I exaggerate. But hey, it almost is.
Once upon a time, a week before the Asian Crisis set in, I bought a black, Singapore-made IPC laptop. It was a pretty good unit for its time, save for the fact that the plastic casing seemed flimsy. It was a Pentium unit with 32MB of RAM, 4GB of hard […]

I’ve had my laptop for over a year and a half now, but I’ve never really given it a thorough cleaning. So you could imagine the kind of dust and dirt that it has accumulated by now.
I decided that it was high time that I gave my overworked tool a decent tidying up.
There are a […]

What would you do with an 8.0 megapixel camera? It’s a valid question considering that even just 3.2 megapixels can already give you decent archive-quality photos.
Well, megapixel-rich cameras like the Olympus Mju DIGITAL 800 (reviewed in our upcoming issue of m|ph) have one potential killer application: Document capture mode. It allows you to take a […]

Was doing some Digging yesterday and found WIRED.com’s listing of the best of 2005. Two of the more interesting lists are 2005 Best Tech Moments and 2005’s Sexiest Geeks which, unfortunately do not include any of the m|ph editors.
Entries to note include the $100.00 Negroponte laptop and the up-top-date blogging of the Katrina disaster. How […]

In my experience of reviewing phones there are several questions I would have wanted to ask but forgot, due to the excitement of tinkering with the demo unit in front of the sales guy. The great thing about reviewing phones is that I get to take a more in depth road test which usually lasts […]

ot! I just love good news. It’s news like this that makes me proud to be Pinoy. You see, I just came from an event of monumental proportions - the launch of the Philippine Podcasting Network. Since you all read our mag, you must already know that podcasting is the newest medium of broadcasting that empowers anybody to have a voice over the airwaves.

Of course, we at m|ph also have our own podcast. Since you’ll have to wait a few more days, we’ve decided to upload it onto our site. You can download our first podcast HERE. Booya!

Some time ago, Sony issued a controversial memo announcing that no more than 20 CD titles have been released containing what was called an XCP protection software that was similar to Microsoft’s DRM technology. As it turns out, there’s more to it than meets the eye.
XCP is a rootkit-style software that installs itself deep into […]

We’re here live at the Expo Exchange in Greenbelt 1 for our annual MOBILE PILIPINAS 2005! Highlights of the first four hours include our EIC Adel Gabot being mistaken for a missus, an amateur ramp model contest with heavy participation from the audience, the launching of our latest September issue, and a live concert featuring […]

The “Tingi” system of retail may not be cost effective since consumers pay more for those “tingi” items than when they buy in whole packages or in bulk. Anyway, this way of selling and buying has already encroached on the local technology and like it or not, it has vastly affected the way technology is used by the common “tao”.