Hans Lombardo

With the number of registered users in China surging over 2 million, the authorities in Beijing appear to be very concerned about the Internet’s threat to stability. Agence France-Presse recently reported that, based upon information provided by a Hong Kong human rights group, the Chinese Government intends to increase its surveillance of online users. According […]

This year’s Asia Pacific Regional Internet Conference For Operational Technologies (APRICOT) will examine the regional economic turmoil’s impact on the Internet industry. “The particular mission for Apricot 99 is, to paraphrase, a bigger bang for your baht,” said Pindar Wong, an executive council member for APRICOT ’99, which is being held in Singapore from 1-5 […]

Boom Securities Ltd., Hong Kong’s first online broker, has acquired 128-bit encryption ability through a special program provided by California-based VeriSign, Inc., according to Boom’s chief executive officer, Mark Duff. 128-bit encryption is the highest form of online security available and, outside of the United States, it is difficult to get because of the U.S. […]

Adobe Systems, Inc. has launched a Chinese version of its Web site for customers in Greater China. “Adobe’s business in Greater China has been growing very quickly and our new Chinese Web site will let us better support our Chinese users, bringing them the most up-to-date, relevant and useful information,” said Amy Cheung, marketing manager, […]

As a part of its Networking Academy program, Cisco Systems has launched 10 new regional networking academies in China in cooperation with tertiary institutions under the auspices of the China Education and Research Network (CERNET). The new Networking Academies have been set up in Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Shenyang, Wuhan and Xian. China’s first Cisco […]

At the end of January, Yahoo! will launch two more localized portals, Yahoo! Hong Kong and Yahoo! Singapore. “We are serious about Asia. We have spent a lot of money to set up these sites with a lot of local content,” said Savio Chow, Yahoo’s new managing director for Asia. According to Chow, the portals […]

Attachmate, a leading provider of host access management solutions, has set up its first Asian regional technical support center in Hong Kong to cover the expected increase in customers adopting the e-business model. The Hong Kong center will provide technical support services to Asian corporate customers including those from Greater China, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, […]

During his visit to China, Internet pundit and MIT professor Nicholas Negroponte said on Friday that a “healthy disrespect for authority” was compatible with development of the Internet industry. According Reuters, Negroponte said in a speech on digital societies that disrespect for authority was “. . .very compatible with the Internet bottoms-up view of the […]

Participants at Internet World Asia @ Singapore ’99 will have access to an online calendar and scheduling service. Organizers of Internet World signed an agreement with Indian firm Ruksun Software Technologies for the production of a customized version of the global Web-based calendar application, Easy Diary, for this years Internet World Asia. Launched in October […]

A year after its initial launch, China’s most popular home grown portal, Sohoo, has changed its name to Sohu to get away from being associated with Yahoo!. “The name change comes as a result of the local market’s desire for an English spelling that would be more organic to the Mandarin pronunciation of the word,” […]

SingaTrust Pte. Ltd., a Singaporean technology firm, will launch a virtual office supplies Web store on February 1 through its incorporated subsidiary, webOffice Pte. Ltd. SingaTrust has core businesses in the semiconductors and electronics industries and annual earnings of S$28 million (US$15 million). The company established webOffice Pte. Ltd. in October 1998 soon after a […]

Taiwan’s only ad network provider, Asiad Corp., has signed an exclusive deal with SEEDNet, the country’s second largest Internet service provider. The CEO of Asiad Corp., Steve Fox, told Asia.InternetNews that the Asiad Network already represents 20 of Taiwan’s most popular Web sites. According to Fox, Asiad’s ad network is getting 15 million page views […]