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Sun trims headcount in Asia
News Sun Microsystems began a massive layoff Tuesday, a process that will cut about 3,900 jobs worldwide, including Asia.
Age of 'open education' arrives in Asia
News Universities are embracing open courseware but more must be done so that students better judge the value of information online, says expert at Singapore university.
Tags: Web sites
Asia's top 2008 telecom trends
News Mobile users in the region can expect faster data speeds, and better access to new media content this year, IDC analyst predicts.
Tags: Networking, Network infrastructure
The next Internet revolution is coming
News The world is on the brink of a major wave of innovation, thanks to the Internet and falling hardware prices, says a senior Cisco executive.
Free up IDD services, global body urges
News GSM Association calls for more countries to liberalize their international gateway markets, citing a new study that revealed economic benefits in doing so.
Tags: Cellular phones, Mobile/Wireless, VoIP/IP telephony
Gartner: Temasek's latest Thai buy to boost SingTel
News Temasek Holdings' plan to acquire a 49.6 percent share in Shin Corp, will strenghthen SingTel's regional expansion plans, and help the carrier achieve operational efficiencies.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Investments
Piracy problem sails to rural China
News While software piracy dropped in 11 Asian countries, an increase in PCs shipped with pirated applications in China has kept numbers up, study finds.
Tags: Piracy, Copyright, Piracy, India, Business Software Alliance, Philippines, Asia-Pacific, Small And Medium Business, Japan, software
US$100 is WiMax sweet spot
News The mobile broadband technology will take off in a big way when the cost of customer premise equipment drops to US$100, says IDC analyst.
Tags: WiMax
IDC: Asia's PC market continues growth path
News The research firm estimates that 40 million PCs will be shipped in the Asia-Pacific region this year, with the notebook segment expected to grow by a staggering 35.7 percent.
Tags: Desktops, Notebooks and tablets
India ramps up semicon production
News The country's move toward semiconductor manufacturing will satiate domestic demand, without taking the shine off China and Southeast Asia, says Gartner.
Supercomputer weathers through Asia, mid-East
News The Asia Disaster Preparedness Center is relying on a supercomputer from IBM to do modeling for disasters such as tsunamis and mudslides.
Tags: Supercomputing, Data centers, Databases
Spending Google's money on conscientious causes
Insight Dr. Larry Brilliant heads the company's efforts to fight global warming and poverty, and aid public health.
Tags: Web 2.0
StarHub cuts IDD rates
News Local telecommunications player StarHub Pte Ltd has slashed the rates of its budget International Direct Dial service by up to 51 percent.
Build-it-yourself disaster planning
Blogs InTERRAgate is a new, online database for disaster management non-governmental organizations (NGO's), humanitarian agenc...
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...
