tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27453169400050232592009-11-09T21:21:36.496-08:00A compilation of the latest information from the world of technology!Pres. MAUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441006393494752447noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2745316940005023259.post-76571290900875161002009-03-21T18:36:00.000-07:002009-03-21T18:38:44.367-07:00

A study conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit commissioned by Business Software Alliance (BSA) showed that the Philippines ranked 10th most competitive IT industry environment in the Asia-Pacific, moving up one rank from last year. The 2008 IT Industry Competitive Index found that the Philippines is strong in human capital, comprising of a large and rapidly growing young population who are

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Palm was under serious pressure to hit a home run at CES today—and boy, did it deliver. Running Palm's gorgeous (if belated) new platform, dubbed WebOS, the touchscreen Pre could well be Palm's savior, and perhaps its biggest hit.So, as for the Pre itself (due on Sprint in the first half of this year, no pricing yet): It's got a big, 3.1-inch 480 by 320 touch display (yes, with multitouch and an

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This may not be the upcoming list of electronic gadgets for 2009, for they are already available in the market, but at least it gives us a pre-view of what to expect for 2009 - which is not far from mere improvements and/or innovations of these existing ones.Anyway, here are the hottest electronic gadgets that are considered items to own until close of 2008 and probably up to early part of 2009:1

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While most internet shops have closed business during the year, leading internet café chain Netopia is planning to open more than 12 new branches in 2009, adding that the global economic slowdown has little or no effect on them.Netopia President George H. Tan said that they are setting aside P25 million to P30 million in budget for the projected expansion. They will be eyeing spaces inside the

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We have the solution at hand, but somehow, bureaucracy and other self-vested interests from controlling industries have formed such a big hurdle that we cannot fully maximize the potentials of the e-jeepneys. With the international exposure that it has recently, perhaps this promising invention would get the much needed push to be fully developed for our country’s main thoroughfare.The e-jeepney

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LOS ANGELES, CA. – Recent satellite observations have revealed the largest breach yet seen in the magnetic field that protects Earth from most of the sun's violent blasts, researchers reported Tuesday. The discovery was made last summer by Themis, a fleet of five small NASA satellites.Scientists have long known that the Earth's magnetic field, which guards against severe space weather, is similar

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It's not an iPhone, and for many that's half the appeal: Sony's $800 (unlocked) Xperia X1 is the most expensive mainstream cell phone on the market, but it's one of the sexiest handsets around that doesn't start with an "i" and end in "phone."The main X1 interface is unlike any other handset you've tried, and you'll notice the difference immediately as you punch into the XPanel home screen, a

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I thought we were done with big phone announcements for the year, but it looks like Nokia had one last trick up its sleeves. Behold the N97, a sleek new touchscreen handset with 3G data access, a slide-out QWERTY keypad, and customizable widgets. Count on a hefty price tag, though.Nokia invited a small group of reporters and bloggers—including me—to check out the N97 (due in the first half of

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The sexy Motorola Krave ZN4 for Verizon looks like a Star Trek communicator, makes a great little portable TV, and incorporates some genuinely innovative touch-screen technology. But its lack of interesting applications leaves me wanting a lot more. Here's the problem: The bar for touch-screen phones has been raised considerably recently. With the iPhone, the LG Dare, the Samsung Instinct, the

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While it’s already confirmed that both Globe and Smart will offer the BlackBerry Bold in the local market, we have yet to receive news of when and if the touchscreen-equipped Storm will make it to Philippine shores. Now, to further complicate things for the frugal shopper, word on the net has it that RIM has a 5-megapixel camera phone and a successor to the Storm already in the works.According to

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The Nokia 5800 is an upcoming portable entertainment device by Nokia.The Nokia 5800, code-named "Tube," is a Symbian S60 smartphone. It's a XpressMusic series phone, which emphasizes music and multimedia playback. Although it's not the first Nokia phone with a touchscreen, the first being the Nokia 7710, it's their first phone based on the S60 platform which utilizes a touchscreen. While it has

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The G1 may not be as sleek and sexy as the iPhone, but its peppy, easy-to-use touchscreen interface makes mincemeat of all the other iPhone wanna-bes, and it packs in some killer features—like 360-degree Street View—that the iPhone has yet to match.The G1's 3.17-inch screen is slightly smaller than the iPhone's 3.5-inch display, and at first glance, its interface looks a bit dull compared to

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Dell’s long awaited entry into the netbook market has finally been made official, and based on the leaks it seems that it comes with little surprise, both in terms of pricing but also overall specs. The netbook has been officially dubbed the Inspiron Mini 9 and its available today with an estimated shipping date of September 16. The Mini 9 offers a few configurations and will be available in

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CHAJNANTOR PLAIN, Chile — Sixteen thousand five hundred feet up into the Andes, deep inside the Atacama Desert, lies this barren, windswept plateau of maroon rock and sand. One of the driest places on Earth, the table-top-flat Chajnantor is nothing short of a wasteland, offering few humans reason to tread here. Until now.High-tech teams from across the globe are racing to 16,000 ft. in the

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GENEVA - The world's largest particle collider passed its first major tests by firing two beams of protons in opposite directions around a 17-mile (27-kilometer) underground ring Wednesday in what scientists hope is the next great step to understanding the makeup of the universe. After a series of trial runs, two white dots flashed on a computer screen at 10:26 a.m. (0826 GMT) indicating that the

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Car sales this year increases in spite of soaring prices of diesels and fuels. Although recent months sales have declined, the car sales in the early part of the year created more than just a cushion that causes still a net increase from prior year’s sales. The Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines (Camp), credits this higher sales to the US dollars remitted by the OFW and the

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Yes. Filipino ingenuity is at it again. After the LPG powered taxis and the E-Jeepneys or the electric powered vehicles, there is yet again another way of beating today’s rising cost of gasoline and fuels. This time, by using a cost-efficient biodiesel combined with cooking oil – no, make that used cooking oil.The Makati branch of the Philippine National police will be spearheading this project.

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Globe Telecom will offer Apple’s iPhone 3G prepaid kits in the country for more than P40,000 and with free “text” loads, the company said during its investors’ briefing Wednesday.The prepaid kit of the 8-Gb version of the much-anticipated phone is priced at P41,899, while the 16-Gb version costs P48,899. Both units, to be sold locally beginning August 22, come with free short messaging service

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Take your everyday metal moni motoglider, trick it out with a custom battery pack and you've got the ElectraFlyer C, a small electric airplane that debuted at the AirVenture show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, last week. The plane, which received its airworthiness certificate in April, features a 5.6 kWh lithium battery with a projected life cycle (the number of times it can be depleted and recharged) of

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The warning came too late for Barack Obama's adviser: Don't walk and text at the same time.Obama aide Valerie Jarrettfell off a Chicago curb several weeks ago while her thumbs were flying on her Blackberry."I didn't see the sidewalk and I twisted my ankle," Jarrett said. "It was a nice wake-up call for me to be a lot more careful in the future, because I clearly wasn't paying attention and I

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Pent-up demand for the iPhone 3G is manifesting itself on auction site eBay, where eager buyers are bidding in excess of US$1,000 to get what's turning out to be a hot commodity.The demand for the iPhone remains high even off the Internet, with lines forming Monday outside an Apple store in New York to buy the limited stock of the devices.Launched on July 11, the phone sold more than 1 million

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My friend 'Bong' from the Middle East introduced this one to me.. and my!! it's just simply amazing. I promise I'm going to wait for this one. Unfortunately, it's not yet available in the Philippines (or at least in Cotabato City).12345678910 12345678910 12345678910What's in store for this mobile monster?? It's multi-media phone equipped with the camera and music player designed to your complete

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Amazingly thin. Amazingly full-size.The thinness of MacBook Air is stirring. But perhaps more impressive, there’s a full-size notebook encased in the 0.16 to 0.76 inch of sleek, sturdy anodized aluminum. And at just 3.0 pounds,1 MacBook Air is more than portable — it’s with you everywhere you go.A no-compromise display. The glossy 13.3-inch, widescreen LED backlit MacBook Air display is the same

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Further blurring the lines that divide digital compact cameras and camera phones, Sony Ericsson has come out with the 8.1-megapixel C905. As part of the Cyber-shot camera phone family, you can expect a more-than-the-average feature set on this baby. This slider comes with a Xenon flash and technologies such as auto-focus face detection, smart contrast and image stabilizer to give you the best

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SINGAPORE — Nokia has unveiled its latest mobile phone models, designed to keep people connected with both work and personal life—two elements that clash every so often. In an event highlighted by a pomp and upbeat performance of a drum-and-chime ensemble, Nokia’s vice president for sales in Southeast Asia and the Pacific, Chris Carr, introduced the two new members of the Nokia E series—the E71

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