Youtube rises to $1.65 billion worth
October 9, 2006 it was officially announced that YouTube would be bought by Google for US$1.65 billion in shares. From an initial investment of almost $15 Million dollars way back November of 2005. YouTube will continue to retain its brand, as well as all of the employees, including co-founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen.
The Pacman Frog
Have you seen a frog drowned or a frog don’t like deep waters? Have you seen a frog eat it owns specie? Have you seen a frog eat small rodents? I introduce to you the Pacman Frog.
Justin Junio - 5 year old filipino boy swims 6 kilometers
A 5 year old filipino kid named Justin Junio swims across the Cebu, Mactan channel back and forth for 2 hours with an equivalent of 6 kilometers. It took two hours to accomplish the grueling task due to strong current of the channel. Justin Junio started to swim since he was 1 year old. [...]
Nukes on North Korea
U.S. satellites tracked a growing indigenous nuclear program in North Korea. A small nuclear reactor at Yongbyon (5MWe), capable of producing about 6kg of plutonium per year, began operating in 1986.1 Later that year, U.S. satellites detected high explosives testing and a new plant to separate plutonium. In addition, construction of two larger reactors (50MWe [...]
Addictive MMORPG is dangerous
EverQuest (EQ) is a 3D fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) that was released on March 16, 1999. The original design is credited to Brad McQuaid, Steve Clover, and Bill Trost. It was developed by Verant Interactive (which had recently parted from 989 Studios) and published by Sony Online Entertainment (SOE). SOE currently runs [...]
Star Wars - Clone Wars
“General Kenobi, years ago you served my father in the Clone Wars…” – Princess Leia Organa
Drinking cola may increase risk of osteoporosis to women
Osteoporosis is a condition that means your bones are weak, and you’re more likely to break a bone. Since there are no symptoms, you might not know your bones are getting weaker until you break a bone! Osteoporosis affects 8 million women, yet knowledge about the disease’s most visible symptom is lacking among both patients [...]
FHM Francine Prieto and Katrina Halili
FHM Philippines cover girl october 2006. Francine Prieto has been dubbed showbiz’s “Sensuality Queen.” Francine Prieto joined the Bb. Pilipinas in 2003 using her real name and was one of the finalists, but she didn’t get any title. Seiko Films boss Robbie Tan rejected the use of Falcon as her screen name, citing that Falcon [...]
Til I Met You
GMA Films and Viva Films present Till I Met You, starring Robin Padilla and Regine Velasquez. Robin Padilla plays Gabriel, a ranch hand who is like a son to the local haciendero, Don Manuel (Eddie Garcia). One day, Don Manuel brings home Luisa (Regine Velasquez), whom he plans to marry. It is only Gabriel who [...]
Philippines Mt. Everest Expedition
Leo Oracion and Erwin Emata were the first Filipino successfully reached the Mt. Everest summit.
Respect to Nikolai Valuev
Nikolai Valuev the world’s strongest and heaviest boxer. A man of gigantic stature became Russia’s first boxer, who obtained the champion title in the most prestigious weight category. Nikolai Valuev has become the WBA world champion. The 7ft, 23st 1lb Russian, who edged home on the scorecards to wrest the WBA heavyweight title from John [...]
