INQUIRER.net Most Read Feed http://services.inquirer.net/mostread/Inquirer_Technology.xml 2009-08-13T14:58:39+08:00 text/html http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view/20090812-219968/Smart-reports-broadband-SMS-disruption Telecom services provider Smart Communications said a pan-Asia cable cut early Wednesday caused adverse disruptions in its international and broadband services. text/html http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view/20090813-220058/US-judge-blocks-sale-of-DVD-copying-software A US judge has blocked RealNetworks from selling DVD copying software that film studios fear could be used as a tool by pirates to create bootleg copies of films. text/html http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view/20090813-220061/Facebook-testing-Twitter-like-Lite-version The Internet was buzzing Wednesday with talk of Facebook testing a streamlined "Lite" version of the social-networking service that could challenge microblogging sensation Twitter. text/html http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view/20090813-220059/MS-Office-software-coming-to-smartphones Microsoft and Nokia, in a challenge to Research in Motion's Blackberry, announced Wednesday that Microsoft Office software will be available on smartphones made by the Finnish company. text/html http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view/20090812-219938/College-e-textbooks-go-to-class-in-iPhones US and Canadian college students can pack textbooks into their pockets instead of spine-bending backpacks courtesy of an iPhone application released by CourseSmart. text/html http://technology.inquirer.net/infotech/infotech/view/20070824-84395/Problems-in-RP-Taiwan-fiber-optic-links-cause-Net-outages MAKATI CITY, Philippines -- A cable fault in a major fiber optic cable connecting the Philippines and Taiwan has caused Internet outages in the Philippines, Asia Netcom told its customers in the Philippines. text/html http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view/20090813-220060/Social-gadgets-added-to-iGoogle-homepages Google on Wednesday added social-networking features to its customizable homepages by adding software "gadgets" that enable people to play and stay in tune with friends online. text/html http://technology.inquirer.net/infotech/infotech/view/20090706-214098/Son-offers-sexy-photos-of-mom-on-Internet A New Zealand teenager tried to sell some sexy photographs of his mother on an Internet auction site after the pair had an argument, a newspaper here reported. text/html http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view/20090812-219901/Telco-says-it-earns-only-P002-per-text A leading mobile phone provider Tuesday told Congress that telecommunication firms actually earned only two centavos from each of the 2 billion text messages Filipinos send every day. text/html http://technology.inquirer.net/infotech/infotech/view/20090602-208454/Hackers-exploit-Hayden-sex-videos VHackers and computer virus writers have exploited the controversial sex videos now making rounds on the Internet, antivirus firm Trend Micro said Tuesday. text/html http://technology.inquirer.net/infotech/infotech/view/20071223-108488/UPDATE-15-year-old-Filipino-singer-wows-people-on-YouTube MANILA, Philippines -- Charice Pempengco, the 15-year-old Filipino singer whose YouTube video video landed her a gig on The Ellen Degeneres Show, continues to wow people on the popular online video sharing service, and the Internet in general. text/html http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view/20090812-219895/Twitter-under-attack-again WASHINGTON—Twitter went down briefly on Tuesday, just days after an attack that shut down the microblogging service last week.