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GPS device maps typically two years old
News User-generated data may be the answer to the problem of users encountering inaccurate maps on their GPS navigation devices, say industry voices.
Tags: GPS, Web 2.0, Map, Asia-Pacific, Tool, Singapore, managing director, Google Maps, director, Web 2.0
Transport firm to use RFID to track spare parts
News Singapore public transport operator SMRT, engages TCM RFID to install warehouse inventory management system based on radio frequency identification technology.
Tags: RFID, Inventory management, Communications, Supplier, Inventory Management, Singapore, managing director, radio, RFID, Michael
Office 2007 adds Open Document support
News Microsoft is releasing the second service pack for Office 2007, adding various stability and performance updates along with support for Open Document Format and PDF files.
Tags: Business applications, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Service Pack, performance, Microsoft Office 2007, product manager, Microsoft Office, managing director, open standard
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...
A Google model for mobile advertising?
Blogs The week is not over yet but it seems I've already exceeded my quota of interviews with IT executives. Most of them are ...
Changing of the IT guards
Blogs There's another strong storm coming to the Philippines this weekend, but I won't go into this topic again just like what...
Reducing threats for Net-linked security cameras, ATMs
News ICSA Labs, which sets standards for commercial security products, has a new program designed to help companies keep hackers and malware off their networks.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, ATM, Security, Device, Server, managing director, Internet, camera
S'pore to get new-generation membership card
News Passion ez-link Card conforms with new standard for micropayments and will enable payment for transit services, retail purchases and motoring charges.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, micropayment, Singapore, Card, payment, CEO, managing director, Benefit, director
Microsoft local chief, top execs grab 'separation' package
Blogs When Rafael "Pepeng" Rollan, managing director of Microsoft Philippines, told the local IT press on May 17 that the comp...
BlackBerry brand value dips for young adults
News Since mid-July, the perceived value of a Blackberry has tanked among adults aged 18 to 34, while simultaneously rising among adults aged 35 to 49, market research firm reports.
Tags: Cellular phones, Verizon Communications Inc., BlackBerry Storm, RIM BlackBerry, Research In Motion Ltd., managing director, U.S., brand, health care, agency
Long contracts more popular than wads of cash
News Contract length is top of contractors' priorities, with 20 percent of survey respondents saying it is the current most important factor for them, new survey finds.
Tags: Outsourcing, IT outsourcing, Priority, Survey, IT Contractor, London, Silicon.com, job, managing director, information technology
Indian court rejects Satyam executives' pleas
News The Satyam scandal continues as three executives' bail pleas were dismissed in a Hyderabad city court, and more hearings are yet to come.
Tags: Lawsuits, Antitrust, IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Bail, CFO, Do-Not-Call, SRSR Holding, founder, managing director
M'sians love rich media but...
Blogs Malaysia's broadband penetration rate may only be 18 percent but that doesn't mean Malaysians are unsophisticated users ...
New HP Thai chief optimistic after EDS acquisition
News Despite the economic downturn, Hewlett-Packard Thailand plans to aggressively penetrate the software and outsourcing services markets, and is optimistic about business growth in 2009.
Tags: Business applications, Services, Service level management, Storage, Servers, Hewlett-Packard Co., Outsourcing, Thailand, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Storage
Google again delays debut of Project 10^100 ideas
News It's proved harder than Google thought it would be to analyze the ideas submitted to a project to fund bright ideas to help others.
Tags: Business applications, Project management, Idea, Project, Google Inc., advisory board, managing director, blog, Business applications, Project management
