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Justin Beiber soon at Orlando, Ottawa and Philadelphia

2012-08-11T13:35:00.000+08:00

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Kodak Sues Apple, HTC And Fujifilm For Infringement

2012-01-18T11:41:00.001+08:00

Even as the specter of bankruptcy protection looms, Eastman Kodak Co. is intensifying its efforts to defend its intellectual property.

In a lawsuit it filed here Friday against Fujifilm Corp., Kodak claimed some of its Japanese rival's cameras infringe its digital-imaging technology. At the beginning of the week, Kodak sued Apple Inc. and HTC Corp. claiming some of their smartphones, tablets and other devices infringe Kodak patents related to transmitting images.

The ailing photography pioneer has relied on patent licensing fees and lawsuits to collect $1.9 billion since 2008.

Kodak's stock slumped Friday amid renewed fears that the 132-year-old business icon is preparing to seek bankruptcy court protection from its creditors.

Based on Rochester, New York, Kodak has amassed more than 1,000 digital-imaging patents, and almost all of today's digital cameras rely on its technology.

DOTA 2 Wounded / Injured Hero Animation

2012-01-17T14:28:00.001+08:00

In the recent updates, Valve has been updating DOTA 2 with wounded animation for characters. It’s an injured animation which triggers when your hero is injured (on RED Hit-points). This is a really cool and great feature that doesn’t affect gameplay in any way but currently it’s limited to specific number of heroes only, more heroes will be added by time.

Tidehunter's Wounded / Injured Ravage

Check out some of the heroes that has wounded animation:

DOTA 2 Wounded / Injured Hero Animation

Tidehunter’s Wounded / Injured Ravage animation

What can you say about this feature that valve added in the DOTA 2 gameplay? Isn't it great? Stay tuned for more DOTA 2 game updates in 'D Pages!

6 Gadgets That Defined CES 2012

2012-01-17T02:24:00.001+08:00

Cheaper tablets, thinner laptops and an array of sleeker TVs stood out at this year's International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

More than 140,000 people gathered for the event that's growing despite the absence of Apple and more recently, the decision by Microsoft to make this the last year it participate.

Here are some of the more significant gadgets that shined at CES:

Cheaper Tablets

The industry's enthusiasm for tablets was considered tempered this year compared to last, when more than a hundred manufacturers thought they could capitalize on the iPad's success with their own models based on Google Inc.' Android software.

Then, last year, Amazon.com Inc. demonstrated that you can take on Apple by selling a smaller, barebones tablet for $199. Analysts believe Amazon sold millions of kindle Fires in little more than a month.

Nokia Lumia 900

In recent years, the worlds largest phone maker, Finland's Nokia Corp., has practically been a no-show in the U.S. market. Now, it hopes to come back with smartphones that run Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Phone software.

The Lumia 900 is its first such phone for the AT&T network, and the first Nokia phone to use AT&T's faster wireless "LTE" network. In a sign of how much is riding on these phones, both the Microsoft and Nokia CEOs showed up for Monday's Announcement. The companies didn't announce price or availability.

Lenovo K800

While Nokia's been shut out of the U.S. phone market, Intel Corp., the world's largest chip maker, has been shut out of phones entirely. Its PC chips use too much power to go into smartphone: they'd drain the battery in no time.

Now, Intel says a new line of ships is ready for smarthphone use, and Lenovo Corp. of China is the first to take them up on it, with a smarthphone to be sold in China in the second quarter.It's indistiguishable from any other touchscreen phone, and it runs Android.

OLED TVs

Both LG and Samsung showed off 55-inch TVs with screens made from organic light-emitting diodes rather than stand and liquid crystals or plasma cells, and said they'll on sale this year. They didn't say what they would cost, but analysts expect the price to be upwards of $5,000.

Ultrabooks

Intel created the "Ultrabook" as a marketing term for thin, light and powerful laptop computers. They're essentially the Windows version of Apple's MacBook Air. PC makers have embraced the term enthusiastically. As a result there were scores of Ultrabook models on display at the show.

Two that stood out were the Lenovo Yoga, which has a touch sensitive screen that bends backward to fold over completely, turning the device into a large tablet. It will launch with the new Windows 8 operating system later this year. The HP Envy 14 is more conventional luxury model, and goes on sale Feb. 8, but has two details that set it apart: a sensor for Near-Field Communications Chips (which means you can transfer information from a similarly equipped phone by tapping it to the PC) and an audio chip that can communicate with some headphones to provide much better audio quality than Bluetooth. Th Envy 14 will cost $1,400.

Canon G1 X

The Japanese camera maker revealed a compact camera that pushes into professional camera territory. Its G like of relatively large compact cameras has been popular among enthusiast, and the G1 X extends the range by including an image sensor that's more than six times larger than other models in the range. Sensor size is the most important factor for cameras image quality for more than the number of megapixels - 14, for the G1 X. It's the first camera to use a sensor of this type, which is only 20 percent smaller than the "APSC" sensors used in single lens reflex cameras or SLRs.

The G1 X will have a 4x zoom lens that retracts into the metal body, and will sell for $800.

DOTA 2 Nortrom (Silencer) Preview

2012-01-13T22:45:00.001+08:00

At last, the moment of silence has arrived in DOTA 2 with the addition of Nortrom, The Silencer. He’s one of the few intelligence hero in Dota who rely on their physical attack to dominate hostile units. Silencer can either be played as carry or a supporter. With the help of his 1st ability; Curse of the Silent, he can easily own in tri-lanes by spamming it. His 3rd ability Last Word is an offensive aura against spell-casters which silences enemies frequently thus making their combo’s useless.

Here are some in-game screenshots of DOTA 2 Hero Notrom (Silencer):

DOTA 2 – Nortrom, The Silencer – Idle at mid lane

Silencer 1st skill – Curse of the Silent

Silencer 2nd Skill – Glaives of Wisdom

Silencer Ultimate – Global Silence

What do you think? The Silencer model looks good, right? Or do you still prefer the Warcraft 3 Nortrom? Hit the comment box for opinions. Keep visiting 'DP'.

DOTA 2 Update (12th Jan. 2012)

2012-01-13T22:24:00.001+08:00

After 2 weeks, the update for DOTA 2 is finally released. This update adds Nortrom (Silencer) and Baratharum (Spirit Breaker) to DOTA 2 hero lineup. The update also includes the implementation of all the recent DotA 6.73 changes except for the new heroes. Valve has increased the spectator slot to infinite, now unlimited number of players can view a single match.

Here are the 12th January 2012 Patch Notes:

6.73 PARITY

Alchemist: Chemical Rage Base Attack Time reduced from 1.45/1.35/1.2 to 1.45/1.3/1.15.
Alchemist: Goblin’s Greed bonus gold limit increased from 18 to 26.
Anti-Mage: Reverted the 6.72 Base Attack Time improvement, BAT from 1.35 to 1.45.
Anti-Mage: Armor reduced by 1.
Axe: Aghanim’s Culling Blade cooldown from 10 to 6.
Axe: Base Int from 14 to 18.
Axe: Base HP regeneration from 1.25 to 2.
Axe: Battle Hunger gives Axe a 4% bonus movement speed per target it affects.
Axe: Berserker’s Call cooldown from 14 to 10.
Axe: Counter Helix damage increased from 100/125/150/175 to 100/130/160/190.
Axe: Counter Helix proc cooldown decreased from 0.7/0.65/0.6/0.55 to 0.65/0.6/0.55/0.5.
Axe: If Culling Blade kills a unit, Axe unleashes a war cry, giving nearby allied units (600 AoE) a temporary movement bonus (25% for 6 seconds).
Blood Seeker: Thirst no longer partially reveals invisible heroes below 40% health.
Blood Seeker: Thirst now fully reveals invisible heroes below 20% health.
Blood Seeker: Rupture duration improved from 5/7/9 to 7/8/9.
Blood Seeker: Rupture cooldown now scales from 70 to 70/60/50.
Bounty Hunter: Track gold bonus for Bounty Hunter increased from 75/150/225 to 150/200/250.
Dark Seer: Ion Shell duration increased from 15 to 20.
Dark Seer: Ion Shell AoE from increased 225 to 250.
Dark Seer: Ion Shell cooldown increased from 7 to 10.
Dark Seer: Ion Shell damage increased from 30/45/60/75 to 30/50/70/90.
Dark Seer: Wall of Replica illusions are now semi-transparent to enemy players.
Doom Bringer: Scorched Earth duration increased from 8/10/12/14 to 10/12/14/16.
Dragon Knight: While in Dragon form Dragon Tail’s cast range increased from 150 to 400.
Drow Ranger: Base Agility increased by 4.
Enchantress: Movement speed from 305 to 310.
Nature’s Prophet: Wrath of Nature cooldown rescaled from 90/60/60 to 90/75/60.
Jakiro: Ice Path cooldown decreased from 16/15/14/13 to 12/11/10/9.
Jakiro: Macropyre duration increased from 5 to 7 seconds.
Juggernaut: Omnislash random damage improved from 150-250 to 175-250.
Juggernaut: Omnislash hit count increased from 3/5/8 (5/7/10 aghanim) to 3/6/9 (6/9/12 aghanim).
Kunkka: Strength growth increased from 2.7 to 3.0.
Kunkka: Ghost Ship’s CoCo’s Rum duration increased from 5/6/7 to 8.
Kunkka: Tidebringer cleave AoE improved from 380/420/460/500 to 500.
Kunkka: Torrent slow increased from 30 to 35%.
Kunkka: X Marks The Spot cooldown decreased from 30 to 20 seconds.
Death Prophet: Witchcraft movement speed increased from 3/6/9/12% to 4/8/12/16%.
Skeleton King: Reincarnation slow duration increased from 3 to 4 seconds.
Skeleton King: Reincarnation cooldown decreased from 300/220/140 to 260/160/60.
Leshrac: Movement speed increased from 310 to 315.
Leshrac: Pulse Nova AoE increased from 400 to 450.
Lich: Added a 0.2 second buffer time between Chain Frost bounces.
Lina: Base intelligence increased by 3.
Lina: Dragon Slave travel distance increased by 100.
Lina: Dragon Slave final AoE increased from 125 to 150.
Lion: Mana Drain level 4 increased from 100 to 120 per second.
Lion: Mana Drain now drains at 0.25 second intervals instead of 1 second (596884).
Mirana: Fixed Arrow damaging but not stunning invisible units.
Morphling: Base agility increased by 5.
Morphling: Adaptive strike cooldown decreased from 20 to 10.
Necrolyte: Death Pulse AoE increased from 375/425/450/475 to 475.
Necrolyte: Heartstopper damage increased from 0.4/0.6/0.8/1.0% to 0.5/0.7/0.9/1.1%.
Necrolyte: Sadist level 4 now restores 600 mana if you kill a hero.
Pudge: Flesh Heap now has a overhead notification when strength is gained.
Pugna: Life Drain damage increased from 95/140/185 to 100/150/200 (and Scepter from 150/200/250 to 175/225/275).
Pugna: Life Drain duration increased from 9 to 10 seconds.
Queen of Pain: Base damage increased by 4.
Queen of Pain: Scream of Pain AoE increased from 400/425/450/475 to 475.
Razor: Static Link duration, after it finishes draining, increased from 13 to 18.
Razor: Static Link cooldown rescaled from 35/30/25/20 to 25.
Sand King: Epicenter’s slow is no longer blocked by magic immunity.
Sand King: Caustic Finale buff duration increased from 2 to 8 seconds.
Shadow Fiend: Movement speed increased from 300 to 305.
Shadow Fiend: Agility growth increased from 2.4 to 2.9.
Shadow Fiend: Necromancy soul cap increased from 8/15/23/30 to 8/16/24/32.
Sniper: Shrapnel AoE increased from 325 to 350.
Spectre: Dispersion damage no longer disables items like Blink Dagger.
Riki: Backstab damage bonus increased from 0.25/0.5/0.75/1.0 to 0.5/0.75/1.0/1.25 of agility.
Storm Spirit: Overload bonus damage increased from 30/45/60/75 to 30/50/70/90.
Sven: Great Cleave increased from 20/30/40/50% to 30/40/50/60%.
Sven: God’s Strength is no longer purgeable.
Sven: God’s Strength damage buff increased from 100/125/150% to 100/140/180%.
Sven: Warcry duration increased from 6 to 8 seconds.
Sven: Warcry cast time removed.
Tinker: Laser’s miss duration increased from 2 to 3 seconds.
Ursa: Armor increased by 1.
Ursa: Enrage damage increased from 4/5/6% to 5/6/7% of current HP.
Ursa: Earthshock AoE increased from 365 to 385.
Ursa: Earthshock cooldown decreased from 7 to 6.
Ursa: Fury Swipes damage increased from 10/15/20/25 to 15/20/25/30.
Warlock: Infernal’s Flaming Fists trigger chance increased from 40% to 60%.
Warlock: Infernal’s Flaming Fists damage increased from 75/115/150 to 100/150/200.
Zeus: Arc Lightning level 4 damage increased from 130 to 145 damage.
Zeus: Lightning Bolt cooldown decreased from 6.5 to 6.
Zeus: Static Field now affects creeps.
Zeus: Static Field no longer requires unit visibility to take effect.
New Item: Rod of Atos.
New Item: Heaven’s Halberd.
New Item: Ring of Aquila.
New Item: Abyssal Blade.
New Item: Tranquil Boots.
Boots of Travel: Recipe cost decreased from 2200 to 2000.
Boots of Travel: Movement speed increased from 95 to 100.
Bloodstone: Initial charges increased from 5 to 6.
Bloodstone: Respawn time reduction increased from 3 to 4 seconds per charge.
Butterfly: Evasion increased from 30 to 35%.
Divine Rapier: Damage increased from 250 to 300.
Ethereal Blade: Ether blast cast range increased from 700 to 800.
Eul’s Scepter of Divinity: Movement speed bonus increased from 25 to 30.
Linken’s Sphere: Added +10 damage to account for component bonuses.
Linken’s Sphere: No longer triggered by Medallion of Courage.
Linken’s Sphere: No longer triggered by Urn of Shadows.
Magic Wand: No longer loses charges when upgrading from Magic Stick.
Mask of Madness: Berserk’s movement speed bonus increased from 20% to 25%.
Mjollnir: Chain lightning bounce count increased from 4 to 8.
Necronomicon: Archer’s Mana burn cast range increased from 250 to 600.
Necronomicon: Archer’s attack damage increased from 31/61/91 to 40/80/120.
Necronomicon: Warrior’s attack damage increased from 21/41/61 to 25/50/75.
Orb of Venom: Cost decreased from 450 to 350.
Orchid Malevolence: Recipe Reworked: now requires 2 Oblivion Staffs and a 775 gold recipe.
Smoke of Deceit: Dispel AoE for nearby heroes increased from 950 to 1025.
Refresher Orb: Added +6 Intelligence to account for component bonuses.
Stygian Desolator: Desolator recipe cost decreased from 1200 to 900.
Vanguard: HP Bonus decreased from 275 to 250.
Veil of Discord: Recipe now requires only one Robe of the Magi, completed bonuses are the same.
Couriers: Now give 150 to each enemy player, instead of 300 to the killer.
Couriers: No longer drop items when they die.
Couriers: Respawn 3 minutes after death, the items they have are inaccesible during that time.
Couriers: Flying courier no longer has invulnerability shield.
Couriers: Basic courier is magic immune (like flying courier, most spells did not work on couriers already).
Buyback cooldown increased from 4 minutes to 5.
Heroes now respawn with full mana.
Gold over time from 0.875 intervals to 0.8.
Runes will no longer spawn the same rune type 2 times in a row.
Forest Healing Troll now has a Mana Aura (+2 MP/sec).
Forest Healing Troll’s heal cooldown from 0.75 to 0.5 seconds.

GAMEPLAY

Added DOTA 2 Spiritbreaker (Baratharum)
Added DOTA 2 Silencer (Nortrom)
Added Tournament version switch.
Fixed a bug where if you issued commands in rapid succession, some commands could be ignored.
Alchemist: Fixed Unstable Concoction stunning Alchemist when he is magic immune.
Axe: Fixed Counter Helix doing the damage when the attack impacted rather than started.
Bloodseeker: Fixed being able to cast Bloodrage on Magic Immune allies/self.
Bounty Hunter: Fixed it being possible to use Jinada cooldown without triggering a critical strike.
Bounty Hunter: Fixed Jinada working on denies.
Bounty Hunter: Fixed Jinada and Shadowblade affecting buildings.
Bounty Hunter: Fixed Track giving bonus gold for dead illusions.
Bounty Hunter: Fixed Track not being dispelled by Time Lapse, Repel, Purge, etc.
Bounty Hunter: Fixed Track debuff icon not showing.
Broodmother: Fixed Spawn Spiderite working on wards.
Clockwerk: Fixed Hookshot hitting couriers.
Dragon Knight: Fixed Dragon Tail ignoring Linken’s Sphere.
Nature’s Prophet: Fixed not being able to see the teleportation end point if it is in FoW.
Huskar: Fixed Lifebreak being dodgeable.
Leshrac: Fixed Pulse Nova turning back on when out of mana sometimes.
Lifestealer: Fixed Rage not properly dispelling negative debuffs
Lifestealer: Fixed Open Wounds healing towers.
Lifestealer: Fixed Infest not working on Mud Golems.
Nevermore: Fixed Presence of the Dark Lord not working on siege units.
Night Stalker: Fixed Hunter in the Night working on Illusions.
Omniknight: Fixed Repel taking Shadowblade invis buff off
Omniknight: Fixed Repel causing Burrowstrike to fail if used during the movement period
Omniknight: Fixed Holy Persuation working on magic immune allies.
Omniknight: Fixed Repel revealing Broodmother while under Spin Web.
Sand King: Fixed Refresher Burrow Strike not hurting affected units
Shadow Shaman: Fixed Ethershock hitting units in the FoW.
Storm Spirit: Fixed Overload charge being used up if the target dies before impact.
Tidehunter: Fixed Refresher Ravage not hurting affected units.
Tidehunter: Fixed Kraken Shell not reducing tower damage.
Tiny: Fixed the timing of when the stun happened with Craggy Exterior.
Ursa: Fury swipes should only work on organic units and Roshan now.
Ursa: Fixed Illusions not dealing bonus damage on a unit that has Fury Swipe stacks already.
Venomancer: Fixed Plague Ward collision size
Fixed Satanic being dispellable.
Fixed Janggo Aura not affecting lane creeps.
Fixed Vladmir Aura’s mana regen stacking with Basilius.
Fixed Necro Warrior’s Mana Burn ignoring Linken’s Sphere.
Fixed Refresher Orb not geving bonus int.
Fixed Power Treads movement bonus being off by 5.
Fixed Force Staff not giving an error (and wasting cooldown) when used on allied magic immune.
Fixed Unobstructed vision working on Illusions.
Fixed Bash against wards.
Fixed a hero not leveling up multiple times if they received enough XP in one go.
Fixed some Legacy Keys.
Enabled Ursa and Bounty Hunter in Captain’s Mode.
Fixed Bottle usage cooldown.
Fixed couriers losing behaviors and being removed from unit selections and control groups when they are upgraded to flying.

User Interface:

Updated the minimap texture.
Dominated and summoned creeps now draw larger on minimap.
Fixed shop keys getting unbound.
Fixed a case where dragging a non-controllable unit’s inventory item would result in a drag of the player’s hero’s item instead.
Fixed control clicking on an active item showing a confusing error.
Added a Animate Portrait setting to the video config.
Fixed Cheap Water setting being backwards.
Fixed the quickbuy purchase shortcut not buying items if they existed in both the secret and side shop, when at the side shop.
The shop button now highlights when you are in range of the shop.
When using Alt, minimap hero names are now icons.
When using Alt, there are now TP icons to show which teammate is teleporting in.
When using Alt, illusions draw smaller and semitransparent.
Disallowed item moves from the stash to the main inventory while reincarnating.
Minimap lines for muted players are no longer drawn.
Added an overhead indicator for flesh heap.
Added a tooltip to the courier button.
The courier button shows as inactive when there are either no couriers, or only dead couriers.
Fixed the reliable/unreliable gold tooltip showing up for non-hero units.
Fixed hero images not showing up in the top bar and scoreboard until their entities came out of dormancy.
Fixed being able to select units previously part of a multi-unit selection by clicking on the space where they were displayed, after returning to single-unit selection.
Added health number on the player’s hero’s floating health bar.
Fixed a case where the stash would show the wrong item icon.
Added “Auto Speed” feature to Directed mode in the spectator HUD when watching a replay.
- Will automatically speed up the replay when nothing is happening, and slow down when action occurs.
- Will do super slow-mo at moments when heroes are killed.
- Only works on replays recorded after this release.
Fixed bug where the stickly slot would sometimes, mysteriously, change items.
Fixed not being able to buy stackable items from side shop with a full inventory (ie. teleport scroll).
Fixed channel bar not going away when querying a channeling hero that enter fog of war.
Shift-clicking a unit in multi-unit selection hud element now deselects the unit.
Fixed Top bar clicks not going to the correct heroes when playing back demos.
Taskbar icon will now flash when a game is paused/unpaused, if the game doesn’t already have focus.
Added attack icon and ping for enemy structures.
Mana and health regen values are no longer drawn in the hud when querying enemies.
Practice lobby settings are now shown to all lobby members.
Improved scrollbars and scrolling views.
Winner and duration are hidden on the match details screen by default.
Fixed default date range when searching for replays.

VISUALS

There is now an impact effect on enemies who are damaged by Dazzle’s Shadow Wave.
There is now a splash effect when Morphling takes an illusion’s position.
Removed track casting effect from enemy vision.
Changed how Dark Seer’s illusions look — smaller and illusion color for both teams.
Fixed Ursa turning bright yellow on lower-end cards.
Made Lifestealer’s Rage effect slightly more subtle.
Made Pudge’s Rot way less subtle.

AUDIO

Death Prophet will comment on her ghosts returning when they begin turning back instead of when they’re done returning.
Slightly lessened the volume of the Match Ready sound.
Made warning about Ancient being under attack always play, even if there are heroes nearby defending it.

Dota 2 BOTS

Enabled bot difficulty selection. Currently all bots in the match will use the same difficulty setting.
Fixed cases where bots would want to gank a nearby invisible unit.
Bots will now wait a couple seconds before using a TP scroll to ensure that their desire to go to a location wasn’t just momentary.
Fixed case where bots would say “Defending none” when they were defending their base.
Fixed bug where you would lose your assigned lane if you moved too close to the base.
Fixed bug that was causing bots to use TP scrolls less often than they should when doing long pathfinds.
Fixed bug that was making bots think Windrunner was way more powerful than she actually was when she had the Focus Fire buff active.
Increased desire to not move with Rupture.
When bots are pushing a tower, and allies have signed up to help out, they will do a better job of waiting for them to show up before actually doing the push.
Made bots more likely to stick with Roshan when his health is low, even if they think it’s dangerous.
Added slight buyback delay so bots aren’t superhuman about buying back into the game.
Improved Tidehunter’s Ravage usage, he will now consider using it even when retreating.
Made bots more likely to commit post-allied-Ravage.
Fixed bug where bots would gather up for a tower push when no more reinforcements were coming.
Fixed bug that caused bots to be jerks and prematurely retreat with extremely high priority when a teamfight happened and one of their teammates was being attacked.
Made bots more likely to break off Roshan (and not decide to do Rosh) if any hero fights are happening nearby.
Increased tower avoidance at mid-range health values, should help avoid some ill-advised tower-dives.
Made bots focus a bit more on a tower/rax push rather than swapping off to attack a hero.
Made bots less likely to ignore very high-health enemies.
Made bots less likely to tank creeps when attacking an enemy’s minons.
Bots now have the ability to figure out which enemy heroes are illusions and which aren’t, and they will adjust their ability usage accordingly.
Fixed a few cases where bots would try to cast an interrupting stun on a magic-immune enemy that was channeling.
Made bots a bit less aggressive about buying dust.
Made bots a bit more scared of Juggernaut’s Blade Fury when at low health.
Fixed bug where bots would sometimes buy a duplicate courier.
Improved how bots infer ganks, tower pushes, and tower defenses from human players.
Bots are now more likely to automatically help out humans with tower pushes, tower defenses, and doing Rosh.

Microsoft CEO Reveal Windows 8 Creation

2012-01-12T22:09:00.001+08:00

Much of the 70-minute presentation in the International Consumer Electronics Show revolved around Microsoft's work on software that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballner has been promising will make the company a bigger factor in the increasing important market for smarthphones and computer tablets.

Microsoft Corp. hopes to make its biggest breakthrough with Windows 8, the next version of its dominant computer operating system due out later this year. As expected, Ballner didn't announce a specific date for Windows 8's mass-market release. Most analysts expect the system to hit the market in the late summer or early autumn.

Ballner calls Windows 8 a "no compromise" approach to computer tablets because the system will retain the familiar tools that people have been using on desktop computers for years.

A New Version

Microsoft's long-awaited push into a computer tablet market led by Apple's trend-setting iPad will come with the much-anticipated release of Windows 8.

Like Windows Phone, the next version of the Windows operating system will include a mosaic of tiles that will allow applications to the controlled with a swipe of the finger. Windows 8 will also respond to computer keyboard command and clicks from a computer mouse.

Tattoo Safety Questioned After Bali HIV Scare

2012-01-08T19:41:00.001+08:00

Travelers who got tattoos or piercing while in Bali, Indonesia, have been warned to have themselves checked after a Western Australian man reportedly contracted HIV during a recent holiday trip to the resort island.

Health officials are warning travelers about the danger of getting tattoos or piercing in developing countries, saying the regulations and codes of practice in these countries don't necessarily comply with Australia's.

There are 4,200 HIV / AIDS case in Bali, Indonesia

While the investigation is ongoing, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said individuals who want to avoid infections from HIV and viral hepatitis should make sure they don't share needles for tattoos, body piercings, or other injections.

Americas Food and Drug Administration has also launched a new tattoo studies to investigate a chemical in black ink called benzo(a) pyrene. This chemical has been shown to cause skin cancer in lab animals and malignant melanomas in some tattoos.

WebMD says getting a permanent tattoo requires breaking the skin and coming in contact with blood and body fluids.

Yahoo Names Paypal Head As New CEO

2012-01-08T19:25:00.001+08:00

Yahoo's previous turnaround attempts have flopped under three different leaders with dramatically different backgrounds - former movie mogul Terry Semel, beloved Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang and profanity-spewing Silicon Valley veteran Carol Bartz.

Now, the struggling Internet company is making yet another unorthodox choice with announcement that it has lured away Scott Thopmson from a lower-profile job running eBay's Thriving Paypal service to step into the pressure-packed position as Yahoo's fourth CEO in less than five years.

The appointment raised questions among analysts, since Thompson, 54, has no experience in online content and advertising, Yahoo's chief sources of revenue. Te timing of Thompson's hiring also came as a surprise, given that Yahoo's board has been considering a sale of all or part of the company since firing Bartz four months ago. With Thompson's selection, Yahoo's board is signaling that it believes the company can still rebound, despite several years of losing grounds to Google and Facebook in product innovation and online advertising.

Thompson's job will be to revive Yahoo's revenue growth and repair the company's fractured relationship with investors fed up with a litany of broken turnaround promises.

Analysts estimate Yahoo's revenue last year totaled about $5 billion, down from nearly $7 billion in 2007. During the same span, Google's revenue soared from $17 billion to an estimated $38 billion. Privately held Facebook doesn't disclose its finances.

Thanks largely to cost-cutting measures imposed by Bartz, Yahoo has become more profitable. Last year, it earned an estimated $1.1 billion, up from $660 billion in 2007.

Still, investors are disappointed with the downturn in revenue at a time when advertisers are spending more money on the Internet.

LG 55- inch OLED TV Using New Ultra-thin Technology

2012-01-06T22:30:00.001+08:00

LG Electronics Inc. says it's planning to sell a 55-inch (140-centemeter) set based on organic light-emitting diodes, or OLEDs. The South Korean company is set to show it off at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, which starts Jan. 10.

Samsung Electronics Co., LG's Lorean rival, will also reveal a nearly market-ready OLED TV at the show, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. The spoke on condition of anonymity because Samsung has yet to make an announcement.

Ultra-thin Technology

The screen technology is in use in high-end smartphones and provides deeply saturated colors and high contrast. However, it's been very difficult to make larger screens with consistent results.

In late 2007, Sony Corp. started selling an 11-inch (28-centimeter) OLED TV for about $2,500, but it never followed it up with a bigger model. Since then, LG and Samsung have shown prototype OLED TVs at the annual CES show, but haven't revealed any marketing plans.

Apart from providing improved picture quality, OLED TVs can be very thin. LG's set will be four millimeters thick (3/16ths of an inch) and weight 16.5 pounds (7.5 kilograms). Analyst estimates that OLED sets will start out above $5,000.

Whale Sharks Sighted Off Oslob, Cebu Boost Tourism In The Area

2012-01-06T22:00:00.001+08:00

The town of Oslob in southern Cebu noted a sudden increase in the number of tourists. They can only think of one reason - whale sharks.

In the past three months, whale sharks have been seen off Barangay Tan-awan, Oslob. From just one, seven - including two pups - where seen interacting with divers.

Through word of mouth, people have started going to Tan-awan to swim with the whale sharks.

Boost In Tourism

Lives of coastal residents in the town changed when "tame" whale sharks, locally known as butanding, appeared in their waters, attracting curious foreigners and locals and boosting tourism in the area.

Fishermen in the area have been earning more by acting as tourist guides. They take guests aboard their bancas to the spot where the whale sharks congregate.

Tourist feed the whale sharks small fish and krill to make the creatures stay. But the behavioral pattern of the whale shark has changed. What will happen if people stops feeding them?

According to the Internet, whale sharks inhabit tropical and warm-temperate seas. They migrate to spawn to Australia's west coast, where the supply of plankton, their main source of food, is abundant.

Now, the local government are doing its best to take good care of these creatures and formulating guidelines that will ensure the protection of the whale sharks and viewers and the livelihood of fishermen in the area.

CastleVille Cheats, Tips And Tricks On Facebook

2012-01-05T13:49:00.001+08:00

When you enter the world of Castle Ville you are immediately surrounded by an astonishing environment, merry characters, cute animals, and numerous colors, all appealing simultaneously to the kid inside you. In your first minutes you will be stunned by the incredible music touching your soul, the numerous brilliant ( easy to understand, and yet not so easy to complete ) quests, and the fantastic number of options you have in front of you. As soon as you start playing you are involved in the story line and the quests just keep getting more and more interesting.

CastleVille Energy Tricks

When you begin playing CastleVille, you have 10 energies that you can use to get started at your quests. You can find your energy level at the top right side of your game screen. It has a thunder-icon, you may be familiar with the icon since it's generally used for most facebook games. And you may notice the timer below it that says,"More in: 05:00" that means, you will increase your energy after 5 minutes.

So we got 1 tip in getting energy – waiting. Every 5 minutes, your energy level is increasing by 1, but you can't just wait right? And note that it won’t increase forever, like if you wait for 100 hours to get 1,200 energy – NO! Because you have energy limit for each level, let say you're level 1, your energy bar limit is 10, even if you wait for 10 days, you will only get 10 energy, because your energy limit is full. There are times that even if your energy limit is full, you can still get higher energy. This is what we want to know, you will notice that the energy bar color is changing from white to yellow when the energy is higher than your energy limit.

You can get more energy by completing quests. Each quest has rewards and most often the rewards that are energy, experience points, coins and other stuffs. Anyway, completing quests are not boring and hard in CastleVille as much other facebook games. And you should spend your energy to complete quest and level up your kingdom. So, start completing your quests and surely you'll enjoy it.

But most of the cases, while completing your quests you lose energy and cannot continue to complete your quests. That cannot stop you – you still have more other ways to get energy.

The next step in getting energy in CastleVille is to have more neighbors. Invite as many friends as can to be your neighbor on CastleVille and visit their kingdom. This will allow you see how they design in their kingdom, especially to those that higher level than you have so you might have a clue of what looks better and not. This will also gain you some Reputation Hearts, which is required for some higher quests in CastleVille. And lastly, by helping your neighboring kingdom it will give you energy as thank you gift for helping them out.

But there is also a limit in getting energy rewards when visiting friends, you can only visit 20 friends per day to get free energy. That only means, you only have 20 energy that you can get per day by visiting your friend’s kingdom. But there’s more energy resource in CastleVille.

The next is through Level Up, when you level up you got 10 free energies in an instant. And while you level up, your energy limit will also increase and that means you can wait for more energy. But when you are in higher level, leveling will take some time. Usually, it will take 2 to 3 days, when you reach level 30, that is for a regular play in a day and of course it will also be depending on how you play and we need to sleep, work, study and do our real life activities. But you can get energy while you don't play.

CastleVille FREE Items

In order to claim your free reward in CastleVille, simply click the links below. Although CastleVille has just been launched, Zynga has decided to start with a blast and offer you some free items for playing the game already. Here below have all the free item links for CastleVille to share with you, but you'd better grab them fast because they might stop working after a time. Good Luck...

- CastleVille 500 coins link >>
- CastleVille 1 GMA Flag Pole link >>
- CastleVille 1 Exploration Crystal link >>
- CastleVille free Hyper Craft link >>
- CastleVille free 1 Gold Brick link >>
- CastleVille free Marble Fountain link >>
- CastleVille Golden Fish Fountain link >>
- CastleVille Archery Target link >>
- CastleVille free Fountain Link >>
- CastleVille Hyper Craft link >>
- CastleVille Exploration Crystal link >>
- CastleVille Good Morning Glory Link >>
- CastleVille The Queen's Silver Statue Link >>
- CastleVille free Cannon Link >>
- CastleVille Free Bluebonnet Link >>
- CastleVille Topiary Castle Link >>

How To Get CastleVille Crowns?

At start of the game, you are provided a certain amount of free crowns to use. After that, acquiring CastleVille Crowns will not be such an easy task. Let's look at the ways:

1. Leveling Up

Leveling up not only unlocks more structures or things to do within the game. It is a good source of rewards such as coins, experience and CastleVille Crowns.
You will gain 1 CastleVille Crown for each level up your character makes.

2. Purchasing CastleVille Crowns

With the use of real cash on different payment options, you can convert it into in-game crowns.

3. Earning Free Crowns

Right on top of the game interface, an "Earn Crowns" tab can be located.
Participating sponsors will provide free CastleVille crowns for your character upon fulfillment of its requirements.

4. Use of Zynga Cards

Buying a prepaid Zynga card and redeeming on the "Game Card" tab right above the game interface, will convert it into CastleVille Crowns
The different denominations on game cards will reflect on how much you will earn CastleVille crowns.

DOTA 2 Gondar (Bounty Hunter) Preview

2011-12-25T16:21:00.001+08:00

Bounty Hunter is a Radiant agility hero added in Dota 2 12/21/11 update. His name completely reflects his capabilities. He can work as a Bounty Hunter for a team by easily targeting weak opponent heroes in the battlefield. He is a hard carry hero with high damage nukes, slow and a perfect escape route through windwalk. Check out the Valve’s version of Bounty Hunter.

DOTA 2 Gondar (Bounty Hunter) Preview

Here are some in-game screenshots on the DOTA 2 Gondar with it's skills:

Bounty Hunter’s 1st Skill – Shuriken Toss

Bounty Hunter’s 2nd Skill – Jinada (passive)

Bounty Hunter’s 3rd Skill – Windwalk

Bounty Hunter Ultimate Skill – Track

Typhoon Sendong Destroyed Thousands Of Lives In Cagayan de Oro, Philippines

2011-12-23T17:06:00.001+08:00

Last December 17, 2011, a typhoon named Sendong hit the Philippines. Typhoon Sendong's strongest impact was in Cagayan de Oro, destroying a lot of lives and properties.

Up to date (December 23, 2011), more than 1000 individuals died (1,061 to be exact) and 1,063 individuals are injured. The number of deaths may increase in the passing days because there are still people missing after the typhoon.

Typhoon Sendong is considered the strongest and believe to be the last typhoon to hit the Philippines this years.

Tetris Battle Cheats And Hacks On Facebook

2011-12-21T16:08:00.001+08:00

Tetris Battle Unlimited Energy, Armor and Fully Tuned

This new Tetris Battle cheat is working as of Jan. 02, 2012, and I can vouch for it, unless it gets patched. Features unlimited energy and unlimited armor, plus Fully Tuned. Only permanent thing here is the energy. Everything else is temporary once you end your game.

Status: Working as of Jan. 02, 2012

Requirements:
Google Chrome
Fiddler2
Complete and Init hack files (Download here)
Tetris Battle account

Instructions:
1. Download and extract the file above. Install Fiddler2 then restart your browser;
2. Run Fiddler2 then go to Autoresponder tab;
3. Check "Enable automatic responses" and "unmatched requests passthrough";
4. Drag the Complete and Init hack files to the given space on the Autoresponder tab. Clear Google Chrome's cache right after dragging the Tetris Battle hack files;
5. Start Google Chrome, log-in your Tetris Battle account and play. Fully Tuned and Infinite Armor are automatically enabled;
6. Go to the energy bag and click "Collect Bonus" to activate Infinite Energy.

Proof that this Tetris Battle cheat is working:

Tetris Battle Cheats And Hacks

This Tetris Battle cheat is the newest so far. It has been used just this 24th of November. That's how totally new this is. The features of this hack are the following:

boasts 1000 lines sent

500 EXP

1 KO Finish

99 Coins gained per game

Unlimited Mino Collection for unlimited energy

Tuning Hack

Just follow the steps below:

Requirements:
Google Chrome
Fiddler 2
Tetris Battle Account

Instructions:
1. Download the file listed above and extract;
2. After extraction, look and execute the Fiddler2 Setup then install it;
3. After installation, restart Google Chrome and then open Fiddler.exe;
4. Go then to the Auto Responder tab, check on "Enable Automatic Responses and Unmatched Request Passthrough";
9. Go back to the Fiddler folder and grab all the files including the init (except the Notepad file) to Fiddler;
10. Go back to your Google Chrome window and clear the cache. After that log-in to Facebook and open your Tetris Battle account. Then enjoy the hack.

Hack Proof:

Coder's note: The EXP cheat will bug your level so you can abuse your Tetris cash. Use it on your advantage. On the other hand, if you don't want to get the EXP cheat do not put the global.xml file in the Fiddler2 grab transfer. Everything in this Tetris Battle hack (including cash gained) is saveable except the levels.

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Tetris Battle Cheat - 99 Exp and 99 Coin Hack plus Bot ^NEW!

( Tetris Battle 99 Exp Hack, Tetris Battle 99 Coin Hack)

This is a good hack for Tetris Battle which a lot of players are searching for. The following are the features of this hack:

Bot Hack

SuperBot Hack

99 Exp Hack

99 Coin Hack

Requirements:
FireFox or Chrome
Fiddler
Winrar
Marathon 1p (NormalSpeedBot)
Marathon 1p (NormalGame + NoBot)
Marathon 1p (SuperSpeedBot)

Steps:
1. Open Fiddler and Click Autoresponder tab.
2. Check the two boxes and drag the file you have just downloaded.
3. Click "SAVE" to your Fiddler.
4. Clear Cache to your Fiddler and to your Browser.
5. Go to Tetris >> Marathon

Note: This hack works on Marathon only. Don't try on other settings because you're just wasting your time.

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Christmas Cheers

2011-12-15T15:36:00.000+08:00

We all know that Christmas is near. There's always something in the air that makes you feel warm and tingly. What are your favorite things about the Christmas season? Here are some of mine:

Christmas Carols

We especially like singing along during mass when the Advent Season begins because our church choirs start picking some of the best carols ever composed. The best part is, we all know the lyrics to these especial songs.

Christmas Colors

The house seems to have a burst of color this time of the year. All the bright red ribbons and green and gold trimmings are in every nook and cranny. it's especially cheerful to see all these ornaments hanging around the house.

Christmas Feast

All the food is surely mouth-watering. We begin seeing our favorites like ham, fruit salad, spaghetti and all kinds of desserts strewn all over the dining table and we sure can't get enough of it.

Christmas Weather

The air is definitely cooler these days! There's a wonderful feeling about cool air that's fresh and natural and not coming from an air conditioner.

Christmas Kindness

Is it just me, or is everyone else nice as Christmas time appears? Wether it's just some people trying to get on Santa's nice list or the good cheer is spreading quickly, we all know everyone seem to be in a good mood.

Christmas Presents

It's a lot of fun opening of presents. But, believe it or not, it's so much more fun giving to others. There's pure joy that comes from seeing someone smile because of something you gave and that's actually why we're all so happy come Christmas time.

What do you think? Is there something lacking? Hit the comment box and add your favorite things in Christmas Season.

Sea Knights Note Lack Of Guidance For Tours In Handling Whale Sharks In Oslob, Cebu

2011-12-15T15:19:00.001+08:00

Tourism-wise, the development in Tan-awan would be good for Oslob and turn the town into an alternative destination to Donsol, Sorsogon where tourists can swim with the gigantic but docile sea creatures.

However, what might be good to the local tourism and livelihood of the fishermen may be harmful to the whale sharks.

There were reports that even the boatmen do not know how to handle the whale sharks. Some even rode on them underwater and held their dorsal find and gills.

Upon hearing this, the Sea Knights - a group of divers who consider themselves stewards of the sea - went to Oslob to check.

The group was able to measure the biggest whale shark in the area, at eight meters. The smallest one they found was five meters in length.

The Sea Knights also wanted to observe how the locals handle the creatures and how much information dissemination on proper handling is needed.

Fr. Charlie Orobia, OAR, Sea Knights vice president and also vice president for students welfare at the University of San Jose - Recoletos, noted that tourist who go to Oslob are allowed to touch the Whale Sharks even if the guides tell them not to.

"They should never be touched because Whale Sharks are very rare species and they are susceptible to diseases. The boats should maintain a certain distance. There is a need to educate the boatmen and to let them understand their responsibilities. Tourist also be briefed on the dos and don'ts before taking a plunge," said Fr. Orobia.

He said that while the presence of the whale sharks will usher in mass tourism and help boost the economy in the town, residents should take care of the whale sharks and the marine ecosystem in the sea.

Whale Sharks Sighted Off Oslob, Cebu

2011-12-14T14:49:00.002+08:00

The town of Oslob in southern Cebu noted a sudden increase in the number of tourists. They can only think of one reason - whale sharks.

In the past three months, whale sharks have been seen off Barangay Tan-awan, Oslob. From just one, seven - including two pups - where seen interacting with divers.

Reneboy Sevila, who helped organize a group of fishermen to become tourist guides, said that at first they did not mind the presence of the whale sharks (locally known as tuki). However, the whale sharks started to compete with the fishermen in catching tiny shrimps called uyap.

Sevila said they realized they could turn the phenomenon into a tourism attraction when they learned that they could feed the whale sharks near the sea's surface.

Through word of mouth, people have started going to Tan-awan to swim with the whale sharks.

Australian National Filed A Case Against PagCor For Lacking Precautionary Measures

2011-12-14T14:36:00.000+08:00

An Australian National filed a case against the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PagCor) for lacking "precautionary measures" in their place which results to her injury last year.

Ana Yu Fong Cheng Wong, residing in Mabolo, Cebu City, ask the Regional Trial Court (RTC) to claim Php450,000.00 from PagCor for the danages caused by the incident.

In the case filed, Wong stated that PagCor failed to dry the water flowed near the Automated Teller Machine (ATM) which results to her injury.

PagCor said the they made all the necessary actions for the incident which involves Wong but the Australian National explained that she was forced to sign the "quitclaim" by a PagCor representative even though she has injury.

Part of the Php450,000.00 claim from PagCor is the hp200,000.00 moral damages; Php100,000.00 actual damages; Php100,000.00 attorney's fees and a Php50,000.00 exemplary damages.

Justin Bieber's "Under The Mistletoe"

2011-12-13T10:26:00.000+08:00

Parents are likely to buy Justin Bieber's Christmas Album for their kids and pray that their young ones will only play it through their headphones. But the elders be missing out. Bieber's "Under The Mistletoe" is a thoroughly entertaining offering for all ages - sometimes even more so for the adults.

Although he's still a teen hearthrob, there's little child like about this album (except for the song "Someday at Christmas," which closes out the deluxe CD, where a much younger Bieber channels Michael Jackson).

Bieber's voice has deepened, and the bubble gum sound has given way to a more mature, soulful sound. Bieber sounds convincingly romantic on the album's opener,"The Only Thing I Ever Get For Christmas." And on the soulful upbeat groove "Fa La La," with guests Boys II Men.

Bieber breaths new life into old standbys, and offers up new songs that have the potential to become future classics. Even if you don't have kids,"Under The Mistletoe" should be under your Christmas tree.

Carla Abellana Maintains Wholesome Image Despite Sexy Pictorial

2011-12-13T10:11:00.000+08:00

GMA 7 actress Carla Abellana said boyfriend Geoff Eigenman knows about her daring print pictorial and the latter supports her showbiz career.

After the movie "My Neighbor's Wife," Carla now endorses an alcoholic beverage which has fueled speculations that she's ready for more mature and sexier print ads.

Carla stated that she will maintain her wholesome image and Geoff is aware of her sexy print ads.

"He knew about the photos, even before the pictorial was done and the calendar was launched. He's proud of me," Carla said.

"She did not need my approval for anything. It's okay with me. Carla thinks of every decision she was to go through. Whatever she decides on, I will support her," Geoff confirmed.

Carla will soon star the Asiong Salonga Story with Gov. ER Ejercito for the upcoming 2011Metro Manila Film Festival, where she has a steamy kissing scene with him.

ASUS Introduces New N Series

2011-12-12T15:22:00.000+08:00

When was the last time you heard something incredible on a laptop?

Introducing the new ASUS N Series. This new laptop model from ASUS uses an Intel Core i5 processor and has more great featured than other laptops have.

ASUS N Series Featured:

More Performance

Smarter 2nd Generation Intel Core i5 processor pack visible puch.

More Ap

High Voltage Professional Grade 11W amp.

More Speaker

X2 32mm cones with upward facing drivers.

More Frequency

Co-engineered sound by Bang & Olufsen ICEpower and ASUS Sensitivity & Engineering Labs.

More Range

External SonicMaster subwoofer.

More Volume

Larger transducers and deeper resonance chambers.

ASUS N Series Technical Specs:

ASUS N55SF (Price: Php44,995.00)

Intel Core i5-2430 processor
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium
NVIDIA GeForce GT555 2GB Graphics
4GB DDR3 memory
750GB hard drive
15" LED Display
Bang & Olufsen ICEpower Audio w/ SonicMaster technology
USB 3.0
External subwoofer

ASUS N43SL (Price: Php37,995.00)

Intel Core i5-2410M processor
DOS
NVIDIA GeForce GT520M 1GB Graphics
2GB DDR3 memory
500GB hard drive
14" LED Display
Bang & Olufsen ICEpower Audio w/ SonicMaster technology
USB 3.0

my|phone B88 Duo The First - Of - Its - Kind

2011-12-12T14:54:00.000+08:00

Only Orig for the Orig!

Whether it's identifying, authentic money (B88 Duo) or bringing in original, new technology (the first to bring Dual Sim technology to the Philippines), even promoting original Pinoy music (Music Album Phone) and creating original content (Pinoy Phone Apps), my|phone supports everything original.

This is why my|phone supports the governments' campaign against counterfeit money through the new my|phone B88 Duo anti-fake money phone. With this First-of-its-kind mobile phone, my|phone would like to give Filipinos the means to avoid being tricked into accepting or using fake money.

But more than just a counterfeit money detector, the my|phone B88 Duo is fully loaded with its dual sim feature, camera, wireless FM radio, video player, music player and 8GB Micro SD card slot. At an unbelievable price of Php888.00, there is no doubt that the my|phone B88 Duo is all about giving value for money to price-concious Filipinos.

From providing technology that's affordable for every Filipino to protecting them from being victims of counterfeit money, my|phone always keeps the welfare of every Filipino in mind.

Bautista Retained IBF Featherweight Title Against Mendoza

2011-12-11T18:27:00.000+08:00

Mendoza's plan failed in his fight with Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista whom he liked to knockout in the 6th round.

The Filipino featherweight champion Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista defeated Mexican Miguel Angel Mendoza in style, stopping the challenger in the sixth round of the main event of Pinoy Pride X at the Hoops Dome in Cebu Saturday night.

Bautista floored Mendoza with a left hook to the head in the middle of the sixth round, and Mendoza was counted out by referee Danrex Tapdasan. It was a strong performance for Bautista, who retained his International Boxing Federation (IBF) featherweight title in the process.

Bautista showed patience throughout the bout, refusing to get caught in a brawl with Mendoza who has a reputation for being a knockout artist. But it was Bautista who showed his power first, sending Mendoza to the canvas twice in the first round with quick left straights.

The Mexican fighter started to bleed in the second round, but still continued to challenge "Boom Boom." He was not very effective in his offensive attack, however, opting to go for wild, swinging punches that often hit nothing but air. Bautista also showed his ability to take a punch as he decided to stay in front of Mendoza for most of the bout. Despite getting tagged with some punches from the Mexican, "Boom Boom" stayed up right and was able to counter with short punches to Mendoza's head.

The fight was marred with several timeouts, however, as referee Tapdasan warned both fighters for low blows. He also stopped the clock to give Mendoza time to get checked out by the ringside doctor. For Mendoza, it was the first loss of his career and his first fight that went past the fifth round. He had won each of his past 17 fights via knockout.

Viloria Retains WBO Flyweight Title Against Pound-For-Pound No.9 Segura

2011-12-11T18:13:00.000+08:00

Brian "The Hawaiian Punch" Viloria retained his World Boxing Organization (WBO) flyweight championship with an 8th round technical knockout victory over Mexico's Giovani Segura Sunday at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City.

Although he was the defending champion, Viloria was considered an underdog going into the bout, as Segura is ranked number 9 in The RING's pound-for-pound ratings.

Viloria showed impressive skill and heart in his performance, bloodying Segura en route to a stoppage victory. The referee called a stop to the fight at the 0:29 mark of the 8th round, saving the challenger from more punishment.

Segura was the more aggressive fighter at the start of the bout, but Viloria was more effective. The Filipino-American boxer peppered the Mexican with a steady stream of hooks from the second round onward, causing Segura to start bleeding.

A lump formed on Segura's right temple at the end of the second round, which grew larger as Viloria continuously targeted his head. But the Mexican boxer remained aggressive, going inside and landing hard shots against Viloria.

But Segura was fading by the 7th round, and though he was able to answer the bell for the 8th round, the referee called a stop to the fight after seeing the challenger get peppered with a bevy of shots from Viloria.