Broadband Korea - how they made it work
News Whereas the UK and much of western Europe is considered densely populated -- on a level with east Asia -- South Korea's population is more densely concentrated than most. Typical rates of 2Mbps -- and in the future, up to 20Mbps -- are possible...
[October 11, 2002, 13:00]
Asia urged to strengthen data-breach laws
News But you've got half the population online, so it's a bigger crime than it seems, and the penalties should be more severe. Governments in Asia need stronger data-breach laws to ensure businesses improve the security of their customer data, according...
[September 28, 2007, 9:37]
IDC: Online gaming rules in Asia
News The female gaming population in these countries stands at 48 percent, 47 percent and 36.5 percent respectively. The popularity of Internet gaming in Asia has topped online buying, says market researcher International Data Corp (IDC).
[January 16, 2003, 15:22]
Pretty Map Basic - Earth Atlas, Moon and Mars Maps
Downloads PrettyMap lets you view off-line vector and raster maps and images (such as country boundaries, world cities, rivers, satellite photos), search in geographically-referenced data, visualize and analyze spatial information, download current weather...
[December 1, 2005, 7:00]
South Korea: High-tech hothouse
News As evidenced by the popularity of the leading Web log service, Cyworld -- which counts about an eighth of the country's population as registered users -- online communication and free speech are growing despite a long history of controlled media...
[June 24, 2004, 10:05]
Ignore the broadband boom at your peril
Leader Mintel claims that 30 million people are now online -- a staggering 57 percent of the UK population. The EU has taken over from Asia Pacific as the number one DSL region, with a total of over 23 million subscribers, around 11 million taking up DSL...
[September 23, 2004, 12:00]
UK bottom of broadband league table
News More than half of the Korean online population has a broadband connection, which, according to NetValue, is altering their surfing behaviour and giving them a much richer online experience. Johnson claims the survey -- which looked at the cheapest...
[April 3, 2001, 6:18]
Mobiles rise to the iPod challenge
News There are hundreds of millions of mobile phone owners, particularly in European countries where penetration rates can be as much 80 percent of the population. In Europe and Asia, cellular carriers and record labels are thinking more ambitiously.
[November 12, 2004, 14:50]
La vida latina hits the Web
News In Latin America, about 10 percent of the population controls all wealth and knowledge. They predict Latin America will follow in the footsteps of Europe and Asia and leapfrog many of the access issues that have plagued modem-bound users in the...
[November 16, 1999, 10:35]
Wireless technology promises Internet boost
News The research suggests that the proportion of wireless Internet users, which currently makes up 10 percent of the world's online population, will grow to 62 percent over the next five years. Europe is expected to see more growth in mobile Internet...
[February 7, 2001, 11:53]
One billion users will drive the Internet by 2005
News The recently published study -- The Global Market Forecast for Internet Usage and Commerce -- claims that fifteen percent of the global population will be online in four years, driving e-commerce revenues up to $5tn.
[May 30, 2001, 10:32]
Symantec to identify safe software by 'reputation'
News You have one population that is ultra-safe, one that is adventurous and one that is completely unsafe," he said. That's an example of a reputation-based choice in selecting a restaurant," Basant said in an interview with ZDNet Asia, during his...
[October 24, 2008, 12:12]
Shanghai targets Internet-based economy by 2010
News The city has China's most urbanised citizens, and with its 15 million residents, dwarfs many Asian countries in population. Shanghai is to become a key Asia-Pacific telecom hub with an Internet-based economy by 2010, according to the city's leaders.
[August 4, 2003, 9:25]
Military secrets escape through PDF file
News Every single Word document contains metadata, but the scary thing is that 90 percent of the population don't know it exists," Rauf said. Samia Rauf, director at document security specialist Workshare in Asia-Pacific, said this kind of mistake is...
[May 5, 2005, 9:30]
American surplus blocks Web overhaul
News Those countries include broadband-saturated Korea; India, which has just 2 million IP addresses; China; and European countries, where Web-enabled phones are used by 70 percent of the population. The standard is widely seen as a necessary successor...
[July 28, 2003, 16:07]
Intel's wireless future
News You have to be very clear about what am I trying to accomplish and make sure that the council and the population is behind you. We're involved in the Westminster council initiative and we've been involved in the US with a number of initiatives, but...
[December 4, 2006, 12:53]
Microsoft directs chatters to IM
News Thus, the greater MSN Messenger's population, the more useful LCS will be. Microsoft stands to benefit in several ways from the move, for example by reducing expenses related to maintaining and policing free Web chat rooms, and raising the...
[September 26, 2003, 9:00]
Study: Hackers take a trip through Asia
News South Korea has a large broadband population, so they are especially at risk," Smith said, adding that between always-on broadband connections and poor user education, the country is a perfect launching point for attacks.
[March 19, 2002, 10:14]
