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 Saint Louis University — College of Engineering and Architecture discussing the theoretical frameworks behind...
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Wired!
How geeks name their pets – Part 1
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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 all ages all over the world can’t wait to get their hands on. These devices...
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I bit the apple
I†KNEW IT is bound to happen sooner or later. †At long last… finally… I gave in to the temptation and took a bite on the Apple. †Shamelessly I now do hereby declare that I am †a Mac user. †No, I did not dump my lowly yet reliable Netbook in favor of a Mac (although...
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Tech Trivia: The First Cellular Phone
IMAGINE what would life be without the now ubiquitous cellular phone (now more commonly known as Cell Phone or Mobile Phone).† I knowÖ you wouldnít even try to imagine it.† It simply is unthinkable.
But do you know†anything about the origins of the cellular phone?† Check this out.
Q:† Who invented the first Cellular Phone?
A:† Martin...
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The Mighty Engine (of the Near Future)
EVERYTHING appears to be right†about this†engine invented†by Raphial Morgado. †I hope it becomes available in this generation.†
There are several others posts on You Tube that are related to this.† Here are some of them:
MYT Engine video 1 of 3
MYT Engine video 2 of 3
MYT Engine video 3 of 3
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The Legend of Google
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I AM A GOOGLE FANATIC.† Youíll find this quite obvious in the many blog posts I have already dedicated to the subject.† I love Gmail, Google Earth, Google Apps, Google News, You Tube, Chrome, and on and on and on.
I use Google to search for practically anything out there in the ìcloud.î
Google answers not...
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Why Nokia dominates the local cellphone market
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, at least for the Philippine market, should take this into consideration and make Ease of...
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Chrome here, Chrome there, Chrome everywhere
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 week shortly after I read about it in CIO.com.
And why not?† It seems Google...
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Am I a text addict?
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.
My curiosity again got the better of me, as it always does, so I went...
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Intel Atom is what Netbooks are waiting for
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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 January 2008.† I’m an early adopter.
It comes with the territory.† CIO’s all over are more and...
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A Day in the Text Capital of the World
600 MILLION!† That’s the average number of text messages sent in the Philippines every day, according to latest available statistics.
With approximately 50 million active cellphone users (some recent reports say there are now 55 million), that’s an average of 12 text messages sent from every single cellphone user every day.
600 million. That’s a lot!
But...
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GPS and GSM Convergence
GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) technology has been around for quite some time now but in the Philippines it remains to be one of those “high tech” gadgetry with limited practical applications. This is partly because we still do not have a sophisticated and updated online mapping system. GPS also is still a very...
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