It is plugging until to this date the never-ended controversial in the Arroyo administration in the Philippines. The rumored large span of graft and corruption affecting the present administration is being divulged in this current controversy the nation’s currently facing off, the ZTE-NBN Controversy.
As a part of this nation, awareness of everyone should be practice more importantly in our leaders leading us and the nation we are living.
Stuttgart, Germany-based Porsche Design Group and French-based Sagem Mobiles (Safran Group) have joined forces to create the first Porsche Design mobile phone, the P’9521.
Like its much-coveted automotive namesake, the new mobile phone combines sophisticated, purist design with high-quality natural materials such as aluminum and glass.
The phone’s casing is milled out of a solid aluminum block, a manufacturing technique used for engines and alloy wheels of high-end sports cars but is a unique production method for mobile phones.
With this device, Porsche Design has remained loyal to its clear design language and has utilized sophisticated materials, again in keeping with its storied tradition.
The typography, styling and colors of the phone’s menu underscore the handset’s very functional character. A double hinge made from lightweight aluminum enables the screen to be rotated 180 degrees, allowing the phone to be used as a digital camera.
The P’9521, whose local price was still unavailable as we went to press, features a fingerprint reader, which easily and conveniently identifies the user while ensuring high-security access to sensitive data.
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Foreword of Maximum PC Magazine issue January 2008 from Will Smith, Editor in Chief.
Have you ever heard of this thing called “the Internet”? It turns out that it’s a great platform for publishing information. Color me impressed! I think this “Internet” thing just may change the future of magazine publishing. Seriously though, I’m super-stoked to share the next phase of Maximum PC’s plans for world domination. First off, on MaximumPC.com we’re going to post time-sensitive content much, much earlier than we have in the past. Our current strategy of posting reviews months after everyone’s stopped caring is, admittedly, pretty lame. Starting with this issue, we’ll be posting our reviews online as soon as they’re written.
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Most of the world’s Internet users lost access to YouTube for several hours after an attempt by Pakistan’s government to block access domestically affected other countries.
The outage Sunday highlighted yet another of the Internet’s vulnerabilities, coming less than a month after broken fiber-optic cables in the Mediterranean took Egypt off line and caused communications problems from the Middle East to India.
An Internet expert explained that Sunday’s problems arose when a Pakistani telecommunications company accidentally identified itself to Internet computers as the world’s fastest route to YoutTube. But instead of serving up videos of skateboarding dogs, it sent the traffic to oblivion.
On Friday, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority ordered 70 Internet service providers to block access to YouTube.com, because of anti-Islamic movies on the video-sharing site, which is owned by Google Inc.
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The year about to pass began inauspiciously with the ASEAN summit in Cebu, postponed from December 2006 due to threatening typhoons, then marred by accusations of corruption when it finally pushed through.
But perhaps 2007 will be best remembered as the year when terror – whether caused by extremists or faulty septic tanks – crept right to the doorsteps of Metro Manila, with two explosions on either side of town in the last quarter of the year.
It was also a time for deposed presidents to be convicted and pardoned, the opposition to win the midterm polls, and the local currency to hit its highest level in years, which according to economists was both boon (cushioning the impact of high oil prices) and bane (for overseas workers and exporters).
The top stories for 2007:
• Two blasts in Metro Manila. At Glorietta 2 on Oct. 19, and at the Batasang Pambansa on Nov. 13. Eleven dead in the first, six in the second. The first, according to an official investigation, was caused by an accumulation of deadly gases in the basement of the high-end mall; the second was caused by a bomb planted on a motorcycle allegedly by political rivals of Akbar clan in Basilan. Police and mall owners dispute the cause of the first blast; political rivals of the Akbars deny involvement in the second blast. But police said the first blast was more complicated to solve than the second.
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Local Visa cardholders flying out of Hong Kong and overseas Visa cardholders1 travelling to Hong Kong will have a chance to win a dream vacation to any destination in Asia Pacific or worldwide and receive a special gift when they spend with their Visa cards at Hong Kong International Airport during the festive Christmas and New Year season.
The “Heart-Warming Winter” promotion runs from November 28, 2007 to January 8, 2008. During the period, Visa cardholders can instantly redeem rewards from a series of specially designed “heart-warming” gifts when they spend HK$500 or above with their Visa cards at Hong Kong International Airport’s Terminal One or Terminal Two. The eighth lucky traveler to redeem rewards at Terminal Two will receive a special prize – as will the 18th, the 28th, and that of subsequent numbers that end with 8. All overseas cardholders will also receive an additional gift upon each redemption.
In addition, for every HK$800 spent, Visa cardholders will receive one entry to the weekly lucky draw and will also be entered into the Grand Prize lucky draw. Weekly travel prizes include a five-day, four-night Asia Pacific travel package worth HK$50,000, while the Grand Prize will be an eight-day, seven-night travel package worth HK$200,000 to any destination worldwide. The Grand Prize drawing will be held on January 15, 2008.
Cardholders travelling with a Visa card can reduce the hassle and risk of carrying cash. Now, they can also have a chance to win instant prizes, and enjoy a dream vacation to any destination in Asia Pacific or worldwide.
Monday, December 31, 2007 PhilStar News