Me with the iPhone. Liveblogging here at the Manila Bulletin Technews office and I still can't get over laying my dainty hands on the much-heralded 8GB (!) Apple iPhone . Everyone who's held it is right, you hold the iPhone and it immediately elicits a "wow!" not to mention irrepressible "ooh's" and "aahs." As I remain in a state of awe, let me just give a quick rundown of my memorable first impressions with the Apple iPhone: 1. Form factor is super sleek, it's in fact a better looker than the iPod. It's thin in size and if you're looking for a ... Continue Reading...

Fix.jpg. It's official: Friendster is so 2003. It's like living in a time warp with all the jologs people in the universe :D I realized this while having lunch with my brother last Saturday. I asked him to tell my niece (his daughter) why she hasn't accepted my Friend Request, pending for the longest time. He tells him she's hanging out in MySpace. It has been a long time since I've taken a serious jab at the dating sites and all these social networking things. I don't have a dime of a time to spare in the world and am not necessarily looking. The ... Continue Reading...

Iphone in RP. The trailblazing Manila Bulletin Technews lab in Intramuros is officially now the first publication in the Philippines to get hold of the much-vaunted Apple iPhone. I am also excited to be one of the first to test-drive this wonder after my editor promised to lend it to me soon after he's finished reviewing it. Something like next week ora mismo, hehe :P While I would have liked to review the ballyhooed iPhone, it would have put too much pressure and intimidated the hell out of me. Secondly, am not a Mac user. I am curious to find out ... Continue Reading...

Just in case you're not doing it yet... because according to this site's stats, 60% or more of this blog's readers are still using Internet Explorer. When you use IE, my sidebar goes into the bottom of the page and looks in disarray. Not only that, it's less secure and way, way slower. Bring yourself back to civilization and download Firefox now :P It only takes a few minutes to do so. This is not a sponsored post. But you'll soon thank me for making your web browsing experience a lot better. ... Continue Reading...

This has been sent by a media campaigner to my inbox: global environmental watchdog Greenpeace fears that the introduction of Microsoft's newest operating system, the Windows Vista, "will trigger a deluge of E-waste in developing countries." Greenpeace states that with Vista, " more companies and individuals may feel the need to replace their existing computers sooner as these become incompatible with the new operating system. The result:massive volumes of computer scrap in dirty recycling yards and dumpsites in the Philippines, Thailand, and in other Asian ... Continue Reading...