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Cebu Negros & Visayas Earthquake

February 6th, 2012 | by Jerminix | cebu, cebu events, news

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Earthquake in the Visayas also occurred earlier here in Cebu, reportedly coming from Negros as the epicenter with the strongest magnitude of 7. Buildings are immediately evacuated for safety especially those in the high /skyrise buildings.

Even malls are evacuated and temporarily close like SM City Cebu to ensure safety.

A magnitude 6.9 quake struck between the islands of Negros and Cebu before noon Monday,t. Phivolcs said the quake struck 5 kilometers northwest of Tayasan, Negros Oriental at 11: 49 a.m.

It cost a lot of traffic especially in Cellphone / mobile signals making it difficult for subscribers to contact , call and even send text messages / SMS after the earthquake. It was reported that some power lines were knockdown during the earthquake.

Update:

Tsunami is a FALSE ALARM confirmed from Phivolcs.

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SOPA is Dead | SOPA Author withdrew the Bill

January 21st, 2012 | by Jerminix | information, news, technology, web

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Is SOPA Really Dead??

I hope this the beginning of the end of SOPA and PIPA….. After the Megaupload Arrests and the millions of Facebook Shares, views , critics and even gags and SOPA Author gag. The SOPA Author has finally come to his senses with all the bashing from people and maybe even from his family and relatives.

The Texas legislator who proposed SOPA today withdrew the bill “until there is wider agreement on a solution,” reports show.

A Reuters report shows that Republican U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, the head of the House Judiciary Committee, told the news service, “It is clear that we need to revisit the approach on how best to address the problem of foreign thieves that steal and sell American inventions and products.”

Facebook weighed in on the decision by posting a message on their Washington, DC page: “We are relieved that Congress has recognized the serious damage the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) could cause to the Internet and are pleased that congressional leaders have decided not to move forward on these bills.”

I hope SOPA is gone and dead for good, now next is PIPA, long live internet freedom!

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Megaupload Owner and Founder Kim Dotcom Arrested | SOPA Begins?

January 21st, 2012 | by Jerminix | news, technology, web

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I was supoosed to blog about SOPA and then this news appeared and can’t help but blog about it. It seems that SOPA is staring to show its foreseen effects in monopolizing the freedom of the internet as the owner and founder of Megaupload Kim Dotcom was arrested n Auckland, and several company executives charged with violating piracy laws, US federal prosecutors said.

Megaupload is one of the most popular Internet services that lets users transfer large documents, music, photos, and movies anonymously. The movie and music industry has accused Megaupload in the past of copyright infringement.

A New York Times report shows Megaupload, run by Kim Schmitz, also know as Kim Dotcom, of causing $500 million in damages to copyright owners and generating more than $175 million in ad revenue and selling premium subscriptions to users.

Authorities arrested Schmitz today at Dotcom Mansion in Auckland, New Zealand this morning. The 37-year-old Schmitz fled to a safe room and police “had to cut their way in,” reports show. When police entered the safe room, Schmitz was found with a shotgun at his side.

“It was definitely not as simple as knocking at the front door,” detective inspector Grant Wormald told the New York Times.

Reports show officers seized $4.8 million in luxury automobiles, including a Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe and a pink 1959 Cadillac. Myriad artworks and electronics also were taken from the estate.

The arrests come one day after websites all over the world conducted a vast protest (Google, Wikipedia, Firefox, Craiglist ,etc )against two bills pending in the American House of Representatives and Senate, known as Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA), respectively.

In other news (Good News),it looks like the SOPA and PIPA bills in the US Congress are dead. Senators have been dropping their co-sponsorship of PIPA as millions of Americans signed an online petitions and e-mailed their representatives on it. (Will post another updates on it.

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