South Korea and Hong Kong beat Singapore in smartphone penetration: Ericsson
Hong Kong is No.1 in the world in tablet penetration
Regional mobile roaming improves in Asia Pacific
Countries join hands to address the growing demand for mobile broadband.
Apple pushing iPhone 4 in China to gain market share
The company had a 9 percent market share in this year's first quarter for the Chinese market, 10 percentage points behind Samsung
China trounces US in TOP500 supercomputer race
A surprise entrant on the list, China's Tianhe-2 generated 33.86 petaflops
Hong Kong sees growth in mobile devices preference: study
Preference for laptops, media tablets and smartphones indicates a connected society.
CUHK: No detection of hacking into HKIX
The Chinese University of Hong Kong said that its IT backbone and the Hong Kong Internet exchange (HKIX) have never been hacked.
Number of online shoppers grows in Hong Kong
Technology has made online shopping very convenient for customers.
Brocade to deliver training classes in Mandarin
Signs a deal with Global Knowledge for delivering training and certification programmes across Asia Pacific and Japan.
China to be the largest WAF market
Expected to surpass South Korea in Web application firewall market growth, according to new analysis from Frost & Sullivan.
SMBs having problems with backup, recovery: study
Cost and complexity of implementation are among the challenges that keep SMBs from implementing backup and recovery measures.
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UK spy agency reportedly intercepted email of delegates at G20 meetings in 2009
The British intelligence agency targeted email accounts, computers and phones used by foreign delegates, leaked documents allegedly show
Singapore Government to release more data to the public
The move aims to bring about greater convenience and deepen co-creation efforts with the public.
Honeywell increases productivity for terminal operators
Announces OneWireless Terminal Solution.
Cloud-based productivity apps —'don't believe the hype' says Gartner
Gartner, however, predicts that a major shift toward cloud office systems will begin by the first half of 2015.
Samsung opens R&D facility in Nokia's backyard
Mobile phone maker Samsung is set to open a new research and development centre in Nokia's home town, in Espoo, Finland.
Salaries unchanged for ICT professionals
National base salary for ICT professionals remains at $75000 according to Absolute IT's annual remuneration report.
Interview: Evolving threats
How has the threat landscape changed over the years and what are the most active threats in the Asia Pacific region? Sam Harris, Director, Enterprise Risk Management at Teradata, provides some answers.
Myanmar braces for mobile phone boom as Internet access trickles in
Myanmar's government wants to increase the nation's mobile penetration to at least 75 percent by 2016
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HP shakes up management team of PC division
Hewlett-Packard has shuffled the management of its PC division as it tries to sharpen its focus on growth markets.
Internet should be prepared for 'militarisation': UK ministry report
Stephen Bell looks at a report on cyber-conflict called The Global Cyber-Game.
CSX puts its people first
The corporate culture at CSX fosters employee connections and career development. It is the no. 19-ranked company on Computerworld's 2013 Best Places to Work in IT list.
Swedish court OKs Pirate Bay co-founder Svartholm Warg's extradition to Denmark
The decision to extradite the Pirate Bay co-founder can be appealed
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Scope creep a major issue for Singapore CTOs and CIOs
Prominent causes for scope creep include poor project management, staff continuity and changing regulatory environment.
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Phone wars — why big data means big opportunity
Telcos could analyse their customer information generated from various activities to discover more about them, or predict key trends and use this information to take appropriate decisions and actions.
How Tata Power Trading achieved a sustainable business model using the cloud
To meet the requirements of working in a unique environment such as those that existed in the power trading business and to accommodate its future business needs, the Tata Power Trading Company chose to streamline its business processes using cloud technology. Here’s how its CIO, Ujjal Kumar Ghatak did it.
Some Aussie data centre operators not measuring power usage: survey
A number of respondents did not know their power usage effectiveness (PUE), according to Campos Research & Analysis
How to fix Web pages that print too small
When pages look right onscreen but end up tiny on the printed page, try these fixes.
Microsoft seeks entry to the education market via the Surface RT
In a bid to encourage educators to adopt its tablet, Microsoft will offer a $199 Surface RT special to K-12 schools.
Facebook set to beef up Instagram with video?
Analysts say tight-lipped Facebook's announcement on Thursday will likely involve mobile and video, and it needs to be a blockbuster
Jive boosts mobile capabilities of its enterprise social suite
The company has a new iPad app, and an improved iPhone app.
Start-up tackles advanced persistent threats on Microsoft, Apple computers
CrowdStrike's Falcon allows for range of responses to enterprise network attackers.
Microsoft seeks entry to the education market via the Surface RT
In a bid to encourage educators to adopt its tablet, Microsoft will offer a $199 Surface RT special to K-12 schools.
Google Glass privacy concerns raised by international data protection authorities
Officials asked Larry Page if they can test the frames and for details on how Google will use the data the device collects.
Samsung mass produces 1.4GB/s PCIe flash cards
Latest Samsung flash card exceeds SATA 6Gb/s bandwidth.
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