Addicted

Im becoming addicted to a mmorpg called perfect world............
thats all

Jose Rizal

Did you know that our Philippine National Hero and writer Jose Rizal could read and write at age of 2. He grew up to speak more than 20 languages, including Latin, Greek, German, French, and Chinese. What were his last words? "Consummatum est!" ("It is done!")

scandal

i can't think or find any interesting topic for today ^^

Ultralight Laptop

SAN FRANCISCO — Steven P. Jobs, Apple’s chief executive, took several big gambles Tuesday, betting that he could repeat his success in selling digital music by persuading Hollywood to allow Apple to rent digital movies, while at the same time returning to his original Macintosh roots with an elegant — but limited — ultralight computer called the MacBook Air.

Mr. Jobs has made his keynote presentation at the opening of the Macworld Expo trade show here a consistent marketing tour de force in recent years. And although Mr. Jobs did not return to the heights of media frenzy that he reached with the introduction of the iPhone a year ago, his presentation on Tuesday trod familiar, and popular, ground.

While introducing products and services from Apple’s best-known areas, Mr. Jobs concentrated on the movie rental service and the new notebook computer.

The terms of the service are similar to those offered by other companies. In an interview after the speech, Mr. Jobs insisted that Apple was the first distributor to persuade all of the major studios to join in its rental strategy. But the risk for Apple is that consumers may not like the limits placed on their movie viewing.

For the iTunes movie rentals, consumers will have 30 days to begin watching, then 24 hours to finish the movie before it is erased from the hard disk. Mr. Jobs said that after extended negotiations both sides felt this was an obvious strategy.

The movie studios, he said, knew it was time: “We talked to them and talked to them and finally a bit flipped. They know the rental model; we came to the conclusion it was the right model. It took months and it took a lot of discussions, but it wasn’t really that difficult once the bit flipped.”

In that interview, Mr. Jobs took pride in demonstrating the MacBook Air, a three-pound notebook computer that will sell at a base price of $1,799. Mr. Jobs said that in order to reach his goal of making the industry’s thinnest computer, Apple’s designers made a series of trade-offs that the majority of laptop buyers may not appreciate.

The computer uses a 1.8-inch disk drive, on which no more than 80 gigabytes of data can be stored. Memory is limited to a standard two gigabytes of RAM and its processor is slower than those of Apple’s other laptops. The design team jettisoned an optical disk storage device for playing DVDs. Mr. Jobs demonstrated a feature called Remote Disk that will make it possible to play the contents of a DVD via a wireless network from another Macintosh or Windows PC. Also, the MacBook Air’s battery is not removable.

Responding to a question about the growing array of media, including digital photographs, movies and music, that now swell most users’ hard drives, Mr. Jobs said, “Maybe this isn’t the computer for you.”

In the interview, Mr. Jobs chastised the recording industry for its efforts to handicap Apple and iTunes by offering digital music without digital rights management copy protection through competitors like Amazon.

“They’re trying to create a competitor to iTunes by denying us D.R.M.-free music,” he said. He noted, however, that because one major label, EMI, and independent music producers are selling D.R.M.-free music through Apple, iTunes customers now have access to what he said was about 35 percent of the market without copy protection.

“It’s been frustrating us a little,” he acknowledged. “The music industry and iTunes need to find a way to work together because we’re the best vehicle they have.”

During his presentation, Mr. Jobs also demonstrated the first major software upgrade for the iPhone. He surprised analysts by reporting that Apple sold four million iPhones during their first six months on the market, a number significantly above most market research firms’ projections.

He demonstrated a handful of features that have been added to the phone, including a navigation feature that allows the phone to find the user’s rough location on a map by using network databases that record the location of cellphone towers and Wi-Fi hot spots.

Apple shares slipped, losing $9.74, or 5.5 percent, to close at $169.04. In after-hours trading, shares fell another 3.6 percent.

Wowowe

DTI: No evidence of 'Wilyonaryo' cheating so far; Willie might be asked to testify

The Department of Trade and Industry committee investigating the "Wilyonaryo" incident on the August 20, 2007 episode of ABS-CBN's game show Wowowee clarified earlier reports, saying it has not concluded its probe on whether cheating actually occurred.

According to a report aired over ABS-CBN's TV Patrol World, the DTI's fact-finding committee said that it simply found "probable cause" to charge ABS-CBN for a possible violation of the Consumer Act.

The DTI committee clarified that the filing of administrative charges against the network is for possible violation of the Consumer Act and not because any cheating has been established.

It added that further investigation into the mechanics and rules of the "Wilyonaryo" segment will be done to establish once and for all whether a violation of the Consumer Act did occur.

The committe also said that if the prosecution wishes, Wowowee host Willie Revillame may be called to a hearing in order to share what he knows about the incident.

ABS-CBN has denied any attempt to rig the results of the "Wilyonaryo" game and maintains that what appeared to be cheating was merely the result of a design flaw in the props used during the incident.

The "Wilyonaryo" game has already been removed from "Wowowee".

A similar investigation on the same incident by the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) found no evidence of cheating and cleared ABS-CBN of any wrongdoing.

In a related development, the DTI fact-finding committee recommended that all TV game shows first secure a permit from the agency for all their game segments.

ABS-CBN has contested this recommendation, saying no DTI permits are necessary since game show segments are not sales and promotional activities.

Scandal

look at this photo that i just saw in the web^^
its so funny eheheh..
i think this place is somewhere in china

Streaming Sites

here are the best sites that i always visit and watch streaming videos of anime, drama, comedy, music video and sometimes there are movies...

LIST

1. www.veoh.com Veoh

2. www.crunchyroll.com CrunchyRoll

3.www.youtube.comYouTube

4. www.dailymotion.comDailyMotion

5. www.stormberry.tvStormBerry



i had watch alot of anime series at these mentioned sites ^^

Perfect World

I just started playing perfect world last 3 days.... and i think its an interesting game....

Can Apple Outdo the iPhone?

With an underwhelming Consumer Electronics Show receding in the tech universe's review mirror, the focus has turned to the upcoming Macworld. Steve Jobs has a lot to live up after last year's performance when he introduced the iPhone, forever altering the smartphone landscape. Jobs isn't expected to announce anything quite so groundbreaking, but there's still plenty of speculation about what he'll be unveiling on Tuesday. Here's the buzz:

Movie Rentals on iTunes
Can Apple transform how we watch movies the way it changed how we listen to music? BusinessWeek and The Wall Street Journal are reporting that Apple, which already sells first-run Disney movies through its online store, is hammering out rental agreements with them as well as with Warner Bros., Lion's Gate and Paramount. One potential sticking point has been pricing. The recording industry hates the 99-cent-per-song standard and it appears unlikely that the film industry will go along with a similar flat pricing structure—they want flexibility. Exact details of how the rental system would work are scarce, but it seems likely that the rented movie would live on your hard drive for a pre-determined amount of time (24 hours or a week) and then disappear.

Rip DVDs onto iTunes
The Financial Times is reporting that Apple is also hammering out a deal to license its FairPlay digital rights management scheme to Fox so users would be able to rip Fox DVDs onto iTunes a first for Apple, which has historically been nervous about compromising the integrity of its encryption. Taken together with Sony's new Amazon partnership, could this signal the coming end of DRM?

Ultrathin Laptops
One rumor that's been impossible to shake is that the MacBook Pro could get an upgrade—or rather, downgrade. Don't be surprised to see a thinner, lighter laptop with a 12-inch screen released some time around February (in the $1700-$1800 range). The new machines—some are calling them—"subnotebooks"-will come with Intel inside, naturally.

econd Generation iPhone
This is, after all, the one-year anniversary of the first iPhone announcement. Some expect to see a 16 Gb iPhone, carrying twice the capacity of the current model. Another possibility is that Apple might uncuff the device from AT&T's service—which has been a sore point among folks who prefer to choose their own service provider. (Some more enterprising customers have already taken this matter into their own hands.)

High Definition
Analysts suspect Jobs will announce that Apple is embracing Blu-ray, Sony's high-definition DVD technology. For its part, Microsoft already has a partnership with Toshiba and its HD DVD format (which, given Warner Bros.'s recent announcement that it will be releasing movies only in the Blue-ray format, may be the losing bet). What better way to stick it to your nemesis?

Long-Distance, or "Last Mile" Wireless Apple doesn't have any sort of wide area wireless built into its laptops (Dell and HP do), but Apple's new friend Intel is helping to drive the wireless broadbandWiMAX Alliance. A few Macworld photos have already leaked, including one with the slogan "There's something in the air." It'd be very attractive to see this sort of technology go mainstream. Either that, or the thing "in the air" could be ...

Revamped Apple TV and/or Apple Cinema Displays
The company's "digital adapter" hasn't made much inroad with consumers yet. The device, which connects computer networks with in-home entertainment systems, is designed to fling digital videos from your hard drive up onto big-screen TVs—or even just play digital music through stereo speakers. With all this talk about movie rentals, high definition, "something in the air," and now fully green, LED-backlit LCD screens, expect a potentially major audio-visual foray into the living room.

A Mac Tablet
This would be a totally new product, but one that's been swirling through the rumor mill for years. Think of it as a giant iPod touch: a flat, portable, touchscreen device—running on some modified version of the Leopard operating system, and powered by Intel. Given the public's lack of demonstrated demand for such a product, however, many analysts remain skeptical. Then again, we didn't know we wanted iPods before we had them.

"One More Thing..."
The company has been typically ruthless when it comes to keeping secrets this year. Just last month it (somewhat heavy-handedly) had a popular rumor site called ThinkSecret shut down for publishing, well, leaked secrets. So chances are pretty good that Jobs has some well-concealed announcement up his sleeve for the Tuesday's Stevenote—he usually saves the sexiest stuff for last.

Power-sipping TV a hit at CES

At CNET, we take HDTV power consumption seriously, which helps explain our excitement when Philips announced its Eco TV. The 42-inch, 1080p resolution, flat-panel LCD, model 42PFL5603D (due in March, $1,399 MSRP), is packed with power-saving features.

Philips' 42-inch Eco TV used as little as 75 watts during company demo at CES.

Chief among them is the ability to dim the backlight--by up to five times peak brightness--in response to program material, much like the "local dimming" found on Samsung's LED-based LN-T4681F.

Dimming the backlight in darker scenes has the dual benefit of saving power and improving black-level performance, according to the company.

The backlight can also be dimmed via a room lighting sensor, so in dark rooms it will use less power. There's also traditional a "power-saving" mode that caps the peak light output.

All of these features can be turned on or off at the viewer's discretion, which should please videophiles since many of these features' potential effects, such as black-level fluctuation, could negatively impact home theater image quality.

With this trifecta engaged, we saw the panel's power consumption dip to an impressive 75 watts during the in-booth demo--Philips had hooked up a Watt's Up to track consumption.

That's a bit more than a standard incandescent light bulb and 30 watts less than the most miserly 42-inch LCD we've tested ourselves so far, Philips' own 42PFL7432D measured after calibration. The Eco TV's standby power is also less than 0.15 watt according to the company, also among the best we've seen.

Until we test it over a period of time we have no idea how much money this HDTV will save on your annual power bill--the dimming backlight introduces too many variables--but we don't expect it to be more than $50 over a standard 42-inch LCD, assuming average energy costs.

Philips also built in a few other non-power-related greenie features, including lead-free materials and only "trace" amounts of mercury, which enables it to comply with strict ROHS and State of Vermont standards, respectively.

And yes, even the box is made from recycled material.

The 42PFL5630D lacks the company's patented Ambilight technology, which is actually another power-saving perk since those lights draw more juice.

It also lacks the high-end features such as the 120Hz technology found on its more-expensive brethren--this is strictly a mass-market TV, and one that should be more satisfying to environmentalists than any large-screen flat-panel we've seen so far

D-Gray man

Allen Walker is a young Exorcist who has a cursed eye that can see the suffering of the Akumas created by The Millenium Earl. He travels to England to the Headquarters of the Exorcists where his Master has sent him to meet with the other Exorcists. The battle with the Millenium Earl and the Noah Family vs. the Exorcists intensifies when some of the best Exorcists begin to get killed by hoards of Akuma. Japan takes center stage in this end of 19th Century plot in order to not let the entire human race be turned into Akumas and the Exorcists have the power of "Innocence" that was given to them by God on their side.


i just started watching this series anime and it was a nice anime..

Define BLOG

A BLOG refers to a private webpage which is published by either an individual or a group of individuals.

BLOGS are commonly personal journals/diaries and are used to comment on all sorts of topics depending on the interests of the blogger (author).

A BLOG is usually updated frequently, maybe monthly, weekly or even daily, it all depends on the blogger.

Most blogs enable the visitors to post comments and/or suggestions allowing interactivity between the blogger and the visitors.

Trivia for naruto fanatics

Did you know that the name of Uzumaki Naruto comes from a city in the Tokushima Prefecture of Japan named Naruto? The city of Naruto was founded on March 15th, 1947 and has a population of 64,257 and a density of 474.40 per km². Naruto is most famous for the Naruto Whirlpools (Uzumaki, hence Uzumaki Naruto), a famous tourist attraction. Naruto also is home to the Ryozenji and Gokurakuji temples, the first two temples of the 88 temples on the Shikoku Pilgrimage that are believed to have been visited by the famous Buddhist monk Kukai, who was born in Zentsuji of the Shikoku Prefecture in 774. The pilgrimage is 745 miles long (1200 kilometers) and traditionally walked, which can take up to 60 days to do completely. Those who do complete the entire pilgrimage are known as o-henro-san and are often recognizable by their white clothing, sedge hats, and walking sticks. Also in Naruto is the Ohnaruto Bridge, a suspension bridge on the route that connects Kobe with Naruto. Completed in 1985 the bridge crosses the Naruto Strait (location of the Naruto Whirlpools) and has a span of 876 meters (2,874 feet), good for being named the 25th largest bridge in the world.