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September 2, 2010

India searches for techno-nirvana

The moon-reaching technological prowess of India's scientists stands as testimony to the country's forward-looking role in the world. Yet its people too often struggle to survive in the most primitive conditions. Now India's innovators are seeking solutions to the nation's top problems.

- Raja Murthy (Aug 30, '10)

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Google takes on Skype

Google's efforts to achieve total Internet dominance, and find ever-more revenue paths, have turned to offering Internet-based phone calls independent of callers' computers. That puts Skype in the firing line - just as its new owners were looking to reap US$100 million from a share sale.

- Martin J Young (Aug 27, '10)

Crooks hijack Delhi Games

Corruption on a vast scale is emerging as one explanation for the huge costs - possibly up to US$7.5 billion - of staging the Commonwealth Games this autumn in New Delhi. With two months before the first starting gun goes off, investigations are under way and senior officials are already facing disqualification.

- Raja Murthy (Aug 06, '10)

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BlackBerry too secret

Corporate types and diplomats love their BlackBerry phones for one reason above others - the high level of security it gives to their e-mails. That is now proving too tough for some governments to handle, with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates leading demands for access to encryption keys.

- Martin J Young (Aug 06, '10)

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Gaming gamble for Google

The growing popularity of social gaming is making the sector the next target for Google, as the search company identifies yet another potentially huge revenue stream and a source for information on Internet users and usage.

- Martin J Young (Jul 30, '10)

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Maggots in the Apple

Apple's slow and stumbling response to complaints by users of its new iPhone4 are undermining the company's image as maker of the world's most attractive and must-have computer-based gadgets. A recall would cost a lot; a loss of public trust, and much more.

- Martin J Young (Jul 16, '10)

Google clicks back with Beijing

After some website tinkering, Google has ended its months-long dispute with Beijing and had its license to operate in China renewed. The Internet search giant can now get on with rebuilding partnerships in the mainland and making money from the huge China mobile business - although it has lost some vital ground.

- Sherman So (Jul 13, '10)

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A glimmer in the eighth Window

Microsoft's great success with its Windows 7 operating system may increase the company's reluctance to make public proposed changes for version 8. But hints are out there, and speed appears to be of the essence.

- Martin J Young (Jul 09, '10)

China's software skills out front

Vanceinfo Technologies and Symbio are helping drive China's challenge to India in attracting software business from the world's leading technology companies. Their success, with annual growth forecast at 23%, is based on fundamental engineering skills and an ability for cutting-edge development rather than low price and a grasp of Western business processes.

- Sherman So (Jul 06, '10)

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Vietnam strengthens firewall

Vietnam has joined the list of Asian governments seeking to clamp down on their citizens' access to the Internet, with new regulations that will allow authorities in Hanoi to block websites and monitor online activity.

- Martin J Young (Jun 18, '10)

Easou search skills trump Baidu

Baidu's dominance of Internet search in China, where the company has comfortably seen off global leader Google, is not translating to the world of mobile phones. Upstart Easou.com has secured double the traffic to lead a market where the number of mobile Internet users jumped more than 100% last year.

- Sherman So (Jun 11, '10)

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Another Apple miracle

Apple boss Steve Jobs' latest miracle of consumer eye-candy, the iPhone4, sets a new standard in elegance that will have the company's disciples queuing up to purchase when it goes on sale later this month. Folk more interested in technology than looks may prefer less-hyped Android-driven products.

- Martin J Young (Jun 11, '10)

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Tablets take over Taipei

Apple's big lead in the market for tablet computers may soon shrink, judging by the more than two dozen rival models on show this week at Computex Taipei, Asia's largest computer exhibition. Without having to make any of the handheld devices, Google looks likely to be the one big winner in the tablet wars.

- Martin J Young (Jun 04, '10)

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Thai war of words on the web

Smoke, guns and barricades were the most visual evidence of the violent conflict in Bangkok over the past few weeks. Behind the scenes, the Internet was another battleground, with censors battling nimble-fingered social networkers seeking to keep their information streams flowing.

- Martin J Young (May 28, '10)

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The great American job hunt

With a depressed job market and no silver lining on the horizon for a full rebound in the US economy, Americans have to brace for a long spell of worklessness. Only pockets of economic freedom and entrepreneurship are able to survive the unemployment plague. The problem is that existing creative niches cannot be reproduced on a mass scale across the country in the short term.

- Brent M. Eastwood (May 24, '10)

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India searches for techno-nirvana

IT WORLD

Google takes on Skype

Crooks hijack Delhi Games

IT WORLD

BlackBerry too secret

IT WORLD

Gaming gamble for Google

IT WORLD

Maggots in the Apple

Google clicks back with Beijing

IT WORLD

A glimmer in the eighth Window

China's software skills out front

IT WORLD

Vietnam strengthens firewall

Easou search skills trump Baidu

IT WORLD

Another Apple miracle

IT WORLD

Tablets take over Taipei

IT WORLD

Thai war of words on the web

Speaking Freely

The great American job hunt

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