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3FA not priority for Asian banks, regulators
News Banks in region still ironing out two-factor authentication rollouts and unlikely to implement additional authentication layer just yet, says analyst.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Data security, Security applications/tools, Security Management, Authentication, Banking, 3FA, Security, Biometrics, bank
Support for Youth Olympics stays 'strong'
News Despite current downturn, the Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee is optimistic it will reach its sponsorship target of US$33.5 million.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Infrastructure/architecture management, Atos, Spokesperson, Singapore, memorandum of understanding, IT services company, Youth Olympic Games, SYOGOC, Lenovo Group Ltd.
Asian telcos step up 'green' in 2009
News Green will be a "high priority" for the region's telcos going forward as they seek to cut costs and ride out the downturn, note industry observers.
Tags: Green IT, Infrastructure/architecture management, LANs and WANs, Network infrastructure, Ovum, Mobile, SingTel, Telecommunications, Wireless, Spokesperson
Going big on budget
News roundup Big On Budget series looks at different aspects of IT infrastructure, offering insights on how companies can better manage budget and lower cost.
Tags: Cost control, Budgeting/cost control, IT budgeting, e-mail, Cost control, IT budgeting, Budgeting/cost control, IT infrastructure, ZDNet Asia
Singapore gets Microsoft hosted suite
News Country is first in Asia to get Microsoft's Business Productivity Online Suite, already launched in U.S. and Europe, at monthly fee of US$10 per seat.
Tags: Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cloud computing, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., network, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Broadband, business productivity, Indonesia
Wireless@SG: A cuppa to success?
News Singapore's free wireless broadband service is most accessed at fast food outlets and cafés, but food and beverage stores are mixed on how the scheme has helped.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Personal broadband, Business broadband, Starbucks Corp., SingTel, Spokesperson, Singapore, Broadband, food, wireless Internet
S'pore says NBN will stay competitive
News Tight regulation will ensure players on Singapore's next-generation broadband network will strive to be competitive, assures local telecoms regulator.
Tags: Video, Bandwidth, Next-generation technology/networks, Starhub, Next-generation Broadband Network, Nucleus Connect, OpCo, SingTel, CEO, network
MMS, video calls still going steady in S'pore
News Use of multimedia messaging service and video calls remain stable in Singapore, and expected to continue growing, say local telcos.
Tags: Network infrastructure, Mobile platforms/communications, tariff, Telecommunications Company, multimedia, network, mobile, Video Call, video, Starhub
YouTube, Warner Music feud nearing an end
News Two companies have reached terms on most of the major issues and it appears Warner Music's videos will return to YouTube within weeks.
Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Music, Video, Universal Music Group, EMI Group Plc., Sony Pictures, Warner Music Group Corp., Sony BMG Music Entertainment, YouTube Inc., content company
Aussies hit with IBM price hike
News IBM has confirmed it will raise Australian prices on a number of its products by 3 percent effective from 1 January 2010, in response to what Big Blue described as "changing economic conditions and cost structures".
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Business applications, Adobe Systems Inc., IBM Corp., IBM WebSphere Application Server, software, Business applications, Business Strategies & Functions, Adobe PhotoShop, Microsoft Windows 7
Bluetooth vulnerability reported in HTC phones
News Report says Bluetooth driver in the manufacturer's Windows Mobile devices could expose user contact details and other data, but HTC has not confirmed flaw.
Tags: Cellular phones, Smart phones, PDA phones, Vulnerability, Microsoft Windows Mobile, PC World, phone, Bluetooth, e-mail, Microsoft Windows
UK government open source guidelines ignored, says Ingres
News Software tenders that have taken place since the government published its open source policy in February have ignored those guidelines, according to database firm Ingres.
Tags: Open source, Open-source Database, Chief Information Officer, Open-source Software, Ingres, proprietary software, open standard, Open source, incentive, ZDNet Asia
Enterprise IT's trust level of Google will increase
News Enterprises are more than just interested in Google--they are ready to move on, especially as e-mail moves to cloud.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Business applications, Google Inc., IBM Corp., Information Technology, Business applications, Business Strategies & Functions, Gartner Inc., CIO, e-mail
UK Ministry of Defense site carried cross-site scripting flaw
News Ministry admits to security flaw that could have allowed visitors to be redirected to a malicious site.
Tags: Data security, Authentication and encryption, Network security, Security, Spokesperson, Flaw, e-mail, malicious code, Web Site, Network security
Intel talks Linux, netbooks and rivalry with ARM
Insight newsmaker Intel's Imad Sousou discusses the evolution of the Moblin Linux distribution at recent Open Source in Mobile conference.
Tags: Mobile processors, Development/design, Mobile platforms, Open Source, ARM, Google Inc., Intel Corp., Operating System, Experience, Moblin
