Cyberbaguioboy

Here’s some news from INQ7.net Infotech today:
Business process outsourcing operator TeleTech Holdings has appointed Maulik Parekh as its new vice president and general manager for the Philippines.
Parekh will be replacing Craig Reines, who himself has been appointed as the company’s general manager for developing markets.
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Microsoft Philippines has also expanded [...]

I agree. It is really high time that the local organization should put their acts together and promote this industry.
Excerpts from INQ7.net Infotech:
The new chief executive officer of Level Up! Philippines is seriously looking into forming a gaming industry organization.
“It’s high time that we should have a gaming industry organization,” said Jane Walker, chief executive [...]

From right to left: Me, Bobby (INQ7.net), Mary Anne (PICS), Arnold (Business World), seated from right, Mon (INQ7.net), Aileen (Google Philippines), and Edna (GMAnews.tv). Photo courtesy of Mary Anne.

Finally, Google has unveiled some of its plans in the Philippines. Excerpt from the INQ7.net Infotech story:
“I’m the eyes and the ears of Google in the Philippines,” [...]

Taiwan-based computermaker Acer is not going the Dell way. It is sticking to a tried-and-tested channels marketing strategy, its key executives announced this week. Why? Dell’s direct model, they said, was in “crisis.” This will be their thrust as they gun for number 3 spot in the overall market for PC products (notebooks included).
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I’m sure my liquid deodarant was among the “seized liquid” that went up in flames during an effort to get rid of all these “dangerous” materials. Personally, I find this recent airport policy ridiculous because it is all encompassing. I heard that some people who bought expensive perfumes were teary-eyed as they were told [...]

(UPDATE) I was pointed to this website and article. Apparently, there is really a worm going around using the instant messaging applications like Yahoo! Messenger. The virus is called Sohanad and it has spawned variants.
This worm arrives as a downloaded file of VBS_ADODB.AE and JS_WONKA.N.
It spreads via the instant messaging applications Yahoo! Messenger, AOL [...]

Opening email attachments from unknown senders
Installing unauthorised applications
Turning off automated security tools
Opening HTML or plain text email messages from unknown senders
Surfing gambling and porn sites
Giving out passwords, tokens or smart cards
Random surfing of unknown, untrusted Web sites
Using any old Wi-Fi network
Filling out Web scripts, forms or registration pages
Participating in chat rooms or social networking sites

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(There is an MMOG similar to Second Life, is run by Groovenet in the Philippines).
The E-Media Tidbits column at Poynter Institute came out with this article recently, and it points out interesting insights on MMOGs will change the way we do business (actually work and play, that is). Excerpts:

The media IS the business environment. The [...]

Wanted: Filipinos who can do 3D animation, draw, and color, according to a local subsidiary of this local company. Read more of this story at INQ7.net Infotech.

TAIPEI, TAIWAN — We had tea in Taipei. It was perhaps the most exotic tea I’ve tasted so far. Unlike the fastfood version, tea in Taipei’s Mao Kong mountains had to be prepared carefully. It was the traditional way of making tea, they said. But the wait was worth it. The traditional tea house in [...]