Philippines offers cheapest cost for data centers in AsPac
The Philippines posted the cheapest construction costs for data centers in AsiaPacific with a $4.59 per watt cost, according to a report by a global real estate consultancy......»»
Rolling Stones return with a little help from a Beatle
The Rolling Stones burst back to life on Friday with "Hackney Diamonds", their first album in 18 years, featuring megastar cameos from Elton John, Lady Gaga and even their old rival, Paul McCartney. Now in their seventh decade of making music together, the legendary British band is back with their 24th studio album. McCartney joins in for the first time, playing bass on the punky "Bite My Head Off". Back in their 1960s heyday, much was made of the rivalry between the Stones and the Beatles, but it was always more marketing than reality, with John Lennon singing on the Stones' "We Love You" in 1967. "Paul and I have always been friends," Stones frontman Mick Jagger, 80, told France 2 this week. McCartney's appearance was something of an accident, Keith Richards told Guitar Player magazine. "He happened to be around and dropped by," Richards said. "I don't even think he intended to play bass on a track, but once he was in there, I just said, 'Come on, you're in. You ain't leaving till you play.'" While McCartney and Elton John's contributions are somewhat hard to pick out, Lady Gaga and Stevie Wonder make more of an impact on "Sweet Sounds of Heaven", a blues-y ballad in the vein of classics such as "You Can't Always Get What You Want". 'Hackneyed duds' Reviews have been mostly polite rather than gushing. The Guardian gave it four stars, saying: "If this is the end, they're going out with a bang", while the LA Times called it "surprisingly spry, sparked by the deathless riffs". There has indeed been plenty of hype ahead of the release, with some saying it is their best piece of work since "Some Girls" in 1978. But others were deeply unimpressed by the sleek production from Andrew Watt, used to working with popstars like Justin Bieber and Dua Lipa. "Hackney Diamonds" is old London slang for "broken glass", but was used as a pun by Pitchfork, who called the album "a bunch of hackneyed duds, polished until the character has disappeared." No one is pretending it comes close to the legendary run between 1968 and 1972 that saw the release of "Beggars Banquet", "Let It Bleed", "Sticky Fingers" and "Exile on Main St." in quick succession. Nor does it head in any new directions. "The group seemed to concede years ago that, with such a legendary discography, new albums and attempts at new styles are almost superfluous," wrote Variety. "(But) if there's a better way to end the Rolling Stones 60-plus-year recording career, it's hard to imagine what it could be," it added. The post Rolling Stones return with a little help from a Beatle appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
EEI ventures in EV business
EEI Power Corporation, a subsidiary of the Yuchengco-led EEI Corp., is entering the electric vehicle business through a new company that it will establish. In a report to the stock exchange on Friday, EEI disclosed that EEI Power tapped Sysnet Integrators Inc. for the plan to start a corporation to own, operate and offer an integrated electric vehicle charging system. The system that they develop will have a combination of software solutions and equipment for managing electric vehicle supply equipment or EVSE. EEI Power will have a 40 percent interest in the new corporation. SysNet, on the other hand, will own the rights, licenses, technologies, and source codes for the System. SysNet is a company with more than 20 years of expertise in the distribution, installation, and construction of telecommunication products, facilities, software, multi-media content, equipment and related products — including cloud services and solutions focused on infrastructure, software and platform as a service. Solar Rooftop System Last month, EEI Power announced that it will build a one-megawatt peak Solar Rooftop System in Tarlac City with Japanese partner International Wiring System (Phils) Corp. or IWSP. The parties recently formalized the partnership, which is part of several deals under the joint marketing efforts of EEI Power and Nippon Steel Trading Corporation-Manila Office. The system — composed of 1,832 pieces of VSUN 550-watt monocrystalline solar photovoltaic panels — is expected to provide at least 40 percent of the daytime load requirement of IWSP’s Building 6 and will yield an annual average energy output of 1,296,675 kWh. The post EEI ventures in EV business appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Iligan school puts up radio station for distance learning
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews / 6 Oct) – To better serve its students during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the Iligan City National High School (ICNHS) has put up its own FM radio station to support its distance learning program. Rex Razo, ICNHS principal, told MindaNews Monday that the 400-watt frequency modulated radio station, which cost […].....»»