February 7, 2012

Environmental watchdog Greenpeace has released the 5th edition of its Cool IT Leaderboard, which sees Internet search engine giant Google overtaking on climate issues, followed by Cisco and Ericsson.

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The latest Cool IT Leaderboard ranks 21 IT companies on their clean energy leadership potential, willingness to embrace clean energy solutions and potential to influence energy decisions.

Google topped the table for its clear support of stronger US clean energy policy and the strengthening of the EU’s current 20 percent greenhouse gas target of 30 percent by 2020.

“Technology giants have a real opportunity to use their power and influence to change how we produce and use energy — Google tops…

Tech giant Acer recently introduced the Acer K330, its first LED projector with 500 ANSI lumens of brightness.

The new Acer K330 projector also marries portability with excellent image output. It weighs less than three pounds and provides an HD-ready 1280×800 (WXGA) resolution with enhanced color saturation for brilliant color and clarity.

The Acer K330 ensures image accuracy with improved color saturation (60 to 130 percent NTSC) and a 4000:1 contrast ratio. As a result, the Acer K330 projects high-quality images in a wide range of natural, deep colors, making it the ideal projector for presentations and data, as well as digital entertainment including movies and photos.

Users making customer presentations with…

Wi-Max service provider Wi-tribe Telecoms has extended the offering of its Plan 598, its unlimited pure 4G Internet plan, until February 15, 2012 as a Valentine’s gift to customers.

Wi-tribe is a partnership between San Miguel Corporation and Qatar Telecom.

For P598 a month, wi-tribe subscribers get unlimited 4G Internet at a speed of 1 mbps with no lock-in period.

“The use of Pure 4G, a more advanced technology compared to 3G, creates a more efficient network infrastructure, bringing down the cost of wi-tribe’s network deployment. The lower cost allows wi-tribe to pass on the savings to its customers in the form of double the bandwidth speeds at the same affordable price,”…

Anti-virus firm Kaspersky Lab has warned Facebook users of a new form of phishing which tries to steal not just their Facebook credentials but also their credit cards information.

“This Facebook phishing attack is pretty interesting because it does not just try to trick the victim into visiting a phishing website,” said Kaspersky Lab security expert David Jacoby.

“It will reuse the stolen information and login to the compromised account and change both profile picture and name. The profile picture will be changed to the Facebook logo and the name will be translated to “Facebook Security” but containing special ASCII characters replacing letters such as “a” “k” “S” and “t”,” Jacoby…

Last year’s Christmas festivities seem like ages ago. And what lingers after the holiday hoopla, aside from the unwanted pounds from all the parties, are the gifts. Most probably you received some electronic gadget that you were either coveting for most of the year, or just one of those doodads that your Kris Kringle picked up the last minute.

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Online stores like Amazon and the popular American magazine, Esquire, have ranked electronic gifts particularly high on their lists last Christmas.

The Apple iPad received the top honor, Xbox-360, Nintendo 3Ds, Call of Duty MW3, and Let’s Rock Elmo rounded the top 5 gifts last Christmas.

All these merchandise also share…

Globe Telecom has unveiled its newest promo for BlackBerry Curve 8520, where subscribers can have it for free when they add Unlimited BlackBerry Messaging (BBM) service to their All-Unli Plan.

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For P698 per month, subscriber get unlimited call and text to Globe/TM, unlimited BBM, and a free BlackBerry Curve 8520 in a single package.

“We are very excited for this new offer which bundles what our subscribers have been asking for: unlimited call, text and BBM,” said Martha Sazon, head for Globe Postpaid. “Through this offer, you will always be connected your way using your dream device, giving you another unparalleled experience only Globe Postpaid can provide.”

Subscribers can also…

Asus has launched the Eee PC 1025 Flare Series, an Intel Atom Cedar Trail-powered netbook with a brand new design.

The Eee PC 1025 comes equipped with the Asus Super Hybrid Engine II with Instant On technology, which enables 2-second resumption from sleep mode and up to 21 days of standby time.

Full HD 1080p video playback on HDTVs comes by way of the HDMI output port and the Eee PC 1025 provides Blu-ray 2.0 support as well. Connectivity is a breeze too with the built-in USB 3.0, DLNA, and Wi-Fi Direct.

The Eee PC 1025 Flare Series comes in eleven different colors, including addict pink, mysterious blue, and plucky purple. Asus…

By Richard Parcia

A former Ateneo literature professor once imparted words to me that I will never forget. He said that the difference between rape and bad education policy is scale. The former violently screws an individual. The latter violently screws a whole generation. Most often, though, the former goes to jail. The latter goes to Malacanang.

The report that Br. Armin Luistro’s plan to remove science in first grade was hardly noticed. That piece of news was relegated to the inside section of a major daily. Coincidentally, it was next to the pieces that reported metro street crimes and murder.

While it hardly merited attention, the move will have a significant…

The Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP) has called on the House of Representatives to hasten the passage of the Cybercrime bill after the Senate approved its version of the measure last week.

BPAP Chairman Alfredo Ayala

The BPAP is the biggest organization of the BPO firms in the country.

“The industry is also anticipating that our congressmen led by House ICT Committee Chair Cong. Freddie Tinga will be working double-time on the House version of the bill,” Martin Crisostomo, BPAP legislative committee head, said in a statement.

He added, “We are confident that the bill will be passed into law before the present Congress adjourns as we believe that our President…

The Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP) has called on the House of Representatives to hasten the passage of the Cybercrime bill after the Senate approved its version of the measure last week.

BPAP Chairman Alfredo Ayala

The BPAP is the biggest organization of the BPO firms in the country.

“The industry is also anticipating that our congressmen led by House ICT Committee Chair Cong. Freddie Tinga will be working double-time on the House version of the bill,” Martin Crisostomo, BPAP legislative committee head, said in a statement.

He added, “We are confident that the bill will be passed into law before the present Congress adjourns as we believe that our President…