Arroyo to attend UN assembly in New York
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PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is set to leave for New York next week to attend the United Nations General Assembly (Unga) on September 23, a MalacaƱang official said.
During Wednesday’s press briefing at the Shangri-La Hotel in Makati City, Press Secretary Jesus Dureza said details about the trip is still being finalized.
Dureza said aside from the Unga, [...]
Arroyo: RP to ride out financial storm
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President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo delivers her message during her mid-year Philippine Economic Briefing Wednesday (Sept. 17) in Manila’s financial district of Makati. Arroyo said the Philippines has been battered by global financial difficulties but have put in place enough reforms to buffer their effect and overcome the crisis. (AP Photo/)
MANILA — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo expressed confidence [...]
JTrack 3D From NASA Makes Satellite Tracking Easy
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Earlier this evening PC Magazine editor-in-chief (and unhappy Mets fan) when the shuttle rockets off to service the Hubble Space Telescope. On International Space Station Missions the shuttle orbits at about 210 miles above the Earth. For Hubble the orbital distance is 350 miles, an orbital lane littered with mainly tiny pieces [...]
Is this the World’s Smallest Photo Contest? Probably! “For the second consecutive year, Nikon Instruments is opening up its for the public to choose its favorite image for recognition as the Popular Vote winner.”
As the name implies you’ll be judging photos taken through a microscope. That’s how the unappetizingly [...]
Hands On With Microsoft Pro Photo Tools Version 2
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I am a of version 1 right here on AppScout. Version 2’s out now and I decided to give it a try. I’ll use it, but it was not the pain-free experience I was hoping for.
Pro Photo Tools is a free tool to “quickly geotag your photos, view and edit metadata, [...]
EA Address Spore DRM Concerns, Comments, Tirades
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Electronics Arts gave the world an innovative and highly addictive game with the long-awaited Spore. The company also managed to irk a heck of a lot of people with Internet connections and axes to grind.
Much of Spore’s success was , which, among other things, limited the number of PCs on which users could install the [...]
ResizeIt: An Image Editor Made for Bloggers
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If you do a lot of blogging or Web design, you know what a pain it can be to have to open a hefty application like Photoshop just to resize or rotate an image before posting it. There’s no shortage of image-editing tools with a smaller system footprint, but many of them include features that [...]
President determined to implement AFP modernization program
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PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is doing all she can, including infusing as much funds as possible, to implement the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)’s Modernization Program, Press Secretary Jesus Dureza said.
Dureza said Arroyo, since assuming the presidency in 2001, has been pursuing and implementing programs aimed at helping the AFP from the soldiers’ benefits and [...]
Arroyo firm on natural family planning stand
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PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo remains consistent in her advocacy for natural family planning methods, preferring to leave discussions and the decision on the proposed Reproductive Health (RH) Bill to Congress, Press Secretary Jesus Dureza said.
Dureza said it is also still too early to discuss and decide whether the President would veto the bill should it pass [...]
Joost Revamps Site, Adds Web-Based Video
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Remember ? The online video service on Thursday announced a revamp of the site that will let users watch videos from their browsers rather than through a desktop client.
The move will let users “watch video directly in your web browser,” Mike Volpi, Joost CEO, wrote in a . “You still get the great quality video [...]