recognition of their selfless service to the Maguinda Community Telecenter (MCT) as volunteers, here they are with their story. Ordinarily, I would have traveled to Maguinda and endured the travel to the remote area to be able to write about them but thanks to the Intenet, I just emailed them my questions and they emailed back their responses. It helped, too, that I was able to personally talk to Danny Majait, one of the volunteers during his visit to Manila last month.

Only 23 years old, blogger and engineer Karla Redor is typical of the rest of her computer-savvy generation and maybe more. She was still in college when she dipped her hands into website development. She started blogging in 2001 when she learned how to do websites and her cleanly-designed, WordPress-driven blog is an example. It was so named because of Karla's "exposure to the local indie scene" but it would be a mistake to think that this site is only about music. It is in fact a compendium of the author's many interests which include photography, dining out, and sports among other things.

How would you feel if a total stranger called you on your landline phone or texted you on your mobile phone? I am sure the first thing that you would ask is the identity of the caller/sender and how this stranger got hold of your number. And if the purpose of the call is unpleasant, you will feel that your privacy have been invaded, more so if this stranger keeps on calling/texting you endlessly. The act becomes annoying and can be interpreted as harassment.

By the time you read this, the much awaited Episode 10: Heritage, is now online and active at pRO commercial servers. Heritage brings the game full-circle as most of the level-99 population hit the leveling lands once again.

Contrary to popular belief, Microsoft's first operating system was not MS-DOS but Xenix, it was released in 1980. Microsoft (short for microcomputer software) was founded in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1975 by William Henry Gates and Paul Allen, to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800. With the proliferation of IBM PC clones in the mid-1980s, Microsoft used its new position, which it gained in part due to a contract from IBM, to dominate the home computer operating system market with its MS-DOS operating system. And as they all say - The rest is history.

CANON Marketing Philippines, Inc. (CMPI) announced the release of the EOS 5D, an innovative digital SLR that features a 12.8-megapixel full-frame CMOS sensor. The EOS 5D is aimed at commercial/professional photographers and serious hobbyists looking for a more affordably priced full-frame digital SLR that is able to fully exploit the capabilities of Canon’s professional range of EF lenses.

“The Sony AZ series is designed with the young urban trend-setting professional in mind, the AZ series’ futuristic design, extensive music theatre functions and one-of-a-kind touch panel enable it to fill the gap in the market for a sophisticated network audio system that combines style and technology," said Mr. Hiroaki Kobayashi, President of Sony Philippines.

No more running cables or tripping over speaker wires. Logitech announced the world´s first THX-certified 5.1 speaker system with digital wireless dual rear speakers. The new Logitech® Z-5450 Digital speakers, ideal for use with the living room entertainment center or the office PC, provide flexibility in setting up an instant surround-sound system. Each of the independent rear speakers can be placed anywhere within 8.5 meters (28 feet); no unsightly speaker wires running around the room, yet no compromise on quality. With THX-certification and 315 watts of power, these speakers help create a theater-quality movie watching experience and provide enough thump to help people feel like they´re inside the game.

Palm, Inc. and Research In Motion (RIM) announced that they are working together to bring BlackBerry® Connect™ to the Palm® Treo™ 650 Smartphone. The companies expect the solution to be available in the United States and internationally starting in early calendar 2006.

Samsung introduces the SPH-V7900 a phone with embedded 3 GB HDD. This model is Samsung's latest model equipped with hard disc drive following the world's first mobile phone equipped with 1.5GB hard disc drive (model: SPH-V5400) which Samsung introduced in September last year.

The leading Indonesian mobile operator Telkomsel is increasing its network ca-pacity with Siemens technology in order to cope with high demand. In the coming four months, the Siemens Communications Group will supply the operator with equipment for its mobile switching network worth a total of more than 70 million euros. The mobile arm of Siemens has a market share of over 30 percent in Indo-nesia, making it by far the largest network supplier.

Sony Ericsson added the first UMTS handset to the Walkman range of music phones. The W900 is a fully specified music player, phone and imaging device capable of super-fast downloads of all types of multimedia – music, video and graphics. It follows the global market launch of the W800. Two previously announced Walkman phones are also about to launch, the W600 in the Americas and W550 in the rest of the world.

The computer printer is very important in an office or business hub. Without it, paperwork tasks can be so complicated. From documents to colored images, the printer can get the job done.

My household network is made up of two Apple powerbooks and a Linux computer. Yesterday, I gave a 160GB hard disk to my brother to upgrade his Linux computer on condition that he reinstalls his operating system. Determining which OS to use is one of those problems Linux users always face but this time, I demanded that he use Ubuntu Linux Breezy Badger version.

Thanks to computer networking, gone were the days when we need numerous diskettes to copy certain files from one computer to another. Not only is disk swapping one of the major causes of virus infections, file management is a nightmare and file redundancy is rampant as well.

Canon Marketing Philippines gave photography, videography, and printing enthusiasts the chance to touch, interact and immerse first hand its latest digital imaging products in the recently concluded Canon Expo '05.

D-Link introduces the AirPlus G DWL-G730AP Wireless Pocket Router. The DWL-G730AP is a portable wireless solution for the traveling users delivering 802.11g wireless connectivity with a maximum wireless signal rate of up to 54Mbps.

Epson Philippines Corp., recently launched two scanners – the Epson Perfection 3590 and Epson Perfection 4490.