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Funny how people were tweeting today about how the iPAD is nothing more than a big, big iPhone. With a price tag of $495 for the basic set up, I will tell you now that this new Apple toy is going to be attractive for those who want to play games, watch movies, and yeah, [...]
My dust-collecting PC is alive again (No, not the one in photo). This was after months of snobbery. It was left on its own after its power supply finally gave up. Apparently, the regular hard resets (turning on, off the power switch), which I used to reset my PC, have affected the power supply (and [...]
While it doesn’t want to be called to a “Google Killer,” Wolfram/Alpha was unveiled recently to make Internet search more relevant. According to this report, Wolfram/Alpha is a more specific engine that searches facts or knowledge that we actually need, instead of just links to these facts–which Google does. In fact, it only limits its searches [...]
Get ready for a mouthful. WiMAX, short for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access–say that 10 times and out loud
Anyway, Alex Villafania wrote a story on how WiMAX is set to change the wireless broadband landscape in the country. We’ve seen faster mobile networks–some advertised on TV–but we’ve never tasted real broadband speeds. You [...]
IBM has recently bared what it believes are five technology innovations in the next five years that will change human lives. Most of these innovations are already in existence, but key here is it becomes mainstream. IBM has been known to have developed technologies, which was later “stolen” by tech mavens who in turn made [...]
Read part 4 of the controversial NBN deal special report.
Excerpt:
FORMER chairman of the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) Virgilio Peña had agreed that the lack of government capability in evaluating technology projects leads to problems in government procurement, especially those dealing with sophisticated projects in information and communications technology.
Part two of a six-part special report on the NBN controversy on INQUIRER.net.
Excerpt:
THE National Broadband Network (NBN) project was a glaring example of the existence of brokers and consultants, how much they get, and how they skirt government procurement laws.
“This is how government is buying projects. Institutionally, the procurement system of government does not really [...]
Here’s part of one of a special report on Lozada’s expose on the controversial National Broadband Network deal.
Excerpt:
AND SO THE COURTS HAVE DECIDED.
The Court of Appeals has dismissed the plea for protection of National Broadband Network (NBN) deal witness Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada Jr. under the writ of amparo, ruling that he was not kidnapped. Let’s [...]
Aileen Apolo starts her blog with a rant about the scarcity of news about the information technology industry in the Philippines for, hmm, the past months since elections started, or even way before that period.
The shortest reply to her question is this: elections. Most of the media’s attention is focused on this regular exercise of [...]
Certain technologies sometimes fail to deliver what they promise.
Let’s talk about the latest wireless Internet technologies that are now available in the Philippine market.
I don’t want to name products. But let’s just say there are two popular (and perhaps the only two services available now) services that boast broadband speeds without the need to connect [...]
