Besides allowing experts and art-lovers to study the masterpiece from home, Artioli said the project provides an historical document of how the painting appears in 2007, which will be valuable to future generations of art historians. The work, in Milan's Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, was restored in a painstaking effort that wrapped up in 1999 - a project aimed at reversing half a millennium of damage to the famed artwork. Leonard painted the ''Last Supper'' dry, so the painting did not cleave to the surface in the fresco style, meaning it is more delicate and subject to wear. The Philippines failed to improve on its IT infrastructure readiness according to a global report that showed the country still at the 85th position for the second straight year.

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