Archive for December, 2008

IBM bares next five tech innovations

- Hardware, IBM, Innovations, Internet -

SOLAR technology in clothes, “talking” to the Internet and personal “digital shopping assistants:” these innovations will take place in five years or less, IBM said.

Now on its third year, IBM’s annual Next Five in Five lists down innovations that have the potential to change the way people work, live and play over the next five years.
IBM says its list is based on market and societal trends expected to transform our lives, as well as emerging technologies from IBM’s Labs around the world that can make these innovations possible.

“These technologies are in different stages of development right now, and the work done in IBM labs all over the world contributes to making these trends into reality,” said Lope Doromal, chief technologist for IBM Philippines.

Here are IBM’s top five innovations forecasted to shape the world — and human life– within the next five years:

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By Lawrence Casiraya
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27.12.08

DTI website defaced

- Internet, Security -

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)’s website has been defaced, INQUIRER.net has learned Saturday.

Based on this screenshot of the agency’s website, the website has been vandalized by supposed foreign hackers.

The website currently contains cryptic messages from a hacker called “x55x.”

The hacker has also placed “General Palestine” in the defaced website and a flag of Palestine plus a message at the end of the page that says, “Don’t forget Palestine.”

Officials of the agency are currently unavailable for comment at this writing.

Government offices are closed after December 25th (Friday) was declared a holiday to give way to people celebrating the Christmas festivities.

By Erwin Oliva
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17.12.08

(UPDATE) Microsoft releases patch for Internet Explorer flaw

- Microsoft, Security -

By Glenn Chapman
Agence France-Presse

SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft on Wednesday released an emergency patch to fix a perilous software flaw allowing hackers to hijack Internet Explorer browsers and take over computers.

The US software giant said security update MS08-078 addresses a vulnerability cyber-criminals can exploit to their advantage.

“Microsoft encourages all IE customers to test and deploy this update as soon as possible,” said Microsoft security response communications head Christopher Budd.

The threat led Microsoft to mobilize security engineering teams worldwide to deliver a software cure “in the unprecedented time of eight days.”

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11.12.08

REVIEW: Motorola ZN200 and W388

- Hardware, Mobile, Motorola, Reviews -

HERE’s something for the fashion-addict but budget-conscious users.

Motorola has a range of phone models that cater to a broad market spectrum but it is primarily known for its ROKR and RAZR models nowadays because of their fashion-minded designs and solid construction.

Motorola can also be credited for making the first “flip phone” the StarTAC way back in the mid-90s. From then on, Motorola has been leveraging on fashionable design but sometimes sacrificing functionality.

While it has been chased after by Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson in many of the segments that it once dominated over, Motorola is still holding on its own in the entry-level phone space by extensively introducing a host of models that are just about dirt cheap as any other brand. Some of these phones can be bought for no less than P4,000. Though it is being closely followed by other brands, such as Sony Ericsson, Motorola still dominates the “super entry-level” phone category.

Among the cheapest of the cheap are Motorola’s ZN200 and the W388, which cost between P3,500 and P7,000. The W388 in particular is one of Motorola’s cheapest while the mid-level ZN200 is a several steps behind the MOTOSLVR series.

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By Alex Villafania
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09.12.08

INQUIRER.NET goes mobile TV

- INQUIRER.net, Mobile, MobileTV, Videos -

IN another first, INQUIRER.net (subsidiary of the Philippine Daily Inquirer) started broadcasting news to mobile television last December 8.

“The Scoop” is a five-minute daily newscast of the day’s top stories and is aired on the GO Channel of Smart Communication’s myTV service.

It is also the first time that a local media company has offered broadcast on mobile TV, which runs on the widely used DVB-H (digital video broadcasting-handheld) standard.

Smart’s myTV has been in operation for about a year and is gradually increasing its content offerings.

Inquirer.net Executive Editor Leonardo Magno, Jr. said mobile TV is already being used in other countries, such as Singapore and Australia, many users have mobile phones with DVB-H features. “I was intrigued by its potential. Since then, INQUIRER.net has kept its eye on the technology and now we are pioneering it in the country.”

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By Alex Villafania
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