No space at MySpace for DeWolfe

News Corporation has announced the resignation of MySpace CEO and co-founder, Chris DeWolfe. The man who made the announcement, Jonathan Miller, ex head of AOL and News Corp’s recently appointed digital media chief, said he was also in discussions with the other...

RIM Shows Respect

RIM co-CEO, Mike Lazaridis, showed a lot of “respect” in a recent interview with Laptop magazine. When asked about the $2.99 the starting price for premium apps as opposed to 99 cents (like Apple’s AppStore) Lazaridis responded by explaining how the company’s...

Indonesia’s PT Telkom Increases CapEx Spend

Despite the gloomy economic times, Telkom (PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk) Indonesia’s largest InfoComm and network services provider, is planning to raise capital expenditure to $2.1 billion in 2009, from $2.0 billion in 2008. Telkom provides fixed wireline,...

NBN ‘101’ – Singapore Sets Scene

Singapore consumers can expect more Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to launch 100Mbps consumer broadband services next year at about US$50 a month or less. The impetus to make available more choices in high-end broadband services is Singapore’s upcoming...

Fast Talking Fran Comes to Town

Chances are that Australians won’t be able to catch a word that Fran Capo is saying when she visits Melbourne and Sydney this week, which is no surprise given she’s the world’s fastest talking woman. Capo, who holds three world records for her speedy...

Leaked Australian blacklist reveals banned sites

The Australian communications regulator’s top-secret blacklist of banned websites has been leaked on to the web and paints a harrowing picture of Australia’s forthcoming internet censorship regime. In what can only be described as a step back into the dark...