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Archive for September, 2009

YouTube says Warner Music videos back in months

Wednesday
Sep 30,2009

YouTube said Tuesday that music videos from Warner Music Group Corp. will return to the video site in the coming months after a nine-month dispute over splitting ad revenue.

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  • Globe to restore mobile coverage Tuesday night

    Tuesday
    Sep 29,2009

    Cellular operator Globe Telecom, which has taken flak in recent days due to its poor or lack of mobile signals in areas hardest hit by typhoon “Ondoy,” said it expects to fully restore its mobile coverage late Tuesday night.

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  • Microsoft to release free antivirus PC software

    Tuesday
    Sep 29,2009

    REDMOND, Washington – Microsoft Corp. says its new computer security program can be downloaded starting on Tuesday.

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  • Sunday
    Sep 27,2009

    A family and many others use the web to locate each other in a storm.

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  • Saturday
    Sep 26,2009

    In the midst of the floods after Typhoon Ondoy, many have been trying to reach us asking for help. We have opened a Facebook discussion board for updates regarding the storm.

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  • 8th Philippine Robotics Olympiad held in SM North

    Saturday
    Sep 26,2009

    Some of the brightest students from over 300 public and private schools nationwide went head-to-head at the 8th Philippine Robotics Olympiad (PRO) Wednesday and Friday, showcasing a wide array of robots that could perform a variety of tasks – from singing and dancing to braiding and etching – and that also looked good too while doing the tasks.

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  • Friday
    Sep 25,2009

    With Filipino bloggers scattered across the country and all over the world, not just one but three awarding ceremonies for the 3rd Philippine Blog Awards (PBA) will be held this year.

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  • Thursday
    Sep 24,2009

    Lawyer Argee Guevarra”s Facebook-based smackdown with Dr. Vicki Belo should make us all think twice about who”s reading our updates.

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  • Regulators OK accounting rules change, helps Apple

    Thursday
    Sep 24,2009

    Regulators are changing accounting rules so technology companies can report sales for certain gadgets all at once.

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  • Actual people physically gather to talk Twitter

    Wednesday
    Sep 23,2009

    LOS ANGELES – Twitter was a trending topic Tuesday – and not just on Twitter. Actual people were physically gathered at the Skirball Cultural Center for the two-day conference dedicated to the micro-blogging site.

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  • Free to play model alters online gaming industry

    Tuesday
    Sep 22,2009

    Young Filipinos were once referred to as the “the Ragnarok generation,” a reference to the immense popularity of the Korean online game that captivated local gamers.

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  • Tuesday
    Sep 22,2009

    The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission on Monday proposed the most wide-ranging and specific rules so far for regulating how Internet service providers and wireless carriers handle subscriber traffic.

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    10 ways to save on hospital bills

    Monday
    Sep 21,2009

    Do you feel hospitalization costs are out of whack? Here are three areas you can control.

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  • Want to read all about it online? It may cost you

    Monday
    Sep 21,2009

    With their advertising revenue drying up, newspaper publishers spent much of the spring and summer debating whether to cut off free online access to some of the material they run in their shrinking print editions.

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  • RP libraries go digital despite budget, tech woes

    Sunday
    Sep 20,2009

    These days, everything”s just a mouse click away. That”s why, despite obstacles, the country”s libraries and museums are working to make their resources available online.

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  • Photos of mullets, leotards return to haunt online

    Sunday
    Sep 20,2009

    Matching mullets, regrettable tattoos, metal mouths and goofy grins.

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  • Journalism still finding recruits if not profits

    Saturday
    Sep 19,2009

    At 21, Alana Taylor has already seen her career in journalism transformed and perhaps cut short by the technology reshaping the news business.

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  • Friday
    Sep 18,2009

    Last September 10, GMANews.TV broke new ground with the launch of Exchange , the first and only Philippine live chat forum where people from all over the world can log in and personally interview aspirants for the 2010 elections. Exchange debuted with Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero on the hot seat.

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  • Operation 7 dream come true for online players

    Thursday
    Sep 17,2009

    Operation 7 – or Op-Seven – is a dream come true. Or at least to casual and hardcore first person shoot “em up (FPS) gamers.

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  • Google to reincarnate digital books as paperbacks

    Thursday
    Sep 17,2009

    MOUNTAIN VIEW, California – Google Inc. is giving 2 million books in its digital library a chance to be reincarnated as paperbacks.

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  • Review: New iPod Nano impresses, Zune improves

    Thursday
    Sep 17,2009

    Back in 2004, when I got my first MP3 player, I never cared that it lacked a camera, Web browser and crystal-clear video playback – features that are now common on digital media devices.

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  • Adobe to buy Omniture for $1.8 billion

    Wednesday
    Sep 16,2009

    Adobe Systems Inc. said Tuesday it will buy Web analytic software company Omniture Inc. for about $1.8 billion, giving the maker of content-creation software a way to let marketers measure the effectiveness of such content.

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  • Tuesday
    Sep 15,2009

    Google is testing a new format that is supposed to make reading online stories as easy as flipping through a magazine.

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  • New online shoot ‘em up game launched by X-Play

    Monday
    Sep 14,2009

    Operation 7, a new first person shoot “em up online game, has been launched by X-Play Online Games Inc. (X-Play), a joint venture between IP EGame Ventures Inc. and GMA New Media Inc.

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  • Facebook to let users tag friends in status posts

    Friday
    Sep 11,2009

    NEW YORK – Facebook will soon let users “tag” their friends in their posts, similar to how they already can with photos.

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  • Apple CEO Jobs on stage, discusses transplant

    Thursday
    Sep 10,2009

    Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs returned Wednesday to the showman role that has helped define his company leadership, taking the stage for the first time since his medical leave to announce such new products as an iPod Nano that records video.

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    Fans wish for more from Apple iPods

    Monday
    Sep 7,2009

    Once again, it's time to peer into Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs' cup and try to read the tea leaves.

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  • Christian couples staying faithful online

    Sunday
    Sep 6,2009

    Lance Maggiacomo was out of work, bored and lonely when he started hiding his online relationships from his wife.

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  • Biomodd blends ecology with technology

    Friday
    Sep 4,2009

    Integrating biology with technology, a new work of art was unveiled at the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design that brings together two seemingly conflicting concepts.

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  • Google to draw up new privacy policy for books

    Friday
    Sep 4,2009

    WASHINGTON – Google has agreed to draw up a separate privacy policy for its digital library in response to a request from the US government's Federal Trade Commission.

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  • Gmail knocked offline for `majority’ of users

    Wednesday
    Sep 2,2009

    Google Inc.'s Gmail service was knocked offline Tuesday in a severe outage that the company said affected a “majority” of users.

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