Saturday, June 28, 2008

Western Digital External Hard Drives


For a couple of days now, I have been looking for good quality hard drives, that comes in a cheap price (reasonable cheap price that is). I have planning to buy an external hard drive for almost a year now, but I haven't bought one because I haven't got enough money! So, I asked my mama if she can give me one, as a birthday gift. And luckily, she agreed! Yes! I can finally have my own external hard drive.

So, to have an idea on what to buy, I have searched through the world wide web, looking for best quality hard drives. I have visited a lot of online markets, namely tipidpc.com, pcbodega.com and davaosale.com. Finally, I have decided what to buy. Actually, I have decided on the brand, but haven't decided on what model. It's Western Digital's My Book Essential Edition 320 GB, or My Book Home Edition 320 GB. They have different prices, and a little difference in their specifications.

Why have I chosen this? Let's see:
  • It's quite cheap (3950 for the Essential Edition and 4850 for the Home Edition)
  • It has a shock proof enclosure
  • Nice black color
  • Compatible with Windows and Mac
  • Easy to use (according to users)
  • A nice design
  • The My Book Home Edition has FireWire, perfect for Macintosh
  • The My Book Home Edition has an indicator of how much of the hard drive is used
  • The My Book Home Edition has an automatic back-up
  • It turns on and off with the PC
  • Portable
  • And.. It is recommended by users
So, if you are also looking for an external hard drive, I recommend the brand Western Digital, and My Book Essential and My Book Home Editions, for basic use of storage.
If you click here, you can see there's a lot more models you can choose from. And.. they have 1TB and 2TB capacities! You can also go to the online markets I have mentioned (preferably for Filipino buyers).
Western Digital My Book Essential Edition

Western Digital My Book Home Edition

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Adding Desktop RAM to your PC


As the technology world continues to grow, and is still one of the best fields in business right now, users, such as myself, wanted to cope up with changes that each of these technologies has to offer. And one strategy to cope up with the changes is getting to upgrade, especially if you’re really obsessed with the technology that you are using. Let’s take for example, computers, men or women, young or old, expert or not, what computer enthusiasts want for their personal computers is that it has something to brag about. What is something to brag about is the speed, the capacity, the interface, the looks, and all of that stuff. Because one is so enthusiastic about upgrading, he is also enthusiastic on searching for resources of computer parts, and the best ones are the most reliable and, maybe the cheapest, considering the quality of course.

Let me share with you this site that offers great deals of memory. Since adding computer RAM is one of those that we look for, especially in upgrading our personal computers. They have a lot of memory deals, like if you want to add iMac memory for your Apple computers, for a much greater memory capacity of running several applications, like your iTunes, Safari internet explorer, your word processing applications, games, and a lot more. Or if you can choose DDR PC2700 Memory, with a 1 GB capacity, you can even browse through to other memories available on the site. They offer great deals, and a reliable source, indeed.

Thursday, June 19, 2008

(OFF TOPIC) Defense Mechanism Slides


To the class of PSY 111, code 1-231, schedule of 7:40 am - 8:40 am, at room F709:

You can download the "Defense Mechanisms" slide presentation, here.

You can also go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_mechanism for further readings on the topic.

Go to http://www.advisorteam.com/temperament_sorter/register.asp for the Keirsey Temperament Sorter Test (Assignment).

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Technopreneurship



Technopreneurship in Davao City:

Davao city is one of the highest technopreneurship city in the Philippines, based on the study conducted by the information communications and technology. As the findings suggest, Davao city is an emerging city of new developments and because of this, new jobs are being adapted, and one field is in technology. Jobs related to technology such as internet cafes, computer stores, call centers, mobile phone stores, web design and computer related businesses and corporation and the like have been emerging since the development of Davao city. For this reason, the city has also produced a lot of graduates of information technology related courses, as well as in commerce and management.

A lot of business now, in davao city, are focused marketing technology stuff, such as computers, computer parts and gadgets. In line with this, some loans have been converted to it parks and businesses, mostly call centers. Outsource companies have a lot to do with the technopreneurship in Davao city. Also there are more online stores now, davaosale.com, for example.


Technopreneurship in the Philippines:

The Philippines’ technopreneurship can be concluded in just a sentence, the Filipinos know technology, however, they are not able to fully adapt the concept because they are not ready for the change. Based on the resources that I have read, a lot of Filipinos are aware of what technology can do to them, however, because of its fast emerging event, changes may not be easily adapted, since they are more accustomed to old ways, which cannot be easily replaced. But to take note, the Philippines have a lot of IT businesses already, and some infrastructure also adapt IT stuff in order to operate.

However, as Filipinos are so eager to compete with the changing world, they tend to buy and sell products that aren’t good in quality. Although these products (mostly gadgets), are usable, most of them are fake and that’s not a great thing for technopreneurship in the country.


Global Technopreneurship:

Technopreneurship, globally, is such a fast pacing economic builder. Nowadays, engaging into technopreneurship gives a company, a businessman, or even a young man, a greater edge than other companies who prefer using the old ways. Take for example the ever growing business in the world wide web, may it be local, a lot of people are experiencing convenience surfing the net and buying online. Online stores, shopping cart systems, do not only provide convenience but the easiest way to earn profit, and saving a lot from expenses.

Also, technological advances, like computer manipulated machines, are marketed to large companies to enhance their service, this in turn does not only show how popular technology is in the market, but it also shows that people, globally, are adapting technology in their business, and in their lives. Probably the most noted countries for having such great influences on technopreneurship are Japan and the United States. Because they have more advances and that they profit more on using technology, other countries follow them.

In short, the global technopreneurship is one of the greatest achievements of technology, and it is one of the most influencing changes that the world is going through, and is continue to grow.

Friday, June 6, 2008

New Gmail Beta Features Added!


For four years now, Gmail has been undergoing reconstruction and development, in order to serve their users with their best interests, and what's going to make them more interested to Gmail. It is quite a long time for the Google developers to take the development of the Gmail to a complete email processing, multi-processing, and user-friendly. Just imagine, four years, and it is still under development, how serious Google is, especially on the user-friendliness of their Gmail feature.

Some of the new features added to Gmail are:
  • Custom Keyboard Shortcuts

  • Mouse activated actions - users can use mouse movements to do a particular action

  • "Labs" tab for user setting
These features are only 3 out of 13 new features of Gmail. For the list or for the overview about an article about the added features, click here.
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