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December 9, 2007, when Symbianize Forums opens its doors to Pinoy users not only in the Philippines but also across the globe. Filipinos from different regions and speaking different dialects but sharing the same interests are gathered in one site exclusively made for Filipinos.

And after 3 marvelous months, Symbianize now has 1,000 members. And its only the beginning. Symbianize aims to consolidate all Pinoys from different sites that shares common interests. That’s why Symbianize encourage members to participate more and give their comments and suggestions for the betterment of the site and to possibly attain its goal in no time.

IO Gear has released the Digital Scribe device that turns your handwriting into a digital format when connected to your notebook or PC. It uses an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software to do the conversion, and IO Gear claims that the software has an accuracy rate of 99%. You use the digital pen to write or draw stuff down on a piece of regular paper in front of the Digital Scribe module where the same written/drawn data will appear on screen. The digital pen comes with regular ink cartridges which can be replaced when empty. I tried drawing a cartoon which was reproduced pretty accurately on screen, but the OCR software was not installed at the presentation booth. I am not too sure about why anyone would want to write something down on a piece of paper when seated in front of the PC as it would be much more convenient to boot up a word processor and type it all down instead. Anyhow, the Digital Scribe is available in two formats – a wired model and a wireless one. The wired model will retail for $49 while the wireless version would set you back by an additional $50.

The SnoopStick is a USB flash drive apparently designed with the intent of allowing parents or employers to keep an eye on what their kids or employees are doing online. Just plug the SnoopStick into any USB equipped PC you want to monitor and then run the setup program which takes about 60 seconds. The software that gets installed is completely invisible leaving no evidence that the system is being watched or monitored.

Once installed on a system you can then monitor that computer’s online activities anywhere in the world by simply plugging the SnoopStick into your own PC. You can see what websites have been visited, check who or where emails have been sent and even read IM conversations as they happen in real time. The SnoopStick will even store up to 12 months of activity logs if you don’t want to keep an eye on the other computer all the time or if you happen to need a bit of evidence later on.

It’s actually called the “Home Theater Watch,” but that’s somewhat of a misnomer, seeing as the screen that this watch features is only an inch and a half in size. Nothing wrong with that, though… It is, after all, a watch. The 2 gigs of onboard memory should handle at least one movie. The watch hooks up to your computer via USB, and can also play back picture slideshows and audio files.

Although software is included to convert some types of video files (including AVI, WMV, MPEG, and VCD) into watch video format (whatever that is), there’s no information given about battery life. It would be nice, too, if instead of the 2GB of built in memory, there was an SD card slot.

Most of our keyboards are powered when plugged into the computer, but how many of them actually harness the power of the sun? The Genius SlimStar 820 boasts a solar panel that juices up the built-in battery, helping you save on your power bill in the process. Granted, the amount of energy consumed is marginal, but imagine what would happen if everybody across the globe did the same thing? Millions could be saved each year, where the money can then be channeled for other altruistic causes. In the event where there is not enough light, the keyboard will automatically be powered by the USB cable charger.

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* means that those features are only available for members that provide proof of ID.
** means it’s definitely planned to be activated between June-Aug 07.

You may visit them here… http://www.110mb.com. Though they are currently unstable due to on-going upgrades and tuning up.

Filipino or Pinoy Chat, Mobile Phone, and Computer Resource Forum. FREE applications, games, themes, graphics, e-books, tones, mp3, videos, tools, tutorials, tips, and support. All Filipinos are welcome to join. Discussions are not pure technical. Anything can be discuss, from deep, contemporary conversations to meaningless, shallow chit-chat.

Visit the site: http://www.symbianize.com

As requested by members, 2 additional forums are introduced…

Graphic Tutorials

Learn the basic and advance way of creating effects and enhancing your graphics. Bring your images to life using your photo-editing software. We can share all kinds of graphic tutorials and articles here.

Skins, Fonts, and Icons

Collection of applications skins, icons, and fonts. Look or share yours here for your friends and for our fellow Symbianizers.

The new ibPro Arcade has been introduced to the site replacing the old V3 Arcade System.

Aside from the existing features from the old system, some new features are also included:

New Style
Members may opt to choose the old V3 layout or the new ibPro layout.

Highscore Champions
Players are ranked according to the number of total actual highscores they are currently holding. The top 3 members will be displayed on Symbianize Arcade index page.

King Of The Arcade
The player who recorded the most number of all-time Highscores.

Leader Of The Leaderboard
Each player will receive points to every game they played according to their rank on that particular game. First place finishers will receive 25 points, 15 for 2nd, 10 for 3rd, 5 for 4th and 5th, and 3 for 6th-10th place. The player who gained the highest total points will hold the title of being the Leader of the Leaderboard.

Game Tournaments
Compete with other players on an elimination type of game. Beat every player that you met along the way to be crowned as the Tournament Champ.

Champions And Tourney Title Holders On Post
If a member is the current actual highscore champion of a game or a tournament champion, a note will appear on their post.

Currently active users on arcade
This will show the current active members browsing the Arcade and displays the activity or location of a member if he’s on the Arcade.

Aside from the Arcade switch, 10 more games are also added:

Mario Catcher

Mars Patrol

Money Money Money

Ninja Kid

Ninja Turtles 2

Paintball

Pencak

Pin Headz

Pipe Mania

Plops

For more info and forum discussion, pls. go here. Or jump directly to the Arcade here.

Having an orderly, organized, and well-moderated Forum makes browsing and discussions better. And more importantly, it attracts more visitors to join. Moderation does not only includes moving, editing, deleting, or managing posts and threads. But it also involves moderating or managing the Forum members. Every Forum has its own Rules and Regulations which every member should abide. And Forum Moderators should see to it that members do not stray away from those guidelines. So an Infraction System has been put up which is a good way to manage those members who violate the Forum Rules or display inappropriate behavior.

User Infraction system

The User Infraction system is designed to automate the management of misbehaving users.
Currently, Symbianize has these infraction levels…

Each infraction level has an expiration time. When the infraction expires, the associated points are removed from the user’s point total and the user’s infraction groups are recalculated.

Infraction levels can also be allowed to be given as warnings. A warning does not add any infraction point to the user’s point total. Warnings serve as a method to remind user’s of our forum’s rules and encourage them to be followed without awarding infraction points. Giving whether an infraction or a warning solely depends on Moderator’s discretion.

AUTOMATIC BAN
Accumulating 5 infraction points automatically suspends a user’s account.