10

February

Yahoo rejects Microsoft’s Bid

Yahoo Inc.’s board plans to reject Microsoft Corp.’s bid to buy the Internet pioneer, The Wall Street Jornal reported on its Web site Saturday.
Board members concluded the unsolicited $44.6 billion offer massively undervalues the Web pioneer, a person familiar with the situation told the newspaper.
Here’s Yahoo’s reason it rejected the offer:

1. Yahoo thinks Microsoft […]

04

February

WordCamp Dallas

The Wordpress Camp is in Dallas this year. I didn’t expect it to be on March which is quite inconvenient for me.
Saturday, March 29, 2008 at 9:30 am CT - Sunday, March 30, 2008 at 4:00 pm CT
Frisco, TX
Mark your calendars and plan on being in Frisco, Texas on March 29th & 30th for the […]

01

February

Microsoft wants to purchase Yahoo

Microsoft has offered to buy the search engine company Yahoo for $44.6bn (£22.4bn) in cash and shares. The offer, contained in a letter to Yahoo’s board, is 62% above Yahoo’s closing share price on Thursday.
The proposed acquisition, the largest ever by Microsoft, would give some relief to Yahoo’s long-suffering shareholders, who have seen the company’s […]

26

January

Withdraw Your Paypal to A Philippines Bank Account

via Pinoy Money Talk

Sign Up For Paypal Philippines
This is great news. Thanks Pinoy Money Talk for the heads up.
Effective yesterday, PayPal started allowing users in the Philippines to withdraw funds to local bank accounts.
Yes, it’s confirmed. Log in to your PayPal account and see that in the My Account > Withdraw page, you now have […]

20

January

Google Experimental Search

Check this latest experiment from Google called Google Experimental Search
This experiment lets you influence your search experience by adding, moving, and removing search results. When you search for the same keywords again, you’ll continue to see those changes. If you later want to revert your changes, you can undo any modifications you’ve made. Note that […]

16

January

Macbook Air in the Philippines

Apple introduces MacBook Air. When will it arrive in the Philippines? That’s the question? and how much will it cost? So I knew that there would be a new model this first quarter of 2008 but still I don’t regret buying my black macbook.
Now introducing the world’s thinnest notebook, Macbook Air. What […]

07

January

Pinoy Entrecard Users

My blog, About My Recovery joined the Entercard bandwagon out of curiosity. At first, I thought it was much work but later on I found it interesting to meet new blog niches especially my fellow Filipinos. I based this list on JoanJoyce as I wanted a list that didn’t open to a new page. […]

29

December

Netscape Navigator, the Browser End of Support

One of the most popular browser I used in 1996 was Netscape but it will soon end.
Netscape Navigator, the browser that launched the commercial Internet in October 1994, will die on February 1, 2008. AOL, which acquired Netscape in November 1998 for $4.2 billion, will announce today that they will discontinue development of the […]

11

November

One Laptop Per Child

From Inquirer.net

SAN FRANCISCO–Low-cost computers meant to usher poor children worldwide into the digital age are being mass produced in China as US nonprofit One Laptop Per Child strives to deliver on its promise.
The first of the XO laptops being built at a Quanta Computer facility in Changshu are destined for Uruguay, marking a milestone for […]

28

October

Google Page Rank Update is Unfair

After a lot of bloggers wrote their speculations regarding the downgrade of their page ranks, it appears that there is aReal Page Rank Update. I find it unfair that one of my advocacy sites, Touched by an Angel was downgraded from a Page rank of 5 to PR 3. I am not out to […]