The Asia-Pacific server market slumped 5.8% in Q4, ending a 27-quarter growth spree, Gartner said. Meanwhile, worldwide capital equipment spending in the chip sector is set to slump 45% to $16.9 billion in 2009.
ASUS has assigned engineers to develop an Android netbook powered by the end of the year, but hasn't yet decided whether to launch such a product, CIO said. Researchers have already compiled Google's Android OS onto a netbook.
India's communications ministry has selected Syniverse Technologies and Telcordia Technologies to operate a clearing-house for mobile number portability (MNP) services, the Economic Times said. The government hopes to launch MNP this year.
Cybersquatting rose by 18% in 2008, with 1.72 million reported incidents, MarkMonitor said. And 80% of the sites labeled as "abusive" in 2007 are still in operation today.
The European Commission's former Microsoft monitoring trustee has welcomed Microsoft's plan to introduce modular features to Windows 7 - allowing users to turn off applications such as Internet Explorer and Windows Media Center.