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PHL Senate Approves Anti-Cybercrime Bill
Thursday, February 2, 2012

after almost 3yrs, finally the Philippine Senate voted 13-1 in favor of the Anti-Cybercrime Bill (Senate Bill 2786 - Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012), a step closer to make it a full-pledged law that would target internet-related crimes such as child-pornography, fraud, hacking, and cybersex.

Under the bill, cybercrime offenses would include the following:
A. Offenses against the confidentiality, intergrity and availability of computer data and systems (illegal access, illegal interception, data interence, system interference, cyber-squatting, misuse of devices)
B. Computer-related offenses (computer-related forgery, computer-related fraud)
C. Content-related offenses (cybersex, child pornography, unsolicited commercial communications or spamming, libel)

here are the penalties if found guilty:
- of the acts in A and B (imprisonment 6-12yrs or a fine of at least P200K)
- cyber-squatting (imprisonment or a fine of not more than P500k, or both)
- unsolicited commercial communication with arresto mayor (imprisonment 1-6mos or a fine of at least P50-250K, or both)
- cybersex (imprisonment or a fine of at least P200k-1mil, or both)


seems the penalties are quite strong though, but would really make people think before committing the crime. Senate Bill 2796 was authored by Senator Edgardo Angara.


read more [everythinginbudget.blogspot.com]

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PNoy Launches 'Text Blast' System

Philippine President Benigno Aquino III (PNoy) recently launched the government's 'Text-Blast' system with the hope of boosting public service by systematically informing PINOYs of presidential declarations, disaster warnings, news advisories and other relevant information. 

"With this project we will be text mates of many of our countrymen as regards information they need to know,” the President Aquino said in his speech @ the Philippine Information Agency’s 25th anniversary. 

read more [inquirer.net]

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Interactive News View of #CJONTRIAL
Friday, January 20, 2012


abs-cbnnews.com once again offers PINOYs a new way to experience news reports.  they have created a live text data visualization of the opinion of people on Twitter, Facebook, blogs and other sites regarding the ongoing trial of Philippine Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona.


using the Infomous web app, an interactive, real-time word cloud is formed. users can click and navigate the sources and change the view to focus on more relevant terms.  


the size indicates the relevance and number of times each word is mentioned on the web, while related words are linked together with lines to help you grasp their context.


experience it and visit [abs-cbnnews.com]

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Wikipedia Blacks Out in Protest for SOPA
Wednesday, January 18, 2012

in less than 4hrs, the english wikipedia will be blacked out globally in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). 




"Today, the Wikipedia community announced its decision to black out the English-language Wikipedia for 24 hours, worldwide, beginning at 05:00 UTC on Wednesday, January 18 (you can read the statement from the Wikimedia Foundation here). The blackout is a protest against proposed legislation in the United States – the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) in the U.S. Senate – that, if passed, would seriously damage the free and open Internet, including Wikipedia."


read more [wikimediafoundation.org]



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ANC Future Perfect: The Dream of Silicon Valley
Saturday, January 14, 2012

will there be an bright idea that will come from an IT PINOY? that's the challenge to all of us! :)


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CES 2012 - Samsung's Transparent Smart Window
Friday, January 13, 2012

to those who have seen the movie Minority Report, the "Transparent Smart Window" is a welcome news @ the CES 2012 as Samsung unveiled its transparent LCD touchscreen technology - the kewlest way to look outside into the future.






Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is the worlds largest consumer techonology tradeshow. the event started in 1967 was produced by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), which promotes growth in the consumer technology industry. all profits from CES are reinvested into industry services, including technical training and education, industry promotion, engineering standards development, market research and legislative advocacy.

if you have ever used a CD player or watched HD TVs or blu-rays, well all these technologies were launched in CES!

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UPCAT - USTET Online Tussle
Tuesday, January 10, 2012

a post from an unofficial UPCAT (UP College Admissions Test) Facebook page by its administrators triggered an online uproar from UST students after the latter's admins made a comment about the difficulty of UST's own entrance exams.


on jan8 this post regarding University of Sto. Tomas (UST)'s admission exams was posted, "Lumabas na pala ang results ng USTET (UST Entrance Test), walang thrill kasi madali lang naman nun. Last week pa ng February ang results ng UPCAT – walang kasing hirap kaya sulit ang paghihintay! ;)"


this caught the angst of UST students and hence followed the online tussle between UST and UP, it even trended on Twitter. the admins have long asked for apology.


"Humihingi po kami ng paumanhin sa kung anuman po ang aming nasabi sa page na ito. Hindi naman po namin intensyong makasakit ng iba o ng kung anu pa man at alam po namin na nasa amin po ang pagkakamali dahil hindi namin inisip ng mabuti ang kakalabasan ng mga salitang aming binitiwan. Sa huli ay buong puso po kaming humihingi ng paumanhin sa lahat."


c'mon peeps, its just the start of the year - PEACE!


read more [abs-cbnnews.com]

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Philippine Department of Tourism Reveals New "Pilipinas, Tara Na!"
Monday, January 9, 2012

finally, the Philippine Department of Tourism (DOT) reveals new "Pilipinas, Tara Na!" 


just wan to add, ang kulet ni pepe smith! rock 'n roll! :P

 

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RedMedia Launches #ItsMoreFuninthePhilippines Generator

the Philippine Department of Tourism (DOT)'s new slogan promoting the country has been trending lately, as usual PINOY ingenuity again is @ its best, #ItsMoreFuninthePhilippines Generator was launched allowing PINOYs to create their own image memes with the DOT's tag "It's more fun in the Philippines!"


after yesterday's It's More fun in the Philippines Photos, today RedMedia launched #ItsMoreFuninthePhilippines Generator  allowing photo-addict- PINOYs create image memes with the DOT's tag "It's more fun in the Philippines!"


Simply go to http://www.redmediacrm.com/morefun, enter your image URL (via Flicker/Google) and enter words describing what's more fun, then click on "TARA LETS" (let's go) button! 


a fan site and currently in beta mode,  RedMedia  claims no affiliations with DOT, but that the site was created "with love" and as a volunteer initiative perhaps to further foster tourism in the country.


what are you waiting for, tara lets visit #ItsMoreFuninthePhilippines Generator! :)







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It's More fun in the Philippines Photos
Sunday, January 8, 2012


the Philippine's Department of Tourism's newly released slogan, "It's more fun in the Philippines" immediately caught fire in the Twitterverse, allowing PINOYs to post photos of the country as their status updates and a collage of images is shown via It's More fun in the Philippines Pics website (www.itsmorefuninthephilippinespics.com)


a "weekend project" by Arnold Gamboa, the website fetches the posted photos on Twitter and creates a collage of images. 


the process is simple -  open your Twitter account, post a picture on your timeline with the hashtag #ItsMoreFunInThePhilippines, then this will be posted as part of the collage on the website (note that the hashstag is important and the website refreshes every 5mins) 


finally we  PINOYs who love taking photos can help promote our the country.  we now have a simple (and truthful) answer to the question other nationalities asked of us, why they should come to the Philippines?  simply say, #ItsMoreFunInThePhilippines!

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