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Philippine govt dumps IBM, heads to Oracle-HP
News Country's pension agency ditches IBM and starts migration to system running Oracle database and HP servers, ending months of tensed relationship with Big Blue.
Tags: Database management, Databases, Service level management, Local Government, Database, SAP AG, Oracle Corp., CTO, Service level management, Databases
Music moguls' latest strategy: Zig then zag
News commentary The big four labels said to be discussing a partnership with Hulu. But is this the answer to their tech dilemma? Hardly.
Tags: Music, Web sites, Google Inc., file-swapping, Napster Inc., Video, digital music file-swapping, YouTube Inc., Financial Times, NBC Universal Inc.
Cagayan, my valley home is dear to me
Blogs The title above is the first line of the official anthem of Cagayan, my home province here in the Philippines. I've been...
Phishers take a break during holiday season
News It seems phishers need time off just like the rest of us, with recent research showing e-mail scams dropping off significantly during July and August.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Security, Phishing, Envisional Ltd., e-mail, London, Silicon.com, U.K., bank, banking
AT&T breaks sales records with iPhone 3GS launch
News Carrier sells more phones the first day the iPhone 3GS went on sale than it ever has, even on the two previous iPhone launch days, according to an internal memo.
Tags: Smart phones, Sales/revenue, Mobile platforms/communications, Apple Inc., Sales, phone, AT&T Corp., Apple iPhone, blog, Sales/revenue
Pedal-powered Christmas tree lights Copenhagen
News With international climate change talks a week away, host city takes its tannenbaum off-grid with a rack of bicycles powering LED lights.
Tags: Green IT, Tree, ViPS, climate change negotiation, Ceremony, climate change, Green IT, financial incentive, Copenhagen, Global Warming
Amazon paces holiday tech discount drive
News Deep, early price cuts on tech gadgets by electronics makers and retailers may be good for consumers and bad for profits.
Tags: Web sites, Unit Sale, TV, Consumer Electronics Association, Electronics, Amazon.com Inc., Web sites, Price, E-book Reader, flat panel
Have yourself a merry Facebook Christmas?
News The social networking site, which has been experiencing explosive membership growth, sees record traffic on Christmas Eve.
Tags: Web sites, Sales/revenue, Boston, Yahoo! Mail, social networking, Facebook, network, Hitwise, blog, accounting
US online spending doubles for pre-Christmas weekend
News Web shoppers last weekend spent almost double what they spent on the corresponding weekend before Christmas last year, ComScore reports.
Tags: Sales/revenue, Sales strategy, Web sites, online retail, Sales, Consumer, online retail company, chairman, recession, retail company
Reflecting in a time of crisis
Blogs Although I'm a fierce Catholic, I don't consider myself a religious person. The financial crisis, however, has led me to...
Asian cellular subscriber growth drops 21 percent
News Asia-Pacific mobile subscriber growth plunged in the fourth quarter, with Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and the Philippines hit particularly hard.
Tags: Network infrastructure, Mobile/Wireless, Mobile Broadband, Mobile, EMEA, Telecommunications, Philippines, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh
Quad-core MacBook Pro on the way?
News Intel's quiet introduction of its new low-cost quad-core processor could signal a 17-inch MacBook Pro upgrade at Macworld.
Tags: Processors, Mobile processors, Mac OS, Notebooks and tablets, Apple Inc., Intel Corp., Mobile, Apple MacBook, Apple MacBook Pro, Quad-core
Facebook godfather groups spark mafia victims' ire
News Pages on the social-networking site pay tribute to notorious mob bosses, and relatives of mafia crime victims say such content glamorizes the perpetrators.
Tags: Web sites, Video, Facebook, photograph, U.K., News.com, Italy, blog, spokesman, women
Apple files 'swipe-gesture' patent application
News Technology lets touchscreen users perform certain common functions, such as inserting a space or backspacing by swiping across the key area rather than tapping a particular key.
Tags: Patents, Handhelds, Apple Inc., touchscreen keyboard, Touch Screen, intellectual property, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, keyboard, News.com, Apple iPhone
Why make consumers pay more for e-services?
Blogs Electronic services have long been touted as a way for governments to improve operational efficiencies and facilitate be...
