Location-based apps dominate Android
Round One of the Google mobile platform developer challenge is over, with a number of location-based applications making the cut.
How attractive is a US$399 Mac clone?
Apple's current pricing strategy may encourage buyers in the Asia-Pacific region to turn away from Mac-cloned machines, says an IDC analyst.
WCIT delegates to get free Wi-Fi
Visitors at World Congress on IT in Malaysia next week will enjoy free wireless Internet access service, provided by one of country's WiMax licensee Packet One Networks.
IBM, business group drive tech message
IT vendor and Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry jointly demonstrate IT products on board a bus in a bid to urge small businesses to embrace technology.
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India's global M&A boom
Indian corporations, established at home and seeking new markets, are flush with cash and spending it abroad. But have they gone overboard?
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Weak mobile ad sales, unhealthy reliance on Chinese telecoms
KongZhong, a Chinese wireless value-added services company, over-reliance on the ever-changing policies of telcos may be the cause of its weak mobile advertising sales.
Find more stories in: Mobile/Wireless, Advertising
SK Telecom invests in Chinese game developer
South Korean Telecom company invests US$30 million in Qu Wei Di Yi for them to expand into the international market.
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Google Translate speaks 10 new languages
The translation service adds Swedish, Hindi, Danish, seven other languages, and the ability to guess the language that text needs to be translated from.
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Apple dismisses Safari vulnerability
Security researcher says Apple is uninterested in fixing glitch that could download malware to the desktop but will fix a separate high-risk security issue in the browser.
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RIM tight-lipped on touchscreen BlackBerry rumors
Although refusing to comment on a touchscreen BlackBerry, co-CEO Jim Balsillie has insisted RIM is 'not religious on form factor'.
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CBS to buy CNET Networks
Media conglomerate plans to purchase CNET Networks, publisher of News.com, in a deal valued at US$1.8 billion.
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Microsoft limits XP subnotebook specs
Reports suggest XP is being offered at a discounted rate to makers of low-cost subnotebooks, but only if they agree to limit the devices' hardware specs.
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Dell and Ericsson ink mobile-broadband deal
As Dell has already said it will use Qualcomm's Gobi mobile-broadband chipset, the PC maker may be planning to use Ericsson modules in low-cost subnotebooks.
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Microsoft blames users for Vista infections
In countering claims that Vista is less secure than Windows 2000, Microsoft says the 'complacency' of users is to blame for infection rates.
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Yahoo responds to Icahn
The Internet company says that Icahn's take "reflects a significant misunderstanding of the facts about the Microsoft proposal". It goes on (and on) from there.
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Atom-based iPhone reportedly confirmed
An Intel executive from its German operation has confirmed that Apple plans to introduce an iPhone featuring the Atom processor, a ZDNet Asia sister site reports.
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Sony posts loss, but has rosy outlook for electronics division
The electronics giant says digital cameras and flat-panel TVs should buoy its profits in the coming year.
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Google Maps adds user-created photos, videos, maps
New feature enables users to explore areas around the world by bringing up video, photos and interactive maps of a particular location.
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