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Singapore sets up IT security body
News Country establishes new government agency, under the Internal Security Department, to combat cyber terrorism and espionage threats.
Tags: Local Government, PC security, Data security, Security implementation/standards, Security Management, IT Security, Banking, Cyberterrorism, cyberattack, network
Malaysian govt defends action in Web censorship
News Ministry says MCMC has been "transparent, fair and balanced" and condemns allegations multimedia commission acted like Nazi police "Gestapo".
Tags: Local Government, Politics, Regulations, Web sites, Commission, multimedia, Web sites, Information And Communication Technology, Video, Malaysia
Philippine govt, IBM quarrel in flood aftermath
News Glitch in Philippine pension system causes pileup in emergency loan applications, leading to yet another finger-pointing tiff between GSIS and IBM.
Tags: Database management, Politics, Services, Database, IBM Corp., IBM DB2, software, U.S., Information Technology, Philippine Government
Corporate bank accounts targeted in online fraud
News Small and midsize businesses, governments, and school districts are targets of online bank fraud involving malicious e-mails, key loggers, and money mules, FBI says.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Data security, Business security, Krebs, Malware, Security, bank, Authentication and encryption, Money, Web Browser
France adopts three-strikes law for piracy
News Soon, those in France accused of illegal file sharing multiple times could lose Internet access for up to a year, if they don't heed warnings.
Tags: Piracy, Web services, Law, ACTA Member, U.S., job, Piracy, Internet Access, European Union, antipiracy
Publicis Groupe to buy Microsoft's Razorfish
News Deal for Internet ad agency includes agreement to buy display and search advertising from Microsoft for five years.
Tags: Search, Marketing communications, Razorfish, Publicis Groupe S.A., Microsoft Corp., Advertisement, Acquisition, agency, aQuantive Inc., Internet advertising
A look back at Arroyo's ICT term
Blogs As I watched the State of the Nation Address (Sona) of Pres. Gloria Arroyo last Monday, I noticed that she peppered her ...
UK intelligence site breached by hacker
News Intelligence agency has closed up a cross-site scripting vulnerability on its Web site after details of the flaw were published on a hacker forum.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Data security, Hacking, Spokesperson, Flaw, malicious attack, search tool, Hacker, agency, Web Site
Asian postal agencies dip feet in RFID
News Four postal administrations in Asia are among 21 agencies participating in a worldwide trial to improve service delivery using radio frequency identification.
Tags: RFID, Business applications, Asia, Monitoring System, Singapore, QoS, Finland, e-mail, agency, point-of-sale
Corporate governance don't mean squat if flouted
Blogs The joke goes that, "it's only wrong if you're caught", so cheating in class or smoking on school grounds is only agains...
Govt red tape adds to security threats
News Bureaucracy and lack of sharing of data between countries impede efforts to address cybersecurity, but work is in progress to resolve issues, notes global industry body.
Tags: Network security, Security implementation/standards, Security Management, Kaspersky Lab, Security, Howard Schmidt, Impact, Cybersecurity, Singapore, cyberthreats
A MegaPacific mess in the making?
Blogs The way things are going at the pre-qualification bidding of IT suppliers for the 2010 elections, I now have this uneasy...
AAC Acoustic opens global HQ in S'pore
News Miniature acoustics components maker will also invest US$13.8 million over next five years on research and development in Singapore.
Tags: Development/design, Sound, Corporate Training, Singapore, mobile handset, Sound, Support Services, product development, R&D, agency
Unnecessary distraction from country's e-polls
Blogs If not for the weird story that President Arroyo underwent a breast implant operation in a local hospital, I'm pretty su...
More Singapore retail malls go solar
News Revamped and new properties in Singapore are incorporating photovoltaic technology as part of "green" strategies for their retail operations.
Tags: Green IT, Infrastructure/architecture management, Photovoltaics, Carbon Emission, Asia, Spokesperson, Singapore, solar panel, agency, Infrastructure/architecture management
