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Microsoft launches project for Filipino software start-ups

February 7th, 2009

Microsoft Philippines recently launched BizSpark, a program that intends to provide development tools to Filipino software start-up companies at no upfront cost.
The project’s beneficiaries will be identified by Microsoft’s local partners such as the the Commission of Information and Communications Technology (CICT), the Philippine Software Industry Association (PSIA), the newly-formed National ICT Conference of the [...]

Software firms support open source technology

June 23rd, 2008

Big names in the software business, including IBM, Microsoft and Sun Microsystems, are participating in the Philippine Open Source Summit (POSS) which opens Monday, June 23, and ends tomorrow, June 24, in Cebu City…

Filipino software firm pursues global expansion

October 29th, 2007

Filipino software firm Gurango Software Corporation (GSC) has opened sales and marketing offices in Singapore, Australia and South Africa, following its acquisition of Absalom Systems.GSC announced last September it has invested $3 million in acquiring Absalom Systems, which specializes in HR software and has direct presence in these three countries.
In a statement, GSC managing director [...]

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Explore the Philippines: Culture, History and Travel

World’s Smallest Monkey
In many respects, the Philippine tarsier (Tarsius syrichta) is different from other animals. Considered as the world’s smallest primate, it measures only about twelve centimeters in length. Its two big eyes cannot move and do not have a tapetum - the upper protective tissue. Because of this, the Philippine tarsier has learned to turn its head 180 degrees. It has also two grooming claws on each foot and an almost bald tail extending about nine inches.

Found in the islands of Samar, Leyte, Bohol and Mindanao, the Philippine tarsier got its name from its elongated tarsus bone. An ordinary tarsier weighs between 117 and 134 grams. It is able to move between trees by leaping as far as three meters. It also has keen senses of hearing and sight.

Today, there are only about 1,000 tarsiers inhabiting the wilds of Corella town in Bohol province where the biggest concentration of these rare animals was once reported. Ensuring the continued existence of the Philippine tarsiers is the Philippine Tarsier Foundation Inc.