Archive for September, 2007


Full Paypal Phillipines Support: What does it mean?

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

Recent news of Paypal Philippines now being able to send and receive funds have been making rounds in the blogosphere. When Paypal first became available in the Philippines some 12 months ago, it was a little disappointing then because the only way Philippine-based members can use it is by sending funds. Receiving funds was not [...]

Does the NBN Project makes sense?

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

Despite the recent announcement that the President has ordered the NBN Project to be suspended and that there are pending cases in the Ombudsman and the Supreme Court on the matter, the topic of creating a separate network for the government has drawn split impressions from people in the IT industry.
First, it would seem that [...]

Open Source Bill revamp - a slower, more practical pace maybe?

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

The world celebrated Software Freedom Day last September 15 and I saw that Chin Wong attended the event that was held in ASTI. In any case, his blog gives us a glimpse of Rep. Teddy Casino’s efforts in making open source software more widely-adopted in our country. To quote:
For example, it gives government agencies [...]

ABS-CBN going digital

Saturday, September 15th, 2007

ABS-CBN to launch digital TV. Before you dream of watching Wowowee or telenovelas on your HDTV TV set or PC,  it looks like this will be SDTV (standard definition TV) over a digital signal.
Some questions:

If this is “Cable TV ng Masa,” will ABS-CBN pay for the set-top boxes?
Does this lock the TV into watching ABS-CBN [...]

Apple’s new iPod Touch

Thursday, September 6th, 2007

Apple has replaced its entire line of iPods just a while ago. The rumored touch screen iPod is now confirmed which is very similar to the iPhone. The iPod Touch comes in 8 and 16 GB flash drives plus a full 3.5 inch 480 x 320 pixel screen.

This new generation iPods will now come with [...]

Palm Foleo: Folded & Hung

Wednesday, September 5th, 2007

Late last May, Palm announced the Foleo, a mobile companion to the Treo and other Palm handheld products. However elegant and with large screen and full-size keyboard, this nonstand-alone device is practically useless without any accompanying handheld.

Palm CEO Ed Colligan realized that and has announced it has discontinued the product despite its nearing release to [...]

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