HONG KONG — Faced with the dwindling sales its flagship printer products, printer maker Epson has unveiled a long-term business and technology strategy to expand its product portfolio that would see the company going into digital TV printing, palm-size projectors, electronic papers, and wearable electronic products.

Oracle Asia Pacific, a division of Oracle Corporation - the world’s largest enterprise software company, announced significant customer wins during the first quarter of its FY06. Businesses across Asia continue to choose Oracle software and services over competitive offerings to integrate their business systems, reduce total cost of ownership and create a single, global view of their business operations.

With the backing of FoneTech International’s Philippine network of 45 WellCom Telecom supermarkets and 800 dealer outlets nationwide assured of good profit margin from sales of ASUS mobilephones, ASUSTeK Computer Inc. of Taiwan has tasted initial success in the country.

3Com and its TippingPoint division, the leader in intrusion prevention, announced that Frost & Sullivan, a leading industry research firm, has named the company as the winner of the 2005 Award for Technology Leadership. The award was presented to 3Com and TippingPoint for its role in forming and chairing the Voice over IP Security Alliance (VOIPSA), as well as for its effective Voice over IP (VoIP) security capabilities in the TippingPointTM Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS).

Corrosion, whether spiritual or material, is a problem with costly consequences.

Sipping on a cappuccino while surfing the Internet is just one way to make use of a wireless hotspot. With the proliferation of the Intel Centrino mobile technology, Wi-Fi hotspots have evolved from points of convenience to places of experience. Recognizing this, Intel invites notebook PC users to nominate their favorite places to experience wireless connectivity. Savvy notebook PC users are invited to select the 10 wireless hotspots out of 36 nominations from 10 regions on www.top10hotspotsinasia.com. The five participants whose top hotspot selections are closest to matching the region’s top ranking places will win a travel voucher worth US$1,000 to go out and experience more with wireless connectivity.