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AAC Acoustic opens global HQ in S'pore
News Miniature acoustics components maker will also invest US$13.8 million over next five years on research and development in Singapore.
Tags: Development/design, Sound, Corporate Training, Singapore, mobile handset, Sound, Support Services, product development, R&D, agency
Global drug firm opens M'sian IT center
News GlaxoSmithKline sets up US$17.7 million tech center in Malaysia, its first in Asia, to support company's global operations and networks across 85 countries.
Tags: Services, Data centers, Outsourcing, GlaxoSmithKline Plc., U.K., Information Technology, revenue, GSK, Pharmaceutical Company, Manufacturing
Facebook hires an open source advocate
News Prominent open standards advocate David Recordon will join Facebook as senior open programs manager.
Tags: Web 2.0, LiveJournal, Facebook, job, founder, blog, open standard, Web 2.0, board
Sony cuts costs, but not brand problems
News news analysis Big layoffs may save pennies, but they won't fix what's really wrong with the Japanese consumer electronics giant.
Tags: Sound, Home entertainment, Blu-ray, TV, Electronics, Investment, Manufacturing, LCD panel, Sound, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
Competition heats up for outsourcing industry
Blogs News this week might slip under the radar in terms of industry impacts as individual events may not have been game-chang...
3 Lessons a CIO can learn from Windows 7
Techguide Microsoft's missteps with Vista, and attempts at redemption with Windows 7, offers firms valuable lessons in IT, be it in rolling out a new corporate application or delivering millions of copies of a new OS.
Tags: Windows 7, Infrastructure/architecture management, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., software, Information Technology, Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Patrick Gray
Monitoring staff e-mail and Internet: Dos and don'ts
News Should you be keeping an eye on the inboxes of your workers or not? Here are dos and don'ts for monitoring staff e-mail and Internet usage.
Tags: E-mail servers, E-mail clients, Security implementation/standards, Web sites, IT Governance, Communications, Staff E-mail, Malware, compliance, e-mail
IE overall usage slips, but IE 8 gains
News All of Internet Explorer's rivals gained overall from August to September, though IE 8 did increase in popularity. Firefox gained the most among IE's competitors.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web browsers, Microsoft Corp., Web 2.0, Web Browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Mozilla Firefox
10 ways to effectively estimate and control project costs
Techguide Estimating what a project will cost is only half the battle; controlling those costs during the project and after delivery is equally critical.
Tags: IT project management, Project management, Cost control, Baseline Cost, Business Unit, Information Technology, Benchmarking Exercise, Project, IT-spending, Cost
Configuring VoIP in Twinkle
Techguide If you need a reliable and capable SIP softphone for Linux, Vincent Danen suggests using the feature-rich Twinkle to configure its use.
Tags: VoIP, VoIP/IP telephony, SIP, Phone, Fedora Project, Twinkle, laptop computer, authentication, VoIP, headset
China Web clampdown ahead of anniversary
News Reports suggest the Chinese government has been taking more steps to censor the Internet in the run-up to celebrations of 60 years of the republic.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Business Strategies & Functions, Data Management, Relay, Security, Blue Cross Blue Shield, network, software, Business Strategies & Functions
Firefox hopes to one-up IE with fast graphics
News Windows 7 features called Direct2D and DirectWrite will speed up Internet Explorer 9 performance. But Firefox hopes it might retool for the same benefit first.
Tags: Web browsers, Service level management, Google Inc., DirectWrite, Bas Schouten, Direct2D, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Graphics, Mozilla Corp.
Skype reprimanded over video-call ad
News U.K. Advertising Standards Authority bans showing of Skype ad after viewers complain it exaggerates sound and image quality possible in a video call.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Skype Technologies S.A., IP Telephony, Video, Internet telephony company, Glasgow, ADSL, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), performance
Software makers to be held more accountable?
Blogs Software companies throughout the world are taking note of moves in Europe to subject software to the same consumer prot...
Why tech should play like jazz
Blogs Al Jarreau, considered one of this generation's greatest jazz vocalists, was in town this week for a one-night concert a...
