Why does Asia get all the cool stuff first?
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Also: Congress OKs private spaceflight bill. [News.com Extra]
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Many countries are more generous than the United States in the number of public holidays.
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As the new year approaches, there is good news and there is bad news for English-language print media in Asia.
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This month's pick of Asia's coolest new toys is heavy on handsets.
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Growth has slowed in the United States, but economies in Asia and Europe are surging and snatching up more and more American exports.
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Cheap Chinese products, which are flooding Asia, are met with deep appreciation by the regionâs poorest people.
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Free trade agreements are flying around East Asia these days, with even South Asian neighbor India, getting a piece of the action.
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Growing demand for resources in Asia is being served by a group of big Western companies.
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Cut-outs in clothing may be cool, but when in Asia, make sure they stop at your socks.
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A new TIME/CNN survey finds that Asians strongly support spending on space exploration despite myriad other concerns facing their countries
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South Asian art is a hard sell here. Does it come across as too sexy, too spiritual, too naturalistic, too all of these?  Asia Society smooths over the issue by offering a something-for-everyone array.
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Sifting through the best that Japan has to offer.
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The United States seeks to tip the scales in China. Plus: China curbs the spread of virtual money... the Turks turn off the 'Tube... and more.
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The patronage model is not a new  concept. In feudal Japan and Renaissance Europe, wealthy  benefactors underwrote works of art, music and philosophy to  benefit society and for their own gain.
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Itâs somewhat of a mystery why the Italian fashion industry continues to putter along while China, Eastern Europe, India and even France go whizzing past.
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It's interesting to see that Malaysia is one of the few countries where IIS is dominant. But it's not a big surprise because Microsoft is very strongly entrenched in the Malaysian IT mindset, definitely more so than in Europe or US. And although i'm a long-time IIS supporter, these figures have made me realize that we don't really care either way. A rough mental count tells me that 30% of our websites are on IIS, and 70% on Apache.    Rank Country Apache% IIS%   1 Japan 73 9   2= Indonesia 70 23   2= Korea 70 25   - Global average 67 21   4= Philippines 60 24   4= New Zealand 60 30    6 Pakistan 57 28   7= Thailand 54 38   7= Australia 54 38    9 Taiwan 47 46   10 Singapore 45 40   11 Malaysia 42 51   12 India 41 49   13 China 35 56
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The thirst to acquire new neat stuff never seems to go away.