Comelec to use blogs to update voters

MANILA, Philippines -- Realizing the power of blogging to disseminate information, the Commission on Elections is tapping the Elections Education and Information Department (EID)'s blog (http://bagongbotante.ph/eidblog) to give updates on the ongoing voters' registration, an official said Wednesday.

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Opinion: Windows 7's UAC is a broken mess; mend it or end it

The changes Microsoft has made to Windows 7's UAC render it little more than a pesky annoyance. If this is the path the company wishes to go down, it should stop doing things by halves and kill it off altogether, according to arstechnica. (www.arstechnica.com)

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Amazon Releases Free 'Kindle for iPhone' Application

Amazon has released a free application that delivers Kindle book-reading to the iPhone:

Kindle for iPhone allows Apple iPhone and iPod touch owners to read Kindle books using a simple, easy-to-use interface, according to Macrumors. You can shop for hundreds of thousands of books at www.amazon.com/kindlestore, and wirelessly transfer the books to your iPhone or iPod touch.

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How Facebook, Google, and Yahoo Are Making Ads Part of Your Life

The Valley's biggest players are all racing to be the center of your online life, collecting your photos, blog posts, Twitter messages, and comments into one stream — and then dosing it with real-time ads.

According to valleywag, Facebook is unveiling a redesign (left) which replaces its friend-tracking News Feed feature with the Stream. The biggest difference: Corporate Facebook pages, for which users sign up to be "fans," can now place stories in the Stream much more frequently than they did with the News Feed.

The result: Facebook profiles will show less of what your real friends are doing, and more of what corporate pals like Starbucks and Ben & Jerry's are up to.

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Slumdogs in the Philippines

I was intrigued by the Bollywood film "Slumdog Millionaire" because of the their awards received from different award-giving body including the Golden Globe Awards.
The next thing I did was to search for a copy & luckily a friend of mine gave one.

The film was shot in a slum area within the city of Mumbai, India.
While watching the film, I noticed the very near resemblance of the Slum Areas in the Philippines. Even the syndicates who live with their dirty money through their exploitation of the young & displaced children can also thrive in the Philippines. I just hope that Filipinos still have a heart not to do the "eye popper" rituals as done in the said film. The syndicate purposedly blinds the kid to be able to get sympathy in effect, for a bigger amount on alms.

The characters Jamal & Latika are portrayed perfectly and I believe that many Filipinos can relate to this characters perfectly.

The story revolves on "Who wants to be a millionaire" game show, which happens to be famous not only in India but likewise, one time in the Philippines.

Although, I find the dancing in the end as "out of context", the main actor & actress sure can dance. As usual, it has a happy ending.

Definitely, this film will surely capture the Filipino's thirst for quality film and definitely can inspire indie film producers.