Top-Selling Music Player - Microsoft’s Zune

Published by Jun | Filed under Amazon, Microsoft, Zune

The most popular Christmas gift this holiday season and top-selling music player is Microsoft’s Zune. This is the Hot Item in Amazon’s where it is the “Bestsellers in Electronics” and beats its competitor Apples’ new iPod Nano and the 80GB iPod in term of sales.

A report by the Associated Press says there’s a shortage of new Zune media players on the web and in retail stores. Apparently, the new 80GB Zune player has sold out everywhere…

The first-generation Zune players sales are continuing to rise due to their heavily discounted prices? Compare to 4GB iPod Nano that cost $135 and a 30GB Zune for $134. The big discount is crazy and i wouldn’t pass this deal. I rather have a 30GB than a 4GB music player. Read the rest of this entry »

Android and the $10M Challenge

Published by Jun | Filed under Android, Mobile, Google

In the Official Google Blog, Steve Horowitz, Engineering Director posted nor announced - Calling all developers: $10M Android challenge.

Indroducing Android:

Today, the team is releasing an early look at the Android SDK for developers interested in building applications for Android. To get things rolling, we’ve also announced the Android Developer Challenge, which provides $10 million in awards for developers who build great applications for Android. Read more on the new Android Developers blog to learn about this exciting mobile platform.

They are looking for brilliant minds who can come up with an innovative applications for mobile phones.

Heres the Android Demo video of Sergey Brin and Steve Horowitz discuss the availability of the SDK, that it will be open source in the future, and demo applications on the Android platform.

This new challenge is excited. Lets see who’s who developers going and take up the challenge.

A regular electronics dealership usually carries laptop computers as well as accessories like scanners and projectors. However for a digital camera, you will have to go shops related to photography.

Microsoft’s Zune Still Fails against Apple’s iPod

Published by Jun | Filed under iPod, Microsoft, Zune, Apple

Microsoft’s Zune was developed as killer competitor of Apple’s iPod but until now it’s far from dethroning iPod. Here in the Philippines i still have to heard anyone who owns a Zune and can proudly displaying it against mostly iPod users here particulary in Davao City. Myself is a fan and user of Apple’s iPod 80GB Video.

RoughlyDrafted has an article Why Microsoft’s Zune is Still Failing.

Microsoft failed miserably making Zune as a valuable product to consumer or have the value image of having this product makes you more cool. Apple still has the competitive edge and still maintining their share of the market.

Initially the electronics experts were modifying the tool of photography, that included the printers as well. Then it moved on to cell phones, ringtones and memories. Now we are on to home theater systems.

Scary VoIP Security Threats

Published by Jun | Filed under Peter Cox, Security, VoIP

The Voice over IP (VoIP) saves us from the over expensive traditional phone service. VoIP give us more oppurtunities to call abroad cheaply. This new way communication promises more benefits. As number of phone service provider is moving to an IP network infrastructure to cost savings on equipments, but they don’t see the seriousness of VoIP threats as exposed by a UK-based VoIP expert, Peter Cox, who co-founded and was CTO of firewall vendor BorderWare.

Here’s the 10 minute podcast of Peter Cox, as he demonstrate the worst-case nightmares of VoIP vulnerabilities and released a proof-of-concept program to show how easy it would be for criminals to eavesdrop on the VoIP-based phone calls of any company using the technology.

Called SIPtap, the software is able to monitor multiple Voice-over-IP (VoIP) call streams, listening in and recording them for remote inspection as .wav files. All that the criminal would need would be to infect a single PC inside the network with a Trojan incorporating these functions, although the hack would work at ISP level as well.

Thought of using VoIP as far more safer than the traditional digital land lines from wire-tapping? This VoIP proof-of-concept hacks scares me and the rest of the world who gives priority about security and their privacy. I don’t want anyone lurking in my network sniffing my calls.

Ain’t you also scared?

Just like ringtones are a mere byline of cell phones, tools like printers and scanners are also just to go with photography.

GambleCraft.com

Published by Jun | Filed under Sponsored Post

Want to enjoy playing Online Casino? Playing casino games at the fullest? Theres a website that will cater your needs, it’s GambleCraft.com. GambleCraft.com teach and give you all the knowledge you need to play casino games like poker, slots and roulette and etc. It does not only teach you the rules of the games but it also teach you more advance strategies to keep you shape in playing casino games. Read the rest of this entry »

Google in Wordpress Dashboard and Technorati Losing?

Published by Jun | Filed under Search Engine, Technorati, Wordpress, Google

I just upgraded some of my blogs from 2.1.x and 2.2.x to latest wordpress version 2.3.1. I have noticed that the Wordpress Dashboard “Incoming Links” at the sidebar has been replaced from Technorati to Google Blog Search.

Maybe the Wordpress Developer is not happy where Technorati is going. The Technorati search results is not that good and it’s losing against Google in Blog Search results. As of this writing the search results of Google returns are far more superior compare to Technorati. When i try searching same keyword in Google Blog Search and Technorati, the SERPs of Google Blog Search has more results and relevance against Technorati search. Read the rest of this entry »

Google’s OpenSocial Platform Releases

Published by Jun | Filed under Facebook, Social Networking, OpenSocial, Google

Google just announced that starting tonight, developers can start writing applications using the social API for Orkut, MySpace, Engage.com, Friendster, hi5, Hyves, imeem, LinkedIn, Ning, Oracle, Plaxo, Salesforce.com, Six Apart, Tianji, Viadeo, and XING at http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial.

Will Facebook give in?”

After Breaking Open Facebook with Free Open Source Software, TechCrunch reports Google plans to announce an open API for social networking tomorrow. “OpenSocial is a set of three common APIs, defined by Google with input from partners, that allow developers to access core functions and information at social networks: 1) Profile Information (user data) 2) Friends Information (social graph) and 3) Activities (things that happen, News Feed type stuff)” Says Om Malik: “OpenSocial attacks Facebook where it is the weakest (and the strongest): its quintessential closed nature…Even if you take Facebook out of the equation, the task of writing and adapting widgets for the every increasing number of social platforms was going to be turn into a colossal mess.

What do you think of this new development in social networking?

Free Workshop on JavaScript at the Felis Seminar Resort

Published by Jun | Filed under Workshop, Javascript, Acrobat, Events

Thom Parker is perhaps among the top 3 experts in the world on Acrobat JavaScript. He will be in Davao City.

Thom is giving a free workshop on JavaScript at the Felis Seminar Resort in Matina Aplaya on Friday November 16 beginning at 3:00PM. The resort is asking for 200 PHP for dinner for adults and 120 PHP for children, but the workshop is free… (Ted)

If JavaScript is your interest join us! You can email Felis Resort at - felisresort_4@yahoo.com or call 298-2601 for reservation. Just tell them you want to attend Javascript Workshop with Thom Parker.

Adobe Creative Suite 3 Bible Book

Published by Jun | Filed under Adobe Creative Suite, Book, Flex, Acrobat, Adobe

After the lecture and discussions about Adobe Acrobat and Flex theres a small raffle and give-aways by Ted Padova.

Heres what i got - a Adobe Creative Suite 3 Bible Book.

I’ll read this in the coming days. This will surely help me alot in navigating Adobe CS3. I already have an installer and play with it more.

Aside from the books Ted also gives some Adobe Acrobat User Community ballpen, tshirts and flash drive. Theres more giveaways in the coming workshops.

Am i lucky or what?