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<title>Google 99.9 Sure To Take Down Chinese Search Website</title>
<description>Posted by freelance: After a Gmail hacking issue broke out in January, Google has made it clear that it will review its Chinese operations believing that the Chinese government is the one behind all these. They even go as far as saying they may shut down their whole Chinese search operations. Read more: Google 99.9% Sure To Take Down Chinese Search Website [click] &lt;br&gt;Tags: &lt;b&gt;google to shut down google cn&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;google vs china&lt;/b&gt;. Comments: 0.</description>
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<title>All in Moderation</title>
<description>Posted by freelance: I recently came across a video on YouTube wherein the maker shares his lessons learned after realizing that his years of playing video games won't do anything good. He realized that years of sitting down in front of his computer has not improve any part of his being, and that it only costs him to lose precious moments with friends, family and his&lt;br&gt;Tags: &lt;b&gt;addicting video games&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;mmorpg&lt;/b&gt;. Comments: 1.</description>
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<title>Google: Desktops Will Be Irrelevant in Three Years</title>
<description>Posted by freelance: Google has recently released their newest mobile gadget, the Nexus One smartphone. With it, they expect you to be able to use it like your PCs. It's almost a full computer, and it's the best one to get when you need real mobile computing. Read more: Google: Desktops Will Be Irrelevant in Three Years [click] &lt;br&gt;Tags: &lt;b&gt;desktops obsolete&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;google on desktop computers&lt;/b&gt;. Comments: 0.</description>
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<title>Is the HP Slate Apple iPad s Worst Nightmare </title>
<description>Posted by freelance: When the iPad was released, a lot of people speculated that it will be a laptop killer after it was marketed that way, showing how it can do almost anything your laptop can do. However, after its unveiling, it turned out it's not good enough. Read more: Is the HP Slate Apple iPad's Worst Nightmare [click] &lt;br&gt;Tags: &lt;b&gt;ipad vs slate&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;apple ipad vs hp slate&lt;/b&gt;. Comments: 0.</description>
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<title>HTC vs Apple - Let The Patent Battle Begin</title>
<description>Posted by freelance: Nokia has sued a lot of its competitors when they realized many of their patented softwares and hardwares were violated. This move, suing rivals for patent infringement, has become some sort of a common case in the US as well as in many other countries. Read more: HTC vs Apple - Let The Patent Battle Begin [click] &lt;br&gt;Tags: &lt;b&gt;htc vs apple&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;google nexusone v apple iphone&lt;/b&gt;. Comments: 0.</description>
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<title>What would Happen to BPO when Arroyo Steps down</title>
<description>Posted by Website Introductions: The Arroyo Administration has managed to earn a spot to be triumphant in the country's IT Business Process Outsourcing Industry and the industry has became of the leading drivers of the economy which is now worth about US 7.2 billion in 9 years. Read more: What would Happen to BPO when Arroyo Steps down [click] &lt;br&gt;Tags: &lt;b&gt;bpo industry&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;it industry&lt;/b&gt;. Comments: 0.</description>
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<title>iBlog6: The 6th Philippine Blogging Summit</title>
<description>Posted by freelance: It's this time of the year again. The 6th Philippine Blogging Summit is now open for registration. The event will be held on and nbsp;April 16 and 17, 2010. This year's event venue will be the Malcolm Theater of the U.P. College of Law, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City. The event will be from from 8 am to 5 pm for both days. Read&lt;br&gt;Tags: &lt;b&gt;iblog6&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;philippine blogging summit&lt;/b&gt;. Comments: 1.</description>
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<title>Selling Macs for Windows</title>
<description>Posted by freelance: When I went to work for my current company months ago, I was given a MacBook to be use for company tasks in and out of the office. My position is especially in need of a mobile device so they somehow prioritized on the one they gave me. They had my name laser engraved on the cover. Read more: Selling Macs for Windows [click] &lt;br&gt;Tags: &lt;b&gt;mac vs pc&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;company macbook&lt;/b&gt;. Comments: 0.</description>
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<title>Microsoft and Yahoo Finally Allowed to Partner</title>
<description>Posted by freelance: It has been eight long months, and finally, Yahoo and Microsoft are now officially allowed to do business together. The new partnership will let Microsoft took over the indexing and ranking of search results which will be displayed on the Yahoo search. On the other hand, Yahoo is now able to display search ads on both Yahoo 's website and&lt;br&gt;Tags: &lt;b&gt;microsoft yahoo partnership&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;search partnership&lt;/b&gt;. Comments: 0.</description>
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<title>Facebook and YouTube Has Become An Election Battlefield</title>
<description>Posted by freelance: The 2010 Philippine Presidential Election is just a few months away and so it is not surprising to see various political ads on TV these days. Some managed to create TV commercials that are easily remembered. Others failed to impress the public. Read more: Facebook and YouTube Has Become An Election Battlefield [click] &lt;br&gt;Tags: &lt;b&gt;philippine politics&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;role of internet in politics&lt;/b&gt;. Comments: 1.</description>
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<title>The Buzz Around Google Buzz</title>
<description>Posted by freelance: Google has had a busy week after they launched their latest product offering, the Google Buzz. What is keeping them and nbsp; busy is very obvious, they are continuously dealing with their very unwelcoming users. If you were a Gmail user, you probably know why. Read more: The Buzz Around Google Buzz [click] &lt;br&gt;Tags: &lt;b&gt;google buzz&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;google social networking&lt;/b&gt;. Comments: 0.</description>
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<title>Yahoo Is Still A Search Engine</title>
<description>Posted by freelance: My 7 year-old niece knew what Google is. She knows it's the website we go to whenever something needs to be researched. She knows what YouTube is. It's the site where we can watch thousands of Lady Gaga videos which she totally love. Heck, she even knows what Microsoft is, as she can read it everytime we turn the computer on. To our surprise, she&lt;br&gt;Tags: &lt;b&gt;yahoo search engine&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;yahoo entertainment page&lt;/b&gt;. Comments: 0.</description>
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<title>Running Out of Ideas - Here s Some Tips for You</title>
<description>Posted by freelance: One of the problems that a writer must deal with from time to time is writer's block. Writer's block can happen anytime and is manifested for an unknown duration. Some have it for a day, regaining back their writing ideas and interest a day after. Some have it for days, years and some would even resort to abandoning their careers for good. Read&lt;br&gt;Tags: &lt;b&gt;filipino bloggers&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;dealing with writers block&lt;/b&gt;. Comments: 0.</description>
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<title>Website Promotion</title>
<description>Posted by freelance: Whenever I visit Pinoy tech blogs, it never fail to amaze me how many Filipinos are into gadgets and stuff. Entries for new phones, new Apple products and others are definitely box offices in their own right. And perhaps aside from the love for gadgets, what adds to the success of such websites are the owners' knowledge when it comes to&lt;br&gt;Tags: &lt;b&gt;abe olandres&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;globe tattoo web promotions&lt;/b&gt;. Comments: 1.</description>
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<title>paid blogging is unique and brilliant stuff</title>
<description>Posted by Website Introductions: Blogging is a great way for one to simply express their personal view point of whatever situation it may, or may not be. Read more: paid blogging is unique and brilliant stuff [click] &lt;br&gt;Tags: &lt;b&gt;paid blogging&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;have a grasp&lt;/b&gt;. Comments: 0.</description>
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<title>Wasting Money on Not-so-Useful Gadgets</title>
<description>Posted by freelance: I went to the mall early this morning to do the weekend grocery and also to take breakfast at Jollibee. I love their morning meals and the pancakes. While at Jollibee, I noticed a group of teens a few tables from mine flaunting their numerous expensive gadgets. Read more: Wasting Money on Not-so-Useful Gadgets [click] &lt;br&gt;Tags: &lt;b&gt;useless gadgets&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;expensive useless devices&lt;/b&gt;. Comments: 0.</description>
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<title>a freelance payout</title>
<description>Posted by Website Introductions: I love to get paid for freelance work. Who doesn't This is why I could just sit at home all day long and not worry about anyone breathing down my neck, at least, not concerning my work or anything like that. Read more: a freelance payout [click] &lt;br&gt;Tags: &lt;b&gt;pay&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;busy&lt;/b&gt;. Comments: 0.</description>
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<title>Loving Bing</title>
<description>Posted by freelance: For quite sometime now, I've been using Bing.com as my personal homepage whenever I open my Firefox browser. It used to be Google that will be automatically displayed when I open it or whenever you click the homepage button, but for some reason, I changed it for Bing. Read more: Loving Bing [click] &lt;br&gt;Tags: &lt;b&gt;google homepage&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;bing homepage&lt;/b&gt;. Comments: 0.</description>
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<title>A Take on the iPad</title>
<description>Posted by freelance: Before Apple released the iPad, many were expecting that it will be a killer to many devices already established and existed with great popularity. Many believed the iPad will be the newest portable computer to replace laptops and will be a better book reader than Amazon's Kindle. Read more: A Take on the iPad [click] &lt;br&gt;Tags: &lt;b&gt;apple ipad&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;apple ipad review&lt;/b&gt;. Comments: 0.</description>
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<title>Wasting Money on Not-so-Useful Gadgets</title>
<description>Posted by freelance: I went to the mall early this morning to do the weekend grocery and also to take breakfast at Jollibee. I love their morning meals and the pancakes. While at Jollibee, I noticed a group of teens a few tables from mine flaunting their numerous expensive gadgets. One of them is using a Sony VAIO and the other 3 are on Mac Pros. They seem like&lt;br&gt;Tags: &lt;b&gt;useless gadgets&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;expensive useless devices&lt;/b&gt;. Comments: 0.</description>
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<title>Coffee Fuel</title>
<description>Posted by freelance: No. This is not another scientific research on organic and reusable energy. And I don't mean to have the title sound quite literally. Read more: Coffee Fuel [click] &lt;br&gt;Tags: &lt;b&gt;amadeo coffee&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;kapeng amadeo&lt;/b&gt;. Comments: 0.</description>
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<title>Internet Censorship - Google, US vs. China</title>
<description>Posted by freelance: The last few weeks have been very loud between China, the US, and Google. Actually, the tension started years ago when Google, and perhaps almost every American company in China, were subjected to content censorship. Although Google and most of these companies abide the local rules, one event prompted the Big G to issue a very challenging&lt;br&gt;Tags: &lt;b&gt;internet censorship in china&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;google vs china&lt;/b&gt;. Comments: 0.</description>
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<title>A Mark for Sarcasm</title>
<description>Posted by freelance: For us Netizens, we use :) on statements we are happy to say and share to the rest of the world. We use : if we feel a little less sure what to feel or how to react, :( when sad or disappointed, and gt;:) evil grin for something &quot;ebil&quot;, and so on. There are quite a number of symbols we can use to show others in the online world how we feel. Read&lt;br&gt;Tags: &lt;b&gt;sarcasm punctuation mark&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;sarcmark&lt;/b&gt;. Comments: 0.</description>
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<title>Heading for the Corporate Life</title>
<description>Posted by freelance: With barely three months to go until I finally graduate from university, it's irritating to realize that I still haven't made much progress with deciding what to do once I set off for the &quot;real world.&quot; The options are vast and wide-ranging. It's just too difficult for me to assess the best option possible. Read more: Heading for the Corporate&lt;br&gt;Tags: &lt;b&gt;corporate life&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;corporate philippines&lt;/b&gt;. Comments: 0.</description>
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<title>Can t One Be Just Lazy </title>
<description>Posted by freelance: We all do become lazy at one point or another. We become reluctant to do any of the tasks that we are supposed to do and just resort to idle activities such as reading blogs like this one. I know you know what I mean, right Read more: Can't One Be Just Lazy [click] &lt;br&gt;Tags: &lt;b&gt;freelancer issues&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;freelancing problems&lt;/b&gt;. Comments: 0.</description>
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<title>Modesty with Gadgets</title>
<description>Posted by freelance: Unlike my mother, whom I consider to be a technophile, I hardly own any gadgets. This is quite odd given my background, precisely because a lot of my batchmates have a great number of these electronic toys with them, such as PlayStation 3's, Nintendo Wii's, iPod Nano's, and the such. I don't have any of those. Read more: Modesty with Gadgets&lt;br&gt;Tags: &lt;b&gt;gadgets&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;dell inspiron 1420&lt;/b&gt;. Comments: 0.</description>
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<title>Facebook Leads the Social Networking Race</title>
<description>Posted by freelance: About two years ago, MySpace boasts that they are still ahead of the relatively newcomer in the social networking scene, Facebook. But recent reports showed that two years can do a lot in figures. Data gathered revealed how Facebook is dominating the online scene with their gargantuan visitor number daily. Read more: Facebook Leads the Social&lt;br&gt;Tags: &lt;b&gt;social networking websites&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;myspace vs facebook&lt;/b&gt;. Comments: 0.</description>
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