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Device ecosystem crucial to TD-SCDMA growth
News Symbian's recent vote of support for TD-SCDMA is expected to boost the Chinese 3G standard, but real growth will come after 2012, says analyst.
Tags: 3G (Third Generation), Mobile applications, Ovum, China Mobile Ltd., China Unicom, 3G Network, 3G, China Telecom, W-CDMA, TD-SCDMA
Apps to flourish on mobile, games
News Developers should bet on Android, games, navigation and music, to reap returns, suggest industry watchers, who say business apps can also prove viable.
Tags: Mobile applications, Business applications, Mobile platforms, Nokia Corp., Ovum, Phone, Operating System, App, mobile, Business applications
Malaysia fines laggard WiMax licensees
News Government slaps penalties totaling US$1.1 million on all but one of country's WiMax operators after they failed to meet required network coverage.
Tags: WiMax, Regulations, Network infrastructure, Pacnet Ltd., Network Coverage, performance bond, network, Telecommunications, Singapore, Malaysia
Outsourcing the offshore operations
News news analysis Western companies are increasingly getting away from running their own offshoring operations, handing the jobs over to Indian tech-services specialists.
Tags: Outsourcing, IT outsourcing, Offshoring, Outsourcing, Operation, Aviva Plc., India, Business Process, Indian Company, job
FBI's 'Operation Phish Phry' snares nearly 100 people
News U.S. and Egyptian authorities have charged almost 100 people involved in a phishing scam designed to swipe personal information and use the data to defraud banks.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Lawsuits, Phishing, U.S., bank, Egypt, FBI, Financial Company, credit card company, financial
Comparing cursor vs. WHILE loop performance in SQL Server 2008
Techguide Tim Chapman discusses your iteration choices in SQL Server 2008 and explains why determining which option performs better depends on the situation.
Tags: Server platforms, Databases, Cursor, Row, Database, Microsoft SQL Server, Cursors Cursors, FORWARD_ONLY, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SQL Server 2005
President of Google's Greater China leaving Google
News In 2005, Kai-Fu Lee decamped from Microsoft to take over Google's China operations, sparking a legal battle between the companies. Now he's starting his own venture.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Kai-Fu Lee, speech recognition, Wall Street Journal, Silicon Graphics Inc., leadership team, Microsoft Corp., China, Redmond
LHC on course for November restart
News The giant particle accelerator should restart in mid-November, and could commence high-energy experiments before the end of the year.
Tags: Hardware, Magnet, Gillies, Beam Collision, CERN, Beam, scientist, Large Hadron Collider, Hardware
Unnecessary distraction from country's e-polls
Blogs If not for the weird story that President Arroyo underwent a breast implant operation in a local hospital, I'm pretty su...
Microsoft snaps up Office.com domain
News It could serve as a handy address for Microsoft's Web-based productivity suite, but the software maker isn't saying just how it will use the domain.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Business applications, Microsoft Windows Live, Domain, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, e-mail, Apple Safari, TechCrunch, Microsoft Office
New alliance aims to unify malware fight
News IEEE's Industry Connections Security Group aims to formalize sharing of malware data among security players, but an analyst says its focus may be too narrow.
Tags: Network security, Security Management, Security applications/tools, Malware, Ovum, Security, Sophos Plc., Trend Micro Inc., antivirus, principal analyst
Study: eBay, Yahoo among most trusted companies
News However, trusted is not the same as trustworthy, Electronic Frontier Foundation points out in criticizing latest study.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Verizon Communications Inc., eBay Inc., data retention, Survey, Privacy, TRUSTe, Facebook, brand
Mozilla's e-mail group looks toward the cloud
News Mozilla Messaging, while about to release Thunderbird 3 desktop e-mail software, also turning its attention to cloud computing with Raindrop project.
Tags: E-mail clients, Mozilla Thunderbird, Google Inc., E-mail, E-mail clients, Thunderbird 3, Raindrop, Mozilla Messaging, advertisement, software
Skype aims to avoid shutdown with new tech
News eBay-owned VoIP firm is trying to develop new P2P technology to replace that which might be taken away in a legal dispute with Skype's founders.
Tags: Corporate communications, Business applications, Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc., IP Telephony, P2P, founder, litigation, SEC, Internet
Barnes & Noble may face Kindle-type dilemma
News When the bookseller releases its e-reader devices next year, it may not be able to avoid having to remotely delete e-books, as Amazon did last month.
Tags: Copyright, Digital media, E-book Reader, Safe Harbor, Wireless, Singapore, Jeff Bezos, Digital media, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle
