2005-11-02

Software and Tech Updates ...almost

I. Last Chance II. Civilization IV III. MySQL 5.0 IV. Microsoft Products for the Enterprise V. OpenOffice.org 2 VI. Imagine Cup 2006 I. Last Chance She finally sent me a couple of messages last night including a "good night". It looks like she's still pissed off though. It will be all up to her. If she doesn't want to contiue this, it's okay ...I think. I'm thinking of bringing her to Saguijo for a night out. I think Makopa, Johnny Allegre Affinity and Up Dharma Down will be playing. Last Saturday was the last day of Oktoberfest here. Well yeah, got a bit tipsy we drank the leftovers at Eric's place. That afternoon, we ended up playing you-know-what from 14.00-21.00. Then went to Jollibee for lunch. Saw some high school friends there too. No tables to mingle with them though. Enough of that. I don't want to talk about my boring personal life. Let's get back to my less interesting tech news before it gets stale. II. Civilization IV The ultimate time waster of all time is back and way better. Check out Sid Meier's Civilization IV. I haven't played it yet but the reviews all over are consistent say its great overall. Based from what I read, it's great for strategy enthusiasts, world history lovers and insomniacs altogether. The good stuff that I saw was the new open boundary system. And guess what, hotseat multiplayer gaming is back! As expected in any game development, graphics has improved drastically. This game is a must have. III. MySQL 5.0 Alas! The long-awaited MySQL 5.0 is finally out. I've read about competitive features it had when it was still in its beta stages. They have support for stored procedures now. This is a big bonus to PHP-based web application development, business purposes or not. IV. Microsoft for the Enterprise Level Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005 and .net Framework 2.0 will be launched in Manila on November 25, 2005. This is good news to rapid application developers ...sort of. I've seen some good improvements on SQL Server 2005 and ASP .net 2. I'm just hoping that IIS will be more secure. I will be conducting a technical session about ASP .net 2 on November 24, 2005 at my school. Let's wish that all goes well and that people won't walk away or fall asleep. Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 are now available for MSDN subscribers. V. OpenOffice.org 2 It's out too. Memory handling has been improved and load times shortened. Can somebody clarify if they're still using Java. I hate Java's Virtual Machine. It's such a memory hog. Anyway, if you don't have money to spend on MS Office (don't even think of piracy), this is your next best bet. Since Office 12 (wave) will be coming out in a few months, you might want to take a look at it too (the UI's great ...and changed). I hope that performance and loading times will be improved too. It sucks that Office 2000 was the last best office suite that came out from Microsoft. VI. Imagine Cup 2006 Imagine Cup 2006 is now open for registrations. There are six invitationals: Software Design, Algorithm, Short Film (oooh), Information Technology, Programming Battle, Interface Designer. You may register here.

The world's premiere student technology competition. Let's face it-the world needs help. The kind of help that happens when you take the top young technologists from around the globe and turn them loose on solving the world's toughest problems. That's what Imagine Cup is all about. Imagine Cup is your chance to innovate, show the world what you've got, and win some serious prizes. Simply put, it's your chance to use the power of technology to better the world-and have some fun while you're at it. You win. We all win. Imagine Cup contestants have the chance to give their ideas exposure, make critical contacts, and experience a true sense of friendship with peers worldwide. Want more? Well, if you make it to the worldwide finals, you'll also score an all-expense paid trip to Delhi, India, and a shot at some great cash prizes: $8,000 winning an invitational or even $25,000 for the software design invitational winner. Help the world and win money? It doesn't get any better than that. What does health mean to you? The theme of this year's Imagine Cup, "Imagine a world where technology enables us to live healthier lives," is a challenge to the world's top student technologists to actively contribute to the mission of improving health around the world. Health means different things to different people. You may think of health as a medical breakthrough. Or you may think of health simply as a clean glass of water. In the Imagine Cup, you define health and decide how to use technology to make a real difference in the lives of people everywhere.
I wonder what's with the emblem of an 'X' representing a person (standing up with hands all up). The head is what intrigues me the most, the head with the two horns. It could be something just to match the the body or follow the flow of the 'X' but it could have a side meaning. Hey, I just made these up, the devilish emblem that is.

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