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Howie D on ASAP 08

  • Filed under: Music
Sunday
Sep 21,2008

Backstreet Boys member, Howie D, will be in Manila on September 28 (Sunday, next week) for a promotional campaign of the single “I’ll Be There”, his duet with our very own Sarah Geronimo.
Howie D will be on ASAP next week, and will also be at the SM Mall of Asia.

Nvidia lay-off 6.5% workforce

  • Filed under: Tech
Sunday
Sep 21,2008

Nvidia, the world’s largest graphics chip supplier, announced a workforce reduction of 6.5 percent to allow for continued investment in strategic growth areas. As a result, Nvidia expects to eliminate approximately 360 positions worldwide, or about 6.5 percent of the company’s global workforce.”

Twitter Interface Redesign

  • Filed under: Tech
Sunday
Sep 21,2008

The popular microblogging site Twitter announced and launched a refresh of its interface on its company blog Thursday. Updated tabs, a new design customizer, and Ajax work on the back end are the major features of this release. Twitter’s redesign sports a more attractive following/followers display and better tab placement.

Lorna Tolentino Moves to ABS-CBN

Saturday
Sep 20,2008

Grandslam actress Lorna Tolentino will be moving to kapamilya network ABS-CBN where she is set to do a soap opera with come-backing actor, now singer, Gabby Concepcion.
Lorna Tolentino recently was accompanied by her manager, Lolit Solis, when the actress said her goodbyes and appreciation to the kapuso network top executives.

Friday
Sep 19,2008

Yes, that’s right! Cebu Pacific Airlines is offeing 50,000 free tickets to anywhere in the Philippines baodr their planes.
Here’s an email alert Cebu Pacific sent us today:
Thanks to you, the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) reported Cebu Pacific as the No.1 domestic airline once again.
Because of this, we are giving out more than 50,000 seats ABSOLUTELY [...]

Family Feud on GMA 7

Friday
Sep 19,2008

Showbizjuice reports that Kapuso network GMA 7 has acquired the rights for the American gameshow, Family Feud. No less than Richard Gomez is set to host the show.

T2

  • Filed under: Movies
Friday
Sep 19,2008

Maricel Soriano will make a movie comeback via a Chito Rono movie from Star Cinema, T2. Incidentally, Baron Geisler, who is said to be an original cast in the fil, has been replaced by Eric Fructuoso.

Dyesebel out, Gagambino In

Thursday
Sep 18,2008

Dennis Trillo’s Gagambino will soon be replacing Marian Rivera’s Dyesebel. Gagambino, the newest of the kapuso fantaseryes, will also feature Katrina Halili, Nadine Samonte, Bernadette Allyson, Isabel Oli, Mart Escudero, Leo Martinez, Jean Garcia, and Jennica Garcia.
The show is directed by Topel Lee and Don Michael Perez.

Deep Blue H1 Price: Php9,995

  • Filed under: Tech
Wednesday
Sep 17,2008

The price of a new Deep Blue H1 UMPC/netbook has dropped to just Php9,995. This is probably the cheapest netbook out there now.
* VIA C7-M 1.0 GHz CPU
* 7.0-inch Wide TFT, WXGA (800×480)
* 40GB Mobile HD
* 2 USB Ports
[...]

Tuesday
Sep 16,2008

Here’s the latest ranking according the AGB nielsen.
1. Dyesebel - 38.8%
2. Codename Asero - 36.4%
3. Ako si Kim Samsoon - 34.8%
4. Survivor Philippines - 31.8%
5. 24 Oras - 28.3%
6. I Love Betty La Fea - 28.2%
7. TV Patrol World - 27.8%
8. Iisa Pa Lamang - 25.8%
9. Dyosa - 25.3%
10.My Husband’s Woman - 22.7%

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