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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Arroyo faces plunder raps over 'misuse' of OWWA funds | ABS-CBN News | Latest Philippine Headlines, Breaking News, Video, Analysis, Features

Arroyo ally says use of OWWA funds legal

MANILA, Philippines (1st UPDATE) - Plunder and malversation complaints were filed on Tuesday against former President and now Pampanga 2nd District Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and several allies for alleged misuse of Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) funds.

In his complaint, former Solicitor General Frank Chavez accused Arroyo, former Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo, former Health Secretary Francisco Duque III and former OWWA Administrator Virgilio Angelo of "purposely and systematically orchestrated diversion and/or misuse of the OWWA fund, financing questionable acquisitions by several Philippine diplomatic posts in the Mid East, the humanitarian assistance to Iraq, and the reelection bid of CGMA [Congresswoman Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]." (Click here to read complaint-affidavit)

Your iPhone Is Tracking Your Every Move

Your iPhone Is Tracking Your Every Move

Researchers have discovered that the iPhone is keeping track of where you go and storing that information in a file that is stored - unencrypted and unprotected - on any machine with which you synchronize your phone. It is not clear why Apple is collecting this data.

Data scientists Alasdair Allan and Pete Warden came across the file - "consolidated.db" - while they were thinking about the potential trove of mobile data stored on a cellphone and thinking about ways to visualize this data. Allan and Warden will present their findings today at the Where 2.0 conference.

While it is not unusual for cellphones to track users' location, that information is typically kept behind a firewall and it requires a court order for others to be able to access it. This isn't the case with this particular file, raising serious questions about privacy and security