Apple has just announced an update to it’s Mac mini desktop PC that features all-new internals and a lower starting price. The CPU has been bumped to the current fourth-generation of Intel’s Core processors paired with Intel Iris and HD Graphics 5000 graphics processors. It now sports PCIe-based flash storage, though
Apple Inc. (AAPL) unveiled new iPads and Macintosh computers in the second wave of Tim Cook’s biggest product push as chief executive officer, just ahead of the holiday shopping season. The company today introduced the slimmer iPad Air 2 that measures 6.1 millimeters in width, as well as an iPad mini 3.
Apple has just released iOS 8.1, the first major update to iOS 8. The majority of the update’s new features have already been announced, but for one reason or another weren’t ready to be included in iOS 8 when it shipped last month. In the update, Apple plans to add back the
Today’s the day for Apple’s special October event, at which we’ll most likely see the launch of new iPads, new Macs and OS X Yosemite, the latest version of Apple’s Mac operating system. The event is happening live from Apple’s own Cupertino HQ, in their Town Hall Theater, and it
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15- AirAsia X Bhd has increased its flight frequency from Kuala Lumpur to Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal, from seven to 10 times weekly from October 26-December 31, 2014. AirAsia X, the long haul, low cost affiliate of AirAsia Group in a statement here today said,
BANGKOK, Oct 15 – Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, who heads the military last May, said the planned elections in 2015 depending on whether the comprehensive reform at the national level can be completed within a year. The statement added that the former army chief of speculation that the general
UNITED STATES, Oct 15 – A second health care worker who cared for an Ebola patient at a Dallas hospital has contracted the virus herself. The worker, a woman who lives alone, was quickly moved into isolation at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, authorities said Wednesday. The news cast further doubt on
POLL, Oct 15 – More and more Americans say combat ground troops need to be deployed to take the fight to the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS), according to a recent poll conducted by NBC News and the Wall Street Journal. Approximately 41% of Americans surveyed said the military campaign against
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said Malaysia has set an example by being the only Asia Pacific country to have consistently improved the scores in the Corporate Governance Watch Report in its past four surveys. “I would like to thank all who have worked towards
GEORGE TOWN. OCT 15 – Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng’s move in blaming the federal agencies on the decline of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Penang was met with disdain by the Penang Federal Action Council (FAC), describing his act as childish. FAC chairman Datuk Zainal Abidin Osman said it was
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 – Malaysia Airlines System Bhd (MAS) will hold an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) on November 6 for minority shareholders to decide on a buyout proposal from Khazanah Nasional. Bernama reported today that the minority shareholders, who currently hold a 30.63% stake in the company, can exercise their
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 15 – The Penang state government will continue efforts to overcome flash floods by upgrading the drainage systems in Jalan Transfer, Jalan Hutton and surrounding areas. State Local Government, Traffic Management and Flood Mitigation committee chairman Chow Kon Yeow said the state government planned to boost the capacity of
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 15 – A group of Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) researchers have designed a fuel-saving device which can reduce the use of petrol and diesel by up to 45 per cent. Head researcher of Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Assoc Prof Dr Soib Taib said
SYDNEY, Oct 15 – Australian authorities have released their first update on the latest underwater probe for missing flight MH370, saying more than 670 square kilometres had been searched without success. The Malaysia Airlines aircraft carrying 239 people vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8 and
HONG KONG, Oct 15 – Civic Party members Chen Jian Chao, on Wednesday morning when the police executed the Lung Wo Road clearance operation, he was assaulted by the official police when his hands were tied up with a rope. Amnesty International said the police beatings must accept legal sanctions. Amnesty International
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 – Private institutions of higher learning (IPTS) are not ready to implement a higher Malaysian University English Test (MUET) score as entry requirement into university. Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said although the government wanted to standardise the raise in entry requirement, however, they must take
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 – Malaysia is intensifying negotiations with the Ukrainian government and separatist group to allow the investigation team to re-enter the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH17 crash site in eastern Ukraine before the onset of the winter season. Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai told the Dewan Rakyat
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 – Police arrested 13 people who were planning to join the Islamic State terrorist group during a raid in Shah Alam, near here, last night. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said the men and women were nabbed by a team of Special Branch’s
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 – States leading consumer media, Astro Malaysia and Moving Visuals International (MVI), based in Singapore signed a cooperation agreement to launch a documentary channel – Spark Asia. High definition channels is expected to start airing in the first half of 2015. The contents will cover genres
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 – Clean water supply in the federal capital and Selangor which faced an unscheduled disruption due to contamination in Sungai Selangor on Saturday has been 97.4 per cent restored as of 9am Tuesday. Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas) assistant general manager (Corporate Communication and Public
