Author: A. Asohan
‘Hackers’ – tech reality finally catches up with Hollywood?
It turns out that the 1995 movie Hackers was more accurate in predicting the future than Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). Or at least, that’s what Don Bailer, founder of Capitol Hill Consultants, argued at the on-going Hack In The Box Security Conference (HITBSecConf2012) in Kuala Lumpur.
The ‘missing’ Pirate Bay founders are okay, says HITB
The ‘disappearance’ of The Pirate Bay founders Peter ‘brokep’ Sunde and Fredrik ‘tiamo’ Neij, who failed to turn up for their talk at the Hack In The Box Security Conference in Kuala Lumpur, has been explained – one had contracted a stomach bug, while the other was advised not to risk travelling.
Paul Tan: From personal adversity to professional triumph
In 2007, there was this one-man show, a blog called PaulTan.org, that was kicking the large motoring portals' collective butt in terms of buzz and readership. It is still there, still the No 1 automotive site in Malaysia, and still topmost in readers hearts and minds. DNA's A. Asohan has an in-depth discussion with the man Paul Tan himself to find out what makes him, and his site, tick.
MOL and Soft Space form mobile payment JV ... for your aunty!
MOL AccessPortal Sdn Bhd and Soft Space International Sdn Bhd have formed a joint venture, MOLCube Sdn Bhd, a mobile payment acquiring company that will focus on small and medium businesses, allowing them to accept credit and debit card payments using smartphones and other mobile devices.
OSS advocate and former hacker Dinesh Nair joins Microsoft - yes, you read that right
Microsoft Corp has hired former hacker, entrepreneur, quasi-govenrment guy and Open Source Software advocate Dinesh Nair to head its Developer and Platform Evangelist (DPE) operations in Malaysia.
Pikom to retailers: We feel for you, but move up the value chain
The National ICT Association of Malaysia (Pikom) said it empathizes with IT retailers – 100 of whom have threatened to form a break-away association -- and the issues they face, but urged them to “move up the value chain.”
Counterpoint: Budget 2013 treats ICT industry as a step-child
The Budget 2013 proposed by Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has no mention at all of his most recent ‘transformation program,’ Digital Malaysia – which is a hint of how highly the current administration views ICT, argues DNA executive editor A. Asohan.
Computing Professionals Bill (CPB2011) on backburner … of sorts
It may be a temporary victory of sorts for opponents of the contentious Computing Professionals Bill 2011 (CPB2011) – it looks like the proposed legislation will be put on the backburner while more feedback is sought. An international IT body has also offered its assistance.
Pikom comes out with its own ‘MSC’
The Association of the Computer and Multimedia Industry of Malaysia (Pikom) released the latest edition of its annual research report, the ICT Strategic Review 2012/ 2013, at a two-day Leadership Summit which focused on the theme “Mobile Social Commerce.”
HITB spreads its wings, and nearly sinks
Hack In The Box (HITB) began as a virtual watering hole for hackers and developers, and its annual conference, the HITB Security Conference (HITBSecConf), has evolved over the years. In this, the third and final part of a series, we see how HITB’s first overseas venture almost destroys it.
