Posts by: Eli James

Chinese hackers hijack Gmail, Indonesia tops Twitter charts – News digest

by Eli James

Gmail gets hijacked by hackers in China – Internet users in China are facing a phishing attack from hackers when they attempt to access Gmail. Fast Company speculates that state-run ISPs China Telecom and Unicom may be behind the phishing attack, which is intended to make users lose…

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Scratching Your Own Itch: Interview With the Hacker Behind Hacker Monthly

by Eli James

Scratching Your Own Itch: Interview With the Hacker Behind Hacker Monthly

Lim Cheng Soon is the entrepreneur behind Hacker Monthly – the print version of Paul Graham’s Hacker News (HN). HN is an aggregator of interesting articles from the technology world, created to encourage content that “gratifies one’s intellectual curiosity.” It’s also a central hub…

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A Quick Look at Cyberjaya – Malaysia’s ‘Silicon Valley’

by Eli James

A Quick Look at Cyberjaya – Malaysia’s ‘Silicon Valley’

In the spring of 1999, Businessweek ran a cover story titled ‘Mahathir’s High-Tech Folly’, on the challenges plaguing the then Prime Minister’s plan to set up a regional ‘Silicon Valley’ within Malaysia. The plan was ambitious: it detailed the development of a large economic zone, stretching 750…

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