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Microsoft Philippines announced recently it was going to offer an “affordable” Microsoft Windows operating system, dubbed Windows Starter Edition. It is a stripped-down version of a full-blown Windows XP, but at a lower-cost. Officials said the cost will be about half the current street price of a Windows XP Home Edition. I’m not sure about [...]

Bagong taon, bagong PC, este, bagong install! Bagong taon na at mag-bagong buhay.
Shucks. I finally decided to reformat my PC and start afresh, just in time for New Year. Okay lessons learned:

Stop downloading freeware.
Read instructions/disclaimers before installing new software.
Never trust websites even the legitimate ones when downloading software. (I got hit by numerous trojans and [...]

Expect slower Internet speeds in the next few weeks, telecommunications companies and Internet service providers said.
This is due to the ongoing repairs (or even replacement) of major underwater fiber optic cables that were damaged after this week’s Taiwan quake.
Go to INQUIRER.net for full update.
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(UPDATE) PHILIPPINE Internet users can expect slower Internet services for at least [...]

*&^%$ Gosh! For the nth time, I got hit again by trojans, while spyware continues to find its way onto my computer! Is there any solution to this?
I was looking for a keylogger detector program on Downloads.com, and found one. But when I started running it, nothing much happened except that it opened a windows [...]

(Ironically, I’m currently experiencing faster Internet despite this report. Go figure.)
Yes this explains the “intermittent” or slowing down of Internet services since this morning. Apparently, the 7.1 earthquake that hit Taiwan damaged major submarine fiber optic cables connecting the Philippines to the international networks.
Read the full story at INQUIRER.net.

This is a great initiative that other government agencies should follow. Blogging is a powerful of communication, and somehow the poll body has found good use for it. A pipe dream, but I wish the commissioners will do as well
Read the story at INQUIRER.net.

Due to lack of time, money, and a law to make this project a legitimate one, the technical advisory group to Comelec decided not to push through with partial poll automation next year. Good decision! I was in one of the meetings (I managed to sneak in despite a “ban” imposed by a Comelec director), [...]

Nothing much to say but have a happy holidays.
And oh yes, my Windows XP is now running fine again after finally deciding to reinstall everything. Phew.

I thought I was going to have a nice and uneventful weekend. But one stupid mistake led to another sleepless night. Okay. In trying to find an “activation code” for Kaspersky AV, I triggered a trojan, which right up to this minute, is causing problems in my PC. My Internet connection has almost slowed to [...]

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A Filipino invention. It is a remote controlled deep sea probe.
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