Archive for May, 2008


Asus Eee PC 900 Launched and Priced

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

At the press launch of the Asus Eee PC 900 last Monday, representatives from Asus Philippines announced that suggested retail price for the 2 models of the new 9-inch Asus Eee PC 900 will start at Php24,990.

Globe, Apple to offer iPhone in the Philippines

Monday, May 12th, 2008

In a short announcement this afternoon, Globe Telecom reveals it will offer the iPhone in the Philippines this year. No details yet but this short cryptic press release:

Globe, SingTel, Bharti Airtel and Optus to bring iPhone to the region
Manila, 12 May 2008 – Globe, SingTel, Bharti Airtel and Optus today announced that they have [...]

TorrentSpy closes after $110 Million fine

Friday, May 9th, 2008

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

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

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

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

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?

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

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

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

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

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

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

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

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

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

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, [...]

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