Nov 09 2009

Waving (desperately) for a Wave

Category: Technology — DNA @ 12:50 am

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It's been more than a month since its release, but still no one pitied me enough to spare a Google Wave invite. Google snubbed my requests, and I haven't found a friend yet who has one. I've twitted, hoping somebody will take notice, and all I got was some bogus contest. Anybody out there has a spare one? *waves*

I feel so unloved... :(

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Oct 27 2008

Google Earth for iPhone

Category: Technology — DNA @ 10:37 pm

Google has released a custom Google Earth application for the iPhone/iPod Touch. C-O-O-L!

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Oct 27 2008

No ‘CEL’!

Category: Technology — DNA @ 9:27 pm

It was a let-down for me. I guess I expected too much.

I wasn't impressed with this year's Consumers Electronics Live Manila held at the Mall of Asia's SMX. There was nothing there that you wouldn't see at SM's Cyberzone, or in Gillmore. The only difference was that you didn't have to go in and out of shops and also the 'drop your card, pick a prize' gimmick which most of the exhibitors used as their come-ons to guests. And if you have ready cash, then you could avail of discounts on various gadgets.

Although I guess for the male visitors, even if there were no gadgets on displays, they would still enjoy the  eye candies 'on display'. As the trend in conventons, tradeshows, exhibits, etc. nowadays, there were plenty of gorgeous ladies milling around - models and consultants - in sexy, some skimpy, outfits.

The bright part of the show, for me, was seeing the Philippines' first solar-powered car, which I heard so much about. Now that's something I don't see that Cyberzone!

Oh, yeah, I also spotted the new MacBooks, which are more elegant and classy especially with the silver and black aluminum casing.

Well, better luck next year. I hope to see newer and more exciting products - something that's not yet out in the market just to whet our gadget appetites and make the trip worthwhile.

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Oct 21 2008

Sad Song

Category: Off-beat,Technology — DNA @ 10:59 am
I might just be singing this song soon...
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Oct 14 2008

HP-Happy

Category: Personal,Technology — DNA @ 8:46 pm
My Mini-notebook came without recovery disks, although has a hidden preloaded recovery partition. This hidden partition can be used to recover all of the original software in the event of a major problem.  I can actually create my own set of recovery disks. But I didn't want to do that. I wanted my own disks from HP. And knowing myself, who is often downloading stuff and installing different software, there is a great probability that I will screw up my system sooner or later.  I didn't want to wait for that time to order for recovery disks. And so I did.

I chatted with an online customer service agent, Dvi...... oh, gawd, I forgot his name! I was pretty sure he was in a call center in India. He was very helpful, and the request was a breeze. It seemed that he was used to that kind of request because he got my name right away, and my shipping address. Few hours later, I got an email with a DHL tracking number.  After three days, the disks arrived at my doorstep from the US.  I am now the happy owner of HP recovery disks!

This was actually the second time I called HP's customer support. The first was about an update of my other notebook, and I was satisfied with with the way they helped me resolve my issue. HP really really lives up to its name in 'Total Care' - powered by outsourcing.

(The screen is just a little bit bigger than the disks!)

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