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Finland decrees Net access legal right
News Country becomes world's first to pass law making broadband access, at speeds of at least 1Mbps, a legal right for all its citizens by July 2010.
Tags: Regulations, Web sites, Finland, Telecommunications Company, International Telecommunications Union, mobile phone network, cell phone, France, Web sites, Internet Access
Asia mobile recycling yield beats Europe
News Low labor cost in region allows mobile phone recycling plant to recover nearly 100 percent in recycling process through manual labor, says Nokia.
Tags: Green IT, Nokia Corp., Phone, handset, Green IT, cell phone, Asia, mobile, Singapore, Europe
OpenNet appoints OSS/BSS SI
News Singapore's next-generation broadband network consortium picks systems integrator for its operations support systems/ business support systems.
Tags: Network infrastructure, Personal broadband, Business broadband, Alcatel, Fiber, BSS, Fiber Network, Lucent Technologies Inc., systems integrator, network company
The curious case of Sun Microsystems Philippines
Blogs In more ways than one, Sun Microsystems Philippines (SunPhil) is an "anomaly" among the large IT companies in the countr...
Microsoft criticizes privacy in Chrome 3.0
News Latest version of the browser logs every search keystroke and sends it back to Google, Microsoft executive points out.
Tags: Privacy, Web browsers, Google Inc., Security, Microsoft Corp., software, Web Browser, Privacy, software company, Google Chrome
Ciena buys Nortel's Metro Ethernet business
News Nortel Networks will sell another piece of its business for US$769 million as part of its bankruptcy proceedings, which require it to dismantle its business.
Tags: Network infrastructure, Ethernet, Nokia Corp., Nortel Networks Corp., CIENA Communications, network, Siemens AG, Wireless, Bankruptcy, Metro Ethernet
Ning officially launches apps platform
News Build-your-own-social-network service makes public a platform that lets users embed more than 90 apps and widgets for things like donation collections or ticket sales.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Google OpenSocial, Forbes, Marc Andreessen, social networking, online store, Silicon Valley, Web 2.0
Social games widen Asian audience
News Online games with easier gameplay and lower hardware requirements open Asia's games market to new demographics, say industry watchers.
Tags: Games, Game players, Gamer, Facebook, Apple Inc., revenue, Gamer, International Data Corp., Singapore, Online Game
Judge rules for Apple in Psystar case
News Summary judgment states that Psystar's creation of Mac clones that run Mac OS X violate "Apple's exclusive reproduction right, distribution right, and right to create derivative works".
Tags: Personal Computers, Business development/management, Apple Inc., Operating System, William Alsup, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, Judge, Adobe PDF
Nokia N900 operating system gets official Qt port
News Nokia has released a port of its Qt graphical toolkit to Maemo 5, so developers writing applications for the Linux OS can move them to multiple platforms.
Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Mobile applications, Nokia Corp., Symbian Inc., Operating System, Trolltech, Mobile applications, Qt, Maemo 5
Not 'game over' for portable games consoles
News Despite threat from smartphones, dedicated portable games console will remain due to advantages such as optimized game controls and battery life, says analyst.
Tags: Gamer, Game players, Games, Smart phones, Apple Inc., Mobile Game, N-Gage, Phone, Smart Phone, mobile
Creative is latest to tackle e-book readers
News Maker of Zen MP3 players is said to be readying an e-book reader, tentatively named the MediaBook, that will harness videos, pictures, text, and services for a "media-rich experience".
Tags: Consumer Technology, Handhelds, Peripherals, e-reader, Zen, Amazon.com Inc., Creative, Bridgestone Corp., E-book Reader, Video
Apple buys map service to compete with Google?
News Apparent purchase of PlaceBase may explain why Apple required Google Latitude to be a Web-based app and not a native iPhone app.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Apple Inc., Google Inc., Dell Latitude, mobile, PlaceBase, Google Latitude Episode, Business Strategies & Functions, Web Browser, Eric Schmidt
Rogue security programs are 'ongoing threat'
News Symantec's analysis of fake security software over 12 months finds 43 million attempts to install some 250 programs, most of which were coded in English.
Tags: PC security, Network security, Security applications/tools, Security, EMEA, Rogue Security Program, Security Software, Asia-Pacific, antivirus, Server
In Philippines, free ads site tops them all
Blogs Last September, just after typhoon Ketsana (locally known as "Ondoy") razed the Philippines, veteran IT chronicler Jim A...
