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DiGi enters M'sia mobile broadband market
News Although a late entrant, the operator expects to capture one-third of market in three to five years, says CEO.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Personal broadband, Mobile Broadband, Mobile, Broadband, HSPA, Malaysia, DiGi, 3G, FTTH
Analysts fail on open source
Insight perspective For open source software to achieve its full potential, people's perceptions must change. Yet how can that happen when open source is so woefully neglected by analysts, asks Martin Brampton.
Tags: Open source, Open-source Software, payment, software, Silicon.com, revenue, information technology, strategy, analyst, industry analyst
Google-AdMob acquisition 'a good fit'
News Internet giant's purchase of mobile advertising firm will "bring benefits to both sides" but shouldn't be made exclusive on Android platform, say Ovum analyst.
Tags: Mobile advertising, Internet advertising, Google Inc., Ovum, AdMob, advertisement, mobile, Mobile Advertising, monetization, Google Android
Internet Archive's BookServer could 'dominate' Amazon
News A new initiative from the nonprofit Internet Archive aims to make all books, commercial or public domain, available for digital distribution. If it works, Amazon could be in serious trouble.
Tags: Handhelds, Publisher, Google Inc., Barnes & Noble Inc., search engine, e-reader, Amazon.com Inc., BookServer, public domain, Amazon Kindle
Augmented reality augurs the future of toys
News With its i-Tag toy tie-ins to James Cameron's "Avatar" movie, Mattel is just scratching the surface of what's possible.
Tags: Software, Consumer Technology, Game players, Home entertainment, Computer Screen, Needham & Co., computer, Wikipedia, Software, Webcam
Low-cost solar concentrator unwrapped
News A California startup looks to cut the cost of solar power for industrial customers with a concentrator that relies on more sheet metal and less silicon.
Tags: Green IT, Department Of Energy, Photovoltaics, Cell, Technology Review, solar cell, solar panel, sustainable development, Silicon, Mountain View
iSuppli cuts forecast for PC market growth
News Tanking economy is to blame, says industry analyst firm. Company had predicted shipments would rise 11.9 percent next year, but it now says it expects a rise of 4.3 percent.
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, Personal Computers, iSuppli Corp., PC Company, IT-spending, Computer, Circuit City Stores Inc., industry, principal analyst, industry analyst
Gartner: PC sales to make slight recovery by year's end
News Demand isn't as dire as originally forecast; sales will be down just 2 percent for the year.
Tags: Consumer Technology, Personal Computers, Desktops, Microsoft Windows 7, Gartner Inc., Sales, Notebook, Emerging Market, Microsoft Windows, Recovery
Facebook on the decline as 'virus' apps take hold
News Privacy problems and propagation of "virus-like" applications has led to a marked decline in the use of Facebook's developer platform, according to industry analysts Ovum.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Security, Application, David Mitchell, social networking, virus, blog entry, Facebook, network
Low-cost sub-notebooks to hit 18M in 2009
News Global Netbook shipments next year will register a 128-percent growth over the estimated 8 million units in 2008, says Taiwan-based research body.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Positioning and segmentation, Hewlett-Packard Co., Market, Acer Inc., Notebook, ASUS, mini-notebook, Dell Computer Corp., Taiwan
Open source, features to drive smartphone market
News Symbian remains dominant mobile OS but market share will dip, with emergence of competing open source platforms Android and Maemo, predicts In-Stat.
Tags: Mobile platforms, Applications and tools, Nokia Corp., Open Source, Symbian Inc., Phone, Operating System, mobile, handset, Smart Phone
Give workers a say in corporate IT
Insight perspective Don't fear employees' involvement in workplace tech, according to an analyst. Just learn to manage it appropriately.
Tags: IT Management, Handhelds, Personal Computers, Security, Mobile Device, research director, workplace, online application, Web, PC
Analyst: 2G to dominate Southeast Asia
News Voice and text messaging to stay predominant mobile services due to expanding subscriber base in rural areas; 3G adoption remains in saturated markets.
Tags: 3G (Third Generation), Network infrastructure, Broadband, 2G, 3G Network, Southeast Asia, Frost & Sullivan, 3G, Emerging Market, analyst
China to power North Asia's 1B mobile subs
News Mobile subscriptions in the region will cross 1 billion in 2009, with the Chinese market accounting for 80 percent of users, new report reveals.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Mobile applications, Mobile platforms, Hong Kong, Compound Annual Growth Rate, Japan, Frost & Sullivan, Korea, 3G, China
Growing demand for fixed broadband to go on
News Number of subscribers of fixed-based services in Asia-Pacific region will continue rising despite demand for mobile broadband, says Frost & Sullivan.
Tags: DSL, Network infrastructure, Next-generation technology/networks, IP Television, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Australia, Broadband, South Korea, Japan
