Getting Rid of Facebook Chat Sidebar

So most of you Facebook users would've noticed the new chat sidebar. Most of you also hate it since it doesn't allow you to scroll through your list of friends online as yet.

Hopefully Facebook will update it soon with a way for users to scroll through it properly inside Facebook.

If you are not a fan of it, and would like to get rid of it temporarily, you can actually hide it.
If you click on the Options button on the bottom right, you can see the option to "Hide Sidebar"

Once you hide the sidebar, your chat will appear on the left sidebar like the image below. Then, when you see someone you want to talk to, just click on one of their names.

New Chat Bar

 

After hiding Sidebar

World Pool 9-Ball: Efren 'Bata' Reyes shoots for 3rd world crown

Filipino pool veteran and wizard Efren "Bata" Reyes will attempt to become the first Filipino to win 3 world billiard titles when he competes in the 2011 World 9-Ball Championship in Doha, Qatar on Saturday.

Reyes, one of the greatest billiard players of all time, battles Mark Gray of Great Britain in Group 1.

Reyes was the 1999 World 9-Ball champion and the 2004 World 8-Ball king.

If he wins this year's edition of the World 9-Ball tourney, he will become the first Filipino to win 3 titles.

Fellow Filipino cue master and 2010 World 8-Ball titlist Dennis "Robocop" Orcollo will square off with Andrew Kong of Hongkong also in Group 1.

Reigning 9-Ball champion Francisco "Django" Bustamante will kicks off his title-retention bid against countryman Caneda Villamor in Group 4.

Carlo "Cool" Biado will meet Petri Makkonen of Finland in Group 4 while Antonio "GaGa" Gabica will face Chris Melling of Great Britain in Group 2.

A total of 128 players coming from 44 countries will participate in the $250,000 total pot prize tournament. The champion will get the $36,000 top purse.

NBA stars vs Smart-Gilas Pilipinas

Smart-Gilas Pilipinas plans to skip its Europe training and instead play a series of exhibition games with an NBA selection in preparation for the FIBA Asia Championship in Wuhan, China in September.

"We'll probably play an NBA selection but I don't know the composition of the team,'' said Gilas coach Rajko Toroman in a statement.

Team officials are reportedly coordinating with former NBA All-Star Chris Webber in an effort to bring in NBA MVP Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls, scoring champion Kevin Durant of Oklahoma Thunder and rookie of the year Blake Griffin of the LA Clippers, among others.

The Nationals are supposed to train in Lisbon, Portugal and Istanbul, Turkey against European teams before going to the William Jones Cup in Taipei and the Asian championships in China.

Injuries
Toroman said injuries to some of the Nationals made them rethink their itinerary going to the FIBA Asia Championship, the qualifying meet to the 2012 London Olympics.

Marcio Lassiter was forced to return to Manila at the height of the Southeast Asian Basketball Association (SEABA) tournament after experiencing back problems.

The 6’2” shooting guard collapsed during the team's practice in Jakarta on Wednesday.

“Marcio is one of our main players. But we have to win the [SEABA] championship even without him,'' said Toroman.

The Nationals have posted 2 straight wins over Malasya and host country Indonesia.

Apple Released Mac OS X 10.6.8 - Download Now

Apple released Mac OS X 10.6.8, the eighth maintenance update for Snow Leopard that comes via Software update.

The 10.6.8 update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, including fixes that:

- Enhance the Mac App Store to get your Mac ready to upgrade to Mac OS X Lion
- Resolve an issue that may cause Preview to unexpectedly quit
- Improve support for IPv6
- Improve VPN reliability
- Identify and remove known variants of Mac Defender 

Update:

Direct links for the various downloads on Apple's support pages include:

Download - Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo (1.09 GB)
Download - MAC OS X Server v10.6.8 Update (542 MB)
Download - MAC OS X Server v10.6.8 Update Combo (1.27 GB)
Download - Security Update 2011-004 (Leopard) (256.4 MB)
Download - Security Update 2011-004 (Leopard Server) (499.8 MB)
Download - Server Admin Tools 10.6.8 (255.9 MB)
Download - Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update (474.2 MB)

Courtesy download links : support.apple.com

Kobe Bryant returns to Manila on July 2011

The Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant will visit Manila for the third time on July 13 to kick off his 5-city Nike tour.

"Nike is proud to bring Kobe Bryant back to Manila," Nike Philippines country marketing manager Mae Dichupa said in a statement.

Manila will be Bryant's first stop before he goes to Seoul in South Korea and various cities in China.

"In his last 2 visits, Kobe was able to connect with a lot of young Filipino athletes, encouraging them to fulfill their dreams through sport like he did," added Dichupa.

The last time the Los Angeles Lakers star visited Manila was back in July 2009 when he met young basketball players from some Gawad Kalinga communities in Taguig City.

Kobe's 1-day visit will begin with a short show at Nike Park, The Fort at 3 p.m.

The main event will be at Araneta Coliseum at 5 p.m. featuring players from Nike-sponsored Far Eastern University (FEU) Tamaraws, De La Salle University (DLSU) Green Archers, Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) Blue Eagles and Smart-Gilas Pilipinas.

"Though very brief, his one-day visit will definitely inspire Filipino athletes who look up to him," he added.

Tickets for Bryant's visit will be distributed at Nike Park The Fort and Titan The Fort for 1 day only on July 2, 2011 starting 12 noon.

Tickets are free of charge and will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. Only 2 tickets will be given per person.

Fans can also like Facebook.com/Nikebasketball.phils where 50 lucky community members can get a chance to win 2 free tickets each to see the Black Mamba.