Welcome to Broadband Sucks

Welcome to broadbandsucks.com! I am a journalist based in Manila. In between chasing deadlines and making sense of events in the Philippines, I dabble in a little bit of tech stuff. This is a blog...

Why I Won’t Be Using Google Chrome Anytime Soon

As it turns out, Google’s browser, Chrome, will probably not be as extension- (or add-on- or plugin-) friendly as Firefox. (Well, not soon anyway.) This, I should say, is a real problem....

Save Windows XP

I’m a long-time Windows user and I usually upgrade to its newest version. But when Microsoft launched Vista last year, I resisted the urge to change the Windows XP operating that’s...

What to Use in Lieu of Microsoft Word

Damon Darlin, writing in The New York Times, marvels at the fact that he has been able to survive a month without using Microsoft Word, that de rigueur word-processing software that comes with most...

How to Edit and Handle Images Without Using Photoshop

These days, one of the joys the Internet can bring to people are online or web-based applications. There are several for writing and collaboration (more on these in later posts) and there are many...