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Beer is the Drink of Choice in Asia

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:44:07 GMT

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Vol. XXI, No. 69
Wednesday, October 31, 2007 | MANILA, PHILIPPINES

BY JOHANNA C. POBLETE

BEER is the most popular beverage in Asia, a new study showed, with the Philippines having the highest consumption of locally made brands compared to its Southeast Asian neighbors.

The Synovate PAX Media Study 2007 was conducted in over 11 markets in the Asia-Pacific, including Southeast Asia, and featured six alcoholic beverage categories. Of the 43.7% who said they were alcohol drinkers, 26.1% gravitated to local beer, compared to the 24.1% who preferred wine, 14.5% who went for imported beer, 7.6% who favored champagne, 10.5% who picked whiskey, and the 4.2% whose choices were brandy and cognac.

Tags: beer, alcohol, drink, asia, philippines, wine

Digital Marketing Cuts Through Clutter

Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:13:11 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This shows the internet's power over business.

Clip Source: www.itmatters.com.ph

Digital marketing cuts through clutter of traditional media

Internet and mobile marketing are seen to remove the information clutter from traditional media.

Visitors at the First Internet and Mobile Marketing Summit — Jonathan Cellona

Marketers trying out this "whole new world of marketing" said in a conference last week that the individualized nature of the Internet and mobile gadgets such as mobile phones are more effective in some marketing campaigns.

In fact, speakers at the recently concluded First Internet and Mobile Marketing Summit last week were armed with statistics to prove that tapping the Internet and mobile tools is what some consumers prefer these days.

Mobile marketing, for instance, can reach as much as 50% of a campaign’s target audience, said Bong Mojica, division head for the Wireless Consumer Division of Smart Communications Inc.

Tags: digital, media, marketing, research

Ghost-hunting Tech

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:18:51 GMT

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Clip Source: news.com.com

Featured gallery

Images: Ghost-hunting tech

Throughout history, people have used the technology of their time to try to either prove or fake proof of the existence of life after death. View this gallery...

Tags: ghost, technology, equipment

The Lancer Evo X

Tue, 01 May 2007 19:38:25 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This is the newest among the proud line of Lancer Evos.

Clip Source: www.edmunds.com

Videos

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2008 Mitsubishi Evolution X Video (Photo by Josh Jacquot, Senior Road Test Editor)

Tags: mitsubishi, lancer, evolution, evo, x

The Miracle Polymer for the New Millenium

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:57:31 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This is cool stuff! Think cling wrap on steroids.

Clip Source: images.businessweek.com

The Miracle Polymer for the New Millennium

ETFE can be made into glass-like sheets or inflated in pillows and is being used in some of the most innovative new buildings around the world

ETFE (Ethylene Tetrafluoroethylene) is the building material of the future. This wonder polymer, a transparent plastic related to Teflon, is replacing glass and plastic in some of the most innovative buildings being designed and constructed today. Its selling points? Compared to glass, it’s 1% the weight, transmits more light, is a better insulator, and costs 24% to 70% less to install. It’s also resilient (able to bear 400 times its own weight, with an estimated 50-year life-span), self-cleaning (dirt slides off its nonstick surface), and recyclable.

By Elizabeth Woyke

Tags: etfe, material, construction, innovation

Speed up Firefox with these tweaks

Sat, 24 Feb 2007 01:18:49 GMT

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Clip Source: www.tonyspencer.com

Speed up Firefox with these tweaks

Does Firefox seem way slower than Internet Explorer to you? Well it certainly is out of the box. I’m not sure why they don’t make the following settings default but check these out. They may change your opinion of the browser.

Type “about:config” in your firefox address bar.

Search for the following settings:

1. network.http.pipelining
Set to true
2. network.http.pipelining.firstrequest
Set to true
3. network.http.pipelining.maxrequests
Set to 32
4. network.http.proxy.pipelining
Set to true
5. nglayout.initialpaint.delay
Set to 0

Its very likely that you won’t have an entry for network.http.pipelining.firstrequest. Thats ok. Just add one.

Right-click on the preferences list, select ‘New’ then select ‘Boolean’

On the first prompt, type:
network.http.pipelining.firstrequest

On the second prompt, set it to ‘true’

Its also likely that you won’t have an entry for nglayout.initialpaint.delay

Right-click on the preferences list, select ‘New’ then select ‘Integer’

On the first prompt, type:
nglayout.initialpaint.delay

On the second prompt, set it to ‘0′

Enabling the pipelining features allows the browser to make multiple requests to the server at the same time. The “maxrequests” is the maximum number of requests it will send at once. I’ve heard that 8 is the most it will send at once, but setting it higher won’t hurt, just in case. The initialpaint.delay is the length of time (in milliseconds) after the server response before the browser begins to paint the page.

Tags: firefox

globalization - characteristics

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 06:58:30 GMT

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Clip Source: en.wikipedia.org

[edit] Characteristics

Globalization has become identified with a number of trends, most of which may have developed or accelerated since World War II. These include the greater international movement of commodities, money, information, and people; and the development of technology, organizations, legal systems, and infrastructures to allow this movement. Some of the trends include the following:

Greater international cultural exchange,

Spreading of multiculturalism, and better individual access to cultural diversity (e.g. through the export of Hollywood and Bollywood movies). However, the imported culture can easily supplant the local culture, causing reduction in diversity through hybridization or even assimilation. The most prominent form of this is Westernization, but Sinicization of cultures also takes place.
Greater international travel and tourism
Greater immigration, including illegal immigration
Spread of local consumer products (e.g., food) to other countries (often adapted to their culture)
World-wide fads and pop culture such as Pokémon, Sudoku, Numa Numa, Origami, Idol series, YouTube, and MySpace.
World-wide sporting events such as FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games.
Formation or development of a set of universal values

Technical/legal

Development of a global telecommunications infrastructure and greater transborder data flow, using such technologies as the Internet, communication satellites, submarine fiber optic cable, and wireless telephones
Increase in the number of standards applied globally; e.g. copyright laws, patents and world trade agreements.
The push by many advocates for an international criminal court and international justice movements.

Tags: globalization, characteristics