First released last July in Europe, the HTC Hero is the maker’s third phone built for the Android platform. The slightly slanted touch-screen phone packs quite a punch with a tremendously comprehensive feature set—which includes HSPA-capability. Geeks most likely know it as the predecessor to the long-awaited HTC Passion, rumored to be AKA Google’s...
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Remember how “sweatshops” in the Philippines figured “prominently in the manufacture of U.S. voting machines”? If you’re wondering how the Philippines will automate its own elections come 2010, here are some videos showing the automated systems in action:
If you haven’t noticed, the “automated” in this elections actually involves the tabulation of votes, not the...
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Straight from Philippine-affiliate Technograph comes pictures of a store featuring a modified version of the Amazon logo. Does the online retailer, which made a name selling books, DVDs, and gadgets, have anything to do with this traditional, physical presence?
Probably not. But let’s see if dropping the “.com”, placing an arc over the text, using...
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I think pictures of gamers in the flood are becoming viral in the Philippines, where I’m currently based. First you’ve got someone playing Left 4 Dead:
And a bunch of people playing Defense of the Ancients:
Obvious fakes? Well, here’s what I think: the flooding levels in both pictures are high enough that wall sockets would...
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So a big typhoon named Ketsana has hit the northern part of the Philippines, stranding thousands within the capital Metro Manila, and forcing the government to declare a “state of calamity” for at least 26 different areas.
And while families are forced to retreat to the roof to avoid the rising water, and while power...
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