Posted by: ADMIN on: May 31, 2009
Reports indicated that 28 more members of Microsoft Philippines decided to avail of the voluntary separation program (VSP) offered by Microsoft.
The VSP program entitles approved applicants three months salary (net of taxes) for every year of service.
Rafael “Pepeng” Rollan recently quit his post as Microsoft Philippines Managing Director. Rollan will stay with Microsoft Philippines [...]
Posted by: ADMIN on: May 31, 2009
SM SuperMalls nationwide will soon be offering free Wi-Fi access to its visitors. Currently, SM North Edsa, Annex, the Block, and the Podium are offering free Internet access at 10mbps speed.
The wireless infrastructure is provided by PhilCom and Happy Communications.
Posted by: ADMIN on: May 31, 2009
Microsoft Corporation announced that it would not set a limit on the number of applications available for use at one time on the new Starter version of its soon-to-be-released Windows 7 operating system, thus reversing its previous plans aimed at increasing sales of the upgrade.
The reversal is strategically important as Microsoft jostles to maintain its [...]
Posted by: ADMIN on: May 31, 2009
Around 550 students of Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo will receive an iPhone each, which will be used for non-attendance-taking purposes, including the distribution of video lectures, course materials and more.
The iPhone will work as a tool for studies, but it also comes with GPS, a satellite navigation system that automatically checks on the student’s [...]
Posted by: ADMIN on: May 31, 2009
A new version of the HDMI standard was unveiled defines an HDMI Ethernet Channel (HEC), allowing data transfers of up to 100Mbits/sec in either direction.
The HDMI version 1.4 supports an Ethernet channel, allowing TVs to use the digital video links to connect to home networks and the internet.
HDMI 1.4 also includes an Audio Return [...]
Posted by: ADMIN on: May 29, 2009
(UPDATE): A Malaysian is reportedly being eyed to replace Rafael “Pepeng” Rollan as the new Managing Director of Microsoft Philippines.
Microsoft Corp. announced that Rafael “Pepeng” Rollan has decided to leave Microsoft Philippines and that the company has begun a search for his successor.
Rollan joined Microsoft in 2002 as sales manager for enterprise accounts [...]
Posted by: ADMIN on: May 28, 2009
SAP Philippines announces that Optical Works has licensed SAP Business One software to streamline the company’s operations.
The acquisition is significant for Optical Works since it has plans to expand its operations and branch network further. Currently, the company has 12 branches located mostly in Metro Manila and employs 80 people.
With the implementation [...]
Posted by: ADMIN on: May 28, 2009
Apple has updated the white 13-inch MacBook to a more powerful one.. The new model features a 2.13GHz Core 2 Duo processor (up from 2.0GHz) with a 1066MHz frontside bus, 2GB of 800MHz DDR2 SDRAM (up from 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM), 160GB hard drive (up from 120GB), and integrated NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics.
The rest of [...]
Posted by: ADMIN on: May 28, 2009
At the Google I/O Developer Conference, Google showed off some of the new HTML 5 features that it will be building into future releases of Chrome and Android 2.0, codenamed Donut.
HTML 5 offers a way to free developers from writing applications for specific operating systems by letting them write for open browser standards instead. Nearly [...]
Posted by: ADMIN on: May 28, 2009
Time Warner said it would separate its AOL unit into an independent company. Time Warner said it will first purchase Google Inc.’s 5% stake in the web-services business during the third quarter. Time Warner currently owns 95% of AOL.
The separation will provide both companies with greater operational and strategic flexibility, according to [...]
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