(l-r) Malaysian Innovation Foundation chief executive officer Dr Raslan Ahmad, Kodu Kup student category winners Darryl Tan and Khong Yee Juan, Microsoft International president Jean-Philippe Courtois, and Microsoft Malaysia managing director Ananth Lazarus at the Kodu Kup prize giving ceremony in Kuala Lumpur.

HIGHLY SECURE: Secure IT Solutions managing director Alan Puah (left) and Memory Experts International (MXI) Asia-Pacific Ltd general manager Ian McKay showing off some MXI encrypted USB flash and external hard drives in Petaling Jaya.

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENT: Local singer Dafi lending his celebrity status at the official launch of Spice CSL's latest DroidPad MI700, an Android 2.1-powered tablet PC, in Kuala Lumpur.

BRIEFLY SPEAKING: (l-r) Outsourcing Malaysia (OM) head Ivan Ho, OM chairman David Wong, OM marketing and branding head Bobby Varanasi and OM deputy chairman Cheah Kok Hoong posing for pictures after a media briefing on the local outsourcing industry in Petaling Jaya recently. OM is a chapter of the Association of the Computer and Multimedia Industry of Malaysia (Pikom).

EASY BROWSING: Microsoft Asia-Pacific Internet Explorer lead Jonathan Wong showing off some of the features of the new Internet Explorer 9 beta version, which promises a fast, clean, trusted and interoperable online experience, at an event in Kuala Lumpur.

NEW PRODUCTS: Canon Marketing (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd president and CEO Liew Sip Chon (left) and Canon Marketing consumer system products division director Donny Ling showcasing the latest printers and scanners at a launch in Kuala Lumpur recently.

NEVER BE LOST AGAIN: Flanked by models, (l-r) Asustek Computer Malaysia channel management specialist Li Huai Pin, SiS Distribution (M) managing director Frank Teh, and Asustek Computer Malaysia Sdn Bhd business development manager Yen Ling Fei together with models at the launch of the Garmin-Asus A10 navigation smartphone in Petaling Jaya recently.

JUST RIGHT: HP country manager for industry standard servers and channel organisation for enterprise servers, storage and networking Vincent Lee posing with the ProLiant MicroServer while holding a StorageWorks device at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur two weeks ago.

COMBATING CYBERCRIMES: (l-r) Pat-Lin Communications Sdn Bhd managing director S.S. Patricia and ArcSight Inc chief technology officer public sector Dr Prescott Winter giving some pointers on how to identify and respond to cyberthreats, at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur.

NEW BEACON: A model showing off the BlackBerry Torch 9800 at the product launch in Kuala Lumpur recently.