Atma XplorerAtma XplorerA compilation of thoughts and ideas that I thought I'd share. I'm into Open Source Software so I'll be posting stuff about that too Articles
Firefox 2.0.0.8
2007-10-21 00:00:00 Unlike 2.0.0.7, Firefox ’s new update is highly recommended to fix the crashes that many users have reported. Some of these crashes showed evidence of memory corruption under certain circumstances and we presume that with enough effort at least some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. The security issues that were fixed are as follows: URIs ... If you want to read more, just click the title More About: Firefox 2
The rise of subnotebooks
2007-10-18 00:00:00 While the idea of ultra low cost subnotebooks was intended as a project for education purposes of third world countries, everyone seems to be chipping in into what’s likely to become a new battlefield for manufacturers. The whole concept started with the OLPC. They wanted a portable, durable notebook with enough features to provide multimedia ... If you want to read more, just click the title More About: Rise
Site move complete
2007-10-16 00:00:00 You may have seen the site downtime or the reset of the wordpress installation but rest assured everything’s clean and dandy now. I’m just polishing a few more items on the new host and will move on to posting some of the stuff I’ve made over the weekend. For now I leave you with several ... If you want to read more, just click the title More About: Site , Move , Complete
Mapua COE GC Logo
2007-10-15 00:00:00 Phew! After a few hours of dabbling in Photoshop I’m finally done with my entry for the GC logo (or whatever you call the design that will go on our shirt). I’ll be waiting for my batch mates reaction on my work so I’m still not sure if it’s going to be used ... If you want to read more, just click the title More About: Logo
Site Changes and More
2007-10-13 00:00:00 I’ll be moving to a new host in a few days (change that to now, if I’m lucky enough to find an open bank which I doubt since it’s a holiday). I’m getting tired of the timeouts I’m experiencing when getting dugged an/or stumbled. It’s happened thrice this week and after consulting w/ ... If you want to read more, just click the title More About: Site , Chang , Chan
Citibank on Paypal Withdrawal
2007-10-13 00:00:00 I had pause all my blogging activities to catch up on my research for my Electronic Design subject. To compensate for that, I tried to contact Citibank on how one will go about withdrawing your Adsense income via Paypal . Here’s their reply: We wish to inform you that once you withdraw funds from your ... If you want to read more, just click the title More About: Withdrawal
Windows XP SP3 leaked details
2007-10-13 00:00:00 It’s been a long time coming but Window’s XP Service Pack 3 is coming.As with SP2, Service Pack 3 will consist mainly of previously-released hot fixes and security patches so you don’t have to install SP1, SP2 THEN SP3. Internet Explorer 7 and Windows Media Player 11 will also be included by default. So what’s new ... If you want to read more, just click the title More About: Details , Windows Xp , Leaked , Tails
Software Review: Week 3
2007-10-13 00:00:00 I’ve had my gmail accounts (I have 4) for quite awhile now and it’s feeling quite cluttered so I decided to take a look if the grass is greener on the other side, namely yahoo and live hotmail to see what they have to offer. Interface All 3 webmail programs offer AJAX built interfaces, and an ... If you want to read more, just click the title More About: Software , Review , Week
Mozilla aims for mobile web
2007-10-13 00:00:00 Opera is probably the best browser for your mobile device and the Mozilla team now wants a piece of the action. While many mozila fans will go crazy over that announcement, there’s a few things I’d like to point on that the Mozilla team needs on their checklist to make it a hit: Firefox should be ... If you want to read more, just click the title More About: Mobile , Mobile Web , Bile
MSNBC acquires Newsvine
2007-10-09 00:00:00 I was new to the service (newsvine) so I was a bit surprised to see a post on digg about the issue as well as the new logo. MSNBC has acquired Newsvine , a socially driven news site (like Digg, Shoutwire, etc). Newsvine will continue to operate as an independent news site and will not be folded ... If you want to read more, just click the title
Aborting a Shutdown on Windows XP
2007-10-09 00:00:00 If you’ve tried kill programs suspicious programs on the taskbar before then you probably got this message once or twice: Although they look suspicious, svchost.exe’s are essential in running XP which is why when one or more of them gets killed you see the message above and less than 60 seconds to save your work. ... If you want to read more, just click the title More About: Windows , Windows Xp , Shutdown
Ubuntu 7.10 available for preorder
2007-10-09 00:00:00 Shipit, Ubuntu ’s FREE CD delivery service is now taking orders for Gutsy Gibbon (7.10) shipments. While placing my orders I noted that there’s a bit of decrease in the cds they send out: 1 Ubuntu CD (1 PC Edition) 1 Ubuntu CD (1 64-bit PC Edition) 2 Ubuntu CDs (2 PC Edition) I’m quite sure I started ... If you want to read more, just click the title More About: Preorder , Available
The Gphone is not a phone
2007-10-09 00:00:00 ?The essential point is that Google?s strategy is to lead the creation of an open-source competitor to Windows Mobile,? said one industry executive. ?They will put it in the open-source world and take the economics out of the Windows Mobile business.? The G Phone (Google Phone) is not going to be a second iPhone. Google’s main ... If you want to read more, just click the title More About: Gphone
Dell Latitude XT Tablet
2007-10-09 00:00:00 And here I was thinking that the Tablet PC market is quite dead. Dell plans to release it’s first Tablet PC called the Latitude XT although they’ve been quite silent about it. I confirmed the project sometime in May up till now, the only information that you can find floating on the net ... If you want to read more, just click the title
IE7 removes WGA check
2007-10-06 00:00:00 The first time IE7, I was a bit confused at Microsoft’s intent. At first, they wanted to compete with Firefox by providing a “free,” safe and optimal browser to compete with Firefox, Opera and everyone else. When it came out, I was surprised to see an additional WGA check which was embbedded into ... If you want to read more, just click the title More About: Check
The Storm superworm
2007-10-06 00:00:00 No this isn’t a security bulletin but if you’re thinking that your computer is safe from viruses and malware, think again. What is Storm ? If you’ve been seeing floods of emails and IM messages that try to get you to click links that say, “Interesting Pics,” “Watch this video,” “Funny Pics here,” etc then you’ve seen how ... If you want to read more, just click the title
Microsoft?s Anti-Linux Ad
2007-10-06 00:00:00 More on Microsoft ’s FUD campaign against Linux Microsoft claims that a US government official stated the words above, they did gloss over several known facts: 1) When they say “State Government” what they really mean is one guy ( who NO LONGER works for state government ) said this.. not that this is the position of “state ... If you want to read more, just click the title More About: Anti
Software Review: Week 2
2007-10-06 00:00:00 I had a bit of trouble writing a review for this week. I’ve had about six people pestering (yes, it was beyond nagging guys) me to blog about one of the hot issues in the Filipino community today. No it’s not the ZTE deal, it’s about the issue with a scene in Desperate ... If you want to read more, just click the title More About: Software , Review , Week
Shakugan no Shana: Movie Review
2007-10-06 00:00:00 It’s another anime movie that I’ve been waiting for, for quite awhile now. Shakugan no Shana or Shana of the Blazing Eyes. As with Bleach’s Memories of Nobody, I decided to watch the movie with a bit of trepidation. Anime movies bat about 1:15 on a good to bad ratio and I really didn’t want ... If you want to read more, just click the title More About: Movie , Movie Review , Review , Hana
New Zunes are out
2007-10-04 00:00:00 They're Microsoft's answer to Apple's 2nd generation of ipods. Zune 80 is currently top of the line boasting an 80 GB (you guessed it) HDD. A slight change for the the Zune 4 and Zune 8 models are the flash-based drives that they're using which means more juice and less ... If you want to read more, just click the title More About: Zunes
YaKuake - KDE terminal emulator
2007-10-04 00:00:00 Long time or even new Linux users sometimes find the old terminal console boring and too DOS-like. I tried lots of emulators but I couldn't find one that works for and looks just right. YaKuake fills that requirement, providing support for multiple tab which gives people who use multiple ... If you want to read more, just click the title More About: Terminal , Term , Mina
Yahoo search upgrades
2007-10-03 00:00:00 My brother was logging in to his yahoo mail when I noted something weird with the yahoo search bar on their main page. Yahoo ! Search Assist or whatever it's called (I found four different references, Search Assistant, Search Help etc.) now brings suggestions to your queries via a drop ... If you want to read more, just click the title More About: Upgrades , Yahoo search , Yahoo!
Laptop batteries that lasts 30 years
2007-10-03 00:00:00 At most, midrange laptops have a battery life for 4-6 hours while high-end ones last from 8-12 hours depending on what you're doing and how large your battery is. In the next few years, your next notebook purchase may last you up to 30 years of constant use! Sounds like ... If you want to read more, just click the title More About: Laptop , Batteries , Years , Erie
War: Movie Review
2007-10-03 00:00:00 It's one of my most awaited pairings (no not the romantic pairing, I don't have much love for romance) of all time. Jason Statham and Jet Li in a single movie! Again, The One being the first collaboration between the two. For some reason I am yet to find, the ... If you want to read more, just click the title More About: Movie , Movie Review , Review
Microsoft launches Office Live Workspace Beta
2007-10-02 00:00:00 Another Web service is added to Microsoft 's already long list of .Net integrated services with the brand "Live " applications. After brow-beating Google Apps, Microsoft unveils Tools on the Web, which is basically a number of services from within the Office XP program similar to services already on Microsoft's Web site. ... If you want to read more, just click the title More About: Beta
AdSense Youtube Publishers
2007-10-01 00:00:00 People who have been up to date with Google's purchases have expected Youtube 's monetization for quite a while. I'm one of the pessimists on the idea thinking that static ads would be present on the site. How wrong that expectation turned out. The Learn Adsense link (the page depicted ... If you want to read more, just click the title More About: Publishers , Publisher
The SonyDrive XEL-1 OLED TV
2007-10-01 00:00:00 It's here. After Sony Drive teaser, Sony presents us with a 3-mm thin, 1,000,000:1 OLED TV, to be released on the 1st of December in the Japanese market. This brand spanking new (and expensive) toy sports an 11-inch screen with a 960 x 540 pixel resolution, digital tuner, 2x ... If you want to read more, just click the title
An Ultrathin, Anime-Inspired Computer Memory Chip
2007-10-01 00:00:00 It's probably a mix that few people would deem possible, but anime and biotechnology paved the way for the development of an ultrathin, Protein-based Memory chip. Treehugger gives a simple summary of the theory behind this upcoming technology which uses ferritin, a protein commonly found in both eukaryotes and prokaryotes. In the ... If you want to read more, just click the title More About: Computer , Anime , Chip , Inspired
LEVEL-UP LIVE 2007: Logged and Loaded
2007-09-30 00:00:00 [ November 3, 2007 to November 4, 2007. ] WHAT: LU! Live 2007 WHEN: November 3-4, 2007 WHERE: World Trade Center List of Events: Level-Up City Cosplay Level-Up Filmfest National Art Competition On the Spot Drawing Contest COSPLAY Guidelines 1. Eligibility & Registration Anyone can participate in the LIVE cosplay. If the participant is a player of any Level Up! games, he or she can... If you want to read more, just click the title More About: Loaded
What is the Sony Drive
More articles from this author:2007-09-30 00:00:00 Something seems up with Sony ’s Japanese homepage as rumors began circulating about what this item is. Aside from the non-descriptive name, there’s little information about the item other than the non-helpful flash presentation on the Sony Drive . If you want to read more, just click the title 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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