Google Jumps Into the Browser Wars with Google Chrome

Google Inc. today launched Google Chrome, a new open source browser intended to create a better Web experience for users around the world. Available in beta in more than 40 languages, including Filipino, Google Chrome is a new approach to the browser that’s based on the simplicity and power that users have come to expect from Google products.

 

Asus: Bamboo in the Name of the Green Trend

Asus has launched the Asus Bamboo Series notebook, a bamboo-clad product that is truly green throughout every phase of its life – from its conception, production and use to its eventual recycling and disposal. In developing the Asus Bamboo Series notebook, Asus staff at all levels leveraged the full spectrum of environmental expertise that the company has accumulated since 2002 when it initiated its Green ASUS drive – before the RoHS and WEEE directives were enforced – and utilized the comprehensive green product design and management tools specifically created to encourage the disciplined adherence to green principles at a systemic level.

The Asus Bamboo Series is a major milestone for Asus and the IT industry at large, as it signals the coming of age of green technologies that are no longer confined to the conceptual realm, and that are implementable on a mass production scale. It also serves as a tangible manifestation of Asus’ commitment to continually bolstering its green capabilities. Finally, it is proof positive that meeting the demands of modern computing can be reconciled with the need to preserve the Earth, especially when a green mentality has become deeply ingrained in the solution provider’s culture – just as it has at Asus.

Quik list of specifications after the jump…

 

Download Red Alert for FREE

If the title still doesn’t clue you in, you can now legally download the original Red Alert for free. This in the 13th celebration of the game and the upcoming release of Red Alert 3. Download includes games for both the Soviet army and the Allied forces.

Still don’t believe it? Here’s the link from the Electronic Arts official site:

 

Asus Spews Ultra, Ultra Portable

ASUS R50 – The Mini and Mighty Ultra Mobile PC


Performance on the move hits new heights with the ASUS R50. Weighing a nominal 520g, with a 5.6” LCD screen and at about the size of a passport wallet, the R50 is an secure and powerful mini-notebook with priceless portability and communication capabilities (such as WiFi and HSDPA 3.5G). The R50 is loaded with powerful features, fully enabling global communications, travelling and entertainment in any landscape across the world. With a built-in Premier GPS device, real-time navigation has never been so easy. Together with ASUS Photo Navigator, pictures can be documented along the roads travelled. So wherever you venture, the R50 offers the power, portability and performance to meet the demands of living and competing in the global market place.

 

FAMILY PLANNING Gig

FAMILY PLANNING
Sept 3
MAGNET HIGH STREET

Sandwich
Sugarfree
Peryodiko
Duster
Cambio
The Dawn
Imago Pedicab
Chicosci!

Tickets at P200 with one free drink. Gates open at 8pm.

 

E-Heads Reunion Concert Watch: Finally The Final Details Released

After much bullcrap we had to put up with from that cancer stick-manufacturing company that was supposedly putting one of Manila’s biggest bands back together for a reunion gig, we get an update regarding tickets, a new team behind it and new direction for the concert.

 

Tomb Raider: A New Game, New Model and Her Kinda NSFW Shots

Rhona Mitra's Lara Croft, photo from Ray's Net

I have a special place in my heart for Tomb Raider. It’s the first PC game I after graduating from the pixel-happy realm of Pacman, Tetris and Solitaire. It’s gone on a spree of sequels, crossed game console platforms, spawned a movie and the Wilson Tortosa-drawn comic book, and its protagonist Lara Croft has metamorphosed from the crudely animated geek’s digital wet dream material to the kick ass geeks’ mastrubation visual aid rendered with amazing graphics.

As we all know, outside of the Angeline Jolie (and her painfully horrible faux British accent) celluloid landscape, Eidos and Core have gotten models in the past to play real-life Laras in their marketing materials and promotional appearances . Most popular, perhaps, would be Rhona Mitra (who’s moved on to television and movies).

 

AOC Launches New Widescreen LCD Monitors & TVs

OC, a registered trademark exclusively owned by TPV group, currently the world’s largest manufacturer of computer monitors and LCD screens, strengthens its presence in the Philippines with all-new widescreen LCD monitors showing off novel technical features and striking design innovations, and introducing AOC LCD Televisions in the market for the first time.

“AOC is dedicated in providing quality IT and entertainment experiences through its many products,” says Ms. Ula Ladrillo, Brand Manager of AOC Philippines “These include sleek and innovative design wide screen LCD monitors to maintain the no.1 market position in the market and the introduction of AOC LCD TVs”.
Avio

The Avio LCD monitor is said to be jack-of-all-trade with complete built-in digital entertainment gadgets. The AOC Avio offers premium picture quality for graphics-intensive applications. It comes with 3000:1(DCR) contrast ratio, which delivers exceptional image clarity, and 160-degree viewing angle to provide increased visibility from side viewpoints. Its response time is 5ms, a key feature that prevents fast moving objects from becoming blurred.

The New Lineup

 

A Prayer for Francis M

An artwork international comic book artist Whilce Portacio did for the comic book fan Francis Magalona

Scanning Plurk this morning I came upon news (because I rarely read the paper and have no time for television) that rapper, TV host and Pinoy pop culture icon Francis Magalona has been diagnosed with leukemia and is now confined for treatment in a yet to be disclosed hospital. This I believe is only proper as he and his family have never been known to actually crack open their privacy for the public to prey on and I do believe that fighting such an illness and the following recovery would only be effective when kept in silence and with only the people you’re closest to. But that shouldn’t stop people from supporting and praying for him during this battle.

Currently still undergoing a series of tests, his wife apparently shared with the Inquirer that Francis M started having symptoms of the illness this March and that it didn’t really manifest the extent of his condition right away. Also, according to the rapper himself, “What I’d rather talk about is how to we can solicit blood donations to replace the supply that I have consumed in the hospital.”

We only hope for the best for Francis M. So blood donations of any blood type and platelet are welcome if not encouraged, though of course would undergo necessary lab tests because of medical requirements (read: no existing blood-hinged diseases and allergies among others). Interested donors may drop by The Medical City in Ortigas Ave, Pasig City (a stonethrow away from the Meralco Compound). Perhaps we can also post prayers and well wishes on his personal blog at francismagalona.multiply.com.

 

WTF: Hello Kitty Scar?

I found this posted on kittyhell.com.

Because nothing says “I’m a hardcore emo/goth/punk/thrasher/metalhead badass” more than a scar bearing a mouthless cartoon cat with a huge ribbon. As if the Hello Kitty tattoo wasn’t enough, this guy (yes, it’s a GUY) probably added the scar to emphasize his supposed awesomeness and oneness with the Kitteh.

He bade farewell to his chances of getting a normal job in this corporate world the day he decided he wanted the tattoo-scar combo. And the guyliner, long braided hair with multicolored curls are not helping either.