15 April 2009
- Indonesia optimistic its economy will grow 4.5 percent
- Big Brother speaks: Beijing to set up electrical displays for food safety
China Tech News: Electronic video displays are heading to 150 shopping malls and supermarkets and 19 large wholesale markets in Beijing by the end of this year to publish goods and food information. - Yahoo plans first major layoffs under new CEO
Yahoo: Yahoo Inc. is gearing up for its third round of mass layoffs in 14 months, signaling the long-slumping Internet company is still struggling to snap out of its financial malaise under a new leadership team. - Seoul shares down led by banks, Daewoo Ship rises
Forbes: Seoul shares fell on Wednesday following losses on Wall Street sparked by weak retail sales data, with banks leading the decline, but Daewoo Shipbuilding outperformed on news regarding a planned stake sale. - Book a bed and breakfast, catch a ‘virus’
Inquirer.net: The number of computer viruses is growing extraordinarily fast and shifting from phishing e-mails to being hidden in seemingly safe websites such as a local bed and breakfast, says Internet security company Symantec Corp in a new report on Tuesday. - Report: 83 percent of businesses won't install Windows 7 in 2010
Yahoo: Windows 7 has long been shaping up as Microsoft's salvation: The operating system that would recharge its fortunes and get the company back in the game following the debacle of Windows Vista's release and the eventual acceptance of the head-in-the-ground attitude that had Microsoft convincing itself that Vista had been an unqualified success. - Hong Kong boasts mobile phone penetration rate of 163%
China Tech News: In its drive to become a true wireless city, Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority has published for the first time the statistics of local mobile data usage, which showcase a surge to 147 Terabytes as of January 2009, or an average amount of 44 Mbytes per 2.5G/3G mobile user for that particular month. - Touch-screen Walkman debuts
The Japan Times: Sony Corp. unveiled its new X-series of Walkman digital music players featuring a touch-screen interface and a 3-inch organic display in an attempt to regain dominance in a market usurped by Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod.
Antara: Indonesia is optimistic its economy will grow 4.5 percent in 2009 in spite of the impact of the global financial crisis on several of its economic sectors.
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