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New Malaysian premier snubs ICT body
News Pikom is "disappointed" Prime Minister Najib Razak ignored calls for dedicated ministry, while opposition party says Najib has yet to show "generosity" toward sector.
Tags: Politics, Regulations, Sector, Communication, Culture, Information And Communication Technology, liberalization, Najib Razak, Abdullah, Malaysia
Collaboration--Get it together
Insight perspective Effective workplace collaboration doesn't just happen on its own. An IT analyst offers some advice on how to get it right.
Tags: Business applications, Web 2.0, Content Management, Culture, Workforce, Enterprise 2.0, Environment, unified communications, information technology company, marketing
Banyan Tree invests $1M in talent management
News Singapore hotels and resorts operator employs SAP in bid to better nurture and manage talent pool of over 10,000 staff, according to company executives.
Tags: Business development/management, Personnel management, Recruiting, Banyan Systems, Database, SAP AG, Talent Management, Human Resources Inc., Training, Bangkok
MySpace names its first chief financial officer
News The News Corp. social network hires Mark Rosenbaum as CFO less than a week after it announced a new chief technology officer.
Tags: Web 2.0, Facebook, MySpace, Web 2.0, CFO, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, News Corp., layoff, chief technology officer, co-founder
Fujitsu's futuristic phones
News At Ceatec, Fujitsu and the Japan Design Association honor the best mobile phone concepts.
Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Phone, cell phone, mobile, Ceatec, Japan, Fujitsu Ltd., college student, Smart phones
Facebook and MySpace 'in talks'? Of course
News Good move for both companies as MySpace tries to move away from its image as a social network that lost to Facebook.
Tags: Web 2.0, Facebook, Social Networking, MySpace, CEO, U.K., network, Web 2.0, Video, News Corp.
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
Survey: Over half of US workplaces block social networks
News A survey of companies' chief information officers reveals that only 10 percent of companies allow unlimited personal social-networking activity on the job and over half block it altogether.
Tags: Web 2.0, Facebook, Social Networking, Workplace, Twitter Inc., Survey, U.S., independent research firm, network, U.S. company
Where have all the bosses gone?
Blogs I've had dreams of opening my own cafe or bistro...cum music store...cum music school. But, I soon gave up that dream wh...
Google makes concessions to European publishers
News As hearings on Google's digitization project kick off in Europe, the company says European books still listed as commercially available will not be included in its online registry.
Tags: Data Management, E-commerce, European Union, Europe, Settlement, New York Times Co., Internet, board, France, E-commerce
M'sia mandates local software use for govt
News Malaysian government agencies urged to use local applications, in move that can boost country's software market but send wrong signal to foreign players.
Tags: Local Government, Software engineering/development, R&D, Content management, Twitter Inc., Najib, Microsoft Corp., software, Information And Communication Technology, digital content
Facebook's mounting customer service crisis
News It's unclear how many members still can't access their accounts after Facebook acknowledged a database issue, but one thing's for sure: the ones locked out are steaming mad.
Tags: Web 2.0, Facebook, Web 2.0, Robert Scoble, screen name, Plaxo Inc., Cable, e-mail, IM, customer service
M'sia to censor Internet content
News Malaysia reportedly has plans to filter pornographic Web sites from being viewed in the country, but denies it will police blogs and other sites.
Tags: Regulations, Politics, Policy and management, Singapore, Malaysia, Government, Agence France-Presse, China, Internet, blog
Malaysia fines laggard WiMax licensees
News Government slaps penalties totaling US$1.1 million on all but one of country's WiMax operators after they failed to meet required network coverage.
Tags: WiMax, Regulations, Network infrastructure, Pacnet Ltd., Network Coverage, performance bond, network, Telecommunications, Singapore, Malaysia
BuzzCity taps 'unwired' to retain buzz
Insight newsmaker Co-founder Lai Kok Fung views rising mobile Internet use in previously ignored markets such as Indonesia, as key to Singapore company's growth.
Tags: Internet advertising, Mobile advertising, advertising network, BuzzCity, cell phone, advertisement, Small And Medium Enterprise, mobile, TV, Singapore
