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Mixing business with pleasure
The E61 is a Blackberry-like device with a QWERTY thumb-board, quad-band GSM with EDGE, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity. It has 75MB of on-board memory that can be expanded using micro SD cards should users require additional storage space. The unit supports VoIP calls and ships with a variety of third-party email tools, including Blackberry Connect--a tool which will enable users to connect to Blackberry services like push-based email technology. Push technology means no prompting and no downloading. This technology has made Blackberry an efficient and reliable communications platform as it automatically delivers email and data to and from a wireless device without additional user configuration.
Joypal 423 MP3 Player
Travelling around the metropolis takes too much of our time. With the average daily commute taking at least an hour, it helps if you can find something to do while waiting to arrive at your destination. Texting and playing games on your cell phone can help. Eavesdropping on your co-passengers’ conversations can be more interesting. But if there’s nothing better to occupy your attention while stuck in traffic, listening to music is the best way to make the commute more bearable.
Avaya Developer Community Brings New Capabilities to FIFA World Cup’s Voice and Data Network
When the sporting world’s largest converged voice and data network is turned over to the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) next week for the launch of the FIFA World Cup 2006™, it will feature a range of new Intelligent Communication capabilities from Avaya and its developer community – from an innovative new application for security screening to a consolidated dialing directory for the 100,000 individuals and organizations supporting the event.
Sony Ericsson hosts camera phone photography workshop
It’s time for camera phone users to become next-generation sharpshooters. The camera phone revolution has made amateur photographers out of everyone. Here’s how to maximize each click and get great shots with your mobile handsets. Filipinas Heritage Library and Sony Ericsson jointly present My Phone, My Camera: A Camera Phone Photography Workshop to be held on Saturday, June 10, 2006 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM at the Filipinas Heritage Library, Makati Avenue, Ayala Triangle, Makati City.
Samsung’s D520: Stylish Simplicity and Stunning Sophistication
Samsung maintains its leadership in the mobile industry with the launch of the new slim SGH-D520. A masterpiece in design, the tri-band D520 is slimmed and trimmed with all of today’s latest features. This model defines sophistication, uniqueness, and style for the student, worker, modernist, and the music appreciator in you.
Security Secrets and Strategies
A new cyber security study released today highlights the difference between perception and reality of consumers' awareness of online scams and their actual online behavior. While 87 percent of consumers polled said they were confident they could recognize fraudulent e-mails, 61 percent failed to identify a legitimate e-mail. Most respondents categorized all e-mails in the study as fake, even though one of them was legitimate. The Online Fraud Report has been sponsored by the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), a central clearinghouse for cyber security awareness and education for home users, small businesses and the education community, and Bank of America.
Sony’s First Digital Solutions Plaza Opens
Sony Philippines has embarked on a more aggressive market positioning as it opens its Digital Solutions Plaza in Anson Pasay Road. The Digital Solutions Plaza in Anson Pasay Road is the first of its kind in the country, which showcases the array of different Sony Solutions in a venue where consumers can evaluate in comparison with other audio-video products.
BROADBAND
NVidia Gelato. No, we aren’t talking about a scoop of the famous Italian ice cream, although I wouldn’t mind one from Amichi de Don Bosco given the hot and humid days we’ve been having. Gelato 2.0 is a rendering package for NVidia’s video cards that let’s the user create high-quality 3d images much faster than before.
Nokia Corporation and Nokia, Inc., Enforce Anti-Counterfeiting Measures
Espoo, Finland - Resulting from a civil action pursued by Nokia Corporation and Nokia, Inc., United States District Judge Jose E. Martinez of the Southern District of Florida has found Suplimet Corporation and Hermann Lozano in contempt of a prior permanent injunction enjoining Suplimet from trafficking in counterfeit Nokia products. As part of the ruling Judge Martinez awarded Nokia damages of $ 1,360,000 against Suplimet and Lozano.
WirelessWorld
With more companies using wireless devices for sophisticated applications - and a greater recognition that, in doing so, they potentially are putting sensitive corporate and customer information at greater risk -- an increasing number of executives say their businesses would be willing to pay a premium to secure their smartphones or other wireless devices, according to the results of a nationwide survey released.
Blog-O-Rama
What’s happening here? Little by little , we are seeing the birth of new gadgets and devices equipped with built-in software for blogging. A few weeks ago, this humble column reported on how the new Nokia N-series cellphones, to be released in June-July, have automatic capability to upload pictures from one’s mobile to Flickr, the biggest online photo sharing community widely used by most bloggers today.
LIVE UPDATES!
Online tournaments leading to the ultimate gaming event, LIVE, are currently ongoing. Fierce avatar competitors for the Ragnarok Philippine Championships 2006, the R.O.S.E. Lion’s Den, the RF Online Novus Elite Squad Tournament (NEST), and Freestyle All-Stars have all met online and offline in an epic struggle for limited playoffs and semi-finals berths. All with the goal of making it into the elite circle of finalists for the LIVE event this September 30 to October 1 at the World Trade Center, Manila to compete for 1.5 MILLION in cash and prizes!
I.T. BooBoos
A colllection of our funny experiences with I.T. companies during their press conferences and with public relation firms during their press invitations. Here are some of them that may make you laugh but at the same time give you some lessons on how to be more prepared and more professional next time:
Reality Bites
Let's get to the point right away. Last May 29, 2006, The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) published its draft amendment to the rules and regulations on broadcast messaging service. The purpose of this is to solve the increasing complains the commission is receiving from mobile users who receives regular unsolicited text messages or text spam from either telecommunication companies and/or content providers.
Reader's Corner
I had the chance to own a NEC L1 clamshell phone, decked out in an attractive black and silver finish, which was sometimes mistaken by my friends for a calculator. This mini-marvel, with a vaguely iPod-look, supports mobile internet GSM/GPRS and comes with a 1.3 megapixel CMOS digital camera onboard.
PUBLIC APOLOGY
TRIDEL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., through its Board of Directors and Officers, hereby publicly apologizes for the inconvenience that may have been occasioned in unauthorized conduct of “vulnerability test” on the website of INQ7 Interactive, Inc. with address “www.inq7.net” on or about January 26, 2005, without the latter’s consent or authority.
PC Maintenance Tip: Secure Your PC with AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition
It is getting harder everyday to protect your data from the dangers posed by computer viruses. These malicious programs have evolved into multiple forms and can be contracted through a variety of ways including opening email attachments, clicking on spam, or by visiting corrupt websites.
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When buying a printer, consider more than just the price of the printer. Consider, too, the cost of cartridges, print quality, reliability, usage, and more importantly, efficiency.
Of Mac and Tux
While most of you folks were marveling at the beauty of the Microsoft Vista Beta version's Aero interface, you may have missed one of its fierce competitors release its latest version several months ahead of your beloved Vista. :p
INFOCHAT News
Intel Introduces New Home Entertainment PC
Digital Citizens
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) is defined as the life cycle cost of an asset, which includes acquisition, set-up, support, on-going maintenance, service and all operating expenses. It emphasizes the sum of all the costs of owning an asset, as opposed to the initial or vendor cost. Simply put, TCO pertains to the cost to own a product throughout its life.
Ask Dr. J
Question: I just want to ask how I can prevent deleting desktop icons from my computer. My kids used to delete icons displayed on the desktop. Thanks. --Charmaine.
LENOVO: ONE BIRTHDAY, TWO LAPTOPS
How time flies. People have barely noticed that it's been one year since Lenovo acquired IBM's Personal Computing Division but the all-women leadership team of the Lenovo in the Philippines made sure the milestone was celebrated in style with a party that coincided as well with the launching of its two branded notebooks.
Samsung Electronics Introduces Advanced Mobile and Digital Information Displays at SID 2006
Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest provider of thin-film transistor, liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels, will introduce a 3.5” LCD with embedded touch screen, and the first-ever 7” LCD driven by a single chip at the 2006 Society for Information Display International Symposium and Exhibition(SID) in San Francisco, California, USA.
Secure File Transfer Solutions for Banks
IT Associates Corp. (ITAC) and Sterling Commerce conducted a financial services executive breakfast seminar recently titled, “Effective Multi-Enterprise Collaboration and Managed File Transfer.” The seminar highlighted Sterling Commerce’s solutions such as the Gentran Integration Suite/Sterling Integrator, Connect:Direct, success story and case studies from banks here and abroad.
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