Published by Aaron March 5th, 2007
in Tech.
Got this from digg. Here’s the 100 oldest currently-registered .com domains.
symbolics.com 15-Mar-85
bbn.com 24-Apr-85
think.com 24-May-85
mcc.com 11-Jul-85
dec.com 30-Sep-85
northrop.com 7-Nov-85
xerox.com 9-Jan-86
sri.com 17-Jan-86
hp.com 3-Mar-86
bellcore.com 5-Mar-86
Published by Aaron February 23rd, 2007
in Tech.
ASTI conducted a seminar this afternoon about bioinformatics in order for Filipino ICT researchers to appreciate their potential role in local bioinformatics researches. Bioinformatics is a rapidly developing field of study, in which the tools and methods of mathematics, statistics, and computer science are utilized to address problems in biology.
The seminar was attended by people […]
Published by Aaron February 18th, 2007
in Tech.
Foxit Reader 2.0 is a free PDF document viewer and printer, with incredible small size (only 1.5 M download size), breezing-fast launch speed and amazingly rich feature set. Foxit Reader 2.0 supports Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003. Its core function is compatible with PDF Standard 1.6.
First Impression: It’s FAST! Much much faster than Adobe Acrobat Reader. Here’s the […]
Published by Aaron February 8th, 2007
in Philippines and Tech.
Internet/WAP rate via HSDPA/3G/EDGE/GPRS:
Smart Communications: P10 per 30 minutes
Globe Telecom: P0.15 per kilobyte
Sun Cellular: P0.10 per kilobyte
Compared to Smart’s offering, Sun and Globe rates are too costly. P10 using Sun or Globe services is only good for browsing the mobile versions of Gmail or Yahoomail for 5 to 10 minutes. For heavy users, […]
Published by Aaron January 10th, 2007
in Musing and Tech.
To fanboys delight, Apple announces the iPhone.
iPhone combines three products — a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and a breakthrough Internet communications device with desktop-class email, web browsing, maps, and searching — into one small and lightweight handheld device. iPhone also introduces an entirely new user interface based on a large […]
Published by Aaron January 4th, 2007
in Tech.
SED stands for Surface-conduction Electron-emitter Display. SED is a next-generation flat-panel display that offers excellent performance characteristics. Toshiba and Canon will start the first stage of mass production of SED panels in July 2007 and launch SED TVs before 2008.
SED technology works much like a traditional CRT except instead of one large electron gun firing […]