Comments (287)

Jason Alexander says...
Interesting article on IT and healthcare. 30 Jul 2008 10:32am

John Huston says...
This is the new age crystal ball stuff? 01 Aug 2008 1:47pm

Andrew says...
A million units in less than 3 months is commendable. But free with a phone plan is unbeatable! 21 Aug 2008 2:33pm

Angela says...
But will it be able to beat Apple's iPhone? I guess Asia, specially places like Singapore and Hong Kong will be swamped by iPhones. 07 Aug 2008 3:08pm

Deborah Biancotti says...
"Alibaba should be prepared for winter. SMEs should prepare for the winter." 21 Aug 2008 2:32pm

jason says...
damn you piracy! 15 Aug 2008 3:41pm

Real Man says...
I don't understand why we are even discussing this. Women have no place in the workplace. Where they've been, they've caused strife and suffering. The worst bosses are women because they're too emotional and insecure. And for good reason! They don't have the physical or the mental capacity to function in a professional environment. The worst staff members are women too; they talk the most and always give you lip when you tell them to do something. Anything! What's all this rubbish about helping them achieve "work-life balance"? Women are meant to balance home and hearth and home budgets. Their duties, first and foremost, have always been about carrying babies on their backs, and standing next to a hot stove with a spatula or some other cooking implement in one hand, and a broom on the other. Those are things women should be balancing, as they stand barefooted, always in the house. Not the real challenges of the real hard working world of professionals. Men are made for that. For toiling through long periods for 'the Man'. (There's a reason that expression refers to a male character, think about it.) The least a good woman should do come evening time is make sure the children are taken care of, the dinner is made and served on time, the clothes are neatly pressed and folded, and that a man should be waited on, hand and foot, from the moment he enters the door after work (where she takes his shoes and socks off) through the moment he steps out of the shower into his pyjamas before going to bed. Is that too much to ask? So I say, we as men, must make our stand today. Sound the trumpets to rally round a common purpose: the re-subjugation of women. We must put women in their place. They have caused too many problems. We must discontinue education for women, because it empowers them to talk back. They must learn to speak only when spoken to and such. I urge you to desist. Stop all this nonsense about "women in IT" and other workplaces. Stop the insanity and bring some order into our world. Thank you for your time and consideration. 21 Aug 2008 6:02pm

Ang Hoe says...
Thanks. Interesting story. 21 Aug 2008 6:26pm

Andrew says...
I knew Patrick Mcmahon at Melchers in 1993-1998 and he used to tell us these crazy stories about how he was going to build the world's biggest farris wheel right here in Singapore. We thought he was nuts but there he was in the newspaper 5 years later launching the bloody project! I really goes to show you that you should give up a dream if you really believe in a project. 22 Aug 2008 11:31am

Andy Garcia says...
You mean you should NOT give up a dream if you really believe in it? 22 Aug 2008 12:02pm

Alison Lim says...
Since the SMEs in India are so vibrant, should we look into India too? 22 Aug 2008 12:36pm

Not so Real says...
The past, men couldn't cope at home, women fill that gap so that men can work in peace. The present, men can't cope at work, women fill that gap. Now that the gap of home and work is balanced by women, where do men stand. Close the gap by force and discontinuing women's education. Who will be educating the kids? The economy is driven by purchases. What happens when women has no knowledge and freeze spending? 22 Aug 2008 2:07pm

Ross says...
Projects like the Singapore flier inspire my faith in the ability of mankind to create great things. I've alread had a ride and its a unique experience. Congratulations to who ever thought it up and keep taking action on your ideas to make this world a better place. 22 Aug 2008 2:09pm

Perry says...
This is mighty interesting. Microsoft clearly has the lion's share of the personal computing user market, but Apple keeps coming back with its campaign. Hasn't it been two decades already? Yet, the beat goes on. They're flooding our media with their ad messages again. 22 Aug 2008 2:23pm

your reader says...
Dear editor, you mentioned when we post comments, we can't use offensive language in the form of racial or ethnic slurs, abuse or personal insults. But i am wondering why you allow sexist comment like that left by Mr. Real Man. Please consider deleting it. Thank you. 22 Aug 2008 6:43pm

Real woman says...
In the first place if men can provide well for the family then the women don't need to join the workforce. If men wishes women to wait on them hand and foot like what 'real man' describes please migrate to Japan. There, women do wait hand and foot on their men. In return their men give their ENTIRE salary to their wives. In fact their companies will automatically deposit the money into the wives account. This also brings to the second point that, because Japanese men have no savings apart from the allowances their wives gives them for their meals (btw men are not allowed to return home until way past dinner or the family loses face as it could mean their bosses don't like them and that these men are not valued at work) the women are not afraid of being abandoned by their husbands. So since most of us are not Japanese, women will have to enter the workforce to ensure they can support themselves should the marriage falls apart plus in trying times like these, most men can't afford not to have their women work as their pay alone is not enough to support the whole family. In many deloping countries, many so-called real men are those who drink, womanise and stay unemployed while women are expected to take care of the entire family, clean the house and be the sole bread winner. Go tell the women not to work and expect the men to bring back the bread! I could go on but I would leave it to others to comment. 22 Aug 2008 7:19pm

Andrew says...
Yes, I meant to type that you should not give up a dream if you really believe in it. 22 Aug 2008 7:16pm

Watson says...
I am a big Windows person. I have been programming for at least sixteen (16) years and am also a Windows Sys. Admin. I have MAC vs PC wars with my co-workers, though I now switched from an iMac to a MacBook Pro. If Microsoft is real smart, they should draw on the big iPhone fiasco and do puns on it. While, I am a big PC fan, Vista just does not have the eye-candy that Leopard has. Vista was a big jump from XP, but they need to make a jump like Apple did with OS9 going to OSX. 24 Aug 2008 6:23pm

Iphone Fan says...
I have been waiting for this phone for a long time. I hope the phone is worth the wait. 24 Aug 2008 6:22pm

Applefan says...
Nothing beats the iphone. Others pale in comparison. There are many iphone lookalike in the market, all will fail. Do you see a QUEUE when the lookalikes were launched?? Do I need to say more? 25 Aug 2008 10:37am

MattyWA says...
Hey Bill - how about simply innovating a version of your software that doesn't crash? Now that would be a great vision for the future. 25 Aug 2008 2:03pm

royboy says...
As someone who completely misjudged the impact of the internet, why would anyone give oxygen to any more of his predictions? Stick to what you do well Bill, giving away those ill-gotten squillions for good causes 25 Aug 2008 7:24pm

Matthew says...
royboy, When you become a billionaire, or trillionaire, we'll listen to your couched opinions on matters technological. Until then, stay in place with the rest of us who misjudged the internet. No one's perfect. 26 Aug 2008 11:06am

Mel says...
This guy got a hold of the home computer MSM (Main Stream Market)place early in the game by stealing from Apple who in turn had stolen from Xerox. He now sprouts that sometime in the future - we may be operating our computers via 'touch' and 'voice'. Oh goodness...where has he been? l have been talking to my computer - asking it to open my email programme when l have my hands full with a hot coffee, ordering my computer to 'next page' or 'close page' (especiallly ones with Gates comments on it) and dictating letters and the like through 'voice' command only, for some 'years' now. And 'touch'? - well, the keyboard has been there all along. My particular browser and far in advanced software, left Microsoft in the dust some years back. What the hell are you all still listening to him for? 26 Aug 2008 11:05am

Zain says...
Hey Bill, You are doing a terrific job as a philanthropist. So please stick to it. Please leave technology for people who understand it! 26 Aug 2008 4:17pm

random says...
Wow, everyone has such negative attitudes towards Bill! Seems most are accurate but none the less I'm sensing a lot of hating! lol 27 Aug 2008 10:32am

Venkat says...
I think people are making comments without really understanding the achievements of Bill. Try and see how hard it is to even manage few software professionals. 27 Aug 2008 11:50am

Jazza says...
Umm yeah amd a lot of unbelieveably stupid comments at that! Good one Zain - yeah - Bill Gates built the biggest software (or any?) company the world had ever seen and revolutionised computing by not understanding technology. Wise words indeed. Go back to your finger painting. I was gonna say Lego, but then I realised that would be too complex for you. 27 Aug 2008 4:20pm

Smurf says...
Yeah, I agree, what a ** Bill is, built a company from nothing with, initially, just his and a mate's brain power, revolutionised the way EVERYTHING is done in the world today and made a squillion dollars. Now instead of swanning around the world living it up on the Riveria and having a good time, he has the audacity to take his billions and attempt to rid the world of poverty, polio, malaria or whatever to save 1,000s of children in impoverished countries. Is there no end to this man's evil deeds. 27 Aug 2008 6:07pm

Roscoe says...
I'd hate to think how these digital signs would handle advertising babies' nappies :-( 27 Aug 2008 7:48pm

LB says...
Dear MattyWA You must be the first developer in the history of the planet who has written a piece of software without bugs. I get it, you managed to write Hello World and it worked perfectly. Good on you! Try something a little more difficult next time. 29 Aug 2008 11:04am

Helen says...
Has anyone ever tried to do something noone has ever done before ... for the very FIRST time ... searching around in the dark with nothing but your own convictions to guide you ... and succeeded like Bill Gates? I, for one, am thankful he persisted. Gates revolutionised the way we live. His legacy is immortal. And how dare anyone criticse him for trying to improve the lives of those less fortunate because he can! 29 Aug 2008 12:10pm

Umberto21 says...
Bill Gates seems to be foreseeing the past in his crystal ball, (to some of us anyway).. but he is somehow right in telling people that touch screens (especially multi touch) , and perhaps voice recognition will be the new "wave" of the future (in software/hardware). I can also play nostradamus : I predict that everyone will have a GPS in their pocket, that every car and human will be able to be located at any one time. I am guessing that people will also have thermometer, gyro, compass, reporting their current status LIVE. I predict a micro-ear, I predict the mouse that automatically follows your eyes (no more mouse). I also predict the end of this horrid dinosaur device : the QWERTY keyboard. This device was copied from type writers, dates back decades, has never been improved, is SLOW and painful to learn. Someone will come up with a replacement for the keyboard ;something visual, more human. (just lookup why it is organised "QWERTY" and you will understand) I predict that future softwares will be able to evaluate emotions (of the user or the emotion of a software), based on usage pattern. I also predict full live imagery of the entire planet : like a forever-updating version of VirtualEarth and StreetView. (this is the bit where you can actually see someone carrying their Gps live, see other prediction above) so yeah! invest in R&D. If you are a software developer : start coding, people! 29 Aug 2008 1:06pm

OJ says...
Bill Gates a revolutionary? Hardly. He and this company managed to do a deal with IBM, copied someone elses software and released it. It then took 10 years to release windows 95 (a windows based platform). A style of system which Apple had been using for at least 5 years previously. Since then what has microsoft done? Bought out other companies and tried to monopolise the industry. Please name me one thing Microsoft has invented? And now what he gives some money away.What a revolutionary 29 Aug 2008 1:25pm

Vish says...
guys.....now let's not start criticising Bill for the flaws in the Operating Systems over the years. This guys had a vision and pursued it, something which 90% of humans fail to do. So how about we admire for what he's done over the years rather than his failures. Good on ya Bill.....you've been great at revolutionising the world of computers over the years. I admire you. 29 Aug 2008 3:21pm

John says...
If .... unhappy or ...., here is the solution: DO NOT HEAR because you think you may say better DO NOT SEE because you can look further DO NOT KNOW because you already know DO NOT BUY because you have choice or you can make something bettet DO NOT USE because it useless or you got something better. DO NOT AND DO NOT ..... and ... the thing most important is YOU ARE BRIANT ..... 01 Sep 2008 11:06am

Hitesh verma says...
Hi all There is a myth in the market place on low pricing of the product (reference price point being Rs. 8000 or Rs.12000/- which refers to AT&T pricing of USD 199 or USD 299). The reports don’t factor the commitment which a customers needs to give for a particular Price Plan for a period of 24 Months in the case of AT&T. For O2 the commitment is for 18 months with selected plans. But, if we calculate other cost like montly rental for voice, i.e., 69.99 (USD), the total cost of ownership for the period of 24 months for a 8 GB model comes around Rs.81000/-! The total cost of ownership for O2 is around Rs.200000/- over a period of 18 months. In first look it looks high, but in long term, it is still cheaper in India. So, don't stop urself from buying this lovely gadget... Hitesh 01 Sep 2008 11:04am

Della D says...
I am interested to talk to Mel about his own software. I am in the middle of a few web based projects myself and would like to see what he has to offer. Contact me by email if you see this response. And in the mean time don't be sour mouthed. What ever Bill Gates is or is not, he atleast had a go and made a name for himself. Now it's your turn, so step up to the mark Mel and let's see what you've got to offer the IT world. 01 Sep 2008 11:03am

Ben says...
Microsoft has done more to stymie and set back the progress of computing during its reign than any other company, through its incredibly aggressive and predatory 'embrace, extend and extinguish' tactics. Bill Gates is a genius at marketing, promotion and business. He just happened to be in the software game, but on a very deep level he doesn't 'get' software. Microsoft is the McDonalds of the software business, and similarly McDonalds don't 'get' food. But they don't care or even need to 'get' it, because food is just their product. It's the system that builds their success, not the completely mediocre product itself. So congratulations, Bill. Spend that money on something good before Microsoft collapses under its own top-heavy weight. 01 Sep 2008 11:01am

Mark says...
I have one. The 'i' in iPhone is for 'inadequate' -the poor quality, low resolution camera does not take video, does not have a self timer -can't send MMS -very poor organiser -can't sync or send/receive files ober Bluetooth -appalling battery life -poor iPod music interface -VERY slow -no search function -landscape screen mode doesn't work in SMS application I'd give it 4.5/10. 01 Sep 2008 10:58am

Girl power says...
I think real man would like to read this piece in NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/jobs/31pre.html?pagewanted=1&em and still think what he thinks about women in the workforce! 01 Sep 2008 6:49pm

Ross says...
Oh, I got it. Because I'm 55 years old, I'm therefore defined as 'a late-middle-age almost stodgy oldster' For all their ranting about 'the youth market', I think it's time that advertising agencies considered the fact that society is ageing and most countries will soon have a much larger proportion of senior citizens - former baby boomers - with money to spend. Being young won't necessarily be where the best money is. As for equating age with 'being cutting edge' well, think again. 02 Sep 2008 11:08am

Brett says...
Bill Gates emerged as the 20C most outstanding opportunist. Bill's time in the sun is well past. His appearence on the world stage is like an ex P.M. appearing on TV. All things considered it is best not done. 02 Sep 2008 11:07am

Mike says...
For those asking what if anything Microsoft has innovated, I believe that history will favor the concept of software licensing as their most important and enduring achievement. Prior to that, purchase of anything tangible implied a level of ownership. This all changed with the license model of asset distribution. You now pay money for limited permission to use something which isn't even guaranteed to work as advertised. 02 Sep 2008 1:46pm

AvantiKumar says...
The Gorgeous Geeks organisation was of particular interest at the recent Microsoft TechEd SEA event as it embraced two topics: women in IT and balancing work with life. Also, the speakers' focus highlighted that women are at the forefront in the Malaysian workplace, when it comes to tackling the work-life issue. I wondered whether this was the case in other countries. 02 Sep 2008 3:10pm

Rajesh says...
Hi Now, I am giving second thought to iPhone as it is available with EMI option as well. Saw this info on Airtel site (http://www.airtel.in/iphone3g) Rajiv 03 Sep 2008 10:28am

Andrew says...
Whether you love or hate Microsoft or believe Gates is a visionary or not, the ultimate lessons here are: ownership, commercialisation and market share. Own (or control) the IP, even if someone else created it. Make it useful, even if its not perfect. And be #1 in your markets. Microsoft went from no where to being pervasive globally across virtually every demographic: country, government, industry, SMEs and individuals. To achieve this you need to be aggressive - perhaps even anti-competitive. And they've certainly put a lot of people off. But the game never ends. Google is on the march. So tune in next week for Episode 7: The Chrome Wars.... 03 Sep 2008 11:34am

Bhava Sikandar says...
Hi, Building centre of excellence for testing along with training (talen pool creating) would help you to elevate testing and testers to next level. Analysis shows that testers lack technology due to lack of training and not due to lack of awareness. 03 Sep 2008 4:53pm

Netbook Computer Guru says...
With the little screens, there will be a billion people squinting to read the screen. It is likely that the price will come down on the Iminis. I wish they were more affordable now. Good for China! 04 Sep 2008 10:59am

Real equality says...
I don’t understand why we are even discussing this. Men have no place in the workplace. Where they’ve been, they’ve caused strife and suffering. The worst bosses are men because they’re too aggressive and competitive. And for good reason! They don’t have the physical or the mental capacity to function in a professional environment. The worst staff members are men too; they have no emotional intelligence and resort to physical intimidation when asked to do something inconsistent with their proud self-perception. Anything! What’s all this rubbish about allowing them to dominate the most powerful organizations in our society? Men are meant to defend home and hearth, and log fallen trees. Their duties, first and foremost, have always been about carrying home a fat boar for the roast, and standing guard around the settlement with spears or some other deadly implement in one hand, perhaps a knife in the other. Those are things men should be balancing, as they stand barefooted, always on the alert. Not the real challenges of the real hard working world of professionals. Women are made for that; for building relationships, genuine teamwork, respect, collaboration, and negotiation. The least a good man should do come evening time is make sure there is a fresh meat for the family, that the furniture is sturdy, the roof doesn’t leak and that a woman should feel safe and understood, from the moment she enters the door after work (where he listens diligently to the trials of her day) through the moment she steps out of the shower into her pyjamas before going to bed. Is that too much to ask? So I say, we as women, must make our stand today. Sound the trumpets to rally round a common purpose: the subjugation of men. We must put men in their place. They have caused too many problems. We must discontinue education for men, because it empowers them to find more and more sophisticated ways of waging war and killing us all. They must learn to speak only when spoken to and such. I urge you to desist. Stop all this nonsense about “men in IT” and other workplaces. Stop the insanity and bring some order into our world. Thank you for your time and consideration. 24 Sep 2008 8:24pm

Ross says...
Symantec's findings that '“nearly one in three Asian companies are ill-equipped to deal with disaster or attack. Asian businesses are not testing frequently enough to improve DR plans.” - should send a chill up the spine of many CIOs in this region. The finding that 92 per cent of Asian businesses polled had tested their disaster recovery plans at least once since creation, but only 52 per cent tested their disaster recovery (DR) plans either once a year, or less frequently,is scarey. 10 Sep 2008 3:03pm

Andrew says...
Is there any comparative data on electric cars versus gas or disel? I mean growing palm oil is not carbon neutral and neither are electric transmssion systems (especially if generation is fueled by coal). What's the big picture here? 10 Sep 2008 4:02pm

Andrew says...
For a company that claims to "do no evil", Chrome's initial terms and conditions were pretty outrageous in attempting to grab ownership of anything you might key into the web through the browser. Make no mistake, Google is a pervasive media company that wants to own all of your content for free. Even Microsoft is not that audacious! 10 Sep 2008 4:17pm

tom miller says...
is this IT news? u guys cover air-con? where's the editor? i m here lookin for IT news, but now i think i have gone to the wrong site! 11 Sep 2008 11:23am

Ross says...
Isn't it interesting how there is a gap in percpetions between end-users and IT executives. This highlights the need for better communication between the people who make the decisions and those who receive the help desk services. Perhaps the execs need to talk more to their people. 11 Sep 2008 2:04pm

Webmaster says...
One of our readers sent us the following email: Dear Editor, This is clearly biased reporting without the reporter having verified the correct facts or getting his geography in the proper perspective. Malaysian Laws are very rigid on Citizenships, PR and work permits. This reporter is deliberate tarnishing the image of an independent country. This report is wrongly reporting that the person is a legal resident of Malaysia. Please verify whether the named person is a citizen or PR (permanent resident) or a contract employee on a work permit (expired maybe) in Malaysia or a contract employee of a company resident in Hong Kong. Please affect an apology if deemed necessary! Thank You! 16 Sep 2008 1:21pm

Andrew says...
Dear Reader, thank you for your comment. We have reviewed the story and have revised the headline to "Indian national sentenced in brokerage hacking scheme". The story is based on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Litigation Release No. 20711 that states Thirugnanam Ramanathan is "a native of Chennai, India, and legal resident of Malaysia." http://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2008/lr20711.htm The SEC's original complaint also asserts that Ramanathan is "an Indian national who resides in Malaysia" and that his two accomplices reside in Chennai, India. http://www.sec.gov/litigation/complaints/2007/comp20037.pdf These documents do not specify how the SEC verified Ramanathan's legal residency in Malaysia but this is not central to the story. This story demonstrates the importance of computer security. The complaint states that Ramanathan and his accomplices conducted online intrusions of U.S. online brokers-dealer customer accounts via computers located in Thailand and India. They also accessed their own U.S. online brokerage accounts using the exact same computers. The defendants realised unlawful trading profits of at least USD 121,500 while the victims lost at least USD 875,000 - with one victim returning from a 5-day fishing trip to find his positive USD 180,000 account balance transformed into a negative USD 200,000 balance!! I encourage our readers to read the complaint to learn more about the intrusion scheme and to visit the SEC's office of Investor Education and Assistance for tips on how to avoid becoming a victim of intrusion schemes. http://www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/onlinebrokerage.htm Andrew Smart, Publisher 16 Sep 2008 2:38pm

Davide says...
Where to buy it in Syria?And the price? 17 Sep 2008 10:56am

Jayaraman Rajesh says...
I want to know how singapore MRT(train) get power(fuel)to run the train,and also the way of charging the engine b-coz i never see the engines also any wire cables which which normally use for any electric train to supply power from the top(as i see in other methods of power supply to trains) 19 Sep 2008 1:39pm

sani abdullahi mgudu says...
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Engineer abdul mohammed takai says...
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AvantiKumar says...
My understanding is that you would need to apply for qualification/enrolment requirements to one of the institutions listed in the article. The first course is scheduled for 2009, as stated above, the Executive Masters, SSME, at Universiti Sains Malaysia. 26 Sep 2008 2:24pm

Ian Bromley says...
MSI Wind might be a great netbook but it is impossible to find one to buy in Thailand. The MSI website is useless, so I am going to buy an Acer Aspire One 26 Sep 2008 6:18pm

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BRENDA LONGCHALLON says...
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Akalanka says...
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Mr Teh says...
I must sincerely congratulate the Singapore Government for the high capability and well-planned work to accomplish such a terrific and wonderful project - the MRT system, both underground and high above the ground! I had been to Singapore 3 times this year, visiting my son. It was so easy for me to use the MRT going any where even during my first visit. Nevertheless, I sincerely hope the SG and thh SC and SPR follow the drawn-up arrows / boxes before entering the coach so as not to obstruct passengers coming out from the coach! To make the matter worst, I saw some youngsters rushing into the coach and thus blocking the passengers coming out. Of my many times taking the mrt, only once I encountered a young gentleman giving his seat to an older man! Moreoevr than not, I saw elderly passengers standing, from stations to stations whereas young people sitting down, sigh! I hope more SC and SPR will have some courtesy and respect for the elders. To me, it's easy to follow the instructions / maps given at the MRT stattion to go any where, but what about those visitors who can't read English? Lastly, the only shortage I noticed was that no gents/ladies at the place waiting for the arrival of the coaches. If there is an emergency (especially the aged citizens / tourists), where can they go? Don't tell me ask them to go upstairs again? Anyway, these are minors comments. On the whole., the whole system was a remarkable and wonderful project accomplished by the Singapore Government! Congratulations to the Singapore Government again! Maybe due to all these continually well-planned and intelligent hardwork of the governement, SCs fully support their government's every move? 06 Oct 2008 11:27am

Pranat Kumar says...
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Malaysian Watcher says...
One wonders about RIM's "storm" if the simple ability to open and edit Word/PDF files is still not part of the agenda? And can we take video and edit it on the fly? Never mind Apple, even a Nokia will allow us to do both these basic tasks! 10 Oct 2008 5:12pm

KENNEDY NYAMBUORO says...
RE:APPLICATION FOR SCHOLARSHIP Hello, personally I just request for a scholarship to Malaysia as an undergraduate so that I can come back and help my country in technology. I long to study Bachelor of Telecommunication and Information Technology. Please help me if there is an opportunity. Thanks 13 Oct 2008 2:34pm

Margaret Bartley says...
It makes no sense to say that IT workers who are displaced by outsourcing should focus on development of interpersonal and management skills within the IT curriculum as a response to the loss of IT jobs. Outsourcing the back office work does not increase the face-time work, and decreases the management work. If a company fires 15 of its development staff, it's not going to open up 15 other jobs, in fact, it may get rid of a management job or two, as well. Those 15 workers can spend thousands of dollars and months or years trying to reskill themselves, but if the jobs aren't there, it's just a waste of time. It does make sense to warn young people getting their training to avoid the programming and web development work that is slated to be offshored, so they don't find themselves at the end of their career at the age of 35, with another five years still to go on their student loans. 13 Oct 2008 2:32pm

Delpheo says...
Laptop computers may be a possible contributor to the problem. And there are cases where similar electronic problems has come up. But is it true in this case? There is NO evidence thus far. This is precisely the type of disinformation I'd expect from agencies that use propaganda to disseminate manufactured facts. In this case, disinformation is cleverly used to cloud the issue and shift the blame to the passengers. My layman's guess is Weather. If the actual cause was determined to be Weather, then this creates a genuine fear for air travel. Global warming is potentially causing this "freaky" weather phenomena to occur in greater frequencies and numerous places around the globe... and therefore making air travel more hazardous. Statistically, it may well be the safest form of travel for a long time to come still, but the real question is "do you wish to be that statistic?" So if weather was proven to the be cause in this case, expect airlines to launch a massive campaign to discredit the results, or sow by doubt by posing alternative conclusions from studies done by other agencies paid for by the airlines themselves. 15 Oct 2008 11:56am

Arun Garg says...
I must say it is a very nice initiative taken by the government and now the passport authority is going in the most reliable and honest hands. I want to suggest that there should a private agency(run by the local people) that works in parallel to police verification. Heartily Congratulations to Tata Consultancy Services. Arun Garg CEO Dolphin Consultacy MZ- 5 Rafeal Tower, Old Palasia Indore (M.P.) - 452001 Mob. 9425318649 17 Oct 2008 4:52pm

Kazi Shams Uddin says...
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Roscoe says...
In today's environment of social networking and the 'wisdom of crowds' it seems strange that a huge IT organisation such as Google would suddenly dump a new system on its users without consulting them properly first. Perhaps they could have avoided some angst and grief if they had actually asked Google users what they really wanted, rather than making the change for whatever internal reasons they had. It's disappointing that Google apparently doesn't 'walk the talk'. 21 Oct 2008 8:53pm

Bing Bing says...
What about having coffee-serving robots to saving one more trip to the counters? 24 Oct 2008 7:48pm

Karmayogi says...
Is this guy serious? Can't he take some rest? What new is he going to achieve? 24 Oct 2008 7:47pm

Karmayogi says...
Congrats! The NUS team has done a great job! 24 Oct 2008 7:51pm

bahman zahedy says...
we have sanyo distributors in Asia for buying VRF air conditioner and kindly pls let us to know where is sanyo main company? 28 Oct 2008 12:34pm

Yap Wei Ling says...
This is such a useless event / award. The organisers don't even do the due diligence on the recipients. One of the rescipients was fired from her job by her MNC employer in 2002. 28 Oct 2008 4:31pm

MacAttack says...
Buying pirated products are just as much stealing as producing them. The desire to buy products for unreasonably low, unrealistic prices is motivated by greed-a capital sin. Anyone complaining that the manufacturer has no right to protect their business against theft is moving against civilization and toward anarchy. If someone steals your car and I buy it for really cheap, should you not receive back their stolen property because the recipient was "unaware" it was stolen? Microsoft is just taking back what never belonged to the receivers of the pirated licenses in the first place. The case and the plaintiffs should both be tossed out of court on their bums--after a fair hearing, of course! 31 Oct 2008 12:03pm

Andrew says...
Gartner offers sound business advice, regardless of if you're in IT or in a recession. Resources always seem to be scarce, even in good times, so the need to question every project remains. Focusing on where you can spend wisely is a great approach - but postponing investment is already a defacto budget cut. Planning for 2009 is happening now, as countries are tipping into recession, and so I do not think that Asia has decoupled from the West and it will be hit just as hard. I can't wait to see what the CIO's think in the upcoming State of the Asian CIO and MIS IT Nation reports. 31 Oct 2008 12:30pm

Andrew says...
It is amazing that neither candidate has expounded much about technology given that the industry has created so many jobs and a tremendous amount of wealth through titans like Microsoft, Google, IBM, etc, etc. I have to agree with the McCain camp that higher capital gains taxes at any level does not encourage greater investment. Countries like Ireland and Singapore have attracted a lot of investment through competitive tax regimes, and this has been good for job growth. A fully employed workforce spend money in the local community, which has a multiplying effect as the money is circulated. And government tax intake, like through Singapore's GST, actually rise. 31 Oct 2008 6:02pm

Karmayogi says...
You may be right but all I know is Google's Shmidt is supporting Obama. Obama does not want to provide tax cuts to companies that outsource jobs. Will it hurt outsourcing? That remains to be seen. Economists say that outsourcing hardly impacts 2-3% of the US job market and every job outsourced helps create 3-4 jobs in the US. Is this reasonable? I think America's de-industrialization (thanks to China and Japan) and outsourcing has impacted America's economy, compounded by a culture of reckless consumption leading to the mortgage and debt crisi. 31 Oct 2008 6:10pm

EGGERS; Hellmut W. says...
Dear Googles! So sorry, I missed the deadline! IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY TO HAVE BELATED PROPOSALS CONSIDERED? My idea would be of the eigth category "everything else", its specific attractiveness being that it will serve each and everyone of the other seven categories to become more effective. Its potential for helping a maximum of people everywhere to live better and more satisfactory lives is, as far as I can see, impressive. It is an integrated approach to Project/Pragramme/Policy Management, easy to understand and not only a method but simply a way of thinking as well: on how to achieve objectives. I conceived this approch, as of the late eighties, together with my team, when I was Head of the "Evaluation Division" (now retired) within the Directorate General for Development of the European Commission, and I have been busy improving the approach, in countless discussions with professionals in Europe and the USA, ever since. SO, PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHETHER I CAN STILL SUBMIT THIS PROPOSAL! I'M SURE IT WILL MAKE IT AT LEAST TO ONE OF THE UPPERMOST BRACKETS OF GOOGLE "IDEAS TO CONSIDER", and maybe it might come out on top. There is no ban on dreaming, is there? And sometimes, a dream will come true... Hoping to hear from you I remain sincerely yours, Dr. Hellmut Eggers 109 Ave. des Aubépines BRUXELLES 1180, Belgium Tel./Fax: +32 (0) 2 375 64 04 03 Nov 2008 11:55am

steven says...
UScommunications in the USA is coming out with the I-table and eTable and will allow you to connect up with your Apple gear and do it all! 05 Nov 2008 1:51pm

Andrew says...
I genuinely feel sorry for Yahoo shareholders. They deserve a proper CEO with the capability to lead. 07 Nov 2008 1:10pm

Karmayogi says...
Yahoo is in this sorry state today because its leaders did not take the right decision at the right time. The current economic slowdown has compounded the problems. Google feigned to help Yahoo when Microsoft was wooing it. Google basically saved its own future but in the process it destroyed Yahoo's. 07 Nov 2008 8:35pm

Carleen says...
Shouldn't Yahoo do something urgently? 10 Nov 2008 8:30pm

Andrew says...
Undoubtedly this will eat into movie theatre's market share and studio revenues. TVs are getting bigger, sharper and cheaper and can be plugged into laptops. Numerous sites offer movie downloads, of various quality and legality, including movies just released and still in the theatres. But the theatre experience will not disappear. Where are you going to go on your first date? Probably not your couch. And Fuji Xerox recently bought out the opening night show in Singapore for Quantum of Solace, complete with popcorn and soda. Thank you, it was a great night out! And it was an action movie you won't want to see on the small screen. 11 Nov 2008 12:15pm

Karma Sutra says...
oh yeah. not only that. They are getting desperate as well. 11 Nov 2008 12:28pm

Devil's Advocate says...
The latest I have heard is that Ballmer has rejected Yahoo's call. I guess Microsoft has changed its strategy and Yahoo does not fit into the scheme of things any more. What do you guys think? 11 Nov 2008 12:34pm

George Weah says...
What's going on with Yang, I wonder. He's desperate or worse, delusional, and thinks Yahoo!'s worth that much trouble and money he's been asking for. Or he's a visionary, nearly clairvoyant, and actually sees something the rest of us don't and once his masterplan's all played out, Yahoo! and/or its shareholders will win shitloads of money at the end of the day. As a retired soccer player, my investments are important to me. Looking at not just Yahoo! stocks, but the rest of the global markets, I'm so glad I cashed out last year and bought real estate. 11 Nov 2008 1:12pm

Han Solo says...
There you are Chewie. C'mon we need to complete the Kessel run in 12 parsecs. 11 Nov 2008 1:22pm

Ross says...
It's interesting how quickly the worm has turned in the past several months. Yahoo now smells of desperation, which is not a good look in the current financial crisis. The fact that Microsoft still doesn't seem to be interested is very telling and not likely to do anything positive for the Yahoo share price. Sometimes it's better to say nothing rather than publicly to get down on your knees and beg. Not a good look. 11 Nov 2008 2:12pm

Carol says...
Agree. Yang may be leveraging on the media for free publicity. But openly asking Microsoft to buy his company is definitely not very Chinese. If I were Yang, I'd sell Yahoo to the Chinese. 11 Nov 2008 5:14pm

John Smith says...
How does CA correlate these recommendations with it's own downsizing in the Asia Pacific region? 12 Nov 2008 1:48pm

Anton Su says...
dear friends, The staffs of Elganet net-cafe + ISP Provider ,IP Address: 202.173.66.6 in Cirebon city are very suspected do many malicious to my PC : They believe that I am a computer's security staff and I guess they want to know the secrets of my works how the securities do in details They always blocked my scanning'update of Ad-Aware 1.006 anti spyware so that scanner run without update which never I found on my last works Suspected they did suck "lie's connection to internet", I think they command my internet -connections : the all sites I open can be seen by me but can't be watched and connected by my friend's PC , and after I collected my data, I open my Yahoo website then I save to my PC at D file or my Folder, I take my data from my folder, sometimes I add/ do not the letters at front'part of yahoo.com I checked all in good conditions then I press "Sent" button but the results are always : "error because unclear explanations,connections is blocked by administrator please try again" I have experience more 5 years to use Yahoo web but I never found "the disconnections' command by administrator" , forbidden for me to look at files, history, etc the staf said I often found Adabas's document at files, Adabas D 8 a programmer languages at that net-cafe is spread by the extremist's groups ?? and they often steal my sites directly or monitor me by high-tech tools. The Elganet ISP-Provider+net-cafe have abundant collections everything Indonesia and world like encyclopedia but I think who read their collections very very little people, may be some extremists had become the staffs of Elganet ISP Provider + netcafe. I hope everyone give attentions to this complex mysterious malicious which done by professionalists who use high-tech tools Thank You 13 Nov 2008 12:04pm

Douglas Roderick says...
Do you have service in Guam? And if you do, do you need a retailer and installation team here on Guam? I am very interested. please reply. 14 Nov 2008 12:06pm

BingBing says...
Looks good. The 'movies Singapore' search works nicely but the search doesn't work for Google Hong Kong. And interestingly, Yahoo search movie results top the list. Are Google and Yahoo still on friendly terms or is it because the Google thinks Yahoo produces better search results? 14 Nov 2008 1:03pm

Thomas M. says...
Yup. It is definitely a good time for those corporate higher ups to get rid of some of the people who actually do the work, and dump their work onto the remaining staff members. Right after that, they tell the staff members still around that the company needs to grow its business—on its existing team. The staff better do it, otherwise they'd lose their jobs too. After all, by helping the company grow its business, they are helping themselves, assuring themselves of their jobs at the end of the day. Never mind it's the senior executive scumbags who take the lion's share of the profits anyway. Hell, they need to assure themselves of a bonus at year's end. Call it downsizing, call it rationalisation. Whatever it is, when these bosses do it, they're only protecting their own share of the loot. 14 Nov 2008 1:07pm

Thomas M. says...
One more thing. These bosses don't really give a damn about the company. If they could cash out or run off with that golden handshake, the company could burn for days for all they care. Whatever it takes to make the numbers for this quarter, whosoever gets cut out of payment for an honest day's work: nothing matters but their own welfare. So when the next time a global CEO or CFO comes over, don't think it's for your health. In fact, it is for your detriment. He is there to suck your blood. 14 Nov 2008 2:58pm

Girish A. says...
I suggest some of you read this article over here about some CEO in India getting beaten to death by workers in the wake of their dismissal: www.hrjob.ca/newsletter/chief-executive-beaten-death-india-l-en-i-749.html. This is something ordinary people can do when their CEO comes to town. Simple. Easy. Bada bing, bada boom, all done and all is a little better. Only problem is there could be payback from 'pro-business' governments. You decide. 14 Nov 2008 7:16pm

Perry Mason says...
Just a few comments about this story. It's so weak that I can easily imagine it written off a press release. A little (Control)(C) here, drag and (Control) V there. It's done. A news story with MY name on it, WTF?! Next: what's up with that Jamey Bond promo? 'Quantum of Solace'—ranks up there with the most pretentious titles of movies ever made. As it is, the Pussy Bond franchise is way outdated and ought to be killed off. Now it's trying to come back by stealing all the elements of a damn good Robert Ludlum thriller (the Jason Bourne stories and ultimately movies)? Get real. The Englishman as a good guy is way too unrealistic in this day and age. Englishmen are best depicted in Rob Roy, Braveheart, and the Patriot. Can the moderator please put a Reese Witherspoon pic up—like how about the Legally Blonde, or just someone else in some other movie? One last point: it's a good thing if people can watch movies and all kinds of good video for free or a nominal fee. The only issue should be the quality of the shows made available. At best they should be educational, at the very least they should not be misleading like James Bondage movies that give the false impression that the English are good guys. 14 Nov 2008 8:41pm

Ed Wiccio says...
Retrenchments from the financial industry has been pretty much the rage over the past year, but the interesting dimension in the DBS exercise is that the local bank is often seen as an iron rice bowl (or as close as one can get to that) given its culture and backgound. One wonders now what will happen in GLCs. One thing's for sure, the unemployment rate doesn't seem to be trending down. 17 Nov 2008 12:02pm

Ben says...
I still prefer going to the theatre for the sound effect and big screen, which I can't get from my home. 17 Nov 2008 12:27pm

Thomas M. says...
Mighty interesting. "Sun blamed the downturn in the financial sector for a $1.68 billion quarterly loss." How about blaming its top execs, their poor leadership (which, among other things covers cutting off good people and keeping the crap left over, and putting together products that actually really work as well with other companies' technologies. Look at that fat *# they still got in marketing. 17 Nov 2008 1:46pm

Roscoe says...
Could mini-latptops, or netbooks, be the future of mobile computing? I, for one, would prefer working on a netbook and even using it to converse via VOIP, perhaps on Skype, than trying to turn a mobile phone into a micro-computer. It's a question of whether you want a computer that you can use as a phone (with bigger keys etc), or a phone you can use as a computer (having big fingers the buttons always seem too small for me). 17 Nov 2008 2:41pm

Roscoe says...
It's interesting that Microsoft, unlike most other major I operators, treats China as a separate region from the Asia Pacific. This seems a good idea, given the huge potential that the world's most populous nation has for economic and technological growth. Judging from recent reports, however, Microsoft will have a tough job stopping the Chinese from routinely pirating their software. Good luck. 17 Nov 2008 2:42pm

Perry Mason says...
That is a very good point. Senior execs get the lion's share of the profits when they come. When they get fired, they get their golden parachutes (i.e. they are PAID OFF handsomely). When the company does badly, they keep their jobs and may not even have to sustain a hit to their salaries...because instead of cutting salaries they prefer to cut 'heads'. That way they get to have their bonuses coming after the great job they've done in the 'rationalisation' exercise, restructuring etc. What does the regular Joe working stiff get when his company's doing well? Maybe a one-time payment of up to a maximum of four figures (e.g. $1,000, but don't hold your breath, because it is usually round three figures and in a great number of cases, two figures). And then he's asked to work harder to get more of the market since it's doing so well. And when things get rough for the company, the poor schnook will be among the first to get booted (given a day's notice), at best with a severance package that can help him tide things over with the bills for several months, which is all he's got to find employment in a desperately competitive market swamped by other job-seekers. It's either that or work harder covering for the dearly departed colleagues, to save and make the company even more money—so that they can KEEP their jobs! You tell me what is fair. And tell me why some CEOs should not be beaten to death. 17 Nov 2008 2:45pm

Roscoe says...
Criminals who rob banks and get caught are generally locked away for a long time, and yet hackers, who steal or compromise critical enterprise data, seem too often to get slapped on the wrist with a damp rag. It's good to see the number of hacker arrests is rising in Japan, but I'd also like to see what sentences those who are found guilty, receive. Hacking has evolved into much more than a juvenile peer impressing stunt and deserves to receive much tougher punishment. 17 Nov 2008 2:57pm

Karmayogi says...
Girish, in India, I have heard industrialists talking about CEOs and MDs too taking cuts in salaries before staff is asked to take a cut. We are in it together is the philosphy behind this. 17 Nov 2008 2:58pm

Karmayogi says...
Hey Perry, totally agree with you. In India, I have heard industrialists talking about CEOs and MDs taking cuts in salaries before staff is asked to take a cut. 'We are in it together' is the philosphy behind this. I think the incident in which laid off employees of a company beat their CEO to death is also acting as a reminder to the company big bosses in India. Retrenchments are unheard of in India and any large scale event can turn into a political powergame or a violent outburst. So companies are trading cautiously. 17 Nov 2008 3:14pm

Thomas M. says...
If I were Yang, I would've sold Yahoo by enow. 17 Nov 2008 6:42pm

Perry Mason says...
Yup, very good point, Thomas M...There is no need for the desperate overanalysing being done by this Andrew and Ross. Seriously, Jerry Yang should just stop taking drugs. What I'm less sure of is whether the Chinese should trust someone from the rogue state of Taiwan to buy an embattled aggregator off him. 17 Nov 2008 7:23pm

Perry Mason says...
Yes, Karmayogi, yes, and so they should! But I can bet you my last dollar the vast, and I mean v-a-a-a-a-ast, majority of these scumbag CEOs in 'pro-business' states get away with doing whatever it takes to ensure their own pay packages and perks, including cutting headcount. In fact, I've heard told of one toupe-donning waxen-faced Founder and Chairman of a global publishing, events and research concern who told a bunch of people at a company conference recently that now, with the recesssion and all in full swing, is a good time to cut headcount. Now that's one Board Member to 'whack', for starters! For as long as no CEO gets 'whacked' round here, nothing will be accomplished. 17 Nov 2008 8:26pm

White Tiger says...
Sometimes I have this feeling that some corporates are using these bad times to grind their own axe: get cheap money from government and get rid of staff. For example, when Jet Airways took back its fired employees buckling under political pressure, they demanded a quid pro quo (indirectly) to lower taxes on fuel prices. And now, in the name of saving the aviation industry, Vijay Mallaya is asking the government to allow foreigner's stake in airlines: Vijay Mallya, chairman of debt-laden Kingfisher Airlines, has urged New Delhi to allow foreign airlines to take stakes of up to 25 per cent in Indian carriers to help the ailing aviation industry survive pressing financial difficulties. Where will these greedy people stop? When you earn profits, it's good. When times are bad, you are not ready to suffer. Do suffer. It's part of one's karma. 17 Nov 2008 8:50pm

says...
Yes, Karmayogi. "We are in it together" is the right philosophy to run with. I must admit then that business leaders and businesspeople etc in general in India are enlightened indeed. But let's not forget that this really only took after that poor guy got beaten to death. So maybe it has to be done to that company's global CEO for this message to travel worldwide? Maybe we need for at least one CEO in each country to get beaten to death or lynched or beheaded (as in the French Revolution) or torn to pieces (as with Mussolini) or simply lined up against a wall and shot (as with Nicolae Ceausescu) before our people can achieve enlightenment. 17 Nov 2008 9:09pm

Thomas M. says...
What is it that drives a man to dig himself a 2-mile deep hole, throws himself into it and changes his mind too late? Anyways, whatever. And before I lose the chance to do so, I should just thank Yahoo! for some of the funny commercials they've given us through the years. Thank you, Yahoo, and good bye. 18 Nov 2008 1:42pm

Tiger Balm says...
Hi Ed, the culture of the iron rice bowl is over. Globalisation brings lot of good stuff but it has some attendant weaknesses, and permanence is one of them. Like companies, personal fortunes also go up or under with the boom and bust cycles. We cannot pick and choose anymore. 18 Nov 2008 1:44pm

Man about town says...
Karmayogi, will you pls stop talking about **&# India and Indian CEOs? Things are different in Asia Pac. There is no mob rule here, you understand or not? Look what Vikram Pandit has done to more than 52,000 of Citi Employees? Does it mean Citi staff are going to lose their shirts? 18 Nov 2008 1:55pm

Freekick says...
Cool stuff! 18 Nov 2008 2:08pm

Girish A. says...
I certainly hope it was not the evil board members and shareholders that drove him out. Rather, I would like to believe it was the threat of being beaten to death by unhappy employees about to be made redundant that got him to quit. If it was the board members and shareholders—then I hope THEY are the ones who get beaten to death instead. There must be justice. 18 Nov 2008 2:47pm

Thomas M. says...
If you’re saying there is no mob rule in Asia Pacific, then what exactly do you think the Parliament of that rogue state Taiwan is? What were those those kimchi-swilling beef industry workers doing in South Korea in June, and why were water cannons set on them by police in RIOT gear? No. There is mob rule everywhere, wherever and whenever it’s so needed that it cannot be ignored. We must band together and administer its rough justice. Today is the day you ask yourself if your CEO is worth the beating. Tomorrow, you act on it. 18 Nov 2008 2:57pm

Andrew says...
Yang is a dotcom-cum-Dilbert cartoon character. Who in this world would re-assume the title of Chief Yahoo and expect to be taken seriously. His credibility is shot, the company is in chaos, the vultures are gathering. Thank god I bought the Puts. Time to cash out before the stock bounces on this good news. 18 Nov 2008 4:07pm

Perry Mason says...
Mad about town—pardon the interjection, but I must say that, while it doesn’t mean they will ‘lose their shirts’, it does mean they should ‘lose their shirts’ as they go about seeing to this Vikram Pandit losing his head, life and limb, torn to pieces by. Can you imagine what a spectacle that would be? If in ancient Rome, they could enjoy watching people thrown to the lions and having slaves hacking one another to death, how can we not be able to take in with delight the sight of an incompetent, greedy and callous CEO or CFO being literally torn to pieces, from the skin down to the bone? I must say that Karmayogi may be citing lessons drawn from India and the Indian economy etc, but those lessons are universal, and we must act on our understanding of them. There may be no mob rule ‘here’, wherever ‘here’ is, but that can be changed so there will be mob rule here. 18 Nov 2008 5:19pm

Grace Carter says...
People, you guys should get a grip. Sure, Sun's cutting staff, but who isn't? More than 50,000 Citigroup employees the world over will be losing their jobs. Sun doesn't seem so bad in retrospect, does it? Bloody banks! 18 Nov 2008 6:12pm

Perry Mason says...
Yang's tenure at Yahoo!, here endeth, is an object lesson on substance abuse leading not just to personal and professional tragedy for the (drug) user, but also to the people at his company, the entire Web community and economy, and the tech industry that supports them. 18 Nov 2008 6:11pm

Ed Wiccio says...
Tiger Balm, the only thing permanent is change... but change can be a long time coming. And if one looks closely enough, the "iron rice bowl" culture still exists, albeit evolving. 20 Nov 2008 8:17pm

Thomas M. says...
Sure, damn the banks. Disembowel their CEOs too. But that doesn't make Sun any better. So what: you're piss, but since they're shit, you're OK. Is that it? What are you—stupid? Check out the history. Sun has continually been retrenching in time with its long drawn out death. So no, never does Sun ever seem less bad in comparison (not 'retrospect'). Eviscerate, behead and quarter—simultaneously—the CEO and heads at &*#@ and their little minions (especially that fat bitch &*#@ in the Singapore office). Because they deserve what's coming to them as much as the dregs of civilisation at AIG and all the other financial houses. 18 Nov 2008 7:13pm

Network engineer says...
Very the scary leh. Will I lose my job too? I feel afraid reading about mass layoffs in silicon valley startups. Bad times, bad times. 18 Nov 2008 7:14pm

Thomas M. says...
Yes, Network engineer. I'm afraid you stand a very good chance of losing your job. And these corporate types will stop at nothing to screw you. If you haven't been confirmed yet, you'll be among the first to get dumped. If you have, they'll try their best to have your being let go via any route other than Retrenchment or Redundancy, so as to avoid having to pay you a decent severance package. They may take you to a quiet room to ask you to resign and to leave at your earliest convenience, so neither side has to serve out the notice period etc. What you should do when you enter that quiet room is give that CEO or CFO-type a severe beating before you walk away. 19 Nov 2008 12:28pm

Roscoe says...
It's good to see the Singapore Government stimulating the local digital media sector, even in the face of the current difficult world economic times. This sort of pro-active approach is what has made the Lion City so successful in the past 43 years. 19 Nov 2008 1:16pm

Girish A. says...
I agree wholeheartedly. Some of these backarXXXXX CEOs deserve it. In fact, I tell you, make sure when you are banging away at the motherXXXX CEO or CFO with a blunt instrument, stay focused on the short-term and long-term objectives of such an enterprise. Short-term: make sure he cannot walk out of the room after the beating. Long-term: try as best you can to go for maximum impact at the joints to increase the chances that he can never walk again. 19 Nov 2008 2:38pm

Perry Mason says...
If any of you happen to be in Singapore, I refer you to today's edition of one of the local rags, The New Paper. The cover story is about a kid who gets abused by stepsister and husband, who even used a hammer. I mean think about it. If a poor defenceless child can get abused with a hammer, then why should not an overpaid and incompetent CEO or evil CFO be bludgeoned to death with a mallet or have a hockey (field or ice) stick run through him end-to-end? Also, guys, I just heard over the radio that NOL has announced the canning of hardworking people too. When will this end, people? When? 19 Nov 2008 6:03pm

Timmy Alfonso Knollwood says...
Amigos!! We should ALL do what this guy did! Man, I swear he's my idol! http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Santa-Clara-Work-Place-Shooting-Leaves-Three-Dead.html 19 Nov 2008 6:04pm

Thomas M. says...
I know very few brands of computer that can make me cream my pants. Toshibas, especially those in the Portege line, are so reliable in performance, sleek in design and snug in fit that they get me going—every time. I wonder how the new R600 they got for the Malaysia market looks. Viva Toshiba! Or rather: Banzai Toshiba! 19 Nov 2008 6:06pm

mangovictim says...
As a Singaporean, my main concern is....will the Great Singapore Sale still continue during a recession? If I get laid off, I'll have plenty of time to shop...if the price is right. 19 Nov 2008 7:33pm

Thomas M. says...
I can't comment on what this guy Wu did in Santa Clara, really. But clearly I can see justification for beating to death that fat #@&* CXXXXXXX TXX (marketing head of the #@&* office based in Singapore) and burning her house down, voodoo dolls, black cat hair, and baby bone amulets. It would be something we can do for the betterment of mankind. It is our duty as human beings. 19 Nov 2008 7:38pm

Network engineer says...
Wah lau, mangovictim. I really don't think you will still be wanting to shop if you lose your job lor. Unless you are one of those highly paid bankers who already make more money than I ever will. :( If you are, I hate you lar. Go to hell, you understand? 20 Nov 2008 5:27pm

Thomas M. says...
This going shopping crap is exactly the kind of apathy and absence of concern for the world and people around you that Singaporeans are known for across the region. I suspect you are one of our neighbours down south. 20 Nov 2008 6:31pm

Roscoe says...
As someone who does more than his fair share of travelling in aluminium cylinders at 35,0000 feet, I certainly would appreciate having internet and email access during flights. It would be great to be able to get more work done while flying. Who knows, one day airlines may even offer laptops that fold down from the seat in front, instead of video screens. So we could all then surf the web, on their laptops, perhaps using software in the cloud :-) 20 Nov 2008 6:32pm

Ed Wiccio says...
I, for one, do not particularly relish having the last bastion of peace and quiet for business executives vanish into thin air with Gogo, as connectivity and e-mail becomes totally pervasive. I was happy enough that the Connexion by Boeing trials failed because of expensive overheads, and semi-stable connections. Oh well... here's hoping that Gogo experiences similar fortunes. 20 Nov 2008 7:27pm

Grace Carter says...
Thomas M. I believe you have anger management issues. I suggest you seek help. It certainly sounds like you're bearing a grudge against Sun Microsystems and this marketing lady you keep insulting. Are you perhaps a disgruntled former employee? 20 Nov 2008 7:43pm

karma sutra says...
actually mangovictim, the best stuff you can get is during the christmas sale period not the great singapore sale. 21 Nov 2008 12:10pm

Carina Lim says...
Thomas M. stop kidding yourself. You'd love to shop too, if you had the money. If you're too poor, just say so! Nobody's gonna laugh at you. Hurr hurrrr... 21 Nov 2008 12:06pm

Roscoe says...
Cars running on auto-pilot is certain an intriguing idea. Perhaps we could have systems where red lights emit signals that make car engines slow or drop down a gear when the red or amber light is showing. That would certainly cut down on the number of people who continually run red lights. 21 Nov 2008 1:18pm

Thomas M. says...
Grace Carter, you are simple minded fool. There is no help you can find that would make you smart enough. Anger management I may need, but that doesn't change the fact that the fat @#*% CXXXXXXXX TXX is what IT is. I am not insulting IT. As with calling a spade a spade, I am calling that fat two-faced conniving witchy @#&* A FAT TWO-FACED CONNIVING WITCHY @#&*. 27 Nov 2008 3:05pm

mangovictim says...
I presume most of the survey respondents were Malaysian men. I would be interested in knowing who Malaysian women would want to kiss? Does the survey kiss and tell? 27 Nov 2008 8:13pm

Hi there! Your site is cool! says...
Hi there! Your site is cool! 28 Nov 2008 2:25pm

Martin Bennett says...
what about thge millenium wheel in London in the united kingdom that is the worlds biggest wheel in the world isnt it .As that is what they say when you go on to it as they told mew that when I went on it 01 Dec 2008 1:48pm

Perry Mason says...
Thomas M., you make it sound like this "fat " ought to be impaled, then burned to death. Do I have that right? 01 Dec 2008 5:51pm

Andrew says...
On behalf of my colleagues here at Fairfax, our sincere condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in these terrible acts of violence. Nothing we can say or do can replace your loss or ease your suffering. 02 Dec 2008 6:50pm

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Nicholas says...
Many companies would consider shutting this applications because it could be a threat of data leakage. Thus many filering of Social Networks, IM are done in many companies. However FaceTime is able to give the granular security control of Social Networks, Instant Message, etc this ensures Data Leakage of companies info. 03 Dec 2008 2:44pm

Norman Weewee says...
So unfair! Only in Singapore! I hope StinkTel dies. Grrrr 03 Dec 2008 7:37pm

Wei KS says...
I don't think so.. I guess open source got to start from school, not all this center, started from kids, educating them, I recently found my kids computer class from school, the text book teaches using MS words, MS Excel, i think they should use OpenOffice, as myself i am using it, and for him to learn in school, i ended up have to install a copy, of course I do not pay for the license, as I do not intend to use it, as I already using open office for most of my works. I think the rest of parents , schools, i am not sure if they should continue teaching MS words or start with Open office. when kids start to figure out they can altered and participate in creating future open office software, a few of this student may get involves and who knows, we have great software giant from this future generation. So, pls start from schools, not from SME, get the education minister involve. 04 Dec 2008 5:35pm

Andrew says...
I think getting the Education Ministry involved and starting in the schools are an excellent ideas! Children are the most receptive to learning, they question everything and they have the time to create new alternatives - and adding communal IP is the what makes open so strong and affordable. I bet many of the ICT SMEs MDec is looking at were started by entreprenuers who discovered their interest in technology in primary or secondary school. 05 Dec 2008 12:13pm

okojie okosa cyril says...
In this dispensation "fast is a clue that is faster and it needs the fastest chips for ebusiness, it is like a dot room for home and commerce use globally" www.driveitout.blogspot.com 10 Dec 2008 12:10pm

jayant009 says...
its very sad 10 Dec 2008 12:10pm

Girish A. says...
Hey, did you fellows read about that backarchodu CEO of Merrill Lynch. Mother XXXX bXXXX bastard! US$100 million. For what? For screwing up? Hey, what about those people losing their jobs because of this XXXXXXX's incompetence or (more likely!) personal greed. Now I'm angry! 10 Dec 2008 8:47pm

Andrew says...
Regrettably, 5 and 10 per cent cuts in head count are common targets in downturns. But where does Asia and Singapore fit into Yahoo's strategy for 2009? Yahoo's own joint-study with Nielsen predicts that online advertising in SE Asia will grow by 60% between 2008-2010! And Singapore is the region's leader in broadband adoption. So why cut here? Why not cut or redeploy more expensive staff in slow or no growth markets and place more resources in growth markets? 15 Dec 2008 4:41pm

Thomas M. says...
Why is this the lead story on your website? There are so many things wrong with doing that. 1) Who gives a XXXX what happens down under in the bowels of the earth, except for the garbage that inhabit it? What's the relevance? When stuff goes down in the US, it matters because there are knock on effects etc. But where the kangaroos roam??? 2) there are problems with the English in the story. Do you want your media company to be known all over the world for promoting Retardish? 3) A$70 and A$125.8 mean nothing to the rest of us. Shouldn't you be converting it to something we (i.e. humanity) can relate to—for the lack of a better ref. point, the US$? 16 Dec 2008 7:53pm

zamri says...
The only one that seems to be going global are the mdec staffs www.agitconsulting.co.uk 17 Dec 2008 12:16pm

Andrew says...
Large scale, primary vendor, direct to customer trade shows may be losing their relevance to some brands like Apple but the multi-retailer, reseller to consumer shows in Singapore look more popular than ever. Maybe its the breadth of products across computers, peripherals, phones, camera, TVs etc.. Maybe its the bargains from these stock clearances - or both. 18 Dec 2008 12:21pm

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iam working guntur nagarjuna university so please kindly some help IP phone systen deatils 18 Dec 2008 6:06pm

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Hi. Good site. 30 Dec 2008 3:29pm

Francois Jennings says...
The best thing/invention ever. Francois, Australis 05 Jan 2009 1:54pm

samira says...
i would like to worke for tata how can i do it 07 Jan 2009 12:35pm

Xerxes says...
This is really interesting but what does it say about Yahoo's f

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