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	<title>ederic@cyberspace &#187; Google at Palm</title>
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		<title>Unang buwan ng 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ederic</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biyahe Tayo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parang kakasimula pa lang ng taon, pero patapos na ang unang buwan ng 2012. Parang naghahabulan lamang ang mga araw, at habang patuloy ang mga ito sa pagtakbo, minabuti kong balikan at itala ang aking Enero. Siyempre, ang maraming oras ng bawat weekdays ko ay ginugol sa trabaho. Ganado at masaya pa rin ako sa [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://ederic.net/unang-buwan-ng-2012/enero2012/" rel="attachment wp-att-2873"><img src="http://ederic.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/enero2012-300x288.jpg" alt="Enero 2012" title="Enero 2012" width="300" height="288" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2873" /></a>Parang kakasimula pa lang ng taon, pero patapos na ang unang buwan ng 2012. Parang naghahabulan lamang ang mga araw, at habang patuloy ang mga ito sa pagtakbo, minabuti kong balikan at itala ang aking Enero.</p>
<p>Siyempre, ang maraming oras ng bawat weekdays ko ay ginugol sa trabaho. Ganado at masaya pa rin ako sa <a href="http://www.yahoo.com.ph">Yahoo!</a> sa kabila ng maraming pagbabago gaya ng pagkakaroon namin ng bagong CEO at pag-alis ng aming co-founder na si Jerry Yang. </p>
<p>Ang oras na natitira mula sa pagtatrabaho ay ginugol namin ni Myla sa pagkukuwentuhan, pagbibiyahe, pagbabasa, at pagkain. May ilang biyahe kaming binabalak ngayong taon. Kung may panahon nga lang, puwede na kaming makagawa ng travel and food blog. Pareho rin kaming nangongolekta ng digital copies ng mga gusto naming magazines.</p>
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<p>Ngayong buwang ito, mas madalas ko na ring kausap sa Yahoo! Messenger sina Tita Mila at Tita Ester, at sa telepono si Tita Nida. Balak ko ring makauwi nang mas madalas kay Nanay sa Marinduque. Napakabilis lang pala ng biyahe pauwi sa amin kapag sa ZestAir ako sasakay.</p>
<p>Nakikipag-reconnect din ako sa mga kaibigan ko. Nitong mga nakalipas na buwan ay dito sa apartment ko pansamantalang nag-stay ang high school bestfriend ko dahil may bago siyang trabaho sa Maynila. Nitong Enero ay pumanaw ang nanay ng isang malapit kong kaibigan, kaya dinalaw namin siya sa Pangasinan. Kasama pa namin ang buong pamilya ni Myla, at tumuloy na rin kami sa shrine ng Our Lady of Manaoag. Kagabi lamang, kasama ko naman ang isa pang malapit na kaibigan sa kolehiyo at ang kanyang sampung taong gulang na anak.</p>
<p>Adik din ako sa aking bago at medyo bagong gadgets: ang teleponong Palm Pre 2 at ang HP TouchPad. Lagi ko ring sinusubaybayan ang kapanapanabik na mga kabanata sa kasaysayan ng webOS, ang mobile operating system na nagpapatakbo sa mga gadgets kong ito.  (Ikukuwento ko ang lahat ng tungkol sa mga ito sa isa ko pang blog &#8212; ang <a href="http://makapalm.com">MakaPalm</a> &#8212; na malapit ko nang i-reactivate.) Kahapon, nakatanggap din ako ng Sony MP3 player mula sa isang kaibigan sa US. </p>
<p>Speaking of blog at websites, malapit na ring muling magbalik ang Bloggers Kapihan. Buhay na ulit ang website sa <a href="http://bk.tinig.com">bk.tinig.com</a>, at ngayong taon ay magkakaroon kami ng mga gawain. Ibabalik din namin ni Aris ang <a href="http://tinig.com">Tinig.com</a>, at may isa pa akong Web project na sisimulan. (Sana lang kasya ang mga gabi at weekends ko sa lahat ng ito.)</p>
<p>Sa kabuuan, masaya at pinagpala ang aking unang buwan ng taon. Sana ay ganoon din ang sa inyo.</p>
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		<title>Google Android Demo</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2007 17:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ederic</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cellphone at Texting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google at Palm]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Kailangan ba talagang mamili balang araw sa pagitan ng Palm at Android ang isang makapalm at Google fan na gaya ko? Sad naman. Kakasulat ko lang tungkol sa Palm Centro GSM version nanag mapanood ko ito sa HLTLounge.net. Silipin kung ano ba talaga yang Android na yan na pakana na naman ng Google:]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kailangan ba talagang mamili balang araw sa pagitan ng Palm at Android ang isang <a href="http://www.makapalm.com">makapalm</a> at Google fan na gaya ko? Sad naman.</p>
<p>Kakasulat ko lang tungkol sa <a href="http://www.makapalm.com/palm-centro-gsm-version/">Palm Centro GSM version</a> nanag mapanood ko ito sa <a href="http://www.htlounge.net/articles/4561/1/Google-Phone-Operating-System-Gets-Video-Demo">HLTLounge.net</a>. Silipin kung ano ba talaga yang Android na yan na pakana na naman ng Google:</p>
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		<title>Open sosyal</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ederic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kung adik ka sa FunWall, SuperPoke at (fluff)Friends ng Facebook&#8211;at meron ka ring Friendster o Orkut account&#8211;mukhang mas magiging busy ka sa mga susunod na araw. Inaasahang ilulunsad bukas ng Google ang OpenSocial (abangan ang pagla-live). Ayon sa website na TechCruch, ito&#8217;y isang set ng application programming interface (API) na magagamit ng mga developer para [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kung adik ka sa FunWall, SuperPoke  at (fluff)Friends ng Facebook&#8211;at meron ka ring Friendster o Orkut account&#8211;mukhang mas magiging busy ka<!-- Traffic Statistics --><br />
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<p>Inaasahang ilulunsad bukas ng Google ang <a href="http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial" target="_blank">OpenSocial</a> (abangan ang pagla-live). Ayon sa website na <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/30/details-revealed-google-opensocial-to-be-common-apis-for-building-social-apps/" target="_blank">TechCruch</a>,  ito&#8217;y isang set ng application programming interface (API) na magagamit ng mga developer para lumikha ng mga application na gagana sa alinmang social network na tatanggap sa OpenSocial.</p>
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<p>Sa ngayon, ang mga kasali na ay Friendster, LinkedIn, Hi5, , Plaxo, Ning, at siyempre,  Google&#8217;s very own <a href="http://www.orkut.com/Profile.aspx?uid=6991654204679506753" title="Orkut ni Ederic" target="_blank">Orkut</a>&#8211;add n&#8217;yo &#8216;ko).</p>
<p>Kung masyadong techie, at mahirap ma-gets, isipin ninyo na lang na kapag gumagana na ito at ginamit ng mga gumawa ng (fluff)Friends ang open social, puwede mo nang pakainin o i-pet ang Fluffy pet mo, nasa Orkut ka man, o nasa Friendster o sa alinman sa mga nabanggit na social networking sites. Sosyal ang OpenSocial, di po ba?</p>
<p>Sa ngayon, hindi pa kasali ang Facebook, kaya sa ating halimbawa, tila magiging ibang pet ang nasa Facebook at ang maaaring likhain gamit ang OpenSocial.</p>
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		<title>Google Docs Mobile</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ederic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dahil ako ang nakatokang magbigay ng pambungad na pananalita ikalawang Bloggers&#8217; Kapihan, nagsulat ako ng burador na kako&#8217; y isusubi ko na lang sa Palm ko para puwede kong sulyap-sulyapan kapag nagsalita na ako. Ang kaso, nakaligtaan kong ilipat sa Palm ko ang isinulat ko. Kaya naman habang habang naghihintay na magsimula ang kapihan, paulit-ulit [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dahil ako ang nakatokang magbigay ng pambungad na pananalita ikalawang Bloggers&#8217; Kapihan, nagsulat ako ng burador na kako&#8217; y isusubi ko na lang sa Palm ko para puwede kong sulyap-sulyapan kapag nagsalita na ako. Ang kaso, nakaligtaan kong ilipat sa Palm ko ang isinulat ko.</p>
<p>Kaya naman habang habang naghihintay na magsimula ang kapihan, paulit-ulit kong pinilit na mag-login sa Google Docs&#8211;dito ko isinulat kasi isinulat ang maikling talumpati. Yun nga lang, kahit anong hintay ko, ayaw mag-load ang pahina.</p>
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<p>Kanina, <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/23/google_docs_mobile/" target="_blank">nabasa ko ito</a>. Noong Oktubre 17 pa lang pala pinagana ang <a href="http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2007/10/docs-on-go.html" target="_blank">Google Docs sa mobile phones</a>.</p>
<p>Maaga pala ako nang tatlong araw.</p>
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		<title>Mga balitang techie</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ederic</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Buhay at Pag-ibig]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cellphone at Texting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google at Palm]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dahil napagana ko na ang koneksyon ng Macbok ni Mhay at ng Nokia phone niya, at gamit ko na ngayon ang Smart 3G sa pamamagitan nito, narito ang ilang balitang techie: Update: Kababasa ko lang ng balitang ito sa PC World&#8211;binili raw ng Google ang Zingku, isang mobile social networking site. Maaari nang sa Western [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dahil napagana ko na ang koneksyon ng Macbok ni Mhay at ng Nokia phone niya, at gamit ko na ngayon ang Smart 3G sa pamamagitan nito, narito ang ilang balitang techie:</p>
<ul>
<li>Update: Kababasa ko lang ng balitang ito sa <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,137853-c,google/article.html">PC World</a>&#8211;binili raw ng Google ang Zingku, isang mobile social networking site.</li>
<li>Maaari nang sa Western Union kunin ang kinita sa Google Adsense ang mga Pilipinong publishers. Nalaman ko ang magandang balitang ito tungkol sa tinatawag na &#8220;Philippine Google Economy&#8221; sa <a href="http://www.yugatech.com/blog/adsense/western-union-quick-cash-for-philippine-adsense-publishers/%20target=_blank">blog ni Yuga</a>.</li>
<li>Mula naman sa blog ni <a href="http://racoma.com.ph/archives/paypal-receive-functionality-now-available-in-the-philippines" target="_blank">J. Angelo</a>, nabalitaan kong puwede na ring tumanggap ng pondo ang PayPal accounts ng mga members na nasa Pilipinas. Masama ito para sa Xoom, na hindi nagbayad dati ng referral fee ko.</li>
<li>Nasa <a href="http://www.makapalm.com">www.makapalm.com</a> na ang Palm blog ko. Ang latest entry ko ay <a href="http://www.makapalm.com/palm-centro/">tungkol sa bagong Palm Centro</a>.</li>
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<p>Samantala, balik muna ako sa pananaliksik.</p>
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		<title>Orkut, may bagong look</title>
		<link>http://ederic.net/orkut-may-bagong-look/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ederic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Magkakaroon ng bagong hitsura ang Orkut&#8211;ang pantapat ng Google sa Friendster, Facebook, at MySpace. Dapat sumali na kayo at i-add ako. Sa pinabagong entry sa Orkut blog, ganito ang isinulat ng software engineer na si Eduardo Cordeiro: When you think Google, you picture primary colors; when you think orkut, you see blue. And though we&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://ederic.net/images/orkut.jpg" align="left"> Magkakaroon ng bagong hitsura ang Orkut&#8211;ang pantapat ng Google sa Friendster, Facebook, at MySpace. Dapat <a href="http://www.orkut.com/Profile.aspx?uid=6991654204679506753">sumali na kayo at i-add ako</a>. <img src='http://ederic.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Sa pinabagong entry sa <a href="http://en.blog.orkut.com/">Orkut blog</a>, ganito ang isinulat ng software engineer na si Eduardo Cordeiro:</p>
<blockquote><p>When you think Google, you picture primary colors; when you think orkut, you see blue. And though we&#8217;re updating out look, we&#8217;re staying true to blue. We&#8217;ve added some rounded corners and new icons that make orkut look a little more sleek and modern. Check out a screen shot of the new homepage.</p></blockquote>
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<p>Basahin ang detalye <a href="http://en.blog.orkut.com/2007/08/coming-soon-new-look.html">rito</a> at saka <a href="http://en.blog.orkut.com/2007/08/redesign-preview-true-blue-simplicity.html">rito</a>.</p>
<p>Eto ang screenshot:</p>
<p><center><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_eXrfCIRgeCA/Rs8tKYZZv6I/AAAAAAAAFh4/eHZolhdweSw/s1600-h/new-homepage-en-1.png"><img src="http://lh3.google.com/ederic/Rs8zbTCiIoI/AAAAAAAACIo/DKZEeGsaSsU/s400/orkut.jpg" /></a></center></p>
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		<title>Bahala na</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 23:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ederic</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google at Palm]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sabi ko kay Aileen kahapon, baka mas bagay ang &#8220;Bahala na&#8221; sa halip na &#8220;Sinusuwerte ako&#8221; sa pangalawang button sa Google Pilipinas homepage. Ganito ang paliwanag ng Google tungkol sa &#8220;I&#8217;m Feeling Lucky&#8221;: Google has a function, &#8220;I&#8217;m Feeling Lucky&#8221; that presents a particular translation challenge. The function takes the user immediately to the first [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sabi ko kay <a href="http://aileenapolo.blogspot.com">Aileen</a> kahapon, baka mas bagay ang &#8220;Bahala na&#8221; sa halip na &#8220;Sinusuwerte ako&#8221; sa pangalawang button sa <a href="http://www.google.com.ph">Google Pilipinas</a> homepage.</p>
<p>Ganito ang <a href="http://google.com/transconsole/giyl/check/staticfile?staticfilekey=styleguide">paliwanag</a> ng Google tungkol sa &#8220;I&#8217;m Feeling Lucky&#8221;:</p>
<blockquote><p>Google has a function, &#8220;I&#8217;m Feeling Lucky&#8221; that presents a particular translation challenge. The function takes the user immediately to the first result for a search &#8212; so, a user selects &#8220;I&#8217;m Feeling Lucky&#8221; when they are willing to take a chance that Google&#8217;s first result will be what they are looking for. The phrase in English has a specific tone &#8212; daring, confident, and playful. This has been a hard phrase for people to translate. If you can&#8217;t come up with a way to translate this phrase while preserving its tone just leave it in English.</p></blockquote>
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<p>Bagamat medyo may tila kaugnayan sa pananampalataya ang sinasabing pinag-ugatan ng &#8220;bahala na&#8221;&#8211;i.e., <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathala">Bathala</a> na, o pagpapaubaya sa Diyos&#8211;ang kahulugan nito sa kasalukuyang panahon ay lumawak na upang maisama ang pagpapaubaya ng mga Pinoy sa tinatawag sa suwerte. Kaya halimbawa, sobrang gusto mong tumaya sa sa lotto, sasabihin mo, &#8220;Tataya talaga ako. Bahala na. Malay mo, manalo.&#8221;</p>
<p>Sa paghahanap ng pahina sa Google, parang pakikipagsapalaran ang pagpindot sa &#8220;I&#8217;m feeling lucky.&#8221; Kahit di ka siguro sa kakalabasan, pipindutin mo pa rin. You&#8217;re willing to take the chance. Malay mo, baka sakaling mapunta ka sa hinahanap mo. Baka suwertehin ka. Bahala na, di ba?</p>
<p>Kaugnay nito, iminungkahi ko rin dati na gamitin ang &#8220;isubi&#8221; kung hindi natin masyadong gusto ang i-save sa terminolohiya ng mg computer. Narito ang paliwanag ko: <a href="http://ederic.net/ano-sa-tagalog-filipino-ang-save/">Ano sa Tagalog ang &#8220;Save&#8221;?</a></p>
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		<title>Google Checkout already available in RP</title>
		<link>http://ederic.net/google-checkout-now-available-in-rp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 06:26:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ederic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looks like this isn&#8217;t a breaking news, but I decided to to write about it anyway. When Google Checkout&#8211;Google&#8217;s payment processor&#8211;was first offered to Internet users, it was available only to those with a United States billing address. I was able to register using my Citibank Visa and an imaginary US address, which I fixed [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://checkout.google.com"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/ederic/google_checkout.gif" align="left" vspace="3" hspace="3" alt="Google Checkout" /></a>Looks like this isn&#8217;t a breaking news, but I decided to to write about it anyway.</p>
<p>When <a href="http://checkout.google.com">Google Checkout</a>&#8211;Google&#8217;s payment processor&#8211;was first <a href="http://ederic.net/google-checkout/">offered</a> to Internet users, it was available only to those with a United States billing address. I was able to register using my Citibank Visa and an imaginary US address, which I fixed as soon as I was able to login. </p>
<p>Since I was able to register, I became a Checkout member member with a saling-pusa (tag along) status because I was using a Philippine issued credit card and a Philippine billing address. I tried ordering books and CDs from various sites&#8211;including Buy.com&#8211;and was surprised to find out that my Google Chekout account was actually working. There&#8217;s a twist, however, because while Checkout processed my order, I was told that the store does not ship to the Philippines.<span id="more-849"></span></p>
<p>In August last year, I wrote Checkout&#8217;s customer service to request that they allow Philippine residents to use their services. I got this reply:</p>
<blockquote><p>Hello Ederic,</p>
<p>Thank you for your email and interest in Google Checkout. We appreciate your detailed and thoughtful feedback about having Google Checkout being able to be used in the Philippines. We&#8217;ll take this into consideration as we continue to enhance this product.</p>
<p>If you have additional questions or comments, please feel free to contact us again.</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Alvin<br />
The Google Checkout Team</p></blockquote>
<p>On May 21, 2007, I was able to successfully complete a Google Checkout transaction. I bought a domain name with Google Apps.  After purchasing a few other domain names, I was then able to use Google Checkout to pay for my <a href="http://www.dreamhost.com/r.cgi?316916">Dreamhost account</a>. By then, I was already a certified Google Checkout user, <strikeout>but I believe Checkout was not yet officially offered to Philippine residents then</strikeout>.</p>
<p>Today, I visited Checkout&#8217;s Help section, and I was surprised to find out that &#8220;The Philippines&#8221;  is already included in the list of locations where Checkout is available. I later learned that <a href="http://ph4change.blogspot.com/2007/04/google-checkout-now-available-for.html">Pagbabago Pilipinas</a> has already written about it as early as April of this year. I will try to find out the exact date when Google included us in this list.</p>
<p>If haven&#8217;t tried Google Checkout yet, you may want to <a href="http://checkout.google.com">register here</a>.</p>
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		<title>Google&#8217;s Sergey on Larry</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2007 16:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ederic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was amused by Google co-partner Sergey Brin&#8217;s reply when asked by reporters why his partner, Larry Page, did not attend Allen &#038; Co.â€™s annual mogul retreat (I have no idea what that event is as I still have to google it): â€œHe wasnâ€™t feeling well, so I came. Weâ€™re interchangeable.â€]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was amused by Google co-partner Sergey Brin&#8217;s reply when asked by reporters why his partner, Larry Page, did not attend Allen &#038; Co.â€™s annual mogul retreat (I have no idea what that event is as I still have to google it):</p>
<p>â€œHe wasnâ€™t feeling well, so I came. Weâ€™re interchangeable.â€</p>
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		<title>Palm Treo 680 in Asia on December 8</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Nov 2006 00:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ederic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Palm started accepting orders for Treo 680 on its website yesterday, and I learned that it will launch in the Philippines on November 29. Meanwhile, CNET Asia reported that Palm has &#8220;announced that it will be shipping its latest Palm OS-powered cellular handheld, the Treo 680, to Asia come December 8.&#8221; A Palm representative has [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Palm started accepting orders for Treo 680 on its website yesterday, and I learned that it will launch in the Philippines on November 29.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, <a href="http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/handhelds/ontheradar/0,39050970,61969301,00.htm">CNET Asia reported</a> that Palm has &#8220;announced that it will be shipping its latest Palm OS-powered cellular handheld, the Treo 680, to Asia come December 8.&#8221; A Palm representative has also confirmed that &#8220;Singapore will be first among the Asia-Pacific countries to get the new PDA-phone, though no dates have been set for the rest of the region,&#8221; the report added.</p>
<p>If the Treo 680 will launch in the Philippines next week, doesn&#8217;t it mean that we&#8217;ll see it earlier than Singaporeans do?</p>
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