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Another government Web site was found defaced Sunday night – the fifth attack since last month.

Hackers of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) Web site, however, took on a bolder approach by leaving a message that seemed to mock the upcoming automated elections.

“Ano ba gagamitin sa Election? Blade server? Juniper Firewall (what is going to be used in the elections? Blade server? Juniper firewall)?” the message read.

HACK YOU. A screen capture of the defaced Tesda Web site as of 11:12 p.m. Sunday.

Before Tesda’s, hackers had also victimized the Web sites of the Department of Health (DOH), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC), and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).  Read more... (154 words, 1 image, estimated 37 secs reading time)

NEW YORK – People concerned about their careers should be extra careful about what they post on the Internet during a recession, career counselors say.

Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, blogs and other venues present numerous opportunities to sabotage your hunt for a job or promotion at a time when employers can afford to be picky.

“With social media, you can be vapid, boring and annoying with alarming frequency,” Patricia Vaccarino, owner of a Seattle public relations firm, warned clients in a newsletter.

Vaccarino said many of her Facebook friends have posted “in great detail about their colonoscopies, dead teeth pulled, dead dogs, flatulence, adult acne, marital breakups, battles with mental illnesses and drinking problems.”  Read more... (188 words, estimated 45 secs reading time)

BEIJING (AFP) – – China has delayed a plan requiring that all new computers come with a Chinese-made Internet filtering software programme, state media reported Tuesday, hours before it was to take effect.

China had planned to implement the controversial rule beginning Wednesday but it has been postponed, the official Xinhua news agency said, citing the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

“The pre-installation was delayed as some computer producers said such a massive installation demanded extra time,” Xinhua said, quoting an unnamed ministry spokesman.

The spokesman did not give a new timetable for the software to be installed.  Read more... (212 words, estimated 51 secs reading time)

SINGAPORE: Singapore has confirmed its first case of Influenza A (H1N1).

The patient is currently being treated at the Communicable Disease Centre at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) and is in stable condition.

The patient is a 22—year—old Singaporean woman who was in New York from May 14—24.

She arrived back in Singapore from New York on SQ25 on 26 May at 6.30am.

She began to develop a cough while onboard.

She passed the thermal scanner uneventfully as she did not have fever then.  Read more... (131 words, estimated 31 secs reading time)

To all filipinos around the world, please vote Manny Pacquiao for the Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the World for 2009. Our very own Manny Pacquiao is currently at no. 7 out of the 203 finalists this year.

From TIME website:

AGE: 30
OCCUPATION: Boxer
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 0

PRO: The Filipino prizefighter — better known as “Pac-Man” — stunned the boxing world in December by defeating Oscar De La Hoya. He’s readying a move into politics, where his popularity should land him another knockout: Pacquiao’s bouts are so heavily viewed in the Philippines, the crime rate goes down when he brawls.  Read more... (590 words, 1 image, estimated 2:22 mins reading time)

BRUSSELS – The European Union has signed a pact with 17 social networking providers including Facebook, MySpace and Google to improve safeguards against the bullying of teenagers online.

EU spokesman Martin Selmayr says networking sites are now used by some 42 million people in the European Union, and young users need to be protected from abusive behavior on the Web sites.

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BEIJING (Xinhua) — China Internet Illegal Information Reporting Center (CIIRC) yesterday praised two Web sites who promptly filtered lewd contents after warnings to remove questionable content and reproved one Web site that failed to weed out vulgar content in a timely manner.

The Beijing-based xilu.com has shut down its picture-posting section which contained vulgar content and the Shanghai-based blogbus.com has made a complete overhaul of its blog platform, according to a statement issued by the CIIRC.

Both Web sites have taken effective measures and deserve commendation, it said.  Read more... (160 words, estimated 38 secs reading time)