Facebook became a powerful tool for keyboard warriors everywhere during the weeks leading up to the Malaysian elections on May 5. Here are my observations on the activities that followed throughout, as I watched the world's most popular social networking site become a weapon for cause and chaos.
What exactly is Google Glass for? Can a small wearable device change the way people interact with technology?
You wouldn't think twice about it, but for some of us, the evolution of the television has been quite a journey, seeing this everyday device transform from something boxy and cluttered into something slim and super detailed in its picture quality
NEWS / 21 May 2013 / 20 hours 43 min ago
Trend Micro offers their perspective on today's mobile devices.
NEWS / 21 May 2013 / 20 hours 59 min ago
Sony offered glimpses and flashes of what the new PlayStation 4 gaming console will look like in a short teaser video. Announced back in February, the full reveal of the PlayStation 4 is scheduled for Sony's E3 presentation on June 10, 2013.
NEWS / 21 May 2013 / 21 hours 24 min ago
Popular image sharing website Flickr has been redesigned. Their existing subscription plans have also been revised. Full details inside!
NEWS / 21 May 2013 / 21 hours 24 min ago
Flickr has redesigned its site altogether with a change to the existing subscription plans. The new look showcases your images with a minimum of white space, and comes with 1 TB of free storage. Subscription plans have also been revised. Find out more here!
NEWS / 21 May 2013 / 21 hours 35 min ago
Multiple sources have confirmed that the Yahoo! board has approved a US$1.1 billion acquisition for the popular micro-blogging site Tumblr.
NEWS / 21 May 2013 / 22 hours 10 min ago
Just yesterday, Intel Malaysia officially kicked off its latest refresher campaign, the 'Generation Today' campaign. With great prizes up for grabs, the time may just be right to upgrade to a new Intel-powered PC.
NEWS / 21 May 2013 / 24 hours 7 min ago
Today, we were briefed on MSI's soon to be released G-Series gaming notebooks. The latest generation of gaming notebooks from MSI will feature the newest Haswell Intel processors and AMD APUs. Read on to find out what you can expect.
NEWS / 20 May 2013 / 38 hours 34 min ago
Samsung's SMART TV just got even more exciting with the launch of the Tonton TV app.
NEWS / 20 May 2013 / 38 hours 39 min ago
The A-Style 2T2R dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi module with Bluetooth v4.0 wireless technology has just been announced by ASRock. The new Wi-Fi chip will be featured on select ASRock Intel 8-series motherboards.
NEWS / 20 May 2013 / 38 hours 50 min ago
Sony has introduced a new high-capacity portable charger, the CP-F10L, which packs an impressive 10,000mAh charge in a slim and lightweight aluminum body.
NEWS / 20 May 2013 / 40 hours 32 min ago
Barracuda Networks' new online file syncing, sharing and storage service built on the secure Barracuda Cloud will now be providing users with free 15GB worth of storage space.
NEWS / 20 May 2013 / 40 hours 51 min ago
Ninetology has released its latest tablet, the Outlook Pure, in collaboration with Clixster Mobile.
NEWS / 20 May 2013 / 41 hours 2 min ago
Microsoft Malaysia has launched the first Pop-up Classroom project in the country to advance education.
NEWS / 20 May 2013 / 45 hours 58 min ago
Samsung officials has confirmed the unveiling of the 5.9-inch GALAXY Note III at IFA 2013 in Germany.
NEWS / 19 May 2013 / 2 days ago
Team UAD and Team Night Eagle tanked it out with ferocity and honorable sportsmanship during the final match of the TankAsia Open Season.
NEWS / 18 May 2013 / 3 days ago
The finals for the TanksAsia Master Open Season tournament is currently happening in Bangkok, Thailand. Details inside!
NEWS / 17 May 2013 / 4 days ago
A report by Jon Peddie Research revealed shipment figures for graphics chips for Q1 2013. It also tallied the market share figures for major players like Intel, AMD and NVIDIA. While Intel has retained the lion's share, it has slid 5.3 percent compared to its last quarter.
NEWS / 21 May 2013 / 20 hours 43 min ago
Trend Micro offers their perspective on today's mobile devices.
NEWS / 21 May 2013 / 20 hours 59 min ago
Sony offered glimpses and flashes of what the new PlayStation 4 gaming console will look like in a short teaser video. Announced back in February, the full reveal of the PlayStation 4 is scheduled for Sony's E3 presentation on June 10, 2013.
NEWS / 21 May 2013 / 21 hours 24 min ago
Popular image sharing website Flickr has been redesigned. Their existing subscription plans have also been revised. Full details inside!
NEWS / 21 May 2013 / 21 hours 24 min ago
Flickr has redesigned its site altogether with a change to the existing subscription plans. The new look showcases your images with a minimum of white space, and comes with 1 TB of free storage. Subscription plans have also been revised. Find out more here!
NEWS / 21 May 2013 / 21 hours 35 min ago
Multiple sources have confirmed that the Yahoo! board has approved a US$1.1 billion acquisition for the popular micro-blogging site Tumblr.
NEWS / 21 May 2013 / 22 hours 10 min ago
Just yesterday, Intel Malaysia officially kicked off its latest refresher campaign, the 'Generation Today' campaign. With great prizes up for grabs, the time may just be right to upgrade to a new Intel-powered PC.
NEWS / 21 May 2013 / 24 hours 7 min ago
Today, we were briefed on MSI's soon to be released G-Series gaming notebooks. The latest generation of gaming notebooks from MSI will feature the newest Haswell Intel processors and AMD APUs. Read on to find out what you can expect.
NEWS / 20 May 2013 / 38 hours 34 min ago
Samsung's SMART TV just got even more exciting with the launch of the Tonton TV app.
NEWS / 20 May 2013 / 38 hours 39 min ago
The A-Style 2T2R dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi module with Bluetooth v4.0 wireless technology has just been announced by ASRock. The new Wi-Fi chip will be featured on select ASRock Intel 8-series motherboards.
NEWS / 20 May 2013 / 38 hours 50 min ago
Sony has introduced a new high-capacity portable charger, the CP-F10L, which packs an impressive 10,000mAh charge in a slim and lightweight aluminum body.
NEWS / 20 May 2013 / 40 hours 32 min ago
Barracuda Networks' new online file syncing, sharing and storage service built on the secure Barracuda Cloud will now be providing users with free 15GB worth of storage space.
NEWS / 20 May 2013 / 40 hours 51 min ago
Ninetology has released its latest tablet, the Outlook Pure, in collaboration with Clixster Mobile.
NEWS / 20 May 2013 / 41 hours 2 min ago
Microsoft Malaysia has launched the first Pop-up Classroom project in the country to advance education.
NEWS / 20 May 2013 / 45 hours 58 min ago
Samsung officials has confirmed the unveiling of the 5.9-inch GALAXY Note III at IFA 2013 in Germany.
NEWS / 19 May 2013 / 2 days ago
Team UAD and Team Night Eagle tanked it out with ferocity and honorable sportsmanship during the final match of the TankAsia Open Season.
NEWS / 18 May 2013 / 3 days ago
The finals for the TanksAsia Master Open Season tournament is currently happening in Bangkok, Thailand. Details inside!
NEWS / 17 May 2013 / 4 days ago
A report by Jon Peddie Research revealed shipment figures for graphics chips for Q1 2013. It also tallied the market share figures for major players like Intel, AMD and NVIDIA. While Intel has retained the lion's share, it has slid 5.3 percent compared to its last quarter.
NEWS / 17 May 2013 / 4 days ago
The annual MSC Malaysia Asia Pacific Information and Communications Technology Alliance (APICTA) awards is going to be held soon. Click here for more information about this event!
NEWS / 17 May 2013 / 4 days ago
ASUS has unveiled a complete lineup of motherboards and exclusive technologies that make the most of the Z87's capabilities, with offerings from Republic of Gamers, The Ultimate Force and WS series.
NEWS / 17 May 2013 / 4 days ago
For the second year running, hybris - one of the world’s fastest-growing commerce platform providers - has been announced as Leader in Gartner’s ‘Magic Quadrant for E-Commerce’ report.
A complete redesign of Google Maps was unveiled at the Google I/O conference, which includes removing many user interface elements in favor of a full screen map, as well as cleaner, quicker-loading vector maps and full integration with Google Earth and Google Streetview. We take a closer look at the new Google Maps.
MSI has just announced the Z87-GD65 Gaming motherboard, the company's first Intel Z87 board aimed at gamers and power users, with support for Intel 'Haswell' CPUs.
There's more to BlackBerry Live 2013 as we learned about Alicia Key's involvements in the company's global women's initiative, along with the version 10.1 update to the BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 solution.
A complete revamp for Google's social network, Google+ has been announced. Changes include 41 new features, such as a revamped Photo tool, which includes some very smart features, a new Hangouts app, and many visual and technical improvements to the Google+ stream.
BlackBerry made a trio of announcements at the BlackBerry Live 2013 keynote in Orlando, Florida. They include a new QWERTY-toting BlackBerry 10 handset, the latest BlackBerry 10.1 OS update, as well as a major paradigm shift for its BBM service.
We were able to get a quick hands-on with Nokia's latest flagship smartphone, the Lumia 925. Details after the jump!
With all three hugely popular Android flagship models in the market - HTC One, Samsung GALAXY S4 and Sony Xperia Z, we round up the telco price plans and made some comparisons for your easy consumption. Happy shopping!
The Sony Alpha NEX-6 sits somewhere in-between the flagship NEX-7 and the NEX-5R, in terms of handling, performance and, of course, price. It comes with a 16MP sensor, an electronic viewfinder and takes after the prosumer controls of the NEX-7. Discover how the camera performs in our review.
The IFA Global Press Conference 2013 offered an outlook into the CE and home appliance markets for the IFA show in September. The biggest insight, however, is how some product categories are grabbing market share from familiar categories to win favor for the throne.
Adobe has announced that the next evolution of their apps will be exclusive to the new Creative Cloud. Instead of an update to Creative Suite 6, like Photoshop CS6, the new versions of Adobe apps will be rebranded to CC, like Photoshop CC, and only available to Creative Cloud subscribers.
As a variant of the Xperia Z, the Sony Xperia ZL arrives with a slightly less premium design and loses the water and dust resistive features. Is it as appealing as the Xperia Z or even a better smartphone? Find out in our review.
At Huawei's tenth annual Global Analyst Summit, the company shared its plans to conquer the smartphone market, taking down Apple and Samsung along the way.
FUJIFILM returns with an update to the breakthrough X100. The new X100S doesn't look very different, but what little has changed on the outside makes all the difference, while the insides are completely new. Find out what's new in our review.
MSI's flagship Intel Z77 Express motherboard - the Z77A-GD65 Gaming - is a nod to the gaming community. We check out how this gaming board performs as we put it through its paces!
As a conclusion to our review of 3DMark (2013)'s cross-platform benchmark, we'll be looking into the Cloud Gate benchmark, which is designed for integrated graphics processors and mobile discrete GPUs. We'll also take a look at how a handful of notebook PCs fare on the more intensive Fire Strike and Fire Strike Extreme.
Microsoft has entered the tablet fray with its Surface tablet that runs on Windows RT. Is there still space for the Surface RT in the already crowded tablet market? Can its focus on productivity break the 'duopoly' of Apple iPads and Android tablets? Read on to find out.
Spotify is launching today in Malaysia, but what is Spotify, where did it come from and just how do you use it? Check out our complete guide to Spotify and discover how to tap into an almost unlimited world of music (plus the top things you should do to maximize your Spotify experience).
As one of the rare few Android phones to be equipped with an Intel Atom Z2420 processor, how does the Acer Liquid C1 fare against the ARM-powered smartphones? Find out in this review.
Following the success of its Gaming series laptops, MSI has launched its flagship Z77A-GD65 Gaming motherboard that is targeted primarily at gamers and power users. It is also the most feature-rich board following in the footsteps of the MSI Big Bang Z77 MPower.
Rumors were leading to a Facebook phone announcement today, but CEO Mark Zuckerberg instead unveiled Facebook Home, an Android launcher designed to make your Android phone about 'people, not apps'.
Facebook became a powerful tool for keyboard warriors everywhere during the weeks leading up to the Malaysian elections on May 5. Here are my observations on the activities that followed throughout, as I watched the world's most popular social networking site become a weapon for cause and chaos.
What exactly is Google Glass for? Can a small wearable device change the way people interact with technology?
You wouldn't think twice about it, but for some of us, the evolution of the television has been quite a journey, seeing this everyday device transform from something boxy and cluttered into something slim and super detailed in its picture quality
We get some exclusive hands-on time with the new Buffalo MiniStation Air, due for release in Malaysia and Singapore sometime around January 2013.
Hands-on preview of the latest Tomb Raider game due for release on 5 March 2013
Email malware disguised as coupons and promotional offers as well as a new malware scam on Twitter involving a fake video of the U.S. President punching someone for calling him a derogatory term is on the rise.
Malaysia’s LGBT community was on alert after it was tipped off that a mainstream TV station is planning to infiltrate their online and mobile hangouts in an attempt to expose them in the worst possible way. Is this an infringement of privacy?
Megapixels and sensor sizes. How do they affect each other and more importantly, how do they affect your final image? In this blog post, I talk about both of them and what one means to the other. Also, with so many full frame options coming into play, do you think it’s worth trading your APS-C DSLR for a full frame (35mm) one?
One of the boons of being a tech writer is that you sometimes get the opportunity to travel to large events happening abroad. I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the Intel Developer Forum 2012 in San Francisco recently, and was inspired by several men there. Join me as I tell you about these men.
Many Facebook users became convinced that years-old private messages were being published publicly on users’ timelines for all to see. After much investigation, they were considered to be wrong however some still continue to speculate.
Day 3 of our World of Tanks Ural Steel 2012 Grand Finals tournament. Match summaries inside!
On Day 2 of his trip to Russia courtesy of Wargaming.net, the publisher of World of Tanks, GAX Malaysia Editor recounts his visit to the famous Kubinka Tank Museum.
GAX Malaysia Editor pays a visit to Moscow, Russia to cover the World of Tanks Ural Steel 2012 International Tournament. Day 1 impressions
Last week, Amazon announced the release of a number of new tablets under the Kindle brand and one particular model has caught my attention. Introducing the new Kindle Fire HD!
There has been much hype lately in the digital world about the recent amendment to the Evidence Act, where Section 114A has been introduced. Let’s look at the ways in which Section 114A can affect your online activities.
Everyone knows that sitting down too long can be bad for your health, especially in a desk job, but there is a way to solve that problem: Stand.
Do you ever have one of those days when you just can’t be bothered to go out to the shops because of the crowds, parking and pure chaotic-ness? It can be off-putting when I just need to get my things in an instant. This is where online shopping haven comes in!
Staying fit requires serious dedication. It isn't easy, but at least keeping track of your progress is as easy as 1-2-3 with these apps. Let's take a look at some of the most popular fitness apps for iOS and Android.
There is a first time for everything and this includes PC fairs. So here it is, my first experience at Pikom's PC fair last weekend.
Recently someone asked me what I thought about the new Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens cameras as opposed to the DSLR well being a DSLR or SLR user it was kind of hard for me to face the truth that these compact and powerful devices might just overpower the good old-fashioned DSLR in terms of appeal
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