Kaspersky expands presence in Asia Pacific with official launch of new Singapore headquarters

Kaspersky expands presence in Asia Pacific with official launch of new Singapore headquarters 1

The recent Interpol World Congress in Singapore on 4 – 7 July saw a host of law enforcement agencies, experts and some of the world’s leading security solutions providers gathering at Suntec City Convention Centre to collaborate and exchange information on combating crime on the new digital frontier. Gathered under one roof for the conference…

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Nokia’s smartphones will pack Zeiss lenses

Nokia’s smartphones will pack Zeiss lenses 7

Nokia’s recent successes abroad and their return to Malaysia’s shores  with the recent launch of their reimagined 3310 feature phone and their Android-packing Nokia 3, 5 and 6 phones in June this year was a welcome sight. Now, Nokia is aiming to take things to the next level with the renewal of an old alliance from…

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Vivo showcases trifecta of imaging, audio and fingerprint reader tech at MWC Shanghai 2017

Vivo showcases trifecta of imaging, audio and fingerprint reader tech at MWC Shanghai 2017 9

In Malaysia, Vivo is best known for their selfie centric array of smartphones though they upped the ante on the technology stakes by showcasing  several new technologies at Mobile World Congress Shanghai this year. The biggest technology on offer is their Vivo Under Display that effectively enables a smartphone to have a fingerprint reader under…

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Is the AI revolution around the corner?

Is the AI revolution around the corner? 13

Mention artificial intelligence to the average bloke and they’d likely conjure up a mental image of the eponymous Cortana from the Halo series of shooters or, if you’re old school, the somewhat more sinister Skynet from the Terminator movie franchise. True AI sentience and, for the matter, a robot revolution to the tune of something…

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Kaspersky says latest wave of Nigerian phishing scams are taking a more sinister turn

Kaspersky says latest wave of Nigerian phishing scams are taking a more sinister turn 19

Nigerian phishing scams are so common as to become a popular meme. They inevitably revolve around human greed and involve emails that are sent out to potential victims, stating that they are the recipient of a massive amount of money or some such other lucrative deal before asking for personal details or a token but…

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Iverson Associates now offers one the world’s hottest courses in Malaysia

Iverson Associates now offers one the world’s hottest courses in Malaysia 22

The usual trifecta of desirable academic programmes – medicine, computer science and law – are what many students aspire to when signing up for a course but students in Malaysia can now undertake something else that’s beeing touted as one of the hottest courses of the 21st century: data science. For the uninitiated, it’s essentially…

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Jabra’s new Evolve 75 are the office headphones you want

Jabra’s new Evolve 75 are the office headphones you want 23

Jabra is known for serving up a literally sound line-up of hardware and solutions for consumers and business enterprises alike the world over. Desk jockeys have particular reason to rejoice though as Jabra has just come up with something that may just make the hours clocked in cubicleville a lot more pleasant and productive. Their new…

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Malaysia’s first 5G trial takes off under auspices of Celcom and Ericsson

Malaysia’s first 5G trial takes off under auspices of Celcom and Ericsson 30

The first 5G trial on the 28 Ghz band in Southeast Asia was conducted today by Celcom Axiata Berhad and Ericsson. This was the sum effort of a memorandum of understanding signed earlier this year in Barcelona between both organisations and is in line with the government’s efforts to promote a ‘Digital Malaysia’ by 2020.…

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Gartner says paradigm shift in thinking needed for investment in cybersecurity

Gartner says paradigm shift in thinking needed for investment in cybersecurity 33

Flip the newspaper open or turn on your news aggregation app and you’ll be inundated with a grim list of people, organisations, and yes, even nation states assailed by hackers and cybersecurity incursions aplenty. Stories abound of the aftermath of their handiwork – stolen data, leaked information or worse. Rather than doing it just for…

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Sony’s new A series tellies serve up 4K HDR goodness in your living room

Sony’s new A series tellies serve up 4K HDR goodness in your living room 34

Sony’s recent convention at the Intercontinental Hotel in Malaysia transformed a series of ballrooms within the establishment into a veritable wonderland of tech as they showed off everything they had to offer across their entire product range from their Playstation VR headsets, their latest cameras, Xperia smartphones and more including a range of the latest…

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