January 2008 - Pinoy Aggregated Tech Feeds

Build Flash online with Sprout

Sprout is a browser-based tool where you could build Flash online. It has pre-built templates, and enables easy asset management. It is easy to use because of it’s drag-and-drop interface. The most interesting part about Sprout is its components...

Published Thu, Jan 01 2008 9:52 AM by Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines' Premier Technology Blog

Filed under: The Internet, Multimedia, Tech Tips/Quick Fix

Power Toys for .NET Compact Framework 3.5

Brief Description Power Toys for working with .NET Compact Framework 3.5 Tools included in this package: Remote Performance Monitor and GC Heap Viewer – Provides real time counter data (ranging from Garbage Collector activity to type loading info) on...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2008 11:30 PM by Microsoft Philippines Community

Filed under: .NET 3.5

MSDN Webcast: LINQ for Mobile Devices (Level 200)

Language(s): English. Product(s): Mobility. Audience(s): Developer. Duration: 90 Minutes Start Date: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada) Event Overview Language Integrated Query (LINQ) is a general-purpose query mechanism...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2008 11:21 PM by Microsoft Philippines Community

Filed under: .NET 3.5

Controversial POEA Memorandum Circular No. 4

OFW’s are up in arms over the release of Memorandum Circular No. 4 by the POEA which inconveniences employers overseas who want to hire Filipino’s directly without going through an agency. [Article’s here, here, here and here.] The said...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2008 2:43 PM by Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines' Premier Technology Blog

Filed under: Tech News, OFW, POEA Memorandum Circular No. 4

Paypal accepts withdrawal of funds to Philippine Banks

Paypal has just sent out notices to all Paypal Philippine members that they can now withdraw their funds into their local banks. This, on top of the existing methods of withdrawing funds thru debit cards (like UCPB’s EON card) and Philippine-based...

Published Tue, Jan 01 2008 7:41 AM by Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines' Premier Technology Blog

Filed under: Tech News, e/m-Commerce

TechFest 2008: Pictures! Pictures!

Here are some pics of the breakout session by PHIWUG What's New with Windows Server 2008 Jay Paloma doing the talk With Elczar Adame showing Windows Web Server 2008 With Jay-R Barrios doing Windows Powershell With DJ Lee doing Server Core. The screen...

Published Sun, Jan 01 2008 7:44 AM by Microsoft Philippines Community

John Gokongwei on entrepreneurship and becoming a great nation

Here is the speech that Mr. John Gokongwei delivered at the 20th Ad Congress last November 21, 2007 [via the Universal Robina blog]. Before I begin, I want to say please bear with me, an 81-year-old man who just flew in from San Francisco 36 hours ago...

Published Sat, Jan 01 2008 12:36 AM by MicroISV Notebook

Filed under: Business

PhRUG January Meetup

Some photos from the PhRUG (Philippine Ruby Users Group) meetup at Ateneo De Manila University last Jan 16. The meetup was sponsored by Topher Rigor and the AdmooLabs gang. Topher talked about Ruby on Rails to students and I discussed testing and rspec...

Published Fri, Jan 01 2008 7:13 AM by MicroISV Notebook

Filed under: Coding

The Waffle Generator

Sometimes, silly programs have a less obvious useful purpose. Andrew Clarke takes his classic 'Waffle Generator', and provides it in various forms, including a CSS Stylesheet tester, and as a Generator for SQL Data Generator. The Waffle Generator...

Published Fri, Jan 01 2008 1:16 AM by Microsoft Philippines Community

Filed under: Work

Microsoft.NET Framework Academic resource Kit

This website contains resource materials for Microsoft .NET instructors, students, and programmers. Some documents and files are located on the website itself; others are linked to on the Web. Every effort has been made to select and include only those...

Published Thu, Jan 01 2008 11:40 PM by Microsoft Philippines Community

Filed under: Computers and Internet

Arellano University launches Creative Commons in the Philippines

The Arellano University School of Law have launched (and I could say with a bang!) last January 14 the Philippine version of the Creative Commons license. So why should there be a Philippine version? The law varies from country to country and it is important...

Published Mon, Jan 01 2008 6:59 AM by MicroISV Notebook

Filed under: Sideways

What gives elite athletes the edge

“Lance Armstrong was an exceptional one-day athlete who became an endurance champion after the removal of one testicle.” — Endocrinologist Craig Atwood via NewScientist, July 2007 I wonder if other athletes are pondering of doing the...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2008 3:31 AM by MicroISV Notebook

Filed under: Sideways

Top 10 startups worth watching in 2008

The list includes the team behind Ruby on Rails, a company that analyzes your DNA, and a possible Google killer. Read why Wired thinks these 10 are worth watching in 2008.. 23andMe 37Signals AdMob BitTorrent Dash Fon LinkedIn Powerset Slide Spock Share...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2008 8:41 PM by MicroISV Notebook