BLACK BEAUTY: Early bird Sean Choong (middle) gets rewarded for his patience after waiting in line for the Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 midnight launch with a 32in LCD TV presented by Gamer’s Hideout owners Jason Loh (left) and Eddy Yap.

ONLINE SHOPPING EXPERTS: (l-r) Rakuten Online Shopping president and CEO Masaya Ueno, Rakuten Inc chairman and CEO Hiroshi Mikitani and the company’s senior executive officer and director Toru Shimada having a light moment after giving business updates to the media at an event in Petaling Jaya two weeks ago.

UPCYCLE AND REUSE: (l-r) SOLS Tech chief executive officer Raj Ridvan Singh taking Hong Leong Foundation director Quek Sue Yian through the refurbishment process of an old computer that was donated to the non-profit organisation at an event in Kuala Lumpur last week.

RED HOT: (l-r) AMD Malaysia component sales manager Kwan Yee Wei, AMD Singapore component marketing manager Koh Wai San and AMD Malaysia country manager Alex Tan posing with the company’s new A-series processors during the official launch in Kuala Lumpur.

FILM FUNDRAISER: International Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Datuk Mukhriz Tun Mahathir (middle) accepting a pitchIN.my T-shirt as a token of appreciation at the launch of the fundraising campaign for Teksi, a proposed short film on Malaysian taxi drivers, in Kuala Lumpur recently. Also present are Naza Group transportation and logistics general manager Mohamed Arshad Abdul Basher (left) and TaxiMonger founder and CEO Nizran Noordin.

BUSTING SECURITY THREATS: (l-r) Trend Micro consumer sales manager Cedric Lim, regional consumer sales and marketing director Terrence Tang, South-East Asia consumer product marketing manager Andrew Tan and consumer business marketing manager Lisa Chong at the launch of Titanium 2013 at the GSC Paradigm Mall.

CLOSER TO CONSUMERS: Samsung Malaysia Electronics managing director Kwon Jae Hoon (left) and Tesco Stores Malaysia Sdn Bhd chief executive officer SungHwan Do jointly launching the forth Samsung World shop-in-shop (SIS) concept retail outlet at Tesco Mutiara Damansara hypermarket in Petaling Jaya a fortnight ago.

CYBERSECURITY BUOY: (l-r) Kaspersky Lab South-East Asia channel sales director Jimmy Fong, Kaspersky Lab Asia Pacific corporate sales director Gun Suk Ling and Kaspersky Lab South-East Asia technical engineer Jason Siew showing off the new Kaspersky Small Office Security 2, a security solution designed for small businesses, at a press conference in Petaling Jaya two weeks ago.

NEW SUITE: Brocade Communications Systems Inc vice-president and chief marketing officer John McHugh (right) and Brocade Malaysia’s country manager Sean Ong at a press briefing to introduce the company’s new range of networking solutions in Kuala Lumpur recently.

READY FOR ACTION: Canon Marketing Malaysia imaging communications products division marketing manager Alfred Kok and No Quarter TV presenter and executive producer Denise Keller posing with the EOS C300 Digital Video Camcorder and new EF Cinema Lenses used in the professional digital cinematography industry at an event in Shah Alam last month.