ALERT : hund​reds of fake Iron Man 3 streaming sites.

Trend Micro has found hundreds of websites emerging on the internet, claiming to stream the latest Box Office movie, Iron Man 3. Once visited, these sites required users to download a video installer that would not play the aforementioned film, but may instead leave those affected vulnerable to malware. Furthermore, social media platforms like Facebook and many well-known blogs also allowed scammers to further spread “Free Iron Man 3 Streaming Video” websites to draw users into taking surveys that generated financial gain for the said scammers.

This was noticed even before the official release of the film in US. Most of the sites used popular blog providers e.g. Tumblr etc to lead users to the disguised Iron Man 3 streaming or download pages. Based on TrendLabs’ analysis, the video player downloaded is said to be “a legitimate video player.” However, this particular video player has been known to display aggressive ads in the past, and these legitimate files could easily be replaced with malware at a later time. Thus, it won’t be a complete surprise to find a malware-hosted Iron Man 3 streaming and download webpage anytime soon.

Some scammers also use Facebook to share their streaming links. But once users click the link, they are redirected to several web pages with survey scams, and their Facebook contacts spammed with the same post. Similar ruses TrendLabs documented in the past include the “Facebook Profile Viewer” and a survey scam under the veil of the much talked-about Google Glass competition.

Intel Launches Low-Power, High-Performance Silvermont Microarchitecture.

Intel Corporation has introduced its brand new, low power and high performance microarchitecture, “Silvermont”.

The technology is aimed squarely at low-power requirements in market segments from smartphones to the data center. Silvermont will be the foundation for a range of innovative products beginning to come to market later this year, and will also be manufactured using the company’s leading-edge, 22nm Tri-Gate SoC manufacturing process, which brings significant performance increases and improved energy efficiency.

“Silvermont is a leap forward and an entirely new technology foundation for the future that will address a broad range of products and market segments,” said Dadi Perlmutter, Intel executive vice president and chief product officer. “Early sampling of our 22nm SoCs, including “Bay Trail” and “Avoton” is already garnering positive feedback from our customers. Going forward, we will accelerate future generations of this low-power microarchitecture on a yearly cadence.

”The Silvermont microarchitecture delivers industry-leading performance-per-watt efficiency.2 The highly balanced design brings increased support for a wider dynamic range and seamlessly scales up and down in performance and power efficiency. On a variety of standard metrics, Silvermont also enables ~3x peak performance or the same performance at ~5x lower power over the current-generation Intel® Atom™ processor core.

HTC One officially launched in Malaysia. Retail price starts from RM2299

HTC One was officially launched earlier today and looks like we have an option of choosing either the 32GB or 64GB variant. There is not much difference in terms of pricing. As you all know, the 32GB variant’s recommended retail price (RRP) is RM2299.

The 64GB variant will be sold at RM200 higher – RM2499. Local telcos will also offer this device together with their postpaid plans. Between the HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S4 (which will be sold at RM2199), which one will be your choice?

Sony Mobile Malaysia brings in Xperia SP, Xperia E and Xperia E Dual smartphones.

Sony Mobile Malaysia has announced additional three smartphones – Xperia SP, Xperia E and Xperia E Dual for the Malaysian market.

These devices will be available from tomorrow onwards (26th April) in all Sony retail outlets (except for E Dual which is already available now).

The retail price for Xperia SP, Xperia E and Xperia E Dual are RM1299, RM499 and RM559 respectively.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 is now available in Malaysia for RM1699.

Samsung Malaysia has officially launched the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0, an Android tablet which can also be used as a phone. This tablet is priced at RM1699 but we are sure that you can get is at a cheaper price out there unless you wish to get it from Samsung’s authorised stores.

The price is quite steep we would say but it is because of Samsung’s additional software features in this tablet and let’s not forget, the S-Pen.

You can find out more about the device from Samsung’s official site.

Microsoft Malaysia to officially launch Surface RT today. RRP at RM1549.

Microsoft Malaysia will be launching their Surface RT tablet for the Malaysian market. The launch event will be held today evening in Publika and the public can join the event.

The retail price for this device will be RM1549 and you can also buy additional accessories like Touch Cover (RM375), Type Cover (RM409), wedge mouse (RM219), HD digital AV adapter (RM159), VGA adapter (RM159) and 24W power supply plug (RM149).

More info HERE.

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