Malaysia Explorer

By Oon Yeoh

Plug into the latest on the Internet, mobile and multimedia

E-media contest for Asean

Monday, February 02 2009 10:39 PM

SEACEM, ChangeFusion and Freevoice are now accepting applications for "ASEAN E-Media Startups Competition".

The goal is to identify talented e-media startups in Asean that bring independent news and views with financial sustainability in order to enhance freedom of expression, openness and political and economic liberty in the region.

The finalists will be invited to the capacity-building workshop to sharpen their business..... Read more ť

Tags: Sustainability, Podcasting, financial sustainability, online application, video podcasting

Cyber court is not the solution

Tuesday, January 20 2009 11:28 PM

Malaysia is mulling the creation of a cyber court to deal with the problem of bloggers who post content that may be deemed seditious.

Prosecuting bloggers is not the solution. If they start arresting and convicting bloggers who post "undesirable" content, pretty soon those who want to do so will simply go anonymous. What can the cyber court do then?

Malaysia..... Read more ť

Tags: Blogger, Malaysia, Internet, Content-Disposition, Inter

Can news be sold iTunes style?

Friday, January 16 2009 07:23 PM

David Carr of the NYT provided an interesting suggestion, that perhaps news can be sold the way music is sold--to an iPod-like device.

Rich Gordon of Poynter begs to differ and highlights one very important point: Unlike music, news stories don't get replayed.

Says Gordon: "Even if you imagine a future in which the Kindle (or some superior electronic reading device)..... Read more ť

Tags: News, Traffic, Apple iTunes, Music, Apple iPod

M'sians love rich media but...

Tuesday, January 13 2009 07:49 PM

Malaysia's broadband penetration rate may only be 18 percent but that doesn't mean Malaysians are unsophisticated users of the Internet.

In fact, Malaysia recently emerged in the top 10 among media consuming nations, out of 52 countries surveyed by Nielsen.

"Malaysians are real entertainment and technology junkies," said Nielsen Malaysia managing director Paul Richmond. "They consume a copious amount of home..... Read more ť

Tags: Movie, Malaysia, Rich Media, Digital Media, Internet

Transforming newspapers from print to Web

Sunday, January 11 2009 04:46 PM

I'm in the process of launching a new Web site for The Edge. It's to replace their current Web site.

An upgrade is long overdue but more importantly, the new Web site represents the start of a transformation of the newsroom for the digital age.

How traditional print news media can be adapted to the Web and mobile environment is something that..... Read more ť

Tags: Web Site, Nieman Foundation, Edge, West, mobile

Wireless in Singapore...NOT!

Sunday, January 11 2009 12:37 AM

I was in Singapore recently for an overnight stay. While waiting for my meeting to start, I hung around at the airport.

I had hoped to do some work using the Wi-Fi service at the airport. Surely, Changi--a world-class airport--would have free Wi-Fi (or so I thought).

I asked the info desk where I could access free Wi-Fi and they asked..... Read more ť

Tags: Wi-Fi, Password, SingTel, McDonald's Corp., SMS

From virtual, and back again to reality

Monday, November 24 2008 04:05 PM

Companies like Microsoft and Dell Computer, are known for leveraging the Internet. But lately, they are "going physical".

Microsoft Malaysia and Dell have opened their first Retail Experience Store in Asia, located at Mid Valley Megamall in Kuala Lumpur.

The store will showcase the latest Dell computers, powered exclusively by Microsoft software. But, it's not just a distribution channel. It will..... Read more ť

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Asia, Kuala Lumpur, Internet, Software

Use mobile phones on MAS flights

Wednesday, November 05 2008 09:49 PM

Don't you hate it when the air stewardess comes up to you and says you're not allowed to use your mobile phone until the plane has stopped moving?

If you take Malaysia Airlines, you can use your mobile phone and Blackberry-type devices to make phonecalls, send SMS and e-mail.

MAS will become the first air carrier in Asia to offer this...... Read more ť

Tags: Asia, service provider, Australia, SMS, Japan

Shopping locales designated as cyber centers

Monday, September 29 2008 03:47 PM

When you think of cyber centers, where Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC)-status companies can set up offices, you wouldn't normally think of shopping centers--but two such locations have been given this status.

The two shopping destinations--Mid Valley City and Bandar Utama--have been elevated to cyber centers by the Multimedia Development Corporation, the government agency tasked with developing the MSC.

The two famous..... Read more ť

Tags: Multimedia, fiber-optic network, fiber-optics, Bandar Utama Cybercentre, 1Utama

M'sian authorities reverse Web site ban

Friday, September 12 2008 02:35 PM

The government has decided to order the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to reinstate access to blocked Web sites including Malaysia Today, the popular but controversial political site maintained by Raja Petra Kamarudin.

This is a good move. Letting such a ban stand would have created a very bad precedent. ..... Read more ť

Tags: Web Site, MCMC, Malaysian Communications, Malaysia Today, Multimedia Commission

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Oon Yeoh

Oon Yeoh has been writing an ICT column for The Edge Malaysia, a business weekly, for the past six years. He's also written a book, Transition, about the impact of technology on society. He's currently working on New Media projects involving the convergence of text, images, audio and video.