Hans Lombardo

Ironically, in the bid for the much coveted INET 2000, Hong Kong lost out to Yokohoma because its financing was not substantial to the Japanese city’s. Hong Kong and Yokohoma were in a dead heat to host the Internet Society’s (Isoc) annual summit for 2000 after Beijing’s bid was rejected. Isoc’s preferred criteria for such […]

China-focused portal China.com is being blocked in China by the Beijing authorities, according to industry sources. Officials of China.com deny it, but tests by internetnews.com found the site was unreachable inside China while accessible from abroad. With the approaching tenth anniversary of the Beijing Massacre (June 4) and the fiftieth anniversary of the People’s Republic […]

Attempting to expand it’s share of the FPGA (field programmable gate array) market, Xilinx has debuted the IP Center, a site that offers intellectual property solutions. “The Xilinx IP Center is a whole new way of helping customers in Asia who want to implement system applications on our Virtex FPGAs, be it cores, tools, or […]

Hongkong Telecom (HKT) has been rated the best performer for international leased lines service in the Asia-Pacific region, and third overall globally, in a survey conducted by Data Communications, US-based industry magazine. The annual survey is the largest the publication has ever conducted, covering twenty six carriers. A questionnaire was sent out to readers worldwide […]

The Hong Kong Internet Service Providers Association (HKISPA), which represents over 50 ISPs, has complained to the Hong Kong government about its delay in opening up the cable and fixed telecommunications markets. In a position paper, the HKISPA stated, “..the Association believes that the Government has not taken full advantage of the opportunity to open […]

Network hackers could win US$10,000 and S$10,000 if they successfully penetrate web servers setup for an international competition in conjunction with Infosecurity Asia ’99, which will be held in Singapore on June 23-25. Organizers of Infosecurity Asia, Reed Exhibition Companies Singapore and National Computer Systems, launched the competition today. “We are pleased to have Conclave […]

A new Chinese Web community site, renren.com, has emerged with financial and technological assistance from Compaq, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, eShare Technologies, and AT&T EasyLink as well as capital from private investors. renren.com, modelled somewhat on the GeoCities and Tripod sites, is billing itself as the only destination site that enables Chinese globally to meet and […]

Sina.com, a network of Chinese-language sites, has sewn up a $25 million round of financing from various investors including Walden International Investment Group, Goldman Sachs, Flatiron Partners, Crystal Internet, the Economic Development Bank of Singapore and other venture capitalists and private investors. The Chinese portal network plans to use the capital to expand content and […]

Agence France-Presse (AFP) and China.com Corp. (CCC) announced their agreement to launch a Chinese language Olympic Games Web site on China.com’s portal network including China.com, Hongkong.com, Taiwan.com, and China Wide Web. “We are delighted to be working with CCC on the worlds biggest sporting event and to be announcing this agreement in a country with […]

Yat Siu, the founder of Hong Kong Internet startup Outblaze, denied that the Chinese government owned China Internet Corp has ever had a direct stake in the company. Outblaze is the developer of portals that offers two innovative services, a real-time Instant Portal and an a branded, customized portal product. Siu has had difficulty shaking […]

One of China’s leading computer makers, Founder Group, is marketing its systems for China’s growing e-commerce industry by promoting the use of e-management nationwide, according to the China Daily. The computer manufacturer, which sold 72,000 computers in Q1 this year, capitalize on China’s government encouraged movement towards e-commerce. The general manager of Founder Computer Systems […]

First Ecom.com (FEC), a Hong Kong-based NASD-OTC traded company, has introduced the first global solution to Internet credit card processing in Asia. The First Ecom gateway utilizes the leading Internet commerce software, Transact, from Open Market, Inc., the market share leader in this software type. The launch of the gateway, according to company reps, overcomes […]