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The transistor: The 20th century's most important invention
Forget inventions like air conditioning, television, the computer and the Internet. The single most important invention of the 20th century was the transistor, say some researchers and analysts.
Sharon Gaudin

YouTube for intellectuals?
Big Think, a new Web 2.0-style site that bills itself as a conduit between global thought leaders and the public for sharing ideas has been launched in beta.
Heather Havenstein

July 2008

Daily Web Updates
Networking
World’s smallest, greenest gigabit switch launched in Malaysia

Saves nearly a third of traditional power, claims company.
AvantiKumar
Updated: Aug 07, 2008 12:01 PM

Hardware
Samsung, Microsoft in talks to speed up SSDs on Vista
Samsung is talking to Microsoft to boost SSD performance on Windows Vista.
Agam Shah
Updated: Aug 07, 2008 11:35 AM

Security
Kaminsky: Many ways to attack with DNS
Dan Kaminsky says that SSL sites are also vulnerable to the DNS flaw he discovered.
Robert McMillan
Updated: Aug 07, 2008 11:29 AM

Compliance
New Malaysian partnership offers enhanced accounting compliance solution
Integrated solution to help meet regulatory demands.
AvantiKumar
Updated: Aug 07, 2008 11:04 AM

Corporate issues
Friendster announces new CEO and additional funding
Additional funding to be used to extend footprint in Asia Pacific.
Zafar Anjum
Updated: Aug 07, 2008 10:45 AM

Business Intelligence
SAS buys in to hospitality sector
Business intelligence firm now has major hotel clients.
Jack Loo
Updated: Aug 07, 2008 10:30 AM

Media
First-ever digital media coverage of the Olympics
Beijing games organisers put up channel on YouTube
Jack Loo
Updated: Aug 07, 2008 10:19 AM

Advanced Technologies
Nissan previews electric car based on lithium ion battery
The auto maker has unveiled its latest all-electric car prototype, a model based on a new lithium ion battery manufactured by a joint-venture it formed with NEC.
Martyn Williams
Updated: Aug 06, 2008 11:54 AM

Open source
IBM to open source supercomputing code
Among the objectives of this initiative—countering Microsoft's stranglehold on the desktop.
John Fontana
Updated: Aug 06, 2008 11:47 AM

Advanced Technologies
NASA: Too soon to say
Scientists wonder if chemical would inhibit life on Mars
Sharon Gaudin
Updated: Aug 06, 2008 11:40 AM

Highlights
Security
Video surveillance for anyone with a PC
Rather than spending thousands of dollars to have a professional video security system installed, you can build one yourself for about US$250 per camera.
Brian Nadel

Wireless Communications
Malaysian and US companies to deliver seamless WiMAX - WiFi tool

Seamless broadband environment becomes a reality.
AvantiKumar

Logging Off
Editorial
Green screen of...

It starts out visceral. It works its way through my bowels, then round my back and snakes up my spine...

Teng Fang Yih

News
Business Intelligence
Malaysian bank group chooses global intelligence solution

Seeking new business insight for its worldwide operations.

AvantiKumar

Government
PIKOM to Malaysian government: cut with caution
The country’s premier IT association warns against possible ‘panic’ spending cuts by the private sector in response to the austerity drive within the public sector.

AvantiKumar

Digital Divide
Bridging the senior digital divide
Technology giant IBM has committed to helping Malaysia’s senior citizens connect with the world.

AvantiKumar

Security
New immigration system
The Ministry of Home Affairs is putting money into a leading edge national security solution.

AvantiKumar

Multimedia News
World Tech Update July 11
IT happened this week

In this week’s show: iPhone 3G launches, Galileo moves forward, Imagine Cup finals held, IBM helps make Web sites accessible and more!
IDG News Service

Social Networking
Social networking in Asia

Are net users in Asia moving from blogs to social networks? Social networking site Friendster's marketing/PR director Jeff Roberto talks about the social networking scene in Asia in an exclusive interview.
Zafar Anjum

Nostalgia
Bill Gates and a trip down memory lane

Now that Bill Gates has retired, it is a good time to take a walk down the memory lane.
Nick Barber

Insights
Laptops
In search of bearable lightness
Now the unit I've been carrying everywhere for four years has a Webcam that's dead and a keyboard with shiny surfaces where various letters should be.
Stephen Manes

Corporate Issues
Why EMC showed VMware CEO the door, hired Microsoft scrapper

"If Diane Green deserves to get fired for that level of growth and profit, most other CEOs, including EMC's Joe Tucci, deserve to be kidnapped and beaten by thugs."
Kevin Fogarty

Entertainment
Create your own Blu-ray video discs
While Blu-ray authoring and playback are still a bit of a minefield, the right tools and hardware can greatly ease your way through.
Becky Waring

IT Management
The bigger question: why do women, men leave IT
Why do so many people in IT, regardless of gender, want out?
Don Tennant

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