In case you haven’t been following your Microsoft updates lately, Microsoft has implemented a Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) routine, which is now being pushed into all Windows users’ machines via Windows Update.  The WGA routine checks your system to see if it is properly activated.  If not, as in your version is a pirated version, a message will advise [...]

Digg 3.0 launches, but why don’t we Pinoys have a similar site?

This is two in a row for the month so I guess it’s becoming a trend now.
Two prominent professional bloggers have recently confirmed they’re getting venture capital (VC) fundings in the range of about $1 Million each.
First is Om Malik which blogs at GigaOM, a blog about voip, broadband and next-generation internet. He’s leaving [...]

Google made an update with one of their line of products — Google Sitemaps. Some of the newest added features:

Expanded query stats
Increased limit of sites and Sitemaps that can be added to an account
robots.txt analysis tool addition
Comprehensive webmaster help center
Quick snapshot of the status of your site in the index

Visit Google Sitemap Group and read [...]

From the Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics found in the 2005 Philippine Statistical Yearbook, I found some interesting facts regarding the payscales found in the IT sector for 2004.
For companies in the Computer and Related Activities Industry, the highest paid job average belongs to the Computer Engineers. The overall performance is quite good [...]

Top Philippine game publisher flips policy on C2C RMT. Here’s how they can protect their customers and make money.

While we’ve always been advised to get domains that are catchy, easily spelled and have good recalls, people will still search for them on Google or Yahoo.
Inq7.net is undoubtably the most familiar website among Filipinos here and abroad, with a domain URL that spells the same as it is pronounced, some of our moms and [...]

The Friedrich Naumann Foundation is sponsoring a 3.5-day seminar on blogging and podcasting as a political tool this July 4 - 7, 2006.
Dubbed “Express Yourself” Reloaded, it is the second round of seminars the FNF has been doing since it started March of this year.
You will learn about:
The best practices in the field of blogging [...]

Just to supplement Abe’s previous post on the state of Philippine ISP’s. I pulled out the ole’ 2005 Philippine Statistical Yearbook and found some interesting data regarding ISP’s.

One reader emailed us asking why we haven’t reviewed any other broadband/DSL providers except Smart Wifi and PLDT myDSL. Matter of fact is, either none of us has had any problems with the rest of them or most of our contributors are on Smart Wifi or PLDT.
Another feedback we got was from Milo who asked [...]