Books for less

I bought myself four books for a total of Php655 and got 6 other books for free! Isn’t that a good deal? I love it! My weekends are made!

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youtube launches collaborative annotations

youtube a few weeks ago introduced the annotation feature for it’s video user accounts. what it does is that it allows you to add “speech bubbles” or annotations to your videos.

today, a new feature has been added so that you can invite others to post their annotations to your very own videos.


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CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC MOVIE. LESSONS LEARNED. THE ENTREPRENEURS TAKE.

I saw the movie Confessions of a Shopaholic with my wife yesterday. Very funny and entertaining. The movie house was filled with college and high school students giggling during the movie. [click here to read more]

Downloaders Next Target for Piracy

According to Inquirer, individuals downloading music, movies, and software are being targeted by the Pilipinas Anti-Piracy Team (PAPT), a consultant for the software organization Business Software Alliance (BSA).

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Oscar Winner Predictions: It’s Mickey Rourke And Kate Winslet’s Year

Our MTV Movies experts (and a couple of friends) think the Best Picture race is between ‘Slumdog Millionare‘ and ‘Benjamin Button.’

Roberto Benigni in “Life Is Beautiful” over Edward Norton in “American History X”? Paul Newman waiting 30 years for his Oscar, and Stanley Kubrick never even winning one? “Shakespeare in Love” over “Saving Private Ryan”?

Unfortunately, the Academy Awards don’t always go to the best film, actor or actress. Instead, it often becomes a battle decided by momentum, publicity, the ability to schmooze and only sometimes the quality of the work itself. But, warts and all, Oscar is still the one award that every Hollywood star dreams of placing on his or her mantel.

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what it takes to make one google query

it has been revealed that a single google query consumes the processing power of 1000 machines!

google’s jeff dean, also shared some growth numbers from 1999 to 2009 and that while both search queries and processing power have gone up by a factor of 1000, latency has gone down from around 1000ms to 200ms.

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Rihannas Father Angry With LAPD Over Leaked Photo

‘Sloppy work on their part,’ Ronald Fenty tells People.com about leaked photo that apparently shows a bruised Rihanna.

Rihanna’s father, Ronald Fenty, is upset with the Los Angeles Police Department over the leak of a photo that apparently shows his daughter shortly after her alleged altercation with Chris Brown, according to People.com.

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Movie: Confessions of a Shopaholic

Rebecca Bloomwood, was a journalist who was addicted to shopping for clothes, shoes, etc. Accidentally she landed a job as a financial journalist in Successful Saving, her intention was to get to the top of the group of companies of Dante West, Alette (fashion magazine).  She did not know much about finances but with a twist of fate, her one column got worldwide good reviews to the point she got famous. Unfortunately, the debt collector who had been hunting her for around 9K worth of debt exposed her during her tv interview. All her glory went down. She accidentally sold her best friend’s bridesmaid gown and hurt his boss who she loved.

Realizing her mistake, she sold off all her wardrobe, paid her debts, and was back to her boss’s arms in the end. Of course, the mannequin winked at her again after putting a pair of red shoes on the display platform. Hmmm….. Shopaholic would strike again?

This movie was superb, funny, and not without a lesson.

Tomato Sauce Contamination – the Other Story

A Plurker who was part of the UPLB team who was asked to examine the tomato sauce of ‘Del Monte’ (according to a news report from BusinessMirror), told the Plurkers the story of the team’s examination.

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Rihanna Breaks Her Silence

In the wake of TMZ photo, singer makes first public statement since alleged altercation with Chris Brown.

“At the request of the authorities, Rihanna is not commenting about the incident involving Chris Brown,” reads a statement from her representatives. “She wants to assure her fans that she remains strong, is doing well, and deeply appreciates the outpouring of support she has received during this difficult time.”

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