Dear For-Sale Sites, Please Require Serial Numbers

Wouldn’t it be harder to thieves to fence stuff online if all reputable for-sale sites required sellers to post the serial numbers of their wares? It’s been a pretty hectic week for Technograph, involving a couple of stolen Macbook Pros. The unibody was recently stolen, while its 2007 counterpart was found.

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Editorial

Posted on March 18th, 2009 Written by Rico

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Stolen Macbook Pro Being Sold on PhilMUG!

Unfortunately, this isn’t the stolen Macbook Pro of Marco Palinar. To make a long story short: Marc Macalua’s Macbook Pro was stolen last year. Mr. Macalua posted an announcement on local Mac user group PhilMUG, telling people to look out for the serial number of his stolen laptop. Forward a few months later, and Marc [...]

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Featured, News, Tips & Tricks

Posted on March 17th, 2009 Written by Rico

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Rohan Philippines Closed Beta Test Ends

And the open beta test begins. What does this mean? Details over at gmtristan.com.

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Gaming

Posted on March 17th, 2009 Written by Rico

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Asus Eee PC S101H Costs P34,000 in the Philippines

At least, that’s the SRP; local retailers are free to set their own price. Here’s what P34,000 gets you: Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz Intel 945GSE 10.2” wide active matrix LED-backlit TFT, WSVGA 1024 x 600 Genuine Windows XP Home/GNU Linux WiFi 802.11n Bluetooth 2.0 1 GB DDR2 RAM 16GB, 32GB & 64GB SSD 20GB Eee [...]

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Rundowns

Posted on March 17th, 2009 Written by Rico

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When Will the MSI Wind U115 Reach the Philippines?

The MSI Wind should pique interest due to its tested 13-hour battery life. As international affiliate The Gadget Blog reports, a unit was left on with a program maintaining CPU usage at 100%. With WiFi off and the display presumably on the whole time, the battery died out after 13 hours and 15 minutes. No [...]

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Rundowns

Posted on March 17th, 2009 Written by Rico

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Stolen Macbook Pro User Shows How to Avoid Laptop Theft

We can learn from Marco’s story of the stolen Macbook Pro. Here’s what I’ve learned so far: Don’t place your laptop into the trunk in public. Apparently someone noticed Marco and his friend were doing so, and thus had a target to focus on. Never rely on parking lot security. Most (if not all) parking [...]

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News, Tips & Tricks

Posted on March 16th, 2009 Written by Rico

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Watch Out for Marco’s Stolen Macbook Pro!

Reader Marco shared the very painful story of his stolen Macbook Pro: My friend had his car broken into by thieves last night. He was parked in the parking lot beside Podium in Ortigas. We placed our things inside the trunk. When we came back a few hours later everything was gone which included his [...]

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Announcements

Posted on March 16th, 2009 Written by Rico

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The Smart BRO-Powered Wireless Router

Basically, Smart BRO Share It allows up to five computers to use the same Smart BRO account. Think of it as Smart’s wireless broadband service integrated with a WiFi hotspot. Initially, Share It is available under “Plan 999″. For P999, the unit will provide 90 hours worth of up to 2 mbps connectivity, in “key [...]

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News

Posted on March 16th, 2009 Written by Rico

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Last Week’s Top Stories

What Election Automation Means for the Philippines Getting Rid of Those Filipina Mail-Order Bride Ads Bicolano Appointed as Global Director at DHL’s IT 1-Year Registration for .ph Domains Available Until April 30 P200 Purchase at Bo’s Coffee Brings Chance to Win Asus Eee PC S101H

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Rundowns

Posted on March 15th, 2009 Written by Rico

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P200 Purchase at Bo’s Coffee Brings Chance to Win Asus Eee PC S101H

From today (March 15) until May 31 of this year, any purchase worth P200 at a Bo’s Coffee branch automatically enters the customer in an Asus Eee PC S101H raffle. The draw presumably occurs after the promo period. Why would you want to win an S101H? Well, think of it as the stylish member of [...]

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Contests, Featured

Posted on March 15th, 2009 Written by Rico

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