Month: January 2010

100 Days Before Philippine National Elections

it’s exactly 100 days today before the Philippine May 10 elections, however glimpses of a major automation failure is already seen by ex officials “Deliveries, testing, calibration, validation and training for automated elections are delayed. Ballot printing is also delayed… The risks of failures of the 2010 elections are increasing everyday,” the Former Senior Government […]

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Apple Launches iPad

the long wait is over, Apple’s very own tablet, iPad has arrived and everyone’s already waiting in line to own one! these are some of the tech specs: height/width: 9.56in / 7.47in weight: 1.5lbs (wi-fi model); 1.6lbs (wi-fi+3G) display: 9.7in and fingerprint-resistant (kewl!) capacity: 16gb/32gb/64gb flash drive processor: 1GHz Apple A4 custom battery: built-in 25whr […]

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Top HackMe Passwords

found this interesting article about common passwords used by web folks. NYC put it quite bluntly, “Back at the dawn of the Web, the most popular account password was ‘12345.’ Today, it’s one digit longer but hardly safer: ‘123456.’” based on analysts findings, people unusually have this computer password habit of using simple, easily guessed […]

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Pants on The Ground

it’s official, american idol’s Larry Platt and his very own “Pants on the Ground” is now the newest internet viral sensation (with over 2mil viewers as of now) so let’s all sing, “Pants on the ground, pants on the ground, looking like a fool with your pants on the ground.” 🙂

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A Call to Clear the CyberCrime Prevention Act

Kabataan Party-list Rep. Mong Palatino recently stated that House Bill 6974 (or the CyberCrime Prevention Act of 2009) is vague and requires re-evaluation. he shed worries that approving this into a law without deeper reviewing might stifle freedom of expression and right to privacy. “The definition of ‘cybercrime’ in the bill is vague and its […]

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CES 2010 Offers the Hottest Things!

my fav tech event is again at it’s best showcasing the latest technologies we IT PINOYs should anticipate this year. the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is the worlds largest consumer techonology tradeshow. the event started in 1967 was produced by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), which promotes growth in the consumer technology industry. […]

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