Technology

Rovio rejects $2.25 billion acquisition by Zynga

We all know how wildly successful Rovio’s Angry Bird series of mobile games have been. If you’re an Android or iOS phone owner, chances are you have a copy...

Four pinoy hackers arrested over AT&T hacking attacks

Reuters is reporting that four Filipino hackers have been arrested by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) over the hacking attack on US telecom giant AT&T. The attack cost...

Government website National Commission of Culture and Arts hacked by PrivateX

The hacker collective known as PrivateX has struck again, with the group managing to penetrate the Government website for the National Commission of Culture and Arts. You'll be able to...

Holiday shoppers in California and Virginia tracked via their cellphones

Here's a bit of news that should delight mall owners and absolutely terrify people with tin hats on their heads - it seems that two malls in Virginia and...

Acer will raise notebook prices by 2-3% says paper, Asus to follow

We knew it wouldn't take long till the hard drive shortage caused by the floods in Thailand would affect prices of devices that used HDDs, and sadly, here it...

Smart and Orange successfully conducts Next Generation Hotspot tests

Smart has just announced that they and Orange have successfully performed the first live roaming transaction using the latest Wi-Fi technologies for the deployment of Next Generation Hotspots (NGH).  The...

The BlackBerry PlayBook is finally getting a native email client….in 2012

We were as baffled as everyone else when RIM decided to release the PlayBook without a native email client, calendar or contact manager which are, to be completely honest,...

La Salle and Samsung launch PEARL

La Salle Green Hills (LSGH) and Samsung Electronics Philippines Corporation (SEPCO) collaborated to launch PEARL, the school's new eTextbook/Personal Learning device. The project is aimed at making digital information such...

Trend Micro outs Titanium Cloud Edition Maxium Security 2012 – anti-virus, social network, mobile and cloud protection

The internet is filled with bad, bad people. It's a reality that everyone sometimes fails to forget until their credit card is used in fraudulent manner, or when someone hacks...