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Vietnam: Where pirated apps match personal budgets
Insight perspective Many Vietnamese view pirated software as the only way they can afford the apps they want and need. Considering their wage scale, they aren't necessarily wrong.
Tags: Piracy, Business applications, Personal applications, Software licensing, Operating systems, Adobe PhotoShop, Vietnam, DVD, Nam, Kaspersky
Firms turn to consumer goods for productivity
News The line between personal and enterprise tools may be blurring as organizations turn to consumer products to help them in the workplace.
Tags: Consumer Technology, IBM Corp., Ovum, Mobile, Smart Phone, IBM Lotus Notes, Standards, Consumerization, e-mail, asset
Singapore inches toward open source
Insight Awareness for open source software has increased, but the level of activities is nowhere it can or should be, industry observers say.
Tags: Open source, Linux, Linux desktop OS, Linux server OS
Samsung Q1 earnings beat expectations
News A strong showing from the mobile-phone unit--whose profit margins beat Nokia's--helped Samsung post a US$349 million operating profit in the first quarter.
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, Memory Chip, Chip, Sales, LCD panel, Earnings, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Nokia Corp., handset, industry
IDA CEO to head Manpower Ministry
News Info-communications Development Authority of Singapore CEO Yong Ying-I is taking over the Ministry of Manpower.
Korean Trusts agree to purchase Hynix Semiconductor bonds
News Hanwha Investment Trust Management Co and 14 other Korean investment trust companies that own Hynix Semiconductor Inc bonds agreed to buy new debt from the third-largest computer-memory-chip maker, clearing the way to reorganize US$3.8 billion of its debts.
Vietnam: Locals dominate IT hardware market
News In Vietnam, the rapidly-growing domestic computer manufacturing industry has cornered the lion's share of the local market, but experts warn that urgent steps are needed to ensure quality and generate more revenue.
Toshiba's flashy new look at chips
News NAND flash-memory chip prices continue to fall, but the industry's recent production pullback and expected market expansion could restore power.
Tags: Processors, Sales/revenue, Earning reports/forecasts
Laid-off techies take the world by storm
News Self-declared "start-up junkie" Michael Lin is kicking his dot-com habit--at least temporarily--by hitting the road.
Faster PC memory set to hit shelves
News For DDR makers, 2004 is shaping up nicely: Prices for the memory technology are surging, and a new, high-profit replacement is about to hit store shelves.
OpenAmplify developer's diary - part three: Topic intention comparisons
Techguide Justin James chronicles his process of using Hapax's OpenAmplify Web service to create an application that can match documents with content that is similar or identical to the source document.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Document, Comparison, Simple Object Access Protocol, system administration, SM, topTopicsResult, Web sites, Web 2.0
S'pore mobile players target region
News Singapore's mobile services providers target users in developing markets across Asia-Pacific by bridging gap between high- and low-end devices.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Applications and tools, Communications, Mobile, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, phone, e-mail, video service, SMS
APAC users laud mobile data services
News Interest in mobile broadband and wider device choice drive data revenues, which last year accounted for 27.8 percent of overall mobile revenues.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Data services, Mobile Broadband, Mobile, mobile data service, mobile data revenue, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Broadband, e-mail
Layoffs loom for M'sian electronics sector
News One of the pillars of Malaysia's economy, its electronic and electrical sector has become a double-edged sword during the current global slowdown.
Tags: Sales/revenue, Layoffs, Business planning, Trends, Intel Corp., Western Digital Corp., Electronics, Manufacturing, Chip Company, Electronics Sector
Vietnam Net subscriptions climb above 100,000
News The number of dial-up Internet users in Vietnam has now passed the 100,000 mark, following a cut in charges and further telephone line installation.
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