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Internet connectivity has slowed to a crawl today as undersea cable were affected by the recent earthquake in Japan. Reports from ComputerWorld indicates the Philippines is one of the affected countries:At about 10:50 a.m. on Wednesday, local time, an alarm signaled a cable fault on Segment 7 of APCN2, which connects Hong Kong and Shantou, China. The disruption caused a temporary loss of service

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The U.S. government will test secretly in China and Iran anti-censorship technology that would allow users to circumvent the roadblocks erected by computing their governments to limit access to information on the Internet. The technique of "flow by e-mail" ( "feed over email or FOE) can receive information, subscribe to podcasts or receive files through a system that falls outside the

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For the past decade, I’ve always been on prepaid mobile subscription and the first time I switched to postpaid was when I bought the iPhone 3G last year. Having had some billing issues on my postpaid account lately made me think if I should go back to prepaid again (besides, I’m no heavy texter or caller). Obviously, there are some advantages and disadvantages between the two.

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Just re-installed a secondary OS on my main PC and decided to go with the 64-bit version of Windows 7. Been wondering that for the longest time, people have not really cozied up with 64-bit Windows. It’s been like close to a half a decade now that 64-bit editions of Windows are available and yet it hasn’t gone mainstream (the x86-64 was introduced in 2003). Before, the main concern is that even

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Whenever I see a new notebook that sports an Intel CULV, it always reminded me of the Timeline. This newly announced Lenovo IdeaPad U450p is one of them (and I can already see the trend now). Just like the Acer Timeline and the Gateway LT series, the Lenovo Ideapad U450p on a low-powered Intel Core 2 Solo with 2 configurations. Intel Pentium SU2700 1.3GHz or Core 2 Solo SU3500 1.4GHz Intel

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MSI’s next Wind U-series netbook line is dropping the Atom for a Pentium CULV processor in its upcoming 12? MSI Wind u200 ultra-mobile notebook. The specs of this Wind U200 is very similar to that of Acer’s Timeline and Gateway LT series. Intel Pentium CULV SU2700 @ 1.3GHz 12? dislay screen @ 1366×768 pixel resolution Intel Mobile GS40 Express chipset 4GB DDR2 RAM 320GB HDD 5400rpm Gigabit

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The blogosphere is about to explode with buzz about CYXYMU, a Georgian blogger writing predominantly in Russian, who may have been the real target of cyber-attacks that made Twitter, Facebook, and LiveJournal inaccessible on August 06, 2009 (ominously close to the anniversary of the Russian-Georgian war of the last year). I won't lie: I am happy we are finally beginning to address this issue.

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There been a number of evidence pointing to a smaller Nokia N97 Mini that is rumored to be formally announced this September during the annual Nokia World 2009.The Nokia N97 Mini will have a smaller 2.9″ screen at 640×360 pixels. See photo below for comparison {via}: Storage will also be bumped down to options for 8GB and 16GB. And of course, they will also be cheaper. The Mini N97 looks legit

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And I thought we won’t get to see Fujitsu’s netbook here in the Philippines until I found one listed on Asianic. The Fujitsu M2010 is now available in the Philippines for a retail price of Php26,900. Intel Atom N280 @ 1.66GHz 1 GB DDR2 RAM 10.1" display screen @ 1024×600 pixel 160 GB SATA HDD WiFi 802.11 b/g Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR 3 x USB 2.0 1.3MP webcam 4-in-1 card reader Windows XP Home Weighs

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Spotted on display at one of the store shelves at CyberZone MegaMall is the sleek Lenovo IdeaPad U110. This 11.1″ notebook came out in the US as early as May but has only been available locally lately. The U110 is a slim one at only 0.72 to 0.88″ at the thickest base. Lenovo IdeaPad U110 specs: 11.1″ display screen @ 1366×768 pixels Intel Core 2 Duo LV L7500 1.6GHz (low voltage) 2GB DDR2

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Asus has come up with its very own ultra-low voltage and slim notebook line which practically goes head to head with the Acer Timeline, HP Pavillion DV2 and the Gateway LT series we’ve seen earlier. Of particular interest is the 12.1″ Asus U20A notebook which is already available at PC Bodega. At first glance, the design looks like a bigger Asus Eee PC Seashell edition. It’s not really a

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Nikon gets a new first in the digital camera segment — the Nikon CoolPix S1000pj has a built-in projector. It comes with its own stand and remote control. 12.1 megapixel 5x zoom Nikkor lens 2.7 inch high-resolution LCD monitor 36MB internal memory with SD/SDHC card ISO 80 to 6400 The projector’s brightness goes up to 10 lumens with an optimal projection distance of 2 meters and battery life of

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The X-Mini II has been out for a while now but it’s only recently that I got one to test out. This 2nd generation capsule speaker is now bigger and more bad-ass. A bigger chamber could only mean a better bass and the X-Mini 2 did not disappoint. The sound is fuller, the volume is louder and you still get that nice crisp audio quality that made the previous one popular. Power output of the

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Got intrigued by this jar of gooey compund which claims to be able to help clean devices and gadgets on the fly. So I bought one and tried it at home. The compound, call Cyber Clean, feels like synthetic clay or Play Dough, just a little soft and slimier. It doesn’t break up easily too so when you mash it against the gadget you’re cleaning, it doesn’t leave any trace of the substance. What it

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Asus finally made some nice external DVD writer to match their pretty netbooks and nettops — the Asus SDRW-08D1S-U External DVD-RW Drive matches the finish of the Eee PC and the form factor of the Eee Box. This super-multi DVD burner can do almost any disk formats, except maybe Blu-ray. But that’s just it — an external DVD burner that should stylishly match any of your current Asus netbook.

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The MSI Wind Top AE1900 that I spotted a couple months back looks like it’s already in the market. There are 3 variants with prices varying between Php25,000 to Php35,000. The MSI Wind Top uses both an Intel Atom 230 1.6GHz or an Atom 330 Dual Core. Standard specs: 18.5″ display screen 1GB RAM Intel GMA 950 Graphics 160GB HDD DVD+RW Drive 1.3MP webcam 4 USB 2.0 ports Card Reader WiFi 802.11 b/

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Asus sent in one of their newest netbook accessories for review. They also included the Eee PC T91 tablet netbook to go along with it. See live shots after the break. The Asus Eee PC T91 is a tablet netbook with an 8.9″ (1024×768 pxiels) touchscreen display. It’s slim (1-inch) and light (2lbs) too. The netbook is powered by an Intel Atom Z520 1.33GHz with 1 GB of RAM. It

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Sony doesn’t make the smallest laptops; Fujitsu does with their LifeBook U series. The latest one is this Fujitsu LifeBook U2010 Ultra Portable that runs on an Atom Z530 1.6GHz CPU. 5.6-inch display screen @ 1280×800 pixels with touch screen 1GB DDR2 533MHz 60GB HDD or 64GB SSD Bluetooth 2.1 SD card reader CF card slot WiFi 802.11n 1.3MP camera Battery Options: 2-cell Li-Ion 2900mAh: 3.5

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Samsung Philippines sent this LED TV over just this morning. I was actually drooling over it when I first saw the TV last April but it’s just beyond my budget at the moment so I’ll settle for a loaner at the meantime. See unboxed photos after the jump. This 40″ Full HD LED TV is prolly the thinnest I’ve ever seen in the market at just 29.9mm or 1.18 inches (about the same thickness as a regular

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I was shopping around for a Macbook Pro on the Apple Store yesterday when I tried configuring some custom upgrades of an entry-level 13″ MacPro. When I started bumping the DDR3 RAM from 2GB to 8GB, I could not believe what I saw. The upgrade is almost as expensive as a new MacPro — at Php59,300. I guess DDR3 RAMs aren’t that cheap as I thought they would be.

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Two new smartphones from Samsung are coming to town soon — online reservations for the Samsung Omnia Pro B7320 qwerty phone and the Samsung Omnia 2 i8000 are up. The Samsung B7320 is a full qwerty phone with HSDPA, WiFi, GPS, FM Radio, Bluetooth and 3MP camera. It’s powered by Windows Mobile 6.1. The Samsung Omina II i8000 is a full touchscreen with 3.7″ AMOLED display. Has HSUPA 5.76Mbps,

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Not sure if I’ve seen this before but Ozaki is shipping a ton of these iPills to the Philippines this August. The iPill is a microphone accessory for the iPod Nano (4th Gen) and the iPod Touch (2nd Gen). It has a capsule-like shape, with one half is the protective cover and the other half is the 3.5mm jack. Ozaki promises better audio recording quality but that remains to be seen. They

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In my years of reviewing phones, I’ve only tried two HTC phones. One is the Windows Mobile powered HTC Touch Dual and the Android-powered HTC Dream. Before that, HTC was way down my list of phone brands. Until Android came. Today, the HTC Magic is probably one of the most sought-after smartphones locally (although the price kinda ruined all that excitement). The phone was also the subject of

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Looks like Gateway is just cloning what Acer is pushing out the door these days. First, it was the Aspire One series being re-style into Gateway LT series and now the Acer Timeline series has a counter-part in the Gateway EC series. The Gateway EC3801i is a 13.3″ laptop which has a similar specs and price point as the Acer Timeline. It also boasts of the same 8-hour battery life. Specs:

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Nokia launched the Surge in the US and has also unveiled the Nokia 6760 Slide for the UK. I wonder what corresponding messaging device will arrive in Asia. The Nokia 6760 Slide is somewhat similar to the form factor of the E75 and the N97 with the full qwerty keyboard that slides out from the back. Nokia 6760 Slide 2.4 inches @ 320×240 pixels 128 MB internal storage with 2GB via microSD (max 8GB

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Been wanting to have my dSLR cleaned in the Canon Service Center for months but was concerned it will take over a month before I can get it back so when I found this CCD cleaning kit, I grabbed one immediately and hoped for the best. Over the years, I’ve noticed some specks of dust and fiber inside my camera’s sensor. It affected most of my shots as they become apparent in every photo I take

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Yahoo! finally showed us their new portal re-design and this time, it’s allowing users to somewhat customize the sections of the homepage. Parts of the homepage are now widgetized and users can add 3rd party apps. What I liked the most is the Favorites bar which shows a preview of what’s inside the service (Twitter, Yahoo! Mail, Facebook, etc) just by hovering your mouse on the links. And oh

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One of my more nagging problems with a lot of locally available netbooks is the low resolution screen. While 1024 x 600 pixels is fine for regular web browsing, there are important softwares out there that require higher resolution and just wouldn’t work with most netbooks. A reader sent in an email question asking for netbooks that support at least 1024×768 pixel resolution. Imaging

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Barely a year after the new CyberZone at Mall of Asia opened its doors, it’s now apparently closing down by the end of the month. Got curious after seeing some of the stores were packing up last Sunday so I asked several of the attendants about it and they said they only have until July 28, 2009 to pack up and move out. They revealed that a lot of the stores in CyberZone aren’t making

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When I first saw this phone earlier, I really thought it was the real thing. The Nokia E71i is a knock-off Nokia phone that sports dual SIM and a TV tuner. The Nokia E71i is much smaller than the E71 and instead of the qwerty keypad, it only has the usual alpha-numeric layout. The design and construction of the phone is pretty solid and it will really fool most people into thinking it’s made

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The only closest touchscreen handset that could probably match the iPhone 3G is the HTC Magic with Google’s Android OS. And now that its exclusively available only for Smart Gold subscribers, you can grab one for just Php3,000 under Plan 3500. The full price matrix, as published on their site, is here: Plan 500 - Php27,000 Plan 800 - Php24,000 Plan 1200 - Php20,000 Plan 1800 - Php15,000 Plan 2500

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Now I thought this one is a good deal. You get the iPhone 3G 8GB model for free when you subscribe to a new Globe Postpaid Plan 2100. Learned about this from a friend who got her own Globe Postpaid plan last week and was given a free iPhone 3G. Apparently, Globe is clearing out all stocks of the old model before they finally release the iPhone 3G S by end of this month. The catch? Nothing really

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Acer is positioning the Gateway brand as its stylish counter-part so whenever we see an Aspire One out the door, expect a corresponding Gateway LT netbooks to follow suit. Spotted at an Asianic store yesterday are the 10.1″ Gateway LT2003i and the 11.6″ Gateway LT3102i. These two are basically cousins of the Acer Aspire One D250 and the AO571 with some minor design differences and a CPU

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Not sure how Google moderates contributed entries (or POIs) on Google Maps but it looks like the strip of pirated DVD stores in Quiapo got thru. This was shown to me earlier by Art Samaniego of MB on his HTC Magic. I did the same search on my iPhone 3G and it’s also there.

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I’ve mentioned Toshiba’s own netbook here on a couple of occasion and have been spotted in store shelves since last month. We got a better look at the netbook this afternoon along with a couple of other Toshiba multimedia laptops. The NB200 will come in very bright pink and blue but I prefer the brown or the white one. The specs are still the same standard list I pointed earlier. The suggested

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The pocket-sized, ultralight Vaio P from Sony was also recently upgraded to include a faster 1.86GHz Intel Atom Z540 processor. Two new models of the Sony Vaio P were introduced in the recent launching of their Summer 2009 laptop series. Sony Vaio VGN-P23G Intel Atom Z530 1.60GHz 1GB DDR2 SDRAM 80GB Ultra ATA/100 HDD Intel GMA 500 8″ UWXGA display screen @ 1600×768 pixels 620 grams

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Sony Philippines introduced their new line of Vaio laptops for Summer 2009 today. Among them is the much-anticipated Sony Vaio W netbook mini-notebook. Now that’s a pretty quick local release considering that the Vaio W was only announced globally last July 7. Let’s get down to the specs, photos and price. The official specs out of the box would be: Intel Atom N280 1.66GHz 1GB RAM 160GB

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