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Ubuntu User Review of the Day
2008-06-06 20:00:00
I have read a lot of reviews from different products from different people. Some are very informative while some are pretty biased but from time to time, you’ll find something that will make you smile. Now keep in mind that this is an actual review from a user of Amazon.com about Ubuntu . By Ernesto Granillo ...
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Firefox to Set a Guinness World Record
2008-06-06 17:21:00
With the anticipated release of Firefox 3 this June, the Firefox community have set an initiative to get a new Guinness World Record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours. There’s no actual date yet on the release of Mozilla’s new version of its flagship browser but you have the option to be automatically notified ...
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PC and Internet Connection Problems
2008-05-27 13:23:00
First of all, I’m sorry for the lack of updates and for not able to reply back to comments left on my blog. As much as I wanted to, my online activity is limited since my main rig was out of commission and my Internet connection was also down (most of the time) thanks to ...
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Firefox 3 RC1 Is Available for Download
2008-05-18 00:12:00
Mozilla made Firefox 3 Released Candidate 1 available to the general public. Mozilla engineers expect to ship the final release by the end of June 2008. If you’re ready to check it out, you can download a copy from this link. Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1 is available in more than 45 languages as a public ...
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Microsoft?s WorldWide Telescope Launched
2008-05-13 17:44:00
Microsoft has launched the new WorldWide Telescope , a free web-based program that puts together images from the Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory Center, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and others. It allows users to zoom around the universe and browse through the galaxy on their own or take guided tours of different outer-space destinations ...
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Mobile Blogging in Laguna
2008-05-03 22:08:00
This is the first time that I’m blogging and I’m not in front on my desktop PC (which rarely happens). I’m currently in Laguna right now (Calamba, Laguna to be specific) on a yearly summer family reunion. For readers not familiar with it, Laguna is a province located southeast of Metro Manila. I’m using Smart’s 3G ...
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Skype Offers Unlimited International Calling Plan
2008-04-21 19:00:00
Skype today announced that the company has started offering unlimited overseas calling to selected countries. The new Unlimited World Plan gives you Unlimited calls to landlines in 34 countries worldwide for $12.95 per month while the Unlimited Country Plan allows you to have unlimited calls to landlines in the country of your choice in 34 destination countries worldwide for $5.95 per month.   Unfortunately, the Philippines was left out on the cold on Skype’s unlimited offering. Our OFW and kababayans abroad would really benefit from it if this becomes available. I don’t blame Skype if they can’t provide unlimited calling yet since they still need to pay fees to our local telcos for the interconnection on their telephone network. Hopefully, this will change in the future with some support from our government but for the meantime I’m sticking with Yahoo! Voice to call my family in the US.
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Windows XP SP3 Release Dates
2008-04-21 13:36:00
Windows XP Service Pack 3 is just around the corner and from the looks of it, it will be made available these coming few days. Microsoft plans to release Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) to business on April 21, 2008 (tomorrow April 22 local PH time) and to the general public on April 29, 2008 via Windows Update. Below is the Windows XP SP3 release overview: April 14, 2008: Support is available for the release version of Service Pack 3 for Windows XP April 21, 2008: Original Equipment Manufacturers, Volume License, Connect, and MSDN and TechNet subscribers April 29, 2008: Manual Update (Microsoft Update, Windows Update, Download Center) June 10, 2008: Automatic Update (Windows Update)   Below is a feature overview of Service Pack 3: “Black Hole” Router Detection: Windows XP SP3 includes improvements to black hole router detection (detecting routers that are silently discarding packets), turning it on by default. Network Access Protection (NAP): NAP is a policy enfor...
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Nokia N95 New Firmware Released!
2008-04-14 13:34:00
I just found out when Nokia ’s PC Suite notified me with an update of their software. Nokia made the new firmware available couple of weeks ago and is only available for the European and Asian version of the N95. The new Nokia N95 firmware update version 21.0.016 is ready to download (around 118mb) and install with ...
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Demonoid Is Back Online
2008-04-12 05:50:00
Demonoid is back after almost 6 months of being offline because of a problem which started June of last year . Last February, reports about the Demonoid tracker being moved to Ukraine created speculations about the return of the popular private BitTorrent tracker. With its resurrection, Deimos, the former administrator, left the Demonoid staff because of ...
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Dead Fantasy
2008-04-04 11:35:00
My brother sent me these video clips and I don’t even have an idea what it was as first. I though it was one of those blooper videos being forwarded by people through email. So what is it? Dead Fantasy is a fan made masterpiece of Monty Oum, a short action pack video combining characters mainly ...

Zamzar - Free online file conversion
2008-04-03 10:58:00
Converting a file like an mpeg video to a quicktime file can be a pain specially if you don’t have the proper software to do the task. Normally you have to download one, or two, sometimes three utilities just to convert a file to a format you like.  If only we can avoid this hassle ...
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Transition to Wordpress 2.5 and some site updates
2008-04-01 11:10:00
After hours of testing on an offline version of my blog, I have finally decided to upgrade to Wordpress 2.5. As I expected, there were no compatibility issues encountered with the theme just like on the test blog. More than 90% of the plugins worked perfectly after the upgrade and only the AdSense Manager and Live ...
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Wordpress 2.5 Released!
2008-03-30 23:34:00
After some delays, Automattic has finally released Wordpress 2.5 and is now available for download. The 2.5 branch is nicknamed ?Brecker? in honor of Michael Brecker, an exceptionally talented saxophonist. For a short overview of features with some screenshots, I suggest visiting the RC1 announcement. Or check the screencast of the new Wordpress interface in action. ...
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Technorati Faves and Authority
2008-03-25 17:15:00
One of the things you need to consider to blog effectively is Technorati . Specifically, you need to know how to make it work to your advantage especially if you have plans on monetizing your blog. At first, I was confused on how the system works and my ranking was stuck for months. Now its slowly ...
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Command & Conquer 3: I felt Kane?s Wrath first hand!
2008-03-25 16:00:00
I was at the mall this afternoon, trying to cool myself from this hot humid weather then I decided to drop by at Datablitz to check out some new game titles. Lo and behold, Command & Conquer 3: Kane’s Wrath is already on their shelves ready for my picking. As an avid RTS fan like ...
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Technorati Authority Explode! - Viral Linking
2008-03-24 14:32:00
Okay, so I got tagged by Residual Matters and decided to join the viral frenzy. I have randomly selected 5 of you below to be tagged and I hope that you will similarly publish this post in your blog. You have to tag 5 other bloggers and just keep adding on to the list. (Do ...
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Happy Easter!
2008-03-23 08:37:00
Happy Easter everyone! I know… I know… I missed several days of blogging. Unfortunately, I’ve been busy these past couple of days testing and migrating some stuff on a new server. The only thing that I was able to complete these past few days is moderate some comments and do my daily Entrecard habit. ...
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Pacquiao - Marquez II Match Live
2008-03-15 22:37:00
A few hours from now, the much awaited rematch will start. A lot of people (including myself) is waiting for this unfortunately for me, tickets at SM Cinemas are already sold out and SkyCable’s PPV offering is too expensive for me (Php 2000 plus!). With your high speed Internet and with the power of ...
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First Hulk Movie Trailer!
2008-03-14 18:40:00
The first one sucked! Now, here?s the first trailer of upcoming reboot of the Hulk franchise. I first saw the teaser of the trailer a couple of days ago which got me excited. Based from the trailer, it?s the Abomination VS the Hulk!  
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Trend Micro?s Website Hacked
2008-03-14 16:17:00
Getting hacked is embarrassing for any website. Getting hacked when you sell security software has to be humiliating, but Trend Micro is not the only security vendor to have its Web site hacked in recent months. In January, parts of CA’s Web site were infected with a very similar type of attack which redirected their ...
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Intel Atom on the New EeePC
2008-03-12 16:36:00
Asus’s chief executive officer, Jerry Shen revealed details of their upcomming EeePC. he told Laptop Magazine that he prefers Intel ’s Diamondville processor over Via?s Isaiah chip. Slowly but surely, we are seeing the EeePC getting more features , including wireless broadband. However, the new EeePCs will be more expensive than the debut model but Shen ...
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List of Free Online Anti-Virus Tools
2008-03-09 04:06:00
Some Anti-virus vendors offer Online Scanners on their website. These tools often requires you to download a small plugin which enables your browser to utilize their online Anti-virus offerings. Good thing about online AV scanners is they give you a real world benchmark on how it scans and detect viruses in the wild. This a good ...
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Internet Explorer 8 Beta Features and Downloads
2008-03-05 17:02:00
With the release of their Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista a couple of weeks ago, Microsoft is now getting ready for Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1. Microsoft have revealed a full features page which lists the additions to their flagship browser Internet Explorer .
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Intel announces the Atom. New Family of Low-Power Processors
2008-03-03 20:37:00
Intel announced that “Atom ” will be the name for a new family of low-power processors designed specifically for mobile Internet devices and a new class of simple and affordable Internet-centric computers arriving later this year.
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P2P On The iPhone
2008-03-03 18:10:00
An iPhone Hacker has managed to port a functioning P2P client to the iPhone based on a popular Bitorrent client for Macs. According to Gizmodo, this is presently a command line client and the application will most likely drain your battery.
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New MacBook and MacBook Pro Models from Apple
2008-02-26 19:30:00
Apple has launched its updated MacBook and MacBook Pro models that feature faster Core 2 Duo processors, more memory, better video cards and higher price tags (Arggh!!!). Other than the upgraded specs, they look the same as the existing MacBook and MacBook Pro models.
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Microsoft PDF Plugin for Office 2007
2008-02-26 18:00:00
I found this when I was looking for a way to convert the December 2007 Nursing Exam Results document to a PDF file. Previously, I was using other PDF printers and was not aware that Microsoft is offering an official save as PDF or XPS plugin for Office 2007. This plugin allows you to export and ...
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Philippine Nursing Exam Results - December 2007
2008-02-21 07:11:00
I know a lot of nursing graduates are waiting for this since my last post about the June 2007 Nursing Licensure Exam . The exam result was made available today at the Philippine Daily Inquirer and the PRC website. The PRC official website went down a couple of hours ago as a result of nursing students, friends and family members trying to get the said result. Again, the Philippine Nursing exam results now for December 2007 examiners is available for download. As always, the files are in PDF, so you need to download and install Adobe Acrobat Reader first. I also made it available in MS Word format. (more…)
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Toshiba Officially Confirms Death of HD-DVD
2008-02-19 16:22:00
The high definition media war is finally over and Toshiba ’s HD-DVD finally raises the white flag. Toshiba said it would stop promoting its HD DVD format for the next-generation DVD after losing the support of key studios and retailers to the Blu-ray technology backed by Sony. Toshiba’s president, Nishida-san said that they are clearly in a ...
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