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Group wants encryption bans overturned
News The Jericho Forum pledges to lobby countries such as China to relax restrictions on encryption, saying such controls hinder e-commerce.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Regulations, International governments
How eight pixels cost Microsoft millions
News Insensitivity to cultural issues has led to some of the software giant's products being banned in some countries.
Tags: Software
UAE has Gulf's highest female Internet user base
News United Arab Emirates houses most female online users in Gulf region, making Arab state potentially lucrative market for online companies, study shows.
Tags: Female, Web sites, Internet advertising, online company, Bahrain, broadband quality of service, Web sites, Female, QoS, Broadband
Saudi faces tough time with cybercrimes
News Government official in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia says "close to impossible" to completely eradicate "fast-developing" cybercrime techniques.
Tags: Data security, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Commission, Cybercriminal, Malware, Saudi Arabia, e-mail hacking, network, Cybercrime
Calif. firm investigates Saudi hostage video
News FBI called in after surge in traffic takes down California company's Web site--an al-Qaida hijack?
Tags: Web sites
Planetsoft to push software in SEA, China
News Planetsoft Sdn Bhd, a local IT consulting firm, plans has big plans to sell its indigenous software locally and abroad, despite the sobering regional outlook brought about by economic concerns.
M'sia to lead Silicon Valley VC firm
News Malaysia will lead the formation of a US$150 million (RM570 million) venture capital company together with Muslim investors in the US, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain with the purpose of investing in the IT sector in Silicon Valley.
Net censorship on the rise
News Survey by OpenNet Initiative finds 25 out of 41 administrations block or filter Internet content, compared to just a few five years ago.
Tags: Web sites, Government
Global group to provide cyberattack early warnings
News The International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber-Terrorism, or Impact, will provide an "early-warning system" for governments facing cyberattacks, says its founders.
Tags: Security, Network security, Data security, Google Inc., Academia, Cyberspace, Government, Vint Cerf, Symantec Corp., information system
Silverlake eyes Middle East, Eastern Europe banking sector
News Silverlake System Sdn Bhd, a local banking and financial software solutions provider, plans to expand its market this year with a keen focus on the Middle Eastern and eastern European markets.
Nasdaq drops more than 70 points
News Stocks fell, led by Intel, after the chipmaker's profit margins missed its own forecasts.
Who's on top in tech-readiness?
News While Nordic nations still win top marks in surveys, oil-producing countries are waking up to the need to adapt their economies to the digital age.
Note to alternative browsers: Drop the religion
Insight comment If makers of alternative browsers are truly serious about challenging IE’s dominance, then they need to ditch the standards religion and support EVERY feature of Internet Explorer, said our columnist.
Tags: Web browsers
Facebook's land grab in the face of a downturn
News The social-networking site is moving aggressively to sign up more users around the world while much of Silicon Valley hunkers down.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web services, Growth strategies and tools, MySpace, Google Inc., Advertisement, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, marketing, SEC
Asia's search hits record high in September
News Search queries in region clocks 38.6 billion last month, compared to 33 billion last year, with Google leading way as preferred search site, study shows.
Tags: Search, Web sites, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., search engine, Search, Web sites, Asia-Pacific, Australia, South Korea
