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Microsoft is now “One”, first restructure in 5 years

July 11, 2013
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Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer in an internal memo to employees, revealed today a major restructure in the company. This would be the first major overhaul in five years. The “One” new Microsoft will be based on their functions including those below:

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New Brother Monochrome Laser Series Launched

July 10, 2013
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Brother International Malaysia has launched a new range of monochrome-laser printers and Multi-Function Centres specially designed to provide high quality print-outs. [Brother MFC1815] The four new models, HL-1110, DCP-1510, MFC-1810, and MFC-1815, are ideal for Small Office Home Office (SoHo) and Small-Medium businesses that need quality print-outs. Users will benefit

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Spotify appoints Sunita Kaur as Director of Asia

July 10, 2013
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Digital music service, Spotify announced that Sunita Kaur has been appointed as its Director of Asia. In Sunita’s new role, she will drive the strategic direction for the company across the region following the music service’s launch in Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia this April, the company said in a

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Malaysia’s PC Market Struggles in 1Q13, Declines 18% YoY says IDC

June 30, 2013
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According to IDC’s Asia/Pacific Quarterly PC Tracker, the 1Q13 Malaysia PC market increased by 18% sequentially but declined by the same percentage Year-on-Year (YoY) to reach 898,000 units for the quarter. Another major delivery of mininotebooks nationwide under the government’s Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) project was the only

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Online Security
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Norton Public Betas Designed for Windows 8.1 Compatibility

June 30, 2013
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Symantec released the public betas of the latest versions of the award-winning Norton 360, Norton Internet Security and Norton AntiVirus products recently. Available for free download from the Norton beta website, this pre-release software is designed for compatibility with the upcoming release of Windows 8.1, and to improve on the

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ASUS Republic of Gamers G750 Notebook now in Malaysia

June 30, 2013
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First unveiled at the ROG Computex 2013 press conference, ASUS Malaysia has announced the local availability of the new ROG (Republic of Gamers) G Series G750 gaming notebook. The G Series G750JX delivers advanced performance for PC gaming enthusiasts. It uses 4th generation Intel Core i7 processors and NVIDIA GeForce

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General & Lifestyle
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Tune Hotel Melbourne to open in November with A$49 launch rate

June 30, 2013
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International hotel group Tune Hotels announced the pre-opening sale of its first Australian property in Melbourne and that the city will serve as its operational headquarters for the Australia and New Zealand region. The announcement was made by Mark Lankester, the Group CEO of Tune Hotels in the presence of

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BenQ Launches World’s First Flicker-free VA LED Monitor in Malaysia

June 30, 2013
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BenQ has launched the world’s first Flicker-free VA LED monitor in Malaysia. The 27-inch BenQ GW2760HS VA LED monitor features Flicker-free Technology and Senseye Reading Mode. The company claims it is a healthier option for heavy computer users, a growing number of whom are affected by Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS).

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Tesco Malaysia Online Grocery Shopping now available in Klang Valley

June 28, 2013
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The Tesco online Grocery Home Shopping (GHS) service which was introduced in March at the Tesco Extra Mutiara Damansara, catering to customers within 20km radius of the store, is now open to all customers in the greater Klang Valley area. More than 5 million households in the Klang Valley will

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PIKOM says ICT industry remains in the top five paying industries in Malaysia

June 28, 2013
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PIKOM, the National ICT Association of Malaysia announced its 2013 ICT Job Market Outlook today. Following the earlier Job Market study series, PIKOM again collaborated with KPMG and Jobstreet on the 2012 job market analysis. The 2013 report gives an overall study on the job market in Malaysia comparing to

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AMD Announced New Elite A-Series APU for Desktops

June 28, 2013
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AMD has announced the availability of its 2013 Elite A-Series Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) for Desktops, codenamed “Richland”, now in Malaysia. The chip maker said that the new APU delivers a superior PC solution with increased computational performance, discrete-level graphics and an easy upgrade infrastructure. At COMPUTEX Taipei 2013 recently,

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Trend Micro Joins INTERPOL to Fight Cyber Threat

June 25, 2013
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Leading IT security vendor Trend Micro Inc. announced its collaboration with INTERPOL to support global law enforcement programs against cybercrime. Today’s cyber threats are becoming increasingly more targeted and sophisticated with criminal networks operating across the world, coordinating complex attacks against targets in a matter of minutes, the IT company

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Alienware Unveils its Most Powerful Gaming Laptops- Alienware 14 & Alienware 17

June 23, 2013
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Alienware has announced its latest and most powerful gaming laptops with the unveiling of the Alienware 14 and Alienware 17. The systems feature a bold new design and extraordinary performance, uniquely engineered to deliver the ultimate gaming experience. [ L-R: Khoo Teng Guan, General Manager, Consumer Business, Dell Malaysia; Hizam

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Oracle Launches New Java Platform Enterprise Edition 7

June 22, 2013
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Oracle Corporation has unveiled the availability of a new Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 7 (Java EE 7) and the Java EE 7 Software Development Kit (SDK) to support HTML 5 and further increase developer productivity. The new Java EE 7 features a scalable infrastructure that facilitates building HTML5 applications by

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Online Security
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Anonymous Hacker Group Lauched Online Attack on Oil Industry

June 21, 2013
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Online Hacker Group Anonymous claims that they intend to launch a series of attacks on the world’s oil industry, under the operation codename #OpPetrol, as a response to the fact that oil is traded with the US dollar instead of the currency of the country where it was harvested. While

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Malaysia Government Raids Owner of Jiwang.org

June 19, 2013
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The owner of an illegal content website that has been operating since 1999 has been arrested by the Malaysian Government. The suspect, owner of the website www.jiwang.org was caught at his house during a June 11 raid in Kubang Kerian, Kelantan. Dubbed Ops Skyfall, the raid team was led by

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Office Mobile for iPhone released for Microsoft Office 365 Subscribers

June 18, 2013
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Microsoft has released Office Mobile for iPhone available for free from the Apple App Store for Office 365 Home Premium and Office 365 ProPlus subscribers. Similar to its free Office Mobile that ships with every Windows Phone handset, the iPhone app enables Office content viewing and on-the-go content editing capabilities.

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Sophos Gets Top Marks From Leading Independent Antivirus Tester

June 14, 2013
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Sophos received top marks in the latest report from AV-Comparatives, a leading international testing lab. The report, titled “Impact of Anti-Virus Software on System Performance,” evaluated twenty one of the world’s leading security products on a PC running under Windows 7. The testing lab prepared a total of 545 infection

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