10 August 2010 | News

Facial recognition in schools tackles truancy

Taiwan’s Chung Hua University has hatched a plan to introduce facial recognition technology to its roll call system in a bid to clamp down on truancy.

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2 August 2010 | News

Malaysian tax office rolls out app visibility device

As part of a push to meet rising demand from tax payers for electronic transactions, the Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia has invested RM4.37 million (US$1.4 million) in solutions that indicate which of the department’s business applications are of greatest strategic value.

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20 July 2010 | News

Japan trials full-body scanners

Despite widespread concerns over privacy, Japan has started testing full-body scanners at its busiest airport. The tests come six months after security services failed to detect explosives concealed in a terrorist’s underwear on a US-bound aircraft from the Netherlands.

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13 May 2010 | News

Indonesia reveals plans to bridge digital divide

In an interview with FutureGov, the Indonesian Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (BRTI) has shared its plans to connect half of Asia’s third largest population to the internet by 2015.

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12 June 2009 | News

Former US GCIO calls for better data management

The Obama administration’s push to make government data more easily accessible is driving the need for standardised data classification and information management, a former Government Chief Information Officer has said.

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1 April 2009 | News

Downturn drives popularity of e-books in Asia

The popularily of e-books is on the rise in Asia as the region’s schools and universities look to make cost-savings and save on storage space.

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24 March 2009 | News

Singapore takes green roads route

Japan, United States and the UK have been using recycled materials to build roads for sometime - now Singapore’s roads are going green too.

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