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Apple iPad’s Highlights and Lowlights
Allow me to start this entry by showing you a bluff photo of the iPad. Obviously, the pretty girl shown in the background drew an Apple logo onto her pads to create a literal iPad. I must say the logo looks almost perfect if without the smudges of the marker she used. But hey, she makes sense — maybe brought by the disappointment that Steve Jobs named it as iPad instead of a better name like iTablet or Apple Tablet.
Now let’s move on to the real deal. Introduced in the Apple Media Event held on January 27, 2010, I present to you the Apple iPad with its highlights and lowlights, as compiled from various websites.
Read more at: http://www.glennong.com/2010/01/apple-ipads-highlights-and-lowlights.html
Vanity: Now easier with Samsung Dual LCD
Admit it or not, many people purchase cameras to take self-portraits other than just use it to capture the memories of their loved ones. The Samsung 2View ST550 precisely makes it easier for consumers to do this by introducing the world’s first digital camera with dual LCDs – a 1.5-inch display in front, and a 3.5-inch touchscreen on the rear.
Read more: http://www.glennong.com/2010/01/vanity-now-easier-with-samsung-dual-lcd.html
DeadFake.com can be a dangerous site
I don’t know if you have already tried using DeadFake.com. It’s a website that allows you to send free fake e-mail to anyone from anyone anonymously.
Read more: http://www.glennong.com/2009/12/deadfakecom-can-be-dangerous-site.html
USB Upgrade: SuperSpeed USB 3.0
The most impressive feature of this new USB upgrade is its bi-directional data interface, which means that the new USB standard will be able to send and receive data at the same time. Yes, absolutely! Every device connected to your PC through USB 3.0 will boast a high data transfer rates compared to current USB 2.0.
The SuperSpeed USB 3.0 specification promises to transfer data 10 times faster than the current USB 2.0 standard. If you want a bits and bytes comparison, USB 3.0 comes in at 5 Gigabits per second (Gbps), while USB 2.0 has a top data transfer rate of just 480 megabits per second. That’s what makes this stuff SuperSpeed!
Talking about power…well it’s another nifty feature of USB 3.0 since it has the ability to provide more power- up to 50 per cent more power – to connected peripherals and devices. That will mean fewer additional power bricks will be required by peripherals that can get all of their power through the USB cable… Read More…
Power It Up – The Best Batteries for Electronics Gadgets
There’s nothing worse than getting a great gift only to
have the battery conk out after just a few hours, or minutes. Some batteries do a great job powering up some of your electronics but are all wrong for the stuff. To see which ones were the best in different situations, three types of non-rechargeable AA batteries were tested: alkalines, lithium, and nickel oxy hydroxide. The test was designed to mimicked a typical digital camera’s operation to find batteries that will keep your camera clicking. For CD players and toys – not to mention clocks, flashlights, and remote controls – that you want to keep going and going, a test was designed t
o check the lower battery draws typical of these devices. Lithium batteries were bit pricey, but their ability to keep digital cameras going might take them economical in the long run.
Blue Earth – The Eco-Friendly Mobile Phone
Worried about the radiation emitted from mobile phones? Samsung has the answer for it. Samsung touts Eco-Friendly Mobile Phones which will pave the way for its vision toward environmental sustainability. Samsung has announced an innovative solar-powered, full touch-screen mobile phone called the Blue Earth. Designed to symbolize a rounded, shiny peeble, Blue Earth is packed with solar panels on the back of the phone to provide enough power for anytime use.
iPhones For Only $99
Good news to all hopefuls who want an iPhone (including me), Wal-Mart, an American giant discount store will be offering an iPhone for only $99 starting this month. The said cheaper version of iPhone would be a 4-gigabyte model. The giant company would try a pre-Christmas launch for this $99 iPhone.
Google Code Jam & Philippine Robotics Olympiad
These are two events this year that pinoy techies might want to get involved with…
7th Philippine Robotics Olympiad (PRO)
The 7th Philippine Robotics Olympiad (PRO) was launched last June 17, 2008 by FELTA Multi-Media Inc. & its implementing partner – Science Education Institute-Department of Science and Technology (SEI-DOST).
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Up for a programming challenge? Join Google Code Jam
Google Code Jam is back. Google Code Jam is an annual coding competition open to all professional and students programmers who are up to the challenge of competing against the clock and with other programmers around the world.
Read more ».
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TechBlog.ph is #2 in just a few days :)
Here’s a great news for current and future Tech Blog PH readers…
It’s been just a few days since Tech Blog Philippines (TechBlog.ph) was launched and it’s now #2 at Google Search with the “tech blog philippines” keywords.
We’ll try to make it #1 soon. Hopefully 
As I always say… Let’s support all filipino/pinoy bloggers 
Mabuhay ang Blogyanihan!!!
