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Junk E-mails

GBB — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:39:33 GMT

We've been receiving a ridiculous amount of junk e-mails from this e-mail address: admin@guambodybuilding.com This e-mail address will no longer be vaild as of today.

Thanks.

Forum: Updates

Apple sues HTC for patent infringement

David — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:18:36 GMT

Apple sues HTC for patent infringement

Smartphone maker HTC has joined Nokia on the patent infringement express trainat least, thats what the folks at Apple are arguing.

On Tuesday, Apple filed a patent infringement lawsuit against HTC with the International Trade Commission and the U.S. District Court of Delaware. Apple is accusing the company of infringement on 20 of its iPhone-related patents. The patents are related to the iPhone user interface and the smartphone's underlying architecture and hardware, Apple said in a statement.

Apple's statement did not specify which HTC products infringe on Apple patents.

HTC has not yet seen the lawsuit filing, so cannot comment specifically about it, said Keith Nowak, media relations manager at the company's North American headquarters in Bellevue, Washington. However, the company has been making phones for years and holds many of its own patents, he noted, adding "we value patent rights and their enforcement."

This suit brings to mind Apples recent patent troubles with Nokiaalthough in this case HTCs not the one firing the first shot.Steve Jobs himself is quoted in Apple's statement: We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented inventions, or we can do something about it. We decided to do something about it. We think competition is healthy, but competitors should create their own original technology, not steal ours.

This mirrors a quote given by Apples General Counsel, Bruce Sewell, after Apple countersued Nokia in December: Other companies must compete with us by inventing their own technologies, not just by stealing ours.

This isnt the first time that Apple has made noises about defending its intellectual property. In January 2009, shortly after the release of the Palm Pre, Apples COO Tim Cook said on the companys quarterly financial results call that Apple didnt mind competition, as long as they dont rip off our . Apple, of course, never sued Palm, though that didnt really help Palm much.

by macworld

It's about time apple made a move!

Forum: Tech World

Governor wants to change name of Guam to Guahan

GBB — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:34:38 GMT

The Governor of Guam, Felix Camacho, has issued an executive order to change the official name of Guam to Guahan. His executive order applies to all GovGuam agencies and encourages the local businesses and the community at large to adopt the name change as well. In addition the executive order requests lawmakers pass a law re-designating Guam as Guahan.

The name Guahan was the name predominantly used for three centuries prior to the 1898 Treaty of Paris. The Governor believes that changing the name back to Guahan will help to preserve the Chamorro language and culture.

(Source: http://www.pacificnewscenter.com)

WE DONT WANT GUAM TO BE GUAHAN!

Forum: Local's Lounge

MMA Page

GBB — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:31:28 GMT

New MMA page just created. It still need a little work and more content. I think it's a good start.

Forum: Updates

Micronesians depend on the gov. too much

Foxen — Thur, 18 Feb 2010 12:33:47 GMT

Why so many lazy minimum wage Micronesians depend on the gov. for assistant? To make matters worst they sit on their lazy butts all day polluting and making trouble. I hope one day the gov put these people back were they belong. I'm not being mean guys it's just that they are not doing any good to our island and economy.

Forum: Local's Lounge

Photobucket links not allowed on the site

GBB — Thur, 18 Feb 2010 12:03:35 GMT

Photobucket are too strict and the bandwidth for regular user is not so kind.

Please don't use photobucket to link/hotlink photos! most of the post with these link now appears blank on the forum or photo has been deleted, bandwidth has exceeded etc. Not a very good photo hosting site to depend on. You can however upload the photos directly to the forum.

Forum: Updates

Military build up

GBB — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:25:34 GMT

I wonder what all these military build up thing is going to do to boost our economy. Nobody hardly shops on island except for food its hella expensive. The government should blame these greedy businesses for jacking their prices on everything from clothing to electronics. I heard the other day, a bunch of statesiders, they were totally shocked and giggling on how much a bag of chips cost at the grocery store. Giggling not because it was cheap but it was so expensive. I would too if I was from another country that sells chips for a dollar a bag not 4-5 dollar a bag. But what can we do, Guam is in the middle of nowhere lol!! Everything has to be ship here! of course that's gonna cost you. If the businesses were smart they would buy it from a wholesaler but again there's greed in every business person's head. Too bad there is no such thing as a guideline on how much you should charge a customer.

My point is, majority of people today have credit cards and would rather shop on-line. If the prices were reasonable enough do you think they would spend their money on island instead? I betcha. I imagine if tourist did not exist on Island, Guam will be in deep trouble.

Forum: Local's Lounge

The uncontrollable dependence

strules — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:36:26 GMT

Hello everyone, Way to quit smoking is a big dream for all the addicted people.

We call smoking as an addiction when the person has an uncontrollable dependence on Cigarettes , in such a way that, stop smoking causes sever physical, mental and emotional reactions. Every people are aware about the harmful effects of smoking of smoking, buy few people realize how risky and addictive it is.

There are chances that, one in three smokers will eventually die because of the smoking habit. Most of the smokers want to stop, and even dont want to try it out in their life time. Those who eventually stop smoking would have tried at least 3-4 times, before they become successful. Studies have proved that only 2.55 of smokers have successfully quit each year.

Being addicted does not mean that, they cannot stop, the only thing is that it will be difficult. Anyone can succeed, if he or she goes in the right way.

Forum: Health Articles

Flash Only Guam Web Sites

GBB — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:56:14 GMT

That's what I'm noticing lately on some of Guam's business websites, they are all slowly moving into a flash only website. I wonder what design firm would suggest this move. Too bad they don't know any better. But as a web designer, I don't recommend it.

For the last few years there has been an ongoing debate on whether it really makes sense to develop websites entirely in Flash.

For movement and overall "cool" factor, flash really can't be beat. It allows you create very visually captivating animations and interactive applications that otherwise would not be possible inside a user's browser. Some of them are annoying if designed poorly especially the ones with sound effects.

In a nutshell, flash can generate great components of a site, but was never designed to be the framework to build your entire site with.

Problem with flash only websites:

There is no way to send people directly to a specific page. That means you won't be able to send an e-mail link to your client/friends to a page your talking about or want him/her to look at.
When your entire site is in Flash the search engine often can no longer contextualize what is important and what is not, and in that sense you end up loosing ranking with the search engine
As the generation that grew up with computers continues to get older, and as more and more people in general are online, the number of people with disabilities using the Internet is sky rocketing. Fortunately properly designed websites allow users to take advantage of special settings in their web browser to display information in such a way that it is easier for them to read and use - they completely control how they want sites to appear. Flash however doesn't recognize these settings
Most phones don't support flash like the iphone
Other popular devices such as the itouch and the upcoming ipad does not support flash.
The whole wold is slowing moving to HTML5

I hope that the companies on Guam are aware of the disadvantages. It's a bad idea to build your business website into flash only site unless your using it for personal use only.

Forum: Local's Lounge

Vanessa Williams

GBB — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:42:35 GMT

Wow! this was her 20 years ago, she's beautiful! What a woman!

Forum: Movie & Music Room

Eric Santos interview

GBB — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 04:38:15 GMT

An interview with Eric Santos

More photos:

Forum: Local Interviews

No Updates

GBB — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:45:12 GMT

If you all noticed I havent updated the site for a long time now since January, it's because I have some legal issues I'm dealing with. It's not about the site at all, it's about a family matter. So be patient. I'll be back soon with updates. Thanks

Forum: Updates

GBB home page load times

GBB — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:38:04 GMT

If you have problem connecting to GBB, slow loads etc. please scan your computer for spywares, browser hijack trojans or viruses. 90% of the time it is to blame for Internet sluggish browsing. I've experienced it numerous times so it's always good to have some kind of virus/spyware software protection.

The website is hosted on high speed servers so there shouldn't be any long waits for pages to load. Unless you have dial-up connection which normally takes a few minutes. On my end I have broadband, the pages loads in seconds, and also on my 3Gs iphone.

The price for broadband has come down significantly over the years. So I'm assuming majority of people nowadays have broadband.

Time in seconds: (Tested on wifi at home with Internet explorer 8/ Windows 7)

GBB Home page: 4.7 seconds
Forum 1.4 seconds

I've tested other commercial sites and GBB loads faster than most. It could be faster with direct connection. I'm always looking for ways to make the page load faster. But doing so will degrade the photo quaity and the overall look of the site. I'm satisfied with the load times at the moment with no plans of re-optimizing unless the worldwide web switch over to HTML5.

Forum: Updates

2010 Bodybuilding & Fitness Competition

GBB — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:32:31 GMT

Recently I've been receivingquestions from e-mailregarding the date of the contest for this year 2010. So when isit?I really don't know. It's too early to tell.

The bodybuilding contest has always been at the end of the year around Septemberish, Octoberish or Novemberish. Anybody have a clue? Pleasefeel free to post anything regarding the 2010 contest.

If this is your first time to compete on Guam
Please go here for general contest rules and regulations.

If you have any further questions don't hesitate to contact Maryann Pangelinan at (671) 929-0963
maryann_pangelinan@hotmail.com

Forum: Competitions

National Standard To Cut Salt In Foods

GBB — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:54:49 GMT

New York is trying to set up a national standard of how much salt should be allowed in food. Food manufacturer must follow guidelines set by these standards.

Every year the level of salt we get in our diet is responsible of tens and thousands of preventable death and billions of health care dollars. It's about time they did something about it!

Forum: Health Articles