Month: May 2012

Filipino Student Makes it to Google Science Fair 2012

a 17-yr old Far Eastern University student, Mark Borris Aldonza, made it to the regional finals of the Google Science Fair 2012, a global online science competition for 13-18 year old students.mark’s research focuses on a “pest plan” in the Philippines, which could improve the burning longevity of coal and at the same time reduces the amount […]

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DOST-ICTO Urges Review of Philippine Government Websites' Security

the Philippine Department of Science and Technology’s Information and Communications Technology Office (DOST-ICTO) recently sent directives to all government system admins to review their security protocols in light of the recent website hack attacks.in the recent weeks, hackers have defaced several Philippine websites; on apr22 the University of the Philippines was shown with “We come […]

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Philippines to Launch G-Cloud Service – iGovPhil

the Philippine Information and Communications Technology Office (ICTO) has just announced a centralized government cloud service, iGovPhil slated for july 2012.iGovPhil, a P500mil project aims to consolidate the deployment of email systems and other applications across government agencies.  Local Government Units (LGU) no longer have to be concerned with maintaining (and protecting) their IT systems, […]

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