A lab to study the Microsoft Windows operating system source code was set up last week in Beijing, China. Called the Source Code Browsing Lab, it is part of the existing government-run software site, the China Testing and Certification Center for...
Chinese government agencies are prohibiting the import, manufacture and sale of Wi-Fi gear that does not use China's new security specification, which is incompatible with standards technology industry groups developed.
Some software students in countries including China, Vietnam and Thailand will get tools at knock-down prices or free trial kits for a designated period of time, to encourage the spread of the Microsoft software in the region.
The programme was announced at Microsoft's Government Leaders Forum in Prague, a quarterly conference for government officials that hops between regions. Although the programme was mostly designed for large developing nations like China, 36...
Tansley said: "In 2006 open source will become OK to talk about without wearing a lab coat. This will come about as software makers move into a more collaborative relationship with customers as a way to pre-empt the fast-changing markets which can...
Capgemini global retail banking expert Paul Willis said: "It's true that emerging markets will be early adopters of mobile banking because of the lack of other infrastructures but there is also a mindset in other more developed regions, such as...