GET to know sexy and sassy MTV VJ Andi Manzano, who graces the cover of the September-October issue of Mobile Philippines.

Here are more details about this issue from the Mobile Philippines team of our sister company, Hinge Inquirer Publications.

Get our roster of hands-on reviews featuring Nextbase SDV185-SD, HTC Touch, Sanyo Xacti VPC-HD1A, Nokia 5700, LG KU-250, Toshiba M200, Olympus FE-240, plus tons more.

The battle of the minis rages between the Apple second-gen shuffle and Creative Zen Stone. Mobile also gives you the top 11 coolest (or weirdest) and smallest gadgets imaginable. While you’re at it, read our step by step on how to maximize DMP storage by reducing the size of your MP3s.

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By Erwin Oliva
INQUIRER.net

“STAND with the Burmese Protesters,” says an online petition inviting people around the world to support the ongoing protests in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, against the junta.

Hundreds of protesters, mostly monks, have been arrested and one Japanese national has already been reported killed after thousands of protesters took to the streets 10 days ago.

Led by Avaaz.org, the online protest hopes to gather about 150, 000 signatures, which would be submitted to the United Nations Security Council members and the media.

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By Erwin Oliva
INQUIRER.net

WEIRD AL YANKOVIC, yes the guy behind all those spoof songs, is infecting people with his own dose of a viral video posted on YouTube. Aptly titled, Virus Alert, Weird Al’s video (posted three days ago) is about, er, the computer virus and its impact on mankind.

Mike Abundo writes in the b5media Technology channel:

For nearly a decade, Weird Al Yankovic has successfully appealed to geek culture. Over the last year, that success has only exploded with his clueful use of the rising social media. His latest video Virus Alert features a game tie-in, a Gmail visual reference, and a nod to social media pioneer Newgrounds.

Here’s the video.

By Associated Press

PULLMAN, Washington–Looking to recruit more women, and perhaps date some sorority girls, the largest computer club at Washington State University hopes to hold a “nerd auction.” The idea is to trade their computer skills to sorority girls in exchange for a makeover and, possibly, a date.

“You can buy a nerd and he’ll fix your computer, help you with stats homework, or if you’re really adventurous, take you to dinner!” Ben Ford, president of the Linux Users Group, said on its website recently.

Ford acknowledged that some of the group’s 213 registered members may not be ready for the auction block.

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IT’S a powerful vision that has now become a reality, even though the $100 laptop now costs almost twice that amount.

Still, this is a very significant milestone. The “Give 1 Get 1” campaign of the One Laptop per Child movement is a great idea for helping empower the world’s children — those who don’t have the money to enjoy the technology that a lucky few have been blessed with and sometimes even take for granted.

Here’s a presentation Nicholas Negroponte gave last year in the TED Talks series to share the vision of the non-profit OLPC project.

Let’s hope more of the digital haves will do their best to help the digital have-nots, until one day, we’ll all enjoy the benefits of ICT.