For a split second, Google tagged all the sites in its search results as harmful.  I was one of the “fortunate” to witness this glitch.

UPDATE: Google has apologized for the glitch.

IE8 is finally out of beta.  Aesthetically, IE8 has improved – the bulging tabs (for tabbed browsing) are replaced by a more subtle gradient version.  Functionality-wise, I believe there’s nothing significant to note about.  The other browsers have most, if not all, of them.

In my opinion, browser wars are now reduced to performance (page rendering speed and crash prevention), security (passwords and other private data) and user interface aesthetics.

I’m happy with the aesthetic improvement of IE8 but I still don’t like that the refresh and stop buttons are on the right side of the browser.  I have stopped using IE (as my favorite browser) when Firefox came along.  I still use IE8 for testing though. Read more »

I found this “poem” at CrunchGear.  I don’t know why everybody is saying Microsoft is dying.  As they say, you win some, you lose some.

Having said that, I know where they’re coming from.  I understand Microsoft operating systems (and other products) have issues but which OS hasn’t?  Microsoft is blah.  Windows is blah.  The truth of the matter is, these naysayers have no better alternative.

I’m not a big Microsoft fan (although they are secretly paying me for this post) but Microsoft has been very helpful with my office productivity for 13 years now. Read more »

There’s a new free online classified ad site that caters to Davao City residents – Davao Ad Spot.  There are only 2 or 3 “busy” ad sites in Davao City and Davao Ad Spot aims to improve industry-wide classified ad service by entering into the fray.

The beauty of having a Davao-only classified ad portal is that the buyers and sellers immediately know that the transaction is going to happen in Davao City.  The target audience is more focused, thus, the transactions are quicker.  It doesn’t hurt that posting classified ads is free of charge. Read more »

What’s up with Smart Communications? They keep sending me spam MMS (to download something) and I keep sending ALERTS OFF to 211.

ALERTS OFF doesn’t work Smart people.