Philip Wen's Virtual Residence

Using IT To Add Value – Even In Challenging Times

philip — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:29:56 +0000

InformationWeek posted this entry: The Value Of IT Investments survey, by ISACA, a nonprofit association of IT professionals, found that more than 25% of companies are increasing IT investments in...

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Overclocked Intel Core i7 920 and AMD Phenom II 940 virtualization performance – Part 1.

philip — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:37:51 +0000

With the wounds from competitive price cuts still fresh, I decided to make some small deposits into the pockets of both Intel and AMD. I picked up the Core i7 920 chip as well as the AMD Phenom II...

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The Shape of Businesses to come…

philip — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:32:51 +0000

No doubt the state of the global economy has many of us contemplating on what the future may be bringing in the near future. The geek inside me has always been curious on how technology will end up...

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BMW Z4 Gallery

Philip — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 21:07:12 +0000

For those of you who are Z4 fans, here’s a treat from eGMCarTech. Apparently, BMW has decided to move the car upscale by quite a bit. In other words, although the shape stayed roughly the...

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What to expect from this bleak outlook on the economy

philip — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 05:36:44 +0000

No matter where you turn, you can’t escape the depressing mood that has all but permeated all of media. Blogs, Destination sites, TV, Radio– even ads have started using “The...

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Finally- Live Mesh on the Mac!

philip — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:22:15 +0000

Ever since I started using Live Mesh about a year ago, I have been waiting for the Mac client. Not that I turn on my Mac often, but this may just give me more reason to use it. Nowadays, a computer...

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New BMW Z4 spotted

philip — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:37:06 +0000

Those of you who know me also knows that I am a fan and owner of the BMW Z4. Although BMW won’t release official pics of the new beast until the 15th, enterprising fans have already leaked a...

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Google Lay Offs or Google Rumor?

Philip — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:56:17 +0000

News have been traveling around the circles recently that Google is looking to shave down some expenses. Today, this article floated up to the top. Considering the rate that Google have expanded...

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Death of the AIM Phoneline

Philip — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:22:20 +0000

Somehow I knew this was inevitable. A feature on AIM that I’ve used for a while now is its free AIM Phoneline feature. It assigns you a free DID which enables the AIM client as a softphone. ...

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New OSX Trojan Horse found in the wild

Philip — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:57:35 +0000

If you think your shiny new Macbook Pro is built like a bullet and is impervious to harm, you’d better think twice. The misconception that OS X is virus proof runs rampant– and while...

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