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?

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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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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
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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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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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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.

Source:

• Dan Rather Investigates Voting Machines — Uncovers New Surprises About ES&S Touch-Screens
• ELECTION 2010: Comelec’s counting machines in action

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Probably not. But let’s see if dropping the “.com”, placing an arc over the text, using a slightly different font, and the red-yellow ensemble passes as its own trademark. Besides, does the US and the Philippines have a trademark enforcement agreement in the first place? No word yet on what the in-store employees have said about this, hopefully Technograph can do a follow up soon!

Amazon Opens Store in Manila!

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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 be submerged. Even if somehow the gamers are drawing power from a wall socket located higher than usual, other sockets exposed to water would necessitate shutting down power—to prevent any overloads.

Here’s more definitive “proof”: look at how still the water is. No one playing on a computer would keep so still so as to not cause any waves in the water.

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And while families are forced to retreat to the roof to avoid the rising water, and while power and infrastructure failure accompany the typhoon’s destruction, at least one Filipino has found the time and resources to capture the flooding up-close—and share it with the rest of the world online.

Here are those snapshots below, with the low quality of the cell phone camera made obvious by the graininess, so apologies for that, dear readers:

Amazingly, despite water rushing in, the resident’s house still enjoyed power—and most likely internet access. Not everyone was that lucky however. It seems someone set up a Google spreadsheet for people in the Philippines to post calls for help; apparently, imperiled residents would text their loved ones, who would then pass the message on by posting it on the Google Doc.

You’ve also got a celebrity saving stranded people with his surfboard, a mall chain converting its various branches into shelters, and video footage of a pedestrian underpass completely submerged. It’s clear that, even as some people are literally fighting for their lives, word is being passed around through technology, whether through cell phones, Twitter, or the internet in general.

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Recently, a shaky, grainy video of what may or may not be a PS3 Slim turned up on YouTube (Engadget says it’s supposedly a “stolen” PS3 slim that made its way to a street market in the Philippines). However, it’s of such poor quality that it’s really …