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YugaTech | Philippines, Technology News & Reviews » Someone forgot to renew ABS-CBNNews.com?
Several emails I received the other day pointed to ABS-CBNNews.com with an expired landing page for Network Solutions. Someone must have forgotten to renew their domain. A quick WHOIS on the domain revealed some clues: Domain Name: ABS-CBNNEWS.COM Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC. Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com Referral URL: http://www.networksolutions.com Name Server: NS.ABS-CBN.COM Name Server: NS.SKYINET.NET Name Server: NS2.ABS-CBN.COM Status: clientTransferProhibited Updated … [Link]
YugaTech | Philippines, Technology News & Reviews » Sen. Mar Roxas blogs, for real
Yesterday on a round-table discussion with bloggers, Sen. Mar Roxas announced that he start blogging himself. This time, it’s for real. Likewise, he’s bringing his campaign for the suspension of VAT on oil (Senate Bill 1962) online. The Fuel Price Protest, an initiative to suspend the VAT on the ever-increasing oil prices. This is complemented by a website called Virtual … [Link]
YugaTech | Philippines, Technology News & Reviews » Could the Atom eat away Intel’s bottomline?
This Friday, Intel will be launching their newest mobile CPU in the Philippines — the Centrino 2. However, the Intel Atom usually takes center stage nowadays because of the heavy proliferation of cheap netbooks. Could the Atom be more of a headache rather than a blessing to Intel’s bottomline? Well, let’s look at it this way. The existing Core 2 … [Link]
YugaTech | Philippines, Technology News & Reviews » Jawbone 2: Bluetooth headphones can be sexy
Aliph returns with a new and sexier Jawbone 2 — a Bluetooth headphone for the fashion-conscious, though I don’t think we’d be able to see one of these being locally available here anytime soon. According to Aliph, the Jawbone just doesn’t offer good looks but a little bit of science as well. - Noise Canceling - Voice Activity Sensor - … [Link]
YugaTech | Philippines, Technology News & Reviews » Are SMS rates really down to Php0.50?
During the SONA earlier this week, Pres. Arroyo proudly announces that she was able to convince the cellular companies to drop the rate of inter-network SMS down by half — from Php1.00 to Php0.50. What she failed to mention was that this an an orchestrated gimmick. The first tie I heard about it on TV, I thought this lady still … [Link]
YugaTech | Philippines, Technology News & Reviews » Dell Studio Hybrid takes on the Mac Mini
Everybody wants to take on the Mac Mini these days. Besides, Steve Jobs seems to have forgotten they have a Mac Mini to update. All of Apple’s products have been refreshed except that Minis. Well Dell is out and selling a shiny competitor — the Studio Hybrid. Forget the Asus Eee Box. If you have to spend some dough on … [Link]
YugaTech | Philippines, Technology News & Reviews » The “Mojave Experiment”
There’s been so much bad press around Windows Vista that even those who haven’t used it already think it sucks. So Microsoft did a secret project called the “Mojave Experiment“. In the experiment, Microsoft invited invited hundreds of people who have not tried Windows Vista and asked them what they think about the operating system. They then asked them to … [Link]
YugaTech | Philippines, Technology News & Reviews » Why is the Asus Eee Box expensive?
For the price of Php 24,900 a lot of people are asking me why the recently launched Asus Eee Box is a little expensive in the Philippines (even if Asus bundled a 16″ LCD monitor with it)? Back in June, when I first reported that the Asus Eee Box will come out this month, I predicted a retail price of … [Link]
YugaTech | Philippines, Technology News & Reviews » Intel Atom vs. Via Nano: Benchmark Results
Ever since the smaller laptops went to market and Intel started touting their new Atom CPUs as top of the line in terms of processing power and consumption, people wanted to see some comparative benchmarks. Well, I found some really detailed ones and they’ve tested the Via Nano 1.8GHz vs. the Intel Atom 230 1.6GHz — the closest chips between … [Link]
YugaTech | Philippines, Technology News & Reviews » Gigabyte M528 Mobile Internet Device
We’re seeing a lot of these lately. From Sony VGN-UX50 UMPC, OQO Model 02, Toshiba Utopia to the HTC Shift, Gigabyte will release one of its own - the Gigabyte M528 MID. It’s touch screen with a size wide enough at 4.8 inches and a screen resolution of 800×480 pixels. Intel Atom CPU, 800MHz Menlow chip WiFi 802.11b/g 512MB of … [Link]
YugaTech | Philippines, Technology News & Reviews » Amilo Mini: Is Fujitsu giving it up to cheap laptops?
Three to five years ago, the trend was this — the small the laptop, the more expensive they’ve become. The Lifebooks of Fujitsu and the Libretto’s of Toshiba were at the top of the heap. Portability was a premium then, until Asus came into the scene. This month, several leaked pictures and video of an upcoming Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Mini has … [Link]
YugaTech | Philippines, Technology News & Reviews » Amilo Mini: Is Fujitsu it giving up to cheap laptops?
Three to five years ago, the trend was this — the small the laptop, the more expensive they’ve become. The Lifebooks of Fujitsu and the Libretto’s of Toshiba were at the top of the heap. Portability was a premium then, until Asus came into the scene. This month, several leaked pictures and video of an upcoming Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Mini has … [Link]
YugaTech | Philippines, Technology News & Reviews » Is the Eraserheads concert the most expensive viral marketing stunt ever?
The recent buzz on the upcoming Eraserheads Reunion Concert has gotten a lot of Eheads fans go crazy. The company behind it is cigarette giant Marlboro — a stunt that could land them the title of most expensive viral marketing campaign. In most ways, I’d agree with Carlos Conde in his article “Why the Eraserheads reunion concert sucks“. He basically … [Link]
YugaTech | Philippines, Technology News & Reviews » Cuil: new search engine in the block!
Cuil, a new Irish-termed search engine, is out in public. They claim they’re a different kind of search engine — well, at least in background color. Rather than rely on superficial popularity metrics, Cuil searches for and ranks pages based on their content and relevance. When we find a page with your keywords, we stay on that page and analyze … [Link]
YugaTech | Philippines, Technology News & Reviews » Are Big Blog Networks slowing down?
This year alone, the top two global blog networks had a rough time with balancing their budgets. Both Gawker Media and the AOL-bought WeblogsInc. saw numerous pay cuts and retirements of less-performing blogs. Is this a sign that problogging is at a decline? Gawker Media alone saw at least 3 successive pay cuts of its bloggers since January. They started … [Link]
YugaTech | Philippines, Technology News & Reviews » Top iPhone 3G Alternatives
While every iPhone fans are waiting for the supposed August/September release of the iPhone 3G in the Philippines, I’ve rounded up some of the top choices for iPhone 3G alternatives and compared them side by side. I had 4 most likely candidates as a great iPhone alternative — the HTC Touch Diamond, Nokia N96, Samsung i900 Omnia and the Sony-Ericsson … [Link]
YugaTech | Philippines, Technology News & Reviews » Asus EeePC 1000: Price & Launch Date
Asus Philippines will finally launch the newer edition of its Eee PC series this week. After last month’s launching at Computex in Taiwan, Asus is bringing here the 10-inch Eee PC 1000. From the Asus website, looks like they’d be coming out with 6 shiny colors of the Asus Eee PC — Red, Green, Black, Peony White, Pearl White and … [Link]
YugaTech | Philippines, Technology News & Reviews » Apple TV: 40GB of pure TV fun!
Last Saturday, we got to test the Popcorn Hour Media Player. This Saturday, it’s Apple TV’s time to shine in the living room. The Apple TV comes in two flavors — the older 40GB version and the newer 160GB. The thing is, the 40GB version doesn’t really have 40GB of available storage — something like just around 32GB. As expected … [Link]
YugaTech | Philippines, Technology News & Reviews » Globe tops Yahoo! oneSearch usage in Southeast Asia
Globe Telecom is the top Yahoo! oneSearch partner in Southeast Asia, based on number of unique page views per day using the mobile search engine. Globe entered into a mobile search partnership with Yahoo! only around this month last year but usage is already considered being one of the most active globally. Unfortunately, the actual figures cannot be shared with … [Link]
YugaTech | Philippines, Technology News & Reviews » Nokia E71 Review
After a couple of weeks with the Nokia E71, I can certainly say it’s the best and most equipped smartphone coming out of Nokia’s doors for the longest time. The smaller form factor has some drawbacks but is something to be expected due to size constraints. The Nokia E71 (see unboxing pics here) is the successor of the popular Nokia … [Link]
