I’m quite sure you’ve heard about this new display technology called “LED” or light-emitting diode. I went to some stores to check some HDTVs and then I saw Samsung’s LED TV. It’s pretty impressive for its size and cheap price. But then, I noticed something odd.
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The truth about LCD monitors
July 24th, 2009 - Tech & OnlineIn the hunt for a new LCD? Know more about contrast ratios, response times, panels, makes and all those numbers and terms.
Okay, here’s the story, a fellow got a new LCD. We then decided to compare it with my “old” LCD, just to see which one performs better. On paper, the new LCD seemed far [...]
Meralco internet
July 15th, 2009 - Tech & OnlineManila’s largest electric company, Meralco, will be launching its own broadband internet over power lines service this quarter.
Power line communication or broadband over power lines (BPL) technology transmits data through electric power lines. The subscriber will only need a BPL modem and plug it directly into a power outlet. Hopefully, as long as there’s a [...]
Europe’s universal broadband
July 13th, 2009 - Tech & OnlineEuropeans to have universal access to wired and wireless broadband by 2013?
After publishing last month’s Digital Britain report, in which Lord Carter proposed a new landline tax to fund universal broadband, a crackdown on internet piracy and a 2015 digital radio switch-over date, the MP and the EU Commissioner are together looking beyond the UK [...]
Google Chrome OS
July 9th, 2009 - Tech & OnlineThe inevitable happens, Big G announces Chrome Operating System.
FTTH in Manila?
July 7th, 2009 - Tech & OnlineThe metro is about to experience a major internet upgrade, telecom giants PLDT and Globe are all set to open up their respective fibre-to-the home (FTTH) broadband network architectures.
As usual, both companies will (first) introduce the high-speed internet packages to top-tier residences and business areas. To name a few, this includes the Fort Bonifacio Global [...]
ATI Radeon 4670 AGP
June 27th, 2009 - Tech & OnlineStill on AGP? Apparently ATI still loves the AGP platform, after the Radeon 3850 AGP comes the Radeon 4670 AGP.
Free anti-virus from Microsoft?
June 19th, 2009 - Tech & OnlineOhyessiree! Microsoft has announced it will release free anti-virus software.
New Sony Ericsson Phones
June 18th, 2009 - Tech & OnlineMeet the newest members of the SE family, Aino, Satio, Naite and Yari.
Thoughts on Bing
June 11th, 2009 - Tech & OnlineBing.com, yet another search engine from Microsoft.
Webhost hacked
June 9th, 2009 - Tech & OnlineHackers strike again!
A large internet service provider said data for as many as 100,000 websites was destroyed by attackers who targeted a zero-day vulnerability in a widely-used virtualization application.
Windows 7 is coming
June 7th, 2009 - Tech & OnlineAnyone can test drive Windows 7, straight from Microsoft’s website.
