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iPhone 4G

Author: cesarnoel
October 29, 2009

Just when people are settling in to iPhone 3G S,  Apple has previewed the upcoming iPhone 4G.

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iPhone 4G Features

• Titanium and Glass.
• OLED screen
• 3G
• GPS
• Front camera for iChat
• Removable battery
• 3.2 Megapixel camera
• Video
• 32 GB

The tentative release of the iPhone 4G will be around Mid 2010.



msyahoo-logoMicrosoft and Yahoo! has finally struck a partnership in terms of internet searches as Microsoft now powers Yahoo search engine.

A 10-year deal announced Wednesday gives Microsoft its best shot yet to show its new search technology, Bing, is as good as or better than Google’s. Microsoft also hopes to use Yahoo to divert sales from Google, which generates more than $20 billion a year from ads.

More about this news on Yahoo! News



June 21, 2009

wp28-logoWordress.org has recently released Wordpress 2.8 aptly named ‘Baker’. The significant changes in which it includes syntax highlighting for theme/plugin editing, a theme installer, and a great revamped widgets interface and API and more.

For a detailed writeup on the Wordpress 2.8 feature you can read it all in Andrew Turner’s blog post on Netuts.com entitled “The 10 WordPress 2.8 Features To Look Out For”



Microsoft must really love open source and want to see it succeed. Recently, Microsoft’s open-source team lead, Sam Ramji, urged open-source vendors not to compete with Microsoft on price, but instead focus on “value.”

While I’m sure Ramji meant well, I’m equally certain that Microsoft would like nothing more than to not be reminded of how expensive its products can be compared with open-source solutions. After all, Microsoft was the company that turned the software industry on its head by introducing lower-cost solutions years ago to undermine the Unix businesses of IBM and Hewlett-Packard, and the database businesses of Oracle and IBM.

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New Theme for iCNSQ Tech Blog

Author: cesarnoel
April 20, 2009

It’s been a while since I last did an update for this blog and I decided to post an update as well as a new theme to boot.  The new theme is simple but effectively show the blog’s niche.



March 12, 2009

If you usually see Apple’s Safari browser installer bundled with Quicktime or the Yahoo! Toolbar bundle on other installers, then Google Chrome is not far behind. Real Player installation now offers you to install Chrome during its own installation process. 

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Does this means REAL Networks will be part of Google’s every growing network?



The Nokia Morph Concept

Author: cesarnoel
February 10, 2009

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Before the idea of nanotechnology are only seen or heard on science fiction movies or TV shows until now. Nokia has recently introduced the Morph Concept in which nanotechnology is used to create fantastic opportunities for mobile devices which includes the following:

  • Newly-enabled flexible and transparent materials blend more seamlessly with the way we live
  • Devices become self-cleaning and self-preserving
  • Transparent electronics offering an entirely new aesthetic dimension
  • Built-in solar absorption might charge a device, whilst batteries become smaller, longer lasting and faster to charge
  • Integrated sensors might allow us to learn more about the environment around us, empowering us to make better choices.
  • and much more.
  • If the above list doesn’t awestruck you as much then this video might awestruck you more:

    Read more about it on Nokia.com



    January 28, 2009


    The last quarter numbers from Microsoft are out and it’s not looking very good. As such, Microsoft has announced it will lay off 5,000 workers in the next 18 months including the 1,800 it sent out the door earlier today.

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