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Philippine government proposes new IPR laws

Philippine government proposes new IPR laws

News Facing mounting piracy, country unveils set of proposed rules to facilitate faster and more efficient resolution of court cases involving intellectual property rights.

Tuesday, October 27 2009 05:35 PM

Tags: Copyright, Lawsuits, Piracy, Chief Justice, Conference, Business Software Alliance, Philippines, IP, Intellectual Property Right, Government


Mobile broadband still lagging in Philippines

Mobile broadband still lagging in Philippines

News Sector has surpassed fixed broadband in country but mobile broadband adoption still lower than other markets in region, say industry watchers.

Monday, November 09 2009 05:07 PM

Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, WiMax, 3G (Third Generation), Frost & Sullivan, Globe Telecom Inc., GSMA, mobile, Wireless, Philippines, Mobile platforms/communications


Philippine SMS tax 'burden' and 'dangerous'

Philippine SMS tax 'burden' and 'dangerous'

News Country's lobbyist groups and carriers strongly oppose government-proposed tax on SMS messages, saying it will increase communications cost.

Monday, September 14 2009 08:39 PM

Tags: Legal, Mobile platforms/communications, Taxes, Philippines, income tax, mobile company, telecommunications company, U.S. Congress, tax, Income


The curious case of Sun Microsystems Philippines

Blogs In more ways than one, Sun Microsystems Philippines (SunPhil) is an "anomaly" among the large IT companies in the countr...

Friday, May 01 2009 12:56 AM


Changing of the IT guards

Blogs There's another strong storm coming to the Philippines this weekend, but I won't go into this topic again just like what...

Thursday, October 29 2009 10:26 PM


The PCs that the flood took away

Blogs As a super typhoon prepares to lash the Philippines this week--the third time in a month--I ask for the indulgence of th...

Thursday, October 22 2009 01:02 AM


Sad saga of GSIS and IBM

Blogs  The pitiful battle between pension firm GSIS and tech giant IBM is nothing short of tragic. But, it's something that c...

Sunday, September 06 2009 11:26 AM


Inspiration from a democracy icon

Blogs I think it was Anthony Spaeth, correspondent of Time magazine during the 1986 Philippine revolution, who said Filipinos ...

Saturday, August 01 2009 11:00 AM


Unnecessary distraction from country's e-polls

Blogs If not for the weird story that President Arroyo underwent a breast implant operation in a local hospital, I'm pretty su...

Monday, July 06 2009 11:53 PM


SpinVox hits back at data-protection criticism

News Voice-to-text conversion firm says it uses overseas call centers for transcription, saying human intervention is used only to help its automated systems learn.

Monday, July 27 2009 09:30 AM

Tags: Authentication and encryption, Network security, Security, Philippines, Training, British Broadcasting Corp., Microsoft Office, data protection, call-center, quality control


In Philippines, free ads site tops them all

Blogs Last September, just after typhoon Ketsana (locally known as "Ondoy") razed the Philippines, veteran IT chronicler Jim A...

Monday, November 09 2009 01:08 PM


Regulating the unregulated telecoms market

Blogs It was on a plane trip back home from Singapore that I was able to grab a copy of a magazine (I can’t remember if it was...

Monday, August 17 2009 04:06 PM


Tech tales and images of a great flood

Blogs As I write this blog post, a large swathe of Metro Manila is still submerged in flood waters. In other areas of the metr...

Monday, September 28 2009 06:33 PM


World's outsourcing revenue worth $373B

News Global market will grow 14.4 percent by year-end, led by top performers India, China and the Philippines, which will account for 77.6 percent of total revenue.

Wednesday, September 23 2009 05:10 PM

Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Outsourcing, IT Services, India, Philippines, research company, recession, financial, China


Filipinos turn to Web for typhoon help

News Philippine online community rides on blogs and social networking sites in bid to galvanize relief efforts and assistance for victims of Typhoon Kestana.

Monday, September 28 2009 03:27 PM

Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Philippines, Powerline, social networking, Facebook, food, Internet, blog, Joel D. Pinaroc


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