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Written on January 6, 2010 by Pinoy NetBooks
Filed Under: News
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Here’s ABI’s list of what’s NOT going to happen in 2010:
1. eReaders will NOT reach mass market appeal
2. There will be no iPhone killer, only an ever increasing herd of iPhone wannabes
3. Fake Chinese phones will NOT destroy the handset market
4. PCMCIA Cellular Data Card Modems will NOT make a comeback
5. Femtocells are NOT going [...]
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Written on August 13, 2009 by Pinoy NetBooks
Filed Under: Internet, News
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According to reports, there is a cut of cable network undersea causing the slow of Internet Connection in the Southeast Asia. The most affected countries are the Philippines and Singapore.
According to a notice sent by Malaysian telco, TM Net, the cable fault was traced to segment 7 of the APCN2, which stretches between Shantou, China [...]
Written on August 12, 2009 by Pinoy NetBooks
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The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) launched yesterday the new ePassport. Philippines is now one of the more than 60 countries using the ePassport. This is a joint project of DFA and Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).
The ePassport’s security features have been enhanced with a hidden encoded image, an ultra-thin, holographic laminate; and a tamper-proof [...]
Written on July 29, 2009 by Pinoy NetBooks
Filed Under: Internet, News
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The long time bid of the software giant Microsoft to buy Yahoo! are now in pairing. Both big search engine companies are rival of Google. According to news Microsoft will handle the search, with their newly debuted Bing search engine and Yahoo! will handle all the ad sales.
Ever since Microsoft (MSFT) made its $45 billion [...]
Written on July 29, 2009 by Pinoy NetBooks
Filed Under: Acer, Asus, News
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Acer & ASUS are reportedly will frozen the release of NetBooks in the second half of 2009 until Q2 of 2010. The cause of delay is Intel’s decision to postpone the launch of the Pine Trail-M platform – of which the Atom N450 processor is a part – until Q1 2010.
Acer will also postpone the [...]
Written on July 21, 2009 by Pinoy NetBooks
Filed Under: Internet, News
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Smart recently launched their SmartBro Share It last March. The previous offer was Php999 for 90hours of usage and now its “unlimited”.
Speed : Up to 2 Mbps
No. of Hours use: UNLIMITED
Connection: Wireless Connection (Via Wifi Router)
Requirements: Subscriber Application Form, Proof of Address, Proof of Identification and signed Waiver Form.
Total Initial Payment: 1st mo. MSF P999 [...]
Written on July 14, 2009 by Pinoy NetBooks
Filed Under: News, Softwares
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The paid software giant has announced their plan to release Microsoft Office 2010 web-based. It includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote to be used online for free. This will allow everyone to access, share and work on document with others everywhere. Google, Zoho, and other rivals of Microsoft have been offering free equivalents to Word, [...]
Written on July 8, 2009 by Pinoy NetBooks
Filed Under: News, Softwares
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Google launched Google Chrome browser nine months ago, now they already come up with their own Operating System, Google Chrome OS.
An open source OS by Google and they will initially target the NetBooks. The key aspects of Google Chrome OS: speed, simplicity and security.
Google Chrome OS is a separate project of Google from Android, which [...]
Written on June 5, 2009 by Pinoy NetBooks
Filed Under: Mobile Phones, News
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Globe, finally offering their Duo service to prepaid subscibers. If you want to avail this service, you need to purchase the new DUO Special SIM Pack. The old SIM are not supported by this services.
The rates for the prepaid is higher than post paid DUO services, Php125 for 5 days and Php 300 for 14 [...]
Written on May 13, 2009 by Pinoy NetBooks
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In a complaint filed by AMD to the European Commission, Intel was found in violation of anti-trust rules in Europe. The EU demands that Intel stop its unethical business practices and pay a fine of $1.145 billion.
Intel has harmed millions of European consumers by deliberately acting to keep competitors out of the market for computer [...]