Samsung Galaxy S7 saves Australian quartet in Melbourne seas

By Hitech Century | October 21, 2016 |

It has been said that bad news sell better than good news, which may possibly explain why there has been so much news on Samsung’s woes regarding their Galaxy Note 7 of late, though it seems that the tide has turned for them. Literally. According to Australian tech site Ausdroid, Samsung’s Galaxy S7 phone managed to…

Razer’s new Blade Pro gaming notebook is looking pretty sharp

By Hitech Century | October 21, 2016 |

Razer has just announced their next uber gaming rig in the form of the Razer Blade Pro. While gaming notebooks are usually massive in size, weigh and girth unless they adopt unorthodox solutions like docks and the like, the Razer Blade Pro still manages to cram everything into a casing that is is two inches thick while weighing…

Sony gets in on the action like a BOSS with new FDR-X300R and HDR-AS300R action cams

By Hitech Century | October 21, 2016 |

Sony made a splash in the local market recently, literally so with the launch of the FDR-X3000R action camera that captures 4K video and the HDR-AS300R action camera that captures Full HD footage. Both cameras also come with their Balanced Optical Steadyshot Image Stabilisation (BOSS), that ensures ultra smooth footage, which in the case of…

Samsung updates details on Galaxy Note7 returns for travellers at KLIA and KLIA2

By Hitech Century | October 21, 2016 |

If you’re an owner of a Galaxy Note7 owner in Malaysia and are about to head off on a flight and fretting over what to do since it’s been recently banned on several airlines, you’re in luck. Technically speaking, it’s still allowed on a flight, except that you have to keep it powered off and on…

Fortinet says Malaysian companies vulnerable to cyber attacks in regional survey

By Hitech Century | October 21, 2016 |

Fortinet recently commissioned a security survey among 1,400 IT cybersecurity related professionals that involve CIOs, CTOs, IT Directors and heads of IT in organisations that have at least 250 employees or higher in 13 territories across the course of three months from July to August in 2016 across the Asia Pacific. According to the survey,…

Acer launches Swift 3 ultraportable for RM2,899

By Hitech Century | October 19, 2016 |

Acer’s light ultraportable rig that was glimpsed at IFA has finally been launched in Malaysia. The notebook is hewn from aluminium and is 17.95mm thin and weighs 1.5kg while cramming in a 14-inch 1080p display. The notebook comes with an Intel i5-6200U processor, 4GB DDR4 RAM a 256GB SSD and Intel HD 520 graphics. The built-in 3,220mAh…

Red Dead Redemption 2 coming to PS4 and Xbox One in Fall 2017

By Hitech Century | October 19, 2016 |

The preeminent Western sandbox game that has you gunslinging in the Wild West now has a sequel. Red Dead Redemption 2 will have multiplayer built-in and will be available for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One with the release date set for Fall 2017 though other details are scarce for now barring the pack shot which…

DCA Malaysia issues directive on bringing Galaxy Note7 on flights

By Hitech Century | October 18, 2016 |

Since Samsung’s recent troubles with the Galaxy Note7 that had their batteries igniting in separate incidents, it’s understandable that people are somewhat up in arms over their latest flagship phone. They’ve issued a general global recall for the Note7 and offered free replacement devices though several of them also caught fire. Since then, they’ve unfortunately…

[Review] Acer Alpha Switch 12 – The affordable convertible

By Hitech Century | October 18, 2016 |

The Acer Switch Alpha 12 is a hybrid convertible designed in a fashion akin to the Microsoft Surface Pro 4 – it’s essentially a tablet with a kickstand that comes with a detachable keyboard. In Malaysia, the Switch Alpha 12 ships with a stylus and the aforementioned detachable keyboard dock that also doubles as a…

Grocery shopping with your mouse? 11street says yes!

By Hitech Century | October 18, 2016 |

While online e-tailers are usually renowned for the array of tech related hardware, garments and other interesting bric-a-brac that they have on offer, all of them available at the click of a mouse, 11street has upped the ante on the array of merchandise they offer as you can now buy fresh, chilled or frozen groceries…