Archive for May, 2008

Education For All Thru Radio

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

I visited my friends Nannie and Mel at my former office, Foundation for IT Education and Development. Nannie told me about a very interesting pilot project they conducted last year. They call it Education For All Thru Radio or EFAR . In essence: Teach Teachers through Radio content experts give a "lesson" via a ...

Phishing gets bigger: Whaling Attacks

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Teach a man to Phish and he'll probably get smarter and start to Whale! :-) Funny how they come up with terms like these. From Wikipedia, phishing is an attempt to criminally and fraudulently acquire sensitive information, such as usernames, passwords and credit card details, by masquerading as a trustworthy entity ...

Locate a selected mobile number

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

Got this through the mail. I am amazed at how technology has advanced so much. Simply Amazing! Simply Amusing! Btw, Not for kids... Guys... I found a site to locate a selected mobile number... Especially of the important persons in your life or "SICK" co-workers... For whatever reason you ...

umobile: Ad Funded mobile network

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

It's here! It was written in the books .... well, in technology magazines and on the internet, really. A few years ago, I read a feature in Time Magazine saying that mobile phone services will eventually become free. This will happen when advertising will be so effective on mobile phones that advertisers ...

We got Wigo - Free WiFi Hotspot

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

I'm at Rockwell now, connected to the Internet via Wigo, a free WiFi service. First time I tried out Wigo was in Dec31, 2007. I think back then they hadn't officially launched the service publicly yet. I encountered some of the Wigo sales people in January 2008 and they didn't like it when ...

My BlogBank First Quarter Report - Yey!

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

I got a raise! Raise the roof! :-) Yesterday, I got my first glimpse of how much I could earn from my BlogBank ads.  And am a happy puppy! It gives me an additional income stream from my blog. What I like about it is it's based on page impressions of the ...

Hi Phone - The Dual SIM iPhone clone

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

This article on Manila Bulletin caught my attention. The Hi-Phone is an iPhone clone (are we even surprised?). And it's also a Dual Active SIM Phone just like the My Phone. Excerpt from Carlo S. Suerte Felipe's article on Bulletin: The Effort to challenge the iPhone as the ultimate mobile device is, it ...

FREE PDF writer software: PrimoPDF

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

This software was referred to me by my colleague, Charles. PrimoPDF is the web’s #1 free software for creating 100% industry-standard PDF files. Simple to use and free of annoying ads, converting files to PDF has never been easier! Completely free PDF creator - Create PDF files from 300+ file types. Make 100% ...

Bulk Watermark Photographs - FastStone Image Viewer

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Last night, it took me almost an hour to search for an easy way to put watermarks on my tons of photos at http://photos.edongskey.com . In particular, I was looking for an easy way to do a Bulk Watermark for photos.  There are many softwares that can do this. But as ...

Cardless ATM Transactions: Newest way to receive payments or pay bills via BPI ATMs

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

BPI Recently launched Cardless Transactions! Now, anybody can make ATM deposits to any BPI account through selected BPI ATMs even without the ATM. The same goes with bills payment. BPI Express Teller Cardless Deposit / Bills Payment Now you don't have to rush to a BPI branch or spend your time waiting ...