PRESIDENT Aquino, assisted by Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Director General Emmanuel Joel Villanueva, distributes ballers to the participants of the 7th Puregold ‘Tindahan Ni Aling Puring Sari-Sari Store’ Convention during the tour and inspection of the booths at the World Trade Center at the corner of Gil Puyat Avenue Extension and Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard, Pasay City, yesterday. (Photo by: Robert Viñas / Malacañang Photo Bureau)
AMERICAN contemporary ballet company Trey McIntyre Project performs at Central Philippine University in Iloilo City. Its 10-day Philippine tour is a joint program of the U.S. Embassy in Manila and the Cultural Center of the Philippines. (Photo by Tara Yap)
CAGAYAN’s Junar Arce (center) finds himself sandwiched by Gio Ciriacruz and Kelly Nabong of Blackwater during PBA D-League action last night at The Arena in San Juan.
MIAMI Heat guard Dwyane Wade, foreground, regains control of the ball as he is guarded by Indiana Pacers guard Paul George, rear, during Game 2 of their NBA basketball Eastern Conference semifinal playoff series in Miami.
VENDORS arrange bananas in a makeshift stall on Road 10 in Tondo, Manila, as they sell ‘lakatan’ at P30 per kilo yesterday morning. The Philippines’ fruit exports to China, particularly bananas, seem to have trouble getting cleared by Chinese Customs amid a tense standoff between the two countries over the disputed islands on the West Philippine Sea. Fruit shipments, especially bananas, were rotting in Chinese ports because pests were allegedly discovered in some produce, prompting stricter quarantine inspections. (Photo by Linus Escandor II)
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Kaspersky Lab Performs Best in Dedicated Testing Against Online Banking Threats
Manila, Philippines – Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 has come out on top among three commercial solutions in dedicated testing by the independent test lab AV-Test.org. The Kaspersky Lab solution was up against products from Symantec and BitDefender and was the clear leader in terms of dynamic and static detection of online banking threats. Incoming search terms:paolo mallari accident storysymantec...
LG Optimus 4X HD set for Europe launch
The LG Optimus 4X HD, which first came out during the Mobile World Congress last February, will finally be made available starting in Europe next month. The LG smartphone will feature the Tegra 3, NVIDIA’s 4-PLUS-1 Quad Core mobile processor. The said processor makes use of a fifth core to ensure that it will make use of the best power efficiency. The Tegra 3 will actually run on all four cores...
Yahoo names Levinsohn interim CEO
NEW YORK (AP) – Yahoo swept out Scott Thompson as CEO Sunday in an effort to clean up a mess created by an exaggeration about his education that destroyed his credibility as he set out to turn the long-troubled Internet company around. Ross Levinsohn, who oversees Yahoo’s content and advertising services, is taking over as interim CEO. He becomes the fourth person to run Yahoo in eight...
Captain tossed from troubled Yahoo! ship
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Yahoo! boss Scott Thompson stepped down Sunday in the face of controversy about his allegedly inflated resume, leaving the struggling Internet pioneer seeking its sixth CEO in five years. As part of a truce in a proxy war with mutinous shareholder Daniel Loeb, Ross Levinsohn became interim Yahoo! chief and Fred Amoroso took charge of the board of directors. Read More »
Japanese researchers develop wireless mechanical heart pump
TOKYO – A research team at Japan’s Tohoku University has developed a wirelessly controlled mechanical heart pump, coming closer to developing the world’s first fully embedded artificial heart, Japanese media reported Saturday. Incoming search terms:Japanese researchers develop wireless mechanical heart pumpjapan artificial heart magneticJapan developed a wireless heart pumpjapan...
Google’s driverless car passes Nevada test
Las Vegas (dpa) – Google has cleared a major road block in its quest to introduce self-driving cars to the roads of the world. The Nevada Motor Vehicles Department has given one of the company’s prototypes the first-ever license to drive itself, after test runs down the bustling Las Vegas Strip and other streets showed the vehicle to be as safe – or safer – than human drivers. Incoming...
Samsung Unveils New Version of Its Biggest Phone Hit
Samsung, the world’s largest phone maker, released details on Thursday of a new smartphone, the Galaxy S III. It’s the third version of the manufacturer’s most successful smartphone. Incoming search terms:new samsung notesamsung new phonenew android phonesamsung camera phSamsung Unveils New Version of Its Biggest Phone Hitlatest samsung versionlatest samsung phonelatest version on iphonenew...
“Green Hornet” actor Jay Chou as Kaspersky Lab’s new Brand Ambassador for Asia Pacific
Manila, Philippines – Kaspersky Lab, a leading secure content and threat management solutions developer, is proud to announce the appointment of creative genius Jay Chou as its latest brand ambassador for the Asia Pacific, as part of the unique branding strategies of Kaspersky Lab to protect more than 300 million users globally. Chou hit the international market with the remake of the Green...
Everest Report shows PH now a mature location for Software Services – PSIA
Manila, Philippines – The Philippines is now considered as one of the five “mature locations” for software services in the world. This was revealed by Philippine Software Industry Association (PSIA) president Nora Terrado during the PSIA’s first general membership meeting for 2012 held in Makati City recently. Terrado cited a report by Everest Group that the Philippines is currently ranked...
