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WHAT DO INTERNET users from the Philippines look for? Ask Google and chances are the search giant has an answer. And it even comes with all the bells and whistles.

Case in point was the week of Aug. 6 to 12. The fastest-rising news terms during the period were “NBA” amid reports on Boston Celtics and Miami Heat opening a new season and “UFC” in which the league’s middleweight champion Anderson Silva defended his title.

Surprise winner for Orcale suit vs Google's Android (over Java source) is Microsoft. The article contends that this is a bad precedent that could hamper open source and free software projects around the world.

Manila, Philippines – Google recently announced that Filipino Wayne Dell Manuel has won the company's first Google Map Maker Global Competition, which encouraged users around the world to map universities, schools and hospitals in their home countries to help humanitarian organizations do their jobs better. Manuel bested more than 700 other contestants from around the world to win a US$50,000 donation from UNICEF for the Philippines. The donation will benefit projects that empower Filipino youth through technology.