Payment Structure
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S'pore looking to improve online security
News Monetary Authority of Singapore exploring new guidelines to enhance security for online transactions and credit card payments, says Visa exec.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Security applications/tools, Security Management, Authentication, Security, credit card payment, bank, Authentication and encryption, Noka, Payment Structure
RIM may go open source
Insight newsmaker Research In Motion co-CEO Jim Balsillie says there "may be some open source stuff that makes sense" for the Blackberry but there is no pressure even though rival Symbian has gone that route.
Tags: Network infrastructure, Development/design, Mobile/Wireless, BlackBerry, Open source, Mobile applications, RIM BlackBerry, Mobile, Research In Motion Ltd., Touch Screen
PC spend by Indian SMBs to pick up
News Nearly a third of small and midsize firms in India hold hope for an economic revival within three months and 23 percent plan to buy basic IT goods, finds new study.
Tags: Hardware, Personal Computers, Utility computing, India, Small And Medium Business, Software, compliance, research company, VoIP, information technology
Client payment structures that get the check
Insight You like to have control over how your clients structure their payments to you. Some factors are out of your control, but you can work some of these payment strategies into your project contract.
Advantages and drawbacks to hourly fees and flat rates
Insight Are consultants better off charging their clients a flat fee or setting an hourly rate? Heed these stories, and a few hard lessons, from four consultants before you bill your clients.
New rules favor Bells, threaten ISPs
News An upcoming FCC ruling could free Bells from at least $1 billion in payments to competitors but may put some phone companies out of business while raising Internet service fees.
Net TV firm set to guard Canadian border
News A looming copyright battle in the country could soon offer one of the first major tests of technology that promises to establish national borders on the Net.
Broadband video poised for mass adoption
News But issues pertaining to content rights and payment structures must be resolved first, contends the CEO of Singapore's broadband pioneer 1-Net.
Tags: Business broadband, Microsoft Outlook, E-mail servers, Video, SMB
Hey Eminem, blame the system, not Apple
News A copyright suit filed by the rap star only points to bigger problems with the music industry that won't be easily solved in the courtroom.
Tags: Copyright
Two recipients for govt e-commerce tax breaks
News Two companies, homegrown listed Kian Ann Engineering and ECXA, have been awarded the Approved Cyber Traders status by the Trade Development Board (TDB) of Singapore which allows for a lower corporate tax payment structure.
