Today, 11 February 2004, Afternoon Edition

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    28 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Wednesday February 11, 2004 s MITA (P) 002/11/2002 TODAY todayonline.com A fortnightly supplement by Today •Feb 11-24, 2004- Vol 3 No 3
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Oil prices surge after surprise cut
      387 1 Reuters US cautions that Opec risked stunting world economic growth ALGIERS The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) yesterday announced a surprise cut in oil supplies from April, propelling crude prices higher and drawing a caution from the United States that it risked stunting
      – Reuters  -  387 words
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      Lock icon Missing politician reappears
      46 1 Russian politician and presidential candidate Ivan Rybkin at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport yesterday after flying in from Kiev in the Ukraine. Mr Rybkin, whose mystery disappearance triggered speculation he might have been kidnapped by rivals, said he had merely been taking a break. REUTERS
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      Lock icon Stocks end higher
      81 1 -AFP NEW YORK US stock markets closed higher yesterday as investors awaited an update from Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan on the state of the world's largest economy. He is due to appear before Congress today. The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 34.82 points, or 0.33
      -AFP  -  81 words
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      Flip-flops over Goal 2010 won't get us anywhere
      580 1  -  Leonard Thomas ni-iaio mt SPORTS EDITOR leonard@newstoday.com.sg IT WAS not news Singapore football fans wanted to hear. Last Christmas Eve, Football Association of Singapore (FAS) general-secretary John Koh, referring to Goal 2010, told Today that the FAS had "never, at any time,
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      45 1 Safe to eat Kampung chickens are reared in enclosures/6 Running dry Soup kitchen appeals for donations/8 Shine or gloss Critics say it's a BJP election ploy/22 MONTY FOR MASTERS But $1.5-million Caltex event misses out on Wie /34 I? ijfll WORLD CLASS HENRY SPORTS 33
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      6 1 Fifa, FAS join forces Page 35
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  • HOT NEWS
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      SilkAir's new battle plans
      652 2  -  Derrick A Paulo 'Weapons' include inflight entertainment system and flexible prices IT GOES by the tagline "where the world unwinds". However, in recent months, some industry analysts have questioned whether, in fact, its own world was unravelling. Yesterday, SilkAir, the regional wing of Singapore Airlines, came
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      Lock icon Suicide bomb attack kills 55 in Iraq
      139 3 AFP BAGHDAD A suspected suicide truck bomb killed at least 55 people yesterday outside a police station south of the Iraqi capital in one of the deadliest attacks since US-led forces overthrew President Saddam Hussein nearly a year ago. The attack came after
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      Lock icon 10pm curfew for Thais under 18
      136 3 -AFP BANGKOK In an effort to curb mounting criminal violence, Thailand yesterday ordered a nationwide night-time curfew for people under 18 and midnight closures for most nightspots. The 10pm to 4am curfew will be enforced from March 29 under last year's Youth Protection Act,
      -AFP  -  136 words
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      Lock icon Iranian plane crash claims 44 lives
      276 4 Agencies Kish Air Fokker-50 goes down in Sharjah SHARJAH (United Arab Emirates) A total of 44 people were killed as an Iranian Kish Air plane crashed here yesterday. There were conflicting reports on the number of people aboard. Officials and local television reported 40
      — Agencies; AFP  -  276 words
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Mfsian kampung chicken safe to eat
      310 6  - M fsian kampung chicken safe to eat Loh Chee Kong They are reared in enclosed cages on farms IT WAS not so long ago that stalls selling kampung chicken rice were being set up all over the island, with increasingly health-conscious Singaporeans gobbling up these "leaner and less oily" chickens.
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      Lock icon Food aid for new foreign labourers
      513 8  -  Joy Frances But volunteer group is fast running out of cash FOR all the recent media blitz on maids, few people know about the plight and rights of another group of foreign manual workers in Singapore those that help construct our buildings, labour on
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      Stop giving food to monkeys in reserves
      202 10  -  Wong Tuan Wah Such acts can be harmful to their health I REFER to the letter "Hungry monkeys a threat to trail users" (Today, Feb 10) and thank Ms Cindy Tan for her feedback. Ms Tan is right in pointing out that the
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      Pollution Boon Lay's drawback
      134 10  -  Chiam Che Lin I REFER to the article "Westward Ho!" (Today, Feb 7-8) where West Coast GRC MP Ho Geok Choo is quoted as saying that Boon Lay has attractions such as cheaper and quieter homes, bar-top dancing, foam parties and wall murals. With all due
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      CPF grant not for private property
      159 10  -  Julia Hang (Mrs) I REFER to the letter, "Firsttimer's CPF grant should apply" by Mr Roy Chang Say Won and Mr Henry Lim Li Shun (Today, Feb 3). The writers have suggested that the CPF Housing Grant be extended to first-timer buyers of resale
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Stats buys US rival ChipPAC for $2.7b
      275 12 Agencies Move will lead to world's 2nd largest chip tester, but stock plunges on fears of share dilution SHARES of ST Assembly Test Services (Stats) fell as much as 15 per cent yesterday, after the semiconductor tester and packager announced its US$l.6-billion ($2.7-billion)
      – Agencies  -  275 words
    • MarketWATCH
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        World markets
        59 12 ndex Nikkei 225 Value *****.40 Change Pis -37.21 -0.36 Hang Seng Ordinaries *****.66 3301.20 -61.02 +1.20 -0.45 +0.04 laiwan Wtd 6488.34 +25.25 +0.39 Korea Comp 866.80 +2.03 +0.23 KLCI 812.06 -5.73 -0.70 SET Index 739.64 +7.59 +1.04 lakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai Sensex 766.77 1490.21 292.79
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 12 US$ 0.5943 UK£ 0.3193 Yen 62.7314 HK$ 4.6169 RM 2.2586 Euro 0.468 Rupiah 5018.9 Baht 23.187 Peso 33.233 A$ 0.7647 Indian Rs 26.877 Won 693.19 C$ 0.7896 Yuan 4.9192 NZ$ 0.8532 NTS 19.74
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        Commodities
        21 12 Gold uss/oi 409.700 Silver uss/oi 6.460 Platinum uss/oi 834.00 Rubber centsAg 212.75 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1860 Brent crude uss/barrel 29.57
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        Lock icon Singapore
        150 12 Dow Jones SHARES ended lower as investors took profit following sharp gains in the previous two sessions and an overnight fall on Wall Street, traders said. The ST Index closed at 1,872.68, down 15.52 points, or 0.8 per cent. Losers led gainers 1 84 to 158. Volume rose to
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        ST Index: 1,872.68 -15.52
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        Lock icon SGX most active
        66 12 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by fy volume iyvol JnitedTAC Close 1.190 Change +0.070 +6.3 '000 210,734 >ac Cent 0.390 +0.005 +1.3 110,817 \EM-EVER 0.425 +0.010 +2.4 69,643 Media Ring iTAssemb 0.210 1.980 +0.010 -0.310 +5.0 -13.5 52,701 41,023 :uYu 1.010 +0.040 +4.1 34,648 SingTel ipeedy-Tech bartered 'arkway
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        SGX top rises
        76 12 By Close Change Thai Prime200USS 11.500 +0.800 GreatEast 12.000 +0.500 JMH400USS 9.500 +0.250 Innovalu 1.680 +0.110 BukilSem 15.000 +0.100 Cosco CorRCCPS*****4 4.300 +0.100 OCBC 4.5%NCPS 100 101.100 +0.100 SIA200 11.800 +0.100 Noble 3.500 +0.080 By percentage Close Goldtron 0.025 Change +25.0 Hua Kok 0.080 +14.3 North 22
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        SGX top falls
        77 12 Creative 50 Close 18.700 Change -0.500 )BS 15.000 -0.500 /enlure 21.500 -0.500 >T Assemb 1.980 -0.310 JOB 13.700 -0.300 iPH 18.800 -0.200 \PB Breweries 7.000 -0.150 :&N 13.100 -0.100 KBC 12.600 -0.100 iPH 100 18.800 -0.100 By percentage NWTech W*****1 Close 0.015 Change -40.0 Benefun 20k 0.015
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      PacNet Q4 profit surges
      213 14  -  Suresh Mark Kumar Strong growth in broadband services boosts performance It was the eighth consecutive quarter in which Asia's largest telco-independent Internet services provider (ISP), reported a profit. The company said that strong growth in broadband services and a moderation in the decline of dial-up and
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      Lock icon Raffles teams up with Trump
      116 14 Bloomberg RAFFLES Holdings, Asia's third-largest hotel company by market value, said it will open a resort in the Caribbean in July, where Mr Donald Trump will build million-dollar homes and run a casino. The property on the island of Canouan will be the eighth operating
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      Lock icon 2 more firms aspire for IPO listing
      137 14 Dow Jones TWO companies aspiring to list on the Singapore Exchange filed their prospectuses yesterday with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Unified Communications Holdings, a telecommunications services company, is offering investors 73.5 million shares at 28 cents each. The company plans to use
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      Lock icon 'A new shareholder may hurt Robinson'
      439 15 Bloomberg Key investor against Great Eastern sell-out GREAT Eastern Holdings' decision to consider selling its stake in Robinson Co on its own, after a joint sale with associate Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) failed, may hurt Singapore's oldest retailer, a key investor said. Aberdeen Asset
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  • SAVVY INVESTOR
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        Lock icon Jurong Tech ($1.50) — Buy
        68 16 Jurong Tech ($1.50) Buy DBS Vickers Research Overall net margins improved to 5.1 per cent in FYO3, from 3.6 per cent a year ago. We believe the management will continue to deliver strong earnings growth averaging 30 per cent over the next two years. Maintaining a fair multiple of 1
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        Lock icon Fu Yu ($1.01) – Buy
        87 16 Fu Yu ($1.01) Buy DBS Vickers Research Fu Yu's 2003 results were in line with expectations, driven by strong orders from Hewlett-Packard as well as its Chinese handset customers. We anticipate higher contributions from the expanded customer base in China to help propel the more than 30 per cent growth
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        Lock icon Agva Corp (25.5 cents) — Buy
        172 16 Agva Corp (25.5 cents) Buy Phillip Securities Research Revenue increased by 16.5 per cent year-on-year, from US$l6.3 million ($27.4 million) to US$l9 million, for this manufacturer and supplier of multipurpose storage products such as laptop and compact disc cases. After a strong growth in the first half when sales increased
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        Lock icon Keppel Corp ($6.85) — Buy
        96 16 Keppel Corp ($6.85) Buy ING Research Keppel remains the best positioned Singapore conglomerate. Its strategy to focus on its three core businesses is paying off. This year should see record earnings for the group. While current upside may only represent 1 2 per cent, Keppel is a best-in-its-class operator and
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  • World News
    • GLOBALroundup
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        Lock icon 10 HK patients tested for Sars
        69 18 AP Ten patients from the same ward in Hong Kong's Prince of Wales Hospital have been isolated and are being tested for Sars and flu after they developed fevers and two showed symptoms of pneumonia, health officials said yesterday. The hospital sealed off the
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        Lock icon 'Crazy' pilot on the mat
        79 18 AFP An American Airlines pilot is facing an internal investigation after reportedly asking Christian passengers to identify themselves and suggesting that nonChristians on his flight were "crazy". "He said: 'If you are a Christian, raise your hand If you are not, you're crazy,'" a passenger
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        Lock icon Undertaker's bid to up business
        70 18 AFP Japanese police said yesterday they had arrested an undertaker for killing his aunt because he needed to drum up business for his cash-strapped funeral company. Police arrested the man on Jan 28 on suspicion of beating his 71-year-old aunt to death with a golf
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        Lock icon Swinging record for charity
        69 18 AFP An Australian policeman strolled to the clubhouse sporting swollen hands yesterday after swinging his golf club 1 0,080 times, setting a world record and raising money to help a local boy with a spinal injury. Sergeant Troy Grant from New South Wales played 1,800 holes
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      Lock icon M'sian tycoon pleads not guilty
      260 18 Agencies KUALA LUMPUR Tycoon Eric Chia Eng Hock, who is at the centre of Malaysia's biggest financial scandal, pleaded not guilty to charges of criminal breach of trust. The 71-year-old former managing director of Perwaja Steel allegedly approved a RM76.4 million ($33.7 million) payment on
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      Lock icon France all set to ban headscarves in schools
      369 20 AFP Religious insignia like skullcaps likely to be barred too PARIS France was poised to pass a controversial Bill yesterday that would ban Islamic headscarves and other religious insignia from state schools, despite opposition from many Muslims and some human rights groups.
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        Lock icon Aussie Labor party ahead
        43 20 AFP Australia's opposition Labor Party has surged to an elec-tion-winning six-point lead over Prime Minister John Howard's conservative government ahead of an election expected late this year. This was according to a poll published yesterday by The Australian newspaper.
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        Lock icon Opinion polls favour Poe
        47 20 AFP The 90-day campaign for the Philippine presidential elections a May-1 0 face-off between movie star Fernando Poe and incumbent Ms Gloria Arroyo began yesterday with rallies across the country. Ms Arroyo is trailing Mr Poe by nine percentage points in opinion polls.
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Not shine, just gloss
      795 22  -  Sanjay Kapoor The 'India Shining' campaign appears to be just an election ploy of the BJP government FOR JUST over two months, the Indian government has been running an expensive campaign on tel evision and in newspapers both Indian and foreign about how the country has
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      Lock icon is it love?
      864 24  -  Serene Foo Faye Wong and Leon Lai respond very differently to talk of them being an item SOMETIMES actions speak louder than words. Superstars Faye Wong and Leon Lai claimed they were not bothered by rumours of their being together, when they were in town recently to
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      142 25 Valentine's Day is a day to celebrate and honour love. If you are making that first step, it is a day to muster up your courage to pop the one important question, "Will you be my Valentine?". If you are already in love,
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      114 25 BRITISH pop idol Gareth Gates has been nominated as Favourite Male Artist at the MTV Asia Awards to be held on Saturday. The hunk rose to fame in the top-rated UK TV reality talent show where he battled thousands of hopefuls for top spot and
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      180 25  -  Yong bhu Chiang ALUiNij-iiMii couple IS going to be swapping roles tonight Adrian Pang and Remesh Panj icker have been playing Neil J Simon's Odd Couple, neat-freak Felix Ungar and big, sloppy Oscar Madison respectively, since the Singapore Repertory Theatre's production began on Jan 28. From tonight, Adrian
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      355 26  -  Janice Lee Toto member Steve Lukather waxes lyrical about rock guitarist son WORLD-CLASS guitar player, singer and songwriter Steve Lukather says pop stars are overrated. Famous for being a member of 1980s pop rock band Toto, which will be per- forming at Suntec Convention Hall
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      475 32 -AFP Premiership strikers hope to meet in Nigeria-Mali showdown TUNIS Premiership stars Nwankwo Kanu and Frederic Kanoute aim to fire Nigeria and Mali into an African Nations Cup final showdown by breaking the hearts of Tunisia and Morocco in the semi-finals tonight. Nigeria, who knocked
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      121 32 -AFP CAIRO Former Senegal coach Bruno Metsu and Philippe Troussier, who coached Japan at the last World Cup, are on a shortlist of candidates to become the new coach of Egypt, press reports said yesterday. The team's previous boss Mohsen Salah quit on Sunday following the
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      272 34 -AFP AUCKLAND A number of New Zealanders came forward yesterday to offer one of their kidneys to stricken rugby star Jonah Lomu after he revealed he needed a transplant or risked losing the ability to walk. But Lomu, who is suffering
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      475 33 -AFP ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Arsenal 2 Southampton 0 LONDON Thierry Henry's 100 th and 101 st Premiership goals saw Arsenal extend their unbeaten start to the league season with a 2-0 win over Southampton at Highbury this morning. The result meant leaders Arsenal are now 25 games unbeaten in
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      215 33 Reuters MADRID Thierry Henry and Ruud van Nistelrooy would be the preferred summer signings for Carlos Queiroz, the Real Madrid coach says. Spanish sports newspapers are convinced that Real's next big-name transfer target will be one of three men: Arsenal's French forward Henry, Dutch striker
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      404 33 AFP ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Leeds 4 Wolves 1 LEEDS Leeds finally gave themselves hope of Premiership survival by thrashing Wolves 4-1 this morning. In a must-win encounter for both sides, it was Leeds who emerged from their six-match losing streak with new pride and revenge for their 3-1
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      146 33 Reuters AMSTERDAM Manchester United and PSV Eindhoven have failed to reach an agreement over the transfer of winger Arjen Robben, the Dutch first division side said yesterday. A delegation from the English champions visited Eindhoven to discuss the transfer of the 20-year-old Dutch international
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      97 39 EDITORIAL Editor: Francis Chin francis.chin@ newstoday. com.sg Sub-editor/Reporter: Ariel Tarn ariel@newstoday. com.sg ADVERTISING/SALES For advertising enquiries, please call Mabel Wong at 6236 4562 or email mabel.wong@mediacorppress. com. CUSTOMER SUPPORT 6236 4887 help@mediacorppress.com PRINTER KHL Printing Co Ltd 57, Loyang Drive Singapore *****8 INFOTECH Magazine is published by MediaCorp Press
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        A FREE ROUTER, ANYONE?
        468 40  -  Ariel Tam StarHub launches value-for-money wireless home networking solution for MaxOnline 1500 subscribers I AS WIRELESS communicaI tion technologies advance and hardware prices fall, home networking is becoming a reality for many people. Riding the wave, local info-com-munications provider StarHub has unveiled a home networking solution
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        MSN Messenger on your mobile phone
        139 40 MSN has deployed a new service with Ml, SingTel and StarHub for users to send and receive messages using MSN Messenger via a cellphone. The MSN Messenger over SMS service is a two-way SMS. Using one of the three telecom service providers, users and
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        Detect, deploy patches automatically
        195 40 I IN THE wake of the high-risk, highI profile MyDoom virus and other cyber security breaches, businesses need effective solutions to plug gaping security holes in their commercial software and computer operating systems. While many organisations scan for security weaknesses and vulnerabilities actively, the number of
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        207 41 AFP, Reuters HERE'S a creative business service using the Net: Californian firm, iSold It, will help surfers sell their stuff on eßay. The firm will photograph the item, write the listing copy, post the item on the eßay site, track it and answer questions from
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        409 41 -AP Online retail sales soar while block-and-mortar stores post modest gains WHO says the dotcom I business is dead? With enough imagination, creativity and hard work, you can thrive as a dotcommer and you do not have to sell traditional goods like books and CDs.
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        170 41 AP I JAPAN'S Tamagotchi, I the popular digital pet from the *****, is coming back and this time, it will be able to date, fall in love and have babies. Discontinued in 1998, Tamagotchi was an eggshaped, pocket-sized gadget with a cartoon pet that appeared on
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        Fight worms, spam, hackers
        115 41 KNOWING your enemy is half the battle won. So, to win the war against worms, hackers, Trojans, fraudsters and spammers, sign up for a workshop at the Management Development Institute of Singapore at Dhoby Ghaut. In the half-day event on Feb 25, you will learn about
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        Sun's iForce programme gives ISVs a leg up
        320 41 I OPENING doors, providing I logistics support and helping to set up trial systems are some of the pro-active approaches that Sun Microsystems is offering to its ISVs (independent software vendors). ISVs include huge companies like Oracle and Infosys of India and
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        762 42  -  Francis Chin Outsource your IT services to a contractor so that you can focus on your core business, advises president of CSC's Asia Group I WITH 92,000 employees and more I than 40 years in computer services, Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) thinks it can run your IT
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        One who has 'transited' successfully
        124 42 PRESIDENT Mike Brinsford of CSC's Asia Group used himself as an example of an employee from an outsourced client who has integrated into CSC successfully. "I joined CSC through an acquisition," he said. "People may feel threatened initially during the transition phase when we take
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        Outsourcing: The way forward for large corporations worldwide
        166 42 COMPUTER Sciences Corporation, headquatered in El Segundo, California, considers itself a global information technology service provider. It manages IT for hundreds of multinational clients and organisations in 15 industries, including government, banking and insurance, healthcare, manufacturing and air traffic management. Most large
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        Lock icon Microsoft to put more R&D dollars into security: Gates
        312 43 Reuters MICROSOFT will I devote a larger part of its massive US$6.B billion ($11.6 billion) research and development budget to making its software more secure and reliable. "Security will continue to be our top R&D investment for years to come," said
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        SECURE YOUR PC
        600 43  -  Ashley Wearne Invest in all-in-one protection against cyber threats for your home PC I THE advent of the Internet, I spurred by the easy availability of broadband connection, means that almost every PC has a connection to the World Wide Web. Easy access to almost every source
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        Nokia WAP Gateway 4.1 supports Liberty's standards
        406 43  -  Ariel Tam I OPERATORS can now offer I mobile users convenient and secure access to multiple services or applications with a single sign-on. Nokia WAP Gateway 4.1 connects the Internet or the company intranet to the mobile network, delivering timely and relevant mobile
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        PRIVACY IN THE CYBER WORLD
        642 44  -  Goh Beng Yeow Netizens, beware: The uninitiated put their personal data in jeopardy PEOPLE and their lazy habits are the I weakest link in any security system. Whether through carelessness, poor understanding or plain laziness, we expose private data unintentionally. Of modern technologies, the one
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        Beware of spyware, adware when you download programs on the Net
        754 44  -  Ang Ah Sin JEFF plans to use his I year-end bonus to buy a digital camera and has been surfing the Internet for related information. What puzzles him is that recently, he has been bombarded by pop-up ads on
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        327 45 KNOW thy customer That is I the focus of the Oracle Customer Data Hub, a new product that will give companies with disparate business applications a complete view of customer information. Most businesses today cannot answer the simple questions: "Who are my customers?" and "What do
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        Create custom e-books online
        380 45 AN ONLINE retail site for law books has been developed by locally-owned Digital Publishing Solutions (DPS) for Cavendish Publishing, one of Britain's largest independent law book publishers. The project for developing the site, at ww.cavendishpublishing.com, is valued at £250,000 ($776,000). On the site, you can place
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        IDEAL FOR MOBILE COUCH POTATOES
        686 45  -  Teng Choong Peng Temasek Poly students use the 5M way to create an award-winning mobile entertainment portal I CAN real money be made in the mobile I Internet? With the failed dotcoms and the WAP non-event, can mobile commerce liven up the IT sector again?
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        GET ONLINE, MAMBO-STYLE
        604 46  -  Francis Chin A $600 CMS software for SMBs to update Web content with minimal fuss I DOES the Internet sound like I mumbo jumbo to you? Well, if your business wants to survive in the long term, you can't run away from the all-encompassing Web. A solution
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        What it does
        230 46 THE Mambo CMS software is available online at miroasia.com for $600. The low price is due to the use of the Linux open source programming code for the application, said Mr Eric Low, a director at Mambo. Mambo's features include asset management, image collection management and the
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        Deal makers and breakers in the world of e-commerce
        617 46  -  Dr Robert Firth WE ALL shop. Most of us sometimes I browse. We see a shop; we walk inside. We see a product; we inspect it We look at the price. Then, a critical thing happens: We decide to buy. That
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        786 47  -  Tan Min-Liang Abhinav Bhatt Companies may be liable for claims for breach of confidentiality A RELIABLE IT infraI structure is one of the prime concerns of businesses today. Virtually every aspect of commerce relies in one way or another on the IT: Email is the
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          63 47 Companies should be aware of any industry-specific guidelines or regulations that require specific IT security policies or technical infrastructure. Many companies are also subject to specific requirements for data protection and secrecy of information. IT managers should familiarise themselves with these requirements and work closely
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          Assess your business and your level of risk
          75 47 Some businesses are subject to a higher level of scrutiny than others, especially in relation to the information that the company holds or processes. Furthermore, some companies are subject to a higher amount of risk and should take adequate steps to provide
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          Institute and update information security policies
          55 47 Every company should have in place an extensive information security policy and ensure that employees comply with it. The IT manager should work closely with the legal counsel to draft a set of specific guidelines that address the main concerns in relation to the
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          Review existing and scrutinise future contracts with third parties
          45 47 Companies should scrutinise existing and future contracts to ensure that any requirements for instituting specific IT security policies are provided for and adhered to. Failure to do so may open the company up to thirdparty claims.
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        Lock icon Can-Spam Act has little immediate effect on volume of unwanted email
        429 47 AFP, Reuters A NEW law in the United I States to curb the flood of unwanted email, or spam, has had little impact since going into effect on Jan 1. Email security firm Postini said spam accounted for 79
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        310 48 Students create training program for trainees to learn safety enforcement procedures through virtual simulation A ROLE-PLAYING software I has been developed by Ngee Ann Polytechnic students to help train the Singapore Civil Defence Force's (SCDF) trainee officers. The program will be used to test
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        For remote video surveillance
        224 48 DO YOU have properties I or installations overseas that are too far or inconvenient for you to visit frequently? Hong Kong-based TeleEye Group, a supplier in the remote video surveillance market, offers a four-channel mobile video transmitter, TeleEye DT-103G. When operating on a GSM network supporting
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        Wear a PC on your jacket
        226 48 I SOON, you can step into a I boutique and ask for a computer dress that has a keyboard and MP3 player, all made of fabric, of course. Two companies Munichbased Infineon Technologies and sportswear maker O'Neill Europe have unveiled the first "wearable electronics"
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        Lock icon Apple to build supercomputer with Xserve
        411 48 -AP AFTER building one of the I world's fastest supercomputers on its first try, Apple Computer is again teaming with Virginia Tech University to make another high-perform-ance machine using its new 64-bit Xserve G5 computer. Xserve, a thinner, more compact machine designed for clustering
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        PRINTING POWERHOUSE
        499 49 Multiple ways to print your photos directly, without a PC NO DESKTOP PC I can do without the multi-talented Epson Stylus Photo R3lO. But it is so versatile it does not need a PC to print The machine can pick up photo data for printing via USB connection
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        Flicker-free performance, sharp images
        154 49 EVERYTHING you I visualise about the perfect display screen size, features, brilliant images can be found in the Hewlett-Packard Pavilion F1903 19-inch LCD monitor. It's just the thing to complement your home desktop system with clear, crisp viewing of digital photos, movies and game display. The
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        Home networking made easy
        159 49 I EVERY home and small office I needs an all-in-one, an electronic workhorse that prints, photocopies, faxes and scans documents. If you can afford it, get a top-end model, such as the Hewlett-Packard PSC 2510 that has built-in 802.11b wireless and wired Ethernet embedded home networking
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        Tablet PC with 14.1-inch screen
        204 49 I YOU don't have to know I cuneiform to use the new tablet from Acer. But you sure would get all those Sumerian and Babylonian scribes green with envy (if they were here today) if you write on the TravelMate C3OO convertible tablet PC, with
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        Upgrade without fuss with the P3OO
        173 49 FUJITSU is well-known for its I stylish but fairly pricey Lifebook laptops. But it also offers desktop PCs that are cheap and easily upgradable, suitable for resourceintensive home gaming and smallbusiness applications. The Deskpower P3OO, which costs $1,298, is powered by a Pentium 4
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        BOLD PROJECTION
        286 50 NECVT77O offers installation brightness and input flexibility in a compact body I BRIGHT ideas must be backed by bright projectors. NEC has just the projector for your ideas to shine forth, whether in the boardroom or the classroom. The VT77O installation projector combines solid installation projector performance with
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        Eight-megapixel speedster
        153 50 I CANON'S EOS ID Mark II I is reportedly the world's fastest 8-megapixel camera. This digital SLR shoots at 8.5 frames per second and captures 40 high-resolution JPEG images at one go, so users can be assured that fleeting moments are not missed. Another first-of-its-kind feature is the
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        For corporate copying, printing and scanning
        195 50 FUJI Xerox Singapore has I launched the DCIOISS, a colour printer/copier/scanner targeted at the corporate and commercial markets. With its Fiery network controller from EFI, the DCIOISS enables powerful colour management and calibration and incorporates a Web-based tool set for everyone, from the novice
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        Lock icon Non-violent entertainment
        333 50 Dawn Ong The Xbox as a gaming platform has seen titles geared mostly towards mature gamers, with teen to adult-oriented themes. Grabbed by the Ghoulies, by Rare and Microsoft Studios, however, is a light-hearted action adventure game targeted at pre-adolescents. It's a dark and stormy night Lightning streaks
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        143 50 WHEN it comes to everyday use, size I does matter. Weighing 74g and measuring 80x43xl9mm, Panasonic's Mini G5l fits neatly into the palm of your hand and inside your smallest handbag. Although small in size, it does not mean you have to give up any
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