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Oracle Phils. appoints new MD

Posted by: ADMIN on: October 31, 2008

Oracle Philippines has a new managing director in the person of Mr. Ryan Guadalquiver.
No formal introduction was made with the press yet but Mr. Guadalquiver was introduced as the new MD in a recent Oracle event.
Mr. Guadalquiver also represented Oracle Philippines when it entered into an agreement with the Department of Education [...]

100,000 Sony Battery Packs Recalled

Posted by: ADMIN on: October 31, 2008

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, and Sony announced a voluntary recall of about 35,000 batteries and an additional 65,000 batteries that were sold worldwide used in Hewlett-Packard, Toshiba and Dell Notebook Computers.
The voluntary recall was due to reports that the lithium-ion batteries can overheat, posing a fire and burn hazard to consumers. There have [...]

Apple updates MobileMe

Posted by: ADMIN on: October 31, 2008

Apple released a refreshed version of MobileMe, its cloud computing service for syncing an iPhone’s email and calendar with a Mac, or Outlook on a Windows PC.
The MobileMe update, which was “pushed out” or automatically installed on subscriber’s devices, includes 37 bug fixes.

Sun Microsystems Posts $1.7 Billion Loss for fiscal 1Q

Posted by: ADMIN on: October 31, 2008

Sun Microsystems, Inc. reported a net loss for the first quarter of fiscal 2009 on a GAAP basis was $1.677 billion, or $(2.24) per share on a diluted basis, as compared with a net income of $89 million, or $0.10 per share, for the first quarter of fiscal 2008.
Revenues for the first quarter of fiscal [...]

Lenovo introduced its “e” IdeaPad S10e netbook

Posted by: ADMIN on: October 29, 2008

Lenovo launches the new IdeaPad S10e netbook for education. Designed for students for one-to-one computing in grades K-12 as well as those in higher education, the new netbook combines the portability of a small and light PC device starting under three pounds with Internet and multimedia functionality at an affordable price.
The new netbook comes with [...]

Android OS Security Flaw Found

Posted by: ADMIN on: October 29, 2008

A major flaw in the Google phone’s operating system was recently discovered. The flaw can allow a hacker to install keystroke logging software which would enable them to track which keys are pressed and thus giving access to password protected websites such as your online banking account.
Google says the problem has already been [...]

Microsoft Office 14 embraces web browser

Posted by: ADMIN on: October 29, 2008

Microsoft said that the next version of Office Suite (Office 14) would be usable within a web browser.
Microsoft added that this new feature addition would enable the users to view and edit documents and spreadsheets inside the web browser.

Dell Delivers New Line of Commercial Desktop Solutions

Posted by: ADMIN on: October 29, 2008

Dell announced a new line of OptiPlex commercial desktops, Flexible Computing Solutions and service offerings designed to reduce costs throughout the desktop lifecycle.
In total, the company is introducing four new platforms:
- OptiPlex 960 – enables up to 43 percent less power consumption to reduce energy costs over previous generation of OptiPlex desktops.
- OptiPlex [...]

Yahoo Launches Open Strategy for Developers

Posted by: ADMIN on: October 29, 2008

Yahoo introduced its Yahoo Open Strategy (Y!OS) 1.0 Developer Release, a set of programming resources to help developers to build social applications for use on Yahoo:
Yahoo! Social Platform
The Yahoo! Social Platform (YSP) consists of a suite of REST-based social APIs from Yahoo! including: Profiles, Connections, Updates, Contacts and Status. These services will make it possible [...]

HP Mini-Note 1000 Spotted

Posted by: ADMIN on: October 28, 2008

The successor to HP mini-note 2133 seems to be underway when the HP Mini 1000 have appeared on the HP shopping site with a starting price of $399.99.

The all new HP Mini 1000 Netbooks is only 1-inch thick and weighs only a mere 2.25lbs. The new 10-inch ultraportable netbook is expected to have an [...]


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