Posted by Mark Joseph Aspiras on Jun 30, 2009 in
NewsSource: GMANews MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines could be a major player in the industries of information technology and IT-enabled services, the World Bank said. Currently, the country corners one percent of the global distribution of offshore IT services and 15 percent of ITES markets. Although India is the global leader in both IT and ITES, countries such as “China, Mexico, and the Philippines are also emerging as potential players in this space," the World Bank said in a report...
Posted by Mark Joseph Aspiras on Jun 27, 2009 in
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PHPSource: Wordpress I saw a link on twitter referring to PHP optimization advice from Google. There are a bunch of advices there, some of them are quite sound, if not new – like use latest versions if possible, profile your code, cache whatever can be cached, etc. Some are of doubtful value – like the output buffering one, which could be useful in some situations but do nothing or be worse in others, and if you’re a beginner generally it’s...
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Posted by Mark Joseph Aspiras on Jun 17, 2009 in
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NewsSource: NYTimes The latest step in Rupert Murdoch’s effort to turn around the fortunes of his digital businesses came Tuesday in the form of hefty layoffs at MySpace. MySpace, the social networking site owned by News Corporation, the media conglomerate controlled by Mr. Murdoch, said it was laying off roughly 400 employees, or nearly 30 percent of its staff. After the layoffs, MySpace will have about 1,000 workers. The company said the layoffs were an attempt to return to a...
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Posted by Mark Joseph Aspiras on Jun 14, 2009 in
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Newsofficial announcement: http://wordpress.org/development/2009/06/wordpress-28/ Featuring many new features and improvements to themes, widgets, taxonomies, and overall speed. This release is named in honor of noted trumpeter and vocalist Chet Baker. The first thing you’ll notice is that visually 2.8 feels a lot like 2.7, just with some minor tweaks here and there. However once you’ll dig in you’ll begin to appreciate the changes. Major New Improvements First and foremost, 2.8 is way faster to use. We’ve changed the way WordPress does style and scripting....
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