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Tech expert and big-time Pinoy music fan Jim Ayson shares his experience with both Smart Bro plug-it and Globe Visibility. Plus a cameo role by PLDT WeRoam. Guess which product wins the Jim Ayson speed race. Still on the topic, Pinoy SEO also tested Smart Bro’s prepaid plug-it in Iloilo. Another blogger however thinks the […]
MoreSony PSP outsold the Nintendo DS Lite in Japan in March but Wii buyers greatly outnumbered PS3 newbies, according to latest published numbers. A Reuters report confirms this. Still on PSP, USA Today highly recommends Crisis Core: As with most Final Fantasy chapters, story is core to the experience. Writers effectively capture the camaraderie between […]
MoreThe Bagong Alyansang Makabayan has made a preliminary study of the ongoing rice crisis which was presented to leaders of Bayan’s various member-organizations. The study is interesting and should be an eye-opener to those who harbor naive notions about the rice supply crisis as well as for those who swallow the Arroyo administration’s line that […]
MoreHere’s a slideshow of some photos sent to this blogger/journalist by the Gloria Step Down Movement-Hong Kong chapter and the Hong Kong Campaign for the Advancement of Human Rights and Peace in the Philippines (HKCAHRPP), the groups spearheading the protests during President Arroyo’s visit to HK: More photos below, this time by Reuters and Associated […]
MoreThanks to Yahoo News!, we can see photos taken by wire agencies Associated Press, Reuters and Agence France Presse and which they dispatched to newspapers and other media outlets across the world. Full credit goes to the following photographers: Bullit Marquez, Pat Roque, Cheryl Ravelo, Darren Whiteside, John Javellana and Romeo Ranoco, and their respective […]
MoreA few minutes ago, Kosovo prime minister Hashim Thaci announced the independence of Kosovo which was immediately approved by their parliament. In so doing, Kosovo has become the newest independent state in the world. Reuters reports on the event: Kosovo declared independence from Serbia on Sunday, ending a long chapter in the bloody breakup of […]
MoreThe three biggest wire agencies reports on Microsoft’s bid on internet portal Yahoo: Associated Press Microsoft Corp. has pounced on slumping Internet icon Yahoo Inc. with an unsolicited takeover offer of $44.6 billion in its boldest bid yet to challenge Google Inc.’s dominance of the lucrative online search and advertising markets. Continue here. Agence France […]
MoreThe decision of Labor Secretary Arturo Brion to personally oversee “direct hiring” contracts between Filipinos and foreign employers, and the accompanying Memorandum Order No. 4 has whipped up a storm of protests from OFWs, including Filipino professionals. All told, the labor department wants to get $8,000 in fees from a foreign employer who seeks to […]
More(UPDATED ON MARCH 1, 2009) Starting today, I’ll draw a list of free WIFI hotspots in Metro Manila and in the provinces. This has been done before, yes, but what differentiates this list is that I will personally rate these hotspots whether they’re bad or good. This list will get longer as I find, test […]
MoreCongratulations and thank you to all texters who joined the revolt against the text tax. Here are some of the news articles about what we collectively fought and won in less than 24 hours: Group urges Palace: Don’t classify SMS as a ‘sin’ product, Inquirer.net Consumers rejoice as Palace ‘backs off’ from text tax, GMAnews.tv […]
MoreI submitted this roundup to Global Voices Online: Before 2008 started, many Filipino bloggers wrote their assessments of the year 2007. rolling store listed the top 12 events for people’s organization. Topping the list is the release of the damning report of United Nations special rapporteur Philip Alston that said that the Philippine military was […]
MoreToday is Rizal Day. In tribute, here are top links on the Philippine national hero: Jose Rizal Website by the Jose Rizal University Jose Rizal on Wikipedia Jose Rizal by the Washington University Jose Rizal by the University of Pennsylvania Jose Rizal by the Pantas Project Philippines Jose Rizal by the Ateneo de Manila University […]
MorePlease head to Global Voices Online for my blog roundup on Thursday’s transport strike against the madness of unwarranted oil price increases. Some radio commentators’s comments about the transport strike were so insane, it drove my friend Ina nuts! She found the views of these radio folk moronic.
MoreThe blogosphere is in mourning over the death of Monico “Nick” Atienza, secretary-general of the mythical Kabataan Makabayan during the First Quarter Storm, former political detainee, victim of military torture and military ambuscades, and university professor. Atienza and Rene O. Villanueva, head writer of Batibot and author of children’s books, multi-awarded writer and playwright. succumbed […]
MoreLast August, three women were stopped at the airport from boarding flights that were to take them home. They were Gabriela Network USA leaders Dr. Annalisa Enrile, Ninotchka Rosca and Judith Mirkinson whose names were placed by the Arroyo government on a watchlist. To the shock of many, an immigration officer revealed that the feminist […]
MoreThose who missed the Google PC (gPC) deal on Walmart should rejoice because the online supermarket has new stocks. At just $199, the gPC is a bargain and an interesting experiment too. If only there’s a Walmart here in the Philippines, I would have gotten one! The British government meanwhile apologized to Britons over the […]
MoreDell.com in the US is seriously targeting people who plan to get an EEE PC with this offer: A Vostro 1000 notebook with dual-core processor, 1GB memory and 120GB storage for just $399. Here are the major specs of this Dell bargain: AMD AthlonTM 64 X2 Dual-Core processor TK-53 (1.7GHz/512KB) Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic […]
MoreThe NTC has called a hearing today on the TXTPower petition against Globe Telecom questioning the removal of the original Unlimitxt offering. Atty. Flor Almodiel will represent us consumers in the hearing. Globe and Smart yesterday told the Senate that they can set up a national broadband network. As to the price, we can only […]
MoreFirst off, something local: Former NEDA Secretary Romulo Neri faces arrest over his refusal to appear before the Senate investigation into the National Broadband Network scandal. To protect the omerta, Malacanang has vowed to do everything to “protect” Neri. Groups such as Agham and CPU should now start checking the contents of the failed NBN […]
MoreHere are the latest developments on the spectacular Asus EEE PC: 1. Asus denies plans for 10-inch EEE PC Contrary to rumors, we won’t see a 10-inch model of the EEE PC anytime in the near future, according to a Register report. 2. EEE PC shortage delays launch in 10 countries Digitimes reports that an […]
MoreFirstly, bravo to the Emperor’s new post on *Jozzua. The number of comments to the post says many things about the story’s grain of truth. The regional grouping Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) marks its 40th year this 2007 but commentators say that wala itong pinagkatandaan. Quoted by an AFP wire report, a commentor […]
MoreHere’s a blog roundup I submitted to Global Voices and is first posted here. An explosion of still-undetermined origin destroyed the South Wing of the Philippines’ House of Representatives complex, killing a lawmaker and a driver of another. Two other solons lead the list of injured. Killed were Basilan Rep. Wahab Akbar and Marcial Tualdo, […]
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