"I'm Linux" video contest

i once read somewhere that “it takes two to tango, but three to tangle!” not satisfied with all those pc-mac tussle (e.g. pc vs mac transformers)? well expect it to be a brawl, linux has recently launched it’s own “I’m Linux” video contest. open to anyone above 18 and in 60secs all you got to […]

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tinyurl – not so tiny?

do you often send out links that are too long? turn this URL: http://www.pinoyto.com/gap/gapmd?iv=1&gapap.x=50&gap.y=75&gdata=%2dkdfmmsp%sdsSDSDSDSjfgpskfovmj%dgap into this tinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/2 TinyURL is a web service created by Kevin Gilbertson that provides short aliases to redirect long urls. it has a simple api that allows applications to automatically create short URLs. the issue i see with these tinyurls […]

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top social networking site of 08

comscore c/o techcrunch reported the top social/blogging platforms for 2008. Blogger (222 million) Facebook (200 million) MySpace (126 million) WordPress (114 million) Windows Live Spaces (87 million) Yahoo Geocities (69 million) Flickr (64 million) hi5 (58 million) Orkut (46 million) Six Apart (46 million) Baidu Space (40 million) Friendster (31 million) 56.com (29 million) Webs.com […]

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Microsoft to lay off 15,000?

i just read this from tech.blorge, it seems that the redmont software company – Microsoft too is just as volatile as the others. there is a “substantial” rumor that the company may be laying off as many as 15,000 employees worldwide (this is around 17% of their workforce) and that the cuts will begin on […]

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top online security threats for 09

would you believe this? every 4.5secs, a new web page is infected with a virus/worm! (remember my recent post re: Philippine DTI site hacked) readwriteweb recently listed the top security threats that we all have to look out for this year. sql injection – if your web page has input fields like those login forms, […]

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IT PINOY stands with Vicissitude

for IT PINOYs, you probably have read (or seen in the news) the recent golf brawl, which involved a local city mayor and a Philippine govt. official who allegedly beat up a 56yrs old man and his 14yrs old son. see the entire story told by the daughter of the victim who was also a […]

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imagine cup 09

IT PINOYs i want you to imagine this:– you will have a crack and provide the best solution to our problems today– you will compete against around 200,000 fellow students around the world– win cash prizes, internships @ Microsoft + a trip to Cairo, Egypt next year!– lastly, you may even have a chance to […]

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a brief history of worms

my last post about DTI’s website being hacked prompted me to do some research on internet viruses and worms. according to snowplow.org, the term “worm” originated from a science fiction story called “The Shockwave Rider” written by John Brunner in 1975. the story is about a totalitarian government that controls its citizens through a powerful […]

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PINOY govt. website hacked!

inquirer.net reported that the department of trade and industry’s (dti) web site have been defaced by supposed foreign hackers. this is just an alarming call to our local government’s IT divisions to not only pay attention to content and layout of their pages, moreso they should focus on securing their web sites against these malicious […]

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