Archive for November, 2008
How to Watch Pacquiao vs Dela Hoya Online?
The much-awaited fight between Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao, a 4-division world champion and Oscar “The Golden Boy” dela Hoya, a 6-division world champion, on December 6, 2008, is consider as one of the best fights in boxing.
I’ve never been a boxing fan, but I think I’ll watch this fight. The battle between these two boxing legends is so big in the Philippines that major cinemas nationwide will be showing it on big screens. Restaurants are also usually jam-packed especially those offering pay-per-viewing. Filipinos usually suspend their works just to watch every Pacquiao fight. The streets are cleared from traffic jams and the transportation is seemingly “paralyzed” because everyone is watching Manny Pacquiao.
The fight between Pacquiao and Dela Hoya has even conquered the cyberworld. Boxing fans are finding ways to watch the much-talked about battle especially online for free. Thanks to Youtube, Yahoo Video and the like, fans are able to watch Pacquiao vs. dela Hoya fight online for free with the help of user-uploaded videos, however these are expected to be delayed. But if you want to watch it live for a minimal fee, myGMA.com.ph may be offering a live telecast online.
For additional tips on how to watch Manny Pacquiao vs. Oscar dela Hoya Fight online, please visit Paetechie Technology News.
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Samsung BL103 10.0 Megapixel Camera
- a 2.7-inch LCD display
- 3x optical zoom and 5x digital zoom.
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Toshiba Satellite L305-S5891 Laptop Complete Specs
Ever since, I always wanted to have a Toshiba Satellite L305-S5891 laptop because it is one of the notebooks available with greatest specs I am looking for in a laptop. A Windows Vista OS (that’s why I am not into Mac), a fast processor, a WiFi LAN, a large storage capacity, a DVD-CD combo drive, etc.
Toshiba Satellite L305-S5891 has the following complete specifications:
Operating System: Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium (SP1, 32-bit)
Processor:Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core processor T3200
Processor Type: Pentium® dual-core processor
Processor Number: T3200
Processor Speed: 2.0GHz
Front Side Bus: 667MHz
Memory Size: 2048MB
Memory Speed: PC6400 DDR2 800MHz SDRAM
Display Size: 15.4″ widescreen
Display Type: WXGA with TruBrite® Technology
Display Resolution: 1280×800, Supports 720p content
Graphics Engine: Mobile Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M
Graphics Memory: 128MB-830MB dynamically allocated shared graphics memory
Hard Drive Size: 160GB
Hard Drive Speed: 5400rpm
Secondary Hard Drive Size: No Secondary Hard Drive Installed
Optical Drives: DVD-SuperMulti drive (+/-R double layer) supporting up to 11 fomats
Wireless LAN: Atheros® Wireless LAN (802.11b/g)
Bluetooth: No Bluetooth (No Antenna)
Input Devices: TouchPad pointing device, 86 key US keyboard
Modem:Modem
LAN: 10/100 Ethernet LAN
Audio: Standard stereo speakers, Headphone jack (stereo), Microphone jack (mono)
AC Adapter: 75W (19V 3.95A) Auto-sensing, 100-240V / 50-60Hz input
Battery Type: Li-Ion (4000mAh)
PC Express Slot: 1-ExpressCard™ Slot
Media Port: 4-in-1 Bridge Media Adapter
USB Ports: 3-USB (2.0)
Software: TOSHIBA ConfigFree®, TOSHIBA Speech System, TOSHIBA DVD Player, Microsoft® Works Version 9.0, WildTangent® Orb™ Games Console, Norton 360™ All-In-One Security (60-day Trial), Google Picasa™, Microsoft® Office Trial Home and Student 2007 Edition (60-day trial), TOSHIBA Disc Creator
Weight: Starting at 5.49 lbs.
Color: Matte Silver
Warranty: 1-Yr Parts and Labor, 1-Year Battery
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Philippine National Red Cross’ Fire Safety Tips
The holiday season is the time for merrymaking, however, it can also be a time for calamities such as fires. Fires during Christmas can be caused by:
- faulty wiring and electrical overloading
- Christmas lights and bulbs that have not passed quality standards
- unattended lighted candles
- explosion of LPG tanks
- and most of all, firecrackers.
Due to the increased incidences of fire during Christmas season, the Philippine National Red Cross issued some tips on how to avoid this calamity:
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An Improved Smart Bro Prepaid Internet Connection
Just recently, Smart Telecommunications has announced the increased speed of Smart Bro prepaid internet to up to 2Mbps and dropped the price of the Smart Bro Prepaid Kit to Php 2,500.00. However, most users have not really received this promised rate for these past months.
I, myself, had several frustrations over Smart Bro Prepaid since I bought it last September 2008. I’ve had experienced frequent internet connection interruptions, with almost 5-15 minutes of disconnection. So I had to make several dialing attempts but usually ended up disappointed. I called their Smart Bro Hotline, even e-mailed them, only to end up disappointed again. It took a customer service representative a week to update me of the report, when they said I should expect a call of update within 24 hours. In fairness to them though, the customer representatives I’ve talked with are polite enough to assist me with my connection problems with Smart Bro Prepaid.
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Philippine Airlines (PAL) Airfare/Ticket/Flight Promos
The holiday season is one of the traveling peak seasons, especially in the Philippines. Filipinos value family togetherness during Christmas so they make it a point to go to their hometowns. It is during these days also that major airlines are offering fare/ticket/flight promos for one way trips or round trips to their clients.
Cebu Pacific Air is currently running low-airfare promos for international and domestic round trips. Also, previously they had a P500.00 All-in promo for trips on January to March 2009, booked last October 2008.
Philippine Airlines, although does not implement lowest rate promos, they are currently offering PAL EconoLight for international and domestic flights, with these applicable routes and fare rates:
- For as low as PHP 488
Between MANILA and LAOAG - For as low as PHP788
Between MANILA and LEGASPI/CEBU/ILOILO - For as low as PHP1,088
Between MANILA and BACOLOD/DUMAGUETE/KALIBO/
PUERTO PRINCESA/ROXAS/TACLOBAN/TAGBILARAN - For as low as PHP2,088
Between MANILA and BUTUAN/CAGAYAN DE ORO/COTABATO/
DAVAO/DIPOLOG/GENERAL SANTOS/ZAMBOANGA
However, only ticket purchases made online through their website are valid for this promo. Know more about these PAL EconoLight promo.
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A New Moon Movie?
Now that the first of the Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer has been adapted to a movie and is considered as a phenomenal success even before it is shown in cinemas, fans are already expecting part 2 of the quadrilogy, no make that ‘pentalogy’ (I am not sure how you term it), because Stephenie Meyer has been working on the fifth book called Midnight Sun.
The movie adaptation of the second book of the Twilight series, called the New Moon, is rumored to be released sometime in December 2009. Fan-made trailers for New Moon have been uploaded in YouTube and similar sites, expressing their opinions and what could be happening in the rumored second installment of the Twilight series.
With the rumors spreading, the fans ask who will be added to the cast? Will it top box office charts similar to Twilight? We’ll let’s just see.
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Watch Twilight Movie Online for FREE!
The Twilight movie has been considered as today’s phenomenon. On its premiere night, ticket sales soared high midnight before the showing time. The Twilight movie is expected to be a box office hit, especially to the female population and to those who have read the book. Fandango.com, an online ticket seller said that the Twilight movie is the fifth highest advanced ticket seller of all time.
Now that the “Twilight” movie will be premiering ahead in some countries, the movie producers should expect some leaked copies of the movie in the internet, especially in video sharing sites like YouTube, Megavideo, Veoh, etc.
For countries like the Philippines where movie premieres are usually delayed, some fans usually resorts to online movie streams from these video sharing sites. I have friends who spoils their excitement to a movie by watching it first online. It works to them as movie screening; if the movie is good and worth watching in cinemas, then they’ll spend bucks for it, but if it’s not worth a 150 bucks (one movie’s viewing cost in most major cinemas nationwide), then they will settle for what they have seen online. Haha.
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How to Win Free Twilight Premiere Tickets and Promos?
My friend and I have been wanting to see “Twilight” on its Philippine premiere night. However, we are currently on tight budget and we know that premiere tickets cost much, much higher than the regular screening.
On eBay, one Twilight premiere ticket costs Php 600.00, four times costly than the regular ticket price of Php 150.00 at most major cinemas in the country. But seeing the movie, especially one that is as anticipated as “Twilight” is one unforgettable experience you can boast off to your friends.
If you are just like us, who can’t even afford a 600 bucks-worth ticket, you can try joining contests that entitle you to win “Twilight” premiere tickets.
Supreme.ph is giving away “Twilight” premiere tickets for the premiere night at SM Mall of Asia on November 25, 2008 to 5 lucky winners. To join, you have to sign up at their website and post a picture of you and your friends as vampires or werewolves.
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Spice up your Gmail with Different Themes
Google is starting out to roll the new feature that lets Gmail users choose the look and layout of there Gmail dashboard. Personally, I think the new feature is very timely because the default theme of Gmail looks plain and boring to me.
Users can choose from different layouts, whatever suits their personality, taste and mood. The Gmail themes come in two sets: the plain ones and the artistic ones with creative backgrounds, images, and icons.
Ashish Mohta at TechnoSpot is lucky enough to experience this new feature first ahead of others and is already seeing the new themes.
To view if you already have this new feature, you can access Settings, then next to the Labs tab is the Themes tab which can let you choose the different themes. With this new feature, I am sure lots of customized themes will be coming out later.
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