Category: Web finds
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Stiglitz: ‘Widespread changes’ needed to avert new crisis
In a special CNN commentary, Nobel Prize laureate Joseph Stiglitz has come out with suggestions viz. the economic meltdown centered in the US.
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The US economic meltdown and the Arroyo government’s response
The “cataclysmic” events that hit major US companies is sending shockwaves across the world. Advocates of “laissez faire” and neoliberal policy are surprised over the US treasury department’s rescue of global insurance firm AIG. The rescue has reportedly been inadequate to calm markets across Asia.
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Google to launch smartphone on Sept. 23
US telco T-Mobile will launch the first smartphone powered by Google’s Android operating system this month, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Google smartphone is expected to do some serious battle with Apple’s iPhone which is saddled by network-lock and several technical issues.
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Smart, Globe and Sun battle over mobile broadband internet market
Telcos Smart, Globe and Sun Cellular are locked in a battle royale in the quest to get the most number of Filipinos looking for ways to connect their computers to the internet using mobile broadband solutions.
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Google circa 1407
How would’ve Google looked like had it been in existence hundreds of years before?
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Site features US presidential campaign TV ads since 1952
If you wish to check out the development of US presidential campaign TV ads since they were first used in 1952, we now have a quick reference point to visit.
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Cagayan de Oro city veterinarian says its ok to drown, gas pets to death
Perla Asis, city veterinarian of Cagayan de Oro, should face charges over violations of the Animal Welfare Act after she admitted that her department used drowning and an “improvised gas chamber” to put down stray animals.
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Today’s good clicks on politics, tech and other stuff
PCIJ: ‘Enforced disappearance’ survivor seeks justice from Ombudsman ‘Take advantage of the corrupt system’:Winston Garcia (Ellen Tordesillas) AFP: Hong Kong TV reporter caught masturbating on bus: reports
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Your cellphone can be your new WIFI router
Yes, folks. You can do it with a little help from cellphone software programs.
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The iPod through the years: a retrospective
How many iPod editions and generations have come and gone? Wonder no more.
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Palm opens pre-orders for unlocked Treo Pro
In an email and a new page on its website, Palm announced that the unlocked GSM version of the new Treo Pro is
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Introducing BaliYo, the balisong pen
Attention, Professional Heckler and other Batanguenos. The classic balisong has been “reincarnated”. Nicknamed BaliYo, the US company Spyderco’s “reincarnation” of the balisong is actually “a new concept in pens. It provides safe unlimited creative motion anytime, anywhere, even while sitting. 100% U.S.A. Made using high-performance materials and manufacturing,” according to the official product website.
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Stupid Japanese cops
If you think Filipino “pulis patola” are the worst, wait until you read this funny piece about the sad fate of Japanese policemen. According to an Associated Press report, the Japanese cops mistook a well-dressed doll for a corpse!
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Get the complete PDF copy of the Philippine Daily Inquirer
Hopefully this isn’t just for one day for this is good news for Filipinos abroad and all those who can’t get a copy of the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
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Free live streaming of Beijing Olympics
For those who are wary of local TV coverage, or are just caught by work and can’t watch it on the telly, the Olympic Games will be available to everyone via live streaming.
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‘Europe adopts own version of English as official language’
The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some rooms for improvement and has accepted a 5-year phase-in plan that would become known…
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Link of the day: “I love you, Nick!”
Published in the Jerusalem Post and circulated to Manila’s diplomatic and foreign affairs reporters is a loving tribute to a Filipino caregiver who worked in Israel.
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Dell to continue selling PCs with XP; HP, Lenovo follow suit
Computer company Dell has announced that it will continue to sell Windows XP machines beyond the June 30, 2008 deadline imposed by Microsoft. To the joy of XP fans, two other companies — HP and Lenovo — have followed Dell’s lead. Read the online petition to “save” XP. You may sign it, but I suggest…
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HP 2133, newest EEE PC rival, to start shipping on May 13
HP will start shipping on May 13, 2008 the HP 2133, which many tout as the company’s response to the smash hit that is the Asus EEE PC. According to the HP 2133 site, the $499 entry level model will have a VIA C7 processor, an 8.9 inch WXGA screen with 1280×800 resolution, 512MB of…
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New iPhone with 3G and GPS out in July?
Tech site Engadget has gotten word that Apple may be releasing in July the second-generation iPhone which will boast of 3G and GPS, will lose the metal backside. For other goodies that may be included in the new iPhone, go to Engadget.
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Filipinos say ‘PSP better than sex’
Members of online community PinoyPSP quietly launched this week a web ad campaign titled “PSP is better than sex”, featuring photos of Sony Playstation Portable users in provocative poses while playing their favorite handheld. The photo set by amateur photographer Mark Baul of darckedesigns has received compliments from members of the Digital Photographer Philippines online…
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Eye on Ethics: Asian journalists’ codes of ethics and ethical issues confronting them
The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) and the Asia Media Forum (AMF) are doing the media community and the public a huge favor by setting up Eye on Ethics, a website-cum-online forum that seeks to remind everyone about ethical conduct expected of journalists and to inspire discussions on the topics. Edited by the…