By Joey Alarilla
INQUIRER.net

FEELING nostalgic? Head on over to the Minisode Network, which is part of MySpace TV.

The site offers free streaming video of vintage shows owned by Sony Pictures Television such as “Charlie’s Angels,” “The Facts of Life” and “Starsky and Hutch.” The “Charlie’s Angels” photo I used here is courtesy of Associated Press.

These episodes are compressed so that you can watch the whole show over the Internet, which explains why they’re called minisodes. (Well, not exactly the whole show, because they’re edited so that they’re shorter, but you can still get the gist of the full episode. Watch them and see if they still make sense, heh.)

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By Alexander Villafania
INQUIRER.net

SINGAPORE–Internet services firm Yahoo! announced today that it will be launching a beta version of its new mobile phone-based application called Yahoo! Go Mobile 2.0 in 13 countries, mostly in Asia and Europe by Friday this week.

Yahoo! Go Mobile 2.0 is an updated version of the company’s previous phone-only application, which is basically a service delivery client that can be customized by users.

Speaking to reporters at Communicasia 2007 in Singapore, Yahoo! Connected Life Asia vice president and general manager David Ko said Yahoo! Go Mobile 2.0 will be available in 13 countries through telecommunications providers. These are in Canada. Germany, France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Spain, the United Kingdom, Thailand and Vietnam.

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By Erwin Oliva
INQUIRER.net

SINGAPORE–A Philippine software developer has bagged a deal to develop an instant messaging and short messaging system (SMS) service for Microsoft, executives told INQUIRER.net.

Wilfredo dela Cruz, president of D3 Systems, said a visit by a Microsoft executive from Redmond, Washington has blossomed into a sweet deal for the company that has been attracting partners from the region.

“We’ve developed a system for Microsoft,” said Dela Cruz in an interview here. D3 Systems Inc. was among the local companies that joined the CommunicAsia 2007, the biggest telecommunications event in Asia Pacific.

Early this month, Microsoft said it was looking at forging deals with local software companies that are using open-source technologies to develop applications for the Windows platform.

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By Alex Villafania
INQUIRER.net

A KOREAN businessman has put up the country’s first true “PC bang,” a stylized Internet and online gaming café made popular in South Korea.

iHooked, built by Sabiclub Corporation, is located on Katipunan Avenue, Quezon City fronting Ateneo de Manila University. It is also right in the middle of an area popular for its Internet gaming shops.

The new shop has over 60 high-end computers, a wireless Internet lounge and a sitting room for non-PC using customers who can order food and drinks at the bar. The entire place has been designed to look like a living room area of a house than an Internet café.

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By Joey Alarilla
INQUIRER.net

AS I’ve previously blogged in @play, Friendster is huge in the Philippines (and readers have sent in comments to explain why that’s so).

Sadly, however, elsewhere around the world Friendster has been overtaken by other social networking sites. But this could change now that Friendster is back in the news after finalizing a deal with Google for search and targeted advertising.

Friendster launched on June 8 Google search for its more than 44 million users in over 75 countries.

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