Missing Yahoo’s Second Sign-in verification

The reason I use Gmail as my main email account is security. Gmail allows a password-reset code to be sent to your mobile phone, just in case you would need a password reset. They also have security codes sent to your phone in case someone tries to access your account. They call it “2-step verification.” So unless the unauthorized accessor of the account has your phone, s/he would not be able to login. It’s sort of an RSA token code used to authenticate in VPN of big companies.
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Does the Hawking Broadband Booster really speed up your Internet connection?

Last week, I showed you how to setup the GE 31591 Skype and Cordless Phone in one. Today, I’ll show you how to setup the Hawking Broadband Booster.

Hawking Broadband Booster
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SSS ID Application in Antipolo

I’ve been working for more than five years now in private companies and yet it was only yesterday that I had the opportunity to get an identification card from the Social Service System.
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GE 31591 Skype Phone Review

Finally, my brother has sent a Skype phone so we can talk for hours, for free. It’s a GE 31591 Cordless Telephone.
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CDR-King malfunction

Last week, I had an interesting bump in CDR King nearby. And I was lucky that I did not purchase the item.
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Perfect elements of heavy traffic

First, it’s the weekend after payday. Second, it’s the weekend before Christmas. Third, multiple incidents around the metro. And fourth, it’s raining.
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A New Capital of Call Centers

The following is an article published in the New York Times last November 25. It painted a good image of the Philippines as an outsourcing destination for western companies and described how the country overtook India in terms of the number of employees.
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The Web this week – Nov 28 – Dec 4

The following materials were things I found interesting in the Internet for this week from my news aggregators.
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Are we really going green?

Early today I went to CDR King to buy some DVDs. I was surprised that instead of the usual plastic package, they gave me the items in paper bags.
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2012 Philippine Holidays

Malacañang on November 24 issued Proclamation Number 295 which lists the regular, special non-working and special holidays for 2012. So fellow members of the working class, let’s file our leaves early:
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