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IBM scientist predicts software's future
News Bigger, more ubiquitous and transparent, but software developers will increasingly have to worry about security and privacy issues, says Grady Booch.
Tags: Component-based development, Software engineering/development, IBM Corp., Computing, Security, Programmer, software, technology company, software development, Internet usage
M'sia buys rights to speck-sized chip
News The Malaysian government has bought rights to tiny chips that can embed radio IDs into currency, bullets and human bodies.
Gates: Passwords passe
News Biometric and smart-card technology will replace passwords to verify ID, Microsoft head Bill Gates says--again.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Business applications
IBM to cool layered chips with water
News Scientists from the IBM Zurich Research Lab and the Fraunhofer Institute in Berlin are working on a microchip that uses micropipes of water to cool itself.
Tags: Processors, Innovation, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Chip, 3D, server rack, bond, supercomputer, researcher
Eee PC maker Asus goes gadget
News Taiwanese company finds itself smack in the middle of a transition from components maker to serious contender in PCs and accessories. Could Asus could be an Acer in the making?
Tags: Components, Consumer Technology, Cellular phones, Music devices, Smart phones, Acer Inc., Motherboard, Video, Touch Screen, ASUS
Bill Gates' fix for India's ills: Technology
News Microsoft chairman says technology--from an electronic network for urban workers to a national ID card project--can help India overcome its challenges.
Tags: Software, Digital media, Bill Gates, India, Cell Phone, Government, Indian Institute of Technology, Software, Digital media, phone
The MM chip has arrived
Blogs Malaysia has launched the world's smallest microchip with radio technology. Dubbed the Malaysia Microchip (MM) and me...
Short Take: UMC to issue NT$15b bonds to finance S'pore venture
News Taiwan's United Microelectronics Corp (UMC), the world's second largest microchip foundry, is planning to issue T$15 billion (US$460 million) in corporate bonds this April to finance its Singapore chip venture, said Reuters Saturday, citing a Taiwanese newspaper.
Short Take: ST Assembly completes Winstek buy
News ST Assembly Test Services (Stats) completed its takeover of Taiwan micro-chip tester Winstek Semiconductor Corp on Tuesday.
National Semi to cut Melaka headcount by 10%
News Ten percent of microchip manufacturer National Semiconductor employees at its plant located in Melaka will be laid off, out of an approximate total workforce of 2,500, a spokesperson for Malaysia confirmed Wednesday.
Mobile smartcard reader launched
News EPNCR (M) Sdn Bhd, a Multimedia Super Corridor(MSC)-status company, yesterday soft launched the first Malaysian-developed mobile smartcard reader.
Chip-equipment sales dove in 2001
News New research finds that makers of microchip manufacturing equipment saw worldwide sales slide almost 30 percent in 2001, a year in which capacity shipments "virtually ceased."
M'sian smartcard to be issued immediately
News Malaysia's ambitious government multipurpose card (GMPC) will be issued immediately, but existing identity cards will only be phased out in stages, according to Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
Chip sales bloom in June
News Worldwide sales for the month show growth of 40 percent over last year, and second-quarter figures are healthy too, new data shows.
Tags: Components
Microsoft hops on the RFID bandwagon
News Microsoft yesterday announced new software designed to help small and midsize companies better manage their supply chains wirelessly.
Tags: RFID
