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S'pore ups investment in wireless, ICT manpower
News update Government extends free wireless service for another four years, and unveils two new manpower training schemes for graduates and ICT professionals.
Tags: IT training, Government, CommunicAsia 2009, Investment, Fiber, Training, Wireless Broadband, Information, Wireless, Information And Communication Technology
Wi-Fi won't replace mobile broadband
News In spite of the economic recession, free Wi-Fi hotspots are not expected to take much business away from mobile broadband, which is becoming mainstream.
Tags: 802.11/Wi-Fi, 3G (Third Generation), Mobile Broadband, Mobile, China Mobile Ltd., Wi-Fi Hotspot, Broadband, AT&T Corp., Wi-Fi, Apple iPhone
Wireless@SG: A cuppa to success?
News Singapore's free wireless broadband service is most accessed at fast food outlets and cafés, but food and beverage stores are mixed on how the scheme has helped.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Personal broadband, Business broadband, Starbucks Corp., SingTel, Spokesperson, Singapore, Broadband, food, wireless Internet
Weirdest IT story I've written
Blogs In my almost a decade of covering the IT beat here in the Philippines, I've written different sorts of stories--some of ...
UK airport gets massive Wi-Fi hotspot
News Heathrow's Terminal 5 has gone live with a Wi-Fi hotspot for its passengers.
Tags: 802.11/Wi-Fi, Mobile, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Broadband, London, Wi-Fi, T-Mobile, Silicon.com, U.K., network
London remains UK's card-fraud capital
News Over the past six months, London saw the most card-not-present fraud in the United Kingdom, with Romford and Manchester close behind.
Tags: Security, Banking, Fraud, Manchester, London, mail-order, Silicon.com, retail company, U.K., HotSpot
Google's Android phone to go on sale in September?
News Despite reports of delays with Google's Android mobile OS, the rumor du jour is that T-Mobile USA will start offering its HTC Android phone next month.
Tags: Smart phones, Mobile/Wireless, 3G (Third Generation), Mobile platforms/communications, Google Inc., Service, Touch Screen, phone, software, 3G
Asia attracts top foreign IT executives
News C-level executives from Europe and the United States are relocating to Asia to enjoy salary rises of at least 15 percent, say recruiters.
Tags: Personal development, Compensation, Trends, Executive, Asia, Hong Kong, Accommodation, Singapore, Relocation, social networking
Time for Net to shroud land, air, everywhere
Blogs I'm back from a two week-long break that took my dad and I across London, Edinburgh and Amsterdam. Aye, the castle that ...
Crunch makes cheap BPO more popular
News Gartner says the recession is spurring the growth of demand for cheap business process outsourcing from India.
Tags: Outsourcing, IT outsourcing, Egypt, India, Outsourcing Company, Gartner Inc., Business Process, BPO, Indian Company, North America
When supercomputing benchmarks fail to add up
Insight perspective Using benchmarks to choose a supercomputer is more complex than just picking the fastest system, says high-performance computing expert.
Tags: Supercomputing, Benchmarking, IT budgeting, Procurement, Consulting, Jones, performance, HotSpot, benchmarking, IT budgeting
Wireless@SG still 'growing'
News Operators say Singapore's government-initiated free Wi-Fi service is still seeing new subscribers signing on, including a sizable portion of tourists.
Tags: 802.11/Wi-Fi, SingTel, Boingo Networks, Wireless, Spokesperson, Singapore, Service, IDA, Wi-Fi, network
London top for Wi-Fi business use worldwide
News The capital has the highest number of business-use Wi-Fi connections in the world, according to wireless company iPass.
Tags: 802.11/Wi-Fi, iPass Inc., Europe, Broadband, London, Wi-Fi hotspot, Wi-Fi, product marketing, network, European Commission
Asus Eee PC to get HSDPA next month
News Computer maker Asus has announced its Eee PC mini laptop is to get embedded 3G for the first time.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, 3G (Third Generation), Mobile, Broadband, ASUS, Wi-Fi, Silicon.com, HSDPA, Internet, analyst
Google diving into 3D mapping of oceans
News New feature will allow people to "fly" through oceans and seas and view high-resolution images of the underwater topography, researchers say.
Tags: Web services, NASA, Google Inc., Database, Google Earth, 3D, professor, researcher, Earth, HotSpot
