Simon Burns

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Hardware

Aug 12, 2008 | Comment Now

South Korean space officials have said they will delay the country's first space launch until the second quarter of 2009, according to local press reports..

Networking

Olympic WiMax likely to disappoint

Aug 12, 2008 | Comment Now

A much-heralded WiMax deployment at China's Olympics looks likely to be " over promised and under delivered", according to analysts..

Finance

China VCs raise US$3bn in second quarter

Jul 24, 2008 | Comment Now

Chinese venture capital firms had a record US$3bn in funds available to invest during the second quarter of 2008, according to a new survey.

Hardware

Nasa may hitch a ride on Japanese spacecraft

Jul 22, 2008 | Comment Now

Nasa is talking to Japan's space agency about using one of its spacecraft for servicing missions to the International Space Station, according to Japanese media reports.

Training & Development

Sony Ericsson cuts 17 per cent of staff

Jul 22, 2008 | Comment Now

Sony Ericsson has announced 2,000 job cuts as part of a cost reduction measure.

Networking

China spends big on the internet

Jul 18, 2008 | Comment Now

Online spending in China rose almost 60 per cent in the first six months of the year, new research reveals.

Hardware

Japanese boffins develop long-life Flash

Jul 15, 2008 | Comment Now

Flash memory chips with a potential lifetime of hundreds of years have been developed by Japanese scientists.

Hardware

Former Samsung chairman facing jail

Jul 11, 2008 | Comment Now

The former chairman of Samsung should be jailed for seven years, prosecutors in South Korea have told local media.

Telco/ISP

Asian giants top telecoms growth

Jul 9, 2008 | Comment Now

Telecoms operators in China and India are growing faster than international rivals such as AT&T, Verizon, NTT, Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone and BT, according to new research..

Telco/ISP

Asia Pacific internet audience soars

Jul 2, 2008 | Comment Now

Some 318 million people in Asia Pacific visited internet sites in April 2008, an increase of 14 per cent from 280 million in the same month one year earlier, according to a new ...

Hardware

Smartphone makers bullish despite iPhone 3G

Jun 19, 2008 | Comment Now

Smartphone makers and analysts have downplayed fears that Apple's iPhone 3G could pose a serious challenge for older smartphone manufacturers..

Storage

Toshiba closes older Flash memory plants

Jun 18, 2008 | Comment Now

Toshiba is to close older Flash memory production lines that it jointly owns with US firm SanDisk..

Strategy

Apple Store to open in Beijing

Jun 17, 2008 | Comment Now

China may be about to see the opening of its first official Apple Store as the firm prepares to launch the iPhone in the country..

Telco/ISP

Koreans take 100Mbps broadband for granted

Jun 17, 2008 | Comment Now

The majority of South Koreans rate their broadband services as 'ordinary' despite having the world's fastest internet connections, according to a recent survey..

Software

Stabbings in Japan hit Metal Gear launch

Jun 12, 2008 | Comment Now

Japanese video games publisher Konami has cancelled launch events for its new Metal Gear Solid 4 game..

Networking

Asia hooks up with unified communications

Jun 12, 2008 | Comment Now

Enterprises in Asia-Pacific will spend US$4.5 billion this year on unified communications services and equipment, new research predicts..

Telco/ISP

China key to $11bn Asia WiMax bonanza

Jun 7, 2008 | Comment Now

The Asia-Pacific region could have as many as 43 million WiMax subscribers by the end of 2013, according to new forecasts..

Storage

Hynix claims Flash memory breakthrough

Jun 5, 2008 | Comment Now

A more compact form of Flash memory will help to cut prices of the storage chips by 30 percent, according to Korean media reports..

Hardware

Toshiba unveils another Blu-ray 'killer'

Jun 2, 2008 | Comment Now

Toshiba is working on an extension to the DVD format which will offer video quality comparable to that produced by Blu-ray and HD-DVD discs, according to Japanese media reports..

Software

Asia sees strong demand for application integration

May 28, 2008 | Comment Now

The market for enterprise application integration (EAI) services will expand to US$7.8 billion by 2011, analysts predict, as more companies seek ways to share data between ...

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