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Three APAC countries have fastest broadband
News Akamai report highlights South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong's connection speeds, and notes origins of online attacks spreading to many more countries.
Thursday, October 01 2009 01:15 PM
Tags: Bandwidth, Next-generation technology/networks, Networking technology, Spam and phishing, Anti Phishing Work Group, Connection Speed, Banking, Akamai Technologies Inc., Attack Traffic, malicious software
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.
Thursday, August 13 2009 04:22 PM
Tags: DSL, Network infrastructure, Next-generation technology/networks, IP Television, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Australia, Broadband, South Korea, Japan
Check Point looks to 'consolidation'
Insight newsmaker CEO Gil Shwed, dubbed "Bill Gates of Israel", explains why being "complicated" is good for security industry and how Check Point tools are going broad.
Friday, November 20 2009 03:25 PM
Tags: Enterprise risk management, Firewalls, IDS (Intrusion Detection Systems), Security, software, U.S., Information Technology, network, Asia, Singapore
1H09: Asia-Pacific and ITO the bright spots
Blogs With the 2009 first half results for the sourcing market now out, it's worth digging into them a bit to see what they te...
Friday, August 07 2009 12:35 PM
Chinese domain names coming soon to S'pore
News Registration for .sg domain names based on Chinese characters to be accepted from Nov. 23, according to Singapore's national registrar.
Tuesday, November 03 2009 08:07 PM
Tags: Web sites, Domain names, Regulations, domain name registration, SGNIC, Domain Name, Web sites, Singapore, Japan, intellectual property
Recession can't stop Japan's online shoppers
News Rise in number of stay-at-home shoppers in Japan means the online shopping industry outstrips sales at department stores and convenience stores.
Tuesday, September 08 2009 10:58 AM
Tags: E-commerce, High-speed Internet, Sales, Japan, mail-order, recession, Tokyo, E-commerce
A Netbook/ultramobile hybrid from Sharp
News The five-inch touch-screen mobile computer is meant to be used as a handheld device with thumb-typing.
Wednesday, October 07 2009 11:04 AM
Tags: Smart phones, Notebooks and tablets, Open Source, Samsung Q1, Sharp NetWalker, Sharp Corp., Sales, Japan, Mozilla Firefox, ASUS
Nintendo president: 'The Wii has stalled'
News Satoru Iwata says top-selling console has hit a wall due to dearth of "high demand" software, and the company is now "preparing for next year".
Monday, November 02 2009 06:54 PM
Tags: Game players, Handhelds, Streaming Video, Sales, Japan, Nintendo Wii, performance, Hardware, console, analyst
China telecoms market to surpass Japan by 2014
News China's telecommunications market on track to generate US$187 billion by 2014, fueled by mobile uptake in rural areas and 3G, says Pyramid Research.
Friday, July 24 2009 06:55 PM
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, 3G (Third Generation), China Mobile Ltd., Telecommunications, Japan, 3G, Emerging Market, network, China, analyst
Language translator offers telcos new opportunity?
News Pan-Asian consortium unveils real-time speech translation program with potential for use on mobile phones and portable devices.
Wednesday, July 29 2009 06:41 PM
Tags: Business applications, Language, Cell Phone, Singapore, Japan, consortium, Server, phone, network, telecommunications company
APAC BPO market to hit US$29B by 2013
News Asia-Pacific firms' investment in business transformation will spur long-term growth in region's business process outsourcing market from next year, says IDC.
Tuesday, July 28 2009 03:08 PM
Tags: Services, Business Strategies & Functions, Budgeting/cost control, Business, CFO, International Data Corp., Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Small And Medium Business, Business Process
BlackBerry Bold sales suspended in Japan
News Japanese mobile operator NTT DoCoMo stops selling the smartphone after a handful of consumers complain about it overheating.
Monday, March 02 2009 09:18 AM
Tags: BlackBerry, Sales/revenue, Battery, RIM BlackBerry, Research In Motion Ltd., NTT DoCoMo Inc., BlackBerry Bold, Cell Phone, Sales, Japan
OECD sees signs of tech turnaround
News New report has found signs of recovery in the ICT industry worldwide, even among those countries and sectors that have been hard hit.
Monday, August 03 2009 10:23 AM
Tags: Components, Software, Semiconductor, Information And Communication Technology, Japan, Software, Korea, billing, China, revenue
IBM may layoff 2,600 APAC workers
News IBM is reported to be cutting 2,600 jobs across its Asia-Pacific operations, but Big Blue could only confirm an "internal reorganization" is under way.
Tuesday, December 02 2008 07:02 PM
Tags: Layoffs, Organizational structure, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Asia-Pacific, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Spokesperson, Australia, layoff, Japan
Requests for Linux drivers flowing in
News Steady stream of requests for Linux hardware drivers may signal growing adoption of open source operating systems among enterprises.
Friday, August 14 2009 07:29 PM
Tags: Open source, Linux, Red Hat Inc., Asia-Pacific, Novell Inc., Japan, Hardware, hardware maker, Dell Computer Corp., desktop




