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Convergys is expected to further tighten its grip as the largest private employer in the Philippines as it announced on Thursday that it has signed agreement under which it will acquire Datacom's contact center operations in the Philippines, Malaysia, and China.

Microsoft Philippines has tapped distribution giant MSI-ECS to distribute products such as Windows 8 and Windows Server in the country.

The pilot project -- called the Jimac TM-i Flex System -- was put into service at the Hainanese Delight restaurant in SM Baliuag.

Local video game distributor X-Play Online Games unveiled in the Philippines on March 26 the latest first-person shooter (FPS) game Bioshock Infinite.

The global market for NAND flash memory pulled off a surprise growth spurt during the last three months of 2012, causing sales to reach a record high.

Sen. Francis ?Chiz? Escudero said he wants the Commission on Elections to set a definite date for the review of the PCOS machines source code, the absence of which, he said, is a major source of uncertainty for the May 13 elections.

Headset maker Jabra recently introduced two new products in the country ? the Jabra Motion and the Speak 510 ? which are both touted for their innovative designs.

Boosting its stock in their bitter war, Smart Communications scored a lopsided 5-0 card against fierce rival Globe Telecom in the latest tests conducted by the NTC during the first quarter of 2013.

The agreement was recently signed by Kuala Lumpur-based Vanilla Applications and InfoStorage, which is headed by veteran tech exec Butch Marking.

BlackBerry said developers are throwing their support behind BlackBerry 10, bringing more than 30,000 new applications to the platform over the past seven weeks.