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M1 prepares for OpCo position
News In anticipation of Singapore's National Broadband Network, MobileOne is moving from a single-play operator role to multi-play, it said.
Tags: Financial statements, Sales/revenue, Service Revenue, IP Television, Mobile TV, Dip, Sales, chief marketing officer, handset sale, M1
Hype over mobile app downloads to slow
News Global market growth will hit 153 percent between 2008 and 2011 but drop to 33 percent before 2014, with Asia accounting for 19 percent, new study finds.
Tags: Development/design, Mobile platforms/communications, Mobile commerce, Apple Inc., Mobile App, Ovum, bank, mobile, Asia, Asia-Pacific
MMS, video calls still going steady in S'pore
News Use of multimedia messaging service and video calls remain stable in Singapore, and expected to continue growing, say local telcos.
Tags: Network infrastructure, Mobile platforms/communications, Telecommunications Company, tariff, multimedia, network, mobile, Video Call, video, Mobile platforms/communications
UK online banking fraud rockets as fraudsters get smarter
News As Internet banking fraud jumps 55 percent in the first half of 2009, banking industry body warns that cybercriminals are "never going to shut up shop".
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Data security, PC security, Phishing, Security, U.K., bank, One Security Inc., Authentication and encryption, MasterCard International
Jaguar supercomputer races past Roadrunner in Top500
News Cray XT5 supercomputer known as "Jaguar" finally bests IBM after three tries. The top 10, while still dominated by supercomputers housed in the U.S., had just one newcomer.
Tags: Supercomputing, Teraflop, Cray Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Computer, Sandia National Laboratories, Argonne National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Sun Microsystems Inc.
SingTel's EPL win 'not profitable', but ups ante
News Singapore carrier's winning bid to broadcast football league likely won't make profit but will drive up subscriber base to rival StarHub, says Frost & Sullivan.
Tags: IPTV, Starhub, SingTel, CEO, IPTV, TV, Singapore, pay-TV, cable television, Frost & Sullivan
APAC to see fastest software revenue growth
News Asia-Pacific software market will churn US$22.1 billion in revenue next year, boosted by large domestic user base, according to Gartner.
Tags: Business applications, Software, Region, compound annual growth rate, Application Software Expenditure, revenue, Information Technology, Software, Business applications, South Korea
Singapore CIOs optimistic of an upturn
News IT heads in Singapore expect market conditions to be more favorable for growth over the next six months, Frost & Sullivan survey finds.
Tags: Personal development, Business Strategies & Functions, SMB, Best strategies, IT-spending, Survey, Singapore, CIO, Frost & Sullivan, recession
Budget PC brands see biggest gains in consumer satisfaction
News Compaq and Gateway gain ground in the annual American Customer Satisfaction Index, but Apple maintains a wide lead.
Tags: Personal Computers, Apple Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., PC Company, University of Michigan, computer, Compaq Computer Corp., marketing, brand, PC
Google: We've got cool search, too
News Google adds a link to its home page describing how to search for interesting results on Google. It's long offered such capabilities, but Bing's bump could have prompted a reminder.
Tags: Search, Web services, Stock, Microsoft Corp., search bar, Google Search, Internet search, search technology, Search Engine, Search
APAC Q4 server results dulls full-year growth
News After 25 quarters of growth, Asia-Pacific server shipments dip 4.6 percent in fourth quarter of 2008, pulling down year's overall numbers, says IDC.
Tags: Servers, Sales/revenue, IBM Corp., International Data Corp., Hong Kong, Asia-Pacific, Gartner Inc., APAC Q4 Server Result, Server, research company
M1 to get new CEO
News Neil Montefiore will step down as chief of Singapore-based mobile operator MobileOne from Feb. 1, after serving 12-year stint at the company.
Tags: Executive recruiting, Mobile platforms/communications, Mobile, CFO, Information And Communication Technology, Singapore, accountant, M1, chairman, CEO
Cisco sheds jobs as it 'realigns' business
News Layoffs include 250 workers at its headquarters as the company begins to restructure its business to focus on new areas of growth.
Tags: Layoffs, Cisco Systems Inc., Workforce, communications service provider, Worker, technology company, recession, job, revenue, John Chambers
Recession hits APAC server shipment
News Fourth-quarter Asia-Pacific server shipments dip 5.8 percent year-on-year, with emerging markets taking bigger hit, according to Gartner figures.
Tags: Servers, IT-spending, Hong Kong, Asia-Pacific, Gartner Inc., server revenue, Server, research analyst, Korea, recession
Phishers ride on financial crisis theme
News Spam e-mail exploiting the downturn in the economy have pushed phishing attacks to double in the last month, posing as financial institutions.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Spam filtering, Phishing, MessageLabs Ltd., Spam, Hong Kong, Search Engine, e-Mail Message, e-mail, virus
