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Valentine’s Day WARNING
Today is February 14 - Valentines day, and most of you are busy preparing for your date or are excited to be with your love ones. Given the advancement of technology, relationship and courtship are now on a new and higher level, we have email, chat, SMS (text messaging), social networking sites, blogging, forum, instant messaging, and others. Teenagers nowadays gets to be more creative in their courtship with the help of technology.
Watching IT
Banned mostly by critics and industry analysts, Vista proved its detractors wrong by driving sales of personal computers in the U.S. market. These people, some of whom equate being cool with being anti-Microsoft, had lots of humble pie coming their way. Sales of PCs for the week after Bill Gates introduced his company’s latest operating system to consumers in January (Corporate users could buy Vista-equipped computers since November last year.) grew 67 percent over figures posted in the same week the previous year.
Java Champion’s Corner
I have written quite a number of "guest" articles on Java. Being one of the two Java Champions in the Philippines, I owe it to the entire Java community to continue advocating Java in the Philippines. Whilst I have my own blog, Advocrazy, where I crazily advocate (hence the title) Linux/FOSS, Mac and Java, I have decided to extend the reach via a dedicated Java column here at TechNews (thanks to my editor, of course - salamat, boss Art!).
Of Macs & Tux
If you are like most people who are pretty much always on-line, then chances are you have an instant messaging (IM) client or two running in the background. (To others like some of the UP staff, the instant messaging client is THE application) Yahoo! Messenger gets the most popular vote followed by MS Messenger, AIM/iChat, Google Talk and ICQ but not necessarily in that order. Other applications such as Skype, Gizmo Project and Jabber also provide instant messaging features. These applications provide a way for your peers, friends or buddies to know if you are available for chat or not via the online status that gets propagated to your peers. Some folks, like me, prefer to be "invisible" because I find some folks just do not know how to respect your "on-line status" and would simply fire those chat requests even if it is not important. Don’t get me wrong but unless it is urgent, please do leave me alone. :)
Extending the Best Wireless Home Experience through Linksys
There’s a lot more than web surfing bouncing on the airwaves around households these days. With parents using the Internet to work from home, the kids going online to finish their homework and do research for school, the growing popularity of video streaming, photo blogging, online gaming and multimedia downloading, not to mention the fact that a typical home may very well have more than one computer and a couple of laptops performing all these tasks at the same time, a standard Internet connection just won’t cut it.
Infochat News
SAP unveils a next-generation solution and an additional business model that will reshape the way midsize companies purchase, adopt and finance software applications. Complementing SAPs existing portfolio for midsize companies, the solution will leverage a new "enterprise service-oriented architecture" (enterprise SOA) by design platform and will be available to customers through on-demand and hosted delivery for significantly lower total cost of ownership. To more efficiently reach untapped midmarket segments with the new solution, SAP detailed plans to invest in an additional business model which will operate in parallel with its established business.
Nokia 6300: Elegance and Funk in a No-Fuss phone
For someone who has not used any other phone but Nokia, the experience of reviewing the Nokia 6300, one of the Finnish company’s latest slim handsets, will most likely make me keep my loyalty to this brand despite the availability of a wide-range of sleek and fully-equipped phones from its competitors.
Samsung YP T9: Nano-Sized, Video Capable!
I confess! I have been having an affair for the past few weeks. Now before I get in into any more trouble with my significant other, let me just clarify that my new relationship is with the latest Samsung T9 MP3 player from its trendy YP (popularly called Yepp) line.
REALITY BITES
"For the saved, death ushers us into the presence of Christ. “To be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord” (2 Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:23). So real is the promise of the believer’s resurrection, that the physical death of a Christian is called “sleep” (1 Corinthians 15:51; 1 Thessalonians 5:10). We look forward to that time when “there shall be no more death” (Revelation 21:4)."
Philips Ambilight technology lights up the future of home entertainment
HOME ENTERTAINMENT has never been the same with Philips Electronics’ development of an award-winning unique technology called Ambilight Intelligent Lighting or Ambilight.
Samsung Unveils Ultra Edition II Series
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, recently launched the Ultra Edition II handsets.
Panasonic Takes the Battle for Cleaner Air and Low Energy Usage Indoors
Who says living and breathing clean air inside our homes comes at the price of an arm and a leg? Certainly not the enterprising people at Panasonic – recently, they showed that clean indoor air could be enjoyed in every home without the prohibitive cost brought about by high-energy consumption.
HAVING FUN WITH I.T.
For those of you who maintains a site or a blog, you may be surprised to know that there is a site out there who does archiving for you for FREE. The site: The WayBack Machine.
Make it Reel with Nokia
Online video sharing communities are the hottest avenues nowadays for people to express their directorial creativity and Steven Spielberg-wannabee tendencies for all the world to see. Some kids have achieved instant fame just by shooting a video of themselves and posting it online. But wouldn’t it be better if you shot a video and got some cold cash for it?
WATCHING IT
First there were the iPod killers. Now, a long line is forming for mobile phones parading themselves off as assassins to Apple’s recently announced iPhone. Each one eager to climb up the ring and do battle with Steve Jobs’ yet-to-be-released smart phone. If their manufacturers feel any uncertainty about mixing it up with one of the IT world’s top marketers, they are not showing it. At least, not publicly.
Corsair Enters The Philippine Market Anew With XMS Memory Line
Corporate businesses are not the only ones who demand computers with high memory specifications. Even the household PC is sure to eat up on memory with its desire for speed in applications such as online gaming and multimedia streaming over the Internet.
Canon Selphy ES-1 Compact Printer Makes High-Quality Printing More Mobile
Photo freaks will now be able to produce their own photo prints anywhere, anytime, with the new Canon Selphy ES-1 Compact Printer. Compared to previous flatbed Selphy models, the ES-1 has a unique upright or vertical design making it possible to be stored or operated in small spaces. Measuring 199 x 177 x 113 mm, the ES-1 was also designed with a built-in handle so that in can be carried like a handbag (and also looks like one).
Free and Open Source Software Conference
Question: What will help provide a more efficient system, provide better services and lessen corruption in the government? What will help save cost and provide easy access to technology?
The Philips S220 – Seamless Form and Functionality
The new Philips S220 will turn heads with its elegant design and finish. With an FM radio and enhanced messaging capabilities, the Philips S220 has all the essentials and more to help you stay stylishly connected.
TECH BITS AND PIECES
ESET, the leader in proactive threat protection announced that ESET NOD32 Antivirus received its 42nd VB100 award in the February 2007 Virus Bulletin Comparative Review. NOD32 was rated the fastest in comparative testing of 15 antivirus products running on Microsoft Windows Vista Business Edition (32-bit). ESET further extended its nine-year track record as the vendor with the most VB100 awards.
IT SHOPTALK
We’re sure that you readers have had experiences of looking for either a whole PC package (hardware components) the whole day and ended up getting frustrated. So, what’s the difference among computer shops that you know of? It may either be a mixture of computer peripherals, mobile phones, and other services.
BROADBAND
I was recently asked to be a judge for the 2007 Websining Digital Arts Competition for the Digital animation category, along with my co-instructor at the Philippine Center for Creative Imaging, Mr. Henry Lopez. It was a fun and educational experience, as it was the first time I had participated as a judge in such a contest.
Teen tech tormentors: what's a parent to do?
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When Boston University sophomore Kendrick Sledge was 14, incessant phone calls alerted her parents to her relationship with an abusive and controlling older boy, who would threaten suicide or a return to using drugs if she tried to break up with him.
GAMETIME
Whether you’re in the virtual world of online gaming or the very real world of business, strategic partnerships are crucial to deciding who eventually comes out ahead of the pack.
Sony TV comes Bigger with the 70" Bravia SXRD
It is high time that Filipinos experience the real definition of extreme of viewing pleasure: images that exude stunning details and clarity, refined high-definition quality, and vivid and highly accurate colors that make images look natural and alive. Crisp and smooth motion is also a must to create a life-like effect as though you are watching the actual scenes through a window. And last but not least, a huge 70-inch display with full 1920x1080 resolution, the definitive factor for uncompromising home theatre enthusiasts.
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