Cebu Dancing Inmates hits it again with This Is It song by Micheal Jackson

They Dont Care About Us

Here is the schedule of Philippine holidays and long-weekends for 2010 based on RA 9492 and Proclamation 1841:

January 1 (Fri) – New Year’s Day (five-day long weekend from December 30 to January 3)February 22 (Mon) – EDSA Revolution Anniversary April 1 (Thu) – Holy ThursdayApril 2 (Fri) – Good Friday (four-day long weekend from April 1 to 4)April 9 (Fri) – Araw ng Kagitingan (three-day long weekend from April 9 to 11)May 1 (Sat) – Labor DayJune 14 (Mon) – Independence Day (three-day long weekend from June 12 to 14)August 23 (Mon) – Ninoy Aquino Day (three-day long weekend from August 21 to 23)August 30 (Mon) – National Heroes Day (three-day long weekend from August 28 to 30)September – Eid’l Fitr (to be announced, calculated September 10, possible three-day long weekend from September 10 to 12)November 1 (Mon) – All Saints Day (three-day long weekend from October 30 to November 1)November – Eid ‘l Adha (to be announced, calculated November 16)November 29 (Mon) – Bonifacio Day (three-day long weekend from November 27 to 29)December 24 (Fri) – Non-Working HolidayDecember 25 (Sat) – ChristmasDecember 27 (Mon) – Rizal Day (four-day long weekend from December 24 to 27)December 31 (Fri) – Non-Working HolidayJanuary 1 – (Sat) New Year’s Day (three-day long weekend from December 31 to January 2)

MANILA, Philippines – Politicians are now on the lookout for bloggers, writers, designers, and even professional “tweeters” to help them in their respective campaigns, which officially start next month.

Jayjay Viray, country manager of online job search engine JobsDB, said electoral candidates now prefer hiring employees instead of recruiting volunteers. Although these will cost them more, he said politicians find hired workers more efficient and reliable.

To make the most of the election fever, Viray said jobseekers can make the most of the following employment opportunities:

* bloggers or writers for press releases about electoral candidates, since most politicians now have their own websites
* managers of Facebook, Twitter, and other social networking accounts of electoral candidates
* generators of campaign infocasts through text messages
* event organizers
* designers of tarpaulins and other campaign visuals
* image stylists for electoral candidates

Viray warned that campaign-related jobs are only temporary since these will no longer be needed once the election season is over. Still, he said jobseekers can look for opportunities in the business process outsourcing, health, and information technology sectors.

Last year, University of the Philippines economics professor Benjamin Diokno warned that Filipinos will have a hard time looking for more permanent jobs in 2010, saying that businessmen will opt to be in a wait-and-see mode until the results of the national elections come out.

Given this, economists urged the next administration to carefully map out its strategies to ensure a sustained recovery for the Philippines in the years to come. Report from Zen Hernandez, ABS-CBN News

It’s just about confirmed now: Google will sell its own phone, built by HTC and named the Nexus One.

It will sell the Google Phone online and unlocked, so you’ll need to buy your cellular service separately. The entire user experience is designed by Google (Google), according to the WSJ. It may resemble the HTC Passion, pictured.

Here are the details so far:

- Software: Android (Android) 2.1

- Hardware: HTC

- Specs (according to Jason Howell): Capactive touch screen, on screen keyboard only, thin, scroll ball, and animated desktop wallpaper

- Launch date: Rumored January 2010

- Tweets describe it as “an iPhone on beautifying steroids.”

- Google designed the entire user experience

- Google will sell the phone online, unlocked

- Google is “dogfooding” the Google Phone and has given it to employees all over the world to test it.

Will you have interest in buying a Nexus One? Let us know in the comments.
source: mashable

As always, software pirates have found a new market for selling a “crack” version of Microsoft’s new Windows 7 operating system. But instead of just selling the cracked beta version, full retail versions have hit the streets.

The cracked full version cost around P100 for the Windows 7 Home Premium, P120 for the Professional, and P150 for the Ultimate. The packaging contains logos stating that these are full versions, although these were obviously printed out en masse.

Apparently, software crackers have found a method to bypass the online activation code of a freshly installed Windows 7. Some online sites outline these methods, which primarily deactivate the Windows Activation Technology (WAT).

Some software kiosks in Greenhills in San Juan and St. Francis Square in Mandaluyong City have been selling these pirated versions of Windows 7, a few days after the official launch in the Philippines.

At the Greenhills shopping mall in San Juan, several shops offer “packages” that include Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2007. Prices also vary but the shop owners claim what they are selling are full versions.
Pirated Windows Seven are sold like hotcakes
Incidentally, they also caution the buyer that the pirated operating system will be unable to update itself when online.

Microsoft Windows Client Group General Manager Richard Francis said in a press conference that they had run out of stock of boxed versions of Windows 7 a few days after its official launch in the Philippines.

Some computer manufacturers have also noted an increase in sales after the introduction of Windows 7. Some of the brands, including Lenovo, Asus, and Acer are announcing new notebooks and desktop models that are installed with Windows 7.

Pirated Windows Seven sold sprouting like vines

Did you ever wonder where Japanese words came from? Word origins are not only an interesting way to see how language developed, but it is also great for remembering vocabulary. In this series, we will show you the origins of some common words and phrases in the Japanese language.

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30 Predictions for the Future of Twitter

I recently gave a short talk at Jeff Pulver’s 140conf in Los Angeles and since I did not have enough time and some of you were interested I put together this video with the 30 predictions. source: youtube

I hate Monday morning but today is Tuesday, since yesterday was Monday and it was a holiday, now I still feel like today is Monday. When its Monday I feel so lazy and sleepy BUT today was a different day because I have my Google Wave Invitation Code, Wohoo! Woot! Woot!

You saw the 1 hour and a half Google Wave developer video? if not watch this.

You want to jump right in to Google wave? But first you need to get an invitation from Google Wave, you can get it if you sign up here https://services.google.com/fb/forms/wavesignup/ normally it will take days to get an invitation but Google rarely give an invitation nowadays, not really sure what is the main reason. Well anyways if your have your Google wave invitation, just add me up to your list so we can wave it all the way. My Google Wave account is opawtech@googlewave.com

Watch Dr. Wave explains more on how to use Google Wave.

How to join Nokia Ovi Share Discoviries
1. Bloggers will challenge their readers to share their own DiscOVIries using their OVI Share account.
2. Participants should open an OVI Share account at share.ovi.com.
3. Participants must use the bloggers’ Ovi Share account to upload their photo by clicking on the link of their preferred blogger.
4. For every photo entry, participants should write a short description about their DiscOVIry
5. Complete entries should include:
1. Name
2. Ovi Mail Address
3. Short Description about the photo
6. One winner will be chosen by each blogger per week. There will be a total of 6 winners per week. Each winner will win an Ayala e-GC worth P2,000.
7. Weekly contest periods will be as follows:
1. Week 1 – September 28-October 4
2. Week 2 – October 5 to October 11
3. Week 3 – October 12-October 18
4. Week 4 – October 19-October 25
5. Week 5 – October 26-November 1
6. Week 6 – November 2 to November 8
7. Week 7 – November 9-November 15
8. Week 8 – November 16-November 22

o Cutoff for each week will be every Sunday at 11:59 PM

8. Weekly winners will be announced every Tuesday of the following week.
1. Announcement of Week 1 Winners – October 6
2. Announcement of Week 2 Winners – October 13
3. Announcement of Week 3 Winners – October 20
4. Announcement of Week 4 Winners – October 27
5. Announcement of Week 5 Winners – November 3
6. Announcement of Week 6 Winners – November 10
7. Announcement of Week 7 Winners – November 17
8. Announcement of Week 8 Winners – November 24

9. Weekly winners will be notified thru blog announcements and email.
10. Each blogger will choose one grand prize winner to win a Nokia 2330 classic. There will be a total of 6 grand prize winners.
Grand prize winners will be chosen from the weekly winners of each blogger.
11. Grand prize winners will be announced on November 27, 2009.
12. Grand prize winners will be notified thru blog announcements and email.
13. Participants must be residents of the Philippines.
14. This contest will run from September 28 to November 22, 2009.