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Apple iPhone 6 will have More Memory Storage?

2014-08-23T12:53:00.000+08:00

It is said on the report from www.gforgames.com that one of the new handsets could be using a Toshiba 128 GB NAND Flash Chip. Well, we are not sure yet about this report because last year when the rumors about iPhone 5S to have a 128GB of storage also didn't happened.

But this time there is a some kind of an evidence that it is about to happen with the new iPhone 6 handsets. The guys over at GeekBar (a phone repair company) reportedly unearthed a new schematic for the iPhone 6, which suggests that the upcoming flagship phone will sport 128 GB of storage. Well, that is a good news for all iPhone lovers out there... this is the time for them to maximize their iPhone handsets, but I am also a bit sad because it is still doesn't support expansion slots for external memory... (Boo hoo)

128 GB would allow Apple to charge a price premium, as well as matching the storage options available on the iPad Air.

What is Microsoft's Surface Mini?

2014-04-27T22:42:00.003+08:00

Speculations of the Microsoft's smaller Surface Tablet has been around few months ago and now, it was rumored to be launch around this May. But the question was what really is the new Surface Mini? What does it looked like and what is the deminsion/size of the upcoming Surface Mini by Microsoft?

Recently, Vostrostone (VSTN), an electronics wholesaler, posted to Amazon.com a couple of photos of cases purported to be for Microsoft's Surface Mini. The availability date for the cases is May 18, 2014.

It was rumored that the Surface mini will be something with a screen size of between seven and eight inches. It was also said that the Surface mini will have a stylus - a real, digitizing pen, in this case, not a capacitive stylus. Surface Mini has also been rumored that it would be ARM-based processor.

Anyway, on the Amazon site where the photos of the case for Surface Mini was posted has the following details (Take Note: The images of the tablet are 8-inch Lenovo Windows tablet, so don't be confused. But one of the VSTN cases shown on Amazon specifically indicates it is only for a Microsoft Surface Mini and also protects the keyboard for the device.):

Specifically designed cutouts for Microsoft Surface Mini tablet ,Access to all ports and controls
Foldable front flip gives you perfect viewing angle
Precise cut-outs with full access to all controls and features
Premium quality PU leather with microfiber interior

These are all speculations until Microsoft announces the tablet.

Leaked iPhone 6 Case?

2014-04-25T08:06:00.003+08:00

Speculations said that the next iPhone (iPhone 6) will be bigger than its predecessors.Leaked case shows that the iPhone 6 will have a larger screen. A little smaller than the Samsung Galaxy S5, much bigger than the current iPhone 5 and a lot like the size of a Nexus 5 and thinner.

Has Apple follows the bandwagon of larger display Smartphones like that of Samsung? Well, as people getting excited and wanted to know the next generation iPhone, the video below will show you what the iPhone 6 looked like as the leaked case has been reviewed. The leaked case of iPhone 6 were compared to the following - current iPhone 5s (too small), the Galaxy Note 3 (too big) and the Nexus 5 (just right!). This is the first tangible physical evidence of what the iPhone 6 will looked like.

If the leaked iPhone 6 case is legitimate, Apple will finally making the next gen iPhones larger. But I want the iPhone to be just right for my pocket, it's kinda handy for my hand, not too bulky to carry anywhere and just right. If I want a bigger screen I would buy a tablet or an iPad. I just hope iPhone will stick to their original design of an iPhone and not going with the larger screen battles.

Well, it is just a 3rd party case for the upcoming iPhone 6. Who knows that case was from China where they can make different variations of a device and not really a legitimate iPhone 6 case.

On another note, again if it is really legit, I think they wouldn't call it iPhone 6... should it be iPhone Air? What you think?

Lenovo introduces 19.5-inch Android all-in-one: Lenovo N308 All-in-one

2014-01-06T10:38:00.003+08:00

Lenovo introduces 19.5-inch Android all-in-one, alongside 28-inch Android-powered 4K monitor. As Windows struggles to stop the PC market’s slow decline however, it looks like we are destined to see many more devices that attempt to bring Google’s mobile OS to the desktop.

Lenovo has now announced it is jumping into the Android computer game with two new all-in-one devices of its own: the Lenovo N308 All-in-one and the ThinkVision 28 smart monitor.

it’s based on a Tegra 4 quad-core CPU and it has 2GB of RAM. Aside from this, there’s a 19.5-inch touch-screen with a resolution of 1600 x 900, two USB 2.0 ports, Ethernet port, 720p web cam, a built-in mic, stereo speakers, 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 and storage configurations that include 8GB or 16GB eMMC storage, or a 320 or 500GB HDD. There’s also Android 4.2 Jelly Bean.

Lenovo is carefully billing this is a standard PC monitor that just happens to also have Android, and that means they expect folks to still hook it up to a traditional PC.

4K Android device isn’t going to come cheap. The ThinkVision is priced at $1,199 and is expected to arrive in July of 2014.

Top 6 Android Launcher for your Smartphone

2013-07-18T23:27:00.000+08:00

6. For stability you will definitely love to use Nova. I want this for my Smartphone because it's steady, user friendly yet fast. This launcher is available for Android 4.0 and above. You better use Nova now or cry later... Hahaha, just kidding about crying. Anyway, you can upgrade to Nova Prime for 4 dollars to get few more features that includes scrollable dock and few more.

5. Everything.me launcher will give you a sense of freshness. Yes, it is something new in the eye. Its features includes the home screen search widget that queries your apps, messages, files and also the web for keywords. What are you waiting for? Give it a try now and be fresh!

4. Apex Launcher - Widget resizing, set duration of your phone vibrations, etc. This launcher will make your home screen to look like stock Android and if you upgrade to Apex Launcher pro, you will get new features like two-finger gestures, etc. Available for android phones running 4.0 and up.

3. There are a lot of iPhone launcher, iPad Launcher etc. I am both user of the two Smartphone OS, but I started using iOS and the first time I used android phone, I was a bit alienated about how it does but I am a fast learner so its not a problem. But if you miss swiping like your iOS device on your new Android device, then you gotta have Esper Launcher to make your home screen look like iOS. Be aware that this launcher may varies from phone to phone, so you better check if your device is compatible or not.

2. If some people wanted their android phones look like iOS, some people would also want to make their phones look like Windows phone, so here's Launcher 8 that will surely make your android home screen look like those colorful square tiles.

1. Let's pay respect to the oldest launcher for Android phones. Here's Go Launcher! It was here since Android was still 1.6. What users love about this launcher is a wide choices of 10,000 downloadable themes. You gotta trust this launcher, why? Because it has its long existence of a massive community of users. That alone tells us that this is no ordinary launcher.

Source: Gizmodo.com

The New Samsung GALAXY S4

2013-04-22T09:18:00.002+08:00

The New Samsung Galaxy S4

Relive the Samsung UNPACKED experience, and be one of the first in the world to see the TheNextGalaxy, the GALAXY S4.The GALAXY S4 gets you closer to what matters in life, and brings your world together.

Developed to redefine the way we live, the GALAXY S4 makes every moment of our life meaningful. It understands the value of relationships, enables true connections with friends and family, and believes in the importance of effortless experience.

Highly crafted design with a larger screen and battery, thin bezel, housed in a light 130g and slim 7.9mm chassis. The new Samsung GALAXY S4 is slimmer, yet stronger. Launching in two colours, Black Mist and White Frost, the design resembles its predecessor in many ways, but there are some significant improvements both to build quality and aesthetics.

The GALAXY S4 gets you closer to what matters in life, and brings your world together.

One point that make Galaxy S3 and Galaxy S4 apart is the repeating dotted texture on the front and back of the device. This is present on both the black and white variants, but is far more pronounced in the former. It’s a welcome addition, and is subtle so as to only show up in direct light, much like that of the LG Optimus G and Nexus 4.

For a richer, simpler and fuller life.

The New Mac Mini from Apple

2011-07-22T02:45:00.000+08:00

I am not a MAC user but everytime Apple release their computer products, I always got curious because of how they fit all those specs inside a small package, unlike the PCs where you got a huge casing.

Anyway, Apple company just released their new version of Mac Mini and is available now at Apple store.

This new mini is powered by a a 2.3GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 or 2.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7 processor, with a superfast 1066MHz frontside bus and 3MB of L2 cache which provides the tiny device with a welcomed performance boost and 2x the performance of the previous generation.

It is mini and you can Fit this for any desk. Just 7.7 inches square and 1.4 inches thin, who wouldn’t love to have this place in their desk? Of course aside from the fact that it is fast because of its superfast processor so it can save you time to do your job, it also save you space on your desk.

Upgrade with ease. Because a removable panel lets you add memory with a twist. Now featuring OS X Lion. The world's most advanced desktop operating system. You can bring on the big screen by connecting the Mac mini to your HDTV with a single HDMI cable.

It is also equipped with the latest 802.11n wireless technology designed to automatically connect to your Wi-Fi network. At the back there is also a built in SD card slot together with Gigabit Ethernet, HDMI, Mini Display port, 4 x USB 2.0 Ports, Firewire 800 and audio in and out, and as expected the Mac Mini is equipped with a Thunderbolt port offering two 10-Gbps channels for data transfer.

Wow! All those things can be fit on this mini computer gadget! Not only that… because it also includes Turbo Boost 2.0 for intensive application use which increases the clock speed up to 3.4GHz together with Hyper-Threading which lets each core run two threads, so OS X multitasks even more efficiently.

Cisco Cius: Made for Business People and not for ANGRY BIRD Gamers

2011-07-11T02:11:00.000+08:00

So here comes a newly launched tablet, the Cisco Cius. Many would say Cisco is already 40 years late to join in the arena of tablet wars. But I would say, they are just at the right time. If they were late then why would they praise HP TouchPad that was just launched recently and I never heard anyone say they are too late?

Anyway, Cisco Cius was made for business people and not for people who just want to buy a tablet and play ANGRY BIRD and/or brag to their friends about their new cool gadget.

Cius uses Google Android software which is used in a number of smartphones and a growing number of tablet PCs nowadays, which will also allow the company's business customers to tap into the growing Android developer community, which is developing new business-class products.

I am sure if you are a business man I am sure this tablet will awe you because it has front- and rear-facing cameras that record in high definition for video conferencing meeting and a 7-inch high-resolution screen. The device will be integrated with Cisco's TelePresence video conferencing system to provide one-click access to video conferences. And it will also be integrated with the WebEx meeting products. Cius tablet can connect to the Internet via Wi-Fi or whether you are on the road, it is not a problem because you can also connect through a 3G cellular network.

Product Overview
Cisco Cius™ (Figure 1) is a mobile collaboration tablet built for business. It is designed to help organizations capitalize on the value of mobility by enabling anywhere, anytime access to important business features:
• Campus mobility with IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n, and broad mobility with 3G (4G planned) cellular support
• High-resolution multi-touch color display with an intuitive user interface
• High-definition (HD) video with Cisco TelePresence™ solution interoperability
• Virtual desktop client integration (VDI) and cloud computing
• Full range of Cisco Collaboration and Unified Communication applications
• Open access to the Google Android Market with appropriate IT controls
• Expanded Android applications for business, linking Cisco Collaboration APIs through a software developer kit (SDK)
• Accessories, sold separately, which include base stations for enhanced capabilities and carrying cases for stylish yet functional protection while mobile

Read more about the product at Cisco Cius site to learn more about the tablet.

The New HP webOS-based TouchPad

2011-07-02T01:03:00.005+08:00

Hewlett-Packard or HP's webOS-based TouchPad is creating buzz since it was launched. This is really the time of the tablets since almost all the brands are competing on creating the best tablet in the market today.

HP Touchpad has been anticipated since the company bought the Palm last year (2010) for $1.2 Billion. We have been waiting for this since then and finally they just launched their first tablet to compete the world’s overrated Apple Tablet, the iPad. Well, I have nothing against the iPad but I just can’t comprehend why people are going crazy everytime Apple launches a new product in the market.

Anyway, let’s get back to HP Touchpad.

The tagline says: Works like nothing else. But I don’t really think it works like nothing else, though this one make an impression for its fast performance and user-friendly interface. The brilliant 9.7-inch, 1,024-by-768-pixel touch-screen LCD makes it best for videos and photos. The ability to multitask like a champion of multitasking is powerful, plus the ability to do wireless printing to compatible HP printers makes it perfect for busy workers like you, and it is also great to wind down after your busy job because it has more than 300 of apps from the App Catalog, but according to their ads it says thousands.

Good for social networking sites such as Facebook, I think every brand have Facebook to consider everytime they make a new gadget nowadays, so that one is really expected because buyers will whine about it if there’s no application for their beloved FB.

No rear-facing camera or video-recording capabilities – Well, this is a touchpad and not a video recording or photography gadget, why should I complain if it has nothing of it. But well, I would be happy if there’s rear camera, though not necessarily because the front-facing 1.3-megapixel camera suits for the gadget everytime you are chatting with somebody that needs to see your face or your background. There’s no need to demand for a rear camera because it would be weird for me to take pictures at concerts or along the street with the HP Touchpad.

With solid hardware and a user-friendly operating system based around multitasking and intuitive organization, what else can you ask for in a tablet like HP Touchpad that packs 16 or 32GB of internal storage for $499 and $599, respectively? What’s more awesome is that it runs by Qualcomm Snapdragon dual-core APQ8060 1.2GHz processor. There’s a Bluetooth keyboard available, along with a case and a touchstone charger that lets you charge the TouchPad without connecting a single cable.

One thing I can say… “Android Honeycomb tablet manufacturer, what can you say with this one, huh?”

Check out this HP Touchpad Ads with Manny Pacquiao and see how he can flick, stack and move between active apps on the new HP TouchPad with webOS.

You think he can't? But he DEAD!

CheckIn for Facebook Places Apps

2011-06-23T08:58:00.000+08:00

Check in to Facebook fast, or automatically!
Check into Facebook Places with two quick taps, or check in automatically to places with wifi!

CheckIn opens immediately to a list of nearby places, which you can check in to with just one tap. The official app typically takes seven taps to open, check in, and exit.
Includes an undo button for removing your latest check-in from Facebook.
Add places to your list of favorites for easier access, and so you don't have to wait for a location fix.
Automatically check into your favorites by turning on auto check-ins. Your device will periodically check your location and check you in when you're in range of a favorite without you touching your phone.

Android is a trademark of Google Inc. Use of this trademark is subject to Google Permissions (http://www.google.com/permissions/).

THIS APPLICATION HAS ACCESS TO THE FOLLOWING:

YOUR LOCATION

FINE (GPS) LOCATION

Access fine location sources such as the Global Positioning System on the device, where available. Malicious applications can use this to determine where you are, and may consume additional battery power.

NETWORK COMMUNICATION

FULL INTERNET ACCESS

Allows an application to create network sockets.

STORAGE

MODIFY/DELETE USB STORAGE CONTENTS MODIFY/DELETE SD CARD CONTENTS

Allows an application to write to the USB storage. Allows an application to write to the SD card.

SYSTEM TOOLS

PREVENT DEVICE FROM SLEEPING

Allows an application to prevent the device from going to sleep.

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HARDWARE CONTROLS

CONTROL VIBRATOR

Allows the application to control the vibrator.

NETWORK COMMUNICATION

VIEW WI-FI STATE

Allows an application to view the information about the state of Wi-Fi.

VIEW NETWORK STATE

Allows an application to view the state of all networks.

SYSTEM TOOLS

AUTOMATICALLY START AT BOOT

Allows an application to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This can make it take longer to start the device and allow the application to slow down the overall device by always running.

Buy the Apps here.

Google TV Remote apps for Android phone and iOS devices

2011-06-23T08:34:00.000+08:00

A mobile application that can be used to control Google TV from your Android phone and iOS devices.

This application’s function is to make your iOS and Android Phone into a fully functional Google TV remote control with on-screen mouse pad, arrow keys and full range of buttons.

Key features of the Google TV Remote app includes:

Able to turn TV and AVR on/off from the Android phone and iOS devices.
Navigate Google TV menus and content by swiping and tapping direction pad.
Control mouse pointer and use gestures to scroll and zoom into webpages.
Use voice to quickly search for content.
Supports multiple phones to control same TV.
Share videos and web pages with the TV.

Available in two version, Google TV Remote app for iPhone and Android. Both versions of the Google TV Remote app is available as a free download at Android market (Android version) and App Store (iPhone version). Those users who like to turn their phone into Google TV remote control, just connect their device to the same network as their Google TV and install respective version of Google TV Remote app.

Nokia Play 360, Nokia's first Portable Hi-fi Speaker

2011-06-23T02:54:00.000+08:00

Introducing Nokia Play 360° - Nokia's first portable hi-fi speaker with groundbreaking NFC, wireless Bluetooth and wired 3.5mm connection together with 20 hours play time with standard Nokia battery.

Available in three colors: blue, black and white. Light build with strong Aluminum cover. Ideal for playing your music from your mobile phone or laptop, everywhere you go. Deep sounds, handy carrying pouch and universal compatibility.

Now, getting high quality sounds from your mobile device is made easier with the Nokia Play 360. It can connect with your mobile phone, laptop and/or MP3 player that supports Bluetooth technology or connect your device directly to the 3.5mm cable.

The design simply makes the distributions of the sounds evenly around the place. NFC equipped so pairing and connecting is fast and easy with just a tap and your device is paired and just play. Aside from the built-in battery, you can also power it by cord to protect the life of your battery when you are at home or you office. The battery can be charge using the micro USB cable.

What is cool with this speaker is that, everytime you get a call, the speaker will automatically mute by itself to give way on your phone conversation with the other party.

That’s Nokia Play 360!

Nokia N9 Simply Beautiful - All it Takes is a Swipe Away

2011-06-23T02:10:00.002+08:00

Who said Nokia cannot compete with the latest of mobile phones today, like android and iOS phones? Well, I think I did with my Nokia E7 blogpost. But here comes Nokia's newly launched mobile phone, the Nokia N9 is Nokia's long-awaited MeeGo smartphone.

Finally, I can say that Nokia is coming back to try to assume back their reputation as number one mobile phone company.

Nokia N9 has a great three core home views/screens, Menu application launcher view where all the applications installed in the device, multitasking where you can switch from one application to another application and the notifications windows which will be populated by phone calls, calendar alerts, and social network updates. That alone showed a good impression from me. I love the well organized of the applications.

The 3.9-inch AMOLED screen (854 x 480) which covers the whole phone makes it looks like the iPhone, as what some people commented that the industrial design cues were taken from Apple. But who cares? That’s the new dimension of mobile phone today. What’s important is the performance and that’s where mobile companies are competing today.

Nokia N9 comes with 16GB or 64GB of onboard memory and 1GB of RAM but it has no microSD expandability, but you can hot-swap the MicroSIM card without needing to reboot the handset.

The cover of the phone are made of a polycarbonate shell that's colored all the way through, so scratches won't show, unless that’s a really deep scratch.

The camera button for the 8 megapixel wide-angle shooter, which is capable of aperture F2.2 for low light picture taking and true 16:9 720p video recording. And gladly! They didn’t forget to put AF shooter, with just a touch anywhere on the screen, you can select which part to focus on when taking a picture.

With OMAP3630 1 Ghz processor and a PowerVR SGX530 GPU makes it fast and easier to use. Nokia is known as the user-friendly phone and they still didn’t fail to keep that reputation because N9 is easy to use and it all takes is a swipe to enjoy this beautifully simple Nokia N9.

Nokia E7 Communicator

2011-06-21T04:43:00.002+08:00

Over the pass 2 years, I can see that Nokia phones has been declining its visibility and its number of users around the world, specially in Asia’s text capital of the world where Nokia became the national phone of the Philippines. Maybe because of the great marketing strategies Apple has been doing with their over-rated iPhones.

This year, iPhone swiftly soar its sales leaving other phone brands behind. Even myself was brainwashed that the only phone people are using today are iPhones. (JK) But seriously, Apple company did a great job on it’s marketing that even iPad is competing the market nowadays threatening to make laptops an old-fashioned portable computers.

Anyway, I know this phone has been released in the market few months ago, but I wasn’t able to pay attention to this because I was busy with the APPLEs. But today, while browsing some youtube videos, I saw an ads on the side about Nokia E7 the latest communicator of Nokia. I think it is because of Apple that Nokia signed a partnership with Microsoft to compete on the market.

Okay, so I checked about this new flagship device of Nokia phone.

On the first glance it looks like the bigger version of Nokia N8 but thinner than the latter. But I love the sliding QWERTY key of E7 aside from its 4" ClearBlack AMOLED touch screen, but I have hesitations on using a sliding or flip phones, as I have been using few of that kind before and with a little mishandling... few breaks on the gadgets are sure to be visible.

Of course, it has camera with 8 megapixel picture resolutions. Not bad for a camera phone when we talk about resolutions but is not good enough because it has no auto focus… how can I get closer pictures with that? But I don’t look for camera when purchasing a phone, so camera won’t impress me that much.

E7’s OS is definitely Symbian, if in computers I consider symbian of windows XP right now that there are higher versions of Windows OS. Android and iOS phones are best in the market today that supports a lot of apps available online that most users nowadays considers when buying phones.

The $679 price of this phone for me is not so justifiable for a not so impressive phone. That is why it didn’t reach the top of the Mobile phone market this year.

With that... I still go for Android phones.

HP Veer Smartphones

2011-06-03T11:53:00.000+08:00

Compared to regular smartphones today like iPhones, Samsung Galaxy phones and other big bulky smartphones that has been out in the market for awhile now, HP Veer smartphone is trying to go on different track by making this powerful smartphone smaller than the conventional smartphones.

Yes, HP Veer is tiny and I want my smartphone portable as possible I want. iPhone and the likes are already bulky for me and that makes me lazy to bring it anywhere I go. HP Veer is just a size of your ATM or Credit card and that is what portability means. Being small doesn't mean it can only do small things.

The screen is just 320 x 400 pixels but mind you... I have been using a larger smartphones and as a person as busy as me, I don't spend a lot of time browsing with my phone and a lot of applications I have on my iPhone are rarely used and that means they are useless. I used my Smartphones for checking emails on the go, browsing or reading news on the road but browsing or watching streaming videos online... that I rarely do, so BIG and BULKY smartphones for me is not an absolute yes, that is why I go for smaller ones.

800-MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor is just right for basic browsing and doing some screen thingy to work. It can also share internet connection by making it as a mobile hotspot to share internet access up to 5 devices. It also supports HSPA+the GSM version of 3G wireless Technology.

Though its tiny keyboard slides below the screen are tiny, but that is not a problem because I used phones with tiny buttons before and I am doing fine with them.

Tweet, update your status, and upload photos and videos from where you’re standing and those are what I usually been doing with my Bulky Big smartphones. It also supports a lot of mobile apps available that most people are going gaga with their iPhones and other BIG smartphones. So this small but powerful enough to compete with the BIG ones is very affordable and I like it because it can do multitasking!

iPad 2 has been Launched in Asia (Beijing, China)

2011-05-06T14:47:00.000+08:00

A massive crowd of hundreds waiting outside an Apple store in Beijing for the first day release and launching of the iPad 2 in Asia. The Wi-Fi version of the iPad 2 finally launched in China on Friday, almost two months after it went on sale in the U.S.

Everytime Apple launched a new product it is always hard to get one, but I think and I am sure it is part of their strategy. Apple is selling the iPad through its own stores, resellers, and online, they make sure there are not enough of stocks over the few days of the release to make the people want them even more. It creates curiosity and the people will surely get the lure and will buy the product even if they don’t really need them.

A lot of people are eager to wait for a day and even sleep outside the Apple store just to be the first few individual to buy the Apple products.

I don’t have a tablet gadget yet, but this tablet generation of technology really attracts me to get one. I will but my first Tablet this month or maybe next month, though I don’t really need them right now because I still have my old gadgets (Laptop and Smart Phones) that are still practical for my jobs.

iPad and other Apple devices can still wait for me at the Apple Store. I don’t really need to be in a hurry to get one. The advantage of getting the gadget later than the other is that you can still read real personal reviews about the products and prices can get lower as time goes by.

Sony PlayStation’s Massive Data Breach, Chief Executive has Apologized

2011-05-06T14:27:00.000+08:00

We all heard and read on the news about the Sony PlayStation’s Massive Data Breach in its video game online network that happened weeks ago. The breach could led to the theft of names, addresses and possibly credit card data belonging to 77 million user accounts in what is one of the largest-ever Internet security break-ins. So the Sony company shut down the network instantaneously after they first learned about it, that also led to another problem because it prevented owners of Sony's video game console from buying and downloading games, as well as playing with rivals over the Internet.

"This is a huge data breach," said Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter, who estimated Sony generates $500 million in annual revenue from the service. "The bigger issue with Sony is how will the hacker use the info that has been illegally obtained?"

The company said user account information for the PlayStation Network and its Qriocity service users was compromised between April 17 and April 19.

Today, Sony Corp. Chief Executive Howard Stringer has apologized for "inconvenience and concern" caused by the big security breach that compromised personal data from more than 100 million online gaming accounts.

The Japanese technology giant sought to reassure customers, saying the company is focused on investigating and fixing the hacker attack.

"We are absolutely dedicated to restoring full and safe service as soon as possible and rewarding you for your patience," Stringer wrote in his first public comments since Sony shut down its PlayStation Network on April 20.

Delicious is now Owned by the Youtube Founders after Acquiring it from Yahoo

2011-04-28T17:41:00.000+08:00

Could this be a promise that we will experience a new level of Delicious service? Hope so, because I am now excited to find out what are new with Delicious, and will it be more Delicious? We will find out soon.

Yahoo’s statement:

Today YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen announced they have acquired the Delicious technology from Yahoo!. They plan to continue the service that users have come to know and love and make the site even easier and more fun to save, share and discover the web’s “tastiest” content.
Providing a smooth transition for users is important to both companies. There will be a transition period where users can elect to sign up for a new account. Users’ public and private bookmarks will be maintained through the transition period and transferred as they are today when it is complete.
As we have said, part of our product strategy involves shifting our investment with off-strategy products to put better focus on our core strengths and fund new innovation. We believe this is the right move for the service, our users and our shareholders and look forward to watching the Delicious technology develop.

Delicious blog:

YouTube Founders Acquire Delicious
Today, we’re pleased to announce that Delicious has been acquired by the founders of YouTube, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen. As creators of the largest online video platform, they have firsthand experience enabling millions of users to share their experiences with the world. They are committed to running and improving Delicious going forward.
Providing a seamless transition for users is incredibly important for both companies. Yahoo! will continue to operate Delicious until approximately July 2011. When the transition period is complete, your information will be moved over to Delicious’ new owner.
Starting today, we will ask you to login to Delicious again and agree to let Yahoo! transfer your bookmarks to the new owner. That way, you’ll enjoy uninterrupted use of the service and will keep your account and all of your bookmarks when we make the transition. For more information on the Delicious transition, please refer to this FAQ.
Thank you for your patience in this time of transition and thank you for using Delicious!

Google Video is also Closing Down

2011-04-28T17:35:00.000+08:00

From: “Google Video” Date: Apr 15, 2011 9:56 PM Subject: Google Video Hosted Content To Be Removed After May 13Dear Google Video User,Later this month, hosted video content on Google Video will no longer be available for playback. Google Video stopped taking uploads in May 2009 and now we’re removing the remaining hosted content. We’ve always maintained that the strength of Google Video is its ability to let people search videos from across the web, regardless of where those videos are hosted. And this move will enable us to focus on developing these technologies further to the benefit of searchers worldwide.On April 29, 2011, videos that have been uploaded to Google Video will no longer be available for playback. We’ve added a Download button to the video status page, so you can download any video content you want to save. If you don’t want to download your content, you don’t need to do anything. (The Download feature will be disabled after May 13, 2011.)We encourage you to move to your content to YouTube if you haven’t done so already. YouTube offers many video hosting options including the ability to share your videos privately or in an unlisted manner. To learn more go here. Here’s how to download your videos:1. Go to the Video Status page. 2. To download a video to your computer, click the Download Video link located on the right side of each of your videos in the Actions column.Once a video has been downloaded, “Already Downloaded” will appear next to the Download Video link.If you have many videos on Google Video, you may need to use the paging controls located on the bottom right of the page to access them all. Please note: This download option will be available through May 13, 2011. Thank you for being a Google Video user.Sincerely, The Google Video Team

That means you need to download your videos by May 13 or they’re gone forever.

Finally, Google‘s decided to shut down its Google Video service since they already have Youtube dominating the video sharing world. They should’ve been done this since they acquired Youtube in 2006.

Goodbye Friendster as a Social Network, Welcome as a Social Entertainment Site

2011-04-28T17:23:00.001+08:00

Friendster’s giving way to Facebook is a ‘news’, I heard it since yesterday and links posted about the news are posted on FB statuses and Twits are clogging on my accounts today. Friendster is a social network pioneer. I can still remember how people are addicted to this site, even celebrities are plugging on TV shows about their FS account to be added.

But since Friendster started those personalized pages, I started to dislike it. It hurts my eyes to see those FS pages with brightly colored backgrounds that you can hardly read the profile information of the account. Then little by little users starting to abandon the site from using it until completely most of them forgot it existed.

Compared to what people love today the ‘Facebook’, Friendster doesn’t have video comments and status updates, these are the things that we like with FB. These options are what we think fun nowadays; we love to see the notifications of our FB pages turned red everytime and we get excited who commented or tagged or poked us and those are the things we never experienced with Friendster.

Friendster the social network as we knew it will be no more by the end of next month.

Friendster is making the changes under the guise of reinventing themselves as a service focused on “entertainment and fun” (which sounds exactly like Myspace when they started feeling the Facebook heat for real)

Our improved site is designed to create new profiles that allow you to connect differently with people and do things differently than other networking sites. Basically, the new site will complement your existing online presence in other social networking sites.

The new Friendster should be going live in the coming weeks and focus mainly on Asian users.

Friendster will be repositioned as a social entertainment site for people to play games and music, and that it will leverage Facebook Connect.

So, we will never really say goodbye to Friendster completely, because they will just give the ‘Social Network’ title to Facebook and will re-open and launch its new them as a social entertainment site.

Checkout this video from Onion Network. "The Onion's Lost Friendster Video"

"Friendster was only meant to exist temporarily."

Facebook Chat on Mobile Devices (iPhone, Android Phone, Sony PSP etc.)

2011-04-08T12:42:00.001+08:00

We have been trying to see around how we can chat on Facebook using our mobile phones, iPhone, Android phones and other portable devices like Sony PSP and Nintendo DS, but we just can’t do it because Facebook application and mobile browsers doesn’t support FB chat as of this writing. Now you can do it but you need to install the application called eBuddy. Continue your chat on your Sony PSP or Nintendo DS with eBuddy.

There are mobile devices that are ready for Yahoo and MSN chats but not with FB chats. eBuddy is your online messenger for MSN, Yahoo, Gtalk, Facebook, ICQ, MySpace and AIM (AOL). Whether you're at home, school, work or traveling; with eBuddy you can chat online everywhere anytime. eBuddy is available as a web based and mobile version. eBuddy provides instant messaging on every computer, it even works when you are behind a firewall! eBuddy means no downloads, no installation of software or upgrades and no registration. Best of all it's free.

I have tried using the application with my nokia mobile phone and I am enjoying chatting with friends and business partners anywhere and anytime with eBuddy.

It is easy, install the application on your mobile devices and you are ready to chat anytime and anywhere you want. eBuddy application is available on the following devices:

eBuddy for iPhone

eBuddy for Android

eBuddy Mobile Messenger for some supported mobile devices

eBuddy Lite Messenger for mobile, PSP, Nintendo DS & more

TechWorld Facebook Page for your Techie Stuff Questions and Solutions

2011-03-30T15:10:00.001+08:00

Having trouble with your PC, laptop and/or other technology devices? TechWorld facebook page is the right page you want to ask help with. Ask anything you want to know to find solutions about technology specially about Computers, Hardware and Software problems, Mobile phones, programs, systems etc.

I just solved my laptop’s networking problem because of the help of the people at TechWorld Facebook page. So join their page on facebook (TechWorld), it is an open group so it will be easy for you to access that page and the next time you have problems with your computers and other techie stuff, just ask the people there (specially Karlo John Lao) and you will get help in less than an hour unless the people there are all asleep, but they are always online most of the time so you will get updates within the day.

How to Change your Firefox Browser's Default Search Engine into Google

2011-03-24T12:01:00.001+08:00

Want to change your default search engine in your Firefox browser? You can change it by doing this:

Type in your address bar: "about:config" and press enter.

On the filter search box, type in: "browser.search.defaultenginename"

Then right-click and choose Modify, then type in the name of search Engine you want to be your default Search Engine. In this case you want Google so type in "Google" make sure you type in the name correctly.

Other search engine names are:

Ask.com
Yahoo
Bing

The New Mozilla Firefox 4

2011-03-23T01:19:00.000+08:00

With all these new updates and new features of Firefox 4, I don't think you want to be left behind by this cutting edge technology that firefox did. So, install and explore how awesome this new version of Firefox 4.

Just a note: There are still few extensions that are not compatible with this new version of Firefox so make sure or check out first which of the extensions that you are regularly using are compatible with this. But sooner or later extensions will update to match and be compatible with the Firefox 4.

All your menu items are now in a single button for easy access, and tabs have been given top visual priority so you can focus on the content of the sites you visit.
No need to remember clunky URLs - the Awesome Bar helps you find favorite sites in seconds.
The Add-ons Manager has been redesigned to let you discover and install add-ons without ever leaving Firefox.
Reloading a page or stopping a page from loading has been combined into a single button located next to the Awesome Bar.
The Home buutton has moved right next to a handy button for one-click bookmarking of your favorite sites.

App Tab
Take sites you always keep open - like Web mail - off your tab bar and give them a permanent home in your browser.

Private Browsing
Turn this feature on and protect your browsing history. You can slip in and out of private browsing mode quickly, so it's easy to go back to what you were doing before as if nothing ever happened.

Firefox Menu Button
ALl your menu items are now found in a single button for easy access.

Instant Website ID
Want to be extra sure about a site's legitimacy before you hand over your personal info? Click on its favicon for an instant identity overview.

Tabs on Top
Tabs are now located above the Awesome bar to make it easier to focus on the content of the sites you visit.

Awesome Bar
Get to your favorite sites quickly - even if you don't remember the URLs. Start typing and the Awesome Bar will include possible matches from your browsing history, bookmarked sites and open tabs.

Switch to Tab
As you're opening a new tab, Firefox will check to see if you already have that site open. If you do, you'll be directed to the existing tab so you don't open duplicate.

Add-ons Manager
The Ass-ons Manager lets you discover and install ass-ons without ever leaving Firefox. Browse ratings, recommendations, descriptions and pictures of the add-ons in action to help you make your selection.

Password Manager
Firefox can remember your passwords, but does so without intrusive pop-ups. Instead, look for the Remember Password notification integrated seamlessly into your view at the top of the site page.

Customize Toolbar
You can adjust Firefox's interface to be exactly the way you like it: re-arrange, organize, add or remove buttons or fields to change your browsing experience however you want.

Personas
Change the look of your Firefox in a single click with Personas, easy-to-install themes created by users from around the world (or that you make yourself!).

Bookmark Button
Manage your bookmarks in a single button. Find your favorite links without getting bogged down!

Sync
Sync seamlessly connects your desktop and mobile Firefoxes, so you can access your browsing history, passwords, bookmarks and even open tabs no matter which device you use.

What's new with Blogger this 2011?

2011-03-21T23:45:00.000+08:00

Introducing template designer, real-time stats, comments spam filtering, mobile templates, web fonts, and more. 2011 is gonna be an exciting year for Blogger because of the major changes they've been doing to make Blogger even more better for Bloggers.

I thought Google won't consider a major changes on the way Blogger looks and function. A lot of blogger users used to transfer to Wordpress because it seems wordpress blog is updated regularly and blogger updates is so slow. But I was so amazed by the new changes and improvements they did on the new interface of the new Blogger.

They showed the next-generation user interface of the new Blogger for 2011 at SXSW.

The new design uses Google Web Toolkit, to deliver the latest in web technology and to make your blogging experience the best!

From its old post editor interface:

To the new post editor:

The current Dashboard looks like this:

They developed it to a new looks: