A total of 27,765 out of 64,459 passed the Nurse Licensure Examination held last June 2008. The examination was administered in 10 areas nationwide. Check out the complete list by clicking the link below.

COMPLETE LIST OF NURSING LICENSURE EXAM PASSERS

After the success of Asus’s Eee PC line, here comes another great innovation from Asus, the Eee Box. If you still favor desktop over a laptop then you should get the Eee Box instead of the usual bulky and boring PCs that are currently on market.

*pictures taken from Asus website

The Eee Box boasts a sleek and stylish design that’ll make it suitable for most interior design. Its slim design can make room for your other stuffs which makes this PC the ultimate space-saving solution for you. And not only that, it also has the fast boot technology wherein you can connect to the internet, manage your pictures, use your IM or basically do anything just seven seconds after booting up.

Specifications:
OS : Microsoft Windows XP Home
CPU: Intel Atom N270 (1.6 GHz)
Chipset: Intel Chipset
DIMM: DDR2 SO-DIMM 1 GB
HDD: 80 GB
Card Reader: SD/SDHC/MS/MS Pro/MMC
WiFi: 802.11n
LAN: 10/100/1000

Compared to full-sized desktop solutions, the Eee Box reduces power consumption by up to 90 percent. Also running on Intel's Atom chip and Windows Home edition, the Eee Box comes with a 16-inch LCD monitor for P24,900

President Gloria Arroyo in her State of the Nation Address (SONA) announced that local telecommunications company will reduce their SMS costs to P0.50 per message. This was already confirmed and had already started yesterday as part of a three-month promo.

But despite this promo on SMS, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) is still pushing for the reduction on access charges so that the cost of telecommunications services, including SMS and voice calls, in the country will be reduced. However local telecommunications companies are opposing NTC’s long term plan on access charges reduction.

Access or "interconnection" charges are imposed on voice calls and text messages routed from one network to another.

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Pinoy Technology News was created on July by JCO. The blog was created after the author had tried blogging about several niches at first before deciding to settle for a technology blog. Pinoy, a collective term for Filipino people, was chosen to come together with the Technology News to give the blog a more Filipino feel or “dating” in the Tagalog.

The blog, as the name implies, is all about the latest and not so recent gadgets and news about the technology world. Mainly, it want to focus on those gadgets and technology that affects the Philippines but it also discuss or do review about technology and gadgets in general as well as topics that are the focus of discussion in the tech world.

The blog started in Blogger with the domain pinoytechnology.blogspot.com. After a month, the author decided to register a domain for the blog so he can have a greater number of readerships. That’s the humble beginning of Pinoy Technology News. In the future, we are aiming to be the first to deliver the latest in gadgets and technology not only in the Philippines but in the whole world.

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I checked UMobile's website today to see if there are updates but so far I had already known what I need to know. For those who don't know what or who UMobile is, UMobile is a new player in the cellphone industry and they are offering a virtually free mobile service. How could this be possible? UMobile will offer its services for free in exchange for viewing advertisements on your cellphones. The service is by invite only so not everyone can qualify as a subscriber.

I have 10 invite codes to give away. Just post a comment that you want to be invited and I’ll send an invite. But again the service is available for yuppies. That is you being 15 to 35 years old only.

UMobile is a wholly-owned subsidiary of PLDT unit SMART Communications but will operate independently.

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Rumors are circulating that the US chipmaker, Intel, will be closing its plant in the Philippines. The real reason is not really clear as why the company will close its facility in the country but according to Craig Barret, Intel’s chairman, the company considers “political stability” as a major factor when making investment decisions. Considering the current political situation in the country, the president getting its lowest popularity survey that is, there’s no doubt that investors will also have second thoughts of continuing business here in the Philippines.

Intel first opened its manufacturing plant in the Philippines in 1974 in Makati City. Currently it employs about 3,000 employees in its facility in General Trias, Cavite.

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Nowadays, people are more into the digital gadgets and stuff. Traditional things like the photo frame are becoming extinct. The photo frame that we used to see in the living room is now revolutionized and was made digital. A lot of these Digital Picture Frames are already in the market. And most of you might even own one already. But there has been recent news that the Digital Picture Frames, those generic ones that you can buy at stores, are fire hazards.

The products that are made from China are being denied entry in US ports after instances of high rate of spontaneous fires are being reported to have been caused by these frames. These generic picture frames are reportedly manufactured using substandard components. And it is also said that the operating system and LCD screen of these frames are not engineered for high volume and prolonged use which is what usually happens. The result is the devises catches fire due to high temperature and in turn causes damage to property. So better invest in a branded product even if it cost more than sacrifice your property and put people at risk by buying the cheap but substandard frames.

You might have heard of an automobile that’s running on water. How about a clock that runs on water as well? Check out the clock from Bedol which extracts energy from the compound particles that reside in water. Really amazing isn’t it. You are not only saving energy and money but you’re preserving nature as well by using this eco-friendly clock. The clock comes in 4 colors but will not be available till August 15, 2008.

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The Dell E will be available in stores by August of this year according to Digitimes’ “market sources”. Though Dell’s participation in the low-cost notebook race is quite late, it’s new notebook will costs $299 only, much cheaper than those already in the market.

*picture from Engadget

So far, the notebook will have Intel’s 1.6GHz Atom processor, 1024 x 600 display, 3x USB slots, solid state drive, integrated webcam, Wi-Fi and will weigh 2.2 pounds.

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Filipino cyber athletes are now preparing for the biggest game, the World Cyber Games (WCG) competition, of their lives which will happen this November in Cologne, Germany. WCG is now on its 8^th edition and it is expected that approximately 800 gamers from 80 countries will participate in the competition. The Philippines frist joined in 2002 and still the quest to bring home a medal is on. For this years competition participants will compete in 14 events or game titles but the Philippines will join in four events only which are as follows:

WCG’s Counterstrike team "Horsemen of the Apocalypse":

Arvin Agbisit, Paolo Nancho, Jupiter Mars Gaboy, EJ Clores, and Gary Guevarras

Warcraft:

Frederick Pe

Command and Conquer:

John Raymond Tan

Guitar Hero:

Rafael Formoso

The competition is backed by South Korean tech firm Samsung and chip maker Intel.

Polaroid is living to its name in making pictures instantly. Way back when digital cameras are still unknown to us, that’s the time when we used the traditional film to capture precious moments, Polaroid was the first name that will cross our minds when in comes to getting pictures instantly. Then comes the digital age wherein there are so many cameras that can choose from which can display your pictures right after you took it. I thought that was the end of Polaroid. We don’t use that camera anymore. But then here comes Polaroid’s Pogo, or Polaroid-on-the-go, a pocket-sized, inkless digital photo printer that produces full-color photos.

PoGo uses Bluetooth (Class 2) OPP USB 2.0 USB A connector, that means you can use your mobile phone in printing using Bluetooth or any other devices that are PictBridge compatible. The photo printer just weighs 8 oz (without paper) including battery. Its dimension is 120mm (4.7”) H X 72mm (2.8”) W X 23.5mm (0.9”) D. It also uses ZINK™ Zero Ink™ Printing Technology that means you just need the paper and no ink at all. Prints are made in 2x3" borderless color images in under a minute.

PoGo was introduced last January and will be available by July.

MSI Wind Notebook U100XP is now available in the Philippine market. It beats Acer’s Aspire One which will not be available until a couple of weeks. This new notebook is so far the first locally available laptop that uses Intel’s Atom processor. Its optimized specifications is putting it ahead of other low priced notebook in the market. Check out the specifications below. Expect to pay P26,000 for this notebook from local retailers.

Specs:

- Intel Atom Processor (1.6GHz, 512k L2 Cache, 533MHz FSB)

- Intel 945GSE + ICH7M Chipset

- Genuine Windows XP Home

- 10” Wide LCD (1024 x 600 LED Backlight) Display

- 1GB DDR2-667 Embedded Memory (Max: 2GB)

- 80GB SATA Hard Disk Drive

- Convenient Magnifying Capability

- Ergonomic Full-Size Keyboard and Touch Pad

- Built-In High-Performance Mega Pixel Webcam

- Built-In High-Performance 2 Channel Stereo Speakers and Microphone

- 802.11 b/g Wireless LAN with Bluetooth

- Battery Life: Max 2.5 hours

- Comprehensive Multi-Media Application Interface

The much awaited launching of the new iPhone 3G last Friday turned out to be a mess after consumers found out that they cannot turn on their new iPhones after purchasing it. The problem was caused by a software glitch in the new phone as what the news says. Also Apple’s iTunes servers are having a global problem, most probably because of the simultaneous release of the new phone in 21 countries last Friday, which prevented the phones from being fully activated.

Apple had much success with its computer line as well as its first generation phones. But what will happen to this not so successful release of the new iPhone? Apple shares fell $4.05, or 2.3 percent, to close Friday at $172.58 amid a general decline in U.S. stocks.

Good thing is it didn't hit the Philippine market yet. Globe Telecom, the sole carrier of iPhone in the country, said that iPhone 3G will not be available in the local market until later this year.


iPhone 3G combines all the revolutionary features of iPhone with 3G networking that is twice as fast as the first generation iPhone, built-in GPS for expanded location based mobile services, and iPhone 2.0 software which includes support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and runs the hundreds of third party applications already built with the recently released iPhone SDK.