Tech tales and images of a great flood

As I write this blog post, a large swathe of Metro Manila is still submerged in flood waters. In other areas of the metropolis, power lines and Internet connections are still down.

I have lived the early part of my life in the province where typhoons are extraordinarily strong and..... Read more »

Tags: Flood, Philippines, Millimeter, INTERNET CONNECTION, Movie, Hurricane Katrina, powerline, Car, Ondoy, YouTube Inc.

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Broadband over power lines? Don't count on it, yet

Dominant carrier PLDT, as well as its high-profile chief executive Manny V. Pangilinan, have been in the news lately because of an allegation from a senator that former Pres. Joseph Estrada forced local tycoon Alfonso Yuchengco to sell his shares, so Pangilinan's group can take over the telco giant in..... Read more »

Tags: Broadband Over Power Line, San Miguel Corp., Radar, American Power Conversion Corp., Pangilinan, broadband, power company, PLDT, financial, CEO

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Sad saga of GSIS and IBM

The pitiful battle between pension firm GSIS and tech giant IBM is nothing short of tragic. But, it's something that could have been easily averted if only the two camps exerted more patience and effort in resolving the issue.

However, I will say early on who I think is on..... Read more »

Tags: Philippines, SAP AG, IBM DB2, business software company, OEM, GSIS, Questronix, Advertisement, Software, information technology

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Melvin G. Calimag

Melvin G. Calimag currently writes for the infotech section of a popular English broadsheet in the Philippines. Prior to this, Melvin served as an assistant editor at Metropolitan Computer Times (MCT), the first IT publication in the Philippines. He is currently the vice president for internals at the IT Journalists Association of the Philippines (CyberPress), and also serves as a charter member with the Philippine Science Journalists Association.