SAP brings e-certification to S'pore
Software vendor sets up its first eAcademy in Singapore to offer SAP certification via e-learning, with plans to roll out initiative in other parts of Southeast Asia.

Asia's broadband subscribers to hit 170M
Number of broadband subscribers in Asia-Pacific will grow 31.5 percent to hit 171 million by year-end, predicts market analyst.

China hungry for flat-panel monitors
By 2011, China will be the No. 2 market for flat panels, with the United States slipping to third, according to a new report.

Programmers in India prefer Google's Orkut
A new survey shows that more software developers in India are choosing Orkut over Facebook and MySpace.

Vietnam expats to get new mobile services
Vietnam's largest telco VNPT and ETN Singapore set up new international mobile company aimed at Vietnamese working in the Asia-Pacific and Middle East.

Open networks for 'tomorrow's Facebook'
Asian economies need to ready their network infrastructure to support new and multiple services, and one way to do this is to adopt open standards, says Juniper exec.

Philippines to get first Atom laptop
Acer's Aspire One will be available in "a week's time", making it the first Atom-based low-cost notebook to debut in the Philippines, says company exec.

Spam races to the Olympics
Expect more incidents of online scams and fraud connected to next month's Beijing 2008, as well as spam targeted at mobile devices, Symantec says.

'Cultural change' needed for Asia to adopt Web 2.0
Businesses and governments must give up "command-and-control" mindset in order to reap benefits of Web 2.0 deployment, urges analyst.

Study: Indian small firms go big on first PC
Country's smaller players set to drive shipment of 1.6 million machines, a move expected to boost PC penetration and generate opportunities for hardware and software vendors.