Singapore's MDA rapped over conflict of interest
Country's government agency chided by Auditor-General for allowing conflict of interest in its availing of funds to interactive digital media startups.
Find more stories in: Funding, Audits, Digital media, TV, Singapore, Digital media, payment, Microsoft Office, audit, revenue
Ballmer, IBM reportedly surprised by Oracle-Sun deal
Speaking to reporters in Moscow, Microsoft's CEO said he'll have to ponder this one. Also, a source says that IBM was still interested in Sun and was blindsided by Oracle.
Find more stories in: Acquisitions, Java, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Steve Ballmer, business application, Sun Microsystems Inc., CEO, Oracle Corp., partnership
A year on, Psystar still defying Apple
Psystar rocked the Mac world a year ago by selling Open Computers with Mac OS preinstalled. The legal war with Apple is well underway, but it's otherwise business as usual for Psystar.
Find more stories in: PC security, Mac OS, Copyright, Antitrust, Lawsuits, Patents, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, Sales
Time Warner CEO: No thanks to big media deals
Jeff Bewkes says the company is not interested in bidding on NBC Universal or any other big media company because those deals typically fail.
Find more stories in: Business Strategies & Functions, e-reader, TV, CEO, Business Strategies & Functions, America Online Inc., Cable, Comcast Corp., NBC Universal Inc., Time Warner Inc.
Incentives pushing Asia's green IT adoption
Governments and IT vendors devise incentive schemes, including co-funded design workshops, to urge organizations and consumers to go green.
Find more stories in: Green IT, Product development and design, Hewlett-Packard Co., Spokesperson, Singapore, energy efficiency, information technology company, carbon dioxide, data center, green technology
Intel-WindRiver merger signals more hardware, software deals
As software and hardware technology converge in non-PC computing, more partnerships are likely between chipmakers and software makers.
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New Malaysian premier snubs ICT body
Pikom is "disappointed" Prime Minister Najib Razak ignored calls for dedicated ministry, while opposition party says Najib has yet to show "generosity" toward sector.
Find more stories in: Politics, Regulations, Sector, Communication, Culture, Information And Communication Technology, liberalization, Najib Razak, Abdullah, Malaysia
Globe Telecom profit dips as customers spend less
The Philippine telcommunication services provider says its 15 percent fall in earnings was also due to higher cost of maintaining its operations.
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Panasonic, Qimonda cuts hit M'sian electronics
At stake is the livelihood of nearly 2,000 employees at the Malaysian manufacturing plants operated by the Japanese electronics company and German chipmaker.
Find more stories in: Processors, Intel Corp., Plant, Electronics, Manufacturing, Chip Company, Nikkei, Malaysia, Panasonic, Qimonda
Singapore startup faces lawsuit crunch
Fusion Garage may soon face multiple lawsuits from U.S. blog, TechCrunch, after deal to co-create tablet PC falls through. But lawyer says legal recourse still premature.
Find more stories in: Notebooks and tablets, Legal, CrunchPad, software, U.S., mobile, Tablet, Lawsuit, Singapore, intellectual property
Pedal-powered Christmas tree lights Copenhagen
With international climate change talks a week away, host city takes its tannenbaum off-grid with a rack of bicycles powering LED lights.
Find more stories in: Green IT, Tree, ViPS, climate change negotiation, Ceremony, climate change, Green IT, financial incentive, Copenhagen, Global Warming
Contact center by phone still popular in Asia
Calling contact center still preferred method for Asian customers seeking tech help, even with emergence of new media tools, says market specialist.
Find more stories in: Customer support, Customer resource management (CRM), Business development/management, Contact Center, Nagi Kasinadhuni, Datacraft/Dimension Data, Toni Ruotanen, Phone, Asia, Microsoft Corp.
Indian states take flight with SWANs
Country's US$713 million State Wide Area Networks initiative to interconnect 29 states and six union territories is now in full swing.
Find more stories in: Local Government, State Government, LANs and WANs, Networking technology, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Hewlett-Packard Co., E-government, Goa, UTStarcom Inc., GEPON
HP zeros in on converged data centers
Wide portfolio and supply chain efficiencies make HP's new offering to enterprises more relevant than "hobby" competitors, according to Asia-based exec.
Find more stories in: Business applications, Data centers, Data Management, Hewlett-Packard Co., network, Information Technology, Business applications, Asia-Pacific, Storage, Server
Apple to reinvent Apple TV...for the rest of us
Apple is trying to persuade programmers to make their TV shows available as part of a subscription via iTunes.
Find more stories in: Video, TVs, Apple Inc., Satellite, TV, Apple iTunes, Apple TV, billing, Apple iPhone, PC
S'pore e-health records roadmap 'pragmatic'
Singapore and other Asian countries have ingredients for successful implementation of e-healthcare services, say executives from GE Healthcare.
Find more stories in: Data Management, Local Government, Regulations, GE Healthcare, General Electric Co., Asia-Pacific, Spokesperson, Singapore, E-health, health care company
Businesses fail to appreciate the value of IT
Tech needs to get itself noticed--but that's no good if they can't explain what value they provide.
Find more stories in: Business Strategies & Functions, IT Service Management, ITIL, IT Services, IT Professional, Survey, CMDB, change management
Jetstar CIO: Downtime risk saves money
Airline's "doing it for a dollar less" mentality means accepting risk network might not always be up in exchange for cheaper services, says CIO Stephen Tame.
Find more stories in: Business Strategies & Functions, Airport, Australia, Broadband, Environment, Server, CIO, Hardware, network, desktop
Barnes & Noble may face Kindle-type dilemma
When the bookseller releases its e-reader devices next year, it may not be able to avoid having to remotely delete e-books, as Amazon did last month.
Find more stories in: Copyright, Digital media, E-book Reader, Safe Harbor, Wireless, Singapore, Jeff Bezos, Digital media, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle
Mahindra Satyam aims to 'win back everybody'
Now that the reasons alienating company from its customers have gone away, Mahindra Satyam has earned 24 new clients since April, says CEO C.P. Gurnani.
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