Author: A. Asohan
HITB finally breaks through into the mainstream
Hack In The Box (HITB) began as a website, grew into a community and expanded into a movement when it began organizing its annual info-security conference, HITBSecConf, in the early 2000s. It may be celebrating its 10th anniversary this year with what is expected to be its biggest-ever conference, but it was almost sunk at the start. Part 2 of a three-part series.
HITB: If the mountain cannot come to …
It is hard to credit but perhaps perfectly in keeping with its underground ethos that one of Malaysia’s most successful tech-related exports has been under the radar for so long – HITBSecConf is a homegrown annual security conference that has made its mark on the global stage and is on the calendar of some of the world’s leading researchers and experts in the subject.
Digital Malaysia should focus on ‘policies, not projects’
The Digital Malaysia masterplan to transform the nation into a fully-developed digital economy should focus on policies and not projects, said a successful dotcom entrepreneur at the DNA-TeAM Disrupt panel discussion on With Digital Malaysia, is MDeC still relevant?
Malaysia’s edge is in quality workforce … and English: Intel
Faced by increasing competition by other low-cost economies, Malaysia can still remain competitive by focusing on the quality of its workforce -- and ensuring they have a good command of the English language, said Intel Malaysia executives.
CIOs: We’re being held back by other C-levels
CIOs know their jobs are changing, but their desire to play more strategic roles in their organizations is not being helped by the outdated perceptions of other senior executives, according to the findings of a global survey.
Tencent ups the ante with WeChat, looking to build ecosystem
Shenzen-based Tencent has got itself a mobile-messaging and social media app which, while not wholly original, mixes and matches technologies and trends in its own unique way: Take the best of Instant Messaging, add equal parts of WhatsApp, a touch of Instagram and Twitter, and season it with some nifty features. Serve the biggest market in the world, and when it is properly settled, hit the rest of the world.
Unhealthy relationships: PR, bloggers and the media
The recent situation in which Samsung apparently threatened to strand two India-based bloggers in Berlin for not drinking the company Kool-Aid has disturbing insights into how companies engage bloggers, and the bloggers’ own culpability in this relationship.
Hackathon focused on Filipino problems produces some gems
The WebGeek Philippines community’s first-ever hackathon on Aug 25 saw more than 200 coders and attendees, with the former challenging their programming skills to develop applications for distinctly local problems.
The ‘good things’ about Section 114A
There are some good things that have come out of the Government’s bulldozing method of enacting new legislation, such as the recent amendment to the Evidence Act 1950: It has engendered serious and indepth discussions about freedom of expression on the Internet, writes A. Asohan.
#Stop114A: It’s no longer about the law, it’s about government
Digital News Asia has reinstated the ‘Internet Blackout Day’ pop-up. Executive editor A. Asohan explains why.
