Tag Archives: Tech Talk

Regarding Netbooks

Posted on June 29, 2009 by bong

I GOT an e-mail from a regular visitor of aWonderfulBlog.com about a week ago. †She was distraught. †Apparently she learned about Netbooks from my blog. †Encouraged by my favorable assessment of the Netbook’s potential in a couple of blog posts … Continue reading →

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Wired!

Posted on June 26, 2009 by bong

SUBMARINE CABLES have been in existence for perhaps half a century already but not until recently did I realize how much of these are already laid in and around Philippine waters. †I vaguely remember one of my ECE instructors in … Continue reading →

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Thank Goodness I Don’t Have a Blackberry

Posted on May 25, 2009 by bong

† † † I FOUND this very intriguing and mega provocative article on CIO.com entitled, “You gotta choose: †Your Blackberry or Your Wife?” † It is catchy, alright, and it sounds very funny, too. †The only problem is, for most … Continue reading →

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How geeks name their pets – part 3

Posted on February 1, 2009 by bong

† SO FAR†we have unearthed the secrets on how some of the coolest gadgets and how our can’t-do-without PC operating systems got their names. †This time let’s sample some of the most popular services on the Web — a Browser, … Continue reading →

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How geeks name their pets – Part 1

Posted on January 19, 2009 by bong

††† THESE MAY JUST be pets to the geeks who invented them but to the rest of us they may very well be demigods. †The iPod and the Blackberry are just two of the many tech gadgets that people of … Continue reading →

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A neat solution to printing Web pages

Posted on October 16, 2008 by bong

ALTHOUGH DOWNLOADING WEB PAGES and saving them to a storage device is obviously the more practical way to get or copy online information, there are times when we really need to print materials from Websites.† Some Websites offer a printer-friendly … Continue reading →

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The Ultimate Country-Specific News Portal

Posted on October 14, 2008 by bong

FOR THE LONGEST time I have relied on inquirer.net or inq7.net as my primary source of local news online.† At some point in the not-so-distant past it was the only option available. Not anymore, philstar.com has finally caught on (Even … Continue reading →

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FREE Online Training, no kidding

Posted on October 9, 2008 by bong

WWW.ALISON.COM†–>†thatís the site.† Go check it out. I checked it out myself and it really offers free online training, from such basic courses as Introduction to Information Technology, to more technical stuff like Learning Microsoft Excel 2003, to not-at-all IT-related … Continue reading →

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Why Nokia dominates the local cellphone market

Posted on September 22, 2008 by bong

IT’S REALLY very plain and simple.† Ease of Texting. With the Philippines sending out 600 million text messages a day, SMS or Texting remains to be the KILLER mobile application in the country. †It should be obvious that cellphone design, … Continue reading →

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Chrome here, Chrome there, Chrome everywhere

Posted on September 12, 2008 by bong

CHROME IS ALL OVER the place since last week. All the tech Websites, online forums and info tech sections of major newspapers are abuzz with the newest browser from Google. Even my CEO already asked my opinion on Chrome last … Continue reading →

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Am I a text addict?

Posted on September 11, 2008 by bong

IN MY BLOG ENTRY the other day I wondered about how many text messages are sent in the Philippines every single day.†† The daily average is 600 million, which translates to about 12 text messages per cellphone user per day. … Continue reading →

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Intel Atom is what Netbooks are waiting for

Posted on September 10, 2008 by bong

† AND IT’S HERE, thank goodness. I’ve already written so much about Netbooks (or sub-notebooks, or mini-laptops, whichever you choose to call ëem) because I’ve used quite a number of them since they were introduced in the Philippine Market in … Continue reading →

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