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    Alodia wants you to play with her in environmentally friendly Facebook game Alter Space

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    Alodia wants you to play with her in environmentally friendly Facebook game Alter Space

    Famed pinoy cosplayer and all around cutie Alodia Gosiengfiao wants you to play with her in Alter Space, the first Philippine-made Facebook game that addresses the ways we can help the environment. Developed by Cleanergy from AboitizPower, Alter Space is geared towards educating people about the concepts of carbon footprint and renewable energy with a distinctly pinoy twist.

    “The great thing about Alter Space is that it’s not just any typical game you play. In a creative way, it actually teaches people to be conscious of the carbon foortprint they produce, which means changing their habits for the good of the Earth.” says the 22-year-old Alodia.

    The game’s premise is simple: player’s are tasked to take care of their own planet. Players will need to keep their carbon footprint levels low while keeping happiness levels up. Every choice a player makes affects their environment, and the game gives constant fe

    edback to the repercussions of these choices. Players can also invite friends to be their neighbors, and their overall carbon footprint as a community will be calculated.

    To join its fan page, you can visit www.facebook.com/AlterSpaceGame

     

    Gingerbread update for Nexus S and Nexus One on the way

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    Gingerbread update for Nexus S and Nexus One on the way

    If you haven’t heard, Google has already sent the latest OTA update to take the Google branded Nexus One and Nexus S into Gingerbread territory. The update sends some NFC goodness your way, as well as fixing random reboot issues that some Nexus S users have been complaining about.

     

     

    Source: Engadget, Google Twitter

    Discover A New HP World

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    Discover A New HP World

    Hewlett-Packard helps us “Discover A New HP World” in Shanghai, China (Feb. 23-24) where we will be stepping into a connected world of new INNOVATIONS; new EXPERIENCES; and A BRAND NEW ECOSYSTEM. This New HP World assures an experience that is HIGH on the entertainment and experiential quotient. This event will also mark the official launch of HP Personal Systems Group’s “Everybody On” marketing campaign in Asia Pacific. The new campaign celebrates how people around the world are using HP technology to pursue their personal and professional passions.

    Today’s whole day event will include a “State of the Union Update” by Jos Brenkel, Senior Vice President, Personal Systems Group, HP Asia Pacific and Japan, a keynote speech on “The Connected Life” by Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Personal Systems Group, Phil McKinney, an introduction to the WebOS by Steven McArthur, Senior Vice President, Personal Systems Group as well as a product unveiling. Tomorrow will hold sessions for executive interviews on Consumer Products.

    Stay tuned as we keep EVERYBODY ON!

    Kicks for Geeks: Internet inspired Nike Dunks

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    Kicks for Geeks: Internet inspired Nike Dunks

    First, there were the Twitter and the Facebook Adidas Superstars Originals by designer Gerry Mckay and boy did it make our mouths water. This time,  it’s Nike’s turn with these geek-friendly, customized Dunks inspired by Firefox, Twitter and Google.

    These cool, customized sneakers designed by David Reese will definitely appeal to both sneakerheads and geeks. Love them too? You can also check out more unique sneaker designs at Brass Monki.

    This story was originally posted on The Next Web.

    Nokia projects it can sell Windows Phone 7 units at “a very low price point”

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    Nokia projects it can sell Windows Phone 7 units at “a very low price point”

    That’s according to Nokia’s chief executive Stephen Elop, in a talk with Finnish journalists last Friday. “”We have become convinced that we can do that very quickly” Elop adds. It seems only natural of course that Microsoft might be open to move away from their strict hardware requirements that it puts on manufacturers that want to create a Windows Phone 7 based smartphone. There’s already talk of using non-Qualcomm chips on future Phone 7 units, which would be a good thing – cheaper components would mean cheaper smartphones down the line. Coupled with Nokia’s experience and track record of creating cost-effective mobile devices, Elop’s promise sounds good to us.

    Source: Reuters

    Freelancer.com launches outsourcing platform in the Philippines

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    Freelancer.com launches outsourcing platform in the Philippines

    Freelancer.com, the world’s largest outsourcing marketplace that connects over 2.2 million professionals from around the globe, opens a regional site in the Philippines to bring affordable outsourcing to the country.

    In this day and age, almost any job can now be outsourced online. Through the freelancer.com website, employers can hire freelancers to do work in areas such as software, writing, data entry and design right through to engineering and the sciences, sales & marketing, and accounting & legal services. Projects start as low as US$30, with an average of under US$200, which makes it cost-effective for small businesses to get work done. The new sites will have a number of local features over time, together with local support and the ability to transact in local currencies.

    The new marketplaces will dramatically help the millions of small businesses and entrepreneurs across the region by increasing productivity while cutting costs at the same time. Additionally it will offer a great resource for freelancers to find jobs online across a diverse range of over three hundred different industries.

    This story was originally posted on The Next Web.

    Antivirus firm detects partnerships among cybercrime groups

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    Antivirus firm detects partnerships among cybercrime groups

    Global antivirus firm Trend Micro has noted activity of various cybercrime groups of “pairing up” and joining forces to unleash threats on the Web to earn more money for themselves.

    “…When they join forces, they could be even stronger and much more malicious in their ploys,” said Trend Micro senior threat researcher Nart Villeneuve in a press briefing last Thursday at TrendLabs, Trend Micro’s global research and development facility in Manila.”

    The ploys these cybercriminals pull include credential theft (or credit card and identity theft), pay-per-install which involves the installation of fake antivirus software and pay-per-click which is when bot masters earn income when users click on links supplied by an affiliate.

    This partnership presents challenges for law enforcement, the security industry and the computing public in general.

    Source: The Philippine Star

    GAEMS G155: Take your console with you

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    GAEMS G155: Take your console with you

    Used to be, if you wanted gaming on the go you would had to settle for handhelds. While this is usually ok for kids and teens, hardcore gamers chafed at the thought of compromising their gaming experience with them. If you’re one of those people you’re in luck, because GAEMS (no, that’s not a typo) has just released the G155: a portable gaming carrying case that allows you to use your console of choice anywhere, provided that anywhere has a power socket. It has a 15.5″ LED HD display, with HDMI connection, storage for all your cables, controllers and other accessories and is pretty darn durable. You can pre-order the G155 via their website linked below.

    Source: GAEMS

    Apple stops selling MacBook Pros… waiting for the refresh?

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    Apple stops selling MacBook Pros… waiting for the refresh?

    As spotted by 9to5 Mac, Apple has halted selling MacBook Pros, possibly due to the expected lineup refresh that is likely to happen this week. The screenshot shows that the MacBooks won’t ship until 3 to 5 business days, which may be in time for the big announcement.

    Additionally, we reported earlier about the speculated five new MacBook Pro SKUs that were spotted in BestBuy. Rumors say that we might actually see the product refresh as early as Thursday, February 24.

    All the signs are indeed pointing to the possibility that Apple may have something up its sleeves for us this week. We will update you as soon as more details come out.

    This story was originally posted in The Next Web.

    BMW launches new sub-brand

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    BMW launches new sub-brand

    BMW is scheduled to hold a press conference in Germany today announcing the a new “i” sub brand which will offer a badge to all the upcoming BMW electric vehicles.

    The “next premium” automobile, as BMW calls it, was previewed through designer sketches back in 2010 when BMW’s Chief Designer Adrian Van Hooydonk shared BMW’s future strategy and electric mobility. BMW aims to become the world’s leader in premium electric vehicles with the new Megacity family of electric vehicles.

    In a past interview, Van Hooydonk said: “The sub-brand offers a chance to innovate as well as feature BMW’s customary design quality and detailing.”

    The Megacity will be offered in a two-door, four-seat configuration. The car will measure around 157 inches. In the future, the MCV sub-brand will include two additional models. First one due in 2015 and dubbed ICV, short Intracity Vehicle, will be a two-door, two-seat car. In 2017, UCV – Urban Commuter Vehicle -will extend the length of the initial MCV and has four doors while hosting five people.

    BMW Megacity is powered by a lithium-ion battery with 35 kWh of capacity placed below the vehicle’s floor. Rear-wheels approach remains in BMW’s philosophy and the power is sent to the rear wheels through a rear-mounted 150-hp electric motor. Driving range is expected to top at 100 miles and top speed at 95 mph.

    Source: BMWblog

    Feb 23: Globe Negostar brings business solutions to Pinoy entrepreneurs in 7 cities

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    Feb 23: Globe Negostar brings business solutions to Pinoy entrepreneurs in 7 cities

    On Wednesday, 23 February 2011, Globe Business is hosting Globe Negostar forums in seven locations nationwide: Quezon City and Makati in Metro Manila; San Fernando, La Union in northern Luzon; San Fernando, Pampanga in central Luzon; Bacoor, Cavite in southern Luzon; Cebu City in the Visayas; and Davao City in Mindanao.

    Globe Negostar focuses on the specific business requirements of SMEs which can be addressed by superior business solutions developed and packaged especially for the SME market.

    According to Manny Aligada, head of corporate and SME segments at Globe Business, “Our thrust is to support Filipino entrepreneurs as they manage their day-to-day operations, improve the way they do business and grow their bottom line.”

    Throughout the rest of the year,  pocket sessions will be held in other areas to attract more SMEs to take advantage of Globe’s affordable, innovative and easy-to-use business solutions designed for the needs of small and medium enterprises.

    Some of the services offered by Globe Business include  the GPS Tracker, WebEye, Inventory Ordering System, TxtConnect, and packages like Business Plus, Buz Talk, Biz Landline, etc.  For more information, visit www.globe.com.ph/negostar.

    Apple gets 60% global touch panel supply, might make life hard for competitors

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    Apple gets 60% global touch panel supply, might make life hard for competitors

    While a couple of mobile companies are hi-fiving themselves at their successful tablet launches in Barcelona, they might be in for rude shock come production time. DigiTimes has just reported that Apple has just secured 60% of global touch panel capacity for their own use. What this means is that other tablet manufacturers that don’t have their own manufacturing capability might have some trouble acquiring touch panels that they’ll use for their own tablets. Unfortunate coincidence or strategic move for Apple?

    Source: DigiTimes

    State your case with Jabberjury

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    State your case with Jabberjury

    If you are a frustrated lawyer (like I am) who likes to argue and debate but doesn’t want to spend another 4 years in Law school (like me) and gets off on watching Law & Order reruns (like me… again) then you might want to check out www.jabberjury.com – an online community where social justice is served up everyday. State your case to the “Jabberjurors” and try to win over the Jabberjury so that justice can be righteously served. Although, I hardly think any Supreme Court precedents are required to win. But at least, you’d have made your point. And there’s nothing more satisfying than being right.

    Source: Trendhunter

    HTC unveils its first tablet: The 7-inch flyer

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    HTC unveils its first tablet: The 7-inch flyer

    HTC has officially thrown its hat into the tablet ring with their announcement of the Flyer, a 7-inch tablet that’s powered by a 1.5GHz Qualcomm single-core processor, high-speed HSPA+ wireless capabilities and curiously enough, a stylus. The Flyer will also sport a unibody aluminium chassis, and will come with a specially developed version of HTC Sense that will include touch recognition to take advantage of the stylus. It’s rumored to have Android 2.4 onboard, and will supposedly receive an OTA update to Android 3.0 once the new tablet OS is available for download. It’ll also feature HTC Watch – a new video download service that enables low-cost on-demand progressive downloading of hundreds of High-Definition movies from major studios. We’ve included the official press release from HTC below.

    HTC Unveils HTC FLYER™, The First Tablet
    With HTC SENSE™

    Aluminum unibody design with touch and pen interaction make HTC Flyer unique

    First tablet with HTC Watch™ video service, HTC Scribe™ Technology
    and OnLive® cloud gaming

    BARCELONA, SPAIN – Mobile World Congress – February 15, 2011 – HTC, a global leader in mobile innovation and design, today announced its first tablet, the HTC FlyerTM.  HTC Flyer blends HTC’s trademark design language with an all-new HTC Sense user experience that has been reimagined for the tablets. Using an intuitive and innovative approach to tablets, HTC Flyer combines natural touch and pen interaction. HTC also announced HTC Watch, a new connected video service that will debut on HTC Flyer tablet, and will collaborate with OnLive, Inc. to launch the first cloud-based mobile gaming service on a tablet.

    “Clearly, smartphones have transformed our lives but as we observed how people use smartphones, computers and other technologies, we saw an opportunity to create a tablet experience that is different, more personal and productive,” said Peter Chou, CEO of HTC Corporation. “We are progressing down a path as an industry when people will no longer be in a single device paradigm, but have multiple wireless devices for different needs; this is the direction we are moving.”

    Encased in a sleek aluminum unibody, the HTC Flyer tablet exudes the iconic style and build quality HTC is known for. It is also ultra-light, weighing as little as a paperback book, and compact enough to fit in a jacket pocket only. With a seven-inch display, lightning fast 1.5Ghz processor and high-speed HSPA+ wireless capabilities, the HTC Flyer tablet is perfect for those who have been waiting for a tablet that is both compact and powerful.

    HTC Sense for Tablet
    HTC Sense revolutionized smartphones by placing the person at the center of the experience. HTC Flyer’s tablet-focused HTC Sense experience focuses on surprising and delighting people with its gorgeous 3D home screen. A unique carousel of widgets puts a user’s most important content and information at the visual center of the experience. The HTC Flyer tablet also offers uncompromised Web browsing with Flash 10 and HTML 5.

    HTC Scribe Technology
    Touch interaction lights up the HTC Flyer tablet experience, but it also offers a groundbreaking pen experience. With the new HTC Scribe Technology on the HTC Flyer tablet, people can rediscover the natural act of writing. HTC Scribe Technology introduces a wave of integrated digital ink innovations that make it easy and natural to take notes, sign contracts, draw pictures, or even write on a web page or photo.

    HTC Scribe Technology on the HTC Flyer tablet transforms traditional note-taking into smart note-taking by integrating natural onscreen writing with thoughtful and integrated innovations. A feature called Timemark enables you to capture the audio of a meeting in line with your written notes, so tapping on a word in your notes instantly takes you to that exact place in time in the audio recording of the meeting. Notes are also integrated with the calendar so when there is an appointment reminder you are automatically prompted with an opportunity to begin a new note or in the case of recurring meetings, to continue where the last meeting left off.  In an industry first, the HTC Flyer tablet also features built-in synchronization with Evernote, the world-leading notes application and service.

    Streaming Mobile Movies with HTC Watch
    The HTC Flyer tablet premieres HTC Watch, HTC’s new video download service. The HTC Watch service enables low-cost on-demand progressive downloading of hundreds of High-Definition movies from major studios. The intuitive, natural design of the HTC Watch service makes it easy to find the latest movie and video content, while advanced technology on the back-end enables instant playback over the HTC Flyer tablet’s high-speed wireless connection.

    Mobile Cloud Gaming with OnLive
    HTC takes mobile gaming to an entirely new level by being the first mobile device in the world to integrate OnLive Inc.’s revolutionary cloud-based gaming service. OnLive is leading in the home gaming market by letting people play top video games on their televisions and computers without the need to buy expensive gaming hardware or software. When integrated fully, the OnLive service will enable customers to pipe the OnLive service through the HTC Flyer tablet’s broadband wireless to their television sets, or let them play directly on the tablet. When integrated on the HTC Flyer tablet, people can play a variety of games, including hits like Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood™, NBA 2K11 and Lego Harry Potter™.

    Gay Marriage may set precedent for Human-Robot Marriage

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    Gay Marriage may set precedent for Human-Robot Marriage

    Photo of “The Lonely” Season 1 Episode 7 of The Twilight Zone

    Even though it is still holds true that culture has a tendency to lag against the advancement of technology, that doesn’t necessarily mean that it won’t catch up sooner or later. Such is the argument of Republican candidate for the U.S. House representing Maryland’s 4th District, Robert Broadus, who asserts that there is a ‘science behind the issue’ and argues, “If you pass this [same-sex marriages] bill, you will set the ground work that one day artificial intelligence is that advanced, we will be considering if we can marry our androids.”

    He then cites the Sci-Fi series Star Trek and how Lieutenant Commander Data is able to generate a tear because he was capable of emotion.

    His audience may have let out a chuckle after that, but then again, we once thought racial segregation could not be abolished. So perhaps with a little time, men and women may find that they are no longer just competing amongst themselves when it comes to “finding the perfect mate.”

    Listen to his entire speech below:

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