One of the recent opinion pieces on Linux Watch is Five Reasons NOT to Use Linux.
Reading through it, I was laughing as I noticed the sarcasm all over it. There’s so much more to free and open source software. It may not be for everybody but why not give it a try?
As the [...]

You can now setup Gmail to send from any email address you own. Of course, to prevent spoofing (spamming and phishing’s close cousin), you have to go through an email-verification process to actually claim the address you’re setting up.

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Celebrate with Opera’s 10th year, and get a FREE registration code via:
Note: For one day only, you can get an ad-free version of Opera. Simply e-mail registerme@opera.com to obtain a registration code. This offer is valid from 12 a.m. Tuesday, August 30 to 12 a.m. Wednesday, August 31 2005 (PDT) [source]
Opera took me away from [...]

We previously covered Pinoy Windows. At the Microsoft Philippines 10 year anniversary, PGMA called it “Bintana”, to the surprise of Microsoft officials.
But then:

It turned out, however, that Arroyo was accurate all along as it was Microsoft Philippines managing director Antonio “TJ” Javier who personally briefed the president about the “unheard of” product…. Sought for confirmation, [...]

Oakley Thump is really made for the music lover fashionista and it is the first digital music eyewear. You could now say, “Look Mom, no wires!” as you go around and show off your newest gadget which is a plus factor in their design. However, you may be forced not to use your Oakley Thump [...]

The Philippines is in Google Maps. You don’t need to go around the world in search of aerial photography.
Their source is inconsistent. Metro Manila is in low resolution, but locations outside have it better.
The Google developers have created a programming interface for developers which has spawned a lot of fun applications. I don’t have an [...]

I’ve never seen myself as a first person shooter (FPS) fanatic, well not since Counter Strike and Ghost Recon. But there’s something in Capcom/High Moon Studios’ Darkwatch that will convert non-believers. This cinematic FPS combines vampire-horror and Western genres into one explosive package that is sure to keep gamers thirsting for more.

The telcos have flooded subscibers with invitations to download multimedia content, most of it just for entertainment.

Who could escape the full page advertisements of the telcos “educating” their subscribers on how to download wallpapers, ringtones, MMS pics etc. There is so much multimedia content that I’ve seen cute little codigos on how to download content.

Shopping for a new PC can be (trivial) tricky. Unlike shopping for a home appliance or personal gadgets, PC shopping takes a lot of thinking and considerations. This owes to the fact that PCs are still general-purpose machine.
When we buy a cellular phone, it is always assumed that it will be used for communicating [...]

Does your digital camera have the flower power button? If you do have the flower button, then you may now proceed taking macro shots. Below is a sample of a macro shot that I took just this afternoon using Canon PowerShot A95.

What is a macro shot? A macro shot is a photograph of small objects. [...]