by Jovie Cabais | May 29, 2011 | Tech Updates
Another municipality has embraced modern, and transparent governance in tune with the efforts and goals of the Department of Interior and Local Governance (DILG). The Municipality of Dimiao is already online, and its constituents and other viewers can check the town out at www.dimiao-bohol.gov.ph. The site is a source of important information about the town such as its History, economic profile, and tourism destinations. It also serves as an avenue for transparency as the site will later publish fiscal reports and bidding announcements. Share...
by Jovie Cabais | May 29, 2011 | Tech Updates
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces that 781 out of 1,388 passed the various grades of the written phase of the Marine Engineer Officer’s Licensure Examinations given by the Board for Marine Engineer Officers in Manila this May 2011. Meanwhile, another graduate of the Philippine Maritime Academy – Bohol has passed the recent Licensure Examination with flying colors. Angelito Bacolod Cordilla, landed 6th place in the Licensure Examination for Second Marine Engineer Officers. He tied with a fellow examinee in the person of Francis Cui Bernad from the Misamis Institute of Technology. Cordilla had the final average of 88. 25. Do you have friends and family who recently took a licensure exam? You can view the list of passers at www.prcpassers.com, the fastest search engine for PRC exam results. Share...
by Jovie Cabais | May 29, 2011 | Tech Updates
Before anything else, one must know the difference between the terms “battery life” and “battery lifespan”. The former is the time wherein your battery will run until it needs to be recharged. The latter, refers to the span of time your batteries will last before it must be replaced. Now, with that cleared, lets get to the business of taking care of your phone’s batteries. If you get puzzled as to why you charge your phone everyday when others just charge it every 3 days, you may be running a lot of applications on your phone without getting anything essential in return. Check out these tips on how to save battery life: 1. Minimize use of applications that are not needed at the moment such as location services. Even when not in use, this app will continue to drain your batteries. 2. Turn off WiFi. This is highly recommended especially in places where there is really no WiFi signal in the first place, or when you are not likely to use it. 3. Turn off Blue-tooth. This is not just a battery life-saver tip, it also helps keep your phone secure by not being visible to other users. 4. Turn off push mails and notifications; avoid auto-checking lots of email accounts. This helps minimize the activities of your phone. If not turned off or at least minimized, your phone could be spending more battery life than it needs to even when you’re asleep and not using it at all. 5. Adjust brightness. Your phone does not need to be at its brightest especially when the place you’re staying in...
by Jovie Cabais | May 22, 2011 | Tech Updates
After the first few minor assignments for Auza.Net’s trainees, they have now moved onto a more challenging project. Their creativity and wordpress skills are already being tested through the development of a website for a certain charitable organization. The trainees have been taken to the site of the organization for them to take a shot on photography. Photos were collected and then they were also taught how to properly enhance them for a better-looking website. At this point, the trainees are being handled by Auza.Net’s skilled website developers who are doing their best to impart their knowledge on the techniques and do’s and don’ts of the website – making market. Other than that challenge, the trainees are still expected to go on with their skills practices and self study on the earlier lessons which have been tackled. Share...
by Jovie Cabais | May 22, 2011 | Tech Updates
Are you a victim of viruses spreading on facebook? And have you been embarassed by being called a spammer because of suddenly posting stuff on your friends’ facebook walls? Well, here’s what has been happening. Five years ago, hackers found it so simple to slip their code into computers, but this has been solved since the evolution of Internet security making browsers more protected. However, hackers have found a new way of spreading malicious contents not by entering internet browsers, but by directly hacking internet users instead. This is called Social engineering, which has become a serious problem these days. This is merely the act of psychologically influencing people into performing measures or exposing private information, rather than using technical cracking methods. According to wikipedia encyclopedia, the term typically applies to trickery or deception for the purpose of information gathering, fraud, or computer system access. According to a Yahoo News Report, “Social engineering is how the Koobface virus spreads on Facebook. Users get a message from a friend telling them to go and view a video. When they click on the link, they’re then told that they need to download some sort of video playing software in order to watch. That software is actually a malicious program. Social engineering hackers also try to infect victims by hacking into Web pages and popping up fake antivirus warnings designed to look like messages from the operating system.” A social-engineering method called spearphishing is a recognized problem. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, criminals need some inside information on their targets to convince them the e-mails are legitimate. Then, they send...
