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Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines' Longest-running Technology Blog » Yahoo! ranking and the top search categories in the Philippines
So how many here are using Yahoo! to search for stuff? Or know anyone who uses Yahoo! for search? I don’t know what the score is now but here’s a study made based on last year’s statistics on market share for the big three search engines. Basically, what the graph means is that Yahoo! is number 1 across all age … [Link]
Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines' Longest-running Technology Blog » The skinny on Apple’s new iPods
Apple just revealed the next generation of iPod Shuffle, iPod Nano and the iPod Touch on their Fall 2010 event and it left a lot of people really excited, including us. Here’s what’s new with the iPods and our take on them. iPod Shuffle Apple brought back the click wheel on the new iPod Shuffle signifying that the previous no-button … [Link]
Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines' Longest-running Technology Blog » Lenovo launched ThinkCentre M70e Desktop
Powerful performance at entry-level price. That’s what the new Lenovo ThinkCentre M70e desktop is all about as Lenovo’s Worldwide Competitive Analyst, Matthew Kohut, demoed it to members of the media yesterday morning. It is built with advanced features for expandability, stability and manageability for large business customers. The ThinkCentre M70e desktop comes in either a tower or small form factor. … [Link]
Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines' Longest-running Technology Blog » HTC Peep won’t play with Twitter anymore
HTC users, if you can’t login to your Twitter account via HTC Peep or FriendStream because of incorrect username and/or password, it’s not because your account has been hacked. Twitter suddenly switched to OAuth to authorize logins and HTC Peep doesn’t support that change yet. HTC Peep and FriendStream (and other 3rd party Twitter apps) uses the old method called … [Link]
Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines' Longest-running Technology Blog » Sony Ericsson’s Xperia line gets Android 2.1 treatment by the end of September
Sony Ericsson UK has confirmed via Twitter that the very much-awaited Android 2.1 (Eclair) upgrade for the Xperia X10, X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro is on target and will be available by the end of September. It’s a bit late for Sony Ericsson when other phones are already enjoying the fruits of Android 2.1 and are making adjustments for … [Link]
Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines' Longest-running Technology Blog » AMD retires ATI brand
On 2006, CPU-maker AMD acquired GPU-maker ATI for $5.4 billion. Recently, AMD decided to phase out the ATI brand believing that having two brands is unnecessary especially when they will start offering CPU and GPU (APUs) in one package in the future. ATI loyalists may feel irked when they see the AMD brand splattered on their Radeon and FusionPro GPUs … [Link]
Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines' Longest-running Technology Blog » IBM acquires Storwize; HP & Dell bid for 3PAR
IBM already completed the acquisition of Storewize, on-line storage optimization through real-time data compression. Hence, it will be known as Storewize, an IBM Company. Oh the other hand, HP and Dell are still competing for 3PAR. 3PAR’s technology enables large companies to shift to “cloud” storage platforms, giving them extra speed in accessing data and cutting storage costs by nearly … [Link]
Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines' Longest-running Technology Blog » Intel and Nokia teams up to create joint research center
Following the success of the Intel-Nokia Linux project collaboration that brought us MeeGo, the two companies are at it again, officially opening the Intel and Nokia Joint Innovation Center today. The joint laboratory will be a part of Intel’s European Research Network, Intel Labs Europe. The lab will initially conduct research for new and compelling mobile user experiences that could … [Link]
Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines' Longest-running Technology Blog » Online game Superstar teams up with Coca Cola to search for the next singing sensation
Superstar Online, the first online videoke game launched by X-Play Online Games, has partnered with Coca Cola to search for the next great online singing sensation. Yes, playing this online game can get you a chance to super stardom and be a part of an album and concert with Pop Princess Sarah Geronimo. Superstar’s Online Singing Star Search is expected … [Link]
Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines' Longest-running Technology Blog » Hacked gov’t websites restored
The website of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA), the official information arm of the government is now restored after hacker “7z1” took it down yesterday. Access to the site run by the Presidential Communications Operations Office was temporarily interrupted Sunday afternoon by an error message that showed ‘HACKED by 7z1’ and an image of the Chinese flag. Bulacan’s provincial government … [Link]
Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines' Longest-running Technology Blog » Is Philippines ready for e-Book readers?
E-book readers have been in existence for three years already but one might want to ask why it’s not yet made easily available in the Philippines? I know we are a nation who loves to read. Why won’t our consumer electronics shops carry e-Book readers? Sony has a presence here but why won’t they bring the Sony Reader on our … [Link]
Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines' Longest-running Technology Blog » Enjoy Php500 off on the Samsung Champ this Aug. 28
At Php4,980, the Samsung Champ (C3303) is already one of the cheapest touchscreen phones around. But this Saturday, August 28, at the SM Megamall Mega Atrium, you can get it with a Php500 discount plus the chance to meet and greet celebrity endorsers, Sam Milby and Matteo Guidicelli. The Samsung Champ is a basic touchscreen phone that would appeal to … [Link]
Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines' Longest-running Technology Blog » ASUS unleashed its ultimate multimedia notebook, the NX90
ASUS announced today the availability of the multimedia notebook that would rule all notebooks. The new 18.4” ASUS NX90 was crafted with input from renowned designer David Lewis and technology co-development with Bang & Olufsen ICEpower®. Award-winning designer, David Lewis, is known to design buffs and audiophiles the world over as one of the main forces behind the hallmark Bang … [Link]
Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines' Longest-running Technology Blog » Alcatel-Lucent brings innovative services to local telcos
According to a recent report by Pyramid Research, mobile penetration in the Philippines is estimated to reach 86% by end of 2010. They expect mobile subscriptions to reach 116 million or 106% penetration by 2015. However, Service Providers are being squeezed out of the content value-chain by the more aggressive and innovative application and content providers such as Google and … [Link]
Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines' Longest-running Technology Blog » Intel breathes new life to the netbook scene with Atom N550
Just when you think there’s no more exciting things to be done with netbooks, Intel announced their dual-core Intel Atom N550 which is based on their PineTrail platform. Expect a dozen new netbooks from different manufacturers that will sport this new processor. Dual-core Atom processors were previously used in nettops (Atom D330) so why not put it in netbooks as … [Link]
Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines' Longest-running Technology Blog » BlackBerry paid apps now available in the Philippines
Philippine BlackBerry users can now enjoy everything the App World has to offer including paid apps after Research In Motion announced updates to BlackBerry App World in Asia. New features in BlackBerry App World, which is available for download today, include a credit card payment option, enhanced discovery and search capabilities, and a new user identification system called BlackBerry ID. … [Link]
Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines' Longest-running Technology Blog » HTC Wildfire, a very decent and affordable Android phone
The HTC Wildfire is HTC’s midlevel Android 2.1 smartphone that occupies the Php15k price point range which is not yet populated by other manufacturers. Sony Ericsson’s X10 Mini Pro is the only other Android phone in that price range as of this writing. I’ve been playing around with this red-hot HTC Wildfire for a week and it’s quite a nice … [Link]
Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines' Longest-running Technology Blog » Facebook does a Foursquare with Facebook Places
Facebook has recently incorporated a location-tagging feature similar to the popular site Foursquare. With Facebook Places, you can broadcast your current location to your news feed and tag other people as well who are with you. Not a fan of it actually. Right now, the Places feature is only accessible via the updated Facebook iPhone app. I tried it on … [Link]
Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines' Longest-running Technology Blog » Dell introduces new Vostro 3000 series, mainstream laptops for SMBs
Dell recently introduced their new line of Vostro laptops. The Vostro 3000 series targets SMBs and entrepreneurs who want their notebooks powerful and attractive. It is a range of new thin, lightweight and durable laptops featuring the latest Intel Core i processors. The Vostro 3000 comes in 13”, 14”, 15” and the 17” which has the capability to support the … [Link]
Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines' Longest-running Technology Blog » ASUS Eee PC 1001PQ netbook is made for tweens
If your little young man finds the ASUS Disney Netpal too corny, ASUS has introduced the Eee PC 1001PQ 10-inch netbook which he might find more appealing. It’s still geared towards pre-adolescents but without the feature to be laughed at by peers for having a kiddie netbook. The Eee PC 1001PQ has the seashell design which ASUS is known for … [Link]
