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Cloud to power research number-crunching
News More academic institutions will look to the cloud for compute power at a lower price, to drive research efforts, says Singapore university professor.
Tags: Cloud computing, grid computing, SETI@Home, distributed computing, Hewlett-Packard Co., Cloud, Computer, Virtualization, Nanyang Technological University, Xen
Card security rules hinder virtualization
News Current guidelines for security card payment need updating as they conflict with virtualization practices and may hamper adoption of the technology, say industry experts.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Network security, Security implementation/standards, Security Management, Security, Virtualization, bank, Jason Pearce, International Data Corp.
Banyan Tree invests $1M in talent management
News Singapore hotels and resorts operator employs SAP in bid to better nurture and manage talent pool of over 10,000 staff, according to company executives.
Tags: Business development/management, Personnel management, Recruiting, Banyan Systems, Database, SAP AG, Talent Management, Human Resources Inc., Training, Bangkok
Facebook provides free tool for translating sites
News Translations for Facebook Connect allows Web developers to tap technology that has been used to translate the social network itself into 65 languages.
Tags: Web 2.0, Site, Web Site, single sign-on, authentication, Google OpenSocial, Lee, Web 2.0, board, Facebook
Ex-Samsung chairman convicted of tax evasion
News Although a three-year prison sentence is suspended, South Korean court rules that Lee Kun-hee must pay a hefty fine, according to an Associated Press report.
Tags: Legal, Corporate law, Taxes, prosecutor, Stock, Associated Press, Korea, bond, aide, chairman
Samsung chairman steps down
News Lee Kun-Hee, who led Samsung for 20 years, is giving up his position at the company amid tax fraud accusations, according to Reuters.
Tags: Organizational structure, Audits, Business ethics, Security, Stock, aide, chairman, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., News.com, top executive
President of Google's Greater China leaving Google
News In 2005, Kai-Fu Lee decamped from Microsoft to take over Google's China operations, sparking a legal battle between the companies. Now he's starting his own venture.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Kai-Fu Lee, speech recognition, Wall Street Journal, Silicon Graphics Inc., leadership team, Microsoft Corp., China, Redmond
Symbian's Horizon app scheme goes live
News First 50 applications have been approved through the developer program, but all are for current versions of Symbian rather than future, open sourced versions.
Tags: Mobile applications, Symbian, Facebook, Symbian Inc., Operating System, CEO, mobile, Mobile applications, Video, mobile operating system
Not all employees are created equal
Blogs "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." I read that famous line in George Orwell's Anim...
Where have all the bosses gone?
Blogs I've had dreams of opening my own cafe or bistro...cum music store...cum music school. But, I soon gave up that dream wh...
Symbian: Regaining momentum?
News Growing interest in smartphones among consumers is likely the biggest driver of renewed interest in Symbian, whose software powers many of the devices.
Tags: Mobile platforms, Mobile applications, Applications and tools, Symbian Inc., Phone, Operating System, China Mobile Ltd., software, handset, mobile-phone software
Report: Apple, Google agreed not to poach each other's workers
News The two companies are said to have had an agreement not to actively recruit each other's employees--at least that is before Eric Schmidt stepped down from Apple's board.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Worker, Eric Schmidt, antitrust, hiring, Business Strategies & Functions, IBM Corp., board, Apple Inc., Google Inc.
S'pore turns to eco-vehicles, faces obstacles
News Government taskforce aims to introduce electric vehicles next year, but industry watchers voice concerns about consumer mindset and suggest alternative solutions.
Tags: Green IT, R&D, Vehicle, Road Tax, Renault, Compressed Natural Gas, Taskforce, Green IT, Singapore, electric vehicle
Symbian to ease app building for China Mobile
News Symbian Foundation and China's biggest mobile operator will provide streamlined way for developers to submit apps to China Mobile's store and will promote TD-SCDMA standard.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Mobile platforms/communications, China Mobile Ltd., Developer, 3G, W-CDMA, TD-SCDMA, China, collaboration, agreement
'Ferociously loyal' users to stand by Sun
News Loyalty, cost and little reason to defect will help keep customers by Sun Microsystems' side, while the hardware vendor awaits approval of Oracle acquisition.
Tags: Servers, Server platforms, Acquisitions, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., International Data Corp., Unix, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Server
