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Hard-to-get credit, dominant conglomerates deter startups in HK

Though 80% of entrepreneurs don't regret starting a business in Hong Kong, many of them find difficulties in securing credit (78%), market domination by large corporations (68%), and red tape (61%) the major deterrents to would-be entrepreneurs in the city, said workplaces provider Regus.

Shrinking chips challenge Moore's Law

Intel will continue to fulfill Moore's Law for the foreseeable future, but the challenge of keeping up with it is growing as chips get smaller, says a company executive.

Chinese hackers resume attacks on U.S. targets

For the last three months or so, the U.S. government and some of its defense contractors have engaged in a war of shame on China to pressure it to cool its cyber-attacks on U.S. targets. The campaign appeared to be yielding results, but it seems that Chinese hackers were only catching their breath.

MANAGEMENT CENTRE

LEGAL

Twitter's 'refreshing' patent may cut down on vicious tech lawsuits

With a newly awarded 'pull-to-refresh' patent in hand, Twitter could earn itself a wealth of licensing fees for the highly popular touch gesture.

OUTSOURCING

How India's IT outsourcing leaders can stay on top

After a decade of double-digit growth, India's offshore IT outsourcing leaders must shift strategies if they want to continue to dominate in technology services as growth slows in a maturing market. Here are six things Indian outsourcers need to do to grow.

PROJECT MGMT

Guest View: The hidden costs of support

Sunil Desai, Director for Managed Services at Dimension Data Asia Pacific, points out that the bulk of support-related expenses fall outside the scope of traditional support offerings. It is important therefore to identify and eliminate 'hidden' expenses.

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RESOURCE CENTRE

APPLICATIONS

Windows Azure becoming local in Australia

Two geo-redundant locations planned for NSW and Victoria.

CLOUD COMPUTING

Windows Azure becoming local in Australia

Two geo-redundant locations planned for NSW and Victoria.

DATA CENTER

The whole enchilada: Integrated compute platforms steamroll across IT

Vendors are rebuilding the mainframe with converged infrastructure, collapsed kit or integrated compute platforms -- whatever you want to call it. And customers are loving it.

IMAGING AND PRINTING

Sanity deploys Oki printers

B431dn devices to appear in 120 retail stores

INDUSTRIES

Microsoft makes a play for the living room with Xbox One

The new console features live TV, Skype, music and games.

INTERNET

Flickr gets a stunning new look, but still feels incomplete

After years of languishing mostly unchanged, Flickr—the one-time leader in photo-sharing sites—finally got a major overhaul. Is it enough to get you back? Maybe.

MOBILE AND WIRELESS

Despite Schmidt's timeline, Google may ship Glass in 2013

Google Glass on track to be officially released by end of this year, say sources

NETWORKING

Aruba Networks latest to unveil 802.11ac access points

Joins other WLAN vendors ushering in the "gigabit Wi-Fi" enterprise

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Awesome video shows Leap Motion's Windows 8 gesture control capabilities

A new demo video from Leap Motion shows how waving your finger in your air like you just don't care is totally possible with Windows 8.

SECURITY

Microsoft may be scanning your Skype messages

Microsoft appears to be peeking into Skype messages for security reasons, according to Ars Technica.

STORAGE

Western Digital releases its first 1.5TB mobile drive

HGST has announced its highest capacity 9.5mm-high mobile drive, a 1.5TB, three-platter model that is being targeted at the "prosumer" market.

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