asia

Botnets on the rise in Asia, Symantec says

News More computers in the Asia-Pacific region are being hijacked and used remotely by hackers to send viruses, according to a recent study by security vendor Symantec. The number of such "bot infected" systems in China alone grew more than 140 percent...

23 September 2005, 9:39

Earthquakes cause comms failure in Asia

News The earthquakes hit late last Tuesday on the second anniversary of the tsunami that killed thousands in South Asia on 26 December 2004. The quakes were among the most powerful in Taiwan in recent years, knocking out two of seven undersea cables...

2 January 2007, 9:16

Photos: Asia's top ten MP3 players

News Read CNET Asia's reviewThe Creative MuVo Vidz is not available in the UK Read CNET Asia's reviewThe Creative Zen Neeon is not available in the UK. Read CNET Asia's reviewThe Sony Walkman Bean NW-E307 is not available in the UK.

3 July 2006, 10:24

Asian Trojans attacking UK, agency warns

News Three hundred key UK business and government organisations have been threatened by a wave of data-stealing cyberattacks coming from Asia, the British government has warned. According to the National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre...

17 June 2005, 8:40

eMusic powers forward on Euro success

News eMusic, the digital music download service, says it is eyeing Asia after a successful launch across Europe last year.eMusic became the first service to launch in all 27 European Union member states when it kicked off in September, taking on iTunes...

23 January 2007, 10:18

Open source could damage innovation, says analyst

News Bob Hayward, senior vice president and chief research officer at Gartner Research Asia-Pacific, told ZDNet Asia that software developers could be discouraged from creating new software because of the multitude of open-source software available for...

Tags: stream, research, open source, movement

6 July 2005, 10:02

3G infotainment gets a sporting chance

News The Asia-Pacific region will remain heavier consumers, although the cheaper prices in the region will see Asia accounting for 33 per cent of monies made. Leisure, sports and infotainment content will start to mushroom as 3G networks become the norm...

4 January 2007, 9:13

China reportedly rerouting search traffic

News Wong, a manager at CB Richard Ellis in Shanghai, told CNET.co.uk's sister site ZDNet Asia in an email interview that visits to the three search engines showed Baidu's homepage instead. Elraviv told ZDNet Asia in an email interview: "I find such an...

Tags: engine, engines, yahoo, google

22 October 2007, 9:36

Europe bests North America as largest PC market

News Shipments to the Asia-Pacific and Latin America grew at a faster rate -- 26 percent -- but the number of PCs shipped to both regions was lower. About 42.8 million PCs were shipped to Asia. Asia, however, produces more PCs than other regions, which...

19 January 2006, 11:20

Intel pushes WiMax around the world

News The company announced that it has 13 new WiMax installations available in Europe, South America and northern Asia, with ten more Intel-sponsored networks due by year's end. Halfway around the world, Intel also announced the formation of its Asian...

11 November 2005, 9:20

Group aims to play nanotech nanny

News Organisations in Europe, Japan and the rest of Asia are also missing. Speakers and attendees at the group's conferences include EU representatives, Nobel Prize winners and scientists from Asia and North America.

22 June 2005, 8:51

Photos: Low-cost tech aids basic needs

News Thousands of people in Asia, Africa and South America use the solar-powered Mighty Light to illuminate their homes. LifeStraws are in use throughout Asia and Africa, where nonprofit groups distribute them following emergencies, such as this month's...

27 September 2007, 10:37

Apple 'niche player' in touchscreen phones

News ABI puts Samsung and Motorola's dominance of the touchscreen mobile market down to their popularity in Asia, where 80 per cent of the world's touchscreen devices are sold. While Apple's iPhone may be the first device most people call to mind when...

Tags: research, cent, sales, samsung

11 September 2008, 9:00

Apple iPhone: US release date announced

News An Apple spokesman told CNET.co.uk's sister site, silicon.com, the iPhone will be available in Europe in late 2007, while Asia will have to wait until 2008. The US launch of Apple's eagerly awaited iPhone will take place on 29 June 2007.

5 June 2007, 8:30

Software Freedom Day struggles in West

News Henrik Nilsen Omma, one of the co-founders of Software Freedom Day, said on Wednesday that there are plenty of activities planned in Africa, Asia and Latin America, but things are much quieter elsewhere.

9 September 2005, 10:13