Indonesian banks get chip card switch deadline
Following the leak of over 1.4 million Indonesian credit card holders' data, the country's central bank wants banks to adopt smart chip technology by 2010.
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Authentication and encryption,
Data security,
Network security,
Security Management,
Business security
Asean SMBs to spend US$13.4 billion on IT
Region's six Asean countries will spend 15 percent more on technology in 2008, compared to last year, thanks to economic boom, says market analyst.
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Personal Computers,
Servers,
Storage,
SMB
SMBs to drive Indonesia ICT spend
Country's small and midsize businesses will invest US$7.2 billion, or 78 percent of Indonesia's total infocomm technologies spend in 2008.
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Business
Asian banks go micro with biometrics
Financial institutions with stable microfinance operations in India and Indonesia are relying on biometrics and smart cards to expand their market, says IDC.
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Biometrics,
Security implementation/standards,
Innovation
SingTel details appeal in Indonesian case
update Singapore carrier and its mobile arm SingTel Mobile explain their stance against claims the operators violated Indonesia's anti-competitive law.
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Antitrust,
Lawsuits
Asean's upper hand in its numbers
Member countries can compete more effectively with top IT offshore outsourcing locations India and China, if they pool their manpower resources, a new study finds.
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IT outsourcing,
Outsourcing,
Offshoring
Indonesia to get DMB flavor of mobile TV
Plans are underway to deliver a nationwide digital TV service using Digital Multimedia Broadcasting, a technology currently deployed in Japan and South Korea.
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Mobile platforms/communications,
Mobile applications
Seven operators team up for Asian mobile venture
SingTel and six other mobile operators pool resources to set up a joint venture, Bridge Mobile.
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Mobile platforms/communications
Gartner: Steer away from Win XP Starter Edition
Gartner criticizes Microsoft for limitations in its Windows XP Starter Edition, warning enterprises and consumers to stay away.
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Windows XP
Adobe clamps down on piracy, software misuse
Adobe toughens up on enterprises that run afoul of software licensing agreements.
Samsung takes No. 2 position from Motorola
Samsung is now number two in cellphone sales in Asia, moving Motorola to third position, according to an analyst.
HP spotlights mobile gear
Hewlett-Packard is unveiling a slew of devices that can connect to one--and in many cases more than one--wireless network.
Indonesian court awards Microsoft US$4.4m
An Indonesian Court has ordered a Jakarta-based computer dealer
to pay Microsoft Corp US$4.4 million in compensation for
copyright infringement and make a public apology.
Viztel clinches Indonesian voice-enabling deal
Speech and wireless solutions provider Viztel Solutions Sdn Bhd has won a contract from Indonesia's PT Kasana Teknindo Gemilang to voice-enable their office system.

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