Ain’t no David Pogue

No offense to David, but since we’re in the multimedia age, we might as well used the tools available to tell a story, right? (Just don’t mind the hand. I really don’t know but it keeps moving as I talk ;-))
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unwired

Certain technologies sometimes fail to deliver what they promise.
Let’s talk about the latest wireless Internet technologies that are now available in the Philippine market.
I don’t want to name products. But let’s just say there are two popular (and perhaps the only two services available now) services that boast broadband speeds without the need to connect [...]

Charge me

Disclaimer: I’m not endorsing Nokia. I just found this free charging station interesting.
I was on my way out of a movie house when I noticed this free Nokia charging station for mobile phones. Cool! So I plugged my phone for a few minutes. The trouble with this charging station is that the wires are too [...]

Are we ready for mobile TV?

Yay! Mobile TV is almost here. Wait. What’s on? Well, that’s the biggest question that I want to ask service and network providers. Yes, mobile television is here but what content will it have. Will mobile TV services resort to shovelware, meaning pushing the same content we now see on our boob tube to the [...]

Crackberry and tech addiction

I have succumbed to tech addiction. I can’t leave home without my iPOD, mobile phones, and my Blackberry (I use this mainly for work). Last Friday, I realized I could not stop looking at my incoming messages on my Blackberry. It was a compulsion of sort. So when I saw this video clip by Nalts [...]

Waah Trojans

I thought I was going to have a nice and uneventful weekend. But one stupid mistake led to another sleepless night. Okay. In trying to find an “activation code” for Kaspersky AV, I triggered a trojan, which right up to this minute, is causing problems in my PC. My Internet connection has almost slowed to [...]

Not so happy holidays (and 3G)

We’re always looking forward to the holidays, except the horrendous traffic jams Metro Manila is known for during these times. Taking a cab is becoming “a life and death situation,” while braving EDSA means a test of patience. I don’t drive. I still commute. I take the “fastest” possible public transportation. But in the past [...]

Not all AVs are created equal

I learned a hard lesson in Internet security today.

Yahoo! project connects Filipino migrant workers to families

Yahoo! has its eye on the 8 million overseas Filipino workers and their families. It has recently created Pinoy Connect, which aims to “connect” these group of Filipinos via the Internet.

Wii review (from Slate)

Here’s a rather, uhm, interesting review of Nintendo’s Wii from Slate (it should be noted that Slate is partly owned by Microsoft until Washington Post Co. acquired it a year ago — thanks Arvin for the correction). Surprise, surprise, eh. But quickly, Slate’s other gaming columnist puts a damper on the positive review with this [...]