Japanese technology giant Sony Corp., whose dominance of the home entertainment market was once undisputed, has introduced in the Philippines what it said is its best TV product yet to ward off the challenge of upstart electronics firms who have been eating up its market share.

Unlike in video and music industries where enforcement of intellectual property (IP) laws has a great effect on lowering down the piracy rate, the country’s software industry needs more of increased monitoring and education campaigns rather than police raids to combat piracy.

Come 2006, 10 Gigabit Ethernet may no longer be the technology of the future. It will be the technology.

SINGAPORE — SRC Software, a provider of sophisticated enterprise Corporate Performance Management (CPM) solutions, has established here its Asia-Pacific support and sales headquarters in a move to become closer to its current clients and expand its customer base in the region.

While text messaging remains — and will continue — to be the cash cow of mobile phone operators in the country, value-added services are gradually increasing its contribution in the overall revenue of cellular carriers as well as in the mindshare of cellphone-crazy Filipinos.

Mobius.ph has introduced a set of avatar items for the online shooting game Gunbound Philippines. The items are designed to reflect Philippine culture and foster Pinoy pride, according to a company executive.

3Com Corporation recently announced the addition of advanced Internet filtering capabilities to its line of OfficeConnect Routers and VPN Firewall, providing easy-to-deploy, affordable Web filtering. By joining forces with SurfControl, a world leader in enterprise Web and e-mail filtering, 3Com gives its OfficeConnect Router and VPN Firewall customers an additional means to filter malicious or inappropriate Web content that could be disruptive to business operations, distracting to productivity – especially among remote workers – or create a liability for companies, schools or government offices.