Date: 08/09/11 Taiwan agency launches Web GIS platform

The Construction and Planning Agency (CPA), the central government authority responsible for the national spatial resource planning in Taiwan, launched its web GIS platform about Non-Urban land development and evaluation to improve data management and to accelerate the convenience of using its query system.

Date: 08/09/11 Azerbaijan expected to decrease tariffs on Internet in the coming 2 months

In September-October, Azerbaijan is expected to decrease tariffs on the Internet, deputy minister of communications ad information technologies Iltimas Mammadov said.

Date: 07/09/11 Yahoo boss Carol Bartz is fired by US internet company

Yahoo's chief executive Carol Bartz has been fired by the internet company after two-and-a-half years in the top job. The company said in a statement that Ms Bartz was removed by the board of directors, effective immediately.Tim Morse, Yahoo's chief financial officer, will take over from Ms Bartz.

Date: 07/09/11 Businesses clamp down on social media amid security fears

There has been a 20 per cent increase in the number of enterprises blocking access to social media sites compared with this time last year, according to a report from software security company Clearswift. The report, which was conducted by research consultancy Loudhouse on behalf of Clearswift,

Date: 06/09/11 Government updates PSN framework and lowers cost estimate by £1bn

Government procurement service Buying Solutions has released a second version of its pan-government framework agreement for public sector network (PSN) services, but has reduced the estimated value of the contract by up to £1bn.

Date: 05/09/11 Amazon reworks website before offering new tablet

Amazon.com Inc is rolling out a major redesign of its familiar website as it prepares to offer a new $250 tablet device to rival Apple Inc's iPad. The changes in Amazon's online store "practically scream 'tablet-optimized',"

Date: 05/09/11 Australia unveils broadband release sites

Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy has revealed the first five Australian locations to receive a high-speed wireless connection as part of the Federal Government’s flagship National Broadband Network (NBN) scheme. The first regions that will receive NBN’s 12Mbps fixed wireless service are Ballarat,

Date: 05/09/11 China to foster internet in four aspects

The Chinese government said it is planning to boost the development of internet sector in four areas in its drive to transform economic growth and optimise industrial infrastructure. Miao Wei, Minister of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) names the four areas as promoting internet infrastructure construction,

Date: 05/09/11 Top 5 Corporate Family EMEA Server Systems Factory Revenue, 2Q11 (Revenue in Millions)

Date: 02/09/11 Mobile internet use nearing 50%

Almost half of UK internet users are going online via mobile phone data connections, according to the Office for National Statistics. Some 45% of people surveyed said they made use of the net while out and about, compared with 31% in 2010. The most rapid growth was among younger people,

Date: 02/09/11 Beyonce MTV pregnancy revelation breaks Twitter record

Beyonce's pregnancy news at Sunday night's MTV video music awards (VMAs) has broken a Twitter record. Users on the microblogging site posted 8,868 tweets per second when the singer showed off her baby bump after her performance at the event.

Date: 02/09/11 Google's Eic Schmidt rates Apple's Jobs as 'best' CEO

Steve Jobs was "probably the best" company boss in 50 or 100 years, said Google chairman Eric Schmidt. Mr Schmidt, a former Apple board member, handed down the praise in an interview at a technology conference. He said Mr Jobs deserved the praise because he built Apple into a powerful corporation not once, but twice.

Date: 01/09/11 Openwave claims Apple, RIM infringe mobile Internet patents

Openwave Systems Inc. has filed complaints with the International Trade Commission against Apple Inc. and Research In Motion Ltd., alleging the companies infringed on patents tied to how mobile devices communicate over the Internet.

Date: 27/08/11 China, US shut down child porn site network

China and the U.S. have closed down a network of Chinese child pornography sites, in a rare instance of cooperation between the two nations on cyber crime, Beijing said. The network comprised at least 48 pornographic sites,

Date: 27/08/11 Google most 'compelling' Hulu bidder - Analyst

Among the most logical potential bidders for online video provider Hulu, the "most compelling" is Google Inc., BTIG Research analyst Richard Greenfield said in a research note on Thursday.