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Earphones Might Damage Your Hearing

Earphones Might Damage Your Hearing

Marck V. December 20, 2005 1

I recently read this article about ear buds causing hearing loss and it’s very alarming as MP3 players are so popular today. So you own an iPod or Zen? You probably want to change

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Why AMD’s clock rate don’t equal Intel’s

Why AMD’s clock rate don’t equal Intel’s

Marck V. December 16, 2005 0

Recently at Digg.com, an article was submitted about the comparison of AMD clock rate vs. Intel clock rate. I know this for years already but for those who don’t know the facts yet, it’s

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IE 7 Will Use Firefox RSS Icon

IE 7 Will Use Firefox RSS Icon

Marck V. December 16, 2005 0

Good news, Microsoft Team RSS announced in their blog that they have collaborated with Mozilla to adopt the RSS icon used in Firefox in upcoming version of Internet Explorer, IE 7. In an attempt to

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Firefox Tweak Guide

Firefox Tweak Guide

Marck V. December 14, 2005 0

Whether you are a newbie or a veteran Firefox user, you might be interested to learn more on customizing Firefox beneath the hood. After all, Firefox is well known for its extensibility. To fully

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My Next Desktop will be AMD-powered

My Next Desktop will be AMD-powered

Marck V. December 14, 2005 0

Do you know why? Because AMD trashes Intel out of the competition in 64-bit dual-core processor match up. I’ve been waiting for years that AMD surpasses Intel processors and now that it is a

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What’s the Best PHP Editor?

What’s the Best PHP Editor?

Marck V. November 21, 2005 0

All the best PHP Editors reviewed; with voting. (At the time of my posting, I seems that the site is down because it got hammered with a lot of users coming from Digg) read more |

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Thoughts About PLDT MyDSL-W

Thoughts About PLDT MyDSL-W

Marck V. November 9, 2005 5

The entire week, an old friend of mine had been complaining about Smart Wifi’s very high latency and frequent slow downs. Yesterday, my classmate was ranting about his frustrating experience on his PLDT MyDSL

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VS 2005 Express, Free for 1 Year

VS 2005 Express, Free for 1 Year

Marck V. November 8, 2005 2

Yup, that’s right. It is free for one year. :) This information was taken directly from Microsoft Developers Network (MSDN) . It does not mean after one year the product will expire or something like that.

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System Path Workaround for javac

System Path Workaround for javac

Marck V. November 5, 2005 1

I’m writing this short guide for reference. This is only applicable for Windows 2000, XP Home/Pro and 2003. I’m still digging how to do this in Linux though. :P To get started, by default

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Mystery Behind Reserved Names

Mystery Behind Reserved Names

Marck V. October 11, 2005 0

I got this forwarded email that tells me you can’t name a folder called con in Windows and even at Microsoft, the whole Team, including Bill Gates, couldn’t answer why this happened! Now, before believing

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Robots Building Robots?!

Robots Building Robots?!

Marck V. October 5, 2005 0

This is scary yet very interesting in a certain way. Robotics advances as new technologies are introduced, and these advances make automation faster and more acurate. Now, for the first time, a robot could

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ID-DSL

ID-DSL

Marck V. September 27, 2005 0

PLDT launched ID-DSL on September 15 featuring very low overseas calling rates. ID-DSL stands for International Dialing for DSL. When using their proprietary dialing software Voicepad, you pay only 8 cents a minute for all

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