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Superlens : cloaking theory

  • Filed under: Science
Friday
Jul 4,2008

Graeme Milton and colleagues have come up with a theory for how small objects could become invisible. Such technology remains far off, but it may not be entirely impossible. Teams of scientists around the globe say they’re making progress on theories and experiments involving cloaking. In theory, all that’s needed to make a small object [...]

Friday
Jul 4,2008

The race is on for the quest of finding the new seven wonders of the world and the Philippines is gaining huge leaps and bounds with several Philippine resorts on the top of the list:
Tubbataha Reefs, Palawan, Philippines
Chocolate Hills, Bohol, Philippines
Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park
Mayon Vulcano, Albay, Philippines
You can still vote here: http://www.new7wonders.com/nature/en/about_the_campaign/
Campaign will [...]

Friday
Jul 4,2008

The Philippines is experiencing its highest inflation rate since 1996 at 11.3%. The declining economy is further affected by the sudden increase of fuel prices brought upon by global oil prices.
The Philippine Peso also went down against the US Dollar to surpass the Php45 peso mark.

Eva Fonda, 16

Friday
Jul 4,2008

GMA kapuso Starstruck graduate, and now ABS-CBN kapamilya star Cristine Reyes will be launched as a sexy tv actress in “Eva Fonda, 16″. 
Eva Fonda, 16 was first released in 1976 as a movie written by Pablo S. Gomez. The movie became a blockbuster and launched the career of Alma Moreno. It also paved the way for the [...]

Epi Quizon in Dyosa

Friday
Jul 4,2008

Actor Jeffrey “Epi” Quizon will play the jester in the upcoming ABS-CBN kapamilya telefantasya, Dyosa, starring Anne Curtis. Epi’s character, satyr Bakos (half-human, half-beast, holds the key to Josephine/Dyosa (played by Anne)’s real identity. He will be the one to reveal to Josephine, her identity as Dyosa, on her eighteenth birthday.
 

Firefox 3 makes the Guinness World Record

  • Filed under: News, Tech
Friday
Jul 4,2008

The Guinness World Records has officially announced that Mozilla Firefox 3 has achieved the record for the “largest number of software downloads in 24 hours” from 18:16 UTC on June 17, 2008 to 18:16 UTC on June 18, 2008.
A total of 8,002,530 downloads were made by people for Firefox 3. Mozilla also claims to have [...]

Check Your SSS Account Details Online

  • Filed under: Business
Friday
Jul 4,2008

There are several ways to check for your SSS online contributions at the SSS website. You can follow these simple instructions by checking the official SSS
To get information on loan balance, the member should key in the following text message, filling in the appropriate information for SS number and date of birth:
SSS (space) LOANBAL (space) [...]

Pharmacy Board Exam Passers for June 2008

  • Filed under: News
Friday
Jul 4,2008

The exam passers for Pharmacy Board Exams ahs been released and only 631 examinees have passed.
Following are the successful examinees of the Pharmacy Licensure Examination who garnered the 10 highest places:
1. Grace Cua Arviola, Centro Escolar University-Manila — 93.07%
2. Celeste Dela Cruz Briones, University of Santo Tomas — 91.20%
3. Louise Elaine Llanes Go, University of [...]

Lobo on its Final Week

Thursday
Jul 3,2008

The finale is nearing for Lyka and Noah, as ABS-CBN kapamilya’s primetime teleserye, Lobo, takes its final week this coming July 7 to 11 (Monday to friday), after Cesar Montano’s Singing Bee.
Angel Locsin and Piolo Pascual thanks all their fans for the support and for watching the series. They are to appear again in a movie [...]

Thursday
Jul 3,2008

Pinoy band Pupil won gold for their animated music video, “Set Me Apart”, which was also named Best Music Video in the 2008 Promax/BDA Awards in New York.
The “best music video” which featured Eli Buendia, Yan Yuzon, Dok Sergio, and Bogs Jugo as animes’ premiered in June 2007 on Animax across Asia.

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