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Nokia to offer mobile financial services - Aug 31, 2009

Crave The world's largest phone-maker has announced that it will set up a new mobile financial service early next year. This is based on US mobile payment solutions provider Obopay's platform and ... Read story »

Friendster gets acquired by MOL - Dec 10, 2009

Blogs When everybody thought Friendster was gone, this geek started covering their progress 1.5 years back and since then, they've raised US$20M investment from IDG and will now be acquired by MOL. ... Read story »

Can Malaysians adopt a strict trash policy? - Oct 20, 2009

Blogs A few years ago, the Government of Malaysia wanted to build an incinerator--a large, technologically advanced furnace--to burn our refuse. However, the residents protested as they didn't want an incinerator in ... Read story »

Video: Windows Marketplace for Mobile - Oct 12, 2009

Crave Microsoft launched its new Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system this week at the CTIA Wireless conference (see all stories) in San Diego. The OS includes a refreshed Internet Explorer Mobile, the ... Read story »

Having problems keeping your finances in order? - Aug 21, 2009

Blogs Tired of working in a company that is still using ancient book-keeping methods? Now may be the time to get your boss to upgrade his/her financial and book-keeping practises with a ... Read story »

One-third of Internet users in India carry out digital transactions--good growth - Nov 30, 2009

Blogs Last week, Mr R Chandrasekhar, who happens to be Secretary of the Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology in the Indian Government, made public some startling finds ... Read story »

Hoya's robotic firefighter - Oct 8, 2009

Crave South Korea's Hoya Robot is developing a mini firefighter helper bot that can enter burning buildings to conduct reconnaissance and check for people. The Firefighters Assistant Robot can apparently operate ... Read story »

Google to launch One Box for music - Oct 22, 2009

Crave Google will soon launch a music initiative, which the company at this point is calling a One Box for music, to offer song previews, artist bios, graphics, and video. The ... Read story »

Smartphone users, keep complaining - Nov 11, 2009

Crave Want great software for your mobile phone? Keep up the complaints. That was the message at a Tuesday session of the BlackBerry Developer Conference here in San Francisco aimed at developers. ... Read story »

Microsoft Bing Maps adds steet-level imagery - Dec 3, 2009

Crave Microsoft's new street-level imagery in Bing Maps takes advantage of Silverlight to do things Web applications can't, according to the company. Microsoft is kicking Bing Maps into a higher gear, ... Read story »

F1's KERS system to be used on mainstream vehicles? - Aug 11, 2009

Crave Recently, British company Zytek Automotive Technology was revealed as the driving force behind the KERS power boost system used in McLaren-Mercedes' Formula 1 cars. In a rather cruel juxtaposition, the same ... Read story »

iPhone 3GS encryption easy to crack - Jul 27, 2009

Crave The encryption functionality of the iPhone 3GS is so easy to crack that it is essentially "broken" as far as protecting sensitive personal data like credit card and social security numbers, ... Read story »

imbX 2009 opens with new initiatives for business and public - Jun 16, 2009

Crave Amidst a challenging economic downturn, Singapore's Infocomm (ICT) sector was one of the few to show continued growth in 2008, with revenue increasing by 12.4 percent to S$58.1 billion (US$39.8 ... Read story »

HP launches calculator app for iPhone and Windows - Jun 29, 2009

Crave HP now sells an HP 12C calculator app for the iPhone. It looks like a fourth generation of my family is going to be introduced to the ways of reverse ... Read story »

TOT sets date for 3G auction - May 13, 2009

Blogs Finally, after what seems like decades, some light coming through the 3G tunnel in Thailand. TOT has inked July as the time frame when it will hold bids for contracts to ... Read story »

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