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ALCATEL OT–C651: AN EYE CANDY PHONE FOR THE YOUNG GENERATION
I get the impression that Alcatel is still trying to make a name for itself in the Philippines’ mobile phone market. The advantage of being an upstart is that you try hard to offer value-for-money deals to your customers. I witnessed this myself last December when I saw the Technews staff purchase several spanking new phones from this brand that cost less than 3K and I thought “cool!” I bet this was something not many people know about.
Popping portable player
Everyday, we are bombarded with new gadgets, from the latest models of mobile phones to MP3 and MP4 players. Everything seems to be going digital--like the new MP4 technology, essentially a portable entertainment unit that can play digital music and videos. Songs, episodes from a favorite television show, and even full-length movies can be easily downloaded onto MP4 players via the Internet.
Opening Pages
The information age, which succeeded the industrial age where information is the most important resource and information technology has the central position in production, has spurred a progression of economic values.
Genius Navigator P300 Football Mouse
Leading peripherals manufacturer Genius recently unveiled two new gadgets for the sports enthusiasts the Look 315FS webcam and the Navigator P300 Football mouse.
SAMSUNG UNVEILS THE WORLD’S FIRST 8GB HARD DISK EMBEDDED PHONE
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, is reinforcing its technology leadership by unveiling the world’s first 8GB Hard Disk embedded smartphone; the SGH-i310.
Having Fun With I.T.
A couple of weeks back, I visited a bookstore trying to find a book that I need to finish a certain project. I was surprised to see how books, most especially computer books has gone so expensive nowadays. If you have a budget problem like me, there are alternatives and one of them are E-Books.
Knowledge Box
Business intelligence (BI) is a broad category of application programs and technologies for gathering, storing, analyzing, and providing access to data to help enterprise users make better business decisions. BI applications include the activities of decision support, query and reporting, online analytical processing (OLAP), Multidimensional OLAP (MOLAP), Relational OLAP (ROLAP), Hybrid OLAP (HOLAP), statistical analysis, forecasting, and data mining.
Blog-O-Rama
J. Angelo Racoma describes himself as an "economist by profession and a former exec of a Philippine IT firm specializing in domain registry and blogging solutions." Now, he has turned his back on all that by becoming a home-based full-time blogger and father of two. Being one of the most successful in his field, anybody who's interested in earning money online will surely learn a lot from this committed techie who "writes on the empowering value of technology in an increasingly knowledge-driven economy." More in the following interview:
Security Secrets and Strategies
Experts at SophosLabs, Sophos's global network of virus, spyware and spam analysis centers, have warned users about a Trojan horse that encrypts victims' computer data, and then attempts to extort a 0 ransom.
Reality Bites
First, let me thank all of you who attended the Powertips Security Secrets and Strategies last March 16, 2006 at Dusit Hotel (DH). It was a huge success, but this time not in numbers but more on the quality of our audience.
Wi-Fi Comes of Age, Goes Beyond Computers
Three Christmases ago, Manila Bulletin barely missed setting a world record when it put up a Wi-Fi-capable Christmas Tree. That tree, however, had to settle for runner-up honors when a Wi-Fi tree in New York City beat it by a couple of days. Nevertheless, Manila Bulletin’s Christmas Tree certainly blazed a trail in the region’s information and communications technology scene. The 2003 Christmas Tree was the first in Asia to include Wi-Fi, the wireless local area networking technology based on the IEEE 802.11 standard.
Nokia launches new line-up of mobile phones
Nokia recently launched a new line-up of mobile phones in the Philippines. The new additions to the Nokia family cater for the mid-level and the business markets.
Nokia rewards the new graduates
Nokia salutes the new graduates with a special rewarding gift just for them! From March 5 to March 31, 2006, get a free Nokia portfolio bag with every purchase of selected Nokia imaging phones. Choose from a wide selection of Nokia mobile phones that will fit the newly graduate’s lifestyle and receive a limited edition Nokia portfolio bag!
OLYMPUS MJU 720SW
Less than 0.8" thick, this versatile, compact digital camera is designed with the signature style and performance for which the Stylus line is renowned with the added benefits of Shock and Waterproof technology - perfect for any situation, durable enough for shooting in any conditions. From hiking, surfing and skiing to parties and Little League games, the solid, shock-absorbing design combines with waterproof sealants to deliver clear, vibrant pictures of whatever, whenever, wherever.
Sony Ericsson W950i UMTS WALKMAN phone
Sony Ericsson has announced a major new addition to Sony Ericsson’s family of Walkman phones. The W950i is a UMTS-enabled device with 4GB of onboard storage complete with touch screen for simple navigation through music genres, playlists, individual songs or music albums.
Logitech MX610 Left-Hand Laser Cordless Mouse
Sculpted to fit the left hand, the Logitech® MX™610 Left-Hand Laser Cordless Mouse provides the same advantages afforded to the right hand, with Logitech´s precision laser tracking system, advanced cordless technology, navigation controls, and e-mail and instant message notifications.
Of Macs & Tux
In less than a year since Apple announced its switch to Intel in 2005, we now have Intel-based Mac Minis, iMacs and the new 15" portable powerbook replacement named MacBook Pro. With the shift to a processor that is compatible with Microsoft's Windows XP, people are optimistic that they will be able to run Windows XP on the Intel Mac. The beauty of Apple hardware running the ahh, err... Windows XP. :) Unfortunately (or fortunately, for that matter), Apple opted to use Intel's Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) over the older Basic Input/Output System (BIOS), which unintentionally (or was it intentionally) renders Windows XP practically incompatible with the hardware.
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I must admit the Unifier sounds more like the weapons of the Power Rangers put together to incapacitate their foes. But the complete name is Unipage Unifier, a free software that stores a complete web page as one file that can be opened using a browser or used as a portable document.
INFOCHAT News
Intel Launches Low-Voltage Intel Xeon Processor
Digital Citizens
Technology has helped companies and individuals to do things easier. It has given all of us the time to do more things while technology takes care of the other repetitive tasks. Even in the area of medicine, technology has helped in determining the causes of diseases and has helped in curing patients. The advancement in medical technology is simply unbelievable, but technology has its limitations.
Sony announces first blu-ray disc products
These next generation devices include a home player, VAIO® desktop and notebook computers, an aftermarket internal computer drive, and recordable/rewritable media. All will offer the highest-definition experience available from a five-inch optical disc.
Ask Dr. J
Question: Can Windows XP Professional run on Intel Celeron based PC? Coz I am not a Techie enough on PCs. Can I Install it over a pre-installed Windows XP Home 15 day trial? Can you help me? Thanks in advance! And More Power to your article. - Anton Cruz.
ACRONIS ENHANCES ENTERPRISE STORAGE MANAGEMENT SOLUTION
Acronis, Inc. released an update to its family of Windows-based server- and enterprise-class workstation Acronis True Image products. Key among the updates is the ability to restore a system to entirely different hardware – a feature known as Universal Restore, and the ability to boot a remote computer to restore a system partition. These capabilities will be added to Acronis True Image Enterprise Server, Acronis True Image Server for Windows and Acronis True Image Workstation (formerly Corporate Workstation.)
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