Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Hard disk registration to Optical Media Board
Posted on April 17, 2010 - Filed Under Technology | Leave a Comment
Valenzuela argued that since hard disks have magnetic components, then it falls under the control of the OMB based on Republic Act No. 9239, also known as the Optical Media Act of 2003. — Gmanews.tv
Unboxing Apple Macbook
Posted on April 16, 2010 - Filed Under Gadgets, Technology | 1 Comment
This is my wife’s new toy. Apple Macbook Intel Core 2 Duo 13inch . We decided to go with Mac on our next purchase of a lappy as we are not familiar with OSX. So let us unbox this toy.
Samsung LCD TV LA40B650T1M Firmware upgrade
Posted on December 5, 2009 - Filed Under Technology | Leave a Comment
I had an avi file that was not supported by Samsung LCD TV series 6 builtin media player. Dont get me wrong as the media player can play mkv, avi, mp3 etc. Maybe its the new encoding that was used in ripping files. Good thing after months of waiting, Samsung released Firmware patch last Nov that [...]
Olympus Tough-8000 Shockproof and waterproof camera
Posted on September 14, 2009 - Filed Under Technology | Leave a Comment
We h00ted in Singapore’s COMEX 2009 a point and shoot compact camera. Olympus Tough-8000, a shockproof and waterproof digital camera. Personal choice of my wife coz she likes to take underwater pictures. There goes my XBOX hehehe.
I’m so lazy that’s why I use Windows Live Writer 2009
Posted on September 8, 2009 - Filed Under Technology | Leave a Comment
Old school spam
Posted on August 22, 2009 - Filed Under Technology | Leave a Comment
Who says that you can only receive spam messages thru email. Well here a concrete example of old school spammer. Everyday we recieved tons of flyers from our mailbox where spam filtering will not work.
New Sony PS3 Slim
Posted on August 19, 2009 - Filed Under Technology | Leave a Comment
Sony announced its new PS3 Slim!!! Good news for gamers and sad news for Linux geeks though as this new console doesnt have an install other OS option.
Samsung LCD TV firmware upgrade
Posted on July 1, 2009 - Filed Under Technology | Leave a Comment
Yesterday i upgraded my Samsung LCD TV LA40B6450T1M‘s firmware. At first im quite nervous. Oh come on, i dont want our very own 40 inches tv to become a brick. Downloaded firmware at www.samsung.com.sg/support page, unzipped software at my thumbdrive, load the firmware using the update utility of the TV.. and that’s it. Proud owner [...]
Kantaris Media Player : Alternative to VLC
Posted on June 3, 2009 - Filed Under Technology | 2 Comments
While looking for an alternative to VLC, i stumbled upon Kantaris a new media player. Kantaris is a media player based from the source code of Videolan Client VLC and Bass audio library. It has cool 3d menu, last.fm, cool movie trailer and 3d video library. Also, kantaris support mp3, dvd and cd audio playing(search [...]
TV galore!!!
Posted on June 1, 2009 - Filed Under Technology | 1 Comment
We are contemplating to replace our borrowed TV. At first we are puzzled if we go for PLASMA TV or a LCD TV. For some obvious reasons like power consumption, good gaming experience, price, etc. we opted for LCD TV. But now here’s the deal, we are confused if we will go for Samsung LCD [...]
