MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines now belongs to the exclusive club of countries issuing ePassports, joining the United States, United Kingdom, Germany and Japan.

Mobile TV has so far failed to deliver on its promise of ubiquity, but analysts expect worldwide user numbers to increase to 54 million in 2009.

MANILA, Philippines - In October 2008, the Polillo group of islands, including Balesin, found its financial channels to the town proper and the mainland cut off.

(CNN) -- Peter Gathungu walks more than a mile to a shopping center, where he pays a sizable sum to charge his cell phone.

Apple more reliable. They charge more and can provide good service care of their Genius bar.

Asus more reliable because they have more NEW customers happy for now with the popular netbooks. Next two years will tell if they really do a good job as their netbooks will age and consumers can compare performance with PCs in their "steady state".

Among HP and Dell with the same market share and units. Rescuecom had to field more customer problems for Dell machines.

Interesting to anyone wanting to buy or even be selling/making PCs.

MANILA, Philippines - A technical cooperation grant, extended by the German Ministry of Economic Development and Cooperation worth three million euro, will be used to craft a national micro-insurance strategy, mount a consumer education campaign, and launch pro-poor insurance products and services in the local market.

MANILA, Philippines - PhilWeb Corp., the first and largest listed Internet company in the country, is studying acquisitions in the technology-enabled gaming sector, one of which may be announced in the coming months.

LEGAZPI City, Philippines – A modern land transport terminal is expected to boost this city’s economic potential once it opens later this month.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Education has started a pilot test of its Learning Resource Management and Development System in several public schools in the Visayas.

MANILA, Philippines – Having “shared” IT networks among state universities and colleges (SUCs) will improve research and development while allowing students to transact online, according to Catanduanes Representative Joseph Santiago.