Asian banks not in 'hibernate' mode



Asian banks not in 'hibernate' mode
S'pore R&D spend pushes forward
Notebooks outnumber desktops for first time
Tech innovations for tough times
Why Obama can't ignore education tech
Print news is fading, but the content lives on
Mobile features that could succeed in 2009
Verizon awarded 'largest-ever' cybersquatting judgment
5 security precautions to take for the holiday break


Asian banks not in 'hibernate' mode

Region's financial entities will lean toward innovation to ride downturn--even the more conservative will invest to be more efficient, say industry watchers.
Wednesday, December 24 2008 11:41 AM
Find more stories in::  Budgeting/cost control, Business planning, Project management, Pay-for-performance, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.

S'pore R&D spend pushes forward

The country's overall spending on research and development last year hit an "unprecedented" high of US$4.3 billion, according to government agency.
Wednesday, December 24 2008 01:05 PM
Find more stories in::  R&D, Singapore, Finland, Japan, public sector

Notebooks outnumber desktops for first time

Global notebook PC shipments exceeded desktop shipments during the third quarter by about 100,000 units, according to new figures from iSuppli.
Wednesday, December 24 2008 01:11 PM
Find more stories in::  Desktops, Notebooks and tablets, Sales/revenue, Apple Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co.

Tech innovations for tough times

Companies like GE are using alternative techniques, such as the theory of solving inventor's problems (TRIZ), to make R&D more efficient.
Friday, December 26 2008 09:42 AM
Find more stories in::  Innovation, Business development/management, R&D

Why Obama can't ignore education tech

Not only is it a proven way to generate significant economic benefits, the cost would be only a few drops in the bucket of his stimulus plan.
Friday, December 26 2008 09:29 AM
Find more stories in::  Web sites, Personal broadband

Print news is fading, but the content lives on

A Pew survey shows the Internet has overtaken newspapers as a main source of news, but newspapers still supply much of the seed news content that's refactored by millions of bloggers.
Friday, December 26 2008 09:09 AM
Find more stories in::  Internet, Web sites

Mobile features that could succeed in 2009

2008 already proved the success of open mobile operating systems, GPS and touchscreens, but next year's recession-hit scene is likely to show only incremental advances.
Thursday, December 25 2008 05:06 PM
Find more stories in::  Mobile/Wireless, Development/design, Mobile applications, Mobile platforms, Mobile commerce

Verizon awarded 'largest-ever' cybersquatting judgment

A federal court awarded Verizon US$33 million in a case against an Internet domain registrar the company claims chose names to be easily confused with legitimate Verizon sites.
Thursday, December 25 2008 10:05 AM
Find more stories in::  Web sites, Domain names, Verizon Communications Inc., Cybersquatting, Northern California

5 security precautions to take for the holiday break

What do you think about when Christmas approaches? Some of us think about how vulnerable our networks might be while we're away on vacation.
Thursday, December 25 2008 10:18 AM
Find more stories in::  Network security, PC security, Data security, Disaster Recovery, Authentication