Thursday, January 21, 2010

2nd Putrajaya International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta 2010

Preceding to the great success of the 1st Putrajaya International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta last year, here come the 2nd event with more colourful and attractive balloons to fly up in Putrajaya.




Theme: 1World, 1Malaysia, 1Fiesta
Date: 18-21 March 2010
Time: 7am - 9pm
Venue: Precinct 2 (adjacent to the Monument Alaf Baru), Putrajaya, Malaysia

Activities include:
  • Balloon fun fly
  • Photographing sessions
  • Para motor showcase
  • Children colouring contest
  • Remote control flying aircraft display
  • Paper airplane contest
  • Tethered balloon display
  • Kite flying exhibition
  • Night glow (fireworks display)
  • Sphere rides and Waterball rides
  • Inflatables / bouncing world
  • Lake Cruise by Cruise Tasik Putrajaya
  • Auto show
  • Bazaar
  • and more...
Click here to visit the official website of the 2nd Putrajaya International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta 2010.

InfoSecurity Professionals Hi-tea Networking @ PWTC

CyberSecurity Malaysia is going to organize an information security networking forum and cocktail event to provide Information Security practitioners an avenue to collaborate and sharing knowledge, enabling them to keep abreast with the latest industry trends and development.



It is also a platform for strengthening the ability to protect information assets from the ever-changing cyber threat vectors.

Theme: Shifting Cyber Landscape; Gearing towards Innovation
Date: 8 February 2010 (Monday)
Time: 3:00 PM - 6:00PM
Venue: PWTC Kuala Lumpur
Entrance Fees: RM 100.00

Topics:
  • "Significance of mitigating Cyber Threats towards Malaysian economy" by Lt. Col(R) Husin Jazri, CEO of CyberSecurity Malaysia
  • "Information Security: getting the balance right" by Professor Fred Piper, Royal Holloway, University of London
  • "The Enterprise IT Security Landscape and Latest Trends in Research" by Dr. Gobi Kurup, CTO, Extol MSC

    For participants with information security professional qualifications from recognized bodies, CPE points will be awarded based on the terms and conditions set forth by the respective certifying bodies.

    Click here to register for the InfoSecurity Professionals Hi-tea Networking event.

    Wednesday, January 20, 2010

    Filter and block unwanted phone calls / SMS / MMS with MCleaner

    It seems that nowadays there are more and more unsolicited calls from telemarketer, as well as spam SMS flying around. I use MCleaner to tackle them.

    MCleaner is a shareware firewall for smart phones, able to filter short messages (SMS), multimedia messages (MMS), push messages, wap bookmark as well as incoming calls. This will keep you away from disturbance of spam messages, harassing calls, etc.



    MCleaner can be installed in smart phones running on UIQ3, Symbian S60, Linux, iPhone, etc. There are different version for different OS, with different user interface but similarity in features and functions.

    Filtering is processed by rulesets in your Whitelist and Blacklist, as well as your mobile phone's Contact list.

    There are 4 blocking modes available:
    • Phone busy tone
    • Mute ringtone
    • Busy and reply SMS
    • Divert call to another number
    If you want to reject incoming call/SMS/MMS at a specified period only, this can be done with the Scheduler. For example, you can block all stranger calls in midnight, yet still allowing calls from those in your Whitelist and Contact list.

    MCleaner is able to auto-start when your phone is power on, and automatically run the blocking service in the background. It can show an alert icon when there is any blocked call or message.

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