Month: March 2009

the good, the bad, and the ugly… okay ugly but kewl!

the goodmultiply.com, the second most popular networking site in the Philippines (after friendster) will soon open it’s office in the country! read more @ [inquirer.net] the bad – gmail apparently went berserk again today and was down in some areas with a “Temporary Error (500) Numeric Code 67”. read more @ [gaj-it.com] the ugly –Jerry […]

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Linux is fine

this got my attention, pavs’ 10 Reasons You Should Not Switch To Linux. thought it’s funny and a different take on Linux. nope i won’t argue with that post. however thought i’d share what i think about Linux. in general i find Linux fine (ahh okay, that’s very helpful). i find it fine because @ […]

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Wolfram|Alpha – The Google Killer?

touted by some as the newest Google killer, Wolfram|Alpha is all set to prove this by may ’09. Stephen Wolfram, a scientist, inventor, author and a business leader narrates this in his blog, “Fifty years ago, when computers were young, people assumed that they’d quickly be able to handle all these kinds of things. And […]

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Philippine Poll Automation – the saga continues 2

it’s 428 days to go before the 2010 elections and malacanang has recently asked Congress to give the poll automation a chance. the house has all ready approved Php11.3bil supplemental budget late last month but hasn’t finalized the “companion bill” that would bring back counting of the results manually. more so, to further show transparency […]

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Philippine Poll Automation – the saga continues

barely less than a year left, finally the Philippine Senate just approved the PhP11.3bil budget for the automation of the 2010 elections. the supplemental budget according to the commission on elections (comelec) will serve to lease 80thou precinct count optical scans. now awaiting the signature of PGMA, then the bidding for the machine starts. looks […]

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Top 10 Philippine Facebook Apps

i’ve been looking into locally-made facebook apps and decided to list here the top 10 most popular IT PINOY facebook applications (based on the number of monthly active users): I ♥ Pinoy, by Bea & Tom Pestano, tops the list and has around 28 thousand active monthly users. if you’re a proud PINOY, show it […]

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America's Loss is the World's Gain

a month ago, the u.s. fixed their eyes on h-1b visa holders as “possible sacrificial lambs” in order for them to keep afloat, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation study however shows that this may not be the solution to their economic woes and in fact might affect technological innovation – america’s loss might be the […]

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