Globe Telecom, one of the leading mobile operators in the Philippines (over 27 million subs), is launching VMS (Video Message Service) nationwide. By doing so, Globe will be the first to market VMS as a new media channel to their subscribers.
Internode takes another stab at the Wi-Fi pocket modem market with the new Huawei E5832, a personal wireless router that can share a 3G internet connection with up to three other Wi-Fi enabled devices like notebooks, tablets and smartphones. The Huawei is a less costly version of the MiFi 2352 mobile hotspot device that Internode released last year. The Huawei costs $149 outright or $49 on a 24-month-plan.
Nintendo Wii peripherals have a hit and miss run on the market. As much as Wii Fit and Wii Zapper are best-sellers there are also the duds like the Sword and Shield and the Knockout Boxing Gloves. So how does the uDraw developed and distributed by THQ, stack up? Well we can safely say that it stays reasonably in the middle of the spectrum.
Asus unveiled its newest laptop, the Asus UX which draws a lot of comparison to the MacBook Air. The 11-inch laptop has an aluminum alloy shell body and is only 17mm thick. It even has an instant-on resume feature. It's gotten increasingly obvious that this laptop was meant to be challenge the MacBook Air.
In an effort to compete with the growing tablet market, Intel has announced plans for a new class of thin and light laptops at the Computex trade show on Tuesday.
With its sleek curving lines and glossy finish, Sony Ericsson's new Xperia Neo differentiates itself in a world crowded with Android offerings.
Hackers attacked the PBS website on Saturday night and posted a report that rapper Tupac Shakur was alive in New Zealand. The story was only removed this Monday morning.
Australia envisions becoming a world-leading digital economy by the end of the decade by fully realising the benefits of the National Broadband Network (NBN).
Retro gamers will have to find another method to play old games as Android removed a collection of console emulators from the Android markets. CNET reports that console emulators, N64oid, Nesoid and Snesoid from the -oid series developer Yong Zhang had been removed and his account with Android Market has been terminated.
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced memory technology, today announced that it is the first in the industry to start mass producing 32 gigabyte (GB) memory modules, essential for cloud computing and advanced server systems, using 30 nanometer (nm) class* four gigabit (Gb) DDR3 DRAM chips.
Jimmy Buffet has filled his time recuperating from a fall off a Sydney stage by doing something productive: developing a game. Buffet has teamed up with gaming powerhouse THQ to develop Margaritaville Online, a game that will soon have Facebook, iPad, iPhone and iPod gamers frittering their time away on by partying online.
These days, an increasing number of browsers, including Chrome and Firefox 4, make it easy to access the latest version of your bookmarks from any computer you own thanks to built-in sync. The problem is that these proprietary sync technologies will only work with the browser they're designed for.
Just how fast does your hard drive appear to be filling up these days? It doesn't matter if you purchase the latest terabyte monster or are running a more humble 80GB drive, it's amazing how quickly all that space can quickly disappear.
Microsoft's volume-licensing upgrade plan locks Microsoft in as much as it does customers. Businesses choosing Software Assurance commit to paying for upgrade rights typically in three-year contracts.
There are hundreds of thousands of Windows PC viruses and just the one for the Mac. I disagree. This Trojan is the first Mac virus to widely spread in the wild. That makes it news.
Russian security company Elcomsoft has found a way to get through nearly all security an iOS 4 device could put up and has managed to access the stored data on any iOS 4 device.
If you deleted your embarrassing office Christmas party pictures out of Flickr but suddenly want to bring it up on the next corporate picnic, Flickr will now hang on to your erased pictures for three months.Flickr's new updated policy about erased content saves your deleted pictures 90 days after you deleted them.
Fairfax Media announced on May 30 that they are releasing iPad applications for The Herald and The Age tomorrow. The applications will have less advertising than the company's websites and will be presented as a news magazine with big pictures and stories culled from newspapers and their websites.
Australian Xbox users were given an early Christmas present when Foxtel declared that there will be no data charges for Telstra BigPond customers who are signed up to the Xbox 360 service. The pay subscription service also announced that BigPond TV channels which include the AFL and NRL channels, TVN and BigPond Sport TV will become available to Xbox gamers who use Foxtel's Xbox package.
The newest trailer for Epic Games' eagerly anticipated conclusion to the Gears of War trilogy was released last Saturday and it gave fans a look into the storyline of the newgame.
If Asus thought that people would be intrigued by their combination of phone in a tablet then they would be right. The PadFone with a new Android smartphone docked into the back of its larger screened tablet companion has proved to be unusual enough that people are looking forward to the big reveal at Computex in Taiwan tomorrow.
The Mac OS X 10.7 Lion will soon be roaring at Mac users according to a report in Australian MacWorld. The new OS is already being tested internally and Apple is nearly ready to launch the Lion. There are even rumors that Apple will unveil its next generation OS at the Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco on June 6-10.
Cyber crime is at an all time high but online users are still unaware of how to protect themselves and their online identities. In an effort to support the National Cyber Security Awareness Week, PayPal Australia and Pure Profile have joined forces to warn Australians not to share their private details online
If you're a harassed frequent flyer then Google's new "quick flight lookup" is just the app for you. Last Saturday Google launched their new search application that allows users to simply type "Flight [City] to [another City]" in the Google window and the search engine will display a summary of flight information right on the search page. No more looking up flights in different airline websites, a simple search will give users all the flight information they need.
Just when you thought it was safe to trade in your cash and credit cards for Google Wallet, PayPal and eBay launch a lawsuit to stop Google in its tracks. A day after Google launched its new mobile e-payment service, PayPal and eBay filed a lawsuit alleging that Google's new payment service was the result of some shady corporate dealings.
Nokia's taking a different strategy in the ongoing smartphone wars. While Apple, HTC and other smartphone makers are ramping up their efforts into more memory space, features and apps, Nokia is fighting back with its hidden weapon: an all gold-plated handset.
If you thought three builds of Firefox was hard enough to keep up with, you might want to sit down.
Registration for QuakeCon 2011, the annual PC gaming convention and LAN party is now open, and seats are filling up quickly.
Evidence is mounting that a Russian payment processing firm may be behind the Mac Defender malware scam that has suddenly brought the issue of Mac viruses into the limelight.
One year ago, Microsoft announced it had signed a licensing deal with Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC where Microsoft would receive royalties for every Android phone HTC made.
