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Red Hat released the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Beta (kernel-2.6.18-155.el5), with versions for x86, x86/64, Itanium, IBM POWER and System z. The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Beta release includes a variety of new features and capabilities, combined with enhancements in virtualization, storage/filesystem, security and developer tools. As with any Beta, our goal is to provide customers and partners with the opportunity to sample and test new features of the release before it’s finalized.

The most exciting new capability in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Beta is the incorporation of KVM-based virtualization, in addition to existing Xen-based virtualization. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 provides the first commercial-strength implementation of KVM, which is developed as part of the upstream Linux kernel. Xen-based virtualization, of course, remains fully supported for the life of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 family. In addition to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Beta release,Red Hat also announced the availability of the Beta release of the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization portfolio, which includes Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager for Servers, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager for Desktops and the standalone, KVM-based Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor.

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Genius intros their first HD webcam especially designed to boost your live chat experience–the eFace 2050AF. It’s a 2 megapixel webcam with auto focus and a built-in microphone.

Make every shot picture-perfect!
eFace 2050AF delivers 1280 x 720 high-definition videos and 8 megapixel high-resolution still images. It produces sharp and vibrant images with its motorized AF glass lens and precise focus. It has a USB 2.0 interface with a transmit speed of 480Mbps. It comes bundled with CrazyTalk Cam Suite PRO which enables you to make quick video uploads to YouTube.

Take it anywhere!
The eFace 2050AF is portable as it is both foldable and light in weight. It’s designed with a universal clip base so you can attach it to your LCD monitor/notebook or just let it stand on its own.

It’s simple and ready to use! Just plug it without any driver required.

You can get the newest Genius products from the Genius Concept Store, located at CyberZone, 4th floor, Building B, SM Megamall.

Genius is exclusively distributed in the Philippines by MSI-ECS. For more product information and other inquiries, email marketing@msi-ecs.com.ph, visit www.msi-ecs.com.ph, or call 688-3180/688-3181. ###

World-famous maker of iPod accessories, Ozaki, reinvents the microphone. In the most innovative fashion yet, the Ozaki microphone comes in a “pill” form. Aptly dubbed the iPill, it has a capsule-like shape, consisting of two halves–one half is the protective cover, and the better half is the iPill’s 3.5mm connector.

Ozaki iPill is the newest on-the-go mic for iPod, especially made and designed for iPod nano and touch. It has an outstanding sound quality, and works with third party applications so you can do more with your iPod. Ozaki is exclusively distributed in the country by MSI-ECS Phils., Inc.

For more product information and other inquiries, email marketing@msi-ecs.com.ph, call 688-3180 / 688-3181, or visit www.msi-ecs.com.ph. ###

This afternoon, I had a visit from a couple of chaps from Globe who told me that my old Prolink 9200 modem is at the end of its life and needs to be replaced. I think I scared them both off as they let me do all the wiring myself. Good thing that they gave me a filter and an extra phone cable to hook everything up.

Now the big problem is that I use a Linksys WRT54G router for its QoS and wireless capabilities. On the Prolink, I was able to enable bridging mode. But if you try the default username and password user/user on the Siemens modem, you’ll get neutered options.

A quick trip to PinoyDSL.net gave me the answers to my problems and here they are courtesy of user luolan from Malibay, Pasay City.

Default Username Working For SIEMENS S260

URL: http://192.168.1.1 (to unlock ADVANCE tab)
Username: user
Password: user

URL: http://192.168.1.1/globe (to unlock all admin features)
Username: Admin
Password: 3UJUh2VemEfUtesEchEC2d2e

Just make sure to set your router to a different IP. For example on my Linksys, I set it to 192.168.1.100. You have to hook up your PC directly to the Siemens modem to configure it. Just use the Admin credentials.

Once you’re logged in, your first order of business is to change the password to something you can easily remember. I personally used Admin to make it idiot friendly.

Anyway, the settings you need are VPI 0 and VCI 35. Then set the connection mode from PPPoE to 1483 Bridged. Leave the LLC setting and don’t choose VC-Mux. You can just modify the original profile listed and then save changes. Also, make sure to go to LAN settings then disable DHCP. Afterwards Save and Reboot changes.

Then just go back to your router and make sure that PPPoE is enabled. The username will be your e-mail address with globe which is most likely yourname@globelines.com.ph. The password by default is your account number which can be seen on your latest bill.

If you need more help on this, hit me back or try the PinoyDSL forums. Don’t try calling Globe Technical Support. They’ll just tell you that only their on-site technicians are allowed to do so. They just probably don’t know the settings themselves. The two on-site guys who came here surely didn’t.

I got this in the mail. I’m posting it here in case you’re not in the loop.

Thanks again for your investment in Windows 7.

The Windows 7 Team

Olympus has established a tradition of offering very well specified cameras at the entry-level, and was one of the first to offer two cameras in this bracket – the little E-410 and its image-stabilized big brother, the E-510 (later upgraded to the 420 and 520 respectively). Now it has introduced the E-620, a model that will ’sell alongside’ the E-420 and E-520 (in the sense that we suspect it will eventually replace the E-520) as the company’s attempt at a ‘500D-killer’.

The E-620 comes with Free Angle Live View in a small and light body. With the Art Filter and multiple exposure functionality, it is sure to expand your world of expressions.

In addition, the image stabilization built into the E-620 means that image stabilization is available with all FourThirds lenses you may decide to use. Combined with the Standard Class lenses with light weight and high cost performance, image stabilization is always available throughout an approximate 33x zoom range from 18mm ultra wide angle to 600mm zoom, relative to 35mm film format, for everyone.

Image stabilization is built into the world’s smallest and lightest camera body, for everyday use. Take your position and shoot a picture by hand whenever the opportunity is right. Your shooting environment is fully supported. Because a small and light weight camera body is easy to carry around, and because image stabilization offers stable quality as well, the E-620 will make your daily life more lively and help keep those moments in high quality.

The OLYMPUS PEN E-P1 is an interchangeable lens digital camera that compliant with the Micro Four Thirds System standard announced in August 2008. The nickname “OLYMPUS PEN” comes from company’s legendary half-frame film camera, which was released in October 1959 and rapidly swept across the world, sold a total of 17 million units worldwide and forever popularizing the joy of photography with people everywhere. We decided to give the new product the same product name because this new camera brings to digital SLR photography the same breakthrough in size reduction and convenience that the original PEN, as well boasting a stylish design that echoes the charm of the original. This naming expresses our commitment to making it possible for as many people as possible to experience the true pleasure of photography at its finest.

Thanks to the Micro Four Thirds system standard, this camera features an internal structure that does not use a quick-return mirror, thereby facilitating a radical reduction in size without degrading the advantages of traditional SLR cameras such as high performance and high picture quality. The body boasts an attractive metallic finish that expresses the high quality and sense of compressed power exuded by the original “OLYMPUS PEN” series cameras.

For enhanced operability, the new OLYMPUS PEN is also equipped with the iAUTO function popular on our compact digital cameras, which automatically evaluates the scene and sets the optimum scene mode accordingly.

The imaging circuitry uses a 4/3-inch, 12.3-megapixel high speed Live MOS Sensor and a newly developed TruePic V image processing engine to provide high still image quality equivalent to traditional SLR cameras. In addition, possible the recording of 720p HD (High-Definition) movies. Stereo audio recording capability in the linear PCM format is also provided, making it easy to shoot movies with high quality. In addition, the Art Filter function – which applies exciting filter effects to images – can be applied to movie images as well as still images, expanding opportunities for creative expression.

The release of this Micro Four Thirds System compliant product is a key part of our strategy to promote a “OLYMPUS PEN E-P1″ that will appeal to a wide range of users as both an introductory digital SLR camera for novices as well as a secondary camera for high-level amateurs and professionals.

The HP Color LaserJet CP2025 Printer offers vibrant business color printing without compromising speed. Catering to micro and small business customers looking to create high-impact yet affordable marketing materials in-house, the HP Color LaserJet CP2025 Printer series offers black and white printing at the same price as on HP LaserJet monochrome printers.

HP ColorSphere toner makes producing print-shop quality output simple with the included HP Print View software and the HP In-house Marketing Starter Kit. Designed to be easy to use and maintain, the HP Color LaserJet CP2025 Printer is ideal for customers who want to manage the development of their marketing materials from start to finish.

Now, SMBs can easily create impressive materials on different media types with a single click using the simple print driver interface – select from a collection of pre-configured printing shortcuts that include settings for envelopes, cardstock, glossy paper and more.

The HP Color LaserJet CP2025 is part of the several imaging and printing solutions launched by HP to enable small businesses to enjoy the benefits of high-performance color without worrying about the cost of printing black text, while also saving on time, money and energy usage.

For product information, availability and pricing, please contact MSI-ECS Phils. Inc. at 688-3734 look for OJ Tiongco or email otiongco@msi-ecs.com.ph.

VMware vSphere™ 4 Wins Grand Prize and Best of Interop Award in the Cloud Computing and Virtualization Category

VMware, Inc., the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop through the datacenter and to the cloud, announced that VMware vSphere™ 4 was named the Best of Interop 2009 Grand Prize Winner and won the Best of Interop Award in the Cloud Computing and Virtualization category. The awards were announced last month at Interop Las Vegas 2009.

“We are extremely pleased with the positive reception that VMware vSphere 4 has already received from customers and partners and this recognition from Interop is another impressive achievement,” said Dr. Stephen Herrod, chief technology officer and senior vice president of R&D, VMware. “These Best of Interop awards underscore our continued leadership in the virtualization industry and recognize the unparalleled efficiency, control, and choice  that VMware vSphere 4 delivers to IT.”

VMware vSphere 4, which became generally available last month, is a quantum leap forward in helping customers transform IT into a dynamic, flexible service, while dramatically lowering costs.  With VMware vSphere 4, customers can bring the benefits of cloud computing to their datacenters, creating a practical approach to their own private clouds – cloud computing infrastructures that span internal IT with external cloud service providers.

“This year was an exciting year for the Best of Interop Awards because there were so many strong contenders in every category,” said Art Wittmann, Judge for the 2009 Best of Interop Awards and Managing Director of InformationWeek Analytics.  “VMware and each of the category winners have truly demonstrated the essence of innovation and deserve this recognition for their contributions to the industry.”

VMware is exclusively distributed in the Philippines by MSI-ECS. For more product information and other inquiries, email marketing@msi-ecs.com.ph, visit www.msi-ecs.com.ph, or call 688-3180/688-3181. ###