FREMONT, California (jGLi) – Philippine-born venture capitalist Dado Banatao believes engineers and entrepreneurs are the best hope of his fatherland.

The Filipino American computer chip innovator was speaking in terms of the dreams of Philippine national hero Jose Rizal and the early American Occupiers of the Philippines,  not in leading his adopted country, which has been ruled mostly by lawyers from Manuel L. Quezon up to Ferdinand E. Marcos.

As part of its Commercial Crew Development (CCDev2) initiative -- a program designed to spur the development of U.S. commercial spaceflight. The money will be used to advance commercial space flight, including work on launch vehicles and spacecrafts. The funds are the second round of NASA's Commercial Crew Development (CCDev2) program, which started in 2009 and is intended to "accelerate the availability of U.S. commercial crew transportation capabilities and reduce the gap in American human spaceflight capability."

JERSEY CITY, NJ – Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy welcomes Illac Diaz, founder of MyShelter Foundation and Isang Litrong Liwanag (1 Liter of Light) during the Filipino flag raising ceremony at 3:30 pm on Friday, June 1, 2012 in City Hall, 280 Grove Street.

Scheduled to attend the flag raising ceremony are Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy, Consul General Mario Lopez de Leon, Jr., Illac Diaz, elected officials, and members of PAFCOM.  The event is open to the public and is sponsored by the Philippine-American Friendship Day Parade & Festival Committee (PAFCOM).    

Illac Diaz is dubbed as a social entrepreneur and renowned philanthropist whose work empowers communities and provides a significant global impact and influence.  On Friday, June 1, 2012 at 9:00am at Hudson Catholic, he will be speaking regarding his latest innovation and project, Isang Litrong Liwanag (1 Liter of Light).

MANILA -- International crime syndicates are increasingly using social networking sites such as Facebook to lure Filipinos into becoming drug mules, Philippine authorities have warned.

Recently caught drug traffickers have reported making initial contact with their foreign employers through a range of Internet forums, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency spokesman Derrick Arnold Carreon said.

AT&T may lose its exclusive rights to the iPhone on Jan. 27, according to one a published report. Whether it happens this week or later this year, though, AT&T will have five new Android phones, including Dell’s Mini 3, to fall back on.

According to Hot Hardware, which cites an “inside source,” the latter is seeming likely — though news of which additional carrier or carriers will gain access to the iPhone is still unknown.

New York -- Today is the World IPv6 day the day when hundreds of internet giants, including Facebook, Google, Akamai, Yahoo and Limelight Networks are amongst some of the major organisations participating in the first worldwide "test flight" of a major engineering upgrade to the Internet's infrastructure. The goal of the Test Flight Day is to motivate organizations across the industry – Internet service providers, hardware makers, operating system vendors and web companies – to prepare their services for IPv6 to ensure a successful transition as IPv4 addresses run out.

1Up.com reported that Sony is preparing to unveil its latest PlayStation Portable (PSP) at the popular E3 Video Game Expo in June which will be held in Los Angeles California. Plan to launch it in Japan in September, followed by a U.S. launch in October or November.

While the potential name for the new unit hasn't been confirmed, there are indications that it might be called PSP Go. The name is probably derived from the company's recent usage of Go! in the European PSP peripherals such as Go!View and Go!Cam.

IT Expert Offers Tips To Protect Your Network From Social Network-Based Bugs

Facebook isn’t just a place to hook up with ex-girlfriends from high school anymore. Companies large and small are now using it for networking and legitimate business tasks. Unfortunately, it can also be a place to hook your company’s network up with some nasty viruses.