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Finally… PlayStation Vita in Malaysia for RM 1099!

By joshuatly on May 9, 2012 in Events Coverage

Playstation Vita Launch in Malaysia joshuatly.com 9 May 2012

Roughly six month after Playstation Vita, Sony’s latest handheld gaming device launch in HK and US, finally its Malaysia’s turn. Not to complain, but we gamers should absolutely be grateful, remember Playstation 3 launch officially in Malaysia last year, thats FIVE years late to Malaysia. Six months has been a reasonable window seems we are getting Apple devices a few months late too!
Put all those rant aside, I’ve the opportunity to attend the launch event in Pavilion, and it is great. I myself is a big handheld gaming guy, I play lots of games on my PSP, and also sometimes on my Android phone. I remember so many sleepless night playing DJMax Portable series on my bed, till 2 or 3 am. Very likely I will be getting a Playstation Vita (if I have money) soon, but maybe not so soon. More on my opinion later.

Some interesting PlayStation Vita features are like front and rear touchpad, front and rear camera, motion sensor, GPS, Social Media apps like Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare and etc. I’m sure you’ve already read the spec sheet somewhere else, and lets skip the boring stuff.

Playstation Vita Price in Malaysia

Product Name	PlayStation®Vita (Wi-Fi model)
Model No.	PCH-1006 ZA01
Release Date	9th May, 2012
Suggested Retail Price	MYR 1,099
Content	PlayStation®Vita (Wi-Fi model) x1 USB Cable x1 AC Adaptor x1 Power Code x1 Printed Materials x1

PlayStation®Vita Accessory Pack Summary

Product Name	PlayStation®Vita Accessory Pack
Model No.	PSVAS-10000
Release Date	9th May, 2012
Suggested Retail Price	MYR 149
Content	Case x1 Protective Film x1 Cleaning Cloth x1 Game Card Case x1 Wrist Strap x1

PlayStation®Vita Peripheral & Accessory Summary

Product Name	Model No.	Release date	SRP
Memory Card (4GB)	PCH-Z041	9th May, 2012	MYR 79
Memory Card (8GB)	PCH-Z081		MYR 99
Memory Card (16GB)	PCH-Z161		MYR 189
Memory Card (32GB)	PCH-Z321		MYR 309
USB Cable	PCH-ZUC1		MYR 39
AC Adaptor	PCH-ZAC1		MYR 29
Cradle	PCH-ZCL1		MYR 49
In-Ear Headset	PCH-ZHS1		MYR 59

Playstation Vita Malaysia Launch Event

PlayStation®Vita Official Launch Event & Roadshow
Date: 9th May 2012 (Launch event), 10th -13th May 2012 ( Public Roadshow)
Time: 4pm – 7pm (9th May)/ 10am – 10pm (10th – 13th May)
Venue: Pavilion Shopping Mall
Special Offer : Purchase PS Vita WiFi model can get special premium PSN Exclusive Game – Escape Plan (Chinese + English Version) & PS Vita Limited Tee
*(First come, first served)

There are also TWO PlayStation Vita Value Pack available for purchase.
The value pack include: PlayStation Vita Wi-Fi Model + 4GB Memory Card + Accessory Pack + UNCHARTED: Golden Abyss OR ModNation Racers: Road Trip software.
For UNCHARTED bundle, it is selling at MYR 1,399
For ModNation Racers bundle, it is selling for MYR 1,299

After the break, there are pictures of the event and find out WHAT I think about the new Sony PlayStation Vita after I’ve had some hands on time with it…
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Kuala Lumpur MongoDB User Group 6 Notes & Recording

By joshuatly on May 3, 2012 in Events Coverage

Kuala Lumpur MongoDB User Group 6

Date: 2 May 2012
Location: Mindvalley

Speaker Line Up

Gareth Davies
MongoDB Replica Sets
Slide: Shaolintiger.com

Tristan V. Gomez
Full Text Search with MongoDB
Files: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/njuy7onxvoft1du/loOZnsf6wp
Slide:

Mark Smalley
Searving Images with GridFS
Slide: SlideShare

Recording:

KLMUG-2012-05.mp3 30MB
Dropbox Download Link
Mediafire Download Link

Recorded using Seh Hui’s setup, edited & uploaded by joshuatly.

KLMUG is a monthly event happening at every first Wednesday of the month.
For more information, please check out the facebook group KL MUG

joshuatly2012

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[GIVEAWAY] An Afternoon with Norton: What’s Norton Cooking?

By joshuatly on March 15, 2012 in Events Coverage

Last Tuesday, I had an interesting meetup with David Hall, the Product Marketing of Symantec, along with some bloggers. David shared some interesting things about the new Norton 360 v6 and also the upcoming Norton 360 everywhere. They also gave me 5 copies of the latest Norton 360 version 6.0 to giveaway to my readers too!

To be honest, I had not been using Norton product for a very long time, well lets say more than 5 years ago. When I stopped using Norton antivirus (but not their utilities product like Norton Ghost) my impression has been Norton antivirus will slow your PC down and make you cry and go back to DOS. Well, not that dramatic, but at least it makes you uninstall it (if you pirated it), or you will cry if you bought the software full price and had to stucked with it for the rest of the year. And before that Tuesday, I still have that impression in my mind, and I think still is in a lot of people’s mind.

According to David, in 2009 Norton rethink their product line and today’s Norton is not the old Norton which will slow down your PC and makes you cry. The latest Norton 360 360 Version 6.0 has a very low footprint in your system yet it keep you protected at all time. They had rework their Norton 360 and achieved 1 click install, 1 minute installation time, 10 mb ram, and 100 mb hard drive space. This is very true since I had installed Norton 360 as they gave me a copy for me to try it out, and yet I want to switch back to my old antivirus. Other than protecting your PC, they also do performance tweaks, clean up and tune up your PC in the background, to make sure your PC is always fast and you wont need to worry about that.

Other than Norton 360, David also talked about their plan for Norton 360 Everywhere which will protect every single devices of yours. Currently they have Norton 360 which will protect your PC/MAC, Norton Mobile Security to protect your android devices, and Norton DNS to protect the rest of your internet connected devices. Norton 360 Everywhere will be an all in one solution to all your platform including PCs, Macs, Android phones and tablets. This product will be available in the first half of 2012.

David also showcase some of the Norton new technology, which are interesting and exciting. Norton Snap (iOS, Android) which is a QR Code reader with cloud functionality which will detect and warn you if the QR code is leading to a malicious site. They also have a handy site for you to Compare Android App Permissions then you can know which android app is requesting permission that they dont need. Norton Safety Minder a parental tools available on PC Macs Android and iOS to protect your kids from the bad guys.

Norton Management is another great tools for you to manage all your Norton products from the web. Now you no longer have to get Norton Removal Tool to retire your unused product key. This is one of the key feature of Norton 360 Version 6.0. Other Norton 360 version 6.0 key features are: Norton Identity Safe, Bandwidth Management, and Backup. For you geeks and tech early adopters, Norton 360 version 6.0 is compatible with the latest pre‐release of Windows 8. You will be protected even if you are using the early release of Windows 8.

Giveaway

Courtesy of Norton, I now have 5 copies of the latest version of Norton 360 version 6.0 to give away to 5 lucky readers of my blog! The Norton 360 v6 will give you 1 Year protection to up to 3 PCs. This product is retail at RM229 and you can get it now at your favourite computer software shop. OR you can win one for free by entering through the widget below. Continue Reading →

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