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Wanna pay tribute to the dead rich and famous? Go online

By: Jocelyn R. UyKristine Felisse Mangunay
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Forgot to pay your respects to the late President Ramon Magsaysay this All Saints’ Day or on All Souls’ Day? Is it physically impossible for you to personally lay down your flowers on Karl Marx’s grave in England?

Posted: October 31st, 2011 in Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Bill Gates unfussed by Steve Jobs’ jab—report

Bill Gates. AP FILE PHOTO

Microsoft founder Bill Gates coolly parried some harsh criticism from late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, in an interview with ABC television Sunday, saying their professional rivalry was positive.

Posted: October 31st, 2011 in Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Church takes honoring the dead to cyber space

By: Jocelyn R. Uy
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Want to have a meaningful memorial for your departed loved ones? Go online.

Posted: October 31st, 2011 in Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

YouTube partners with stars to add original programs

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YouTube on Friday announced it is adding about 100 channels of original programming to the globally popular online venue for video sharing.

Posted: October 29th, 2011 in Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

New mobile wireless storage device launched

By: Matikas Santos
Seagate's newest storage device, the GoFlex Satellite, features WiFi connectivity for up to three users to stream multimedia content.

Why stop at a thousand songs in your pocket when you can put the entire multimedia library of your computer in your pocket?

Posted: October 28th, 2011 in Featured Gallery,Headlines,Latest Technology Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »

Apple’s tongue-tied Siri faces ‘Singlish’ rival

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Singapore’s SingTel has developed an application to rival the voice-activated Siri on the iPhone 4S that is sure to go down well in the island state – because it can understand “Singlish”.

Posted: October 28th, 2011 in Featured Gallery,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Online movies luring viewers away from primetime TV

Services allowing North Americans to watch movies and television shows over the Internet is luring droves of viewers away from primetime television, a report showed Wednesday.

Posted: October 27th, 2011 in Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Nokia launches Windows smartphone to regain market share

LUMIA 800  A Nokia employee demonstrates a new Nokia Lumia 800 smartphone during the Nokia World 2011 at the ExCeL ICC center in London on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011. Nokia Corp. on Wednesday unveiled its first Windows cell phones, in a bid to recapture lost ground to chief rivals in the tough top-end smartphone market.  AP Photo/Sang Tan

Finland’s Nokia, struggling to remain the world’s top mobile phone maker amid fierce competition, launched Wednesday its first smartphone using the Windows platform, which it hopes will secure profitability.

Posted: October 26th, 2011 in Featured Gallery,Latest Technology Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »

NLEX offers new traffic monitoring technology

By: Matikas Santos
Operators in the NLEX control room monitor the flow of vehicles through television cameras and locate the exact position of patrol vehicles throughout the highway using the AVLS. This makes it easier to dispatch patrol vehicles closest to an incident, greatly reducing their response time. MATIKAS SANTOS/INQUIRER.net

The North Luzon Expressway (NLEX), along with a Filipino company, has developed a new technology called Automatic Vehicle Locator System (AVLS) that will help improve the response time of patrol vehicles to any incident throughout the highway.

Posted: October 26th, 2011 in Featured Gallery,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

IBM names its first female CEO

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IBM Corp. ushered in the first female CEO in the company’s 100-year history on Tuesday. Virginia “Ginni” Rometty, a veteran at the technology giant famous for its conservative corporate culture, will take over as CEO from Sam Palmisano, IBM announced.

Posted: October 26th, 2011 in Featured Gallery,Headlines,Latest Technology Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »

Internet role in human rights gets spotlight

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Technology titans and political activists gathered here on Tuesday to map ways to ensure the Internet is used as a tool for human rights instead of as a weapon of oppression.

Posted: October 26th, 2011 in Latest Technology Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »

Steve Jobs: A genius but a bad, mean manager

Steve Jobs

Apple Inc. cofounder Steve Jobs revolutionized multiple industries with his cutting-edge products but he was not the world’s best manager, according to biographer Walter Isaacson.

Posted: October 25th, 2011 in Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Apple posts video of Jobs memorial

By: Rachel Metz
AP file photo

Apple is allowing the general public to get a look at a star-studded memorial service it held for employees to celebrate the life of Steve Jobs at its California headquarters last week.

Posted: October 24th, 2011 in Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

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