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Owners of Asus computers whose units were damaged by recent floods can get free diagnosis and labor at local service centers, the Taiwan-based computer maker said. Asus, which claims to be the inventor of the netbook, will also give a 20 percent discount on spare parts, the company said. The "special service," which runs until October 31, covers all notebooks, Eee PCs, motherboards, and video

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Unlike other Asian countries, the Philippines has made progress in the deployment of broadband wireless access service, Frost & Sullivan said.“Some large Asian markets have made very little progress in licensing WiMAX [Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access telecommunications technology], while other markets such as Australia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore have seen

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The House of Representatives, in plenary session, has approved a bill penalizing video and photo voyeurism.Congressmen said the approval of the measure, to be known as the Anti-Photo and Video Voyeurism Act of 2009, was spurred by the proliferation on videos of individuals caught unaware in obscene acts, the most recent of which were the sex videos of Hayden Kho of the Belo Medical Group.Under

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The next world war could take place in cyberspace, the UN telecommunications agency chief warned Tuesday as experts called for action to stamp out cyber attacks."The next world war could happen in cyberspace and that would be a catastrophe. We have to make sure that all countries understand that in that war, there is no such thing as a superpower," Hamadoun Toure said."Loss of vital networks

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Information and communication technologies are "vital" in tackling climate change, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said Monday, urging the industry to think up fresh ideas to harness technology and usher in a green economy.Opening one of the industry's biggest fairs, ITU Telecom World, Ban said: "ICTs are ... very vital to confronting the problems we face as a planet: the threat of climate change."He

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The developer of the widely used Flash programing language has devised a way to translate its code to run on Apple Inc's iPhone -- a move that could dramatically boost the variety of applications for the iPhone.Programs written with Adobe Systems Inc's Flash programing language currently cannot run on Apple's popular smart phone. Adobe has spent several years trying without success to persuade

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The Philippines' outsourcing industry emerged unscathed from the destruction inflicted by storm 'Ondoy,' industry executives said. Only minimal effects were experienced by the Contact Center Association of the Philippines (CCAP), the country's biggest organization of call centers, said, citing stranded employees of three of its member-firms. Companies such as TeleTech, ICT, and NCO said none of

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Information technology will be an employment machine, generating 5.8 million new jobs in the coming four years, according to International Data Corporation (IDC) research released Sunday.IDC predicts that the IT industry will be an engine powering economies out of economic doldrums, creating more that 75,000 new businesses in the next four years and adding jobs at a rate of 3 percent annually."

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Electronic readers could be the hottest gift this holiday season as a new crop of portable media devices begins to join iPods and other music players as must-have tech accessories.The number of readers bought will be closely watched by industry analysts in advance of the expected emergence of multimedia tablet PCs, which Apple and others are thought to be working on and which could alter the

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Taiwanese researchers said Friday they have developed hydrogen-powered mobile phone chargers, in a development that could boost the island's efforts to become a player in green technologies.The device can recharge a mobile phone battery in two hours without being plugged, according to scientists at the Industrial Technology Research Institute in north Taiwan's Hsinchu city."Hydrogen is a

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Below is a consolidated report of the interactive maps, private groups and business organizations where you can find information on how to help the victims of tropical storm Ondoy, based on the sites of INQUIRER.net columnist Manuel Quezon III, bloggers Frannywanny and Jane and Google map creators Serge Gregorio and Franklin Naval.Rescue OperationsNational Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC)+632

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When Janice Barnwell decided to boost her career by obtaining a master's degree in business, the working mother chose an online university because of the convenience and the low cost.The 44-year-old's educational experience exceeded her expectations, and her new employer paid for her to take four more courses online to sharpen her skills."At first I was very intimidated (by taking classes

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Amazon.com Inc has settled for $150,000 a lawsuit brought by a high school student and another consumer who claimed the online retailer illegally deleted from their Kindle devices digital copies of George Orwell's "1984."The settlement, filed September 25, revealed that Amazon in September offered consumers whose books had been deleted a new free digital copy as well as $30.The lawsuit was

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The US Secret Service said Thursday that a juvenile was behind a Facebook poll asking whether US President Barack Obama should be assassinated and no charges will be brought in the case."We identified the individual who posted this poll," said Ed Donovan, a Secret Service spokesman. "We interviewed them with their parents present."There was no intent on the part of this juvenile," Donovan told

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For more than 500 years the book has been a remarkably stable entity: a coherent string of connected words, printed on paper and bound between covers.But in the age of the iPhone, Kindle and YouTube, the notion of the book is becoming increasingly elastic as publishers mash together text, video and Web features in a scramble to keep readers interested in an archaic form of entertainment.On

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After devastating several parts of the country, tropical storm "Ondoy" (Ketsana) is now threatening to wreak havoc on cyberspace as well.Computer security firm Trend Micro said cyber-criminals are exploiting worldwide attention on "Ondoy" by sending trojan programs disguised as news updates.“Cybercriminals heartlessly exploited the calamity that unfolded in the Philippines. They rigged multiple

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Cellular operator Globe Telecom, which has taken flak in recent days due to its poor or lack of mobile signals in areas hardest hit by typhoon “Ondoy," said it expects to fully restore its mobile coverage late Tuesday night. The company’s technicians are working overtime to re-establish cellphone signals in the eastern part of Metro Manila and Rizal province, particularly in the town of San Mateo

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Dell Inc on Monday unveiled its latest high-end, ultra-thin personal computer, bringing some fresh design appeal to its enterprise models.Dell called the new Latitude Z the world's thinnest and lightest 16-inch laptop, at 4.5 pounds and less than one inch thick.However, the Latitude Z does not come cheap, starting at $1,999. Dell, the world's No. 2 PC maker said it is targeting the PC at what it

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Sometimes it's truly curious who or what inspires us to achieve our best.There are those sports teams who, sadly, sing "Wonderwall" by Oasis before entering the arena.There are artists whose muses turn out to be more Pamela Anderson than Laurie Anderson.And now, according to the Telegraph, some rather honest scientists from Wake Forest University confess that they have been inspired to create

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Some of the brightest students from over 300 public and private schools nationwide went head-to-head at the 8th Philippine Robotics Olympiad (PRO) Wednesday and Friday, showcasing a wide array of robots that could perform a variety of tasks – from singing and dancing to braiding and etching – and that also looked good too while doing the tasks.Held at the SM North Annex in Quezon City, the PRO

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With Filipino bloggers scattered across the country and all over the world, not just one but three awarding ceremonies for the 3rd Philippine Blog Awards (PBA) will be held this year."This will reflect the theme which is One Blogging Nation," PBA official Juned Sonido said in a press briefing on Thursday, where he announced the list of national finalists.In Luzon, the awards will be held at the

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High shipping costs, security concerns and lack of convenience are leading many online shoppers in the United States to abandon their purchases, research conducted by PayPal revealed.The PayPal Checkout Abandonment Study showed that 46 percent of US shoppers cited high shipping charges as the primary reason why they discontinued their online purchase. While nothing could have prevented one-third

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Sen. Edgardo Angara on Wednesday sought amendments to the Intellectual Property Code to battle the upsurge in Internet piracy.In a statement, Angara said the Intellectual Property Code has not kept pace with advances made in the area of intellectual property rights infringement in e-commerce.He said the proposed amendments in the IPC should give recognition to the rights of performers, phonogram

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The Philippines fell four places to rank 51st among 66 countries worldwide in terms of IT competitiveness in 2009, results of new study by the Business Sofware Alliance Economist Intelligence Unit revealed Wednesday.From its 47th rank in 2008, the Philippines slid to 51st this year as its score also dropped from 29.8 to 28.5. The study assesses and compares the information technology

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Facebook is shutting down its much-maligned Beacon marketing program, launched nearly two years ago amid fanfare only to generate a storm of privacy complaints over the tracking of user activities at partner Web sites.Facebook agreed to end Beacon and create a foundation to promote online privacy, safety and security as part of a $9.5 million settlement in a lawsuit over the program. A federal

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With their advertising revenue drying up, newspaper publishers spent much of the spring and summer debating whether to cut off free online access to some of the material they run in their shrinking print editions.It looks like the talk will turn to action this fall, when some large newspapers are expected to put up Internet toll booths.They'll be testing readers' willingness to pay for

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A day after Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s complete domination of Juan Manuel Marquez, subscribers to the popular microblogging service Twitter urged boxing promoters to finally seal a money fight between "Money" Mayweather and the current pound-for-pound champ Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao.A Reuters article noted that Mayweather's victory over Marquez left a feeling of dissatisfaction after many noted that

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Activist-lawyer Argee Guevarra, who was sued by doctor to the stars Vicky Belo for allegedly maligning her in his Facebook account, yesterday welcomed the move, saying it was “an opportunity to invite public attention to the hazards of cosmetic surgery clinics performing surgeries with untrained and unskilled medical practitioners and advertising such services as safe.”“We hope to ring alarm

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Young Filipinos were once referred to as the “the Ragnarok generation," a reference to the immense popularity of the Korean online game that captivated local gamers. But that was five years ago, when Ragnarok was still the rage and online gaming was just beginning to enter the public consciousness. In the meantime, the advent of free-to-play model has since altered the online gaming terrain

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The State of Israel has reiterated its offer to share its expertise in infrastructure development in the Philippines, in partnership with various local government units (LGUs) in the country.Israel Ambassador to the Philippines Zvi Aviner Vapni emphasized the need for the Philippines to augment its water infrastructure technology, and he believes that Israel could largely help in this

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This was revealed by technology career expert Ms. Gina S. Duminy."IT is an ever changing field and we should try to erase this misconception that it is exclusively for those who understand its jargon. That is not always the case," Ms. Duminy told students at the 7th Philippine Youth Congress in Information Technology (Y4iT) in UP Diliman last week.Ms. Duminy, president and CEO of itprosasia.com,

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AMADEUS has forged partnerships with some educational institutions in training their students on the use of the latest information-technology platforms for the travel and tourism industry.Amadeus Philippines general manager Albert Villadolid said through this venture, travel agencies in the country will have competent talent readily available from school.Amadeus Philippines, he said, entered into

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Taiwan-based Admiral Overseas Corp., maker of the top selling AOC widescreen LCD monitors, updated its product portfolio in the country with the introduction of the AOC 36 series.All the 36 Series models — 936Sw 19-inch widescreen, 2236Vw 22-inch widescreen and 2436Vw 24-inch widescreen — feature a high dynamic contrast ratio of 60000:1 to show images’ finest details and depth and soft-touch

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Ever wondered what Filipinos are looking for online every week?According to Google Insights for Search, the top two rising search terms among Internet users in the Philippines for the past seven days were the sinking of the SuperFerry 9 in Zamboanga on September 6 and Malacañang's declaration of a nonworking holiday on September 7.Weather also seemed to be a top-of-mind topic for Filipinos lately

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Motorola on Thursday unveiled a new smartphone, the Cliq, powered by Google's Android software which the US handset maker hopes will help turn around its flagging fortunes.Motorola co-chief executive Sanjay Jha previewed the touch-screen phone, which is to be available through US carrier T-Mobile, at the GigaOm Mobilize09 event in San Francisco."Android gives us a platform to innovate and enhance

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The Swiss government has banned its employees from using Facebook after failed appeals for them to reduce time spent on the social networking site, a statement said on Thursday."Workers who need to access the social network for professional reasons can request a special dispensation," said a statement from the federal government.Of the government's seven ministries, only the foreign ministry will

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Facebook will soon let users "tag" their friends in their posts, similar to how they already can with photos.Product manager Andrew Huang said the status tags — coming over the next several weeks — are "all about engagement." He said Facebook wants to let users reference their real-world connections in their status posts.For example, if a status update mentions having lunch with a friend, the

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Education Secretary Jesli Lapus has enjoined the private sector to work closely with the department in promoting learning systems enhanced with information communication technology to improve teaching and learning outcomes.“Enhancing the curriculum with ICT is the only way for our public school children to meet the challenges of 21st century learning,” Lapus said as 40 Intel Classmate PCs were

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While network and internet infrastructure companies are investing money to provide connection even to the remotest place in the Philippines, IDC-Digital Universe study revealed that a fundamental shift in the areas of information growth, security, compliance and management is seen in the next few years.The IDC study revealed that over the next four years, the number of information-generation

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By selling an array of virtual products from avatar clothes to e-furniture, Asia's social networking sites appear to have solved the conundrum of how to leverage big profits from their extensive user bases.It's simple, they say, the money might be virtual but the profits are all too real.Chinese university student Tan Shengrong spends about 20 yuan ($2.90) per month purchasing outfits for her pet

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The Supreme Court upheld yesterday the legality of the automation of next year’s elections.In dismissing the petition of a group of concerned citizens to void the P7.2-billion automation contract, the SC said the Commission on Elections and Smartmatic Corp.-Total Information Management Inc. did not violate Republic Act 9369, the Poll Automation Law.Voting 11-3, the SC justices ruled that the

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YOU NEED not be a graduate of a computer course to land a job in the expanding field of information technology (IT), according to a technology career expert."IT is an ever-changing field and we should try to erase this misconception of seeing this profession [as being] exclusive to those who understand its jargon, and that it’s boring. It is not always the case," Gina S. Duminy told students at

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NEED A QUICK hot cup of coffee or snack to go? If there is one store that could satisfy such cravings minus the hassle of making your own, it would be the friendly vending machine.Consumers’ benefits aside, the vending machine is an almost non-stop, labor-free retail business. All that is needed is an ideal location and the right combination of merchandise to get started.A brief historyVending

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Before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) moves into the next stage of its mandate which is the process where candidacies are filed and accepted for posting on the electoral ballot for the 2010 elections, it must pause and seriously review how the automation of the election will proceed.It is true that the Comelec has bidded out and chosen the supplier of equipment and the method of electronic

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Undisputedly, this country is home to a lot of talented artists. So what better way to celebrate this gift than to gather them in one extraordinary design extravaganza.The 1st Manila Design Week, spearheaded by Team Manila, highlights the art scene today and a peek into its future -- as seen through the eyes of top graphic designers, up-and-coming artists, and art aficionados.Team Manila’s

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The 4th Iloilo Information Technology (IT) Week on September 28-30 will highlight jobs and business prospects in the field of booming Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry.This year’s theme, “Facing Global Challenges through I.T.,” focuses on the opportunities for employment and economic advancement brought about by the ICT sector. The three-day event will feature exhibits,

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Philippines based bank, Metrobank has inked a deal with mobile payments vendor, Luup to enable overseas workers to send funds to their families back home. Transactions will be initiated by customers of Luup banks, processed through Luup and paid out, utilizing Metrobank's network of over 500 branches and over 1,100 ATMS across the country.It is estimated that there are around two million

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Launched in 1955 by the Department of Energy (DoE) and the National Power Corporation (Napocor) at the height of the energy crisis in the Philippines, the exhibition Power Trends aims to gather under one roof the major international energy players to introduce them to the Philippine market and the relevant government agencies and private companies.From its first staging, the international

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The modu phone, recognized by the Guiness Book of World Records as the lightest fully-functional phone in the world, is set to be launched in the Philippines.Second-largest telecommunications firm Globe Telecom Inc. said it has sealed a partnership with modu Ltd. to offer the modu phone in the country through its exclusive local distributor, Lynk Communications.According to Globe, the Philippines

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Japanese videogame creator Square Enix Holdings Co said it would launch the latest edition of its "Final Fantasy" game series on December 17 in Japan, which may help sales of Sony Corp's PlayStation 3 in the key shopping season.The "Final Fantasy" role-playing game series has sold more than 85 million units worldwide since it was first launched in 1987.Square Enix is developing "Final Fantasy

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Pop quiz: what are the two most pirated software in the Philippines today?According to Business Software Alliance consultant Atty. Bien Marquez, majority of computer users in the Philippines who use pirated software often use illegal copies of Microsoft Word and Adobe Photoshop in their PCs."Aside from Windows, the most pirated software right now is Adobe Photoshop. The next is Autodesk AutoCAD,

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Palm Inc., which revitalized its product line with the Pre smart phone launch in June, is hoping to keep momentum going with the release of a lighter, cheaper handset called the Pixi.The company said Wednesday that the Pixi will be available during the holiday season in the U.S. through Sprint Nextel Corp., currently the Pre's exclusive wireless carrier.Sunnyvale, California-based Palm would not

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An appeal of a hybrid or electric car is its super-quiet drive. But worries are growing blind people may be endangered by their silence.The Japanese government has set up a panel with automakers, organizations for the blind and consumers groups to come up with a solution, which could have such vehicles emitting what sounds like engine noise or musical sounds like a cell-phone ring-tone, officials

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London-based Fitch Ratings raised its outlook for telecom giant Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co.’s (PLDT) long term local currency default rating to stable from negative after Manila Electric Co. buy in.The rating agency also affirmed its long-term foreign currency issuer default rating (IDR) and outstanding global bonds and senior notes at “BB+" as PLDT remains constrained by the

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Google has agreed to draw up a separate privacy policy for its digital library in response to a request from the US government's Federal Trade Commission.The concessions come amid a growing outcry among critics who believe a class-action settlement with US authors and publishers will give Google too much insight about the books that people are reading online.In letters and statements released

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Lance Maggiacomo was out of work, bored and lonely when he started hiding his online relationships from his wife.There was no affair, only chatting through e-mail, yet it felt like cheating just the same.A few years later, a reformed Maggiacomo has an in-house check on his impulses. He and his wife Lori, like other Christian couples around the country, share one e-mail account as a safeguard

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Once again, it's time to peer into Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs' cup and try to read the tea leaves.Apple, as usual, has said almost nothing about the new products it plans to unveil at an invitation-only affair Wednesday in San Francisco. Playing their part, bloggers and Apple fans have filled the vacuum with "leaks," rumors and wish-list items that, while often far-fetched, can't completely be

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Faced with increased competition from up-and-coming rivals, Finnish telecom giant Nokia plans to launch a slew of new products this year but analysts say it faces a tough battle to hold on to its position as the world's number one mobile phone manufacturer.To fight back against Apple's iPhone and RIM's Blackberry, Nokia announced plans to launch three new smartphones with touch screens, a

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The mother of a blogger detained in Vietnam made a tearful plea Monday for her daughter's release after two other online writers were freed."Help us to get her free!" Nguyen Thi Tuyet Lan told Agence France-Presse in a tearful telephone conversation from the southern coastal city of Nha Trang, where her daughter Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, 30, has been held since Wednesday.Quynh blogged under the name

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Will it be upgraded iPods? The Beatles finally coming to iTunes? A tablet computer? An appearance by Steve Jobs?Apple is holding an event for the media on Wednesday and rumors and speculation about its plans have reached their usual fever pitch.The California-based company invited journalists to the event -- to be held at 10:00 am Pacific time (1700 GMT) at a downtown San Francisco theater -- but

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AS government and private firms are expected to fully engage in environment-friendly sources of energy following the passage of Renewable Energy Act, heads of French energy companies advocating sustainable sources of energy will visit the country to try to penetrate the Philippine market.The French Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines (Le Club-FCC) said at least 14 French energy companies would

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Local cable operators are lamenting the slow paced legal system, which is hampering the fight against cable television piracy in the country, the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia said."We are very unhappy with the courts. It had no real progress because the case presented to them over the last few years reached no decisions," Simon Twiston Davies, CASBAA Chief Executive

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Google Inc made its fortune on Internet search ads, but Wall Street is increasingly eager for signs that the company's other money-making bets will pay off."Even though paid search is 95 percent of the business, I think everybody's looking for that next trick," said John Lutz, a senior research analyst at Frost Investment Advisors, which owns Google shares.Google will brief investors in a Webcast

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Chris Waddell wants to climb Kilimanjaro in a wheelchair; George Del Barrio wants to make a film in Cambodia; Jeff Edwards wants to write a book about a science fiction writer: they want you to fund their dreams.A website called Kickstarter.com is making it possible for people like this to raise sums ranging from a few hundred to tens of thousands of dollars to fund anything that captures the

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An Australian businessman accused of selling "friends" from the social networking site Facebook hit back Friday, saying it would be "very difficult" to stop him.Facebook warned Thursday that members who bought information from the Australian online marketing company uSocial.net could be banned from the site.Leon Hill, 24, who founded and owns uSocial.net, agreed that his customers could be

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Few people know that the Philippines has a number of nuclear physicists, nanotechnology experts, biotechnology researchers, and computer scientists.Yet Filipino scientists strive to champion the capabilities of the country’s scientific community.“We have to build public awareness about what we’re doing and build interest enough to bring more people to become part of the science community,”

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The country's largest independent automated teller machine provider is expanding its ATM network to 200 by the end of the year or early 2010, while making it affordable for small banks to become ATM card issuers using a new technology platform.Electronic Network Cash Tellers Inc. (Encash), which currently has 126 ATMs deployed mostly in areas not attractive to regular banks, has also diversified

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To mark the 40th anniversary of the Internet, IT security firm Symantec on Friday identified 10 of the most notorious threats ever seen online.The top 10 are: I Love You (2000) – Who wouldn’t open an e-mail with “I Love You” in the subject line? Well, that was the problem. By May 2000, 50 million infections of this worm had been reported. The Pentagon, the CIA, and the British Parliament all had

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Forty-seven percent of Filipinos believe their mobile phones would be harder to replace than their wallets, a worldwide survey by global market research firm Synovate said Friday.The survey, which interviewed 8,000 respondents across 11 markets, showed that the Philippines was the closest market to being split on the issue of which was harder to replace -- the mobile phone or the wallet.The

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Thousands of IT professionals, educators, enthusiasts and students nationwide are expected to converge for the 7th Philippine Youth Congress in Information Technology (Y4iT) on September 8 to 11 in UP Diliman.Held every September, Y4iT conference provides a venue for discussion and learning of latest trends in technology and innovations, current opportunities and challenges in information and

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IBM’s global delivery center (GDC) in the Philippines is getting an upgrade and will be relaunched soon after performing well and rising to become the company’s fourth highest-earning site globally since being unveiled in October 2005.This was announced by Richard Patterson, who recently visited the country as part of his functions as vice president for global delivery at IBM global business

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Reading never goes out of style, even in the age of technology.In the August 1894 issue of Scribner’s magazine, an article by Octave Uzanne, predicted “The End of Books,” proposing that in the 20th century, the printed page will be replaced by “storyographs,” patented cylinders containing recordings of books. Uzanne imagines today’s libraries transformed into “phonographotecks” or “

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More than 16,000 delegates from 168 schools nationwide are expected to join the 7th Philippine Youth Congress in Information Technology (Y4IT) at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City.“Yearly, we are able to surpass the number of attendance that we have set so for this year, an additional 2,000 walk-in delegates are estimated to come in during the four day event,” said Dr.

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BANKING ON its lion’s share of the external storage market, EMC Corp. remains bullish for the rest of 2009, aiming to ride on the growing trend of "virtualization.""We are currently expanding in the Philippines. Despite the [global] recession, the company was able to withstand it due to the growing trend of virtualization in companies," said Sal Fernando, EMC South Asia’s "chief architect."

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For an industry that prides itself in following processes meticulously, the success of business process outsourcing (BPO) seems to have hinged on seemingly small measures that later turned out to be “game changers.”One such policy shift that would later come to have massive positive implications on the industry was the government’s decision to allow individual buildings to be accredited by the

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WHEN TELECOMS promise to create a limitless world for Filipinos, to what extent should consumers believe?Recently, the country’s telecom providers have been aggressively competing to win consumers in the “unlimited” market. Indeed, their new unlimited offers are reflections of the new vigor of the Philippine telecommunications industry. But are local telecoms able to help Filipinos break new

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Google Inc is shipping its Chrome browser with Sony Corp PCs, sealing the Internet company's first such deal since it introduced the Web browser last year to compete with Microsoft.The deal could expand the reach of Google's fledgling product which lags behind browsers offered by Microsoft Corp and the Mozilla foundation in market share.Google spokesperson Eitan Bencuya said the deal with Sony

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Microsoft, seeking to tap into the rapidly growing smartphone market, announced on Tuesday that new cellphones coming in October will feature an upgraded mobile operating system.The Redmond, Washington-based software giant said mobile phones from its handset partners hitting stores on October 6 will be the first to feature Windows Mobile 6.5, the latest version of its mobile phone software.The

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Tuesday marks the beginning of the end for traditional, energy-guzzling light bulbs throughout Europe, with the 100-watt and frosted bulbs the first to go.It is all part of a three-year scheme to rid the whole of the European Union of the traditional incandescent bulbs first put on the market by Thomas Edison in 1879.Some consumers have been stockpiling the old-style versions, aware that the more

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About one of every five Internet display ads in the United States is viewed on a social networking Web site like MySpace and Facebook, according to a new report.The report by analytics firm comScore underscores the increasing prominence of social media sites in the Internet landscape and broadening acceptance of the sites by brand advertisers.It also illustrates the increasing competition between

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Nokia on Wednesday bolstered its smartphone line-up to better compete with Apple and said a $820 laptop will lead its foray into the fiercely-competitive PC market.The new handsets -- including its first phone using Linux software -- are the latest moves by the Finnish firm to match Apple's innovation in a sector switching focus to services and software, but left market-followers unimpressed."

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U.S. television viewers are increasingly turning on the Web, tuning into television and not missing a beat on either, as simultaneous TV and Internet use continues to rise, research firm Nielsen said on Wednesday.Nielsen said in a report that 57 percent of TV viewers in the U.S. who have Internet access use both mediums at the same time at least once a month. That translates to more than 128

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As a child, she was worshipped as a "living goddess" in Nepal after she proved her bravery in an ancient ritual by not crying at the sight of a sacrificed buffalo.But now Rashmila Shakya, 29, meets friends in cafes, listens to Bollywood music -- and is building a promising career as a computer software developer.Last year, Shakya became the first former "Kumari" goddess to graduate from college

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The Science Council of Asia (SCA) in its recently concluded 9th conference held at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel in Singapore voted a Filipino medical doctor as its next president.Dr. Jaime C. Montoya, president of the National Research Council of the Philippines (DOST-NRCP) and concurrent executive director of the Philippine Council for Health R&D (DOST-PCHRD) was elected for the 2009-

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AS three of the country’s important industry in areas of manufacturing, utility, and transportation brace for challenges amid economic slowdown and domestic population growth, the local subsidiary of Europe’s engineering conglomerate giant Siemens Inc. has vowed to provide tailor-fitted or comprehensive industry solutions for Philippine companies.“We are determined to become a helping partner as

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The Powertech 2009 Business Forum (Sept. 9-10) and PowerTrends 2009 international exhibition (Sept. 9-11) will be held at the World Trade Center Metro Manila. The business forum and exhibit gather C-level speakers and presenters from government and private sectors responsible for various renewable clean and green energy policies and projects in the Philippines.Attending the events are project

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The Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. has expanded its business process outsourcing business with the acquisition of Laguna Medical Systems Inc. (LMS) for $8.25 million (about P400 million).In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange on Wednesday, PLDT said the acquisition was made by SPi Global Solutions, a leading BPO company which is a unit of its wholly owned information and

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Harvard University's pick as "Scientist of the Year" in 2007 was a Filipino scientist who recently keynoted the National Science and Technology Week opening program at the Manila Hotel.Dr. Baldomero Olivera is an award-winning Filipino scientist renowned for his major research on con snails-a carnivorous, predatory, marine snail common in the Philippines. Found to have significant applications in

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It appears that the Philippine government has at long last prioritized the development of the country’s IT industry, though the sector still faces numerous challenges in order to modernize its infrastructure. In early August the development of the IT sector in the country drew the attention of the UN International Telecommunications Union (ITU).The ITU deputy secretary-general, Houlin Zhao,

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US online auction giant eBay will announce Tuesday a plan to sell its Web communication service Skype to an investment group, The New York Times reported.The group of private investors would likely include Andreessen Horowitz, a venture capital firm headed by Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen, the newspaper said, citing two people briefed on eBay's plans.London-based venture capital firm Index

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Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has sold 12.7 million shares in Yahoo!, cutting his stake in the company a month after it formed an Internet search partnership with software giant Microsoft.Icahn, a member of Yahoo!'s board and one of Yahoo!'s largest shareholders, sold the shares during the last 3 trading days on Wall Street, according to a filing on Monday with the Securities and Exchange

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After a long lull, the Senate on Tuesday resumed its investigation into the anomalous $329-million national broadband network (NBN) with China’s ZTE. Present at the hearing of the joint committees on accountability of public officers and investigations (blue ribbon), trade and commerce, and national defense were losing bidder Jose de Venecia III, former Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno, and

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Initiatives are underway to make the Philippines ready for the widespread deployment of WiMax from Luzon to Mindanao, according to top tech executives who attended the recent CyberPress Forum held at the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf at the A.Venue in Makati City.WiMax, short for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, is the latest fixed wireless broadband technology to emerge in the market.

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Logitech, the Swiss company known for its peripheral products for PCs that include mice, keyboards, game controllers and webcams, opened last week its first brand store in the country amid positive sales performance for accessories that defy recession.Market watchers have noted that sales of PC peripherals tend to go up in a down economy and the products fly off dealers’ shelves faster during

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With several hundred employees – many with business management skills -- at its disposal, the Philippine office of technology firm IBM is being positioned to become a global hub for experienced services providers.IBM Philippines recently started re-expanding their local Global Business Services (GBS) to complete a network of multisite solutions offices that can offer 24x7 assistance to global

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Goofy videos weren't on the minds of Len Kleinrock and his team at UCLA when they began tests 40 years ago on what would become the Internet. Neither was social networking, for that matter, nor were most of the other easy-to-use applications that have drawn more than a billion people online.Instead the researchers sought to create an open network for freely exchanging information, an openness

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MOBILE PHONE manufacturers are constantly upgrading devices to enable people “to experience a wide variety of features that complement their personalities and lifestyles,” says Sandeep Khanna, Nokia Philippines marketing head.“All handset brands, Nokia, in particular, are bringing technology that fuses seamlessly into people’s lives. If you get them to do more with their device, they will stay

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Philippine banks may soon issue cash cards that can be used to pay for Metro Rail Transit (MRT) fares. That is if talks between the Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) and BancNet, an electronic banking consortium, push through, an executive said on Monday. Under the proposed partnership, BancNet members will be allowed to issue cards that can also be used to pay for MRT fares.In turn, RCBC is

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While Microsoft Corp. prepares to release the next incarnation of Windows on Oct. 22, Apple Inc. is cutting ahead, launching a new version of its operating system for Mac computers on Friday.Apple's new Snow Leopard software isn't as big of a step forward from its predecessor as Windows 7 will be from Windows Vista. The most important changes in the Apple operating system are under the hood,

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Sun Microsystems Inc. recorded a $147 million loss while sales eroded 31 percent in the April-June period, likely the server and software maker's last full quarter as an independent company.Sun's latest numbers, reported Friday in a regulatory filing without the usual news release and conference call with analysts, highlight the uneven financial performance that forced the Santa Clara-based

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