Globe Telecom (PSEi: GLO) adopts Internet ‘fair use’ policy. That is the first thing I saw after turning on my computer tonight. Thanks to Lia Amanda Espina for the GBuzz update, I should start scouting for a new ISP.

Seriously? 1GB per day cap?

The report came from Inquirer.net. The article said, herein quoted: http://laibcoms.com/sandbox/globe-implements-1gb-day-internet-cap

I went to a my|phone branch in SM Mall of Asia earlier today and asked for their latest price list. Here are the phones, with the specs, and the corresponding prices.

• T23 Duo
  • SRP: ₱3,399
  • Touchscreen
  • Dual SIM
  • Tri-band EDGE
  • 2.0 MP Camera
  • 3.5mm Audio Jack
  • Yamaha Music Chipset
  • FM/MP3/Video Player
  • JAVA/Bluetooth/WAP 2.0/USB
  • microSD up to 8GB
  • Facebook/Twitter/YM
  • Pinoy Phone 2 ready

Chikka the Filipino-owned web2sms service (one of the pioneer in the industry) launched today Chikka v5 – both for the web and desktop versions. continue reading here…

OpenTTD 1.0.2 is the latest stable release for this highly popular clone of the classic DOS (and early Windows) game Transport Tycoon Deluxe. Chris Sawyer, the original creator and developer of Transport Tycoon will surely be happy for yet another version of OpenTTD, keeping his game alive to this day.

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After taking a bath (gamers do take baths you know :p ) I realized how blessed I am to have been born in 1982 (the early years of Generation Y). Why? When I was growing up, I was there when electronic gaming – PC in particular – was in its childhood years.

Come join me as we jump back to our gaming days…

Lord of Ultima™ is the latest browser online game from Electronic Arts®, developed by Phenomic®. It is a browser-based, time-based strategy MMOG, an empire building game.

But despite its title and the typography of the word “Ultima”, it is not related to Richard Garriott’s popular RPG franchise Ultima or Ultima Online – not at all. I am telling you that early to save you from disappointment not like the lot of us currently playing this game.

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When the game first launched in closed beta test last May 7th, it received thousands of players and countless of visitors to the official website. Through the community’s help, the developers were able to squash as many bugs as possible – especially those that are causing game breakages.

Most of it are now gone, in just under one month.

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The Mummy Online is a free-to-play browser-based MMORPG set in Egypt during the first half of the twentieth century. Players will be able to explore the world of The Mummy while battling hordes of dead come alive because of another curse or guardian or evil dreaming of conquering the world.

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Sooner or later, Foursquare must standardize it’s venue naming convention. Truth be told, it should be now not later. Venue naming is already chaotic and it only adds more duplicate venues than before.

I even saw one user entering the same venue 4 times and another venue 5 times! Why? The venue can be written in different ways. I can say this guy is a seasoned Foursquare user because he added a lot of other venues, we can assume that he is aware of the rules and guidelines in entering a new venue.

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Wow, this is every gamers dream – a real-life experience of a virtual world game! Welcome to Game Nation, the world’s first experiential video game theme partk and resort!!

They said it themselves: Your dreams and fantasies will come to life in adventures yet to be told. You will become anything you like and live out the character you create. But this is no game. It’s real.

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I have been fixing Foursquare venue entries for three weeks now and I keep on seeing the same problems over and over again. Duplicate entries, wrong addresses, venues that are supposed to be different but not, and different formatting or the lack thereof.

Officially, there are no standard formatting for venue names other than using the establishment’s “official” name. For example, instead of Starbucks it must be Starbucks Coffee; instead of Kenny Rogers the correct name to use is Kenny Rogers Roasters. Additionally, there is no way in their current system to avoid the creation of duplicate entries and wrong addresses, most of these are coming from their mobile apps particularly the Foursquare iPhone app.

Continue reading here…

Garena, the GSP company that’s going to publish a free-to-play version of Heroes of Newerth posted the latest FAQs asked by the players.

Here are the questions and answers HoN-Asean FAQs.

Heroes of Newerth launched to retail a few days ago globally. This means that for beta players and new players to be able to continue to play HoN, they have to purchase the game.

However, for some ASEAN Nations, Heroes of Newerth will be free-to-play, thanks to Garena (formerly GG-Game) for acquiring the license to publish it regionally.

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Valve Games are coming to Linux (finally) there is no more doubt about it. Games like Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Quake Wars, Unreal Tournament, are only some of a bunch of games Linux gamers will soon be able to install natively.

More about this here…

The Barrens was torn apart. Auberdine was thrown up. The massive gates of Gilneas crumbled. Water flowed in the desolate places and turned it into a thick forest. Everywhere you go there were major changes, only a few were not affected this much like the northern continent of Northrend where the Alliance and Horde, while battling each other, are busy trying to bring justice and end the terror of the Lich King Arthas.

This is the new face of Azeroth. It will never be the same again. As a virtual citizen of this planet, there are tasks to do before the world changes forever. World of Warcraft bloggers (and commenters) are posting their “Cataclysm Bucket List”. Exactly what I have been thinking since the official announcement of Cataclysm.

Come and check-out Yarso’s Cataclysm Bucket List.

Southgate Mall opened yesterday – pay day, the new mall located in front of the MRT Magallanes/Mantrade Station in Makati City.

This is the same property that many are very familiar with – the forever under construction Southgate Tower. It isn’t anymore, after it was bought by Alphaland Corp, whose Chair and CEO, the former trade and industry czar Roberto Ongpin.

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The President Cory funeral cortege took the same road when Senator Ninoy was also brought to his resting place – via Makati’s portion of the South Super Highway or as known today “President Osmeña Highway”.

Since it’s in our neighborhood, I went outside and joined the thousands of Filipinos waiting to give their last respects to the 11th President of the Republic of the Philippines – President Corazon “Cory” Cojuangco-Aquino.

I brought home 426 photos, 332 of which I uploaded online. These photos captured the Filipino people during her time of mourning as a Nation. If you weren’t there, then I hope these photos will allow you to go back in that point in time and be there as well, together with us.

The photos will speak for me and express for me what it was like being there. So join me as I show you: A Story to Tell… A President to Remember.

August 8^th is ASEAN Day, and this morning a thought came to my mind on how we as the ASEAN People can further help in the ASEAN Integration of our region and culture.

Come and join me as we tour an Asean City…

This time, I will show you how you can run Blizzard’s popular World of Warcraft MMORPG on Ubuntu Linux almost as if you are using Microsoft Windows.

Click here to learn the easy simple steps.

And it’s history, today was the record-breaking Longest Total Solar Eclipse ever experienced by the Human race – 6 minutes and 39 seconds total at its maximum point.

Most only experienced a partial eclipse like us in the Philippines, but regardless, it was still an experience we will treasure and pass on to the next generation (and those who missed it).

Here’s the report of the solar eclipse, coupled with photos (locally) and video coverage (India, China, Japan).

Enjoy!!