We just wrapped up the Asus ROG presscon here at Taiwan, and we’ve been teased with a concept board that has two processors. The board, codenamed Danshui Bay, has two CPU sockets – one 1366 and a 2011. If this board does get off the concept stage, it’ll allow users to have a future-proof system, as an Asus exec told us that users will be able to utilize both CPUs at the same time. Great stuff. Some more pictures of the thing below.
People may be keeping a lot of their documents, photos, and content inside some electronic device, be it a hard drive, digital photo frame, online album or email folder but when it comes to anything important, valuable and worth “physically” holding onto, Canon may just be a reliable helping hand.
Canon PIXMA continues to dominate the country’s total inkjet printer market as its share grew 38% in the first quarter this year from last year’s 33%, said the International Data Corporation (IDC).
IDC, a research company that specializes in technology companies and markets, said during the period, Canon PIXMA led the single function printer category with 46% market share.
It said Canon PIXMA also got a large share of 32% in the multifunction segment.
“The PIXMA brand continues to have strong following locally owing to its efficient pre-sales and after sales support, fast service turn-around time, reasonable price, exclusive promos, and unmatched prints,” said Jill Santiago, consumer systems products marketing manager of Canon Marketing Philippines, Inc.
Santiago said sales were further pushed by strong marketing efforts, increased number of service centers with 230 nationwide, and improved coverage of provincial areas.
Canon PIXMA iP 2770, MP258, and MX366 were among the top selling products for the quarter.
Canon PIXMA printers are known for their affordability, ease of use, and advanced features. They are equipped with the proprietary FINE technology which allows users to print photos with the highest quality fast.
Further, Canon Genuine Ink used in PIXMA printers comes with the patented Chromalife 100+ technology that ensures every photo printed on Canon PIXMA Printers last for decades.
I like to consider myself a purist, but this new app looks irresistible. Especially once I found out how much it cost.
Meet djay, an app created by Algoriddim that will turn your iOS device into a virtual DJ rig, granting users the capability (but not the ability) to mix their music library.
The interface looks pretty sleek – it features a pair of virtual turntables and a mixer that are controlled via touch. Once a song is cued or played, its album art appears on the spinning “vinyl record”, which users can “scratch” as well. Just like a real DJ.
The app is quick and efficient and will instantly sync with your device’s library. Searching for songs immediately reveals valuable information such as tempo (BPM) in real time. While there is an option for the software to automatically mix your songs together, djay is fully capable as a real rig for those who want to take a stab at DJ’ing .
Featuring a Split Output mode, users can use a stereo to mono splitter to connect their iDevice to speakers and headphones, meaning they can cue songs and mix them together just like an actual physical setup. The app also features a number of tools, such as a 3-band EQ and a looper, making it an intuitive and complete dj’ing app.
djay for iPhone costs only 99 cents (approximately Php 48) and is available in the App Store.
With a price like that, how can you resist?
Source: Gizmag
Probably the biggest news that’ll come out of Asus’ presscon today is the announcement of the Padfone – a phone/tablet combo device. The Padfone is actually two devices – a main tablet and a smartphone that docks on the back of it. Asus Chairman Jonny Shih told the press that the device is geared towards seamless integration and viewing. You start viewing a movie on the smartphone, for example, and decide to finish it on the tablet – the screen automatically transfers to the larger tablet automagically. There was no working demo of the whole thing unfortunately, just a concept video of how the whole thing happens, and no matter what we try the Asus execs were tight-lipped about pricing, specs and availability. We’ve embedded a promo video below to show you how it’ll eventually work.
Another serious looker from today’s Asus presscon is the UX series. This notebook is a definite looker, and is powered by Intel’s second generation Core i series of processors. The notebook is a mere 17mm thin, yet can still sport either an i3, i5 or i7 processor for maximum performance without the bulk.
The UX series also comes with a SATA III SSD, this little baby can go from sleep to operational in 2 seconds. Speedy. The body also uses an aluminum unibody construction, so it can withstand the daily grind as well as you can.
We spotted the Asus X101 Eee PC during today’s pre-Computex presscon of Asus, and we were immediately drawn to it because of two things: one, it was massively thin, and two, it ran MeeGo. What we didn’t know was that this anorexic netbook had another suprise up its sleeve – a $199 tag price.
No other than Asus Chairman Jonny Shih unveiled the price to an awestruck gathering of international media. A local Asus exec told us that they were targeting the education and government segment with the small netbook, which will probably retail at a little over Php 9,000 after duties, taxes and all that jazz. Specs include an Intel Atom N435 processor, 1o-inch screen and 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi.
That’s an Acer Iconia Smart smartphone beside it for comparison, and that particular gadget clocks in at 13.6mm.
We’re currently waiting for Asus pre-Computex press conference to begin, and while we were milling outside, we managed to spot this little beauty. Specs and details are limited at this point, but it seems that this is a 3D tablet that doesn’t require its own glasses. What makes this thing an oddity is that it will also come with its own phone, tethered to the unit and able to make calls via the SIM card embedded within the tablet.
More Filipina women make a difference, not just in the home, but in the realm of business and are contributing more and more to today’s innovations and creations. So hold on to your hard hats, boys. Beyonce may just be on to something when she asks, “Who run the world?”
For the second year in a row, another Filipina has made it to the global online business plan competition Business in Development (BiD) Challenge international marketplace, primarily for women entrepreneurs who have made a difference in combining profit and helping reduce poverty in the world’s developing nations.
This time, she will be among the five finalists of the second edition of the BiD Women in Business Challenge to be awarded in the Netherlands within the next couple of weeks.
The only one representing Asia, this Filipina entrepreneur will compete with two entries from Peru representing Latin America, and two other entries from Uganda representing Africa, plus a special runner-up entry from Afghanistan.
Today, her name will be officially unveiled at the Rockwell Tent in Makati City during the announcement by the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) and Citibank of the winners in the local leg of the 2010 BiD Challenge Philippines entries.
For the 2009 entries who were awarded in 2010, a costume jewelry designer based in Naga, Camarines Sur won the special BiD Women in Retail Business Challenge in The Hague, the Netherlands, wherein among her prizes included €10,000 from Dutch financial group ING.
Marianne Olano of Baycrafts – manufacturer of handcrafted costume jewelry made from indigenous and synthetic materials such as pearls, wood, fiber, seeds, crystals, and glass – will be one of the keynote speakers at the PBSP-Citibank BiD Challenge Philippines 2010 marketplace and awarding ceremony this Monday at the Rockwell in Makati.
Also during the first edition of the BiD Women in Business Challenge (2009-2010), a partnership of two Filipina entrepreneurs specializing in ecologically friendly toys made from wooden blocks became a finalist together with two entries from India and one from Colombia.
Called eco-friendly toys for children, Ecobloks used scrap mahogany and pine wood to produce unpainted, lead-free, environmentally friendly building blocks for children.
In the process, the 2009 Philippine entry of business partners Maria Lourdes Molina from Loot Fairy Toys and Cebu-based Maria Mina Lacson thereby helped idle woodworkers and found use for wood scrap from wooden slippers and furniture makers.
Their competitors at the Fokker Terminal of The Hague on June 2 last year included the Women on Wheels safe transport solutions project based in New Delhi, and another Indian entry called Aqua Beauty Salon specializing in the use of domestic wastewater treatment solutions.
The Latin American entry last year, Micro Tapas, was a unique Colombian product called a micro-cover that protects a woman’s areola and nipple areas from the harmful ultraviolet rays of the sun, while allowing the tanning of the other areas of the breast.
For the BiD Women in Business Challenge 2010-2011, the finalists are expected to “get access to a network of more than 36,000 like-minded entrepreneurs, coaches, and investors” from all over the world, as well as “win tailor-made advisory services worth €5,000 from UnitedSucces, the worldwide network for business women owners.”
As of the latest update last Friday (27 May), the final event for the 2010-2011 Women in Business Challenge will be held on 9 June 2011 at Pakhuis de Zwijger in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Of the two Peruvian finalists, who both submitted their business plan in the Spanish language, one focuses on granular organic fertilizers to cultivate coffee and cocoa, while the other specializes in dried golden berry as an organic snack.
Meanwhile, one of the Ugandan finalists promotes locally available materials to produce eco paper bags for packaging purposes. The other develops and maintains what it claims to be the largest and most interactive online business community website platform in Africa connecting people and businesses to the global market.
The special Afghan runner-up entry is a cardboard manufacturing plan application which it said would encourage environmental protection, decrease the incidence of diseases, and even promote education from the capital city of Kabul to the province of Herat.
And as for the Pinay entry who made it to the 2010-2011 BiD Women in Business Challenge, everyone is invited to pass by Rockwell Makati on May 30 for the unveiling.
Teaser/clue: She aims to improve the living standards of a specific group of staple crop farmers in Southern Central Mindanao.
The legal battle between Samsung and Apple has once again taken a surprising turn. Last week, the Korean manufacturer was compelled by the courts to reveal five products to the California based company in order to help the latter gather evidence for the ongoing infringement case.
Refusing to be idly pushed around, Samsung retaliates with a demand of their own, asking the courts that Apple reveal the “final, commercial versions” of the unannounced iPad 3 and iPhone 5. This request is justified by Sammy’s claim that they must know what the products look like before they are released, in order to avoid any further legal disputes in the future.
The wave of patent infringement lawsuits first began when Apple claimed the interface and design of the iPad and iPhone were imitated, thus resulting in “unfair competition”.
Source: This is My Next
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HP is expanding a voluntary recall of batteries from notebooks manufactured from July 2007 through May 2008. The recall began back in May of 2009, with another one taking place in May of 2010. This isn’t a general recall of the notebooks themselves, just the batteries that power them. Five percent of the affected batteries may have problems, and HP will be providing replacements of the batteries. Check out this link to find out if your HP notebook is affected.
Source: HP
Just a few days from being announced at an event in New York, Google’s wireless payment system, dubbed as Google Wallet, is now taking legal heat from PayPal. PayPal filed suit against Google stating that it stole trade secrets from the payment gateway giant via a key PayPal employee that defected after talks between Google and PayPal broke down while trying to adopt PayPal as the payment system for Android. Two Google execs were named in the lawsuit, Stephanie Tilenius, Google’s VP of Commerce, and Osama Bedier, VP of Payments. Bedier was with PayPal until January of this year, and according to the lawsuit, Bedier was the senior PayPal executive accountable for leading negotiations with Google on Android, from the period of 2008 to 2011.
Google for the most part responded quickly to the allegations, stating that “Silicon Valley was built on the ability of individuals to use their knowledge and expertise to seek better employment opportunities, an idea recognized by both California law and public policy. We respect trade secrets, and will defend ourselves against these claims.”
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It looks like we’re fighting a new war that can prove more dangerous than gun-wielding soldiers and atomic bombs, perpetrated by a faceless attacker with a bunch of seemingly harmless scripts and characters strewn together —- scripts not many people understand. So how do we protect ourselves, our privacy and our information?
Engineers from TrendLabs, the research laboratory of security firm Trend Micro, have discovered the source of a targeted email attack detected in the wild over the last two weeks. The attack involved email messages sent through Hotmail, where a previously unpatched vulnerability in its content filtering mechanism was exploited through the use of a malicious email message identified as HTML_AGENT.SMJ. The said email message pretended to come from the Facebook Security Team.
Targeted users of the attack receive seemingly innocuous email messages that contain an embedded script, which automatically executes when the user opens the email. The embedded email script then connects to a specific website that downloads another script, JS_AGENT.SMJ.
This last script captures all of the affected users’ emails and forwards them to another email address. It continues to forward messages from targeted users to the author of the malware until the user logs out of their webmail.
Microsoft has already updated Hotmail to fix the vulnerability but not before cybercriminals have found a way to take advantage of it.
TrendLabs Threat Response Engineer Karl Dominguez said that employees who open their personal Hotmail accounts in their offices risk exposing their corporate data to the attack. Among the information that can be stolen are contacts, other log-in credentials, and confidential corporate messages.
Dominguez stressed that companies must also take steps in ensuring that their networks are safe from outside attacks. Cybercriminals are using social engineering to exploit the curiosity and love for social networking sites of office workers in order to gain access to more important corporate data.
“Always patch your browsers, applications, and operating systems; update your security software regularly; only access trustworthy websites; disable scripting or limit it to trustworthy sites; use alternative browsers; and always use original software. These are the most important things that should be remembered in our fight against cybercriminals,” according to Dominguez.
The title up there is not a typo. An independent researcher has found a way to grab your log-in credentials when you use any version of Internet Explorer (yes, that includes IE 9). “Any website. Any cookie. Limit is just your imagination,” said Mr Rosario Valotta, an independent Internet security researcher based in Italy. The flaw allows hackers to grab your cookies, basically packets of data that has your log-in credentials. The spoof requires a fair amount of finagling on the hacker’s part, because it only works when the victim drags and drops an object across the PC’s screen. Mr. Valotta maintains that it’s fairly easy to do, and to prove this, he’s made a Facebook app that n which users are challenged to “undress” a photo of an attractive woman. “I published this game online on Facebook and in less than three days, more than 80 cookies were sent to my server,” he said. “And I’ve only got 150 friends.” Microsoft said there is little risk a hacker could succeed in a real-world cookiejacking scam. “Given the level of required user interaction, this issue is not one we consider high risk,” said Microsoft spokesman Jerry Bryant. “In order to possibly be impacted a user must visit a malicious website, be convinced to click and drag items around the page and the attacker would need to target a cookie from the website that the user was already logged into.” Sure Microsoft, because people rarely get duped into scams like that in sites, oh say like Facebook.
Source: Today