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S'pore transport regulator partners Google Maps

News Country's Land Transport Authority hopes to make public transport "choice mode" by offering Google Maps as part of travel planning service.

Thursday, November 19 2009 12:07 PM

Tags: Location-based services, Transport, Google Inc., CEO, partnership, Singapore, ERP, Southeast Asia, Regulator, data-processing

S'pore forms group to boost 3D chips

News New consortium seeks to advance Singapore's 300mm wafer manufacturing capabilities by focusing on through-silicon via for 3D integrated circuit packages.

Tuesday, September 08 2009 05:08 PM

Tags: Processors, R&D, Integrated Circuit, Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Chip, Singapore, 3D, consortium, transistor

Asian TLDs bide their time on DNSSEC

News update Thailand goes ahead to adopt security protocol for country-code top-level domain, but other countries in region continue testing and may not follow suit yet.

Thursday, October 15 2009 07:15 PM

Tags: Web sites, Domain names, Network security, Security implementation/standards, Security Management, DNS, Registry, Thailand, Web Browser, browser company

Siemens onboard for high-speed trains in China

News Japan and European countries like France have had them for decades. But now the race to build high-speed trains seems to have taken off in two of the leading world economies.

Monday, March 23 2009 11:07 AM

Tags: Hardware, Train, Siemens AG, Shanghai, Japan, Chinese Ministry Of Railway, China, Adobe PDF, U.S., Olympic Games

UK IT suppliers forced to invest in staff training

News U.K. IT suppliers have to commit to lifting their staff's tech skills if they want to win government contracts.

Monday, May 25 2009 09:53 AM

Tags: HR policies and procedures, IT Services, Supplier, Training, Workforce, Whitehall, Government, public sector, U.K., industry

S'pore to get new-generation membership card

News Passion ez-link Card conforms with new standard for micropayments and will enable payment for transit services, retail purchases and motoring charges.

Tuesday, August 25 2009 06:25 PM

Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, micropayment, Singapore, Card, payment, CEO, managing director, Benefit, director

Google tries its own take on customer service

News Not surprisingly, the search giant thinks automation and innovation are important. But as CEO Eric Schmidt says, everyone wants to wring a neck when things go wrong.

Friday, November 06 2009 10:55 AM

Tags: Customer support, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Services, Google Inc., sales team, Customer support, Phone, Services, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Sales

Getting your Windows 7 fix in Linux with VirtualBox

Techguide VirtualBox will allow you to stretch your budget farther, test your software more securely, and train your users more safely, and more.

Monday, November 02 2009 11:26 AM

Tags: Open source, Innotek VirtualBox, Installation, Operating System, Virtual Machine, Microsoft Windows 7, remote access, RAM, hard drive, Microsoft Windows

Eric Schmidt wants Google in your office

Insight newsmaker Google services for business customers will become "very profitable" once they reach sufficient scale, CEO says in an interview.

Tuesday, October 27 2009 11:34 AM

Tags: Web services, Web 2.0, Web sites, Microsoft Office, Google Inc., Google Voice, Web 2.0, Microsoft Corp., Information Technology, Web sites

Tighter budgets but airlines still focus on IT

News Some airlines focus on tech to improve passengers' travel experience, while IT-based onboard merchandising offers carriers another revenue source.

Monday, August 24 2009 12:26 PM

Tags: Music devices, Business development/management, Airline, TV, Semiconductor Industry Association, aircraft, entertainment, phone, monitoring, Web

Games development gets training boost in S'pore

News update Center set up by Nanyang Polytechnic and Sony Computer Entertainment Asia will train students to develop games on PlayStation platforms.

Thursday, April 09 2009 02:57 PM

Tags: Games, Product development and design, Training, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Sony Playstation, Sony PlayStation Portable, Singapore, Games Development, Sony PlayStation 3, industry

Apple iPhone 3G S

Reviews The iPhone 3G S isn't as big an advance as the iPhone 3G was from the first-generation model, but Apple's latest handset is still a compelling upgrade for some users. It's faster, and we appreciate the new features and extended battery life.

Wednesday, October 08 2008 11:30 AM

Tags: Battery, Apple Inc., Feature, Smart Phone, Apple iPhone 3G, Cell Phone, Video, GPS, Internet radio, photograph

Travel firms use IT to beat recession blues

News Amid downturn, India's travel industry adopts IT tools to lower costs, improve operational efficiencies and diversify product offerings to increase revenues.

Monday, July 20 2009 05:29 PM

Tags: Traveller, Web sites, Mobile applications, Hotel, Mobile, India, Cell Phone, Tool, channel management, phone