Tech
Kaspersky shows how it goes hunting for fantastic (online) beasts and how to find them
Ask the average guy on the street about cybersecurity, cybercrime or any of the recent hacks or malware like the recent WannaCry and Petya virus as well as the ironically named NotPetya virus that have been plaguing everyone like a digital version of the bubonic plague and they will likely conjure up the mental image…
Read MoreKaspersky expands presence in Asia Pacific with official launch of new Singapore headquarters
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…
Read MoreNokia’s smartphones will pack Zeiss lenses
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…
Read MoreVivo showcases trifecta of imaging, audio and fingerprint reader tech at MWC Shanghai 2017
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…
Read MoreIs the AI revolution around the corner?
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…
Read MoreKaspersky says latest wave of Nigerian phishing scams are taking a more sinister turn
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…
Read MoreIverson Associates now offers one the world’s hottest courses in Malaysia
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…
Read MoreJabra’s new Evolve 75 are the office headphones you want
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…
Read MoreMalaysia’s first 5G trial takes off under auspices of Celcom and Ericsson
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.…
Read MoreGartner says paradigm shift in thinking needed for investment in cybersecurity
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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