One of 3 Filipinos can’t live without cell phones–survey
Nearly a third of urban Filipinos claim not to be able to live without their mobile phones, according to a survey on the digital and media habits of consumers.
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HP launches new Unified Communications
With today’s inevitable growth of the virtual workforce, organizations face challenges on communication infrastructure.
Pentagon looks to social media as new battlefield
The Pentagon is asking scientists to figure out how to detect and counter propaganda on social media networks in the aftermath of Arab uprisings driven by Twitter and Facebook.
Tour teams push for radio communications ban to be lifted
CARMAUX, France — Team managers are hopeful the flood of crashes and incidents that have marred the Tour de France this year will lead cycling’s governing body to reconsider its decision to ban radio communication during races. Several top Tour contenders including Bradley Wiggins of Britain and Jurgen Van den Broeck of Belgium have been [...]
Blue Jeans Network makes video calls a casual fit
Well-funded start-up Blue Jeans Network (BJN) came out of stealth mode on Wednesday with a service intended to make video conferences as common as telephone calls.
Vatican launches new website with pope’s first tweet
VATICAN CITY – The Vatican formally unveiled its new Internet information portal news.va on Wednesday, a day after Pope Benedict XVI launched the initiative with his first Twitter message sent from an iPad. A smiling pope was seen tapping on his iPad with the help of cardinals surrounding him in video footage released by the [...]
Obama 2012 campaign to go beyond e mail, text
CHICAGO — Call him the Digital Candidate: President Barack Obama is asking supporters to use Facebook to declare “I’m In!” for his re-election campaign and is using Twitter to personally blast out messages to his nearly 9 million followers. E-mails to supporters seek small-dollar donations in exchange for campaign coffee mugs or a chance to [...]
Guns, grenades and iPads for Singapore soldiers
SINGAPORE – New recruits to Singapore’s military, air force and navy are to get a new standard-issue item of equipment besides their rifle — the iPad. The defence ministry said Monday it will be issuing “about 8,000″ of the sleek, touch-screen tablet computers — already wildly popular with the city-state’s tech-savvy youth — to recruits [...]
Pope may go online to launch Vatican news portal
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican, whose communications problems are no secret, is taking a leap into the world of new media with the launch next week of a news information portal that Pope Benedict XVI himself may put online with a papal click. Vatican officials said Saturday that Benedict has been following the development of [...]
US bankrolls ‘shadow’ Internet for dissidents abroad, report says
WASHINGTON – The US government is financing the development of “shadow” Internet systems to enable dissidents abroad to get around government censors, The New York Times reported Sunday. The newspaper said the covert effort also includes attempts to create independent cellphone networks inside foreign countries. The operation involves a fifth-floor shop on L Street in [...]
Malaysia seeks to ban sites for illegal downloads
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Thousands of Malaysians joined an online protest Sunday against a government effort to block access to 10 popular websites often used to illegally download movies, TV shows and music. It is the biggest move to curb Internet entertainment piracy in Malaysia, which has long been accused by industry officials of not [...]
For SMEs, ThinkPad provides clear edge
THE THINKPAD Edge brand was specifically created by Lenovo for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in need of affordable and durable PCs equipped with productivity tools and features. Relatively a new entrant in the market, Lenovo’s top-of-the-line ThinkPad family has been growing in number along with screen size variations. Recently, Lenovo came out with the [...]
Study says Web users worry about snooping businesses
NEW YORK— It’s not Big Brother, but “big business” that Internet users are more worried about. A new survey found that nearly half of Internet-connected Americans age 16 and older worry about businesses checking what they do online. By comparison, 38 percent worry about the government doing so. Not that those concerns are stopping people [...]
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