July 24, 2008
THE operator of the Netopia chain of Internet cafes will close more branches in the second half of this year on weak consumer spending due to soaring inflation.
“We will close three more branches in Bicol in the remaining part of this year,” George Tan, Digital Paradise Inc. (CDPI) president told The Manila Times [...]
Tetch Torres
INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines—The Supreme Court launched Wednesday the Case Management Information System (CMIS) project as part of the high tribunal’s “zero backlog program.”
The system will address the judiciary’s problem of clogged dockets and case delays, Chief Justice Reynato Puno said.
“We have our zero backlog program; we continue to review, revise and simplify the Rules of [...]
Lawrence Casiraya
INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines — Total PCs shipped in the first quarter reached 280,000 units due to strong consumer demand especially for laptops, according to IDC.
PC shipment grew 30 percent year-on-year and about 15 percent higher than IDC’s initial forecast, according to a copy of IDC’s Quarterly PC tracker obtained by INQUIRER.net.
IDC noted strongest growth in [...]
Manila Times
THE operator of the Netopia chain of Internet cafes will close more branches in the second half of this year on weak consumer spending due to soaring inflation.
“We will close three more branches in Bicol in the remaining part of this year,” George Tan, Digital Paradise Inc. (CDPI) president told The Manila Times on [...]
Roderick T. dela Cruz
Manila Standard
MORE than 170,000 information technology positions remain unfilled in the Philippines because of a shortage of skilled workers and poaching from countries offering much higher salaries, an official says.
Dean Rachel Edita Roxas, of the De La Salle University’s College of Computer Studies, says companies are having a hard time finding qualified [...]
Lawrence Casiraya
INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education is targeting to equip more than 6,000 public high schools in the country with computer labs this year.
More than 3,950 high schools have so far been given PCs and other equipment, said Paul Soriano, DepEd technical services director.
“We are targeting the remaining 2,000 this year and we [...]
Lawrence Casiraya
INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines — Intel and the Department of Education (DepEd) have launched an e-learning website designed to enhance learning of Math and Science for high school students.
Skoool.ph, which can be accessed for free, makes extensive use of multimedia in presenting key math and science concepts. Each topic consists of lessons and exercises presented in [...]
By Erwin Oliva
INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines — The first cybercrime case for this year was filed with the Department of Justice Task Force on Cybercrime.
The cybercrime involves a former employee of a local manufacturing company accused of stealing company secrets, according to a copy of the complaint shown to INQUIRER.net.
A hacking case was filed against Roschelle Claro, [...]
Tina Arceo-Dumlao
Philippine Daily Inquirer
GIANT malls and leading retail companies are doing all they can to get to know their customers better.
They want to know what they buy, where they buy, why they buy and how often they part with their cash.
This because these market players in the competitive retail industry have long ago realized [...]
Manila Times
SAMAL, Bataan: The Central Luzon State University and the local government of Samal town on Tuesday launched the Farmers’ Information and Technology Services (FITS) center that aims to provide the agricultural sector access to information technology.
Nora Medina, Samal municipal agriculturist, said the Samal center becomes the seventh FITS unit in Bataan after the Office [...]
