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    Seagate completes acquisition of Samsung’s HDD business

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    Seagate completes acquisition of Samsung’s HDD business

    Seagate’s local PR arm has just contacted us to let us know that the hard disk drive manufacturer has completed their acquisition of Samsung’s HDD business. If you’re not familiar with the deal, Seagate gets select elements of Samsung’s HDD business, including assets, infrastructure and employees, which includes Samsung’s leading M8 product line of high-capacity, 2.5-inch HDDs. Among the employees joining Seagate from Samsung  include a number of senior managers and design-engineering employees from Samsung’s Korea facility, who will focus on development of small form-factor products for the mobile compute market. You can hit up the official press release linked below.

    Source: Seagate 

     

    Nikon’s mirrorless cameras now available locally

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    Nikon’s mirrorless cameras now available locally

     

    A few months ago, we reported on Nikon’s much-anticpated mirrorless cameras. Guess what? They’re officially available here.

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    Always have the power to say how you feel with MiLi Power Crystal

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    Always have the power to say how you feel with MiLi Power Crystal

    This holiday season, people are sure to be on their phones, greeting loved ones near and/or abroad. Don’t miss out on the chance to tell them how you feel wherever you are with a failing battery. Now, you’re sure to always have the power you need to say/do what’s important with the MiLi Power Crystal. What’s more, these ever-reliable external batteries now come in four bright colors – Blue, Green, Orange, and Pink.  Because that’s what the holidays are all about – having the power to tell those you love how you feel [without getting cut off].

     

     

    Price: P1,650

    RIM to donate 1M pesos and 30 BlackBerry smartphones to Philippine Red Cross

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    RIM to donate 1M pesos and 30 BlackBerry smartphones to Philippine Red Cross

    The devastation brought on by Typhoon Sendong to our southern brothers is beyond description. Massive loss of property and life in a scale the region has never seen before has shocked and appaled the nation. RIM is extending a helping hand to those who have been affected by donating 1M pesos and 30 BlackBerry smartphones to the Philippine Red Cross to help the relief effort, and has called the 200,000 thousand strong members of its Facebook group BlackBerry Pilipinas to do the same. Hit up the Facebook link below to find out more.

    Source: BlackBerry Pilipinas

    IBM’s vision of the future

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    IBM’s vision of the future

    IBM shares its sixth installment of the “Next 5 in 5” – which is a list of predictions of technology’s advancements over the next five years that will ultimately change the way that we live.

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    Want your account to stay safe? Follow these tips

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    Want your account to stay safe? Follow these tips

    We’ve always stressed to people the importance of their digital accounts, and how people’s lack of due diligence lead to their accounts being compromised. Technology Review has identified seven likely ways for your account to get hacked, which include the obvious – Malware, using public Kiosks and unsecured hotspots – to the not so obvious – phisihing scams and man-in-the-middle attacks. Following a few security steps, like not connecting to unsecured hotpots, using public terminals and not re-using passwords at different sites, will help you maintain your hold on your own account. Read the entire article at Technology Review’s page linked below.

    Source: Technology Review

    Get where you need to go with new Google Map Maker

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    Get where you need to go with new Google Map Maker

    With 2012 approaching, we’re getting a head start on our New Year’s resolution to shed some excess weight and improve our overall appearance. You may have seen our ongoing efforts to improve the look, feel, and user experience across many other Google products to date. And with Google Map Maker available in the Philippines, United States, Canada, and more than 180 other regions, it’s time for another makeover. Today, we’re revealing a new version of Google Map Maker to help users map the places they know best and make their hometowns sparkle on Google Maps.

    With Map Maker, you can easily help ensure that the changing world around you is accurately reflected on the map. Add your favorite gift shop, the nearest tree farm, or even the golf course where you once got that hole in one. It’s also easier to mark the best route to Grandma’s house and draw better buildings with courtyards and crisper corners. The options are endless when it comes to mapping the places you know and love. Once approved, your contributions will appear on Google Maps, Google Earth and Google Maps for mobile for all the world to see (video).

    Since the October 2008 launch in the Philippines of Google’s Map Maker, Filipinos have been responsible for greatly improving the quality of their local maps. Volunteers across the country have mapped their neighborhoods, correcting and moderating each others’ changes to create the most accurate maps possible.

    These maps have made a positive social impact. In 2009, Google Maps played a large role in the Crisis Response Page after Typhoon Ondoy submerged major roads in Metro Manila and displaced hundreds of thousands of people. Filipino volunteers added crucial updates to the map, including information about missing people, road conditions, developing news, and locations on where to donate relief supplies. During the Philippine Elections in 2010, Google engineers developed a map for Filipinos to help them find a voting center in their precinct and enable Filipinos to help others by identifying the voting areas in Google Maps at http://www.findyourprecinct.ph/.

    Why not make your New Year’s resolution to improve the map for millions of people? Start here.

    HDD manufacturers decreasing HD warranty periods

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    HDD manufacturers decreasing HD warranty periods

    Seems like the days of extended HDD warranties are over. According to a report over at PC World, both Seagate and Western Digital are cutting the warranty periods of their hard disk drives. Seagate is slated to slash warranties of some of its products come Dec. 31, with Western Digital following suit on Jan. 2. All HDD shipped before this date will still enjoy the current warranty terms that they carry as of the moment.

    Seagate has responded to the change of policy by saying that it was standardizing its terms to be more consistent with those commonly applied throughout the consumer electronics and technology industries. “By aligning to current industry standards, Seagate can continue to focus its investments on technology innovation and unique product features that drive value for our customers,” the company said.

    Seagate will be cutting the warranties of internal drives for notebooks and desktops. Warranties for external hard drives and drives for commercial applications remain unchanged.

    Western Digital meanwhile will be reducing the warranties on its Caviar Blue, Caviar Green and Scorpio Blue drives from their usual three years to two. A WD rep told PC World that the changes are not a reaction to the recent flooding of their plants in Thailand. “Standard PC warranties are one year. Even so, WD will continue to maintain five-year warranties on its premium desktop/notebook products, including the WD Caviar Black, WD Scorpio Black and WD VelociRaptor products.”

    Source: PC World

    Meet the Nektar Panorama, the first dedicated controller for Reason 6

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    Meet the Nektar Panorama, the first dedicated controller for Reason 6

     

    Nektar Technology has created the first custom controller for Propellerhead’s Reason 6. The details are still a little sketchy, but from what we’ve seen so far, it looks pretty amazing.

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    Dell to quit netbooks, will focus on ultrabooks

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    Dell to quit netbooks, will focus on ultrabooks

    Well, seems that American brand Dell is quitting netbooks, and will be concentrating on ultrabooks from here on. After some eagle-eyed folks at Liliputing noticed Dell’s netbooks no longer available on their consumer site, tech website The Verge asked Dell for clarification. Speaking to The Verge, Dell has confirmed that it has quit the consumer netbook category and is instead focusing on ultrabooks, with Dell’s Marketing Director Alison Gardner saying that “Thin and powerful is where it is at for us.” Seems like next year will truly be the year for ultrabooks, eh?

    Source: The Verge, Liliputing

    A picture is worth more than a thousand keys – a look at how picture passwords will work with Windows 8 Tablets

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    A picture is worth more than a thousand keys – a look at how picture passwords will work with Windows 8 Tablets

    Anybody who has ever owned an Android device knows how gesture based passwords work – you connect the dots on the screen in a manner that only you know. But it seems like Microsoft will be taking that gesture based unlocking technique over to their Windows 8 tablets, with a twist. The OS will prompt you to choose from a picture that you have – no stock pictures will be allowed, apparently – and make you perform a series of simple gestures on the picture that you choose that will serve as your log-in. The device will note the position and what the gestures are, and voila – you’ve unlocked your device. Microsoft also notes that the device will be smart enough to know the direction of the gestures when you draw it, so just drawing a circle for example, without knowing which way the owner initially drew it won’t unlock the device. You can read up on the nitty gritty of the technique below.

    Source: Microsoft

     

    Samsung unveils Series 5 Ultra, first Ultrabook with ODD

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    Samsung unveils Series 5 Ultra, first Ultrabook with ODD

    It’s full speed ahead for ultrabooks this year, and Korean giant Samsung has officially outed theirs via the Series 5 Ultra. This isn’t the first time Samsung has done thin and light – the Series 9 was arguably one of the pioneers of the category even before there was an ultrabook category. So, what does the Series 5 Ultra bring to the table that we haven’t seen before? Well, for one thing, it’s size – the Series 5 Ultra gives you about 14-inches of real-estate, as opposed to Asus, Lenovo and Acer’s 13-inchers. It’s also the first ultrabook to offer an internal ODD, and is about 20.9mm thick (14-inch), with the 13-inch model clocking in at 14.9mm. Expect these babies to land in our shores by next year.

    Source: The Verge, Samsung Korea

    ABS-CBN: reliable news and useful information is now just the touch of a finger away

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    ABS-CBN: reliable news and useful information is now just the touch of a finger away


    People here and across the globe may access news and other contents of abs-cbnnews.com with just one click as ABS-CBN News releases its application for Android and iOS mobile devices.

    Once installed, the mobile app automatically downloads news directly to the user’s device either via wi-fi or mobile Internet browsing connections.

    Users may also volunteer to be citizen journalists by sending in their reports through the Bayan Mo, iPatrol Mo ticker where they can type in their reports in a user-friendly interface that will be sent directly to the BMPM for verification and follow-up.

    This allows citizens to move closer to news-gathering and -telling as the once-complex task of reporting significant news or happening of note in one’s community was made easier via the app’s built-in BMPM reporting mechanism.

    With the app’s customizable feature, users also have the power to choose which  particular section — Latest Stories, Nation, Sports, Recommended, Entertainment, Global Filipino, Metro, Business, and Lifestyle— they want to subscribe to.

    The app also features a breaking news ticker, and a Philippine Peso-US Dollar exchange rate that may be clicked to show the peso’s value against other currencies.

    The abs-cbnnews.com application is compatible with all devices running on Android and iOS operating systems. It is being introduced for the first time for various mobile touch screen devices like Acer, Dell, HTC, LG, Motorola, Nexus, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson that run on Android. As for the iOS, the app is an iteration of the one introduced early 2011 for the the iPhone and iPad.

    To download the abs-cbnnews.com application, just go to the App Store on your iPhone or the Market on your Android devices and install free of charge.

    ABS-CBN’s move to expand its mobile news offering to the iOS and Android operating systems, which are the fastest growing in the country in terms of usage, is yet another effort from the network to be in the service of the Filipino anywhere in the world, and across all possible platforms.

    Check out the latest news online from www.abs-cbnnews.com.

     

    BlackBerry Promo: Get a BlackBerry smartphone, receive Php 8,600 off any model of the PlayBook

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    BlackBerry Promo: Get a BlackBerry smartphone, receive Php 8,600 off any model of the PlayBook

    If you’re still on the fence about getting yourself a BlackBerry smartphone and a PlayBook, you might want to take a look at this. RIM is conducted a special promo which gives you a Php 8,600 discount on any model of BlackBerry PlayBook when you buy ANY BlackBerry smartphone. The promo will run from today till December 31st and is available at any open channel retailer, so if you still want that PlayBook and BlackBerry smartphone combo, now is the time to buy both.

    Be an agent for social change, join the GoodBlog Awards

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    Be an agent for social change, join the GoodBlog Awards

    We invite you to tell us something good by joining the very first Good Blog Awards! Based on the theme “Spark and Share” we’re looking for blog posts that can inspire others to do something good and be something better.

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