PayPal eyes Asian SMBs' e-commerce moves

Citing study it commissioned, PayPal says small and midsize businesses in region are looking at e-commerce to power growth and enter new markets in year ahead.

Thursday, November 26 2009 06:51 PM

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Manage entire network to go green

To achieve 'greener' next-generation networks, operators should scrutinize network investment and focus on product lifecycle management, urges expert.

Thursday, November 26 2009 06:27 PM

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APAC IPTV subscribers to hit 9.4M

Number of Asia-Pacific Internet Protocol television users will grow 51 percent by year-end, predicts analyst, making region second-largest IPTV market in world.

Thursday, November 26 2009 05:40 PM

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Cloud to power research number-crunching

More academic institutions will look to the cloud for compute power at a lower price, to drive research efforts, says Singapore university professor.

Wednesday, November 25 2009 08:09 PM

Find more stories in: Cloud computing, grid computing, SETI@Home, distributed computing, Hewlett-Packard Co., Cloud, Computer, Virtualization, Nanyang Technological University, Xen

Windows 7 S'pore sales Microsoft's fastest-ever

On back of strong consumer demand in Singapore, Redmond's latest operating system has outsold its predecessors within a third of the time, says executive.

Wednesday, November 25 2009 07:09 PM

Find more stories in: Windows 7, Server platforms, Windows 7 S'pore Sales Microsoft, Ong, Microsoft Corp., Information Technology, Windows 7, Singapore, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Server

Asia mobile recycling yield beats Europe

Low labor cost in region allows mobile phone recycling plant to recover nearly 100 percent in recycling process through manual labor, says Nokia.

Wednesday, November 25 2009 07:54 PM

Find more stories in: Green IT, Nokia Corp., Phone, cell phone, mobile, handset, Green IT, Asia, Singapore, Europe

China slams US bias in cyberspying row

Chinese officials hit back at report by U.S.-China body that claimed the Asian giant has stepped up espionage activities directed at the United States.

Wednesday, November 25 2009 11:45 AM

Find more stories in: International governments, Defense/military, Commission, USCC, USCC Web Site, U.S., Republican, Nancy Pelosi, America, China

Windows 7 catalyzing desktop virtualization

Falling cost of deploying virtual desktops, coupled with enterprise migration to Windows 7 is fueling interest in desktop virtualization, says VMware exec.

Tuesday, November 24 2009 07:29 PM

Find more stories in: Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Virtual Desktop, Storage, Microsoft Windows 7, VMware Inc., Server, server virtualization, Microsoft Windows, desktop

Ovum: China lacks IT services powerhouses

Despite government push in IT and business process outsourcing services, Chinese equivalents of TCS and Infosys will not emerge in "foreseeable future", report says.

Tuesday, November 24 2009 05:16 PM

Find more stories in: Outsourcing, Offshoring, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Infosys Technologies Ltd., Outsourcing, Ovum, software, Information Technology, IT Services, India

Signature makes cards 'less secure'

Signature-based cards less secure and targeted to be phased out, says analyst, with countries like Australia, U.K. and France, already opting for safer alternatives.

Monday, November 23 2009 05:11 PM

Find more stories in: Security, Authentication and encryption, Authentication and encryption, Chip, Fraud, Singapore, Card, Australia, personal identification number, e-mail

APAC mobile multimedia services to dethrone SMS

Mobile multimedia services will surpass short messaging service in revenue contribution to Asia-Pacific region excluding Japan by year-end, reports IDC.

Monday, November 23 2009 06:52 PM

Find more stories in: Mobile applications, Mobile platforms, Development/design, Mobile Multimedia Service, cell phone, multimedia, revenue, network, mobile, Mobile applications

Asian call centers target for social media

Call centers, abound in India and Philippines, need to retool and deploy social media tools to say competitive in market, say top Salesforce.com execs.

Thursday, November 19 2009 04:56 PM

Find more stories in: Cloud computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Web 2.0, Mobile platforms/communications, Facebook, Social Networking, Twitter Inc., Marc Benioff, network, Web 2.0

Microsoft told to stop some Windows sales in China

Microsoft ordered to stop selling some versions of Windows operating system in China, following licensing dispute with a local supplier.

Thursday, November 19 2009 02:29 PM

Find more stories in: Microsoft Windows, Software licensing, Regulations, Microsoft Corp., software, software company, Sales, font, Intellectual Property Right, intellectual property

S'pore transport regulator partners Google Maps

Country's Land Transport Authority hopes to make public transport "choice mode" by offering Google Maps as part of travel planning service.

Thursday, November 19 2009 12:20 PM

Find more stories in: Location-based services, Transport, Google Inc., CEO, partnership, Singapore, ERP, Southeast Asia, Regulator, data-processing

Firefox faces browser clone war in China

Mozilla hosts outreach programs to drive Web standards and has special version of Firefox for China, where browser landscape features IE clones.

Wednesday, November 18 2009 04:04 PM

Find more stories in: Web browsers, Web sites, IP Television, IE-clone, Li, Web sites, Web Browser, online banking, Browser Company, Mozilla Corp.