Simon Burns

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Sony tests seven-layer holographic disc

Sony tests seven-layer holographic disc

Sony has successfully recorded data on a seven-layer holographic disc, researchers announced at a technology conference in Singapore.
Simon Burns Nov 8 2007 7:14AM Storage
Free services pay off for China portal

Free services pay off for China portal

Sohu, one of China's largest web portals and online games firms, has reported a 46 percent increase in revenues in the third quarter.
Simon Burns Nov 6 2007 1:19PM Software
China's top chip maker hit by DRam decline

China's top chip maker hit by DRam decline

China's largest contract chip maker is the latest firm to report losses from the continuing fall in prices of DRam memory chips.
Simon Burns Nov 1 2007 12:30PM Hardware
Nintendo raids Wii mod chip factory

Nintendo raids Wii mod chip factory

Nintendo has raided a factory that it claims was making devices used to pirate games for its Wii and DS games consoles. Working with local authorities, Nintendo representatives seized more than 10,000 game copying devices and modification chips from the factory in Hong Kong two weeks ago, Nintendo announced in a press statement..
Simon Burns Oct 24 2007 2:59PM Hardware
Profit slump at second largest memory maker

Profit slump at second largest memory maker

Giant memory chip maker Hynix is unlikely to dig its way out of its current slump in profits before the second quarter of next year, say analysts in South Korea, where the manufacturer of DRAM and flash memory chips is based..
Simon Burns Oct 23 2007 3:26PM Hardware
Profit slump at second largest memory maker

Profit slump at second largest memory maker

Analysts expect more bad news before profit recovery next year.
Simon Burns Oct 23 2007 7:29AM Financial Services
China opens mobile manufacturing to all

China opens mobile manufacturing to all

China has announced plans to remove the legal restrictions that prevent companies making mobile phones in the country without permission.
Simon Burns Oct 22 2007 12:07PM Hardware
DRam makers battered by falling prices

DRam makers battered by falling prices

Module makers cut purchases after being caught out by slack demand.
Simon Burns Oct 22 2007 6:34AM Hardware
Broadband drives Chinese security market

Broadband drives Chinese security market

The market for IT security products and services in Asia-Pacific will expand 15.5 per cent per year to reach $5.9bn by 2011, and broadband adoption in China will be a key driving factor, new forecasts predict..
Simon Burns Oct 19 2007 2:21PM Security
Asus unveils OLPC competitor

Asus unveils OLPC competitor

A low cost notebook PC touted as a potential competitor to the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project has gone on sale in Taiwan..
Simon Burns Oct 18 2007 6:42AM Hardware
Korean game traders taken out by hackers

Korean game traders taken out by hackers

South Korea's daily multimillion dollar trade in virtual goods has been wiped out by an apparent hack attack.
Simon Burns Oct 15 2007 10:05AM Security
Spam levels soar in Asia

Spam levels soar in Asia

Almost 90 percent of all email sent from some Asian nations is spam, according to recent research.
Simon Burns Oct 12 2007 7:22AM Security
41,000 PCs seek bird flu cure

41,000 PCs seek bird flu cure

An international grid of more than 41,000 computers is offering new hope in the search for treatments for the deadly avian influenza virus.
Simon Burns Oct 9 2007 1:55PM Hardware
Open source winning Asia security battle

Open source winning Asia security battle

Improving security is the number one reason for companies to switch to open source software in several major IT markets in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a new survey.
Simon Burns Oct 3 2007 7:27AM Security
Hitachi hard drive losses fuel sale rumours

Hitachi hard drive losses fuel sale rumours

Predictions that Hitachi will lose more than US$286m at its hard disk subsidiary in the current year have strengthened speculation that the unit could be sold off.
Simon Burns Oct 2 2007 6:59AM Storage
Taiwan Semiconductor loses trade secrets case

Taiwan Semiconductor loses trade secrets case

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) has lost a US court case in which it was accused of leaking confidential chip design information from one of its customers.
Simon Burns Sep 27 2007 7:21AM Hardware
Google forced to push image in China

Google forced to push image in China

Google is planning a huge marketing push in China, according to Google China president Lee Kai-fu.
Simon Burns Sep 24 2007 10:42PM Strategy
Vietnam a victim of 'e-commerce boycott'

Vietnam a victim of 'e-commerce boycott'

Lax internet security has resulted in a virtual boycott of Vietnam by online retailers, local press reports claim.
Simon Burns Sep 4 2007 7:11AM Telco/ISP
China on track for half a billion mobiles

China on track for half a billion mobiles

China will sign up its 500 millionth mobile phone user within a month, market watchers predict.
Simon Burns Aug 29 2007 2:12PM Hardware
Warcraft 'stole our fonts', developer claims

Warcraft 'stole our fonts', developer claims

World of Warcraft, one of the world's most popular online games, relies on illegally copied fonts, a Chinese company has alleged.
Simon Burns Aug 17 2007 6:45AM Software

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