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The last post of this site was January 26, 2010 exactly 8 months ago as of today. Delphinoy, yours truly,  is busy with a lot of things in the past 8 months.

Some of the changes that I’m planning to implement are:

1. Post at least twice a week ( I hope) or at least regularly.

2. Post more technologies update.

3. Post some tips on Delphi. I know that there’s a lot of tips out there already but I’ll post only those that I’m using in my own projects.

4. Post other news on software development areas.

5. Create a separate page for job offerings.

Promote and generate more buzz to this site. Join me in this new phase of Delphinoy.

T.J. Creamer, a Flight Engineer broadcast the following message directly from the International Space Station:

“Hello Twitterverse! We r now LIVE tweeting from the International Space Station — the 1st live tweet from Space! More soon, send your ?s”

The historical  tweet from the Space Stations was made possible when NASA upgrade their software . The upgrade rolled up gave  Space Station astronauts direct  access to the Web.  Prior to this, tweets from astronauts had to be e-mailed down to Earth, then later manually posted ground-based workers.

Although there are existing Wifi webcams already in the past 4 years with built-in webserver, they are either bulky or the video rate is slow.

Thanks to technology companies that keeps on improving this small but important gadgets, the latest Wi-Fi video cameras have come a long way.

The latest Wifi webcam from model WIFI-CA100  is exactly the webcam  that my wife and I planning to buy. It has the all features that we are looking for.  It lets you monitor your home, kids, business establishments, or anywhere requiring remote video transmission and supervision.

MODEL: WIFI-CA100

This Wifi webcam can directly access the Internet unlike standard “webcams” that require an attached PC.

Great Features Include:

• It has a PAN rotation of 270 degrees and can be tilted up to 120 degrees.
• Up to a maximum of 10 users can view the webcam at the same time.
• Has infrared LEDs for better  night view.
• Automatically adjust the video rate according to the network bandwidth.
• Has support for motion detection.
• Bi-directional talking and audio supervision.
• Auto reconnect if there’s a failure on the connection.

Enjoy this latest and impressive Wifi webcam.

Facebook is making big changes to its privacy settings that may mean millions of people begin to expose information that they previously considered to be restricted to only their Facebook friends to the entire internet.

According to Facebook definition of terms, "Information set to 'everyone' is publicly available information, may be accessed by everyone on the Internet."

Also, "The default privacy setting for certain types of information you post on Facebook is set to 'everyone.'

Facebook is aiming to get people to be more public on the site and that anyone who hasn’t changed their privacy settings will now see it “recommended” that their status updates, photos etc. be exposed to “everyone” – to the entire internet.

If you make your information available to “everyone”, it actually means “everyone, forever”.

You are free, of course, to change that setting.

If you’ve never edited your privacy settings before, Facebook will set the new default on the “transition” page to share all your posted content with everyone.

Only 15 to 20% of Facebook users have ever changed their privacy settings before, so 80 to 85% of people will now be switched by “recommendation” to share their content with the whole web.

There’s a real danger that people will go along with Facebook’s recommendations without considering carefully the possible consequences.

At first, it looked like just an isolated incident but according to Avast forum, they really had a bad false positive issue today.  Admittedly, they reported that this incident does not only affects Delphi binaries but Avast started flagging hundreds of innocent files as a “Win32:Delf-MZG” Trojan.  The files affected were high-profile programs produced by Adobe, Realtek sound card drivers, various media players among others.

The errant update had been issued around 12:15 a.m. GMT. A new update was issued at 5:50 a.m. GMT that corrected the problem.

A step-by-step guide on how to restore the files from the Virus Chest can be found here: http://support.avast.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=376

Be in control in getting things done and deliver amazing results.  The final release of Office 2010 will debut next year but for now Microsoft is offering you to download their Microsoft Office 2010.

Get the download link below but while downloading it,  you may want to know the top 10 benefits you can get in using Office 2010.

Top 10 Benefits of Office 2010*

1. Express your ideas more visually. New and improved image editing tool  lets you transform your documents visual into a superb work of art.
2. Accomplish more when working together. Lets you work on a file with several people at once even if you are in a different locations!
3. Enjoy the familiar Office experience from more locations and more devices.  Extend your work using smartphone or virtually any computer with internet connection anywhere.
4. Create powerful data insights and visuals.  With the new Sparklines feature in Excel, you can now track and highlight and visually present your data.
5. Deliver compelling presentations. Add effects on your PowerPoint 2010 presentation  by embedding your video. Videos are not embedded by default, relieving from managing external video files.
6. Manage large volumes of e-mail with ease. Compress long emails into few thread of conversations.
7. Store and track all your ideas and notes in one place. The new features like version tracking, automatic highlighting, and Linked Notes give you complete control over your documents.
8. Get your message out instantly. The new Broadcast Slide Show feature allows you to share your Powerpoint presentation to a remote audience using the web.
9. Get things done faster and easier. The improved Ribbon across Office 2010 applications lets you access commands quickly and personalize the tab according to your work style.
10. Access work across devices and platforms. Use and experience Microsoft® Office 2010 across PCs, Smartphones, and Web browsers on the go.

Is Microsoft Office 2010 for you ? Or do you want to take a peak on the this new version for FREE?

Here’s what you need to do.

Download Microsoft Office 2010 Beta Here.

You can get either get the Developer or IT Pro (for end-user). Downloading  could take an hour or more depending on your provider, bandwidth, and traffic.

*Based from Microsoft website.

Below are the versions for Windows 7

• Windows 7 Home Basic
• Windows 7 Starter
• Windows 7 Home Premium
• Windows 7 Home Premium (x64)
• Windows 7 Home Premium N (European Union Only)
• Windows 7 Professional
• Windows 7 Professional (x64)
• Windows 7 Enterprise
• Windows 7 Enterprise (x64)
• Windows 7 Ultimate
• Windows 7 Ultimate (x64)

Which version are REALLY available to the consumers?

Let’s further shorten the list on what version are really available for the regular user.

• Windows 7 Starter (32-bit or x64)
• Windows 7 Home Premium (x64)
• Windows 7 Professional (x64)
• Windows 7 Ultimate (x64)

Windows 7 Home Basic is only for new PC purchase in emerging markets. This will be unheard in North America and Europe.
Windows 7 Starter this is primarily for low end, budget PCs like netbook which will be sold worldwide.
Window 7 with N and K were produced for European Union and Korea market. This is to appease the anti-trust rules and
regulations on those countries.
Windows 7 Enterprise is for corporate users, available through corporate volume licensing subscription programs.
Windows 7 Ultimate functions like Windows 7 Enterprise except it is available at retail for new PCs (out of the box) and as stand-alone.

32-bit or x64?

The difference between the two is a bit technical in nature. To simplify, I suggest leave 32-bit word behind and transport your virtual world to to 64-bit(x64).

Windows 7 are still fully compatible with most if not all 32-bit software EXCEPT for some netbook computers that come with a version of Intel’s Atom processor which are not compatible with x64 instruction set.

The no.1 reason to step into 64-bit is BIG Memory! Windows 7 can use up to 192GB of RAM (it depends on version), compared to 32-bit version which can access to less than 4GB.

Intel and AMD are now both producing x64 platform. 64-bit is now the mainstream PC platform. With the increase of memory capacity and decreasing price, there’s no other way but to embrace x64 version.

Get up close and take a first-hand look at the latest I.T. products and software for computing, imaging, printing, connecting and communications, security, entertainment and lifestyle applications.

This is the right time to show off your wares in the biggest one-stop shop for ICT products and services in Metro Manila.  Be ready to take advantage of full-scale marketing and promotional salvo.

Reach out to both corporate buyers and end-users just in time for the Christmas buying season.  COMDAPP Expo 2009 is rightly scheduled  for your year-end sales blitz.

COMDDAP EXPO MANILA 2009

• Open to the public
• Free Admission
• December 3 to 6, 2009
• SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia Grounds, Pasay City

It’s an invitation you can’t afford to miss. Get maximum exposure for your products and services.

Last year at the COMDAPP Expo 2008, over 35 ICT companies showcased their wares and services to over 20,000 visitors/attendees. Onsite sales reached over 10-million pesos. Exhibit attendance posted a 27% increase from the previous year.

This year, at the COMDDAP Expo 2009, get mega value and mileage for your money’s worth. Secure your spot on the exhibit floor and play to a targeted audience of information and communications technology (ICT) enthuasiasts, experts, decision-makers, users and consumers.

Ride the trend towards the consumer lifestyle of the future. Joint other ICT industry names as they put out their best in the greatest ICT show in the metropolis.

Windows 7 Launch

Mark this two dates on your calendar, Nov. 7 and 8, 2009. Be at the SM North EDSA Cyberzone on those days and witness the Windows 7 big launch!

You may also avail of the launch price of Windows Home Basic for only PhP7,777. Standard retail price of this version is at PhP8,000.

How to avail the launch price?

1. Go to your nearest participating Microsoft reseller (or email delphinoy@yahoo.com) and pay 50% deposit fee.

2. Claim your Windows 7 Home Basic on Nov. 7, 2009.

Promo period is from Oct. 15 to Nov. 6, 2009 only. Hurry and get your Windows 7 copy.

Microsoft prepared  games and prizes, have celebrities, demos and freebies! They’ll giving away lots of goodies. Everyone gets a chance to bring home gadgets, goodies, maybe even laptops!

Don’t think about it, just be there!

Calling people from Cebu! You’ll have your own Windows 7 launch soon!