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S'pore tops multimedia search contest
News Intelligent, "self-learning" multimedia search retrieval system helps team from National University of Singapore emerge winner of US$100,000 cash prize.
Tags: Search, Digital media, Multimedia, R&D, Software, Google Inc., Search Engine, Video, Singapore, YouTube Inc.
Online university eyes Asian MBA market
News The tech shakeout hasn't stopped investors from launching an Asian online university, one which they hope will skirt the pitfalls that have claimed many a dotcom.
Singapore, overseas universities may team on Wi-Fi roaming
News Local undergraduates on exchange programs may soon enjoy Wi-Fi roaming at overseas universities if a plan by the National University of Singapore (NUS) takes off.
OpenOffice Beijing Conference is open
Blogs The 6th OpenOffice Annual Conference 2008 in Beijing is almost ready. I just got a nice entry pass from the organizing c...
International open source communities focus on China
Blogs The OW2 Consortium, an independent industry community dedicated to developing open source middleware announced the launc...
Microsoft gives to Asia-Pac schools' Windows studies
News Microsoft has donated US$266,000 to Asia-Pacific schools doing research on devices running flavors of its embedded Windows operating system.
Researchers map China's underground cybercrime economy
News Researchers from Peking University in Beijing and the University of Mannheim in Germany released a paper that aims to map the underground cybercrime economy in China.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Viruses and worms, Security Management, Business security
M'sia expects 400 MSC status companies by year-end
News The government is confident the number of Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) status companies will reach 400 by year-end, making its target of 500 MSC companies by the year 2003 almost a non-issue.
Cisco gets behind China’s IT education drive
News The networking giant will sponsor course materials and instructor training to expand the pool of IT professionals in the mainland.
64-bit Chinese Linux OS unveiled
News The world's first 64-bit Chinese Linux operating system has been commercially released.
Chinese IT firm's subsidiary to raise RM15 million on MESDAQ
News MSC-status company PUC Founder (MSC) whose parent company Founder Group was established by China's Peking University, aims to raise RM15 million upon its listing on the MESDAQ targeted for the first quarter of next year.
MDC dishes out grants to get MSC going
News Local technology start-ups desperate for funding can take heart. The Multimedia Super Corridor promoter and developer Multimedia Development Corporation has begun to dish out the cash.
China unveils mammoth grid project
News The Ministry of Education in China hopes to foster tighter collaboration within academia by using grid technology, with help from IBM.
AMD puts down more roots in China
News Company inks chip development deal with Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology, Peking University.
Tags: Processors, Investments
HK companies sell shares on world's worst market
News Hong Kong technology companies are facing a dilemma: sell shares on the world's worst performing stock market or risk having no money to grow.
