Category: Internet & Technology

Author 1 Saudi, Madihah Mohd Author 2 Ismail, Shaharudin Author 3 Tamil, Emran Mohd, et al According to Malaysian Computer Emergency Response Team (MyCERT) the number of forgery incidents especially phishing cases in Malaysia had enormously increased. This social engineering act which tricks someone into giving their confidential information is becoming a major threat in… Continue reading Phishing: Challenges and Issues in Malaysia.

The Malaysian government has embarked on an ambitious path to make biotechnology a key driver of the country’s economic future. This burgeoning sector is being developed by a state with a problematic environmental track record, which does not bode well for the future. As mainstream Malaysian media are heavily controlled through a range of restrictive… Continue reading Biotechnology, the Environment and Alternative Media in Malaysia.

After consulting experts in our region and leaders in global technology companies and academia, we took the first steps to establish the International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber-Terrorism (IMPACT), an effort to coax the world’s governments into collaboration on cyber-security. Since the Internet knows no national boundaries, no country, acting alone, can adequately protect itself from… Continue reading Combating cyber terrorism

The paper examines the question of the economic and religious influence on S&T development in Malaysia. Publication: 4th International Malaysian Studies Conference; 3-5 August 2004, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi.  Author: Mohd Hazim Shah. [Download]

The paper has goals to explain:a. Business ethics approach in multimedia businessb. Popular Culture Spread through multimediac. Disadvantages of popular cultural spreads through multimedia: Indonesia and Malaysian Casesd. Prevention of dreadful impacts of popular cultural spread through multimedia business ethics implementationse. Government role in prevent dreadful impacts of popular culture. Publication: 4th International Malaysian Studies… Continue reading Multimedia Business Ethics And Popular Cultural Spread Responsibility; A Comparative Approach between Indonesia and Malaysia

By looking at how elements of the knowledge society work in a “traditional??? industrial sector (i.e., automotive industry) and in a new industry sector (i.e., information technology industry) in Malaysia, the paper seeks to gain an understanding of the nature and dynamics of an emerging knowledge society.  Publication: 4th International Malaysian Studies Conference; 3-5 August… Continue reading How Malaysians create cars and information technology products: Specifics of an emerging knowledge society

The Biotechnology industry is expanding at an exciting and brisk pace. Like no other industry today, biotechnology offers the market potential for highly attractive products that have economic as well as environmental benefits. Biotechnology is poised to reduce the use of pesticides, increase farmers’ revenues, and improve the nutritional quality of food. Author: Musalmah Johan.… Continue reading Bright Prospects for the Biotech Product Industry

Should e-commerce be regulated by governments, or should it should be allowed to be “self-regulated” by the forces of the free market. Economies work more efficiently when they are free from governmental interference. In this regard, a classical economist Adam Smith claims that an individual pursuing his self-interest by engaging in commerce is “led by… Continue reading Reining in e-commerce

Malaysia, with the MSC project, has become “inter-textualized”. Who benefits from all these? What does it tell us about the “language of technological and economic development” we have adopted in the choice we have made to “progress in a linear fashion?” What does this tell us about the alternative choices of developmentalist philosophy that we… Continue reading MSC – the corridor of imperialism?