GEORGE TOWN, Oct 15 – Komtar level 5 commercial centre, which is undergoing construction, was destroyed by a fire this morning. Initial investigations showed that the blaze, which started just before 10am, involved the roof structure of the building, located in Jalan Penang. Fortunately, no one was injured in the incident. A Lebuh
A majority of Mozilla users were served encrypted pageloads for the first time yesterday, meaning their web browsing data was secured from snoopers and hackers while in transit. The HTTPS milestone was tweeted by Josh Aas, head of the Let’s Encrypt initiative which has been working to help smaller websites switch to encrypting their web traffic. .@Mozilla telemetry shows
MALACCA, Oct 15 – In facing the global economic uncertainty, the Malacca state government is striving to increase the economic level of the people, said Yang di-Pertua Negeri Malacca Tun Mohd Khalil Yaakob. He said the state had developed a strategy to ensure Malacca’s economy continued to grow well and at the
There’s going to come a time when not every mention of Samsung will elicit some snarky comment about exploding smartphones. Now is not that time. And the Galaxy TabPro S Gold Edition is certainly not the product to serve as catalyst. In fact, it will probably be a little while before the company has
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 – ‘Budget 2017’ is looming over us, so naturally, all eyes, or rather, all of our senses would be focused on what Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak has in store for the country next year. The third meeting of the fourth session of the 13th Parliament will kick
In the latest instalment of Samsung’s ongoing Note 7 saga, the U.S. Department of Transportation has issued an official, blanket ban against bringing the Galaxy Note 7 on airplanes. The ban applies to all Note 7 devices, and covers both carry-on and checked baggage, as well as prohibiting anyone from carrying the phone
PEKAN, Oct 15 – UDA Holdings Berhad (UDA) plans to build 1,500 units of affordable homes through the 1Malaysia People’s Housing Project (PR1MA) in Kuala Pahang near here. Its chairman Datuk Dr Mohd Shafei Abdullah said UDA had held discussions with PR1MA on the project involving 58.6ha. “PR1MA has agreed to let
Sony is set to jump into the iOS/Android mobile gaming space with the announcement five smartphone games slated to hit both platforms by mid 2018. The news comes on the heels of the success of Pokemon Go and Nintendo’s recent appearance at the 2016 Apple keynote with Mario Run. As console platforms drop to the third largest
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 – Typhoon Sarika was detected 1,248km northeast of Sandakan, Sabah at 8pm last night, according to the Malaysian Meteorological Department. According to a statement issued by the department last night, Hurricane (Sarika) was detected at latitude 13.9 North, longitude 126 East with movement toward the west-northwest at slow
Apple has teamed up with Nike to create the running-focused Apple Watch Nike+. The special version of the new Series 2 models includes extra benefits like unique band designs and colors, Nike watch faces, and integration with Nike’s specialized running app. The new models begin shipping on October 28, and 9to5Mac had the chance to check
