Digital Life by Chin Wong
One crappy internet
THE tag line under the banner announcing the forum said it all. ““69 Billion Pesos, 100 Million Subscribers, 700 Megahertz,...
Linux for Windows 10 users
MAYBE it’s how intrusive Windows 10 can be. Or maybe you’re just fed up with working under the constant threat...
The Mac problem
DURING a recent visit to an Apple outlet, I thought that if I had to buy a laptop today, it...
Where to, DICT?
IT’S early days for the newly minted Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT). In the midst of a six-month...
How not to do an OS upgrade
A WOMAN in Sausalito, California won $10,000 in compensation from Microsoft in May after her system tried but failed to...
The end of OS X
MAC users are in for some interesting changes later this year, when the next version of Apple’s desktop operating system...
Really useful websites
THERE’S nothing too flashy about the websites that we’re looking at this week, but they can be awfully useful in...
DICT: better late than never
THE law creating the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) came into effect on June 9, bringing to fruition...
Better internet service? Don’t hold your breath
WHAT was billed as a landmark deal that would deliver much faster internet speeds to mobile phone users will actually...
Microsoft’s $11-b mistake
NO matter how you spin it, it’s never a good sign to lay off 1,850 people—even if you’re a software...
Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.