ASUS Unveils its X58 Board

The article: http://www.hardwarezone.com.sg/articles/view.php?cid=6&id=2693

Fringe

Here's another nice TV series from FOX. I've just finished watching the pilot episode (aired Sept 9 in the US). I am not saying much for I dont want to be a spoiler, but the show was described by wikipedia as a cross between The X-Files, Altered States, and The Twilight Zone. Interesting? A big yes for me. 

The official page: http://www.fox.com/fringe/

A television drama centered around a female FBI agent who is forced to work with an institutionalized scientist in order to rationalize a brewing storm of unexplained phenomena.

Wikipedia Entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fringe_(TV_Series)

IMDB Entry: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1119644/

The Trailer (from YouTube):

Adobe Acrobat 9 Launch Philippines.

The Adobe Acrobat 9 was officially launced today in cooperation win the the Philippine distributor Wordtext Systems, Inc (WSI), at the Rizal Ballroom of Makati Shangri-La Hotel. My apologies for again I do not have any pictures. 

Anyways, I find the said event really worth the time. I know now that PDF is not just the plain document, e-book, or picture that we usually find in product literature, specs, books/help-files, and other stuff. Very good presentation and product video clips. After the said event,  I am convinced on resorting to a real desktop productivity suite such as Acrobat 9 instead of just the plain 3rd-party PDF software out there. Dont get me wrong with this one. If you just need a document or picture to be converted to PDF, then yes go for 3rd-party stuff (free for personal use or cheaply available). But if you want more than PDF conversion, the edge, collaboration, security, and many more, then you wont get wrong with Acrobat 9. 

Here are the stuff that I learned today: 

• Acrobat.com - https://acrobat.com/#/bw/BuzzwordBegin
• PDF Portfolios - PDF can be just like a single container for all documents, audio/video, and even flash content. Merge different files to a single document. 
• Presentations - The powerpoint became "powerful". Interactive with rich multimedia content, 2D/3D, etc.  
• Form Creation - complete with import tools and a wide selection of tools to create/convert that form quickly and conveniently. 
• Real-time collaboration - synchronized reviews with chat. share files anywhere, everywhere. 
• ClearScan OCR
• Document Comparisson
• Webpage Capture

The launch and souvernir kits include Acrobat 9 brochures/specs, Acrobat 9 notebook and pen, and 30-day evaluation of Acrobat 9 Pro Extended DVD.  

 

I have just installed it, and here is the walkthrough:

 

The typical install cost me almost 1.9GB disk space:

That's all for now. More details on the features next time. Cheers to all! 8)