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NEWS & VIEWS |
Taipei,
Sunday, November 8, 2009
06:57 (GMT+8)
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Subject: Systems > Software, Internet |
US market: Windows 7 sales surpass Vista launch, says NPD Nov 6, 17:00 Initial sales (made between October 18-24, 2009 and including Windows 7 pre-sales) of Microsoft's Windows 7 boxed software surpassed those of Vista's first few days on the US market, according to NPD Group. Read more |
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Microsoft focuses future technological development on cloud computing, software plus service, says China VP Nov 6, 16:13 Cloud computing and software plus service are two main axes for Microsoft's business vision and technological development in the future, Microsoft corporate vice president and chairman of Microsoft China R&D Group Zhang ya-qin, said in a speech in Taipei on November 5. Read more |
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PC demand did not grow significantly after Windows 7 launch, say PC vendors Nov 6, 15:15 Demand for PCs and hardware did not turn strong after the launch of Windows 7 in late October and is unlikely to do so in 2009 due to most Windows Vista users not needing to replace their PCs in order to upgrade to Windows 7, while some users are waiting for Microsoft to release Windows 7's first service pack, according to sources at PC vendors. Read more |
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Natural user interface is future of PC industry, says Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer Nov 5, 16:41 While the PC industry has seen many improvements and developments in innovation over the past 20 years, the focus of development over the next 20 years for the industry will focus on delivering a more natural user interface for users, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer pointed out at his keynote speech "Three Screens and a Cloud" in Taipei on November 4. Read more |
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Taiwan government, Chunghwa Telecom and Microsoft sign MOU on cloud computing Nov 5, 15:29 Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) and Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) each signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Microsoft on November 4 for cooperation and R&D on cloud computing technologies. Read more |
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China market: 3Q09 search engine revenues total about 2 billion yuan, says Analysys Nov 5, 10:19 Online search engines in the China market generated total revenues of 2.003 billion yuan (US$293 million) in the third quarter of 2009, increasing 10.7% sequentially and 36.8% on year, according to China-based consulting company Analysys International. Read more |
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Taiwan-based Chinesegamer licenses game to China operator Nov 4, 16:59 Taiwan-based Chinesegamer International has announced the licensing of its Chinese Hero Online 3D game to Sohu.com ChangYou for the China market. Read more |
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IBM China Research Lab introduces cloud services to Taiwan Nov 3, 14:14 Beijing-based IBM China Research Laboratory (CRL) and the Institute of Service Science (ISS) under Taiwan's National Tsing Hua University on November 2 jointly announced cooperation to replicate CRL-developed Pangoo Smarter Cloud Services in the Taiwan market. Read more |
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Taiwan market: Google to enhance online adverting service for export-oriented SMBs Nov 2, 11:08 Google has cooperated with the Taiwan External Trade Development Council to provide keyword-search advertising to globally exposed Taiwan-based SMBs focusing on exports and, will provide the service free for one year from October 2009, according to Google's global vice president for greater China sales John Liu. Read more |
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Intel to hold a summit in Taiwan for small brand vendors Oct 30, 17:12 Intel plans to hold a summit (LOEM Summit) in Taiwan from November 4-5 for small brand vendors. Small channel players that have their own brands in local markets throughout the world are expected to attend the show. Second-tier and third-tier brand vendors from China and Taiwan will also attend. Read more |
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CyberLink may not benefit from Windows 7 launch, says chairman Oct 29, 15:33 Taiwan-based CyberLink, whose sales chiefly come from bundling its multimedia software solutions with new PCs, may not benefit from the launch of Windows 7 because upgrade to the new operating system does not necessarily require users to replace their PCs, according to company chairman Jau Huang. Read more |
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Taiwan-based games developers post handsome 3Q09 profits Oct 28, 13:49 Taiwan-based games developers Soft-World International and Chinesegamer International have released their financial reports for the third quarter of 2009, posting a net EPS of NT$6.33 and NT$9.99, respectively, for January-September. Read more |
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Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom to cooperate with Microsoft on cloud-computing service Oct 26, 15:08 Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) and Microsoft will announce cooperation on a service based on cloud computing technologies in the Taiwan market soon, according to industry sources in Taiwan. Read more |
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Microsoft launches Windows 7 Oct 23, 16:48 Microsoft has announced the worldwide availability of its new Windows 7 operating system. The new operating system offers a streamlined user interface and significant new features that make everyday tasks easier and allow people to get the most out of computers of all styles and sizes. Read more |
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Taiwan market: Nokia launches touch-enabled N97 mini smartphone Oct 23, 14:01 Nokia has launched its touch-enabled N97 mini smartphone in the Taiwan market and will release two additional touch-enabled models - the 5230 in fourth-quarter 2009 and the X6 in early 2010. Read more |
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Taiwan market: Elta Technology wins Winter Olympic broadcasting rights Oct 22, 14:00 Elta Technology, a Taiwan-based company engaged in the integration and distribution of digital HD content as well as providing related managing/consulting services, has announced it has obtained exclusive rights to broadcast the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games in the Taiwan market. This is the first time broadcasting rights for a Winter Olympics event have been secured for Taiwan, according to the company. Read more |
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LSI and Accton announce platform for delivering IPTV and media services over broadband networks Oct 22, 09:49 LSI and Accton Technology have announced the availability of a low-cost hardware and software platform that delivers IPTV and next-generation, media applications over broadband access networks. Read more |
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Huawei poised to tap Taiwan HSPA+ data card market Oct 21, 14:12 China-based Huawei Technology has sent samples of its HSPA+ data cards to mobile Internet-access service providers in Taiwan for testing as local carriers are expected to launch HSPA+ services in 2010, according to industry sources. Read more |
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CHT to procure 1.8 million handsets in 2009, 2-2.1 million in 2010 Oct 21, 11:31 Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has estimated that its total purchases of handsets in 2009 will reach 1.8 million units, of which 270,000 units, or 15%, will be smartphones, according to the company. Read more |
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Acer rated as most valuable Taiwan brand in 2009 Oct 19, 11:39 Acer has been given the highest appraised brand value, at US$1.241 billion, of Taiwan-based global brands in 2009, according to a top-20 list announced by the government-sponsored Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) on October 16. Read more |
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Taiwan international Internet bandwidth rises to almost 293Gbps at end of 3Q09 Oct 19, 10:31 Taiwan's direct Internet connection with 19 countries (including Hong Kong and Macao) reached a total bandwidth of 292.710Gbps as of the end of the third quarter of 2009, increasing by 10.59% on quarter and by 30.85% on year, according to a quarterly survey conducted by the government-sponsored Taiwan Network Information Center (TWNIC). Read more |
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Steve Ballmer to visit Taiwan in early November Oct 16, 16:37 Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will visit Taiwan in early November to attend the 20th anniversary of Microsoft Taiwan and meet with Microsoft's Taiwan-based hardware partners, according to industry sources in Taiwan. Read more |
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Google to launch Chinese-language mobile voice search service Oct 16, 15:51 Google will launch a Chinese-language version of mobile voice research service for handset users a few weeks later, with China, Taiwan and Hong Kong to be target markets, according to the company's engineering vice president Vic Gundotra at an October 15 press conference in Beijing, China. Read more |
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Network equipment makers to also benefit from Windows 7 launch, says D-Link CEO Oct 15, 15:31 In addition to PC makers, network equipment makers are expected to also benefit from the launch of Windows 7 and see their revenues grow in the fourth quarter 2009, according to Tony Tsao, CEO and president of D-Link. Read more |
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Experian sets up Taiwan subsidiary to tap cross-strait business Oct 14, 13:57 Experian, a global provider of credit information and decision analytical services headquartered in the UK, has established a subsidiary in Taiwan to target Taiwan-based banks and financial institutions which operate or plan to operate business in the China market. Read more |
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Business opportunities from smartbooks and e-book readers: Q&A with Inventec Appliances chairman Jackson Chang Oct 14, 11:19 Inventec Appliances is an ODM maker rolling out MP3 players, GPS devices, smartphones, VoIP phones, and 3G data cards, and yet it is also the vendor of OKWAP-brand handsets. In addition, the company has recently unveiled its smartbooks and e-book readers. Read more |
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Color e-book readers to become mainstream in 2011, says Digitimes Research Oct 13, 14:06 Color e-book readers will account for 4-5% of the total global e-book reader shipments in the second half of 2010, and will become mainstream in 2011, according to Digitimes Research. Read more |
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LG Display unveils solar-powered e-book reader Oct 13, 09:51 Korea-based LCD panel maker LG Display (LGD) has unveiled an e-book reader that is equipped with in-house developed thin-film solar cell. Read more |
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Chunghwa Telecom posts profit for January-September 2009 Oct 12, 12:24 Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has reported unaudited net profit of NT$3.685 billion (US$112 million) for September 2009, with January-September net profit of NT$33.247 billion translating into an EPS of NT$3.42. Read more |
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Mobile subscriptions to reach 4.6 billion by the end of 2009, says ITU Oct 8, 16:53 Mobile growth is continuing unabated, with global mobile subscriptions expected to reach 4.6 billion by the end of 2009, and mobile broadband subscriptions to top 600 million, having overtaken fixed broadband subscribers in 2008, according to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Read more |
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Cloud computing technologies to benefit network access management and security market, says Array Networks CEO Oct 8, 13:46 Silicon Valley-based Array Networks, a network security applications provider, expects continuing development of cloud computing technologies and applications to bring in explosive revenue growth for the network access management and security market, according to company CEO Michael Zhao. Read more |
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Taiwan market: Global Mobile expects to start WiMAX operation in early 2010 Oct 6, 11:38 Taiwan-based WiMAX operator Global Mobile on October 5 held a ceremony for the completion of its initial WiMAX infrastructure rollout in Hsinchu, northern Taiwan, and the company expects to pass examination by the National Communications Commission by the end of 2009 and then begin commercial operations in early 2010, according to chairperson Rosemary Ho. Read more |
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Taiwan Telematics Industry Alliance formed Oct 5, 16:41 The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) promoted Taiwan Telematics Industry Alliance (TTIA) was formally established on October 2. Read more |
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Symbian handset shipments to double by 2014, says Juniper Research Oct 5, 11:51 Shipments of open source Symbian handsets are expected to more than double over the next five years, according to Juniper Research. However, the platform faces strong competition in a smartphone marketplace which is increasingly targeting consumers and "prosumers" as well as corporate customers, with the result that its overall market share will remain virtually unchanged over that period. Read more |
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SPB Software to develop application software for Symbian- and Android-based platforms Oct 1, 15:21 SPB Software, an application software developer for the Windows Mobile platform, has decided to venture into development for Symbian and Android, according to company CEO Sebastian-Justus Schmidt. Read more |
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Taiwan market: NCC conditionally approves Chunghwa Telecom 20M/2M FTTx pricing Oct 1, 14:32 Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on September 30 approved rates proposed by Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) for its 20Mbps (20M/2M) FTTx Internet-access service, but asked CHT to not limit monthly download volumes. Read more |
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Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom to introduce TV content from Hong-Kong-based TVB Sep 30, 16:13 Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on September 29 signed a strategic alliance with the Hong Kong-based Television Broadcasts (TVB) Group to deliver TVB-produced dramas on its MOD, according to CHT. Read more |
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Windows 7 may push tablet PCs Sep 30, 15:39 The multi-touch features of Windows 7 may make tablet PCs, rather than touchscreen notebooks, a focus among vendors in 2010, due to better ergonomics, according to sources from notebook makers. Read more |
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China market: Mobile phone user base increases to over 710 million in August 2009 Sep 30, 14:31 There were 710.5 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of August 2009, growing by 1.12% on month and by 15.34% on year, according to statistics published by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). Read more |
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Chunghwa Telecom subsidiary to enter China B2B market Sep 29, 10:54 Chunghwa International Yellow Pages Media (CIYPM), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), will begin operating a B2B (business to business) platform in Shanghai, China, at the end of 2009 through cooperation with China Telecom Group Yellow Pages Information, a subsidiary of China Telecom, according to CIYPM. Read more |
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Microsoft Taiwan holds Tech.Days Sep 25, 10:30 Microsoft Taiwan on September 22 opened the three-day annual Tech.Days event, with more than 70 local partners attending and over 60 of exhibiting related applications, according to Microsoft Taiwan. Read more |
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Taiwan market: Windows 7 pre-orders available through 7-Eleven chain Sep 25, 10:16 Microsoft Taiwan on September 24 announced pre-orders for Windows 7 in cooperation with President Chain Store, the operator of the 7-Eleven chain of convenience stores in Taiwan. Pre-orders are available at any 7-Eleven store from September 23 to October 20, 2009. Read more |
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Taiwan market: FET ties up with Juniper to provider Internet security solutions Sep 24, 15:42 Taiwan-based carrier Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) has teamed up Juniper Networks to provide Internet security solutions to Taiwan-based small-to-medium size enterprises. The security solutions will come bundled with FET's ADSL and other Internet-access services. Read more |
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China market: 2Q09 third-party e-payment services total 130 billion yuan, says Analysys Sep 22, 10:10 In the China market, platforms of third-party (between buyers and sellers) electronic payment (e-payment) service generated total transaction value of 130.77 billion yuan (US$19.15 billion) in the second quarter of 2009, hiking by 19.7% on quarter and by 142.2% on year, according to China-based consulting company Analysys International. Read more |
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BI software provider QlikTech taps Taiwan market Sep 18, 16:44 QlikTech International AB, a Sweden-based provider of business intelligence (BI) software solutions, which it promotes under the name QlikView, on September 17 announced its entry into the Taiwan market. Read more |
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Taiwan market: Juniper Networks penetrates Internet security segment Sep 18, 14:23 Juniper Networks has continued to make inroads into the Internet security market in Taiwan and recently landed orders for its SRX series service gateways from 10 local companies, including telecom carriers, financial and educational institutions, and government agencies, according to Eric Lin, country manager of Juniper Networks Taiwan. Read more |
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Taiwan market: Taiwan Mobile to take up MSO kbro from Carlyle Sep 17, 14:19 Taiwan Mobile (TWM) on September 16 announced that it will spend about NT$56.84 billion (US$1.73 billion) to take up 12 local cable TV networks, as well as other channel operating rights, from kbro, an MSO (multi-system operator) of which the Carlyle Group is the largest shareholder. Read more |
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FIH sets up technology service unit targeting China retail market, says paper Newswatch - Sep 16, 16:52 Foxconn International Holdings (FIH), the Hong Kong-listed handset subsidiary of Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), has set up an integrated technology service unit targeting retail and technology service segments in the China market, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News report. Read more |
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Taiwan government aims at 80% global market share for Taiwan-made e-book readers in 2013 Sep 16, 11:53 Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) will be implementing a 5-year project with a total budget of NT$2.134 billion (US$65 million) to boost development of digital publication industries in Taiwan, with the goal being to make Taiwan-produced e-book readers reach a global market share of 80% with sales of NT$50 billion in 2013, according to the agency. Read more |
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Quanta Computer to kick off Qmulous cloud computing project in 2010 Sep 16, 11:49 Taiwan-based notebook PC ODM maker Quanta Computer will begin to implement Qmulous, an R&D project which it claim will apply cloud computing technologies to electronic devices to enable access to the Internet by anyone, anytime and anywhere, in 2010 through technological cooperation with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), according to the company. Read more |
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Notes and corrections |
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A November 2 report incorrectly stated Transcend Information reported net profits of NT$114 million for the third quarter of 2009. The correct figure is NT$1.14 billion. |
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