Archive for the 'Technology' Category

Saving The INTERNET, Net Neutrality

Net neutrality. The basic fundamental principle that we, the consumer, the average citizen, have the right to “our” internet our ability to access any “web site we want, whenever we want, at the fastest speed, whether it’s a corporate or mom-and-pop site”. Use “any service we like — watching online video, listening [...]

State of the Job Market: We Have a Future Part 2 (Tips to Aid Your Career)

There is a growing trend of young professionals going into the Web Outsourcing industry nowadays, and I’m one of them. So are the majority of people in my circle of friends and peer group. While most of us work in-house, there is a growing number of us gutsy individuals who are going into home-based freelancing.
Being [...]

State of the Job Market: We Have a Future Part 1 (My Journey Into Freelancing)

I must say that I missed writing for a purpose, for our country. But while were all are up in arms trying to roast this woman who, if you think about it, is only 17 pounds heavier than me due to all her makeup, let me give you my state of the “nation” job market [...]

Pinoy Top Blogs, Ratified.org, and Ranking The Pinoy Blogosphere

Considering The Heated Debate That I’ve been participating in over at Yugatech.com, with regards to not having Michelle Malkin in any of the top list, I submit that maybe Pinoytopblogs should undergo a reorganization with a new format, and a new way of doing things.
Abe has been great for The Philippine Blogging Community, but [...]

Spam King Robert Alan Soloway Arrested!

If there’s one reason why my day has just become more efficient, it is because Spam King, Robert Alan Soloway has been arrested. Good riddance! This 27-year-old, who is accused of having sent millions upon millions of spam emails was arrested on Wednesday.
“He’s one of the top 10 spammers in the world,” said [...]

Filipino Blogger Receives A Death Threat

Tingog.com has received its first official death threat. I’m surprised it took this long, but one can only dream of such fame, right?
The threat was delivered via email, so naturally we tracked down the culprit’s ISP, and with help of our resident technology guru, it was determined that the threat came from outside The [...]

Libel Case Against Abe Olandres

I was over at The Blog Herald, and it looks like Abe Olandres is facing a Libel suit against him. Combine the lawsuit with personal problems and Abe has been swamped to the extent that he has asked Tony Hung to take over the helm as editor. Here’s how Abe describes his [...]

Tingog is Time Magazine’s Person of The Year!

That’s right, Tingog.com has been chosen as Time Magazine’s Person of The Year!
OK, maybe I’m exaggerating. But, in a nice twist to things, this yearly honor has been bestowed upon… Well.. Everyone who has contributed to the information contained within the infinite realm of The Internet.
Time has called us all “People of The New [...]

Microsoft Philippines and Vista Operating System

After hearing that Microsoft was previewing its Operating System Vista, I got the feeling that Microsoft was really going all out on this new release. I mean, who wouldn’t. It’s the core of their business. And it’s been five years since the last time Windows has had a new operating system.
So just [...]

CALLING ALL FILIPINO HACKERS! WIN A PS3

This isn’t really related to any of our topics, but we thought we would let our fellow Filipinos have a crack at this. We have some of the best hackers out there, so let’s try. If you haven’t heard, the PS3 is hard to get these days. They are being sold on [...]

Philippine Call Center Industry Still Growing

In a previous article, I stated that the Philippine Call Center Industry was booming, and in a recent article by IHT, this is indeed being confirmed. I honestly think that of all asian countries, we still have the best command of the english language. We pronounce english so much better than other countries [...]

Call Center Operators At Risk For Deadly DVT

The Philippine Call Center Industry has seen a boom. In fact, many college graduates gravitate towards this job opportunity because of flexible schedule (although many are at night) and better pay as compared to many entry level jobs out there.
So, I thought I would bring up this medical condition, which I feel may be [...]

Friendster and Myspace. East Versus West

Is it just me, or is Friendster Vs. Myspace starting to look like a battle between East and West.
A lot of people I know here in The U.S have Myspace, almost none have a Friendster account. In fact, the social network that I still use to connect with friends in The Philippines is [...]

Filipino Hackers May Be On U.S. Hitlist

If you think that the new Secretary of Defense for The United States, Robert Gates, isn’t really a factor in The Philippines, then you may want to reconsider. The newly appointed Secretary who replaced Donald Rumsfeld a little over a week ago is a big believer in Cyberterrorism. In a Counterterrorism conference back [...]

In Case of Emergency Use your Cellphone!

The Philippines is sometimes referred to as the texting capital of The World and It seems that almost every Filipino has a cellular phone.
Within these phones are hundreds of names and numbers stored in its memory but yet nobody, other than ourselves, know which of these numbers belong to our near and dear ones?
Let [...]

An Interview with Philippine Gamer Mitzie Eusebio

When you think about gaming, about Need For Speed, Starcraft, Warcraft, Counter Strike, and other PC Games, you think of highschool boys, and college guys in front of their PCs or at the local internet cafes. But, what if you added cute with long, black, silky hair to the list of adjectives? Confused [...]