Bahrain
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UAE has Gulf's highest female Internet user base
News United Arab Emirates houses most female online users in Gulf region, making Arab state potentially lucrative market for online companies, study shows.
Tags: Female, Web sites, Internet advertising, online company, Bahrain, broadband quality of service, Web sites, Female, QoS, Broadband
'Corruption' slowing India's e-govt growth
News Politicians' concerns of losing control and the lack of service targets have hindered e-government initiatives in India, say industry players.
Tags: Local Government, Regulations, Federal Government, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., E-government, IT Services, India, Government, phone, public sector
'Gahooyoogle' your way around the Net
News A Web site that allows Internet users to search both Google and Yahoo at the same time has been uncovered.
Tags: Web sites
Chess genius to take on computer
News Bahrain will host in October the biggest man-against-machine chess showdown since Garry Kasparov lost to Deep Blue in 1997, sources said Friday.
M'sia to lead Silicon Valley VC firm
News Malaysia will lead the formation of a US$150 million (RM570 million) venture capital company together with Muslim investors in the US, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain with the purpose of investing in the IT sector in Silicon Valley.
An open document standard for China
Blogs Currently Microsoft is driving a big campaign to get its latest document format Office Open XML (OOXML) approved as an I...
Are you on 3G yet?
Blogs Do you need to work online while on the move? Are you tired of snooping around for WiFi hotspots? Is your Blackberry g...
Freedom on the global Internet still a pipe dream
News commentaryThe latest global survey by Reporters without Borders concludes that the Internet increasingly is the target of surveillance and restrictions.
Tags: Web sites, Blogger, North Korea, Vietnam, Borders Books & Music, Cell Phone, Syria, Government, China, Internet
Net censorship on the rise
News Survey by OpenNet Initiative finds 25 out of 41 administrations block or filter Internet content, compared to just a few five years ago.
Tags: Web sites, Government
India's offer of bigger foreign ownership set to draw investors
News India's decision to let foreigners own more of local Internet companies, banks and other businesses may help draw investors looking to profit as the country's 1 billion people boost spending, analysts said.
Report: Asia won't hurt U.S. tech lead yet
News The U.S. will stay at the helm of the global technology scene for years to come, despite the rise of Asia, because it is willing to let weak industries go.
Asia plays catch-up with basic business continuity training
News Business Continuity Management Institute launches six new certification programs aimed at growing the region's expertise in business continuity and disaster recovery.
Tags: Data backup, disaster recovery, IT training, Disaster recovery, Professional Development
M'sian tech firms make good in Middle East
News But Malaysian ICT companies still face challenges getting good local partners and adapting to the working culture in the Middle East, where Western firms are preferred.
Tags: International governments, Investments, Business plans, Security, IT Security, Information And Communication Technology, Malaysia, Middle East, job, marketing
Wipro Q4 Profit may have doubled on new orders
News Wipro Ltd, India's biggest publicly traded software developer, is likely to report that fourth-quarter profit more than doubled, helped by new business from customers such as Thames Water Plc.
Week ahead, the week that was
News High noon for Webvan? Also: Covisint test drives a lemon. Plus: Tug McGraw's refrain gets a repeat airing.
