It’s back to manual for the 2010 elections

It’s back to square one for Comelec after Total Information Management, Corp. (TIM) informed Chairman Jose Melo of their withdrawal from their partnership with Dutch firm Smartmatic International.

Melo said the joint venture’s certificate of registration from the Securities and … Read More

Taylor Swift tops Microsoft’s Bing xRank

American country-pop singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is now the no. 1 ranked celebrity on Microsoft’s Bing.com xRank™ while rock musician, singer-songwriter, and classical composer Billy Joel comes in at no. 2. Read More

DPWH chief orders sexy billboards taken down

Public Works Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane ordered outdoor advertisers to remove billboards featuring half-naked young men and women displayed in major thoroughfares. DPWH Director for Planning Service Melvin Navarro adds “a split second look at the billboards could lead to an accident.“ Read More

A(H1N1) positive and trapped at RITM

If ever you’re afflicted with A(H1N1), think twice before going to the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) in Alabang, Muntinlupa. An irate writer tells her hellish ordeal.

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iPhone OS 3.0 now available

Apple has released the newest OS for iPhone, 3.0. Packed with new features, notably copy & paste (duh!), the new OS brings your old iPhone to a whole new level. Read More

New 15″ MacBook Pro battery test: 8 hours of surfin’ time

Here’s another reason why you should get the new 15″ MacBook Pro — surf wirelessly for up to 8 hours!

AnandTech takes a look at the new MacBook Pros released at WWDC last week and focuses on the new non-removable battery design. Apple first introduced the non-removable battery into the 17″ Unibody MacBook Pro last fall with mixed reactions from the community. Apple’s reasoning behind making the battery custom and non-removable has been the ability to incorporate a larger battery that will provide even longer battery life. They’ve also argued that most laptop owners do not carry spare batteries. (Source: MacRumors.com)

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