My First New Philippine Peso Bill

The set of new Philippine Peso bills will be officially released to the public next year 2011. But luckily I just got mine from someone working in Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. Don't worry nothing illegal happened, they just have the privilege to own first since they work there.

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Which Lenovo IdeaPad Laptop Are You?

Would it be fun to compare your self with a laptop? I guess the answer is yes, as long as it's a Lenovo laptop! I would say I'm like a Lenovo IdeaPad Y560. It's a combination of computing power, affordability, and durability. If I'm to gauge the price to performance ratio of Ideapad Y560 then it would be a perfect 10. Wait, since I'm comparing Y560 to myself then does that mean my price to performance ratio is also a perfect 10? Hmmm... Let me clear that, it means that I'm a balanced type of person in every aspect. :)

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10 Fun Things I Can Do With A New Lenovo Laptop

What's your dream gift this Christmas season? If you'll ask me, I want a brand new laptop. And not just an ordinary laptop, I want a Lenovo laptop! If you'll ask me again, why Lenovo? I have so many reasons that it may take a while to write. But in order to give you a preview, I will post the top ten fun things I can do with a new Lenovo laptop.

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CCleaner - Free Windows Cleaning Tool

Looking for a software that will wipe out your tracks from all major browsers, several third-party applications, and various Windows system areas? Look no further because you're in the right place. According to www.piriform.com, "CCleaner is the number one tool for cleaning your Windows PC. It protects your privacy online and makes your computer faster and more secure." I won't argue with that because based on my experience with CCleaner it really is the best cleaning tool so far.

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uTorrent - Free And Light Torrent Client

A computer with an internet connection would not be complete without a dedicated torrent client for your downloading task. You can choose among different torrent clients available like Miro, Vuze, and BitComet. But those clients stated above comes with extra features which made them bulky. Here's their approximate file size Miro (37.8MB), Vuze (8MB), and BitComet (7.6MB). If you are looking for a plain torrent client that's light, efficient, and easy to use, then try uTorrent.

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IPad or APad? What's the real deal?

Lately, I've been hearing about this Apple IPad look-alike product from China which is known as the APad. I've also seen it once on a TV news being featured as a hot gift this coming Christmas. The APad really looks like an IPad but I wonder about its technical features. Will it surpass IPad's feature? So I've decided to do some research about APad's specifications and compared it to Apple's IPad. I'll be using APad E8001 model for this comparison and IPad Wi-Fi model.

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IOBit Smart Defrag - Free Windows Defrag Replacement

Fragmentation in our computers occurs when data is broken up into discontinues pieces. That scattered data causes a slower computing time because it requires accessing a data into multiple data addresses. Let's take this example as an analogy, I need to read books  in the library about electronics. But after going to the bookshelf where electronics books are located I've found out that some books are missing. Since I really

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GOM Player - Free Media Player

GOM Player is an all-in-one free media player which I've been using for a couple of years now and it's been a very useful software. The best thing about GOM Player is that I don't need to download a separate media player for playing file types like XviD, AC3, OGG, H263, FLV1, DivX, MP4, etc. anymore because GOM Player supports almost every common codec that we use today.

But just in case that you need a codec not currently supported by GOM Player then the Codec Finder feature

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GIMP - Free Photoshop Replacement

GIMP or GNU Image Manipulation Program is a freely distributed software for photo retouching, image composition, and image authoring. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc.

I've been using GIMP for a while now and so far it does not fail to amaze me with its great features. I can perform simple editing to complex ones which I usually do with Adobe Photoshop. I want to clarify that I'm

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Avast Free Antivirus - Best Free Antivirus

I first encountered Avast Free Antivirus around year 2005 when I got my first computer. As I can remember it was the avast! 4.6 edition. During that time I don't have a comparison yet between other free antivirus so I decided to try other products. I picked a famous free antivirus from AVG then tried it for a month. But I was not satisfied so I switched back to Avast again. Then another popular free antivirus named Avira gets my attention, I tried it and somehow liked its interface. But later I got bored with it because it seems it's not doing

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