Seagate Announces New Executive Appointments
Seagate Technology has announced two strategic executive appointments to further Seagate’s effectiveness in delivering its core product technology portfolio, customer engagement and operational excellence. Dave Mosley, who most recently served as Executive Vice President of Operations and R&D, has been named President, Operations and Technology, responsible for Seagate’s global hard
Trend Micro Titanium Maximum Security 2014 launched in Malaysia
Trend Micro Malaysia has launched its new 2014 version of online security. The Trend Micro Titanium Maximum Security 2014 is the latest iteration of the flagship all-in-one security solution, equipped with Web-threat protection that identifies and blocks dangerous links in websites, social networks, emails and instant messaging. It also detects
Fujitsu Launches Fujitsu M10 Servers in Malaysia
Fujitsu has announced the availability of Fujitsu M10 servers in Malaysia. [Michael Warren, Fujitsu’s newly appointed President in Malaysia and the M10] Built-in with Fujitsu’s 16-core SPARC64 X processor and tapping on Fujitsu’s 60 years of mainframe development, the new Fujitsu M10 servers promise high reliability, availability and serviceability for
David Pogue to Lead Yahoo’s Consumer Tech Coverage
Yahoo has announced that technology columnist, best-selling author and television host David Pogue (picture) will join Yahoo to spearhead the company’s consumer technology content. The technology company said that David will lead a major expansion of consumer tech coverage on Yahoo and will publish columns, blog posts, video stories and
Oracle Introduces New x86 Servers
Oracle Corporation, a leading IT solution provider, has launched its new x86 servers, based on the latest Intel Xeon processors E5-2600 v2 product family, for business organizations. The Oracle’s new Sun Server X4-2, Sun Server X4-2L and Sun Blade X4-2B systems are now available in the market for a broad
Google Ads Coming to Facebook
Google and Facebook have announced that Google’s Double Click will be joining Facebook’s ad exchange, the FBX. In the next few months, according to a blog post by Payam Shodjai, a DoubleClick senior product manager, advertisers will be able to use DoubleClick Bid Manager to buy ads on the Facebook
File Sharing site IsoHunt to shut down & pay $110m Settlement
Popular file sharing torrent site, IsoHunt is to shut down following a court settlement. The site’s owner, Gary Fung, who is a Canadian, has agreed to pay $110m (£68m) to the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), ending a seven-year legal battle. IsoHunt, a search engine for BitTorrent files, helped users
Microsoft Innovate for Good program for Entrepreneurial Malaysian Youths
Microsoft Malaysia has launched its inaugural Innovate for Good event – a Microsoft YouthSpark program in partnership with TakingITGlobal that enables youth to collaborate, inspire and support each other while using technology to make a difference in their communities, and provides the tools and resources needed to bring their ideas
Sunway Group’s Data Center buys RM 1 Million worth of Hitachi Storage
Sunway Group’s IT Shared Services Center has recently purchased RM 1 Million worth of Hitachi Storage. Hitachi Sunway Information Systems Sdn. Bhd (HSIS) announced that it has sealed its first significant IT storage sale since its joint venture establishment between Hitachi Systems, Ltd. and Sunway Technology Sdn Bhd earlier this
Google Search Malaysia Website Redirects, DNS Hijacked
Google Search Malaysia domain has been hijacked at about 11pm, 10 October(Malaysia time). The method, commonly known as DNS Hijacking, basically redirects visitors to google.com.my to a totally different site. The hackers who claimed responsibility calls themself 1337. In the “geeks” world, 1337 is short for “elite” or “leet”, which
Websites of AVG, Avira & WhatsApp have been Hijacked
A group of hackers have claimed responsibility into hijacking the websites of AVG, Avira and WhatsApp. “It appears that several websites of Avira as well as other companies have been compromised by a group called KDMS. The websites of Avira have not been hacked, the attack happened at our Internet Service
Over 3 Million PCs in Malaysia still runs Windows XP
There are over 3 million PCs in Malaysia, or roughly one in six PCs, which are still running on Windows XP, an 11-year-old operating system no longer capable of handling sophisticated cyber-attacks and demands for more data privacy and productivity, said Microsoft Malaysia. Microsoft is reminding business and consumers in
Cisco Completes Acquisition of Sourcefire
Cisco today announced it has completed the acquisition of Sourcefire, an intelligent cybersecurity solutions company. In a statement, Cisco said that with the close of this acquisition, Cisco will provide one of the industry’s most comprehensive advanced threat protection portfolios, as well as a broad set of enforcement and remediation
Bursa Malaysia implements Oracle RightNow Cloud Service
Oracle Corporation announced recently that Bursa Malaysia (previously known as Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, KLSE), one of the largest exchange houses in Asia, has implemented Oracle RightNow Cloud Service to improve its customer care and services as to record, track and escalate all inquiries and complaints that Bursa Malaysia’s customer
Who could be the next Microsoft CEO?
Steve Ballmer, the current Microsoft CEO announced in August that he’d be stepping down as Microsoft chief within a year. Who could be the next Microsoft CEO? Ford’s CEO Alan Mulally appears to be “the leading candidate” on Microsoft’s shortlist for potential successors for Steve Ballmer, according to a recent
Asus RT-AC68U Wireless-AC1900 Dual-Band Gigabit Router price at RM799 in Malaysia
ASUS has announced that its RT-AC68U Wireless-AC1900 Dual-Band Gigabit Router will be price at RM799 in Malaysia. The company claims that the RT-AC68U is the fastest wireless router in the world, with simultaneous dual-band bandwidths of 1300Mbit/s for 802.11ac at 5GHz and 600Mbit/s for 802.11n at 2.4GHz. The new RT-AC68U
Google Play Books now available in Malaysia
Google Play Books is now available in 9 more countries including Malaysia. The rest of the countries are Indonesia, Hong Kong, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, and New Zealand. The Google Play Books has one of the largest selection of online books and contains over 4 million titles. Books purchased
Trend Micro Malaysia talks about Online Gaming
The online gaming community has had a steady growth in recent years, extending its reach and going beyond gaming on personal computers (PC) to include gaming on smart devices. Based on a survey conducted by Trend Micro Malaysia recently, 75% of the survey respondents play games online. Out of which