Hardware vulnerable in two-factor authentication
Software tokens, not hardware tokens, are the way forward to counter identity theft, says a mobile banking software vendor.

Inoculate your business against bird flu
Companies in Asia discuss some measures they are taking to minimize the impact of the deadly flu virus, should the situation become critical.

China launches legal effort to curb piracy
The Supreme People's Court sets up a new Judicial Court of Intellectual Property specifically to deal with cases involving product piracy.

S'pore company charged for software piracy
Latest move by local authorities marks the first time a local business has been charged under the country's revised copyright law.

VMware wants virtualization for all
The server software vendor hopes to increase adoption of the technology with freebies and collaboration with big market players.

Nokia: Change the 'remote'
Businesses should move away from remote access services and toward enterprise mobility with services such as push e-mail, urges the mobile phone maker.

SAS unveils new initiatives for S'pore
The software vendor will focus on the government, financial services and hospitality sectors, to drive uptake of its business intelligence and analytics products.

China responsible for more security attacks
Attacks originating from the country between July and December 2005 have increased 153 percent over the first half of the year.

S'pore to host global IP forum
To be held in the island-state later this year, the event will gather industry experts and luminaries in the name of intellectual property.

Is Microsoft the dark horse of biz apps?
The software giant is quietly pulling punches as SAP and Oracle take stabs at each other. Who will emerge victorious?

Open-source applications find takers
Singapore systems integrator iZeno sees opportunity for open-source business software, even as others dismiss open-source software as "immature".

Singapore outlines broadband ambitions
The island-state's national broadband network will provide blazing-speed wired and wireless Net access by as early as 2008.

AP users shun advanced mobile services
Service operators and mobile phone vendors have to do more to educate the market on the value proposition of such services, says IDC.

AT&T; to expand network coverage in AP
Fresh from its merger with U.S.-based SBC Communications, the company is now looking to augment its global reach.

S'pore operators to regulate mobile content
M1, SingTel and StarHub have jointly created a code of practice that seeks to limit access to undesirable content by young persons.

Maxtor rides on broadband growth, unveils new external drives
The new OneTouch III family comes with synchronization and system restoration capabilities, offering up to 1TB of external storage.

Oracle opens unit for AP embedded market
The software vendor will work with partners to develop embedded software for Asia's 3G, vehicle information systems and telecoms equipment markets.

Intel opens US$605M plant in Vietnam
When complete in 2008, the factory will supply Intel's latest technologies to the chipmaker's global network of manufacturers.

S'pore Net usage remains high, says study
The new IDA survey also indicates users are becoming more sophisticated, where 80 percent have antivirus software on their PCs.

S'pore students face off in Java challenge
Teams from local polytechnics and technical institutes are to showcase their skills in Sun's Java Enterprise Studio, NetBeans and Solaris.