R.I.P. Google Lively: July - December 2008

Posted Thursday, November 20th, 2008 9:50 pm by PTB EIC
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Lively could make it to be the fastest project Google has killed in its lifetime.
First introduced last July of this year, Google announced today that it will kill the project by December 31, 2008 — just before the clock hits 2009.

A message on the Lively.com site reports the demise with and explanation posted on the [...]

Neo intros 12″ Vivid laptops on 8-cell batteries

Posted Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 11:33 pm by Abe Olandres
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Neo today launched several new laptops for the consumer market with form factors ranging from the 10.2″ Neo Vivid 1190 netbook to the 15.4″ Neo Elan L3100. The Neo Vivid line also includes 12.1″ laptops with an extended battery at 8-cell.

The iMini for iPod makes a good gift this Christmas

Posted Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 8:32 pm by Calvin
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The iMini from Ozaki has arrived in the Philippines just in time for Christmas.
Ozaki what? Ozaki is a Taiwan-based company specializing in speakers and licensed iPod accessories. They are new here in our country but have already been doing business internationally for quite some time.
One of their bestsellers is their iPod portable dock digital sound [...]

FreeTxt: Globe’s Free Texting Service

Posted Monday, November 17th, 2008 11:06 pm by PTB EIC
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Globe Telecom recently launched a new SMS service that allows Globe prepaid subscribers to send free text messages to family and friends within the Philippines even without prepaid credit load.

Yahoo! Hacker Conference 2008

Posted Sunday, November 16th, 2008 8:03 am by PTB EIC
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This is a bit late but we just got hold of a short video documentary of the 2008 Yahoo! Hacker Conference held at the Silicon Valley last September 12-13, 2008. Featured here is the Filipino representative to the Yahoo! Open Hack Day, Andrei Navarro, along with fellow developers from Singapore and Malaysia.

The event used to [...]

Experience 12 mbps broadband connection for FREE courtesy of SkyBroadband

Posted Saturday, November 15th, 2008 6:11 pm by Calvin
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Calling all loyal subscribers of Sky Cable who’ve been with them for at least a year and with no outstanding balance, you can try out their broadband connection for FREE for 15 days!
SkyBroadband is offering a 15-day free trial of up to 12 mbps broadband internet connection for Sky Cable subscribers. Not only that, included [...]

Nokia E63 now official

Posted Thursday, November 13th, 2008 12:12 am by Abe Olandres
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True to the previous rumors about the E71’s downgraded version, the Nokia E63 has been confirmed by the Finnish company today.

The 13mm slim smartphone has a QWERTY keypad but is entirely made up of plastic unlike the earlier metallic Nokia E71.
At $250 a pop (~Php12,000), Nokia dropped the GPS and HSDPA in favor of a [...]

Official: Apple Online Store Philippines

Posted Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 1:55 pm by PTB EIC
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Apple has officially launched an Online Store for the Philippines. In a phone call with Apple Asia’s PR Manager today, Apple will be offering the entire line-up of their products online including free shipping to anywhere in the Philippines.

Sky Broadband pushes 12Mbps speed limits

Posted Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 8:34 am by Abe Olandres
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Sky Broadband is pushing the megabit speed limits to residential lines. It’s now offering up to 12Mbps cable internet service to residential area in Metro Manila.

Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 launch on November 28

Posted Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 12:37 pm by Abe Olandres
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We’ve got confirmation from Sony Ericsson Mobile executives that the much awaited Xperia X1 will be launching in the Philippines this November 28, 2008. We also got our hands on a prototype of the Xperia and so far, we’re impressed with its solid construction and UI.

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