My Life With IT

It seems that Dopod 838Pro is telling me something. It’s near its end. The battery has been giving me some problems such as dying off even after a full charge and faint screen at odd times. For a second hand, it’s a miracle that it has survived for nearly 2 years.

I’m eying that Sony Ericsson X1. Although FoxTwo has a bone or two to pick with its products.

Full Specifications

Engadget Preview

Gizmodo Video Gallery

Gadgets Technology Blog

All these provide a sneak of what I’m hoping for. Just wondering when it’s going to be sold in Singapore. Any ideas?

Apparently, being a slob at work will let you win US$10, 000. This amount of money computes to me being able to get that nice set of Wordpress theme I’ve been meaning to have. Upload a photo or video of your messy workspace to MyFax Messy Office.

That is if you are an individual legal resident of the United States or Canada, excluding the Province of Quebec, and the States of Florida, Rhode Island, New York and otherwise where prohibited by law, who is over the age of 21 years, except any officers, directors, principals, owners, partners, employees, agents or other authorized representatives, and members of their immediate families of Protus IP Solutions Inc. (”Contest Sponsor”) and its respective affiliates, and advertising/promotional/PR agencies.

Darn it!

Prizes are also given out weekly.

10 Lucky Winners
$200 Gift Certificate to Amazon’s
All Business Center Free MyFax account for one year

Runner Up Prizes:
5 free MyFax accounts for one year
10 - $100 Gift Certificates to Amazon’s All Business Center

[via Contest Beat]

February is a month for love. Valentine’s Day falls on 14th every year and contests usually revolve around love. However, Business Blogger has a contest for a $500 Grand Prize. Woot! Runner up will win a brand new BFG NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT OC 512MB PCIe with ThermoIntelligence Graphics Card (shipped via USPS). This card allows connection to two LCD displays for all multi-tasking users and comes with a HDTV adapter and HDCP capability for high definition video.Wow.

For this contest, Business+Directory is offering free reviews for the month of February. In addition, you can list your blog and get more exposure for your blog or business. Joining the contest is easy.

• Link to the contest page.
• Link to Business+Directory.
• Blog about the contest in your own words about 250 words.

I told you it was easy. Winners will be selected via a randomiser software in March.

I’m going to spend part of the $500 for a new theme, Cornerstone theme. I like it very much. The rest of the money will go into my bank account for more money growing.

Do note that a Paypal account has to be setup for the payout. I have one, do you?

[via My Blog Contest]

[via Flickr]

With news that Microsoft is going to acquire Yahoo! Google has taken further steps to crush its opponent’s buying power.

It said Microsoft had previously sought “to establish proprietary monopolies”.

Microsoft made an unsolicited offer for Yahoo on Friday, and Yahoo has said it is considering the proposal.

“Microsoft’s hostile bid for Yahoo raises troubling questions,” said David Drummond, Google’s senior vice president for corporate development and chief legal officer.

This goes to show that Google is troubled by the bid judging by the use of the word “hostile”. On the other hand, could this be a start to fight against the large hands of Google? Or just a cutthroat method by Microsoft?

It sounds interesting that the buyout would result in a name called Microshoo. Perhaps, the “shoo” part is to shoo away the giant?