MANILA, Philippines – The University of the East Warriors played tough defense down the stretch to pull off a 78-73 win over the Tigers of the Univesity of Santo Tomas in Saturday’s second game of the 71st University Athletics Association of the Philippines season at the Araneta Coliseum.

“We played good defense. Even though we were small my boys played aggressive and tough defense,” said UE coach Dindo Pumaren, who is trying to erase last year’s nightmarish finals campaign against the De La Salle Green Archers.

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Disney’s “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” is King of Philippine box-office, ruling at No. 1 with a five-day (June 4-8), nationwide opening weekend of P44.97-million. This was announced today by Victor R. Cabrera, general manager of Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. which sub-distributed the film for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International.
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It may be sitting pretty atop the PC market, but Hewlett-Packard isn’t going to sit still.

The world’s largest PC manufacturer plans to roll out 50 new products Tuesday at a conference in Berlin, the largest such product refresh in the Personal Systems Group’s history. Of those products, HP added new touches to just about everything, freshening up its Touchsmart all-in-one desktop, commercial and consumer notebook lines, as well as two machines within its high-end gaming brand, Voodoo PC.

HP TouchSmart

The new TouchSmart: It lost a lot of weight in the past year. Click on the image to see more pictures of HP’s new lineup.
(Credit: Hewlett-Packard)
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Given the current economy, maintaining contacts with other companies can be critical. Knowing the right people can help you land a better job, one with more pay or perhaps the chance of advancement. Getting that next job, of course, often involves an interview. Here are some tips to help you excel.

Note: This information is also available as a PDF download.

#1: Be on time

Give yourself enough time to reach your destination, especially if you’re unfamiliar with the area. You will have enough stress with respect to the actual interview. Don’t add to it by complicating your travel to there. Consider a dry run prior to interview day, especially if you’re driving. Remember that mapping and navigational services could take you (as they did me) through an empty field or the wrong way on a one-way street.

Don’t get there too early, either. Doing so makes you look as though you have no other job and could hurt you later during salary negotiations. Plan to arrive between 10 to 20 minutes before your time. If you really do get there on the early side, consider joking with the receptionist or your interviewer about your surprise or “anger” over the lack of traffic. Then get serious and say that all you need is a place to sit down, because you have work you can do while you wait.
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Dell is joining the burgeoning ranks of companies offering cut-down laptops, called netbooks, aimed at the developing world and general consumers.

The laptop was shown by Michael Dell to the editor of website Gizmodo at the All Things Digital Conference.

According to the official Dell blog, Michael Dell “positioned it as the perfect device for the next billion internet users”.

Dell has not released pricing or specifications for its first netbook.

A number of firms are expected to enter the netbook market this year.

The market is being driven in part by the work of the One Laptop Per Child programme, the success of the Asus Eee PC and the availability of chips, made by companies like Intel and Via, designed for low-cost, low power consumption devices.

Hewlett-Packard has announced a cut-down laptop which will be powered by Via’s processors, and Acer is also entering the market.
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Michael is at the D6 conference in Carlsbad, California where Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates are set to take the stage this opening night and preview the user interface of Microsoft’s next operating system, known as Windows 7. It is expected to be released in 2010 and to replace Vista.

During the keynote, Corporate VP Julie Larson-Green demoed new multi-touch functionality based on the same principles as Surface. Microsoft is working with OEMs to get the multi-touch feature on at least some new machines once Windows 7 is released in 18 months or so. See a demo below and more info here.

For more coverage of Microsoft’s efforts in touch computing, see our recent coverage of TouchWall.

Enjoy!

MANILA, Philippines–Globe Telecom will be among the first telecom operators in Asia to officially carry Apple’s popular iPhone handset.

A two-paragraph statement on Globe’s website said the mobile communications firm had signed an agreement with Apple along with Singapore’s Singtel, India’s Bharti Airtel and Australia’s Optus.

More information will be released at a later date, according to the statement.

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When you think of the Ford brand, what springs to mind? It’s probably something unsavory if you’re a die-hard Holden fan, but for most Australian drivers I’d wager it’d be large cars - perhaps a Falcon, or Territory that first enters your thoughts. Or possibly even a Mustang if you’re into muscle cars.

In the next few months Ford will be trying very hard to move beyond the large car association many people equate it with; it wants people to think of small cars too, which are now make up a crucial part of its new car range.

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