I.T. News

A lawmaker has asked the House of Representatives to direct the Committee on ICT to conduct an inquiry on the proliferation of unsolicited messages and unsubscribed services sent to subscribers.

ICT IS KEY. Sen. Edgardo Angara delivers his speech during the Infocomm Technology Association of the Philippines (ITAP) induction of officers at the Manila Peninsula last week. The new ITAP president is Dondi Mapa of Microsoft Philippines.

Some 100 health and computer science students and faculty from different campuses in Luzon flocked to the UP Manila College of Medicine recently to attend the Philippine Undergraduate Research on eHealth (PUReHealth) Awards Student Orientation.

The new communication model has become multidimensional interaction between people through social media, he said.

A proposed legislation filed in Congress is seeking to establish and maintain a “Cyber Investigation and Assessment Center” within the NBI.

The Philippines is poised to become the world leader in the multi-billion-dollar worth healthcare information management outsourcing this year, an executive of the ICTO said.

The new bidding will be awarded six months prior to the expiry next year, so that a new system will be in place well ahead of the expiration.

A member of the Senate said the creation of the proposed Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) will be helpful in managing the country’s broadband network.

The topographic mapping is a two-year JICA-funded project aimed at updating the the 60-year old reference maps of Mindanao.

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.