TorrentSpy closes after $110 Million fine

Posted Friday, May 9th, 2008 5:49 am by Abe Olandres
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Popular sharing site TorrentSpy closes down after a judgment was handed down in Los Angeles. The site was found guilty of copyright infringement.
The site now host a single page with this open letter to its members:

Microsoft Windows XP SP3 now officially available

Posted Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 11:20 am by Abe Olandres
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Service Pack 3 of MS Windows XP went out last April 29, but it wasn’t final yet. It was only available in the Windows Download site.
Today, WinXP SP3 is finally available via the Windows Update. You should be getting alerts by now if you have Automatic Updates enabled on your Windows PCs.
The final build [...]

Yahoo shares plunge after Microsoft’s withdrawal

Posted Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 1:57 am by Abe Olandres
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Yahoo’s shares tumbled by as far as 20% Monday morning after talks with Microsoft ended. The Redmond giant increased it’s bid from the original $31/share back in January to $33. Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang reportedly was asking $37; Microsoft walked away from the deal.

It recovered a little bit after end of trading day and [...]

Chime in: after upgrading to SP1, is Vista still bad?

Posted Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 5:07 pm by Mon Solo
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I was reading through one of ZDnet’s blogs that deals on how can Microsoft overcome Vista’s image problem. I noted the following:

Microsoft says it has sold 140 million copies of Vista. There are 2,700 logo’d Vista apps (ten times more than existed at launch). Ninety-six percent of new system runing Vista have all [...]

The Time 100: Jeff Han

Posted Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 1:45 am by Abe Olandres
Viewed 266 times | Related entries: Multimedia, Personal Computing, Tech News

My favorite among the list on The Time 100 (The World’s Most Influential People) is none other than research scientist Jeff Han. Jay Adelson of IPTV network Revision3 (producer of Diggnation) and Mike Arrington of TechCrunch came in at close second.

Easytrip

Posted Friday, May 2nd, 2008 7:26 pm by Mon Solo
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To those of you who frequent the NLEX, there is a new new Easytrip electronic toll collection (ETC) tags developed by a company called ActivAsia.
Easytrip replaces the EC-Tag, and is available at the following introductory prices:
1. You can BUY an Easytrip tag for only Php1,508.00, inclusive of a Php500.00 load; or,
2. You can RENT [...]

3D pictures

Posted Friday, May 2nd, 2008 5:32 pm by Mon Solo
Viewed 267 times | Related entries: Imaging & Photography

Ever wonder how to take 3-dimensional pictures without the need of expensive equipment. Neil Creek explains the process: how to see 3D photos and how to take 3D photos. In fact, Neil Creek is holding a 3D photo competition that is open internationally with some interesting prizes: every person who submits an [...]

Asus to launch Eee PC 900 in the Philippines

Posted Thursday, May 1st, 2008 8:16 am by Abe Olandres
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The Taiwanese company will be releasing the new Asus Eee PC 900 next week, May 12. Invites sent out yesterday indicated that several variants of the ultra-portable laptop will be available to the market:

This new generation of the ever popular PC packs in a whole range of hardware that includes an 8.9 inch wide screen, [...]

Thailand pulls the plug on the Telegraph

Posted Thursday, May 1st, 2008 3:51 am by Abe Olandres
Viewed 268 times | Related entries: Telecoms

The telegraph service in Thailand has come to an end after being operated for 133 years. Thailand’s telegraph operator CAT Telecom, revealed that the service is coming to an end due to lack of use and a lack of equipment and parts to maintain it.
The telegram was most popular in Thailand around 1985 where more [...]

Aviary’s suite of rich internet applications for artists

Posted Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 10:18 am by Karla Redor
Viewed 451 times | Related entries: Multimedia, The Internet

Phoenix screenshot
Aviary is a suite of rich internet applications targeted to all artists (graphic artists, layout artists, musicians, writers, directors and the like).
1. Phoenix (image editor)
2. Toucan (Color swatches and palettes creator)
3. Peacock (Computer algorithm-based pattern generator)
4. Raven (Vector editor)
5. Hummingbird (3D Modeller and skinner)
6. Myna (Audio editor)
7. Roc (Music generator)
8. Starling (Video editor)
9. [...]

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