Asia/Pacific

Hong Kong businesses were last week advised ways to utilise technology in meeting the challenges of the current economic crisis.  read more »

There was no dawn raid by police to seize patent-infringing MP3 players at this year's Cebit trade show -- but behind the scenes, haggling over technology licensing continued.  read more »

Analysts from research firm Gartner expect chief information officers (CIOs) in Asia to play a more integral role in transforming their companies' business processes with the use of IT this year, compared to their counterparts in North America.  read more »

In his first overseas trip to reinforce company's commitment to a critical region, Satyam Computer Services' newly appointed chief executive officer A.S. Murty assured Singapore of his company's services.  read more »

Apple Wednesday announced the public beta of Safari® 4 for Mac and Windows PCs. The Nitro engine in Safari 4 runs JavaScript 4.2 times faster than Safari 3. Innovative new features that make browsing more intuitive and enjoyable include Top Sites, a stunning visual preview of frequently visited pages; Full History Search, to search through titles, web addresses and the complete text of recently viewed pages; Cover Flow, to easily flip through web history or bookmarks; and Tabs on Top, to make tabbed browsing easier and more intuitive.  read more »

Equipment vendors are trying to convince mobile operators to spend money upgrading their networks to deliver faster Internet access, with two technologies battling for the bucks: LTE (Long Term Evolution) and WiMax. However in the short term the winner could be an intermediate technology, HSPA+, as operators look for ways to wring more out of their existing networks with less capital outlay than LTE requires.  read more »

The full impact of the economic slowdown will be felt by the outsourcing industry in the coming year or two. And outsourcers must be quick enough to react to developing conditions and rethink business strategies if they are to maintain growth in the face of a slowing global economy. This is the observation of Frost & Sullivan in its "Contact Center Outsourcing Trends in the Asia Pacific Market, 2008 -- 20011" study.  read more »

Worldwide virtualisation software revenue will increase 43 per cent from US$1.9 billion in 2008 to US$2.7 billion in 2009, said Gartner.  read more »

High Tech Computer (HTC) unveiled its second Google Android-based smartphone, the HTC Magic, with mobile service provider Vodafone on Tuesday.  read more »

Toshiba and Fujitsu have signed a provisional agreement under which Toshiba will acquire Fujitsu's loss-making hard-disk drive business.  read more »