June 27th, 2009 by Dax Solomon Umaming
I recently got a SmartBro ZTE MF627. It’s a mobile broadband device that utilizes existing 3G, HSDPA, EDGE and GPRS connection (whichever is available). With this device, I can easily connect anywhere there’s a cellular signal. This is a better solution over 3G phones which drains your batteries (3hrs battery life with GPRS/3G turned on in my case).
I’m not on the road that often, but I’ll be needing it when I’m either at school (where they require you to surf only using their Windows workstations which are full of malwares and keyloggers) or at work and away from my workstation (they’ve been scrimping on wifi, dedicated ethernet connection only to company workstation, and blocked internet connection via MAC filtering).
The device retails for PhP1,995 (but I got mine way cheaper than their SRP) and usage costs only PhP10 per 30 minutes. It’s the cheapest mobile broadband service we have in the Philippines. Granted they still charge you PhP10 even if you’ve consumed 5mins, but it’s still PhP10. I should also note that it’s a prepaid service and you can reload from any reloading centers literally scattered all over our country.
Setup would require more work on your Jaunty installation though since it’s not yet natively supported - but hopefully will be on Karmic Koala.
Setup Instructions for Ubuntu Jaunty’s in here. I just hope this page becomes obsolete once Karmic’s released.
June 27th, 2009 by Dax Solomon Umaming
well, at least that’s what Google and Firefox thinks. Either someone did crack into the web server and installed something nasty to attack your browser and your system OR Google and Firefox messed up! Better have someone checking it out.
June 24th, 2009 by Dax Solomon Umaming
I just logged in to my Yahoo mail account and was not surprised when I saw a couple of Y!M messages. Most are caused by viruses. I implore everyone to please use an alternative messenger such as Pidgin if you insist on keeping your IM account. You have officially become a nuisance to your buddies!
June 22nd, 2009 by Dax Solomon Umaming
After a week, I finally got my subscribed speed back. yey!
June 21st, 2009 by Dax Solomon Umaming
It’s been quite a while since the last Open Source event here in Baguio City. So this year, I’m organizing Software Freedom Day 2009 Baguio together with Linux users and volunteers sympathetic to the cause.
However, during registration, I found out there’s 3 more groups who attempted to run previous SFD - something which I wasn’t aware of. They are Cordillera Linux Advocacy Network (Clan), Baguio Open Source Society, and IT Society - all of which had vague details. So I decided to register Ubuntu-PH as the one running SFD this year in Baguio. And with the help of various volunteers, I’m quite certain we’ll succeed.
I still have 2 more remaining boxes containing Ubuntu Jaunty CDs which will be given away during the event. I just hope SFI approves our application and qualify for the team package since I’ll be inviting all colleges and universities (including my employer) to the event.
As a side note, another Ubuntu-PH member, RJ Ian Sevilla, would run SFD2009 Zamboanga and I’ll also help out with the giveaway CDs.