Cops act to stop website hackers
By: DJ YapThe Philippine National Police (PNP) has taken steps to guard against hacking and other breaches of computer security after 10 of its websites were hacked in June and September, officials said Thursday.
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has taken steps to guard against hacking and other breaches of computer security after 10 of its websites were hacked in June and September, officials said Thursday.
In a bid to make the 2013 midterm elections more transparent, the Commission on Elections will be looking for automation technology that would show the public how votes are tallied at the precinct level.
President Benigno Aquino has ordered the release of P1.6 billion to the Department of Science and Technology to enable it to tap “state of the art technology” and improve the accuracy of weather and disaster information-gathering and reporting in the country.
Twitter user @parengjoserizal expressed dismay over a number of netizens greeting him happy birthday on December 30, Rizal Day, which is actually the death anniversary of the Philippine national hero.
A federal grand jury in Los Angeles has indicted six foreign nationals on charges that they defrauded hundreds of customers out of more than $4 million in bogus Internet car sales.
The Philippine National Police has taken steps to guard against hacking and other breaches in computer security after a series of incidents involving the defacement of the Web sites of several police offices in June and September, officials said on Thursday.
Amazon said Thursday that it sold more than one million Kindles a week in December with the new Kindle Fire tablet computer its top-selling item.
INQUIRER.net on the movers and shakers in technology for the year 2011 came up with 10 personalities/events/products/sites that revolutionized the IT world and continue to make a big impact in people’s lives.
As 2011 ends, an international computer microchip manufacturer is driving forward into 2012 in preparation for an era of being “always connected.”
In an age when information travels in mere seconds using high-tech digital devices, disaster management agencies in the Philippines still dispatch urgent weather-related warnings via the painfully slow fax machine.
Corporate aid for victims of storm Sendong continues to pour in with Globe Telecom Inc.’s Singaporean parent firm adding its name in the list of big companies to have donated money for relief efforts.
Take extra care when buying or selling cars via the Internet. The Philippine National Police’s Criminal Investigation and Detection Group is warning the public about the operations of a syndicate whose modus involves selling stolen vehicles through a popular classified ads website.
The Internet is virtually banned, there’s no free press and listening to foreign radio is illegal – if any country can build a Stalinist-style personality cult in the digital era, it’s North Korea.
