It looks like the local landline phone wars is headed towards the next phase as both PLDT and Bayan (formerly known as Bayantel) are now offering wireless landline services.
While both did not disclose much about the technology behind their respective new services, we know enough that at least the Bayan Span wireless landline allows you […]

from sysadminday.com:
Show your appreciation
Friday, July 28th, 2006, is the 7th annual System Administrator Appreciation Day. On this special international day, give your System Administrator something that shows that you truly appreciate their hard work and dedication.
Let’s face it, System Administrators get no respect 364 days a year. This is the day that all fellow System […]

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General tips on buying 2nd Hand tech toys

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”.

I was wondering how much I was spending on my power bill by running a desktop PC on 24/7. So I used Meralco’s Appliance Calculator (MAC) and figured that I was spending about 900 pesos a month(!) for one desktop PC alone.
There are two things going against desktop PCs. First, they are space-hungry monsters, many […]

I was at the Microwarehouse sale early morning last Friday, where I fought tooth and nail for a Palm wireless keyboard (sale price: PhP 1,000).
And then I noticed something.
The vast majority of the people at the sale were women. Oh sure there were quite a few men, but… emphasis on few. The gender ratio was […]

Paris Hilton’s T-Mobile Sidekick phone has been hacked, and now the web is flooded with the actual phone numbers of a stunning array of Hollywood celebrities as taken from her address book.
So how in the world can anybody hack into somebody’s phone? Well, apparently, T-Mobile’s security implementation for the Sidekick is similar to that of […]