Friday, February 03, 2012
HONG KONG: When Huawei Technologies posts its annual results in April, they will likely show the unlisted Chinese firm has overtaken Sweden's Ericsson as the world's top-selling telecoms equipment maker.
WELLINGTON: A New Zealand court refused an appeal by the founder of online filesharing site Megaupload.com to be freed on bail on Friday, agreeing with prosecutors there was a risk he would attempt to flee before an extradition hearing.
WASHINGTON: So much for "Facebook fatigue." A survey shows that people who have used the social networking site over a long period - since its founding in 2004, say - show no sign that they are tired of posting pictures, updating weekend plans or just relaying random thoughts.
AS PART of its 2012 line-up, Lenovo has launched the IdeaCentre B520, the company's most powerful All-In-One (AIO) PC to date.
A BRIDGE camera is one which "bridges" the gap between a compact digital camera and a more bulky DSLR. They tend to be smaller than DSLRs but come with non-removable lenses.
FOR frequent travellers, it's all about size and weight - the smaller and lighter, the better.
ACER has unveiled a slimmer and lighter Timeline model called the Ultra. Measuring just 20mm thin, the notebook doesn't sacrifice size for battery life as it still promises eight hours of operation on a single charge.
CANON'S LV-8320 LCD multimedia portable projector boasts a number of convenient features that makes it ideal for use in a conference room or classroom.
SAN FRANCISCO: At least a half-dozen major US companies whose computers have been infiltrated by cyber criminals or international spies have not admitted to the incidents despite new guidance from securities regulators urging such disclosures.
NEW YORK: The hype over Facebook's initial public offering has excited investors revisiting other social media companies, even though most of those stocks have plunged since the fanfare of their own IPOs.
Thursday, February 02, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook unveiled plans for the biggest ever Internet IPO that could raise as much as US$10bil (RM30bil), but made it clear CEO Mark Zuckerberg will exercise almost complete control over the company, leaving investors with little say.
SAN FRANCISCO: Investors jumped on Facebook's regulatory filings for a glimpse into the company's inner workings ahead of one of the hottest initial public offerings in recent history. But there are also potential downsides.
TOKYO/NEW YORK: Sony Corp named Kazuo Hirai as chief executive, succeeding Howard Stringer at the helm of the iconic gadget maker as it struggles with persistent losses and stalled efforts to re-energise its once-dominant brand.
KUALA LUMPUR: Aspiring countries like Malaysia are gaining more from the Internet than developed nations.
PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) does not see micro-blogging site Twitter's new policy to remove messages from specific countries by request as a move to censor content.
PETALING JAYA: Research In Motion (RIM) has made BlackBerry Business Cloud Services for Microsoft Office 365 available to its enterprise customers.
LG Malaysia has launched the PenTouch TV, aimed at the education and business sectors.
HATE wires? Finnish mobile maker Nokia is reportedly working on a new set of Lumia-branded smartphones that can be recharged without plugging in a power cable and can connect wirelessly with accessories via NFC (near field communication).
ON JAN 31 Facebook fans of the online game Frontierville, from makers of the CityVille game Zynga, broke a Guinness World Record for the most comments on a single post.
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
SAMSUNG has unveiled yet another Android-powered smartphone in its Galaxy S range in the lead-up to what industry insiders are hoping will be a big year for mobile developments at Mobile World Congress (MWC) later this month.
Panasonic has launched a range of Evolta rechargeable batteries in line with the evolution of battery-powered products and consumer demand.
JANUARY was a dry month for videogames and there were hardly any interesting new titles. Fortunately things are picking up this month and there are a number of interesting games on the horizon.
AFRICA has its first handheld Tablet to rival the iPad and similar western inventions, which went on sale in the Republic of Congo, its inventor Verone Mankou on Monday.
NASA is seeking friends for a new game the US space agency launched on Facebook.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
TWITTER chief executive Dick Costolo said the company's recently announced online content policy was meant to be a transparent way to handle government requests for the removal of certain content and did not mean it is actively monitoring tweets, The Wall Street Journal reported.
FRANKFURT: Samsung Electronics lost a bid to overturn a ruling barring its local unit from selling its Galaxy 10.1 Tablets in Germany, handing a symbolic legal victory to Apple Inc in efforts to keep its lead spot in the Tablet computer market.
TOKYO: Toshiba Corp, Japan's biggest chipmaker, booked a 72% fall in quarterly operating profit and cut its annual profit forecast as a strong yen and a weak global economy hit profits at the industrial electronics conglomerate.
FROM the front, Sony's new glass-encased Cyber-shot DSC-TX200V compact camera looks like a stunt double for the iPhone 4S and the Nokia Lumia 900 smartphones.
LOS ANGELES: A fleshy rebellion is spreading hot and fast across the cybersphere, as a growing number of activists are stripping down in support of Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani, who was reportedly banned from her homeland after posing topless for French magazine Madame Le Figaro.
WATERLOO (Ontario): A review of Research In Motion's (RIM) leadership structure by a committee of independent directors has concluded that no future chief executive or other employee can be chairman of the BlackBerry maker.
PALO ALTO (California): Facebook's initial public offering is likely to set a new standard for how low investment banks are willing to go on advisory fees to win big business.
MEXICO CITY: Mexicans have been overcharged US$13.4bil (RM40.2bil) a year for phone and Internet services as the industry dominated by billionaire Carlos Slim gouges customers and keeps the economy from growing, a study said.
BOSTON: Symantec Corp said it is safe to use its pcAnywhere software for accessing remote PCs after it asked customers last week to disable the product because it put them at greater risk of being hacked.
Dell has unveiled its smallest gaming desktop ever, the Alienware X51. The X51's compact chassis offers the flexibility to turn nearly any living space, from the living room to the dorm room, into an gaming room.
DO you love to get your hands dirty in the kitchen but don't want to mess up your iPad 2 while checking it for recipes?
HUAWEI's latest Android smartphone, the Honor, has landed on our shores.
Monday, January 30, 2012
U MOBILE is now offering free 20 SMS messages for every six text messages that its subscribers send within the same network.
APPLE chief executive Tim Cook has responded to media reports alleging harsh working conditions in China for manufacturing employees of the popular gadget-maker.
A feng shui master predicts what this Year of the Dragon will bring for these movers and shakers in the IT industry.
Friday, January 27, 2012
DO you want a strap that gives you quicker access to your DSLR camera so that you don't miss the magic moment? The people at Custom SLR feel that their Glide Strap and C-Loop camera strap mount will allow you to do just that.
Logitech is ushering in the year of the Dragon in style with its red wireless mouse, the M505.
For the uninitiated, the colour red symbolises good fortune in Chinese culture.
IF YOU want to get into the Android smartphone world without burning a big hole in your wallet then look no further than the I-Mobile's i693.
WESTERN Digital has introduced the My Book Live Duo, a personal cloud storage system that combines the benefits of shared storage and remote access with a dual-drive system with RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) technology.
SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter will begin restricting tweets in specific countries, renewing questions about how the social media platform will handle issues of free speech as it rapidly expands its global user base.
CUPERTINO (California): When Apple Inc set up its customer service plan for the iPhone, it seems to have had the best intentions of humanity in mind - any phone under warranty can get serviced because it's the phone that's tied to the warranty, not the owner.
LOS ANGELES: The New York Times just published its second bombshell of a story on inhumane working conditions at Apple's Chinese manufacturers. So how will the world's most valuable company, notorious for its secrecy, respond?
HELSINKI: Nokia Oyj reported a 73% fall in fourth-quarter earnings as sales of its new Windows Phones failed to dent the dominance of Apple Inc's iPhone or compensate for diving sales of its own old smartphones.
CALIFORNIA: Tablet computers using Google's Android software narrowed the lead of Apple's iPad on the global market in the fourth quarter, research firm Strategy Analytics said.
OSAKA: Nintendo Co Ltd posted a sharp drop in quarterly profit and forecast a bigger-than-expected full-year loss, its first at an operating level, as it battles a strong yen and its games devices lose ground to gadgets such as Apple's iPhone.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
KUALA LUMPUR: Sourcefire Inc, a leader in intelligent cybersecurity solutions, is introducing its FireAMP product - an intelligent, enterprise-class advanced malware protection solution.
NEW YORK: David Ko, Zynga's chief mobile officer, has one of the most important and pressure-filled at the online games company - he's charged with figuring out ways to get people to play Zynga's games on Tablets and smartphones.
NEW YORK: Apple's first quarter in the post-Steve Jobs era was a success. It sold more than 37 million iPhones and some 15.5 million iPads during its last quarter.
BANGALORE: Patent licensing company Wi-Lan has sued Research In Motion (RIM) for infringing its patents.
BOSTON: Symantec Corp took the rare step of advising customers to stop using one of its products, saying its pcAnywhere software for accessing remote PCs is at increased risk of getting hacked after blueprints of that software were stolen.
SAN FRANCISCO: Google Inc, which revolutionised Internet searches with an easy-to-use website, has itself become an increasingly tricky business to grasp.
HELSINKI: Nokia, the world's largest cellphone maker by volume, is expected to remain barely in the black in the fourth quarter, with its new Windows Phone models yet to compensate for diving sales of its legacy smartphones.
BRUSSELS: The European Commission has launched a bid to make companies including Internet giants such as Google or Facebook give people more control of their personal data or face big fines
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
MOUNTAIN VIEW (California): Google is revising its privacy policies and changing how it collects and uses data from users of its services to provide more personalised search results and advertisements.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Social Media Chambers has selected its social media ambassadors in conjunction with the Malaysian Social Media Week (MSMW) 2012.
PETALING JAYA: Research firm IDC's preliminary findings revealed that the Asia Pacific PC market (excluding Japan) grew 11% last year to reach 119 million units.
PETALING JAYA: The Hewlett-Packard Co has embarked on a development roadmap for its mission-critical infrastructure that will unify Unix and x86 server architectures.
CHICAGO: Not too long ago, web coding was the rarified realm of computer geeks, but a new crop of entrepreneurs is making this valuable computer skill available to just about anyone with an inclination to learn.
SAN FRANCISCO: Advanced Micro Devices Inc forecast lower quarterly revenue as a shortage of hard drives and a shaky economy hurt PC makers, sending its shares lower in after-hours trading.
AUCKLAND: A New Zealand judge ordered the founder of online filesharing site Megaupload.com to be held in custody for another month, saying the suspected Internet pirate posed a significant flight risk.
HELSINKI: Australian regulators have fined Nokia, the world's largest cellphone maker by volume, A$55,000 (US$58,000 or RM174,000) for spamming customers, and said the Finnish company should change its text message (SMS) marketing.
FRANKFURT: Insider Thorsten Heins, the new chief executive at BlackBerry maker RIM, is a surprise choice for those looking for a "transformational" leader from outside to turn around the Canadian group's fortunes.
AMSTERDAM: Apple again lost a bid to have Samsung's Tablet computers banned in the Netherlands in a Dutch appeals case over infringing copyrights of its iPad Tablet computer.
Friday, January 20, 2012
FACEBOOK has added more than 60 new partners to its Open Graph, giving users the ability to automatically share information about what they want, love, own, cook, eat, watch, do and visit with their friends.
LOS ANGELES: Federal authorities have charged the owners and operators of the video locker service Megaupload with operating a criminal enterprise that distributes pirated material, the US Justice Department announced.
NEW YORK: Police investigating three murders have arrested 43 feuding New York gang members based on evidence collected from monitoring what the gang members were saying about the cases on Twitter and Facebook, authorities said.
GENEVA: Timekeepers meeting in Geneva failed to agree on a proposal to abolish a 40-year-old practice of adding the occasional second to world time.
NEW YORK: The century-old US camera pioneer Eastman Kodak, which brought photography to the masses, filed for bankruptcy early Thursday after years of failing to keep pace with the digital age.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
KUALA LUMPUR: Nokia gave the media a preview of its two upcoming Windows Phone 7 models, the Lumia 800 and 710.
BOSTON: Antivirus software maker McAfee warned that a flaw in one of its products could make customers' PCs vulnerable to attacks in which hackers used their computers to distribute spam.
SAN FRANCISCO: One of the most common sources of computer intrusions has stopped infecting new machines after security researchers working with Facebook released the names of five suspected ringleaders.
NEW YORK: He has helped the military predict where bombs will go off and worked with law enforcement to fight crime, but now Quantum Leap Innovations CEO Joseph Budner Elad wants to use his technology to help consumers.
NEW YORK: Photo sharing site Flickr has joined the protest against the proposed legislation known as SOPA at the last minute by announcing that users will be able to darken each other's photos in a "symbolic act."
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
KUALA LUMPUR: Motorola Mobility has been selected to provide Asian Broadcasting Network (ABN) with the equipment and services to launch its Hybrid Fibre-Coaxial (HFC) network nationwide.
KUALA LUMPUR: LG Electronics' D2500 glasses-free Cinema 3D monitor is the world's first glasses-free 3D monitor to be certified by Underwriters Laboratories (UL) for product safety.
GERMAN camera maker Leica recently unveiled its latest camera, the V-Lux 3, in Kuala Lumpur recently.
PETALING JAYA: Networking equipment vendor NetGear Inc is working to boost its presence among small and medium enterprises in Malaysia; it is highlighting its smart solutions that it says will help alleviate network congestion.
SEOUL: Samsung Electronics Co is not interested in buying ailing Blackberry maker Research In Motion or licensing its operating system.
SAN FRANCISCO: Yahoo! Inc co-founder Jerry Yang has resigned from its board of directors and all other positions with the company, reported China's Xinhua news agency.
NEW YORK: US authorities have unsealed criminal charges accusing a father and son team, both Russian citizens, of hacking into US bank accounts and illegally snatching credit card numbers and stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars.
BOSTON: Symantec Corp said a 2006 breach led to the theft of the source code to its flagship Norton security software, reversing its previous position that it had not been hacked.
LOCATING the nearest Petronas service station is now only a few fingertaps away on your Apple device.
IF YOU are looking to get a Tablet but don't want to carry a big large screen device, you may want to consider Samsung's latest Galaxy Tab 7.7.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
PETALING JAYA: The proposed lifelike 12in action figure of the late Steve Jobs has been cancelled following protests from Apple Inc and Jobs' family.
THE stage is set for the first Malaysian Social Media Week (MSMW), which is due to take place from Feb 13 to 17.
NEW YORK: Wikipedia, the popular community-edited online encyclopaedia, will black out its English-language site for 24 hours to seek support against proposed US antipiracy legislation that Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales said threatens the future of the Internet.
SEOUL: Samsung Electronics Co plans to merge its "bada" mobile software with a platform backed by chipmaker Intel Corp in its latest push to diversify from Google's Android.
KINGSTON'S Wi-Drive, the WiFi-based portable storage for Tablets and smartphones, has expanded its support to include the Kindle Fire which allows the e-reader's users to expand the device's internal memory beyond its 8GB capacity.
DELL has unveiled its XPS 13 Ultrabook, which it claims is the most compact Ultrabook with a 13.3 display thanks to its slim bezel that makes it similar in form factor to that of an 11in notebook.
Monday, January 16, 2012
NEW DELHI: Anger at the practice of demanding dowries, which can lead to violence against brides, has prompted a takeoff of Angry Birds, called Angry Brides. The new game aims to highlight the illegal practice still prevalent in many South Asian countries.
SEATTLE: Microsoft Corp is starting the new year much as it did the one just ended - grappling with weak computer sales tearing a hole in its core Windows business, while it gropes its way slowly into the faster-growing mobile phone and Tablet markets.
PETALING JAYA: If you haven't heard, Hewlett-Packard Co is launching a new multifunction printer that can capture images of 3D objects.
SHANGHAI: Use of microblogging in China quadrupled in 2011 compared with the previous year. Nearly half of all Chinese Internet users are now taking to the near-instant service to gather news and spread views, a government Internet think tank said.
SHANGHAI: Baidu Inc broke ground on a new building in the southern city of Shenzhen that would hold its mobile Internet R&D offices, as well as south China and international headquarters.
HUAWEI has unveiled what it claims as the world's slimmest smartphone, the Ascend P1 S.
THE Name Technology Sdn Bhd has released the first Dewan Eja Pro 2012 Bahasa Malaysia proofing tools for OpenOffice and Adobe InDesign/InCopy into the market. The latter is available in both PC and Mac platforms.
LAS VEGAS: From the world's first eye-controlled laptop and a pet-tracking app to a glass-encased ultra-thin notebook, 2012's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) produced more than a few gems to point the way forward in technology.
LAS VEGAS: This year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) turned out to be the largest on record, despite a slow economy and what many industry pundits agree is a dearth of genuine scene-stealers.
Friday, January 13, 2012
PUTRAJAYA: Visual effects company Rhythm and Hues and the MSC Malaysia Animation Creative Content Centre (MAC3) are working together on a finishing school programme with the aim of sharpening the skills of local content developers.
BEIJING: Enraged Chinese shoppers pelted Apple Inc's flagship store here with eggs and shoving matches with police broke out when customers were told the store would not begin sales of the popular iPhone 4S as scheduled.
PETALING JAYA: Asus announced that its latest Tablet, the Transformer Prime, will be available in local stores tomorrow.
ROCHESTER (New York): Eastman Kodak Co is in advanced talks with Citigroup Inc to obtain financing that would be used if the money-losing photography company files for bankruptcy protection.
LOS ANGELES: The great white shark is lurking in cyberspace, in the form of an iPhone application that allows users to track a dozen of the predators as they roam around the Pacific Ocean.
SAN ANTONIO: The lawmaker behind a Bill to combat online piracy vowed to press ahead in the face of fierce criticism from Internet giants such as Google and Facebook.
WASHINGTON: Leaders of a congressional subcommittee are urging the Department of Homeland Security to extensively monitor social media sites like Twitter and Facebook to detect "current or emerging threats."
PUTRAJAYA: 1Machine Technology Group has unveiled an Internet security solution called Perisai Premier Edition, which is aimed at government-linked companies and the education sector.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
THE next time you board a Nice Executive Coach bus, you would probably not want to get off once it reaches your destination.
SONY has announced that its first Android Tablet, called the Tablet S will be available in Malaysia in February.
LAS VEGAS: Intel announced multi-year pacts with Motorola Mobility and Lenovo to develop smartphones and Tablets, and said the first Google Android phones using the top chipmaker's processors would go on sale this year.
LAS VEGAS: Startup Vlingo is giving televisions the kind of voice-controlled "virtual assistants" that have been a hit with the latest version of Apple's hot-selling iPhone.
JERUSALEM: Apple has bought Israel's Anobit, a maker of Flash storage technology whose chips it already uses in gadgets such as the iPad.
AMSTERDAM: Two Dutch cable companies were ordered by a court to block access to the website The Pirate Bay to prevent the illegal downloading of free music, films and games in case brought on behalf of the entertainment industry.
LAS VEGAS: Why did Tom Hanks choose to partner with Yahoo! for his next creative venture, Electric City?
KUALA LUMPUR: The days of waiting in line for the latest smartphone or Tablet are over for DiGi customers as the company has officially introduced its online store.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Microsoft plans to bring its Kinect technology to bear on personal computers following its phenomenal success with the gesture and voice-recognition sensor in the Xbox 360 game console.
PETALING JAYA: Jaring Communications in partnership with VMware is moving aggressively to stake a claim in the emerging enterprise-class cloud-based solutions market, with its OneCloud offering.
SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter lashed out at changes Google Inc unveiled for its search engine, describing the changes as "bad" for consumers and for web publishers.
WASHINGTON: Companies and law enforcement agencies nervous about a huge expansion in Internet domains - adding to .com, .net and others - will have many ways to protect trademarks and identify website owners, the head of the organisation that organises the Internet said.
ROCHESTER (New York): The struggling Eastman Kodak Co sued Apple Inc, whose market value is more than 2,400 times greater, accusing it of infringing four patents related to digital camera images.
LAS VEGAS/HELSINKI: Samsung Electronics Co is confident it will become the world's largest cellphone maker this year, ending Nokia's 14-year reign in the mobile handset market.
Western Digital has just released a WD TV Remote application for iOS and Android that can be used to control the company's WD TV Live or WD TV Live Hub products connected to a home wireless network.
Ultra-fast booting, powerful processors, fast SSDs (solid-state drives) and unrivalled portability - these are just a few of the features, claims LG, that make its new Ultrabooks "super."
Hewlett-Packard has unveiled the Omni 27 all-in-one PC, aimed at consumers who demand meticulous design, simplicity and performance.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
LAS VEGAS: YouTube is looking to increase viewership on its online video service by making the service available on an array of connected devices and by adding new content, according to a top executive for the Google unit.
US chip giant Intel heralded a coming wave of affordable high-powered, thin laptops that could double as Tablet computers and be controlled by gestures or spoken commands.
PETALING JAYA: The company behind the 12in action figure of the late Apple Inc co-founder is saying that the product is meant for "Apple fans who really admire Steve Jobs and feel pity over his death."
SAN FRANCISCO: At restaurants, at movies and at the office, checking Facebook has become a regular habit for many of the Internet social network's more than 800 million users.
Blizzard Entertainment's next great opus, Diablo III, is slated for release in early 2012, but retailer listings for February aren't necessarily correct, says the developer.
As sleek new smartphones prepared to make splashes at the Consumer Electronics Show, a California firm was out to prevent water from being the death of them.
"THIN" is a buzzword at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), where the race is on to fit more technology into streamlined, ultra-skinny devices.
LAS VEGAS: Apple Inc will again dominate conversations at CES, the world's biggest technology showcase. Only this time, the talk is extending beyond iPad and iPhone chatter to include "Siri," the voice app that is capturing consumers' imagination.
LAS VEGAS: Intel plans to make its biggest marketing push since 2003 for a new, super-thin category of laptops it has dubbed "ultrabooks," hoping to fend off major strides made by Apple Inc and its MacBook Air into the high-end personal computing market.
TORONTO: Angry Birds and Facebook were the most downloaded iPhone apps of 2011, according to Apple, but some less predictable apps also made their lists.
TOKYO: Japan's Nikon Corp has resumed some output of single-lens reflex cameras and lenses at a flood-damaged plant in Thailand on Jan 3, ahead of schedule.
Monday, January 09, 2012
PETALING JAYA: Apple Inc is in a flap over a 12in tall action figure of its late co-founder Steve Jobs.
LENOVO has added two new all-in-one (AIO) desktop PCs to its ThinkCentre Edge family with the ThinkCentre Edge 91z and Edge 71z.
ULTRATHIN laptops will take centrestage alongside new software and smartphones at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES), a gadget extravaganza that officially opens on Jan 10 in Las Vegas.
The Internet brings many benefits to a nation but it also has unsavoury aspects that need to be addressed.
You know when there's an imminent launch from one of the two big camera makers because the launch is always preceded by a lot of Internet chatter and leaked photos.
Logitech has unveiled its portable HD Webcam C615, aimed at users constantly on the go.
Samsung's newest dual-display camera, the DV300F, sports enhanced dual LCDs and automatic photo sharing with built-in WiFi.
Lenovo has launched a new addition to its Tablet family, the IdeaPad Tablet A1, positioned as a fun computer for those on-the-go.
IF you are looking for a little multimedia player that packs a lot of features then the Creative Zen Style M300 might fit the bill.
Ideatools Technology Sdn Bhd has unveiled an Android media centre that is powered by a 1GHz ARM Cortex-A9 processor and has 512MB RAM.