Posts Tagged Philippines

Q&A: can my 220v gadget be used in japan that has 110v power supply?

Posted by on Saturday, 14 August, 2010
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by NedraI

Question by netdpena: can my 220v gadget be used in japan that has 110v power supply?
i bought a laptop in the philippines, i’m planning to bring it in japan, can i possibly use it there?or what will i do to make it possible?

Best answer:

Answer by samantha
yes u can.first u just need a transformer to be able to do so.if you going to stay in hotel u can get that from receptionist.in phliphines,just buy from electrical shop.explain ur situation 1st to get the best one.

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How do i buy iPad accesories when i am in the Philippines?

Posted by on Saturday, 26 June, 2010

Question by Sirius: How do i buy iPad accesories when i am in the Philippines?
I am from Philippines and i was hoping to buy a iPad Apple Case for it. But how do i buy it online?

Best answer:

Answer by John
You can buy it online from this site, its powered by Amazon!

http://everythingipodz.webs.com/ipad.htm

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Chinese students use high-tech devices to cheat in exam

Posted by on Wednesday, 9 June, 2010

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Chinese students use high-tech devices to cheat in exam
Beijing, June 9 : Seven students were caught using wireless earphones and wristwatch-like receiving devices for cheating during a national college entrance examination in northwest China.
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The Startup Con Man
Two weeks ago, several tech publications wrote about DinglePharb, an exciting new social gaming developer based in the Philippines and Hong Kong. DinglePharb described VVDragon as “one of the most popular 3D virtual worlds in China”.
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Controversy continues in Philippines over automated counting machines

Posted by on Monday, 10 May, 2010

Controversy continues in Philippines over automated counting machines
After three months of intense campaigning, polling stations have opened in the Philippines.

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Filipina Bianca King Endorses the HTC Hero

Posted by on Monday, 4 January, 2010

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 Nexus One.

So yes, you know about the HTC Magic. But I bet you’re not from the Philippines, and thus wondering who Bianca King is, and what “Filipina” (what you call women from the Philippines apparently) means. Despite starring in the recent flop Wapakman—which also proved Manny Pacquiao definitely performs better as a boxer than a box-office draw—King remains one of the most attractive Filipinas basking in the local limelight.

Attractive enough that HTC Philippines decided to tap her as an endorser apparently. Ok fine, I’m simply looking for an excuse to post pictures of her, so here she is making a living:

And here are some of her other media appearances:

What I do wonder though is if HTC Philippines is simply wasting money, as the Nexus One is working up geeks all over the world—even in the Philippines—into a lather. Maybe enough that local buyers will simply ignore King’s pretty face and just wait until the Nexus One hits the street?

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2010 Automated Elections in the Philippines

Posted by on Saturday, 28 November, 2009

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 actual casting of votes. Voters will be given pre-printed ballots, where they will mark their preferred candidates by shading the circles under the names of their choice. Ballots are then fed into a voting district counting machine, where votes are automatically tallied and forwarded to municipal and national servers. The counting machines will transmit election returns encrypted, and will print out eight copies for the various political parties and voting watchdogs to cross-check manually.

In case you haven’t noticed, the election automation involves Smartmatic International, which has implemented automated elections in the US, Mexico, Venezuela, Barbados, Spain, Taiwan, and of course the Philippines. It has faced controversy while handling the 2004 recall vote in Venezuela, so local agents have stepped up a campaign to educate the electorate and convince them of the process’ integrity at bagongbotante.ph.

Have you ever cast your votes through an automated system? Feel free to share your experience below.

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