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News An IBM Asia-Pacific spokesperson told CNETAsia it has named Tony Romero, a 23-year veteran with the company, as the new head for Korea. IBM has replaced the head honcho for its South Korean operations,... [06 Feb 2004]
AS03: The free spirits
Comment So we have the real possibility that not only will vendors such as Motorola focus on Linux in China but that China and neighbours Japan and South Korea will get together to come up with a Linux-based alternative to... [06 Oct 2003]
Broadband Britain - a third world country?
News While take-up of broadband in Britain is making slow but steady progress, some Asia Pacific countries are storming ahead on ADSL adoption. It's a sharp contrast to the picture in some Asian countries, where internet... [18 Aug 2003]
Cisco: Move to IPv6 - IPv4 time bomb is ticking
News The urgency of the situation has prompted governments to mandate moves to IPv6, said Fisher, a systems manager for Cisco's NSITE laboratories in Asia-Pacific and Japan. Echoing his views, Bill Chang, Cisco's regional... [07 Jul 2003]
SMS dating a real revenue spinner in India
News While nearly 70 per cent of all mobile users in Asia-Pacific are projected to be regular data users in the next three years, their relative contributions to revenue will grow at a slower pace: Data will contribute 30 per... [13 May 2003]
Hong Kong telco eyes up UK wireless broadband
News Senior Pacific Century CyberWorks revealed this week that it is considering bidding for 15 regional licences that would allow it to operate wireless broadband services at 3.4GHz across the UK. However, possible... [06 May 2003]
Slammer time - SQL worm brings net to its knees over weekend
News Microsoft said it became aware several hours later at 00.30 Pacific time "of an internet attack causing a dramatic increase in network traffic worldwide". A worm that attacks Microsoft's database software spread through... [27 Jan 2003]
26 million rub salt in Britain's broadband wounds
News The Asia Pacific region accounts for the greatest market share with 42 per cent of the world's broadband DSL subscribers. The number of households and businesses worldwide with high-speed DSL internet connections has hit... [27 Aug 2002]
WorldCom Asia - customers staying put
News Despite its financial woes, the long-distance carrier is confident of registering over 10 per cent revenue growth in Asia-Pacific this year, said WorldCom's Russell. It has 2,000 employees in Asia-Pacific. [20 Aug 2002]
Vodafone takes battle to NTT DoCoMo's door
News Despite some headline-grabbing losses recently, the latest rankings of global mobile network operators show Vodafone remaining bullish with its investments, especially in Asia-Pacific. Vodafone has various holdings in... [13 Jun 2002]
One in ten people across the world are now online
News Twenty two per cent of global internet users live in Asia Pacific, a figure Nielsen/NetRatings attributed to high take up rates in South Korea and Singapore where 58 per cent and 60 per cent of... [07 Mar 2002]
Compaq gone fission for French supercomputer
News The system is a key part of France's ongoing mission to replace its controversial South Pacific weapons-testing programme with wholly simulated tests. Compaq has built Europe's largest supercomputer to... [18 Feb 2002]
Linux proving an Asian sensation
News In 2001, between six and seven per cent of Asia-Pacific companies used Linux, according to research from the Gartner Group. However, the research found that companies in developed Asia -Pacific countries... [21 Jan 2002]
Women more efficient surfers than men
News More than half of net users in the US are now women, and the number of men and women using the web in Asia-Pacific and Europe has also almost reached parity. Since January 2001, the amount of female web surfers in... [04 Jul 2001]
Victims of US tech slump will be sold to India
News A United Nations report, Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2001, predicted growth rates in developing East Asian and Pacific nations would decline by no more than one per cent, due to... [06 Apr 2001]
