Unlike the previous version of the bill that was passed during the Aquino administration, a major provision of the proposed measure mandates that the minimum Internet speed is 10 megabits per second (Mbps).
Menlo Security's report revealed that the top websites in the country have pop-up programs or ads that are both annoying and dangerous to online visitors.
Public high schools in the Philippines may soon be able to afford an instrumentation system -- hardware, software, sensors, and experiment modules -- which students can use for their laboratory experiments in various science subjects.
To pursue its ?Cloud-First Policy?, the government has re-launched what it claimed is the biggest cloud project in the country ? the P373-million Government Cloud or GovCloud initiative.
A recently released report by an Internet security firm has revealed that the Philippines is the top country globally for botnets and banking Trojan malware.
Before the Senate went on a session break, it passed Senate Bill No. 1277 or the Free Internet Access in Public Places Act on third and final reading via 18-0 vote.
Senate President Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III said Congress is expected to approve this year the bill on free Wi-Fi access in all public places and six other key priority measures when it resumes session after the Lenten recess in May.
Barely six months after formally assuming his post, Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) undersecretary Jorge Sarmiento has resigned from his post for still undisclosed reason.