Indeed, with those high price tags attached to legal and licensed copies of Microsoft Office, cafe owners would definitely seek out alternatives and most the most common practice is to use illegal or ‘pirated’ copies of the proprietary office suite from Microsoft which has become the so-called industry standard. Since one could buy illegal or ‘pirated’ copis of MS Office for just under Php200.00 ($3.64 using the current exchange rate), it’s a no-brainer why most internet cafes have shied away from the legal and licensed copies of MS Office.

But there’s an alternative to MS Office, and it’s absolutely FREE, legal to use and even share!

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Gencos to Pay 433.6 Million Pesos for WESM Operation in 2006

Excluding the Fixed Registration Fee of Php 50,000 per participant, all generators/sellers participating in the Philippine Wholesale Spot Electricity Market (WESM) will have to contribute for the payment of the Market Transaction Fees in the amount Php 433,624,276.00. The amount covers the budgetary requirements of the WESM for CY 2006. read more…

Malaysia’s Energy Bill Calculation Considers the Lagging Power Factor Penalty

Sarawak Electricity Supply Corporation (SESCO) tariff rates and calculation of electric energy shows a strict consideration of the lagging power factor at the demand side, whether it is commercial, residential, or industrial, in the electricity bill. (http://www.sesco.com.my/sesco/english/intransmission.html). Thus, the billing statement also shows the KVar-hour that was consumed by the end-user. (http://www.sesco.com.my/sesco/image/billextract.JPG)

The calculation of the Lagging Power Factor Charge is given by the following formula; [read more...]

U.S. Expects a Zero Development of Fuel Cells in their Power Generation Forecast

While projecting that a big chunk of electric power will be sourced from coal steam, the US Department of Energy (USDOE) projected that the fuel cell technology will still have no contribution in electric power generation up to 2030. read more….

What are you doing with what you have been given?

This was the question posed to a huge group of business leaders when Dr. Rick Warren, New York Times best-selling author ofThe Purpose Driven Life, spoke to members of the Management Association of the Philippines early this week in Manila. My husband and I were blessed to be invited to hear him talk on “The Stewardship of Affluence and Influence” at the Makati Shangri-la Hotel. A few days earlier, Read more about my encounter with Dr Rick Warren here

The centennial celebration this year of the arrival of Filipinos in Hawaii will end with a big bang.

The Filipino Centennial Celebration Commission created by the State of Hawaii will host the Philippine International Trade Exposition and International Filipino Chamber Summit in Honolulu on December 13-16.

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Technically, I started out blogging last May 2005, and withing that span from May 2005 to July 2005 I had been making a lot of changes in terms of the theme of my blog. My first one was that of friendster, overall it was fine, but back then I feel that the articles written were not as eye catching as I expected, so I decided to scrap it out. Then afterwards, I moved to Blogger around June 2005 within that span of time, the same thing happended – the theme were not as eye catching as I expected. More…

I’ll tell you a great story about the childhood days of John Maxwell. At a young age John was fond of playing basketball and his father was so much supportive about his hobby. As the younger brother, his father would usually go out with his elder leaving John with no problem as long as he got ball to dribble at home. More…

Here are the prices today at the Bankerohan Public Market (Pesos per kilo). The other table show prices of grocery items at two stores in Davao City:

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Whether we realize it or not, this acquisition is bound to change computing as we know it, as well as dramatically alter the landscape of personal computing, both from a technological, as well as a commercial point of view.

I have shivers just thinking about it.

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The Energy Regulatory Commission’s (ERC’s) approval of the application of GNPower Ltd. Co. for a retail electricity supplier’s license which was awarded on July 19, 2006 was marked as “another step forward” towards the full deregulation of Philippine power industry by introducing competition at the retail level. read more…

My purpose for attending the Sulong Negosyo at Market! Market! was to meet Lynn, the owner of Crazy Choco. She sells Chocolate Fountain and fondue set and I’ve been meaning to buy the latter. See, I took photos of her Crazy Choco booth in Megamall last month. Fortunately for her, two customers surfed my photo gallery and saw the chocolate fountain photo flowing with Belgian Chocolate. Yum. The good news was these gallery visitors bought from her. I was hoping she’d give me a discount on the fondue set which is priced at 1,200 pesos. So anyway, armed with my digital camera and fresh from my gym workout, I headed towards the exhibits.

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This picture was taken in front of a store along Tejeron Street in Makati. I’m not exactly sure what type of business this store offers. Maybe some appliance repair shop, or a salon, I don’t know. But what actually struck me were the signboards in front of the store.

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The Davao City Small & Medium Enterprise Development Council is proposing to grant city government incentives such as tax holidays to outstanding SMEs in the city.

That will take time to legislate. In the meantime, I reiterated at this morning’s opening of the SME Week celebration my commitment to contribute P100,000 for cash prizes to the awardees starting next year.

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Totoo nga ang sabi ni Kulas, kahit ganon lang sya, di mo talaga sya maiisahan. Akalain mo na naisip nya na daanin sa withdrawal slip. Tama nga naman, walang …

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Others take meds, others play billiards, others drink coffee. But what about you? What helps you breeze through your job? Slashdot gave me a few tips. – Apple Door Says NO to Bundy Clocks.

Are you a shopaholic? I know many are, especially girls! Have you ever heard about working as a secret shopper, acting like a sleuth and all? Learn more about this job and where you can register if you would like to try it. – Apple Door Says NO to Bundy Clocks.

Here is a good news, bad news story.

A study by the Defenders of Wildlife on imported canned tuna to the US revealed the presence of high levels of mercury. Tuna is the favorite fish of Americans and this has caused real concern.

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eBay bans Google Checkout saying that the service cannot be accepted since it is still so new and untested.

It think it’s time to re-think the phrase, “Google Checkout is no PayPal killer.”

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