MCMC
Bread & Kaya: Sharing images of crime victims
The MCMC made reference to the CCTV recording of the deadly shooting of Ambank officer Norazita Abu Talib when it said that the dissemination of gruesome recording and images was an offence under sections of the CMA, which is stretching the applicability of these laws too far, writes Foong Cheng Leong.
When the media, including DNA, let down readers
The DNS attacks in July and October were inaccurately reported by some media outlets as the victim websites themselves having been hacked; such misinformation only emboldens hacker groups into targeting easier prey for better publicity, writes A. Asohan.
Korea’s SK Telecom opens community broadband centre in Sabah
Korean telecommunications giant SK Telecom has established a Community Broadband Centre (SK CBC) in Kuala Tomani, Sabah, as a step towards bridging the digital divide between urban and rural folk.
Telenor’s Asia CEO Brekke on OTT and spectrum re-farming
Armed with the lessons from telcos in the west, Telenor’s Asia executive vice president Sigve Brekke feels that telcos in Asia have the upper hand when the likes of Facebook and Google come knocking.
MCMC-AT&T hackathon scores with participants
The 170 participants at the inaugural Malaysia Developers’ Day jointly organised by the MCMC and AT&T got a taste of what that first step towards entrepreneurism was about, writes Karamjit Singh.
Call for entries for MCMC and AT&T’s Developers’ Day
The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) is joining forces with AT&T to host a Developers’ Day in Kuala Lumpur, from Sept 7-8, which will see cash prizes totalling US$14,000 (RM44,000) up for grabs.
Unclaimed smartphone rebate up for grabs Sept 3 onwards
The controversial RM200 smartphone rebate announced for Budget 2013 is in the news again, after Malay-language daily Utusan Malaysia reported that scheme will resume on Sept 3.
‘Sex blogger’ couple to record statement for offending Muslims
The MCMC has called the couple who allegedly mocked the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan by uploading a photo on their Facebook page that offended Malaysians, especially Muslims.
Week in Review: Trust, security and standards, or lack thereof
It was a week that was all about security, trust and standards in the online sphere – and quite a bit about the lack of all these when it comes to Malaysia, writes A. Asohan.
DNS poisoning: MYNIC admits servers compromised
The registrar for the ‘.my’ top level domain MYNIC Bhd has admitted its servers had been compromised, which led to search queries for certain websites being redirected to temporary sites deliberately set up to give the false impression that the websites concerned had been hacked.
