October 2005 Entries
As part of Microsoft’s commitment to the small and medium business segment, Microsoft is extending the Desktop Legalization offer to November 30, 2005. Originally, the offering period is supposed to end on October 30, 2005. In light of the request for extension by numerous business segments, Microsoft Philippines was able to secure an approval to extend the Windows COEM promo. Customers who wish to legalize will be allowed to buy a Windows COEM license without an accompanying PC or non-peripheral hardware component until November 30, 2005.
The Desktop Legalization Offer allows any business for a defined period of time to buy...
posted @ Saturday, October 29, 2005 8:34 AM |
Please visit http://msforums.ph the new site and server for Microsoft Philippines community forum.
posted @ Friday, October 28, 2005 5:20 PM |
Bitstop will be closed on Oct 31 and Nov 1 for the All Soul's Day. We will resume operations on Nov 2.
posted @ Friday, October 28, 2005 3:00 PM |
1st Day
Click here to view Sen Mar Roxas speech and open forum.Click here to view Cong Kintanar , Dondi Mapa, Atty JJ Parlade speeches and QAClick here to view Online Consumer Reports by Bing Van Torren, IT Director AC Nielsen
2nd Day
Click here to view Panel Discussion:Payment SolutionsClick here to view Panel Discussion:VOIP
Awards Night Part I and Part II
posted @ Friday, October 28, 2005 10:15 AM |
Please visit http://www.philadcongress.com to find out more about their 19th Philippine AD Congress. Bitstop has been tapped to power their online web ads.
posted @ Thursday, October 27, 2005 2:54 PM |
An alarming increase in the number of sites that were hack recently may have something to do with misconfigured PHP shell code. Here is a great article on how to track the malicious attacks by implementing a honeypot.
http://www.antionline.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=266049
Excerpt from Anit-Online.com :
What is GHH?GHH is the reaction to a new type of malicious web traffic: search engine hackers. GHH is a “Google Hack” honeypot. It is designed to provide reconaissance against attackers that use search engines as a hacking tool against your resources. GHH implements honeypot theory to provide additional security to your web presence. What is a honeypot?A honeypot is,...
posted @ Thursday, October 27, 2005 10:07 AM |
Web Philippines Inc. (WPI) was founded by Roger Chua in 1996. Its annual revenue is about 3.5 million. It has developed software applications such as image bank, procurement, e-commerce store set up, content management system, document management system, classifieds/resume management, restricted access system, events calendar, and poll survey maker.
For the full story, visit
http://www.digitalfilipino.com/article.cfm?id=133§ion=9
posted @ Tuesday, October 25, 2005 9:01 AM |
Bitstop and BNS are now looking at new ideas for our corporate giveaways. Please let us know what's on your mind! We are also looking for new t-shirt designs. Please send them to tina[at]pangasinan.com
posted @ Saturday, October 22, 2005 8:47 AM |
Please visit http://www.lenzib.com/main/subsite/etona.htm .
Lenzib® Corporation is a Filipino company duly organized and existing under the laws of the Securities and Exchange Commission of the Republic of the Philippines.
The Corporation is duly licensed to operate as a distributor of cosmetics and cosmetic products. It was established in 2005 as a sister company of Dermal Care Laboratory Inc and becomes the distributing arm of Dermal Care line of hypoallergenic products. In the future, Lenzib® will identically encompass health, wellness, fashion and accessories
posted @ Thursday, October 20, 2005 5:28 PM |
Please visit http://www.kingfisher.edu.ph/
“The Kingfisher School of Business and Finance seeks to creatively and persistently develop the genius domains residing in each one of our students and mold them to be a competent and ethical global business leaders by providing an environment of excellence.
Our faculty is our strength. The instructors are committed to nurture the students' leadership and fully harness the students' proficiency, skill and entrepreneurship needed to meet today's global challenges. The mentors are composed of business practitioners and professionals capable of imparting high quality, practical, effective, and relevant business education.”
posted @ Thursday, October 20, 2005 5:25 PM |
On October 25, 2005, at; ISLA Ballroom, EDSA Shangri-La, Mandaluyong City, from 8:00am – 6:00pm, Microsoft will be conducting the DevDays event. The regular rate P1000 / per person.
DevDays is Microsoft Philippines’ largest annual event targeted at developers. It showcases Microsoft’s current and latest technologies and this year will include topics on Visual Studio Team System, Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005.
Pre-release technologies which have not been previously shown in public in the Philippines will also be presented to give attendees a glimpse into the future of software development. At the same time, there will...
posted @ Thursday, October 20, 2005 9:40 AM |
Greetings from the Philippine Internet Commerce Society (PICS).
We are pleased to invite you to attend the 4th E-Commerce Congress and Exhibition on October 25-26, 2005 at Hotel Intercontinental, Makati City, Philippines.
This year's conference theme is: "Who says the World is Round? Flattening the World Through Technology" as PICS continues to advocate the use of IT/Internet/Mobile/Wireless technology tools to do business globally.
posted @ Wednesday, October 19, 2005 10:18 AM |
Lyceum Northwestern University now has the biggest internet bandwidth in Pangasinan. They have a 2 mbps lease line connection coupled with a 10mbps wifi link (currently set at 2mbps) from Bitstop.
posted @ Tuesday, October 18, 2005 4:54 PM |
Please visit : http://www.herbsandnature.com.ph/
HERBS and NATURE Corporation is a manufacturer and distributor of Brazilian made MY-Marvel Taheebo Herbal Tea and Capsules. HNC also manufactures and distributes Liveraide Silymarin Capsule, Fitrum Green Tea Extract and Nature's Mist products: health soaps (papaya, cucumber, carrot, guava, avocado, dayap, tea tree), facial creams (whitening, anti-aging, cleansing) and facial toners (for dry, oily and normal skin).
The management team of HERBS AND NATURE CORPORATION is composed of very young and energetic professionals. The average of the team is 26 years with a combined industry experience of 36 years.
posted @ Tuesday, October 18, 2005 2:16 PM |
Source: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/oct05/10-12MSNYahooMessengerPR.mspx
SUNNYVALE, Calif., and REDMOND, Wash. — Oct. 12, 2005 — Yahoo!! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) and Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: “MSFT”) today announced a landmark agreement to connect users of their consumer instant messaging (IM) services on a global basis. The industry’s first interoperability agreement between two distinct leading global consumer IM providers will give MSN® Messenger and Yahoo!® Messenger users the ability to interact with each other, forming what is expected to be the largest consumer IM community in the world, estimated to be more than 275 million strong
posted @ Tuesday, October 18, 2005 8:58 AM |
Please visit http://www.nomm.org.ph
The National Office of Mass Media (NOMM) in the Philippines together with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) is running a national awareness program against human trafficking.
The project titled Trafficked! The Selling of our Women is focused on a comprehensive tri-media public information campaign on trafficking. The Project’s activities will focus on daily radio drama, radio and television spots, TV documentaries, press articles, texting (SMS) services, and website development.
posted @ Monday, October 17, 2005 5:18 PM |
Our best wishes to Engr. MacArthur Samson , who has been installed as second president of the University of Luzon during an investiture ceremony at the Dagupan City Astrodome this morning. President Samson succeeds his father, Luis Samson Sr., who has opted to remain as Chairman of the Board Trustees. Vice Mayor Alvin Fernandez was among the new university president’s well-wishers. Other guests included Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., Immigration Commissioner Alipio Fernandez Jr., and Msgr. Oscar V. Cruz, archbishop of the Lingayen-Dagupan archdiocese
posted @ Monday, October 17, 2005 11:24 AM |
Bitstop president, Mr Wilson L. Chua, personally conducted the webcasting training to DLSU (De La Salle University) CREM (Center for Research on Educational Media). On hand were representatives from CREM , Mass Comm, ITC and Engineering. The event was held at the DLSU campus in Taft, on Oct 15, 2005
Scenarios tackled in the handson training included Online Campus Radio, On Demand Campus TV and Live Campus Event webcasting.
posted @ Monday, October 17, 2005 9:46 AM |
One of our hosted sites was hacked by a group of hackers from Greece. They were able to find a vulnerability (SQL injection) in a script that was installed by our client in their hosting space. We were notified of this issue at around 9:00am (GMT 8, 10/14/2005). Our client was immediately informed and was advised measures on how to ensure that this doesn't happen again. We would like to thank the talented guys at PHACKERS for the heads-up.
posted @ Friday, October 14, 2005 12:46 PM |
Melrene Trade Exponents and Marketing Innovations (Melrene Trade Expo) started its entry into the events and trade exhibit organizing scene using the company name Events Asia. It was a spin-off from its former mother company, Inasol Enterprises, Inc., the latter being engaged in garments manufacturing and subcontracting with notable and veritable local fashion brands as its clients. Among these brands are Kashieca, Cinderella, Sari-Sari, Anonymous, Props by ABS-CBN, Bobson, Pink Soda, Blue Soda, and Penshoppe. Melrene's events manager has been a freelance merchandising agent of Inasol Enterprises. All the abovementioned clients were his accounts with Inasol. He enjoys the trust...
posted @ Thursday, October 13, 2005 5:06 PM |
Please visit http://www.cdccpi.com/ which is now hosted at Bitstop. Find out why the members celebrate christmas on the 25th of September.
posted @ Wednesday, October 12, 2005 2:45 PM |
Our thanks to the PLDT crew and PLDT Cagayan Mgr Mr Marlon Molano for helping us deploy St Paul University's 2nd E1 link (2048kbps). With this deployment, St Paul will always be ON and connected to the internet. SPU's first E1 link is powered by Globe Telecoms.
posted @ Monday, October 10, 2005 10:21 AM |
Please visit ArtExchange UK here. ArtXchange.co.uk is regarded as one of the Manchester's largest wholesale sources for oil painting. They service galleries, interiors designers, furniture stores and art dealers nation wide, supplying them with the highest quality hand painted oil paintings. Being a direct wholesaler and distributor of their oil paintings has given them the luxury to be affordable to the wholesale and as well to the retail market. You can find their oil paintings in most galleries and retail merchants around the country.
ArtXchange showcases different collections of fine oil paintings. They work with over 300 talented artists in different countries...
posted @ Monday, October 10, 2005 10:20 AM |
Please visit the official home page of the Cabanatuan Water District at http://www.ccwd.com.ph This is the vision statement of CCWD:
“We envision to be a world class quality domestic water service provider to the City of Cabanatuan , consistently anticipating all water needs and corollary services ensuring maximum customer satisfaction, through the use of the state-of-the-art- technology and by working together as empowered multi-skilled professional geared towards achieving a financially sound organization“
posted @ Saturday, October 08, 2005 11:47 AM |
Ear Technologies is your partner in hearing care in the Philippines! Currently based in Northern Luzon, Ear Technologies' two hearing centers and hearing aid outlets are strategically located in the major commercial cities in the region- Dagupan City and Baguio City. Please visit their website at http://www.eartechphil.com This site is hosted by Bitstop.
posted @ Friday, October 07, 2005 4:44 PM |
Have no fear http://www.hackenslash.net/video/ is here. Simply go over to the site and click on the links that you want to watch. Encoding and hosting of the video content was done at Bitstop (dare i say Studios?)
posted @ Friday, October 07, 2005 4:44 PM |
Please visit http://www.mondenissin.com/ the new home of Monde Nissin website is proudly hosted at Bitstop! Monde Nissin is behind such favorites as Bingo and Lucky Me! among others that we have come to enjoy!
posted @ Friday, October 07, 2005 4:36 PM |
PICS is pleased to invite you to attend the 4th E-Commerce Congress and Exhibition on October 25-26, 2005 at Hotel Intercontinental, Makati City, Philippines. This year's conference theme is: "Who says the World is Round? Flattening the World Through Technology" as PICS continues to advocate the use of IT/Internet/Mobile/Wireless technology tools to do business globally.
PICS, as a private sector advocate of electronic and mobile commerce, will conduct two (2) day conference and exhibit discussing current global e-business trends and bringing technology to full use of small and medium enterprises in order to reach wider markets and do business globally.
posted @ Friday, October 07, 2005 11:09 AM |
What End-Users need to prepare as proof of Genuine Microsoft Software:
For OEM :Certificate of Authenticity (COA) label on chassis of PCEnd-User License Agreement (EULA) Hologram CD mediaDocumentationProof of Purchase - invoice, Original Receipt, Provisional Receipt
For FPP:Certificate of Authenticity (COA) on retail boxEnd-User License Agreement (EULA)Hologram CD mediaUser ManualProof of Purchase - invoice, Original Receipt, Provisional Receipt
For Volume Licensing:License Agreement Authorization Number Volume Licensing hologram CD mediaUser Manual (optional)Proof of Purchase – invoice, Original Receipt, Provisional Receipt
For more information: Ms Celine Conti, License Compliance Manager, Small, Mid-Market Solutions and Partners, Microsoft Philippines, Inc.
posted @ Friday, October 07, 2005 10:10 AM |
Please visit this link http://www.dagupan.gov.ph/fiesta2005/ and join the fun events in line with Dagupan City's Fiesta 2005!
posted @ Thursday, October 06, 2005 5:47 PM |
Bitstop President, Mr Wilson L. Chua, was featured in the Microsoft Philippines technet. The article can be viewed here.
posted @ Tuesday, October 04, 2005 3:58 PM |
The annual MVP Global Summit serves as the most exciting way for Microsoft to acknowledge this vibrant group of individuals for their deep and sustained technical expertise and true enthusiasm for the community. This year’s event took place on Sept. 28–Oct. 1 in Redmond, Wash., and includes executive keynote addresses from Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer, Kevin Johnson, group vice president of sales, marketing and services, and Jim Allchin, group vice president of Platforms at Microsoft. More details will be released closer to the event dates.
As the event was covered by an NDA, Bitstop can't share anything other than:
We are going...
posted @ Tuesday, October 04, 2005 3:54 PM |