5 Things You Didn’t Know About Manny Pacquiao

Just because boxer Manny Pacquiao isn’t a household name in North America doesn’t mean that he’s not popular elsewhere. As a matter of fact, Manny Pacquiao is one of the most popular people in the world.

He’s virtually a god in the Philippines, as he appears everywhere in Filipino pop culture, from the music scene to TV and movies. Manny Pacquiao is also known well in Mexico, as he’s left a graveyard of Mexican boxing greats in his trail -- enough to earn him the nickname “The Mexicutioner.”

As he continues to destroy everything in his path, it is beginning to look like Manny Pacquiao may not only be one of the best of his generation; he may in fact be one of the best of all time.

When Pacquiao knocked out Ricky Hatton in the second round of their fight on Saturday, May 2, he became the first boxer ever to win a lineal title in four lineal divisions.

Spend Valentine's Day Solo Style

While all your friends complain about having to buy gifts for their girlfriends (or about having no gift ideas in mind) on Valentine's Day, do you wish you had someone to buy gifts for -- or at least someone to buy gifts for you? Yes, Valentine's Day is the day of love, romance and passion, but that doesn't mean that you don't deserve to make the day memorable.

Even if you won't be receiving chocolates or other goodies, there are plenty of ways to spend Valentine's Day if you're single and still want to have a good time. You don't have to resort to calling an ex-girlfriend to feel "normal" on this day (and if you do call her, you'll likely end up with booty-call remorse). Use this day for lovers to treat yourself to something good. 

Valentine's Day: 5 Things You Didn't Know

Actually, Valentine’s Day used to be a celebration back when the Romans welcomed the spring with Lupercalia, but today the better term is “burden,” and not just for men but for women too. Expectations run high, and we scramble to meet them by burning about $17 billion. What do we spend all this money on? Cards we don't keep, flowers that don't last, and candy we could do without, that’s what. These ephemeral Valentine’s Day gifts amount to superficial grandstanding, and any time social convention presses on one half of a couple to do something for the other half, you can bet that whatever is done will be in the wrong spirit and will inevitably lead to the kind of resentment that poisons a relationship.

iPhone Games Must Haves

Although it is still overlooked in favor of the Nintendo DS and PSP when it comes to portable games, the Apple iPhone has been building up a lot of momentum in the gaming industry as the mobile platform amasses an impressive growing library of titles.

From bite-size puzzle games  to old-school arcade remakes and even epically long RPGs, we've watched the iPhone morph into a legitimate portable gaming system. With most prices ranging between $9.99 all the way down to a single dollar, there can be a tremendous amount of gaming value to be found on the iPhone. 

Dell Mini 5

We're going to bet that if you're in the market for an iPad, you're going to hold out for the Apple iPad; Are we wrong?

There has been a quickly approaching storm forming in the gadget industry, and the culprit of this maelstrom of buzz and media attention is the new tablet genre. It seems every computer company in the world is getting ready to roll out an internet-based tablet device this year, and one of the more hotly anticipated entries into the marketplace has been an offering from Dell. Tagged with the name Mini 5, Dell blew open the doors on its tablet at CES 2010. The 5-inch palm-size, dual camera, portable product looks to take its design cues from smartphones rather than netbooks, and will run off of the Google-based Android operating system.

Crazy Things Women Do On Facebook

The Facebook phenomenon has allowed you to reconnect with your best friend from elementary school, keep up with your buddy’s travels and get out of hours-long phone conversations with your aunt. It truly is a remarkable tool. However, as with most things, there is a dark side to Facebook. While your male brain may not have tapped in to the full manipulation potential of this seemingly innocuous social networking tool, chances are several of the women you know have. Women are trained in the art of creating, maintaining and controlling relationships, and Facebook is just one more resource they can use to keep tabs on and influence people. Here's a list of some crazy things women do on facebook.

Best of Consumer Electronics Show 2010

Every year, CES showcases the new features and products consumers can expect to see emerge from the tech industry in the near future. Like every convention before it, CES 2010 was highlighted by a variety of remarkable technological advances being made in virtually every field. While we've already taken the time to brief you on the biggest trend announced at CES, through our roundups on 3-D TVs and 3-D-related gear such as cameras and Blu-ray players, below you'll find more information on the best of CES 2010 in the fields of e-Book readers, gaming, photography, and computing.

Though certainly a variety of other worthy products could have been mentioned, including the previously covered Lenovo IdeaPad U1 Hybrid and Sierra's Overdrive 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot, our picks for the best of CES 2010 were made in the interest of highlighting the best products we haven’t discussed yet. So, read on below for a peek into the future, and feel free to let us know what you're most excited about by commenting.

The Best Search Engine And Game Console

I’m the only one in town without a gaming console! Which one should I choose?

This is possibly the best time ever to be in the market for a game console. Prices are down, capabilities are up and the PS3 has a lithe new look.

Sleep After Coffee

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Well now you've done it: 11.pm., you have work in the morning and you've gone and downed a mug of high-octane fuel for your nervous system. Within 20 minutes of gulping that coffee, when the caffeine really hits you, you’ll be wide-eyed, mind-racing and ready to think, do and achieve -- not great for almost midnight.

Despite what you may think, reversing the effects of caffeine with a depressant, such as alcohol, isn’t going to work. So leave that beer in the fridge and follow these four steps to get your head down as soon as possible.

Apple Changed The World

Practically since its inception back on April 1, 1976, Apple has repeatedly captured the world's attention thanks in large part to its rebellious underdog attitude and continuous efforts to reset expectations of what's possible from consumer electronics.

In a move many electronics manufacturers questioned in the beginning, the company has also set a shining example of how great customer service and retail experiences can have a significant financial and brand impact on a tech company's bottom line. Opening its first store in 2003, which provided customers with a hip place to hang out, buy products and receive personal tech support from the "Genius Bar," Apple now has over 283 stores worldwide that generated over $1.97 billion in sales in the last quarter of 2009 alone.

Movies That We Would Like To See In 3D

James Cameron’s long-gestating, much-hyped passion project promises to usher in a new day for 3-D. With Avatar, the intensely ambitious Titanic director who won’t take budgetary concerns for an answer developed a host of new technologies -- including an image-based facial performance capture system, a virtual camera and a fusion camera that brings live-action and CGI together into 3-D. While gearing up for Cameron’s blue man spectacle, we can only wonder what the director’s innovations might do for films from the past. So, here’s our memo to James Cameron: a top 10 list of movies we’d like to see in Cameronized 3-D.

Auto: The Replacements for The Big Three

Anyone in the auto industry is already looking back on 2009 as a black, dismal year in the vehicular world. Yet, at the same time we are all looking as far ahead as we can into 2010, and at all this year could (and will) hold for a select few car manufacturers. Last year’s slump is still affecting a few companies out there (we don’t need to mention any names here), while others are forging ahead and fighting the good fight. The Big Three might be dead, but the Big Six are on the rise, and we’re here to tell you why and how with these top 6 manufacturers to watch in 2010.

Avatar

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Official Site: AvatarMovie.com

Release Date: December 18, 2009

Director: James Cameron

Main Actors: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang

After a 12-year layoff, James Cameron returns to the director’s chair with the heavily hyped Avatar, a 3-D sci-fi epic that industry observers and fans are hailing as a potential Hollywood “game changer.” This time around, it’s humans who are the alien invaders, and Sam Worthington stars as Jake Sully, a paraplegic ex-Marine selected for participation in the Avatar program, which enables humans to remotely inhabit an alien body. Initially brought to Pandora to infiltrate and gain the trust of the indigenous humanoid population, the Na’vi, Jake finds himself torn between two worlds when he unexpectedly falls in love with a young Na’vi princess (Zoe Saldana).

Apple iPad

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Price: $499 for 16G

Official Site: Apple.com

Specs: 0.5" thick; 1.5 lbs; 9.7" IPS display; 3 Flash storage options (16G, 32GB or 64GB); Wi-Fi 802.11n; Bluetooth 2.1; 3G (optional); 1GHz Apple A4 chip; 10-hr battery life; 1 month standby; AT&T data plan (no contract)

Company: Apple Inc.

We should take a hard stance on Apple's new device, the iPad. We say you're going to want this and we support your desire. Whether you're a student, professional, blogger or whatever, the iPad fits any guy's needs.

Bing: 5 Things You Didn’t Know

For a company like Microsoft, ruling the desktop and laptop markets just isn’t enough: Now the company aims to take Google down a notch with a cool, fast search -- sorry, “decision” --engine called Bing, which looks better and executes searches more intuitively. The reason for MS going up against well-entrenched players like Google and Yahoo! on their home turf is unclear, but it’s just possible that Microsoft is looking for a salve to put on the sting from the Zune’s failure to assassinate the iPod. Or maybe it’s an attempt on MS’s part to take a swipe at a more agile player that’s been chipping away at its core businesses lately. At first glance, Bing looks like a pretty compelling service, but only time will tell if most of its traffic will be from browser-embedded search windows or from getting people to stop going to Google when they need to find something.

Beats by Dr. Dre

Known for decades as one of the kingpins of the rap scene, Dr. Dre has brought his finely tuned musical ear to the headphones game, and he has utilized his vast experience in conjunction with Monster Cables to craft the Beats by Dr. Dre product line. One of two models introduced so far, the Tour high-resolution in-ear headphones are styled in the form of earbuds and are designed to bring you all of the details and depth of studio-sounding music to your on-the-go listening. Available from all major online retailers, the Beats Tour headphones retail for a whopping $149, which keeps in pace with other previously overpriced Monster products.

Healthy Beer Drinking

Benjamin Franklin said it best: "beer is living proof that god loves us and wants us to be happy." for sure, men love their alcohol: the average American guy drinks about 23 gallons of beer, 15 pints of wine and 10 pints of spirits every year. All in all, each year, about 200 million barrels (that's 6.2 billion gallons) of beer are produced, and we buy about $116 billion worth of alcoholic beverages.

Top 10: Things To Do On Valentine's Day

It's that time of year again: relationship "make it or break it" time. If you want to make sure that you keep your girlfriend and not slip up, then perhaps you should examine the following suggestions of things you could do for your lovely lady on Valentine's Day.