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China's SMBs to up mobile investments

China's SMBs to up mobile investments

News Small and midsize businesses in Asian IT powerhouses China and India, are expected to spend US$9.5 billion to boost their wireless infrastructure, finds AMI-Partners study.

Monday, May 07 2007 06:33 PM

Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Network infrastructure, SMB


Open source has not reached apex

Open source has not reached apex

Insight Former MySQL boss Marten Mickos says there's still "more to develop and more territory to conquer", and predicts Microsoft will "become one of the biggest friends of open source".

Wednesday, November 25 2009 11:45 AM

Tags: Open source, Business applications, Open Source, Database, database company, Operating System, Open-source Database, mobile, Business applications, Silicon.com


Analysts question the point of dot-mobi

Analysts question the point of dot-mobi

News Design and better access, not a new domain extension, will draw users to the mobile Internet, say analysts.

Thursday, September 28 2006 09:48 AM

Tags: Web sites, Browser


WiMax: Waiting to explode in Philippines?

Blogs Last weekend, I had the chance to take part in an offsite press event organized by Smart Communications, the topdog in t...

Friday, May 15 2009 05:13 PM


Softbank to expand investments in Korea to US$400 million this year

News Softbank Corp, Japan's largest Internet investment company, said its joint venture will quadruple investments in Korea up to US$400 million by the end of this year, aiming to control the Korean Internet market.

Friday, June 01 2001 03:43 PM


Softbank-led group to buy half of Korea Thrunet

News A group led by Softbank Corp, Asia's largest investor in Internet-related companies, will pay US$250 million for about half of Korea Thrunet Co, buying into the world's fastest growing high-speed Internet market.

Friday, June 01 2001 04:20 PM


Thai 3G mobile phone services by 2004

News Third generation (3G) mobile phone services will not take off in Thailand until 2004, when they will be launched by a joint venture between the two state telecom agencies.

Friday, June 01 2001 03:55 PM


A good reason to read e-mail at the beach

Blogs I received the first watch notice by e-mail about the Indonesia tsunami on Monday afternoon (17 July) at 16:38 Singapore...

Wednesday, July 26 2006 04:18 PM

Tags: Wireless e-mail devices, E-mail clients, Microsoft Outlook, E-mail servers, Mobile applications, IT strategy


S'pore SMBs move in on M2M

News The island-state aspires to be the Southeast Asian hub for machine-to-machine applications, a market that is estimated to be worth US$264 billion worldwide by 2010.

Tuesday, October 18 2005 06:29 PM

Tags: Hardware, Data warehousing/business intelligence, Diagnostics and monitoring, Business applications, SMB


Tech darling Qualcomm stumbles

News For Qualcomm, like so many technology stocks, the unraveling of months of stock market hype has proved painful.

Friday, June 01 2001 03:56 PM


Mobile phone mast blamed for vanishing pigeons

News Could a mobile phone mast damage a bird's sense of direction? One UK pigeon fancier thinks so--and he's planning legal action.

Tuesday, September 04 2001 10:00 AM


3G gets closer to EDGE

News Although 3G networks are beginning to spring up in Europe, reports indicate that some networks will take an intermediary step.

Monday, February 24 2003 10:41 AM


One size doesn't fit all for Asian telcos

News New entrants, incumbents and global operators that see Asia Pacific as a single, homogenous region are making a dangerous mistake, according to market researcher Ovum.

Friday, December 07 2001 04:40 PM


Two 3G operators in the UK "destined for bankruptcy"

News Mobile commerce hasn't lived up to the hype, and two mobile operators could be in real trouble if 3G is not a big hit with the public.

Thursday, September 27 2001 09:03 AM


Sendo sues Microsoft over 'stolen' secrets

News Britain's Sendo files suit in a U.S. federal court against the software giant--its former partner--in a dispute over intellectual property.

Tuesday, December 24 2002 10:28 AM


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Use shades of gray to enhance scale in Excel

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Excel's palette is generous, but don't throw buckets of pigment all over your spreadsheets just because you can.


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Ultimate 2012 recovery site: the moon

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Have you seen the disaster movie "2012"? A friend from Control Risks and I did, and we reluctantly concluded we wouldn't be able to write off the cost of our..... by Nathaniel Forbes

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