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Remote Access Software in its Best

2009-11-06T03:21:00.000-08:00

Before I became an IT Support Technician, I already knew Remote Desktop Protocol in every Windows XP workstation. After then, I was introduced to VNC Viewer when I started my first troubleshooting request. These remote tools have been already part of its history. Especially now, lots of IT techniques and tools are spreading online and are ready for download or available for using.

But have you heard of a Remote Access Software with a 256-bit encryption security, the highest in its class? IT support and Helpdesks or even a simple household personnel or family member can use this software not just in troubleshooting purposes but of course assisting your love ones in their project or research as long as they are connected to your network or via internet. Proxy Pro 7 is the number one remote access software nowadays. With its security feature that includes encryption and windows authentication, users feel no worry for their data or connection is well-protected.

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For everybody’s knowledge, lots of technicians, IT professionals or even executives are now upgrading and purchasing Proxy Pro 7. Not just because of their well presented and supported features but of course; Proxy Networks, Inc is a business oriented company that is protecting every data or information in every business entities or party.

MSN New Look: A major make-over

2009-11-04T03:27:00.000-08:00

MSN.com, Microsoft's website, has its new look on Wednesday at the US time. Lots of changes were made, some part of the old stuff were removed and some boxes were added. As advised by Erik Jorgenson, corporate vice president for MSN, the new design aims to address customer or user's feedback and complaints. Some of which are the following points:

Too much Clutter in the old MSN.com
Hard time finding what users were looking for
Dissatisfied with search results prior to the launch of BING
The old MSN had an outdated look and feel

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As i checked it in their preview site, at the bottom right, links to the Facebook and Twitter sites were added in a box. Also, what captured my attention the most, is the slider just above the header part. It contains the latest updates and news featured in the site. I think it follows the latest trends of blogger's template. Generally, the site are divided into sections which in return give the users a fun way of browsing and searching using their bing search engine site.

The enough misery stamps before a star bankrupt.

Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) is available

2009-10-29T15:28:00.000-07:00

It was last February 20 of this year, Mark Shuttleworth announced to the offline and online community on the upgrade of its Ubuntu OS from 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) to Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala). It focuses mainly on the improvements of its cloud computing using the Eucalyptus, boot times, improved audio and 3g connectivity, enhanced netbook remix and other related features.

As initially declared, this version is dedicated to the release of new theme but however, the project was just moved to 10.04 in which little improvement was observed in its default theme. Moreover, graphical enhancements, bootup and shutdown splash, login screen, and improved performance on intel graphics chipsets are just some of the added features. And oops, their Firefox is now in its 3.5 version, nice one!

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Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop edition is already available and is free of charge as confirmed by the Ubuntu team. Click HERE for the free Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop edition download.

I was just dismayed because there is no Philippines selection in its download location but i bet we can try some tricks.

Happy Ubuntu Day to all.

Yahoo Geocities formally shuts down

2009-10-26T10:34:00.000-07:00

October 26 is the formal shut down of 15 years in service Yahoo Geocities. The announcement was made last April of the same year but is realized just today. After 26, lots of personal blog and student's project site are no longer available and users/owners can no longer access their files and sites.

For users who definitely love their websites, Yahoo has options and offers you a premium upgrade with their hosting service in just $4.99.

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Everybody remembered why Yahoo decided to do this move, "We have decided to discontinue the process of allowing new customers to sign up for GeoCities accounts as we focus on helping our customers explore and build new relationships online in other ways", the company explained.

I remembered my Web and HTML programming subject and my personal sites. Goodbye to you! ~sigh~

Windows 7 Upgrade: a problem to Students

2009-10-26T10:15:00.000-07:00

Microsoft offers students an option, instead buying the whole package of windows 7 in a box, they can have it download and upgrade their system in a website in just $ 29. The move was great but several students have reported lots of issues and error encountered upon downloading or with in the process of upgrading.

The most common issue that students encountered is the fact that they cannot easily upgrade a 32-bit version of Vista to 64-bit version of windows 7. At the end, it requires a clean installation thus deleting all previous installed components or simply reformatting and installed the new OS.

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These are some of the errors encountered:

Error “We are unable to create or save new files in the folder in which this application was downloaded.”

Error “This version of the file is not compatible with the version of Windows you’re running.”

Error “An error has occurred. Unspecified error.”

Description of the above errors are being determined at Social Answers of Microsoft and in addition, there is an established thread for possible work arounds of the said errors and others.

Working with Windows 7 by Voice Commands

2009-10-23T14:29:00.000-07:00

This can be a very interesting post ever in my blog.

Speech Recognition is a feature already available in windows vista and is now in full blast in windows 7, the most talked OS online and offline. So how do Speech Recognition and Voice Commands work? As i did my report in Management and Information System, i learned a lot in the field of Artificial Intelligence most especially its most used subfield in business, the Expert Systems. But as of now, what captured my interest is the other subfield of AI, the NLP or Natural Language Processing in which Speech Recognition and Voice Commands are part of. Truly, technology is getting more and more complicated and oops!, of course, useful.

What is Natural Language Processing? This is a process in which human language will serve as input to NLP programs and translate it into a standard set of statements that a computer can execute. And one of most promising product of which is the Speech Recognition and Voice Commands of Microsoft Windows 7.

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And now, let us tackle more on the voice commands. But first, you need to have a high-quality microphone and i believe Microsoft recommends a USB headset model for wise and best performance. After then, we can start commanding our computer with some of below guides, words and/or phrase with their corresponding actions and outcome.

"Start" - Windows Speech Recognition will open and display the START menu
"All Programs" - Of course, this will display all programs installed in the system and after then, you may continue working with that specified program
"open (program)" - this command is applicable only if you already know the specified program and for that, you may skip that navigation part. Example of this is "OPEN MSPAINT"
"File", "Open" - this is applicable only to windows which has menus available
"Show Numbers" - windows speech recognition tags every clickable object with a number in your screen
"Click" or "Double Click" + NUMBER - this will accomplish the command

With individual Windows, you can work with:
"maximize" , "minimize" , "close" followed by the name of the program
To minimize all programs opened say "Show desktop"

These are some of the common Voice commands available in windows 7. I bet i now have 1 reason to grab that Operating System. What ya think?

Kindle Challenges Nook, QUE and Alex

2009-10-20T14:05:00.000-07:00

It seems E-book reading device is the market target of some IT (software and hardware) related companies nowadays. As Amazon recently announced its Kindle to be available in Australia, Barnes and Noble unveiled its device on Tuesday called Nook which is a challenge to Amazon's Kindle.

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Nook is powered by Google's android software and has a black and white electronic ink display feature which is mainly for reading books and small color touchpad for navigation, storing books or making purchases online. The nice thing is, Nookers (Nook Users) will be given a privilege to lend other e-books to other users for free but up to 14 days only. These specified users must be utilizing the Apple iPhone, the iPod touch and certain BlackBerry and Motorola smartphones.

Aside from Nook, Plastic Logic, a Mountain View, California-based company, said on Monday that they will be introducing an e-reader for business professionals called the "QUE" at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January. They will then give users the pricing of the said device and its final availability

In addition to this specified market, A US Company named Fremont, California-based Spring Design Inc. also said on Monday that they will soon be releasing a dual-screen e-reader initially known as "Alex" which is at the same time powered by Android.

The first challenger, Nook costs the same price with Amazon Kindle with 259 US dollars. As reported, this device will be available this coming November end.

Will these devices bring down Amazon Kindle and steal its market share?

Kindle to Australia

2009-10-13T07:53:00.000-07:00

After two years of waiting, Amazon Kindle will be available in Australia next week. This was confirmed by Amazon Kindle vice-president Steve Kessel. With the help of AT&T, the world's top phone service provider, in providing internet access outside the US, Kindle users can now browse the Kindle website with no cost of book downloading.

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As Mr Kessel said, its more than 200,000 books available for download from the Kindle online store for free. And for magazines and newspapers, Mr Kessel proudly presented that they will soon include Australian published books in the online store because of their tandem and connections to over 100,000 publishers.

Kindle gadget comes in two version, first is the Kindle 2.0 and the Kindle DX. Both come from Amazon, the number one provider of ebooks and online reading materials.

McAfee Unlimited Online Backup

2009-10-04T09:47:00.000-07:00

After experiencing a very bad mood due to losing of a 2 GB pst file of my outlook, I was able to receive a news about this online back-up and its not just an ordinary back-up but an unlimited online storage by McAfee which is powered by Mozy.

This service offers an automatic, unlimited storage and protection to all your digital files and memories.

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Protection - it has a feature of encrypting data files for security purposes. Private data will surely be safe
Unlimited - Because of its unlimited storage, users will not be confused of what files are more important to be saved --- "unlimited storage means all files saved"
Assurance - even if you forgot to save all your files but you left your PC idle, no worries - automatic backup will be triggered.
online from offsite - Users can access their files online in a secured offsite server.
Easy restoration - in any case, if users have accidentally experiencing PC crash, then data restoration is as easy as a single click. With this MCafee service plus internet access, files will then be restored in seconds.

With above specialized features of McAfee unlimited online storage, users will soon be worry-free. This service is already available in the US for the 30-day trial version and for a year subscription - it only costs $59.99. This is good for windows-type PC only and it will soon be available at 27 countries worldwide including Asia, Europe and others - this is targeted before the year ends.

Lenovo C100: Atom-Based All-in-One PC

2009-09-20T07:54:00.000-07:00

Last September 16 was the launching of Lenovo's boasted all in one pc, the C100. It comes with an 18.5 inch, 16:9 aspect ratio widescreen and software features. This evolution of desktop computer, from a traditional desktop form factor, is a milestone for Lenovo most especially the C100 provides consumers a one of a kind digital lifestyle and experience with multimedia and content generation.

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Key features of Lenovo C100 includes:

Attractive slim-line design: Compact dimensions of 18.5 inch x14.5 inch x 4 inch, featuring an 18.5 inch, 16:9 widescreen and two-inch screen depth design.
Intel Atom Core™processors: Available with Intel Atom 230 single core or Intel Atom 330 dual core options for fast and powerful operations.
Easy to access multimedia: DVD burner/reader and four USB ports.
Security and peace of mind: The C100 comes with the Lenovo Recovery System including OneKey™ Antivirus and OneKey™ Recovery that scans for viruses before entering Windows and effectively recovers and restores corrupted data.

Source: Lenovo.com

Intel® Core™ i5 Processor

2009-09-09T14:51:00.000-07:00

September 8, 2009 – The Intel® Core™ i5 Processor made its worldwide launching that boast its major boost in PC power with the intelligent performance. With this performance, user can do multitasking more than they expect. And for gamers, they will surely love the speed and how their online character moves faster than their mouse. For office personnel, this is not a cause of delay of any business transactions, this is not just waiting while clicking – this is the Intel® Core™ i5 Processor.

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Here some of its features and benefits:

Intel® Core™ microarchitecture is Intel’s latest generation of dynamically scalable microarchitecture. The Intel® Core™ i5 processor is based on the same energy-efficient processor core as the Intel® Core™ i7 processor, but is designed for mainstream computing.

Intel® Turbo Boost Technology maximizes speed for demanding applications, dynamically accelerating performance to match your workload—more performance when you need it the most.

Integrated memory controller enables two channels of high-speed DDR3 1333 MHz memory. This memory controller's lower latency and higher memory bandwidth delivers amazing performance for data-intensive applications.

Intel® Smart Cache provides a higher-performance, more efficient cache subsystem. Optimized for industry-leading multi-threaded games.

Here are its full specifications:

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Chrome inside Sony PCs

2009-09-04T15:02:00.000-07:00

Google had dealt with Sony PCs for inclusion of Chrome to their computers. This is their first ever bond to a computer maker company just for the Chrome to be more popular and be a dominant tool surpassing Microsoft's IE and the very famous Mozilla Firefox.

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Sony has already started installing the specified browser last May. In parallel to this move, Google is also coordinating and dealing with other PC manufacturer/maker companies.

This deal has marked Google's step for another environment that soon users and customers will be facing .Chrome was officially announced and launched last September 2008 and after a year, it still remain in number 4 spot in browser market share. Microsoft IE has prevails to be in the highest spot with a 67.7 percent market share, followed by Mozilla Foundation Firefox with 22.5 per cent, Apple's Safari with 4 per cent and Google's Chrome with 2.59 per cent only.

But inspite of this ranking feedback, Google Company remains confident and is striving more by this recent move. "Users' response to Google Chrome has been outstanding, and we're continuing to explore ways to make Chrome accessible to even more people," Google said in a statement.

Maemo Software on N900

2009-08-27T12:37:00.000-07:00

Nokia, a pioneer in mobile telecommunications and the world's largest maker of mobile devices, promised a once for a lifetime PC-like experience on a handset-sized mobile device though N900. It was reported today, N900 will be ran by Maemo software, a free software platform which is being developed by the Maemo community through open source.

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With its latest version of Maemo 5 software, Nokia N900 can offer customers to utilize dozen of applications that most of them are the same of that on desktop applications. In addition, it will satisfied users through their full cellular features, touch screen and the QWERTY keyboard. It will run in Linux software and users can browse through the Mozilla technology.

Nokia N900 has 32GB storage memory which is expandable to 48GB using microSD card. It has this technology for camera -- 5MP camera and Carl Zeiss optics. It features high-resolution WVGA touch screen and fast internet connectivity with 10/2 HSPA and WLAN. If you are a fan of youtube and any other flash driven websites and video watching, using the Mozilla browser with Adobe Flash™ 9.4 support, you can feel what it feels when you are doing it in a desktop computer.

Nokia N900 will soon be available this coming October with an estimated retail proce of 500 (Euro).

Maemo Features in N900

Maemo is an advanced Linux-based operating system designed to run on high-end Nokia mobile computers. It has lots of features that can be seen in N900 and the best of the best which i believe will make a buzz to users are the following:

Maemo Browser

With the Mozilla browser that will looks like the version in desktop, then browsing is just as the same as doing it anywhere.

Camera

N900 brings 5MP camera, Capture high-quality photos and video with the built-in 5 megapixel camera and Carl Zeiss Optics that can configure sharpness of an image. Dual flash will complete the camera feature.

Media Player

using this highend Media Player, watching and video streaming will just a touch with a hand. In addition, Video codecs are already added, thus avi, wmv and other video files that need them will play simply. FM Radio and Music/Mp3 playing will also be featured.

Here are the list of the features:

* Panorama desktop
* Dashboard
* Maemo Browser
* Phone
* Conversations
* Contacts
* Photos
* Email
* Calendar
* Ovi Maps
* Maemo Update

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Dell Mini Nickelodeon Edition

2009-08-19T14:16:00.000-07:00

After Disney and Asus teamed up for their very own masterpiece, Disney Netpal, Here comes Dell and Nickelodeon with their Dell Mini Nickelodeon Edition. If you know Spongebob, iCarly or Green Slime, then this netbook is for you, these three different Design Studio designs are the choices available.

Dell and Nickelodeon's Netbook for kids is inspired and based on the popular Inspiron Mini 10v. Here are the features and some of them are slight the same with Disney netpal.
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Safe Computing Experience - these netbooks will be shipped with 15-months subcription to McAfee's Family Security - Which provides guardians set of tools in setting up controls and other online precautions.

Important Educational Content - Games from Nickelodeon and Whyville is just a click away so with educational stuff.

Fun!Fun!Fun! - The team partnered with Stardock Systems Inc to make a personalized kid-themed interface which includes Nickelodeon wallpaper, icons, a custom skin for WMP and Start Menu.

On October, Mini Nickelodeon Edition will be available online and also at Walmart stores. Pricing is not yet available but will be posted soon.

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PS3 Slim this September

2009-08-19T13:28:00.000-07:00

Sony officially announced availability of PS3 Slim this coming September 1st and it will cost for $299. As Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Kaz Hirai unveiled the new model of PS3 in Cologne, Germany last Tuesday, he called the new unit as PS3 Slim.

This is not just another software/program upgrade or a little hardware upgrade touch, the internal design architecture has been totally restyled and improved. PS3 runs the same speed with the previous version of PlayStation but of course, it is smaller and more energy efficient. In addition, power consumption was reduced to two-thirds.
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This 120GB PS3 slim has these features:

PlayStation Network membership
Includes PlayStation 3 80 GB system, Dualshock 3 wireless controller, and free
Internet ready Wi-Fi
Built-in Blu-ray player to give you the best high-definition viewing experience and pristine picture quality
80 GB of hard disk storage for all your games, music, videos, and photos
Play your entire catalog of CDs and DVDs
The new PS3 system will focus on delivering games and other entertainment content
PS3 system software update version 3.00 via XMB (XrossMediaBar)
Vertical Stand for new PS3 (CECH-2000)
"Deep Colour" and "x.v.Colour (xvYCC)" defined by HDMI ver.1.3a are supported.

Here is the Specifications:

CPU: Cell Broadband Engine
Product Code: CECH-2000 (Charcoal Black)
Hard Drive: 120GB Serial ATA
Audio output: 7.1CH LPCM, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS, DTS-HD, AAC.
GPU: RSX
Memory: 256MB XDR Main RAM, 256MB GDDR3 VRAM
Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0): 2 Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0): 2
Network: Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) x 1, IEEE 802.11 b / g, Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)
Controller: Wireless controller (Bluetooth)
AV output HDMI OUT Connection: 1
AV output AV MULTI OUT connector: 1
AV output Digital out (optical) Connection: 1
BD / DVD / CD drive (read only) Maximum read rate: BD × 2 (BD-ROM), DVD × 8 (DVD-ROM), CD × 24 (CD-ROM)
Power: AC 220 - 240, 50/60Hz 4
Power Consumption: Approx 250W
Dimensions: approx 290 × 65 × 290 mm (width × height × length)
Weight: Approx. 3.2kg

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Facebook Lite to compete with Twitter?

2009-08-12T09:45:00.000-07:00

If you receive below notification from Facebook, therefore you are part of their testing phase of the so called new application 'Facebook Lite'

[Facebook Lite Notifications in Facebook account]

Facebook Lite is a faster, simpler version of Facebook in your mobile phone. But as what bloggers and some technology site reviews have reported, it is somehow a look-a-like application of the world's most visited microblogging site, Twitter. But the statement have confirmed that Facebook Lite is a fast-loading, simplified version of Facebook that enables people to make comments, accept friend requests, write on people's walls, and look at photos and status updates in mobile phones of those countries having limited access to broadband.

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As i check with other technology bloggers, i found it like a twitter-like or a friendfeed version. Just for the knowledge of everyone, Facebook Lite has come to reality after the acquisition of Facebook to content-sharing service Friendfeed.

[Similarities of Facebook Lite from Twitter and Friendfeed]
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With this upgrade, Facebook, the fastest growing online social networking site which claims 250 million active users, will soon conquer its superiority not just online but also in its share rate in mobile phone applications

Melbourne IT to manage Twitter's Portfolio

2009-08-04T09:56:00.000-07:00

Melbourne IT Limited (ASX:MLB) has always been a partner of some giant internet and software companies like Microsoft and Yahoo in different parts of their business, and now, Twitter's domain name Portfolio has been entrusted to Melbourne IT for management and maintenance.

Twitter Bird Changes

This is a two year contract on which money involved/contract value has not been disclosed. Twitter.com, one of the powerful platform in microblogging, has been in contact with Melbourne IT several months ago.“The main thing for companies such as Twitter is to be sure that nobody can take control of and tamper with their domain names,” Melbourne IT chief strategy officer, Dr Bruce Tonkin, said.

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Fastest Growing Site in its new home page

And speaking of Twitter, It has increased its number of unique visitors for at least 8-10 fold year after year starting 2008 until current, thus making it the fastest growing site in social networking communities. And for that, the company has done lot of innovation just to address users/customers satisfaction and some suggestions.

New Twitter Home Page

One change that everyone will notice is its Home page and its bird. The bird has grown a lot of change, from a boring bird structure to a new and cute bird with a touch of an artistic color combination.

Oracle acquires GoldenGate

2009-07-23T13:08:00.000-07:00

This news is not a new(s) for us since the two companies are working together for 10 years already, thus many people expect the same outcome just today. Last June 23, Oracle announced their acquisition of GoldenGates but with no disclosed money/financial figure. GoldenGate Software is a private company providing real-time data integration and high availability solutions that empower IT organizations to deliver continuous access to real-time information. Oracle company is expected to close the deal later this year.

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To allow data to move between heterogeneous systems in real-time without any downtime, is what Oracle claimed to be their goal on this action they made. So far, Lots of GoldenGates products are already been integrated with Oracle Database, Oracle Fusion Middleware and other Oracle Applications, thus, implementing with these changes are not a bottleneck to the organization.

And speaking of middleware --- Earlier this month, Oracle announced their latest version of middleware, Fusion Middleware 11g.

Online MS Office 2010: for free or not?

2009-07-19T09:45:00.000-07:00

It was last week when Microsoft announced that they will offer a "Free" lightweight online version of Microsoft 2010, which includes Word, Excel, Powerpoint and OneNote. Since then, I started to read reviews and press releases of this move from Microsoft and started to draft a post regarding this big change that the company does. But what made me changed my mind to post that said draft is because of Michael Hickins's report on the Hidden cost of Microsoft's Free online office suite.

[Microsoft Office 2010 Logo and its Applications new logos]

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Just a quote from his post, "But wait – there’s more! A Microsoft spokesperson told me that customers will need to buy a SharePoint server, which ranges from $4,400 plus CALs or $41,000, all CALs included if they want to share documents using the online version of Office 2010"
I bet its really clear that there is always a hidden agenda on that Free offerings. And as usual, at the end of the day, business is business.

At first, i enjoyed comparing these two online applications; namely Microsoft office live workspace and Google Docs, but at the end i would prefer to use Google docs than any other, most especially when i used it to convert office 2007 files into 2003. The two web versions of applications, have offer lots of advantages, doing some documents online anytime and anywhere but do Microsoft risks its sells of Office Applications (as we know, Office is the company's big cash drawer) and goes with online versions?

[Google Apps VS Office Live Workspace]

Office 210: The Changes

And now, as what i am always looking forward, is the idea and inquiry what could be the changes that Microsoft can offer rather than the online version thingy?

[2007 VS 2010: Ribbon Changes]

First of all, is the revision of the Microsoft Office 2007 trade mark, the Ribbon. In the offline version, Microsoft designed the Ribbon enclosed with a circular form on which at first i thought it was just another nonfunctional design until such time i learned that it is somewhat like a functional button having there the sub menus; New, Open, Save and others.
Another offering is the photo editing tools, which can now be accessed inside the Ribbon. You just need to open a picture file, then a format tab will show and you can now do some photo enhancement.

[Office 2007: Sub Menus under the Ribbon ]

And another ribbon inclusion program (which is excluded last 2007 version) is the Outlook 2010. It do now have full marked ribbon and is offering the same overall interface except its new feature Quick Steps. Excel and Word have no lots of new features on them not like outlook and of course the PowerPoint which give a video features in it.

Just a note, to access the lightweight version of office 2010, you all need a Windows Live ID (formerly hotmail account). But not so sure if you can have a total access on that package since Microsoft has not released any news about it although they have appended the word "free".

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Battle of Search Engines Continues

2009-07-09T10:58:00.000-07:00

Does Bing surpasses Google? Coz it does with Yahoo!

Many reviews flash the net world which started on the launching day of Bing, Microsoft's revised search engine site, until this day. Some says Google still remain on top and some, Bing works the best.

But for my point of view both have the same features in the some way that the only difference is their respective presentation of the site.

Let set for example, the search for images. In Google, images are displayed in an ordered manner with label and source site below them while in Bing, images also are displayed well with no labels on them, but if you try to mouse over those images, you will see then the snapshot of these images with the file name, source site and others.

Image above differentiates more how the two search sites display their images results

In addition, Bing offers this kind of

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filtering or sorting the display according to size, layout, color, style and people. And so with Google images, you can let Google shows those images you want "by type or size" or "by type and size" and with their corresponding colors.

Bing Filter Feature

Google Filter/Sort Feature

Other thing is, the Homepage display of each of these sites. In Bing, they usually changing the background image and obviously, promoting some area or location in the US. While in Google, as we used to it, they do some art with their name in the homepage that corresponds to the celebration or any significant event on that specific day.

Bing Vs Google Homepage Displays (i admit, Bing is cool!)

These observation are just few of the many reviews we can encounter in the web. And for sure, as a customer or user, we need to know what this specific site offers indifferently from its competitor, we need to know what are its new features that the other site doesn't have and most importantly, we need the data more accurately and sharp.

To view some of Bing and Google's trademark, let us see these reality.

With Google, bloggers are happy not just because their blogsites have the big possibility to be included in Google's SRP but because they earn from it with the help of Google. But the point is, Google is blogger friendly, they usually display sites from different blogs on which Bing doesn't even know about it.

Bing displays my blogsite at top 10 while Google displays it at top 4

On the other hand, Bing offers less advertisement which is very good for some ordinary users/people who found them very annoying.

If you are a fan of "search engine site battle", you may find this site very interesting, i usually uses this site everytime i do some comparative search, this site is called bing vs. google, its like another search engine site but the funny part, it will display search results in the page which is divided into two parts , the other one from Bing and Google in the other part.

Bing Vs Google search site

Try it and tell me, Does Bing surpasses Google? or Google rocks!

Monetizing The Pirate Bay

2009-07-01T14:04:00.000-07:00

Global Gaming Factory (GGF) has paid 60m Kronor (£4.7m) to take over The Pirate Bay site. GGF's Hans Pandeya told BBC that they are going to do this attractive approach to beat illegal fire-sharing. And thus, they are willing to pay file-sharers by legally sharing content with others.

With this, all users who always used to download files freely will change their point of view of downloading

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since TPB will now be asking payment for every file download which is legally uploaded. Users can now then join some group of seeders who began seeding the specified file.

A seeder is someone who shares a file with others through peer-to-peer technology like the BitTorrent protocol used by files indexed on The Pirate Bay.

But what is the risk? Will, as we all know, internet users always want a free oriented services, meaning, there is a possibility that TPB will only have less number of customers and their investment will just go to waste...my thoughts!

Idea Credits: PCWorld

FDA600: MMDA Gadget

2009-06-26T14:51:00.000-07:00

Don't laugh! Yes, I'm talking about the Metro Manila Development Agency, on which Sec. Bayani Fernando leads the team. And this is not about the political side, i am pointing and clarifying what is that FDA600 gadget that the group boasted on because it can provide efficiency to MMDA agents on streets.

FDA600 Field Digital Assistant is one of those palm computers designed for the following computing applications:

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supply chain logistics,
retail,
route accounting,
door to door sales,
queue-busting,
healthcare,
field service, [we can put MMDA in this category]
utilities,
mobile ticketing and
fare collection

This gadget can identify automatically the name of Driver and other related data by just barcoding its Driver's license. In addition, it has a built-in printer and some card readers with GSM/GPRS. Early next month, or more on July 8, these gadgets will be shipped going to Philippines and the next week of that day, there would be a dummy operation using the said gadget in Metro Manila.

And the question: Can this lessen corruption to these abusive MMDA Street agents?

Energy Software: Microsoft Vs. Google

2009-06-24T14:56:00.000-07:00

What's up with Microsoft and Google? Do you think the competition is for vying the big market share in the internet search only? Then you are definitely wrong, after Google announced its PowerMeter, which reads information coming from a smart meter and displays it real-time on a web site (in short this is a web application), Microsoft has announced Tuesday their new internet software that would help consumers measure their electricity usage and thus, they can figure out how to cut it off.

The two giant companies have taken advantage the statement made by President Barack Obama

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that energy conservation will serve as priority of his administration. "Microsoft Hohm demonstrates how a combination of advanced software and Internet-based services can help people track, understand and manage their personal energy usage."Craig Mundie, chief research and strategy officer at Microsoft, said.

Microsoft Hohm will be launched by next week and the good thing, the service will be free for all consumers but to those users who have advanced utility meters and whose utilities sign up to use the system will get more accurate and useful information.

At the end of the day, everyone will still be part of this undertakings, save energy bills.

Disney and Asus for Disney Netpal

2009-06-17T14:35:00.000-07:00

After trying their luck in PC Business by selling their Disney-themed desktop last five years ago, here again, Walt Disney Co. wih the cooperation and partnership of Asus introduced and launched their so called Disney Netpal, made especially for the kids aging 6 to 12 years. This gadget for kids has the following specs:

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8.9 inch display
Wi-Fi Capabilities
Kid-friendly softwares
Parental Control Options
Run with Windows XP Home
Powered by Intel Atom N270 Processor
1 GB system memory
160-GN Hard Drive
Built-in 0.3-megapixel Camera

And speaking of wi-fi and other internet connections capability, Disney Netpal has more than 40 parental-control options. Parents can set up filters to limit access to certain websites. They can add some websites but only if Parents will submit the request to its PC's password-protected system.

Disney Netpal will be available at the United States later this July at Toys "R" Us and Amazon.com for a suggested retail price of $350. And Disney is planning to have it available at Europe and Asia at the end of the year.

Google and Microsoft for Outlook Plugins

2009-06-17T14:01:00.000-07:00

Google has built this what they call Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook which is a very useful tool for users and business people to continue using some of their plugins even if they are now switching to Google Apps. In addition, the team focuses on allowing Outlook users to connect to Google Apps for business email, contacts and calendar. But the problem is, some users having plugins with their outlook cannot continue to work with the Google Apps Sync for Microsoft.

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And Last Tuesday, Chris Vander Mey, Senior Product Manager, Google Apps, highlighted some of this unworkable plugins:

Microsoft Office Outlook Connector
Acrobat PDF Maker Toolbar
Outlook Change Notifier

Programs that interact directly to outlook data file:

Windows Desktop Search
PGP.com's encryption plugin

So far, Google Apps team is currently working with Microsoft and other partners for the resolution of these bugs.