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By Eileen Yu

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What Y2K can teach us about 2012

Friday, November 06 2009 04:11 AM

Dec. 21, 2012. It's a big day on the calendar, particularly because some believe it marks the last day of the world as we know it. The apocalypse. Armageddon.

The end of the world prediction spawns mainly from the Mayan Long Count calendar, which terminates on that fateful December 2012 day. I would suggest the Mayans quite simply possibly ran..... Read more ť

Tags: Y2K, Prediction, Y2K bug, Sony Pictures, viral marketing, Human Life, NASA, Web Site, information technology, Australia

Learning to embrace Net without fear

Friday, October 30 2009 11:21 AM

Like some others out there, I was terrified of the dark and avoided watching horror flicks growing up.

But, as I matured and my adult mind learnt reason and rationale, I realized my fear of the dark was baseless and that those screaming bloodied actors were actually covered in prop blood and latex...though I'm still horrified each time I look..... Read more ť

Tags: Data Breach, Risk, Security Company, antivirus, Security, Internet, Social Networking, information technology, credit card, IT security

In death do we digitally depart

Friday, October 16 2009 03:05 AM

My parents never really sat me down for that dreaded discussion about death, but I knew at an early age that life was infinitely finite, regardless of what or who you were. Death comes to all, and that includes your beloved pet terrapins, hamsters, dogs and of course, humans.

My earliest memory of "knowing" a human death was at age..... Read more ť

Tags: Death, Security, Password, credit card, journalist, asset, blog, Facebook, Web, e-mail

Why tech should play like jazz

Friday, October 09 2009 11:38 AM

Al Jarreau, considered one of this generation's greatest jazz vocalists, was in town this week for a one-night concert at the Esplanade Concert Hall, where the 69-year-old rallied the crowd with hits like We're In This Love Together, Mornin' and my personal favorite, Take Five.

Jazz is a genre I've enjoyed for some years now--apart from Barry Manilow's music, of..... Read more ť

Tags: industry standard, best practice, Music, IT Industry, information technology, barrier, environment, team, R&D

Where's technology when the earth shakes?

Friday, October 02 2009 11:04 AM

This past week has been calamity filled. Following the freak dust storm in Sydney, Typhoon Kestana flooded into the Philippines and later raged its way toward Taiwan and Vietnam.

Then came the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit Sumatra on Wednesday, where the tremors were so strong that neighboring Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore were also shaken by the ripples.

I was..... Read more ť

Tags: Satellite, Philippines, Tornado, Taiwan, NASA, heavy construction, Taipei, Thailand, Vietnam, Research Institute

Time for U.S. to stop saying ICANN

Friday, September 25 2009 03:15 AM

This week marks the first time Barack Obama stood in front of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. In his inaugural address before an international band of government bigwigs, the U.S. president championed a "new era of engagement" and global cooperation based on mutual interests and respect.

"The United States stands ready to begin a new chapter of..... Read more ť

Tags: ICANN, Barack Obama, U.S. Government, Internet, accountability, China, U.N., U.S., Web, America

When governments don't look back, in anger history returns

Friday, September 18 2009 02:57 AM

I had hosted a roundtable dialog in April 2001 that included Neil Montefiore, then-CEO of MobileOne (M1). In the midst of the discussion, Neil's phone buzzed and he immediately picked it up to check the text message that had just come in.

He then spent the next few minutes punching in his reply, while the other executives at the roundtable..... Read more ť

Tags: 3G, Auction, Spectrum, financial crisis, Government, analyst, finance, India, financial, Singapore

When was the last time you wrote a letter?

Friday, September 11 2009 03:11 AM

Growing up, I used to relish every visit to the stationery shop.

I'd spend hours browsing through row after row of colored pens, pencils, erasers, sharpeners and writing pads. I collected the prettiest scented letter writing pads, and would make my dad promise to buy letter pads from countries he traveled to for work.

I would then painstakingly choose the..... Read more ť

Tags: Letter, Hallmark Cards Inc., Internet e-mail, MSN Hotmail, Internet, Australia, phone, CEO, mobile, Facebook

Don't let profit-making weaken e-waste efforts

Friday, September 04 2009 02:55 AM

I was at a local IT retail store last weekend, looking to buy a set of new ink cartridges for a multifunction printer (MFP) at home. The printer was given free with a purchase I made about two to three years ago, during a promotion at a mall.

It's a pretty old printer by today's standards so I was quite..... Read more ť

Tags: reusing, green strategy, carbon footprint, product design, printer brand, e-waste, printer, ink cartridge, green IT, recycling

Understand limitations of your online privacy

Friday, August 28 2009 10:36 AM

Life is about choices. We all make decisions almost every second of our life. Some are menial...should I floss and brush my teeth today...while others more significant...should I say "I do"?

Regardless, every decision we make will have consequences, be it small or big, bad or good. Not flossing may lead to decay, but this can be easily fixed by my..... Read more ť

Tags: Portal, Decision, Online Privacy, Blogger, U.S. Supreme Court, Internet, Internet Company, Singapore, U.S., blog

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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.