MANILA, Philippines -- It is increasingly getting difficult to do.

But we have to keep trusting our fellowmen; otherwise what is the point in having neighbors.

Yes, TV news nightly bombard us with reports about some humans' inhumanity against other people, but this should not frighten us into closing our eyes and our hearts to everybody else's potential to do good.

We have to keep believing that people are by nature good beings who care about what happen to those who live near and far. We need to hold on to that ideal that people are bound by logic, and put the interest of others before their own.

People can and do rise above the evil that seems to permeate everything else. We need to keep trusting each other, try to do good to each other at all times.

Otherwise, what is the point?

Android, Well-Loved

Well, Google is again rediscovering some of the headaches that come with being the 800-pound gorilla in a room full of china.

Although it must have been quite used to being the largest online search engine and its collateral costs, the never-be-evil company must be finding it hard to turn the other cheek or at least play it cool with the way mobile malware developers are concentrating their energies on Android devices.

IT security firm McAfee's latest quarterly report says that Google's Android has overtaken Java Micro Edition as the top recipient of security attacks among all the mobile platforms. About 60 percent of the 1,200 mobile malware examined by McAfee were specifically designed for Android devices.

Mobile malware still accounts for minuscule share of the overall malware "market." Nevertheless, signs indicate that Google's mobile platform is by far the digital criminals' favorite target, with Android malware increasing 76 percent during the period covered by the report.

I guess, owning Android smartphones and tablets in the new millennium must be reminiscent of owning a Windows PC since the 1990s until now.

Rumors True

So, the rumors seem to have been right after all.

Apple, plenty of media reports say, is preparing a cheaper version of the iPhone 4. Reuters says the coolest tech company on Earth must really be eyeing the lower end of the smartphone market.

I see hordes of people, those who have always wanted to own an iPhone but are socio-economically challenged, raising the roof and overjoyed, their dream finally getting closer to turning into reality.

I also see a bunch of handset makers, those who have made lower-cost smartphones their bread and butter, weeping and gnashing their teeth.

That's all for the meantime, folks. Join me again next time as we keep on watching IT.