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  • Oracle opens support centre in China

    Oracle is opening a support centre in China, saying the new facility will not only service China, Taiwan and Korea, but also future expansions in the Asia-Pacific.

  • Anti-spam assault spans Asia-Pacific

    Australian regulators have signed an agreement with Asia-Pacific nations to step up the war against spam.

  • Bribery case claims IBM scalp

    IBM has replaced the head honcho for its South Korean operations, following a high-profile bribery scandal last month.

  • EU teams with Korea on IPv6 development

    In a further boost for the worldwide IPv6 movement, South Korean authorities will now team up the European Union to develop applications and services using the new Internet addressing system.

  • IT systems governing water, power under regional microscope

    Asia-Pacific leaders are set to discuss measures to improve the security of information technology systems governing critical infrastructure such as water, electricity and airports, following the meeting of a regional telecommunications committee.

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  • The right and wrong predictions of 2007

    In 2007 leading industry watchers speculated on the trends affecting the market, and while some proved right, others proved otherwise. Discovers how expert predictions fared on Vista, low-cost laptops and outsourcing.

  • Around the world in.... WiMax

    WiMax, the controversial long range wireless broadband technology, is set to spread across rural Australia from next year -- but despite the outgoing Howard government's ambitious project, both fixed and mobile variants of the technology are already being deployed around the world.

  • India 2.0: Yahoo sees development potential

    In October, Yahoo ran an Open Hack Day event in Bangalore, hosted by one of the company's co-founders, David Filo. Two hundred local developers were invited to a 24-hour code-a-thon to combine their own ideas with mashed-up services from Yahoo's own library of APIs.

  • Around the world in ... Fibre-to-the-home

    If the world's homes are to enjoy the same high speed connectivity as its offices, the current thinking goes, then fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) will soon become necessary. However, not all Internet economies were created equal.

  • Broadband: Lessons from South Korea

    Connection speeds that Australians can only dream of are readily available to South Korean consumers and businesses -- thanks to government support for a massive infrastructure rollout.

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  • Asia-Pacific Wi-Fi growth outstrips US

    Hot spots are heating up in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a new report.

  • Can the iPAQ get its mojo back?

    Shouldered aside by recent entrants into the smartphone and mobile e-mail market, HP sees a tougher focus on business users, enterprise markets and device management as keys to regaining its leadership.

  • iPhone: HP gets 'touchy'

    Hewlett-Packard's new TouchSmart PC is more likely to popularise touch-based communications than Apple's iPhone, a senior HP executive claimed.

  • Hot spots on the rise in Asia-Pacific

    Market scepticism hasn't dampened industry fervour in Asia-Pacific for rolling out public wireless access points, known as hot spots, nor has it put the brakes on user subscriptions, according to a study by market analyst firm IDC.

  • Intel opens up 'Manitoba' territory

    The chipmaker ventures farther into the market for portable devices with an all-in-one chip for mobile phones, with the promise of richer multimedia features that don't frazzle batteries.

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