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OECD sees signs of tech turnaround
News New report has found signs of recovery in the ICT industry worldwide, even among those countries and sectors that have been hard hit.
Tags: Components, Software, Semiconductor, Information And Communication Technology, Japan, Software, Korea, billing, China, revenue
India's BlackBerry case raises privacy concerns
News Controversy over Indian government's request to monitor BlackBerry transactions highlights need for international agreement on data security, observers say.
Tags: Data security, International governments, Regulations, RIM BlackBerry, Security, India, Insider Threat, Indian Company, software, strategy
Net governance concern wider industry, observers say
News Call for other stakeholders to play an active role in charting the growth of the Internet.
Tags: Web sites, Domain names, IT Governance
Look what sentiments can do to an economy!
Blogs Sentiments undoubtedly play an important role in an economy. In recent times, we have seen how sentiments can swing cons...
European IT chief backs Net neutrality
News In a speech made to a global forum on Internet governance, the EC's Viviane Reding says the Net neutrality debate is a 'political question to be answered by the people'.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Security, Net Neutrality, Internet economy, British Broadcasting Corp., network, European Commission, online piracy, Internet
Intel rallies Thai broadband industry
News The chip giant urges IT industry operators, regulators and think-tanks in Thailand to make available five million broadband Internet ports in the country by 2010.
Tags: Personal broadband, Business broadband, Investments, Web sites, Intel Corp., Internet Access, Thailand, Information And Communication Technology, Broadband, NTC
Japan, Korea ahead in broadband race
News Customers in the two countries experience faster download speeds and more value for money than broadband users in countries such as Australia.
Tags: Business broadband, DSL, Personal broadband, Cable
New global task force to fight spam
News A global taskforce has been set up to tackle the growing problem of junk e-mails.
Tags: Spam and phishing
China rising rapidly in R&D, report says
News Asian powerhouse replaces Japan as No. 2 investor in research and development, OECD says, and the U.S. still leads the pack.
Tags: R&D
OECD sees uncertain future for WiMax
News WiMax's role is "debatable" as spectrum allocation worldwide is incomplete, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development says in a new report.
Tags: WiMax, International governments
Linux, PDAs and consumer goods drive IT growth
News An Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report predicts the worldwide IT sector to grow at 6 per cent in 2006.
Chewing on a piece of cardboard
Blogs Last night, I watched in utter disgust as the news on telly showed how a back-alley operation in Beijing, China, went ab...
Broadband--you are the the weakest link
News In his address to business leaders at Microsoft's fifth annual chief executive conference Bill Gates has pointed the finger at broadband as the weakest link for the Internet industry in the next decade.
Spam fight goes global
News StopSpamAlliance pools resources from six international anti-spam organizations, and could help companies deal with junk mail.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Spam filtering
Developing nations losing spam battle, report says
News Countries with fewer resources are finding themselves overwhelmed as junk mail senders take shelter there, according to the OECD.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Spam filtering, Spam
