Apple just upped the ante by providing Web Clips to their iPhone. This new function makes it easier for us to simply touch an icon of our favorite web sites and boom! It fires up Safari and connects...
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IntoMobile reports that SNAPIN Software's research reveals that Brits use the mobile phones basic functionality more than the extra features such as multimedia, etc. In the Philippines, Filipinos...
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Filed in archive Hardware
by Rom Feria on January 18, 2008
Now that Apple has rejoined the ultra-portable arena with their new Macbook Air, it is but fair to have a short comparison between the Air, the Eee PC and the Classmate PC. Just to give you a clear...
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In a recent article published by IntoMobile regarding a Filipino teenager's SMS behavior, the writer asks if the behavior is akin to addiction. In a country where voice calls are expensive, SMS is...
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Filed in archive Protection
by Rom Feria on January 15, 2008
Every road warrior should be paranoid about the security of the connections. However, the advantage of being on the go is also its disadvantage, e.g., being able to use public wifi hotspots. For...
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Whilst some industry critics claim that Apple's iPhone will not make it to the corporate world, more and more services are being re-designed to accommodate the iPhone's user experience,...
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Filed in archive Environment
by Rom Feria on January 12, 2008
Nature published a research paper from University of California - Berkeley scientists titled "Enhanced thermoelectric performance of rough silicon nanowires". What this potentially means is...
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Filed in archive Wireless
by Rom Feria on January 04, 2008
Where Earthlink fails, Meraki may just succeed - this is to envelope the entire San Francisco with affordable wifi access. Whilst wireless mesh technology is really awesome (see XO Laptop), I am...
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Fast on the heels of qik.com, an on-line video streaming service that I wrote about earlier, we have another service that just came out of the development stage. Named Next2Friends, this new service...
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With mobile phones supporting video-capture along with photo capture, it makes sense to let mobile phone users to streaming video on the internet. The bandwidth may be an issue but with EV-DO and...
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In an Engadget article from CES 2008, it seems like Blackberry users will be enjoying what Palm OS, Windows Mobile and Symbian OS users had for quite some time, i.e., SlingPlayer on their mobile...
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When you are a road warrior, it is very important to be able to find a good supply of both free internet connection along with a good cup (or two or three) of coffee. In the case of this local......
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Let me introduce myself - my name is Rommel Feria, one of the bloggers for HackItLinux. I also write for the Manila Bulletin's TechNews section on Open Source, Linux and Mac OS X. I also...
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