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By Eileen Yu

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Archives for January 2009

Asia's bright spark shines from the Web

Friday, January 30 2009 03:40 AM

Refreshed from the long Lunar New Year weekend break, I returned to the office this week determined to stay away from blogging about the bleak economic climate and recessionary blues.

It wasn't easy. Most of the headlines dished out somber news about layoffs after layoffs, and significant financial losses.

Several major tech companies initiated an onslaught of job cuts totaling..... Read more ť

Tags: Asia-Pacific, Asia, Region, Internet, Technology Company, layoff, China, financial, job, Bill Clinton

Will recession show tenacity of Gen Y?

Friday, January 23 2009 03:01 AM

They sure don't make 'em like they used to.

That's something I often say when my friends and I--people in our mid-30s now--talk about the younger generation.

Having grown up in a post-Internet era where any information they want is at their fingertips, Gen Y professionals have never worked in an environment where they had to plough through brick-thick telephone..... Read more ť

Tags: Generation Y, Recession, information technology, phone, environment, asset, knowledge, tool, worker

What not to do after a scandal

Thursday, January 15 2009 11:52 PM

And so the proverb goes that silence is golden--especially when you've just come off a flight with bawling kids.

But in the corporate world, silence doesn't always mean golden. And sometimes, the worst thing a company can do is stay mum.

The PR representatives for Satyam went into damage control overdrive almost immediately after it sent out a press statement last..... Read more ť

Tags: Satyam, public relations, accounting, action plan, e-Mail Message, team, board, Web, e-mail

Tech must step in where we forget

Friday, January 09 2009 01:00 AM

After a minor security scare--his house keys were misplaced--my brother went on a defense mode and installed a biometric door lock that supports access via fingerprint and/or a PIN number.

But, ironically, if both access modes fail, the door can be unlocked with a traditionally-made metal key. So, my brother would still have to carry a key that can potentially..... Read more ť

Tags: Security, Brother, Movie, information technology, fingerprint reader, Network, CTO, IT security, Earth, Symantec Corp.

May the new year bring good tech-ings

Friday, January 02 2009 03:07 AM

I'm feeling particularly melancholic this week as 2009 rolls in and we bid farewell to 2008.

The past year wasn't a great one, most of us would agree with that, and the new year isn't expected to be much better. The economic landscape remains bleak, and employees are shifting nervously in their seats as they read about yet another company..... Read more ť

Tags: Footage, Internet, Israel, streaming video, CNN, Twitter, firing, spokesperson, violence, video

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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.