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  • Summer Sunlight Powers Perimeter Lighting at Auza.Net

    by Jerome Auza It has been quite a while that I have reported anything about my solar energy experiments. This week, with lots of summer sunshine, I was able to power up the perimeter lighting and right of way lighting of Auza.Net without having to switch to the grid. I finally got a new 300…

  • PNoy Launches BISU Shared Service Facility

    President Benigno S. Aquino III led the launching and turn-over of the Bohol Fabrication Laboratory,the first of its kind in the Philippines, on May 2, 2014 at the Bohol Island State University. The shared service facility (SSF) will be run by the Bohol Island State University (BISU) to support technology-driven product innovation and prototyping. The…

  • Heartbleed: Romantic Name for a Potentially Catastrophic Security Flaw

    By: Jerome Auza I normally stay away from affairs of the heart but someone in the computing industry gave a quite romantic name to a potentially catastrophic flaw in a security system we trust: Heartbleed.  The flaw is described in detail using almost layman’s terms at www.heartbleed.com. In a nutshell, the bug allows any unauthorized…

  • Google confab set in Cebu

    GOOGLE’S GdayX conference will finally be held in Cebu on April 12 at the Lakwatsa Resto Lounge in Mandaue City. This was announced by Google Business Groups (GBG) – Cebu which is organizing the local event. GdayX conferences are also being organized by other GBG chapters around the world for tech developers, enthusiasts, and entrepreneurs in Asia, Africa, Latin…

  • Auza.Net Releases iPhone App for DYRD-AM Worldwide

    By: Jerome Auza Auza.Net and DYRD-AM has released today the mobile app for the iOS platform developed for DYRD-AM Worldwide on Apple App Store.  The mobile app enables the listener to quickly listen to the live broadcast from iOS devices such as iPhones and iPads.  It also has the capability to submit comments which are…

  • PH Pioneers Celebrate 20 Years of Internet

    By: Jerome Auza The Internet seems to be a natural thing nowadays but for the pioneers, 20 years after the first time the country was officially connected to the Internet via selected colleges and universities, those times were unforgettable. I consider myself lucky being one of the pioneers at the University of San Carlos –…

  • Malaysia Flight 370 – Where Is It?

    A desperate search for the missing plane of Malaysia Flight 370 is still going for a week even with all the high tech equipment and advanced surveillance systems of various countries who helped in the search including the USA and China.  It’s still a humbling reality that even with all our high tech capabilities, nature will…

  • BCCI Holds General Assembly

    The Bohol Chamber of Commerce and Industry held its annual general assembly on March 15, 2014 at the Dagohoy Hall at the Bohol Tropics Resort, Tagbilaran City.  The governor of the province, Gov. Edgar M. Chatto and the city administrator of Tagbilaran, Mr. Leonides L. Borja on behalf of City Mayor John Geesnell Yap, represented the…

  • Securing Computer Networks If Providing WiFi for Customers

    It is a common practice for service companies like hotels, resorts and restaurants to be providing WiFi Internet access to its customers.  However, there is a common mistake also for such companies.  The WiFi network is on the same network segment as the office computers.  This is a security issue because now you are allowing…

  • Getting Ready for a Half-Day Power Interruption

    by: Jerome Auza Before I had setup my experimental solar power system, a power interruption like that scheduled on March 9, 2014 would mean that we need to purchase gasoline worth around Php800.00 to keep the office network running.  It’s probably more expensive these days with the gasoline hitting the Php60.00/liter mark. I checked my…