By Victoria Ho, ZDNet Asia
In spite of pressures from the global economy, the PC market in the Asia-Pacific region (excluding Japan) is healthy and growing, says IDC. Read More >

By Eileen Yu, ZDNet Asia
By the end of 2008, the Asia-Pacific region will be home to 171 million broadband subscribers, an increase of 31.5 percent over last year's 129.7 million, according to a new report released Wednesday. Read More >

By Joel D. Pinaroc, ZDNet Asia
PHILIPPINES–Taiwanese PC maker Acer has unveiled a series of new desktop and laptop products for the Philippine market, including its first ultra low-cost notebook offering, dubbed Acer Aspire One. Read More >

By Vivian Yeo, ZDNet Asia
SINGAPORE–As much as technology contributes to the energy problem, it is also very much a part of the solution, industry players said Monday at the Global Green IT 2008 conference held here. Read More >

By Vivian Yeo, ZDNet Asia
The outlook for biometrics is rosy in Asia but challenges in the deployment of the technology need to be overcome before mainstream adoption takes place, according to industry observers in the region. Read More >

By Greg Lowe, ZDNet Asia
BANGKOK–Thailand launched its first 3G commercial trial last month, but government regulations and limited hardware continue to hamper the technology's rollout in the kingdom, industry observers said. Read More >

By Vivian Yeo, ZDNet Asia
The slowing of the U.S. economy and weaker greenback will dampen the consulting and systems integrator (C&SI) market in the region over the next 12 months, according to IDC. Read More >

By Vivian Yeo, ZDNet Asia
Software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider Salesforce.com is setting up a new data center in Singapore–its Asia-Pacific headquarters–to cater to the increase in its international customer base. Read More >

By Edwin Yapp, ZDNet Asia
KUALA LUMPUR–Intel Capital announced Monday it is investing 50 million ringgit (US$15.4 million) in local telecommunications player Green Packet through the Malaysian company's fully-owned subsidiary, Packet One Networks (P1). Read More >

By Victoria Ho, ZDNet Asia
SingTel and three of its telco associates have confirmed they will bring Apple's iPhone to Singapore, India, the Philippines and Australia. Read More >

By Swati Prasad, ZDNet Asia
INDIA–Some 30 percent of India's top banks have fallen victim to identity theft in the last one year, according to a new survey released Wednesday. Read More >

By Victoria Ho, ZDNet Asia
SINGAPORE–Business intelligence (BI) vendor, SAS, has together with the Singapore Management University (SMU) established a laboratory on the local university's campus. Read More >

By Vivian Yeo, ZDNet Asia
Unified threat management (UTM) devices are gaining acceptance by larger enterprises in Asia, according to security vendors in the region. Read More >

By Sol E. Solomon, ZDNet Asia
SINGAPORE–Analysts and industry players are applauding a recent decision by the country's central bank to allow the Singapore dollar (SGD) to appreciate at a faster pace, in a bid to address a sharp rise in inflation in the country. Read More >

By Eileen Yu, ZDNet Asia
SINGAPORE–Local carrier Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) unveiled Wednesday plans for a "multimillion dollar" data center to offer network infrastructure services and will be built to eco-friendly specifications. Read More >