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By Eileen Yu

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Shhh, but I ain't no Apple fanboy

Friday, July 03 2009 11:07 AM

Clearly, I ain't no boy. And unlike the millions of people worldwide who proudly carry an iPhone in their pocket, I'm also no fan of Apple.

But, before the religiously loyal Apple fanboys start using my photo as target practice, I'm also no mega fan of Microsoft, or any one particular brand. Rather, I'm a fan of any system and..... Read more ť

Tags: Apple MacBook, Apple PowerBook, GAAP, Security, Apple Inc.

Utopic world of free-for-all content

Friday, June 26 2009 04:05 AM

Hi, my name is Eileen Yu, and I'm a Barry Manilow fan.

All right, there, I've said it. I'm a huge, big, out-of-this-world, mega fan of the guy who dances to the Copacabana in a pink ruffles puffy-sleeved shirt. So what if he has a nose the size of a brinjal and shares the same age as my dad. He..... Read more ť

Tags: digital-rights management, content provider, copyright law, copyright protection, Internet

How modern technology has mis-valued content

Friday, June 19 2009 03:35 AM

I remember returning to the office from my first few assignments as a rookie reporter, real excited, and eager to write about my "news-breaking" information.

"They said this is the world's first technology able to do that...world's first!" I would exclaim, wide-eyed. But, of course, my senior colleagues, seasoned IT journalists that they were, would calm me down and patiently..... Read more ť

Tags: Fact, music download, co-author, Wikipedia, accountability

Can innovation come in SMB packages?

Friday, June 05 2009 12:14 AM

I'm in Kuala Lumpur for a couple of days this week, serving as moderator for a panel discussion at the APEC SME Technology Entrepreneur Seminar.

Themed "Innovation and technology: the sustaining power of SMEs in the global economic crisis", most of the presentations and keynotes urged the need for small businesses in the region to continue to innovate, in spite..... Read more ť

Tags: Small And Medium Enterprise, Government, Hewlett-Packard Co., conference, Innovation

Complacency has no place in IT

Friday, May 29 2009 02:47 AM

It was on April Fools' Day at the turn of the millennium that the Singapore telecommunications market was fully liberalized.

Key market players had begun ramping up activities a couple of years prior to the big launch date, and the industry was abuzz with excitement at the prospect of new innovative services that were expected to follow.

Deregulation was the..... Read more ť

Tags: Complacency, Cable Company, Cable, analyst, digital set-top box

Open education child's best cyber defense

Wednesday, May 20 2009 03:06 AM

I have a soon-to-be six-year-old Jack Russell Terrier that has a habit of barking at almost every dog we paw past during our walks around my estate. Needless to say, it's an embarrassment each time she does that, and my family would inevitably look away--denying any relation to me or my canine--whenever a barking frenzy starts.

But, rather than tug..... Read more ť

Tags: Children, Education, programming, parental control, programming language

Time for Net to shroud land, air, everywhere

Friday, May 15 2009 01:20 AM

I'm back from a two week-long break that took my dad and I across London, Edinburgh and Amsterdam. Aye, the castle that nestled right in the center of the Scottish capital was truly majestic. And I never knew there were over 100 species of tulips until I visited the Keukenhof garden.

Two weeks is a long time away from home,..... Read more ť

Tags: U.K., Edinburgh, Poem, HotSpot, road trip

Navigating, dieting your way to greener pastures

Friday, April 24 2009 03:27 AM

Drive by GPS, think green every day and eat grass. Odd as it may sound, these seem to be the messages that came out of Earth Day this week.

Apr. 22 marked Earth Day and this year, its organizers initiated a two-year Green Generation campaign that they hope will inspire people worldwide to think and live green.

Earth Day Network..... Read more ť

Tags: Navigation System, GPS, Car, transportation, applications provider

Before and after: IT snapshot

Friday, April 17 2009 01:29 AM

Yes, yes, I finally updated my photo byline. It's long overdue, especially since the previous one was taken when I first joined this company five years ago.

I guess I finally grew tired of hearing people--who know me first through my mugshot--exclaim, almost in stupefied horror, when they do eventually meet the real McCoy, that I look so different in..... Read more ť

Tags: social networking tool, researcher, Social Networking, information technology, CNN

Easy for common sense to get lost in Web 2.0

Friday, April 03 2009 02:13 AM

Congratulations are in order because...I got married!

Okay, okay, so technically, April 1 was two days ago and pranks are no longer called for, but who said they should be played only on April Fools' Day?

Besides, you'll know it's a hoax because in the unlikelihood that wedding bells do ring for me, I'm not one to announce it on..... Read more ť

Tags: Friend, Security, Baghdad, congressman, Congratulations

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Eileen Yu

Eileen Yu began covering the IT industry when Asynchronous Transfer Mode was still hip and e-commerce was the new buzzword. These days, she gets stirred up over issues concerning Internet regulation, intellectual property rights and software patents, online privacy and data protection. Eileen is senior editor at ZDNet Asia, where she oversees the business tech news site.