Local (Malaysian Technology) News is kept brief this weekend with TechCentral reporting on the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) shutting down a total of 11 websites this year so far for contravening rules and regulations concerning the publication of information on the internet.
If only someone had told us (or them) what is what that [...]

TechCentral reports that Pikom (The Association of The Computer and Multimedia Industry of Malaysia), is inviting the public to nominate receiptents for this year’s National ICT Awards:

Eight awards are up for grabs; Product of the Year, Emerging Company of the Year, Technopreneur of the Year, Chief Information Officer of the Year, ICT [...]

And we were starting to think that there was no such thing as a funky Malaysian website that gave our widgets as forms of viral marketing and used Flash to make the experience truly interactive were just rumours, that is, until we laid our eyes on the new Chipster website:

In knowing that there is some [...]

The world of e-Commerce has taken a brave new leap forward this month in Malaysia. Not only did TechCentral report on a new company partnered with eBay offering online escrow services, but on top of that PayPal finally decided to start allowing Malaysians to withdraw their digital funds onto their local credit cards.

Mesdaq-listed company [...]

TechCentral reports on a subject that brings much joy to our ears, especially after having already received fifteen unsolicited SMS messages today telling us to come spend our money at places we have never been to before:

All cellular service providers (celcos) have been given until the end of this month to set up a [...]

An article from TechCentral that reports on ICT (Information and Communications Technology) initiatives that were publicised in the recent 2008 Budget, where the government hopes to increase exposure to MSC (Multimedia Super-Corridor) Status companies abroad, also mentioned the need to increase public broadband penetration rates from 12% to 50% by the year 2010 - equal [...]

The Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) are the custodians of the Malaysian Super Corridor (MSC) Malaysian Initiative and continue to develop the local creative content industry by the foundation of the Malaysian Animation Creative Content Centre (MAC3) in CyberJaya whilst also developing a new business matching programme aimed at increasing the potential of local content creators.

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