Microsoft may be scanning your Skype messages
Microsoft appears to be peeking into Skype messages for security reasons, according to Ars Technica.
Properly licensed software can help boost local economy: BSA and INSEAD study
A one percent rise in use of licensed software would add millions of dollars to Singapore economy
DDoS attacks once a month
Rise in attacks attributed partially to the gap in DDoS mitigation controls.
Singapore's Land Transport Authority wins global award
It wins a Geospatial World Excellence Award for its innovative use of geospatial technology in the planning, development and management of land transport in Singapore.
Gartner analysts on the ‘Nexus of Forces’
In Singapore, some Gartner analysts did some crystal ball gazing to share with CIOs their insights on the biggest forces impacting businesses today.
Singapore telco appoints Alcatel-Lucent to improve 3G coverage
M1’s Femtocell solution will be made available in the third quarter of 2013
SAS Regional Director for Southeast Asia to lead Singapore market
Sudipta Sen now spearheads SAS business in Singapore, India and Thailand.
Researchers find critical vulnerabilities in popular game engines
Attackers could exploit the flaws to compromise game clients and servers, researchers from ReVuln said.
Coke gives peace a chance
‘Active Shutter’ technology to enable interaction between citizens
Teens growing cool on Facebook but warming to Twitter, Pew study finds
The inane chatter and the number of adults on Facebook is putting some teens off
40 years ago, Ethernet's fathers were the startup kids
Bob Metcalfe, Dave Boggs and the rest of the scientists at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center in 1973 were a lot like young developers at a Silicon Valley startup today.
Samsung's Galaxy Tab 3 to contain Intel Atom chip, source says
The upcoming product would be Samsung's first Android tablet to use an Intel chip, known as Clover Trail+
Yahoo on Tumblr: We won't 'screw it up'
Yahoo will now have to figure out how to grow Tumblr revenue without alienating its user base
Siemens steps into data centre space
Its new data centre management offering marks a milestone for the company.
New MacBook Air in the wind
Apple appears to be readying itself for a brand spanking new MacBook Air. It's driven down supplies of the current stock at its major US retailers, according to a report.
Foxconn reports three possible suicides at factories in China
Two of the deaths occured at the Foxconn campus in Zhengzhou.
Yahoo revamps Flickr and offers a terabyte of free storage
Full-quality image uploads and a photo-rich interface are at the heart of the updated service.
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BLOG: Channel partners are embracing the cloud in a big way – but still need help
Channel partners are bullish about their growth prospects.
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BLOG: Huawei’s enterprise channel strategy is making progress
I was encouraged to see that Huawei had a proper track session on its channel strategy during its 10th Global analyst summit in Shenzhen.
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BLOG: Should companies allow employees to use cloud-hosted file sync/share solutions? Yes, with precautions.
Yes: Employees are doing what's best for the company
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BLOG: Too many chiefs? Do public organizations need Chief Data Officers?
Having had several related discussions this past week while in Washington DC, it is obvious that the question of how to use and manage the growing wealth of data, and incorporate it into an existing information governance organization and infrastructure (however mature or not), is top of mind in the public sector as well.
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BLOG: BYOT sophistication is currently low in china, but changes are underway
Media and IT professionals are buzzing about BYOD thanks to the increasing adoption of personal mobile devices being used for work in China.
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5 reasons to move to Big Data (and 1 reason why it won't be easy)
Companies of all sizes are beginning to reap the benefits of data analytics technology. If you're not up to speed yet, here are five ways that big data can benefit your business--and one precaution that may well thwart your big data plans.
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Amazon Web Services gets FedRAMP certification for US government cloud use
Amazon Web Services has finally received certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, which the company said will lower the cost of implementing its cloud services among government organizations and agencies in the U.S.
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NextDC awarded ISO quality management certification
Certification covers design and development of secure data centre infrastructure
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Sanity deploys Oki printers
B431dn devices to appear in 120 retail stores
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Properly licensed software can help boost local economy: BSA and INSEAD study
A one percent rise in use of licensed software would add millions of dollars to Singapore economy
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Atlassian gives Jira a makeover
Atlassian has revamped the Jira bug tracking tool with a new user interface, which the company said will offer faster navigation and a simplified workflow.
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IT leadership in the PRD's other SAR
Macau's tech gurus crowded into the Four Seasons Hotel on the Cotai Strip for the 2013 Macau CIO Leadership Forum, sponsored by Computerworld Hong Kong with Macao Computer Society as supporting organization.
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Opera's new Android browser hits Google Play, rebuilt from the ground up
Opera's new WebKit-based Android browser sports some nifty features and a bevy of under-the-hood changes.
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Aruba Networks latest to unveil 802.11ac access points
Joins other WLAN vendors ushering in the "gigabit Wi-Fi" enterprise
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Advice from an Apple Tech: When your Mac takes a fall
When your Mac laptop slips out of your hands, or your Mac desktop falls off your desk as you're shuffling things around, here's what to do once the feeling of dread dissipates.
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Aurora hackers said to have accessed law enforcement targets
Cyber marauders sought more than just information on activists — they wanted access to FBI, DOJ investigations on spies in the U.S.
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Western Digital releases its first 1.5TB mobile drive
HGST has announced its highest capacity 9.5mm-high mobile drive, a 1.5TB, three-platter model that is being targeted at the "prosumer" market.
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