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MANILA, Philippines – Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces ethics. It is honor.   — Emily Post Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.    — Arthur Schopenhauer The recent troubles encountered by President Noynoy C. Aquino’s Assistant Secretary for Communications Mai Mislang over having tweeted that Vietnam wine “sucks” while the…

JAPAN — Countries in Asia Pacific have agreed to help establish next generation high-speed broadband networks by 2020, in an attempt to overcome the ‘digital divide’ between rich and poor nations in the region.

THE Internet and mobile-related micro-enterprises are offering more hope for escaping poverty in the Philippines and other developing countries, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). In a study titled, “Information Economy Report 2010: ICTs, Enterprises and Poverty Alleviation,” the UN body said that on the back of the widening diffusion…

MANILA, Philippines – Amidst all the hoopla of social media and video downloads as the primary drivers of Internet usage, a strong link has been established between broadband connectivity and penetration to economic growth and progress.

MANILA, Philippines – The Technical education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) wants colleges and universities to improve their information communication technology (ICT) education curriculum to enable them to produce graduates that are competent and employable IT workers that it said is now much in demand by the local and foreign job markets.

The Department of Education (DepEd) on Monday said that all public high schools in the country will have computer laboratories and Internet connectivity before the end of 2010. Mari Paul Soriano, the Education department’s Technical Services Director, said that only 813 out the country’s 6,650 public high schools have no computer laboratories and Internet access.

MANILA, Philippines – President Aquino does not have any plan to convert the Commission on Information and Communication Technology (CICT) into a Cabinet department despite the vulnerabilities of some government websites.

The Aquino administration is not prioritizing the creation of a Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), said Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr., citing a lack of funds coupled with government austerity measures.

MANILA, Philippines – Aside from pilots, the country is suffering from a severe shortage of highly skilled information and communication technology (ICT) workers.

MANILA, Philippines – From the world’s text messaging capital, the Philippines is once again in the global limelight for having the highest percentage of users that watch videos over the Internet.

MANILA, Philippines – Social media is changing the lay of the land, and with the change comes evolving customer behavior that necessitates organizations to prioritize engagement.

AT A TIME when the world’s top billionaires have begun to seriously invest in charity, a new form of philanthropy is being cooked up as a tool to uplift the Philippines’ quality of education and create a domestic high-value technology industry.

THERE WERE other names — other than Atty. Ivan John E. Uy — that were considered to be the country’s next technology chief. Despite being an unpopular candidate, his eventual appointment has ruled out the possible abolishing of the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT).

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THE Congressional Committee on Science and Technology (Comste) has identified critical areas for public-private partnership ventures to jump-start the country’s competitiveness, including energy and environment, science-math-engineering education, health, agriculture and food, semiconductors and electronics, as well as information technology and IT-enabled industries.

DAVAO CITY — The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) has revived and updated the 13-year-old information support system under the Special Zone of Peace and Development in Mindanao.

Republic Act 10055, “An Act Providing the Framework and Support System for the Ownership, Management, Use, and Commercialization of Intellectual Property Generated from Research and Development Funded by Government and for Other Purposes,” otherwise known as the “Technology Transfer Act of 2009” (TTA), which was approved on March 23, 2010, took effect on May 8.

DICT and cybercrime bills pending in Congress await action Almost two weeks have passed since President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III held a press conference to name his Cabinet members.

AFFLUENT young Filipinos are expected to spend more time surfing the Internet through mobile phones because of attractive tariffs and demand for social networking, according to Nielsen Media Philippines.

HO CHI MINH CITY: Southeast Asia is still years away from developing an innovative high-tech sector, industry players said Monday.

The new president’s incoming administration must enact policies to enable the Philippines to have a knowledge-based economy, a step ahead from the service-based economy it is now developing into, according to XMG Global, a Canadian think-tank with an Asia Pacific office in Makati City. The new administration must also craft policies to strengthen the foundations…

MANILA, Philippines – Four Southeast Asian countries, including the Philippines, were listed in the top 10 countries in the Asia-Pacific and Japan (APJ) region as source of Internet threats.

SALES IN THE COUNTRY of personal computers are projected to hit $3.9 billion by 2014 from $2.4 billion this year, driven by rising incomes, continued strength of business process outsourcing (BPO), state programs to computerize public services and schools, as well as resumption of system upgrades firms had put off amid the economic slump.

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MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines ranks fourth in Southeast Asia as one of the sources of Internet threats in the region and 10th in the Asia-Pacific and Japan (APJ), according to a report by a software giant.

REPUBLIC Act 10055, or the Philippine Technology Transfer Act of 2009, was signed into law days before the recess both in the Senate and the House of the Representatives.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Companies across the technology industry – from Internet access providers to social networking sites to video-sharing services – are bracing for this week’s release of a draft of a trade agreement that they fear could undermine all sorts of online activities.

NEW YORK – All the dirty laundry younger people seem to air on social networks these days might lead older Americans to conclude that today’s tech-savvy generation doesn’t care about privacy.

LONDON – More than three-quarters of people across the world believe access to the Internet is a fundamental right, a poll carried out for the BBC indicated Monday.

MANILA, Philippines – Globe Telecom, a premier telecommunications services provider in the Philippines, expects the total broadband market in the country to continue its robust growth, reaching four to five million users by year’s end.