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Singapore signs up to US copyright law
News On Tuesday, the US and Singapore signed a trade agreement that affirms both nations' commitment to punishing people who bypass copy-protection technologies -- such as those used in most DVDs, a small number of CDs and some computer software.
[May 7, 2003, 11:43]
Singapore reels in digital cinema
News Singapore will go from zero to 21 digital screens in the coming months, as part of a government-led plan to turn the country into a regional hub for digital content. If the plans can be implemented in time, upcoming movies such as the Russell Crowe...
[November 20, 2003, 9:45]
Singapore cracks down on cartoon piracy
News Singapore is running the risk of gaining recognition as the headquarters for pirates of Japanese anime and serial dramas," the association said in statement last week. The AVPA will serve as the industry voice to target video piracy in Singapore.
[July 28, 2003, 10:10]
Singapore launches wireless park and pay
News Drivers in Singapore can now pay parking charges via their mobile phones, thanks to a new service launched by Suntec City, one of the largest shopping malls in the city-state. The platform is developed by Systems@Work, a Singapore-based payment and...
[December 18, 2002, 12:46]
Singapore raids net pirated Windows XP
News More than 4,000 copies of Microsoft products were seized in police raids of pirated software in Singapore. About 80 percent of these were of the software giant's Windows XP system, which premiered on 25 October in the US and Europe, and arrived in...
[November 9, 2001, 9:07]
Singapore to block British political Web sites
News British political Web sites that refuse to register in Singapore will be blocked in the same way that pornographic sites are filtered out, the Singapore government has warned. Under the new regulation, the Singapore government will prevent its...
[September 6, 2001, 8:30]
Singapore's future lies in services, says WTO
News With China's rising importance as a production hub, mature countries such as Singapore should turn to exporting its knowledge-management expertise in the form of services to stay relevant in the global economy.
[July 10, 2002, 8:32]
Singapore Hotel Finder
Downloads Singapore Hotel Finder is a handy and easy-to-use app for looking up hotels in Singapore. There are two modes of search: by hotel rates and by nearby MRT station or both. It is also easy to browse hotel names from the alphabetically sorted list.
[September 30, 2009, 10:40]
Singapore Epson Automates Job Management Using Hitachi JP1/AJS2
White Papers While overseeing two sister sites in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, and Batam, Indonesia, Singapore Epson Industrial Pte. Before Singapore Epson Industrial fully implemented JP1/AJS2 and deployed the JP1/OJE for mid-range computer (for IBM iSeries) option...
[May 8, 2007, 1:00]
Singapore Management University Designs Information-Age Teaching With New Office Products
White Papers Singapore Management University (SMU) is Singapore's newest university. Founded in 2000, it provides a world-class business and management education to students from Singapore and around the world. Modeled on some of the world's leading business...
[September 20, 2008, 0:00]
Singapore embraces e-money
News Paper money took its first step to becoming obsolete Tuesday with the announcement by Singapore that e-money will be legal tender in Singapore by 2008. Government officials hope the move will provide a boost to Singapore's economy by reducing costs...
[December 19, 2000, 13:37]
Singapore Hospital Becomes First in Asia to Deploy Cisco Clinical Connection Suite Solution
White Papers Nestled in the central-western area of Singapore, Alexandra Hospital (AH) is a 400-bed general and acute care hospital. Hospitals and medical institutions throughout Asia are facing increasing pressure to raise the quality of healthcare with...
[June 7, 2006, 0:00]
Singapore jails software fraudster
News A Singapore court has jailed a university student for four months after finding him guilty of selling fake copies of Microsoft software. Katharine Bostick, senior director of legal and corporate affairs at Microsoft Asia Pacific, told ZDNet UK that...
[January 11, 2006, 12:15]
Singapore Airlines takes Wi-Fi in-flight
News Singapore Airlines is hooking up to Connexion by Boeing's in-flight Internet service. Under the agreement, 40 of Singapore Airlines' planes will be equipped with Wi-Fi connections to a high-speed satellite service.
[November 12, 2003, 12:30]
Singapore mulls biometric data in passports
News Several Singapore government agencies have joined forces to study the feasibility of embedding fingerprints or eye scans onto computer chips planted inside the country's passports. However, in the light of tighter of security policies after the 11...
[July 29, 2003, 9:38]
Singapore bus passengers get wireless
News Singapore's SBS Transit has introduced wireless internet connectivity for commuters using the country's public transport system. Ez-link is a contactless smartcard used for the payment of public transport fares in Singapore.
[September 3, 2009, 13:19]
Singapore to start wireless-payment trials
News Singapore's two largest mobile service providers will soon kick-start wireless payment trials, aimed at allowing mobile phones to be used to pay for goods and services. SingTel and Network for Electronic Transfers of Singapore (Nets) today...
[September 4, 2007, 16:33]
Singapore Oracle execs fired over fraud charges
News Three key sales executives of Oracle Singapore were dismissed recently under hushed proceedings, following charges of fraudulent conduct, sources said. According to the sources, the inquiry took several months and apart from internal investigators...
[January 24, 2002, 16:52]
Singapore government deploys OpenOffice.org on 5,000 PCs
News Singapore's Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) has large-scale plans for deploying OpenOffice.org on Windows PCs, a MINDEF spokeswoman told ZDNet UK on Tuesday. Fabrice Marie, the vice-president of the Linux Users Group of Singapore, told ZDNet UK that...
[November 2, 2004, 9:46]
Singapore cabs catch Web fever
News By the end of the year, taxi passengers in Singapore will be able to surf the Web, check their email, access mapping and routing information, and even manage their stock portfolios online -- all from the back of a cab.
[June 19, 2001, 10:15]
