Archive for December, 2007
Between the Google Video Debacle, the brouhaha over Pagerank penalties and allegations of Google favoring its own products (Youtube and Blogspot) the past few month has certainly been rough for Google PR-wise.
The recent announcement of Google Knol doesn’t help either. Knol (which stands for a unit of knowledge) is Google’s answer to Wikipedia.
December 14th, 2007 | Posted in General Tech, Google, Online Tools and Services | 89 Comments
While the PSP Phone might be mere rumor the PSP TV is real and it just got better with the announced 3.80 firmware which will include Digital Video Recording (DVR) features to the PSP!
December 13th, 2007 | Posted in Gadget, Mobile, Video | 1222 Comments
A couple of months ago I experimented using several web based operating systems (Web OS) - G.ho.st, DesktopTwo, YouOS and Goowy. Technically most of them aren’t really operating systems but rather online desktops with some applications thrown in.
I didn’t really intend to use them on a full time basis (why bother when you can have […]
December 12th, 2007 | Posted in Online Tools and Services | 2 Comments
One of the oft-repeated rumors on the internet is the coming of a Sony PSP Phone though nothing concrete has really come out of it. It doesn’t help though that Sony seems to delight in rekindling the rumors by constantly dropping hints about it’s possible development:
but the idea of such a device has been given […]
December 11th, 2007 | Posted in Gadget, Mobile, Rumors, Telecomm | 1 Comment
Budget airline Jetblue has equipped one of their airplanes with wifi so that passengers can access their email and IM via Yahoo and wifi equipped Blackberry devices.
Passengers won’t be able to surf the full Web. But if they bring Wi-Fi-equipped laptops along, they can access lightweight versions of Yahoo e-mail and instant messaging services; BlackBerry […]
December 7th, 2007 | Posted in General Tech, Mobile | 1 Comment
Want some free money for Christmas ? Well you’re in luck as Yuga is running a contest together with Auction.PH wherein they’re giving away P15,000 in prizes.
Technically they’re not giving away money but rather e-money which you can use on Auction.PH but then again why split hairs it’s still FREE! There’s three ways to win […]
December 6th, 2007 | Posted in Promo | 7 Comments
According to this article by Pinoy Tech Blog the Philippine Senate has just passed a bill which will impose a higher penalty for theft and robbery involving “a portable telecommunication device” (such as a cellphone, PDA or radio).
Now the penalty for theft in the Philippines ranges from one day to ten years imprisonment, depending on […]
December 6th, 2007 | Posted in Mobile | 2 Comments