by anyajulia | Sep 10, 2008 | Features, Tech Talk
The Gigabyte has introduced a new hybrid tablet, the M912V, which is halfway from a UMPC and a netbook. It sports a swivel touch screen display with an 180° rotation angle.
Its Specifications are:
Intel Atom N270 (1.6GHz ) processor
Intel 945GSE Chipset
1GB DDR2 RAM
8.9-inch 1280×768 LCD panel with LED backlight
160GB HDD (5400RPM)
Ethernet LAN
Bluetooth,
802.11b/g WLAN
Built-in Realtek ALC268 audio
3 x USB 2.0 ports
1 x RJ-45 (10/100)
D-Sub Video output
Express Card
3-in-1 media card reader
Headphone and microphone jacks
Integrated 1.3MP webcam
4-cell battery (3.5 hrs )
1.3kg
can be in Windows XP, Vista Home Basic or Linux
The price is yet to be confirmed, but it is assumed to be around Php 33,000 and up.
While the Lenovo IdeaPad S10 has the following specifications:
10.2 inch display
an Intel Atom 1.6GHz
1.5GB of RAM
a choice of 160GB HDD or a 4GB SSD.
2 USB ports,
a 4-in-1 card reader,
WiFi 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth
ExpressCard slot
a webcam.
Weighs just above 09.kg
one-inch thick
3-cell battery or upgrade to 6-cell
The netbook comes in colors of deep blue, pastel pink, ruby red, and white & black. It also boasts of its OneKey Recovery (only available for Windows), which allows data recovery at the touch of a button in occurrence of errors and viruses.
Its suggested retail price starts at Php22,990 and up.
The M192V and Ideapad S10 were both seen at the Intel Atom Launch.
by anyajulia | Aug 25, 2008 | Features, Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
IF plans do not miscarry, news reports filed at city paper or radio editorial desks would come from designated community information officers.
This as Bohol Association of United Development Information Officers (AUDIO) is tying up with the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) in a project that seeks to finally coordinate information management and streamline un-coordinated government information dissemination programs.
AUDIO and the PIA in Bohol are in the finalization process of training modules that is aimed at empowering barangay residents and officials by enhancing their developmental news writing, reporting and other communication skills, Yvette Matabalan of the local PIA revealed Thursday.
The move is also in line with a perception that the government developmental are rarely felt in the communities because of failure in the government communication process, an AUDIO officer added.
The jointly adopted program also aims to expand the network of town and government agency information officers to the communities while opening back the clogged feedback mechanism the government needs to assess its presence and impact on the community in general, the source said.
A roll out team pooled from the resources of both organizations would be assigned topics to discuss in series of workshops, says AUDIO president Francisco Obedencio.
The move to involve expand the information network to barangays in Bohol was prompted by the initial suggestion from local government operations officers who see promising potential information officers in communities.
Already presenting a project proposal for the joint effort is Candija, under Mayor Sergio amora, Obedencio revealed during a meeting at the Jjs Seafoods, Mandarin 2 room.
By empowering barangay residents, we make them more capable of serving frontline services and in the process, elevate government response faster.
Training modules include basic news writing for English and cebuano, basic broadcasting and radio reporting, emceeing, common barangay human resource enhancement trainings as well as foto-journalism.
According to Matabalan, training people is empowering them to ask the right questions from people, elicit information that may affect local legislative policies and systematically reinforce community life. (rachiu/PIA)
WIDENING INFO-NETS to the communities, info-officer members of the AUDIO and the PIA were presented the details of the community-based information network at a recent enhancement workshop held at Jjs Seafoods August 21.
by anyajulia | Aug 21, 2008 | Features, Tech Talk
The Lenovo ThinkPad X301 will be released on August 27, as announced by Lenovo Philippines. The X301 is an upgrade of the ThinkPad X300 which was released earlier in April of this year. Lenovo has taken the wraps off a new ultrathin, lightweight notebook for enterprise workers.
Its specs are:
Intel Core 2 Duo ULV processor (Centrino 2) 1.2 or 1.4GHz
6MB of L2 cache, 1066MHz FSB
13.3-inch Display LED backlit,
options for a 64GB or 128GB SDD drive,
up to 2GB of DDR3 RAM,
WiFi,
high-speed mobile broadband3
Ultra-Wideband technology
a built-in GPS
WiMAX version later this year
weighs less than 3 lbs.
0.75 to 1-inch thin
ThinkPad X301 has new support for DisplayPort which makes viewing high definition content easy and ideal for models with the ultra-thin DVD burner. With support for both DisplayPort and VGA, users can even watch high definition content on multiple displays. And also with Lenovo’s improved Power Manager, it gives users more control over notebook functions to enable longer battery life, though there is still no indication on just how long does the battery last.
The ThinkPad X301 notebook will start at approximately Php128,100.
by anyajulia | Aug 21, 2008 | Features, Tech Talk
Dell’s answer to the Eee, formerly dubbed the Dell E and E slim series, is now officially called the Dell Inspiron 910 (aka Mini Inspiron). It is reported to be released on August 22 with a starting price at $299. Though it still has to be confirmed, from the Dell Philippines, if the Inspiron 910 will also released here and how much it would cost.
It has also been reported that it will be able to include an optional 3G connection at order-time and also confirms the lack of Fn-Key.
The Dell Inspiron 910 will have the following specs:
8.9 inch Display (1024×600)
Intel Atom 1.6 Ghz
4GB/8GB/16GB SSD
4, 8, 12GB Flash Drive
512MB to 1GB DDR2 RAM
Up to 8MB shared video memory
ALC268 Audio
1.3/0.3 megapixel camera
WiFi 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth
WLAN/WWAN, Mini card support for Bluetooth
Card reader
3 USB 2.0 ports
4-cell battery (~5 hours)
Ubuntu Linux or Windows XP
~2.2 lbs (1kg)
by anyajulia | Aug 19, 2008 | Features, Headlines, National News
OTHER than the cheap rice, Boholanos also get part of the Katas ng EVAT in rice seed subsidies.
Here, farmers are now planting high yielding rice varieties this cropping season as the government helps them get the costly seeds that could spell the big difference in productivity.
The government help is part of the P9-B proceeds from the 12% EVAT collections on oil.
The help also came as the country props up its seed program in the next couple of years to attain agricultural sufficiency and put food on the table of every Filipino as soon.
Local palay farmers here now queue for the National Seed Program subsidies which is implemented by the Bohol Agricultural Promotions Center and the Provincial Agriculture Office, confirms Marilyn Cubero, senior agriculturist at the Bohol Agricultural Promotions Center (BAPC).
National government seed subsidies for both certified rice and hybrid, unlike the local rice accelerated emergency response (RACER) comes with no strings attached, Provincial agriculturist Liza Quirog also bared in an interview.
To immediately fill the sagging rice productivity demand here, Bohol provincial junta recently passed a supplemental budget to fund RACER subsidies and motivate local rice growers.
RACER seed subsidy however operates on a roll over scheme, where farmer organizations pay for the subsidy after harvest.
With rice productivity scarcity felt across the country, the country’s poor felt the scourge of rising stall prices, which alarmed local leaders.
While calls for more productivity echoed, Bohol agriculture promotions center experts said the dream of food sufficiency can only be assured if farmers shift to high yielding varieties, as they noted dwindling agricultural lands for palay, BAPC’s Engr. Eugene Cahiles called.
Intensifying their campaigns for the shift, Cahiles said they could not sell that well with the cost of seeds of high yielding varieties.
Research shows that a sack of certified palay seeds can generate up to 120 sacks of palay or 60 sacks of milled rice.
Now with the seeds subsidized to hit food sufficiency at the earliest time Central Visayas’ food basket has become a primary focus.
Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap disclosed that about P9 billion has been earmarked for the National Seed Program alone over the next two years.
He also said PGMA also allocated another P6.5 billion for the National Food Authority’s intensified palay procurement program for this main harvest season.
Reports said NFA is to purchase as high as 500,000 metric tons (MT) from farmers this harvest season.
The NFA procurement target, is about 1,460% higher than the 32,044 metric tons of palay it acquired from local growers at the government support price during the same period last year, Yap said.
As this developed, BAPC authorities said they are implementing the government seed subsidy and are giving P770 for the P1200 per 40 kilogram sack of certified rice varieties. Here, the farmer needs to put up P440 to bag the seed for his farm.
On the hybrid varieties, a 20 kilogram sack would normally cost P2,900. The farmer however only pays P1400 while the government pays the P1500. (rachiu/PIA)
by anyajulia | Aug 12, 2008 | Features, Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
Coastal towns are now contributing money which are needed for the implementation of the marine laws through the Coastal Law Enforcement Council. While the provincial government has funds for the aforementioned concerns.
The head of the Bohol Environment and Management Office, Engr. Renee Villaber says that the budget for this year is P600 million for the coastal resource mass management sector of the provincial government. He adds, that the said budget is already gone since it has already been used as payment for the enforcers and fish wardens that is included in the function.
The implementation of the marine laws need additional funds for the Bantay Dagat Movement, enforcers, fish wardens and gasoline for the seaboard patrol.
Villaber adds that under the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signed by CLEC, all coastal towns must contribute to the project, which has a little percentage in the yearly internal revenue allotment. There are also local executives that are not sincere in helping out CLEC.
The head of BEMO names Tubigon, Cortes, and Maribojoc for the implementation of the coastal resource protection. He adds that the Bohol Marine Triangle is having the same problems.
