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A cellphone is a cellphone is a cellphone.

That is what my brother and many other people I know say when it comes to that gadget they have learned to trust with their lives.

Sure, I think to myself, as I smile and wonder how they are able to survive on those cellphones that look like they had seen better days.

Cellphones, like people, are ever-changing. And that is what makes them exciting gadgets to have and to own. Once a person stops learning, he stops living or so they say. The same goes for the stiff competition that cellphones face nowadays. It is precisely why, when a good model comes along, a newer and more improved model is re-launched in the market.

Take the Nokia N95 8GB.

The Nokia N95 8GB is simple to handle because the original N95 is so well known and has been written about so many times.

The original N95, it seems, was intended to be the last word in the classic S60 phone line. The N95 comes loaded with features like S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1, with the combined Web/WAP browser and miniUSB connectivity; HSDPA, UPnP and Wi-Fi; a largish, recessed 2.6 inch screen; a five-megapixel still camera with great optics, light sensitivity and options, protected by a physical shutter and spoilt slightly by slow image processing and slow camera startup; a great VGA-resolution video recorder (producing good video images but only mono sound); a very full set of media software, with all audio and video codecs, video and image editing suites; online integration; the facility to work in portrait or landscape mode; and TV out for video echoing of any application or media item to a TV or other video equipment.

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Stuttgart, Germany-based Porsche Design Group and French-based Sagem Mobiles (Safran Group) have joined forces to create the first Porsche Design mobile phone, the P’9521.

Like its much-coveted automotive namesake, the new mobile phone combines sophisticated, purist design with high-quality natural materials such as aluminum and glass.

The phone’s casing is milled out of a solid aluminum block, a manufacturing technique used for engines and alloy wheels of high-end sports cars but is a unique production method for mobile phones.

With this device, Porsche Design has remained loyal to its clear design language and has utilized sophisticated materials, again in keeping with its storied tradition.

The typography, styling and colors of the phone’s menu underscore the handset’s very functional character. A double hinge made from lightweight aluminum enables the screen to be rotated 180 degrees, allowing the phone to be used as a digital camera.

The P’9521, whose local price was still unavailable as we went to press, features a fingerprint reader, which easily and conveniently identifies the user while ensuring high-security access to sensitive data.
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Foreword of Maximum PC Magazine issue January 2008 from Will Smith, Editor in Chief.

Have you ever heard of this thing called “the Internet”? It turns out that it’s a great platform for publishing information. Color me impressed! I think this “Internet” thing just may change the future of magazine publishing. Seriously though, I’m super-stoked to share the next phase of Maximum PC’s plans for world domination. First off, on MaximumPC.com we’re going to post time-sensitive content much, much earlier than we have in the past. Our current strategy of posting reviews months after everyone’s stopped caring is, admittedly, pretty lame. Starting with this issue, we’ll be posting our reviews online as soon as they’re written.
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Most of the world’s Internet users lost access to YouTube for several hours after an attempt by Pakistan’s government to block access domestically affected other countries.

The outage Sunday highlighted yet another of the Internet’s vulnerabilities, coming less than a month after broken fiber-optic cables in the Mediterranean took Egypt off line and caused communications problems from the Middle East to India.

An Internet expert explained that Sunday’s problems arose when a Pakistani telecommunications company accidentally identified itself to Internet computers as the world’s fastest route to YoutTube. But instead of serving up videos of skateboarding dogs, it sent the traffic to oblivion.

On Friday, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority ordered 70 Internet service providers to block access to YouTube.com, because of anti-Islamic movies on the video-sharing site, which is owned by Google Inc.
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Whoopi Goldberg seemed sad and choked up on “The View” chat show Monday when her fellow co-hosts discussed how she was not included in a montage featuring Oscar hosts during the Academy Awards telecast.

The 52-year-old Goldberg has received two Oscar nominations, winning for her role as Oda Mae Brown in 1990’s “Ghost.” She hosted the event in 199, 1996, 1999 and 2002. She did, however, appear as an Oscar winner in a separate montage Sunday night.

Goldberg appeared stumped that the academy would leave her out of the one clip, as well as repeat hot Steve Martin.

“Maybe they accidentally lost a clip of you hosting… But I think its wrong,” Elisabeth Hasselbeck said, Joy Behar said “being slighted is never fun.” Sherri Shepherd wondered if Goldberg had made someone mad.

“Undoubtedly,” Goldberg said, smiling. “Undoubtedly I (bleeped) somebody off yet again. You know what, I don’t – I don’t know.”

Actress Rebecca Broussard was sentenced to five days in jail and three years of probation after pleading no contest to a drinking and driving felony charge.

Superior Court Judge Katherine Mader on Monday also ordered Broussard, charged under the name Rebecca Kelly to perform 30 days of state highway cleanup, participate in a hospital and morgue “Scared Straight” program and undergo alcohol treatment program, said Sandi Gibbons, a spokeswoman for the district attorney’s office.

A second DUI charge was dismissed.

Attempts to find a phone listing for Broussard were unsuccessful. The charges stemmed from an August collision near Los Angeles International Airport.

Broussard, 45, is the mother of Jack Nicholson’s two teenage children. Her movie credits include Nicholson titles ‘The Two Jakes” and “Mars Attacks!”

Source: PhilStar News, Los Angleles (AP)

Hollywood star Cate Blanchett missed out on an Oscar but has won the position of chairwoman at an Australian government summit meeting to chart the country’s future.

Blanchett will chair the “Creative Australia” discussions at Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s 2020 Summit in parliament’s Great Hall in Canberra on April 19-20, the government said yesterday.

The chisel-cheekboned actress joins 10 other prominent Australians on an independent steering committee for the summit, billed as a meeting of 1,000 of the nation’s best and brightest minds.

Blanchett, who won an Oscar as best supporting actress in 2005 for her portrayal of Katherine Hepburn in “The Aviator,” was nominated for two of the golden statuettes this year by was passed over.

The 39-year-old star had been in the running for best actress for “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” and best supporting actress for here gender-bending performance as a young Bon Dylan I “I’m Not There.”

Source: PhilStar News, SYDNEY (AP)

How a great experience being present on her concert on March 12 which is my birthdate too. It will be a totally different celebration for me celebrating my birthday in a concert. But unfortunately, I’m quite too sure I will not be able to attend. Ask why? Huhuhuhu… That’s permanently unfortunate, really. Hehehe.. Anyway, to give you more details about Mandy Moore’s concert and her.

Born in Nashua, New Hampshire, on April 10, 1984, (See I am 1 year older to her) mandy has emerged as one of the hottest young stars of today. Since her first CD release with So Real in 1999, Mandy’s career has flourished as she has released even more hit records, starred in server movies (Princess Diaries 1, A Walk to Remember, Saved, Try 17, Chasing Liberty, Americam Dreamz, How to Deal, License to Wed and, coming soon, Because I Said So).

She has released her own clothing line called MBLEM and has reached enormous success with it as her clothes have been sold in stores all across America. Her new (fifth) CD, called Wild Hope, was released late last year. Mandy is never too busy to mind the less fortunate. She donated her time to various charities.

We are glad; our country is visiting by popular music artist all over the world. Don’t miss these chances.

If you want to promote your product or service, then consider using public relations. The best part of PR is that it costs nothing. In fact, public relations is one of the best kept secrets of small business owners who are successful. Use these powerful techniques to get picked up by local and national media.

1. Be an expert.

The media relies on experts for their information. The news that gets printed is only as credible as the source from which it comes. Begin by selecting a news related story to comment on. It should be a story that you are qualified to speak about, aligned with your area of expertise.

If your background is in engineering, and a building falls down, you are qualified to speak about the structure and answer possible engineering related questions. Being an expert simply means that you have a background in a specific area and can lend your expertise.

2. Research the reporter.

To get coverage, find the reporter who is covering the news you wish to comment on. For example, if the news is about a specific current event, then Google the current event name followed by the name of a popular newspaper like the Wall Street Journal or USA Today. You’ll quickly find the reporters who have written on the subject. Call the newspaper (contact information available on their website) and ask for the reporter by name. If the operation asks what your call is in reference to, simply state that you have information related to a specific news item.
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The very part of SEO is link building. Some say this is the holy grail of the SEO spirit. Through this process you can optimize, catch more traffic, can give you keyword relevance to your site you are optimizing. The rumored seocontest2008 this February will be a great challenge to every SEO in optimizing their contest entry.

In doing link building, you need to have some resources in order to succeed. Like if you plan to make paid links, you must have a reasonable amount of pennies to use. If you are optimizing a new website, the first thing you have to check is that how to index your site by search engines particularly Google in a fastest way. Well, as I read to some ebook that contains some elements in SEO world, you could be indexed by Google in just 24 hours! How to do that?? Well, you need to have a budget for this. If you could do and find a great site which you think you can contact the owner and place your link in it. What the great site I am talking about? Well the main criteria in the manner are that the great site has reputable indexed contents, has a pagerank 7. If you can do place your link in that site, your site will be indexed in 24 hours. And if you don’t have enough budgets for this, then try to go on organic way of indexing your site.

Some tips on this particular promotion of a new site, you can create at least thirty unique webpages of the site, submit it to top directories, social networking sites, article directories and other site relevant to your site, then you could probably see your site indexed within 24 hours by Google.