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Computers & Technology
Computers
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Demonstrating the
new Creative Prodikeys at the PC Show 2002 in Singapore Expo on 6
June 2002 |
Top Ten Viruses
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Technology
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antispam.org.sg
An anti-spam website, named the "Singapore Anti-Spam Resource
Centre", has been launched to provide a central anti-spam
repository for the public and industry. This website jointly
developed by IDA, Pacific Internet, SingNet, StarHub, CASE, DMAS,
SBF and SiTF will provide visitors with general information about
spam and resources for combating spam for both individuals and
organisations. |
NEWS SNIPPETS
2007
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Singapore's ultra-high speed digital highway ready by
2015 |
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The Next Gen NBN is expected to be available
nationwide by 2015, although consumers can begin to look forward to a
range of new and exciting Next Gen Services such as high-definition
video conferencing, telemedicine, Grid Computing-on-Demand, security and
immersive learning applications on the Next Gen NBN from about 2010... |
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Singapore to start video games classification system
in 2008 |
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The Board of Film Censors (BFC) will be
launching a video games classification system next year to provide more
choice for adults while protecting the young. |
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In the interim period, the BFC has decided
to selectively use games rating to enable highly anticipated games to be
launched in Singapore... |
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Inaugural National Infocomm Club Awards |
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The National Infocomm Club Awards recognise
the creativity of Infocomm Club students in using technology to educate
and connect to the wider community, or within schools... |
Primary Category
Top Winner : River Valley Primary School (Project: The Adventures
of Respect)
Merit Winner : Chua Chu Kang Primary School (Project: Intelligent
Communicators)
Merit Winner : Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' School (Project: HOPE) |
Secondary / Junior College
Category
Top Winner : Raffles Institution
(Project: E-learning Packages for Down Syndrome Youths)
Merit Winner : Hwa Chong Institution (Project: Spiderportal)
Merit Winner : Victoria Junior College (Project: Automated Quiz
Management System)... |
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Regulation of cyber gaming cafes in HDB estates |
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Computer gaming establishments are only
allowed to be set up at shopping, recreational or commercial centres.
This includes HDB Town Centres, which are part commercial and part
residential. |
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In addition, licensees of computer gaming
centres are required not to admit persons below 16 years of age before
6.30 pm on a school day. |
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Further, the licensee has to ensure that
students wearing school uniforms are not admitted into the establishment
at any time, and is not allowed to provide a change of clothes to
students... |
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Police bust illegal Internet cafes in Geylang |
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Police raided 3 internet cafes at in Geylang
on 9 November 07, which resulted in the arrest of 15 men and 3 women
aged between 18 and 47 years old. |
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Acting on information received, Police
quickly established that three Internet cafes along Geylang Lorong 17
and 18 were involved in the provision of illegal online gambling
games... |
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SGNIC launches bidding for fully numeric domain names |
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While alphanumeric domain names already
exist, (eg, www.in2015.sg), fully numeric ones like www.123.sg have not
been allowed till now... |
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SGNIC, the national registry for domain
names, will now also allow pure numeric domain names in all the seven .sg
categories (ie. .sg, .com.sg, .net.sg, .org.sg, .gov.sg, .edu.sg, .per.sg).
The registration for pure numeric domain names will be phased
accordingly: |
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- 05 November – 28 December 20071:
All qualifying applicants including businesses and individuals can
register. Trademark owners2 will get priority over other
applicants. Example: A company with "123" as its trademark will get
priority for 123.sg, or in any other .sg domain category... |
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Secondhand Goods Dealers Act effective from 1 Dec 2007 |
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Under the new Act, only dealers who deal in
secondhand goods that are listed in the Schedule will be regulated. This
will be regardless of whether such dealings take place at a shopfront,
via a makeshift stall or over the Internet. |
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The list of items was drawn up based on
crime data of commonly stolen items. While the existing Act has a wider
list of items, the new regulatory regime has a reduced list which
comprises commonly stolen items. This allows a sharper regulatory focus
in preventing fencing1. |
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Dealers who deal in items which are not in
the new list will not be regulated. The list of items may also be
revised according to crime trends... |
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NYU Tisch School of the Arts Asia opens Singapore
campus |
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Tisch School of the Arts Asia is the
first-ever branch campus of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, and it is
also the first American art school to set up residence in Singapore. |
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Tisch Asia’s inaugural class of 33 graduate
film students began their studies in September. More than half the
students in this first group are from the United States, while the
others come from Australia, Europe, Asia, and Central America. |
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In 2008, Tisch Asia will also begin offering
MFA degrees in animation and dramatic writing... |
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NETS and SingTel to launch Singapore's first NFC
trials |
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"By including a stored value wallet with
Over-The-Air (OTA) capabilities, which covers wireless downloads and
top-ups of stored value to NFC phones, the trial becomes a first in
Asia... |
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"Under the payment solution being planned,
SingTel users will need to download a mNETS application, which will
allow them to store and top up value on the mNETS payment application in
their phones any time. Users will then be able to make payments using
NETS FlashPay by flashing their SingTel mobile phones at NETS
contactless terminals islandwide..." |
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SingTel launches pay TV service |
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"Subscribers who opt for the Set-Top Box with
recording function can pause, rewind and record live
TV programmes so that they no longer have to miss
anything. |
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"The mio
TV website allows subscribers to programme their
recordings even when they are not at home, and an
upcoming service that will enable them to do it via
their mobile phones..." |
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Minister answers questions on Internet-related sexual
crimes |
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"There
were 124 reported cases of females becoming victims of
sex crimes as a result of them knowing the offenders
through the Internet between 2001 and 2006... |
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"Of these
reported cases, 80 cases (or about two-thirds)
involved victims who were below 16 years of age. Of
these 124 cases, two of them also involved the
victims’ property being stolen..." |
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Company using pirated software raided by police
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Update on growth of Infocomm industry in Singapore |
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"The Infocomm Development
Authority of Singapore’s (IDA) Annual Survey on
Infocomm Industry shows that in 2006, the total
revenue for our infocomm industry shot up almost 20%
to S$45.4 billion (US$29.5 billion). |
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"The strong performance
was driven by healthy growth in our export market. The
export market accounted for some S$29 billion compared
to S$22 billion in 2005 while the domestic market
accounted for S$16.4 billion compared to S$15.8
billion in 2005..." |
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Funding and mentorship for Casual Games development |
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"Game studios and independent developer teams
are invited to submit their concept proposals from 16 June to 10 August
2007, and successful applicants will be eligible for up to S$35,000 in
prototype development funding. |
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"Each of the 10 project teams that receive
funding under INVIGORATE will be expected to produce a playable PC demo
by 25 January 2008..." |
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The future is looking bright for the infocomm industry |
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"In a recent survey conducted by IDA, the
number of infocomm job vacancies has more than doubled, from 2,100 in
2004 to 5,700 in 2005.. |
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"Overall, the infocomm industry has put
in a sterling performance. Its revenue grew from $38 billion in
2005 to cross the $40 billion mark for the first time in 2006..." |
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Spam Control Bill 2007 passed |
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"Part I of
the Bill defines spam. A message is “spam” when it is
an unsolicited commercial electronic message sent more
than 100 times, with the same or similar
subject-matter, during a 24-hour period, or more than
1,000 times during a 30-day period, or more than
10,000 times during a one-year period... |
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"An opt-out approach
is adopted under the Bill as it balances the need of companies and
marketers to send unsolicited messages for business reasons... |
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"In order to balance
between consumer interests and industry needs the Bill will
require that each message contains a valid unsubscribe facility,
an ‘<ADV>’ label to mark it out as an advertisement,
accurate header information or subject titles and functional
contact details of the sender... |
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"The unsubscribe
process has been structured to be consumer-friendly so that even
individuals who receive small volumes of spam have a means of
recourse, without resorting to legal action. The Bill makes it
mandatory for senders to allow recipients to unsubscribe via the
same medium through which the spam was received. This ensures that
unsubscribing from spam can be done easily and conveniently by
replying to an email or SMS..." |
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The Advisory Council on the Impact of New Media on
Society formed |
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"A new Council, The Advisory Council on the
Impact of New Media on Society (AIMS), will be formed on 1 April 2007 by
the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA), to
study the far-reaching social, ethical, legal and regulatory
implications of a rapidly growing Interactive and Digital Media (IDM)
sector..." |
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Singapore first country to host Toon Boom Animation Festival |
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"Singapore will be the first country to
host the inaugural Toon Boom Animation Festival, which kicks off
on 2 April 2007... |
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"Free workshops will be conducted by
ITE to train students who are not familiar with the Toon Boom
software. Said Mr Bruce Poh, Director & CEO, ITE..." |
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StarHub launches online storage solution for companies |
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"Targeted at companies and individuals that
need to manage numerous large documents and files on a daily basis,
StarHub’s OSB lets customers store and back up files safely, send and
share information effortlessly and allow multiple users to access
documents from their notebook or PC on-the-go, be it text, graphics,
presentations, video, voice or any other digital media... |
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"Price packages for OSB starts as low
as S$60 per month for 10GB storage space and five User IDs, and
can scale to as high as 2TB (i.e. 2000GB) and up to 1000 User IDs..." |
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Police raid second company using pirated software
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StarHub first to launch HDTV service in Singapore
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Singapore launches Infocomm Enterprise Programme
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MDA launches new licence framework for IPTV
2006
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Police arrest 12 people in island-wide anti-piracy raids
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M1 launches Singapore’s first true island-wide wireless broadband service
- Government
continues to invest in technology-enabled work environment
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Singapore delivers games to Asia's $14billion video game market
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Singapore takes second place in WEF's Global IT Report
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Singapore to Have Next Generation Broadband Networks
2005
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NUS School of Computing holds int'l multimedia conference
Survey shows some companies infringing software copyright law |
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"...a recent survey highlighted that for
small medium enterprises, nearly a third of them are still not
fully compliant in the proper usage of software products in
their business environment. This could be as a result of the
use of illegal software or under-licensing the use of software
products... |
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"The survey also found that among those who
were non-compliant, a significant number were smaller
companies, averaging ten workstations or less. 47.3% of this
group were non-compliant... |
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2004
- Legislation
against spam to be put in place in Singapore
2003
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American
high-tech giant Sun Microsystems said yesterday that it is
investing well over S$200 million in Singapore over the next
five years in a move that will create about 500 jobs. It is also
donating S$200 million of its software to educational centres
here. (Straits
Times 20 Mar 2003) (A20) |
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