A group of computer science students from the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City were the recipients of an award given out by James Gosling, the father of Java, to innovative software developers.

The Filipino team who developed the Expert Poisoning System (ESP) was among many teams worldwide that received the prestigious award…

MANILA, Philippines — Since April 2006, the University of the Philippines Manila has been leading open source initiatives for Southeast Asia, the head of the project said.
Funded by the Asia Pacific Development Information Program (APDIP) of the UNDP and the IDRC of Canada, the International Open Source Network (IOSN) has set up headquarters in UP [...]

MANILA, Philippines — Five computer science students from the University of the Philippines Diliman showed their programming skills to executives of Internet giant Yahoo! in the first Philippines Hack Day contest.
Ralph Justin Arce and Wigi Vei Oliveros won the gold medal for their project called “YM Status Logger,” which tracks the Yahoo! Messenger user’s status.
Meanwhile, [...]