A fellow Java developer showed me this article: RP software group slams poaching by Singapore recruiters.
Singapore companies even hire fresh grads now. I hear (no proof) that they are offer
Why would Pinoy IT professionals still stay in the country given they can earn much more abroad? Singapore is a short flight away and [...]

Smart and 360media finally launched it’s mobile TV offering named Smart myTV. Like any other service offering, the price will always be the main selling point for it to be hot or not. Just look at what they did with the Meridian to Smart Bro transition.
For a monthly subscription fee of Php488 that includes premium [...]

This fairly recent report of Matthew Broersma of Techworld confirmed my recent Vista experience.
For those who don’t want to read it, here’s the “Cliff’s Notes” version:
1. Acer president Gianfranco Lanci became the first major PC manufacturer to openly attack Microsoft over the Windows Vista operating system. He was quoted in the Financial Times [...]

A recent article in the BBC News revealed the average broadband prices in 30 countries. The Philippines was not included in the list but it’s noteworthy to point out the ones who made it.
In that survey, Japan leads the way in broadband prices with $0.22 (or roughly Php 9.90 at Php45:$1) per megabit per second. [...]

A few days back GMA Tv News Saksi reported on fraudsters operating in Friendster. My Apologies to the non-Filipino’s viewing this as the report is in Filipino.
Basically it went like this: It started by a user receiving friendly messages from a friend from abroad in her profile page which elevated to an [...]

Google just announced the New Message Center feature of their Webmaster Console. This way, webmasters who registered their sites with the console get to receive personalized messages from the Big G.
However I wouldn’t be too happy with receiving any messages from Google just yet via their message center, according to them:

The popularity today of unlimited texting schemes are making it easy and cheap for scammers to mass-send text messages to other users within their networks. For instance, for about PhP 50, you can get five days’ worth of unlimited texting, or so. How many messages do you think these scammers can send in that time? I think in a day, they can send hundreds, manually. What more if their phone or SIMs are connected to computers?

Are unlimited texting schemes a boon for scammers?

In light of the numerous articles we’ve published here at PTB, hundreds of PLDT customers have shared their opinions and frustrations about the telco’s services. We got an email from one of their business partners expressing their willingness to address customer complaints.
Hi Pinoy.Tech.Blog,
I am Taya Paidomama, working for Edge Technology Corp, a business partner [...]

There’s the OS Summit Asia 2007 this November 26-30 at the Cyberport, Hong Kong. It’s a joint conference between the Apache and Eclipse Foundations so there’s definitely a community of people who are passionate about open source and there’d be activities to interact and exchange ideas with each other. If you go to this [...]

Ever wondered who the Top Philippine Web Sites are based on Google Page Rank? I tossed that question at my fellow attendees of the Mindanao Blogging Summit Planning Session. We came up with a few Filipino sites that we thought would likely have the highest PR.