Fancy a chance to drive a BMW M3 at the iconic Nurburgring track in Germany? The Castrol EDGE Experience Nurburgring: The Sequel is back, giving you the once-in-a-lifetime chance to drive at the ‘Green Hell’, undoubtedly one of the most challenging race circuits ever! 20km of twisty undulating roads with 72 frighteningly fast, unpredictable corners. [...]
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[Symantec Report] Spammers Taking Advantage of New Year Holidays and Major Events
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Symantec, the global leader in security, storage and systems management solutions has announced the findings of its January Symantec Intelligence Report which shows spammers using holidays and major events to make mails more enticing to potential victims. Over 10,000 unique domain names were compromised with a redirect script written in PHP that contains a reference [...]
Samsung Revenues Hit $42.12B, Profits of $4.7B in Q4 2011
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has announced some impressive numbers on a consolidated basis, for the fourth quarter ending December 31, 2011. The electronics giant recorded consolidated revenues of 47.3 trillion won ($42.12 billion) which is a 13 percent increase year-on-year. The company posted an operating profit of 5.3 trillion won ($4.7 billion) for Q4 2011, a [...]
[CES 2012] Top 5 Drool-worthy Smartphones
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This year’s CES 2012 saw a whole range of smartphones showcased on the floor. Brands like Samsung, Motorola, Sony and LG to name a few pulled out all the stops with one connective thread weaved through them – the Android platform. Check out our top 5 picks below and you can be sure we’re keeping [...]
[Leaked] HTC Sense 4.0 with Improved UI, Email, Dropbox Integration
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It’s difficult not to think ‘fragmentation’ when we mention Android. Different flavours, OS versions, hardware, bundled apps. If you think the layman would get confused in the sea of Android devices, well, you have every right to think that way. Fragmentation, though, means choice. And differentiation. While some may like a plain vanilla Android experience like [...]
U Mobile Signs 5-Year Business Support System (BSS) Services Contract With Ericsson
U Mobile has announced that it has signed a five-year business support systems (BSS) transformation and managed services contract with Ericsson. The deal will transform U Mobile’s BSS into an industrialised, real-time converged environment, which will translate to smoother operations and allows subscribers to enjoy maximum benefits and more innovative services. With the transformation, U Mobile will become the [...]
Apple is #1 Smartphone Vendor for Q4 2011
According to fresh data from Strategy Analytics, Apple is back on top as the number one smartphone vendor in Q4 2011, topping Samsung after the successful launch of the iPhone 4S. Samsung had been market leader for a full year, capturing 20 percent of the market. Samsung had then displaced long term leader Nokia. Apple shipped [...]
Facebook To File IPO Papers Next Week?
According to Wall Street Journal, Facebook Inc. could file papers for an initial public offering as early as next week and Morgan Stanley could be the lead underwriter for its IPO. The social networking giant is currently looking at a valuation of $75 billion to $100 billion, this person said. Facebook’s IPO could raise as much as $10 billion [...]
U Mobile’s Best Voice Prepaid Plan Now with Free SMS
U Mobile is again creating some waves in the telco market with the introduction of a brand new prepaid offering to complement its Free Voice Call offerings launched mid last year. The dynamic telco provider is offering 20 SMS for free for every 6 SMS sent, for all its new prepaid subscribers. Every RM1 top [...]
Apple Reports Record Q1 2012 Profits of $13B, Passes Exxon As World’s Most Valuable Company
Apple continues its impressive financial streak with another record-breaking fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2011. The Cupertino company posted a record quarterly revenue of $46.33 billion and record quarterly net profit of $13.06 billion ($13.87 per diluted share). This is almost double the results in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin increased from 38.5 percent in [...]
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