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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 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

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

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 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 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

Microsoft has unveiled the successor of the Surface RT tablet known as Surface 2 and also the successor to Surface Pro, known as Surface Pro 2. Surface 2 Surface 2 is powered by an NVIDIA Tegra 4 processor, making apps run faster and smoother and increasing battery life to up

It is without doubt that Malaysians are generous people; not just with their wallet but also with their heart and time. After helping Acer Malaysia to raise RM60,000 for Stop Hunger Now, Malaysians parted with their time to come together to pack 60,000 meals in 6 hours. Working fast and

i-Pmart Lifestyle Sdn Bhd, a lifestyle promotion and events company and a member of i-Pmart Group of Companies, has launched their i-Pmart Lifestyle Link, an all-in-one lifestyle card that offers Touch ’n Go payment, insurance protection, hospitalization income, discounts, redemptions, and other benefits. At RM138 per year, the i-Pmart Lifestyle

In 2011, MDeC’s mandate was broadened by the Prime Minister to include driving Malaysia’s transition towards a developed digital economy by 2020 through Digital Malaysia. In 2012, Digital Malaysia was officially unveiled as the national transformation programme to achieve this aim. Founded on three strategic thrusts, Digital Malaysia will create

Social discovery and gaming platform, Friendster, together with one of the world’s leading online game developer and publisher – Bigpoint, announced the open-beta launch of Drakensang Online FX in Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore. The multi-award winning browser Role-Playing Game (RPG) is now available to play for free on Friendster. Drakensang

“Earned” advertising in the form of word-of-mouth recommendations from family and friends continues to be the most influential source of advertising among Southeast Asian consumers, according to research released by Nielsen. The Nielsen study also revealed consumers’ trust in traditional advertising remains strong, while the credibility of online advertising has

Canon has announced the availability of LEGRIA Mini in Malaysia, a V-log (video blogging) camera that sits in a new category within the LEGRIA family. Housed in a small but sleek body, the video camera inherits Canon’s optical technologies and features Wi-Fi support for convenient file transfer and sharing. It

Storage maker, Seagate Technology has recently announced that it is shipping the world’s fastest hard drive— the Seagate Enterprise Turbo SSHD. The industry’s first enterprise solid state hybrid drive (SSHD), the Enterprise Turbo SSHD combines the capacity of a hard drive with solid-state flash enabling high-speed performance for mission critical