Category Archives: Technology Viewpoint

NCAA March Madness Online

You have work to do but you really, really want to follow the March Madness. Right now, if you have a computer in your office or an iPhone that you can bring with you, then consider yourself lucky – because it’s never been easier to follow the event while you’re at work. With the help [...]

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Apple Rumors Flying Again

Word has it that some manufacturer based in Taiwan will be making the touch screen panels for one of Apple’s upcoming notebook which is said to be released into the market this coming year. Opinions are clashing as to both the validity of the manufacturing as well as the idea that Apple is making a [...]

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Top Innovations for 30 years

After the coming up with a well studies compilation by the minds of the University of Pennsylvania, the Internet has been pegged as the top innovation to have been created since the last 30 years. While this isn’t an easy guess, one can’t be surprised at the result. The list is followed by a couple [...]

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One out of 100 PC have Malware

Results from a recent extensive study by Panda Security – of the toughest anti-virus brands known on the Internet – show that 1% of all the computers in the world are affected and heavily tormented by malware. Sure, 1% seems like a very small amount, but if you equate that to the actual number of [...]

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Social networking more Popular than Email

Having to accommodate over millions of online patrons worldwide every single day, a report shows that social networking has become the second top surfer’s target since 2008, topping email that used to take the second spot right after the unbeatable search engines. As for the numbers (as provided by Nielsen Wire in their report), 67% [...]

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Wireless Call Service at $3?

Do you know how much you are paying for the calls you make on your mobile phone? Most of you will probably answer $40 or something per month, because that’s how they bill you. But did you know that if you do the math, you could be very well paying for around $3 per minute [...]

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79th International Motor Show: Geneva 2009

After its successful culmination last year, it looks like the International Motor Show is back for the 79th time in Geneva this 2009. It’s been going on since March 5 and will be showing until the 15th. The International Motor Show is the largest motor show in the world, where biennially commercial cars from all [...]

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Legacy Locker: Your Passwords in Your Will

Talk about modern afterlife – there’s this new website called Legacy Locker that serves its online clients by keeping their most precious passwords, profiles and user accounts so that when the owner passes away, these information can be brought over to the people you have assigned in your will. Now that everybody’s going online, it [...]

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Softbank Promotes iPhone with Major Discounts

If you’re looking for an easy catch with the iPhone 3G, then you might find what you’re looking for in Japan. Sometime near the end of February 2009, Softbank Mobile Corporation launched the “iPhones for Everybody Campaign”, where the present costs of this great handset is reduced for those who avail of their program which [...]

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UK Study: Texting helps Language Skills

True enough there have been studies in the past that the trend of sending text messages can actually deteriorate one’s skill in language, specifically because of the use of “shortcut” messages when sending SMS. But recently a UK research finding shows the exact opposite – that texting actually helps improve and develop reading skills. The [...]

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