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Software giant Microsoft Malaysia has launched a new program worth US$85 million to boost Malaysian technopreneurs.

According to the company's Malaysia managing director, Yasmin Mahmood, industry stakeholders that have signed on as network partners to support the Microsoft BizSpark program include government agency, Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC), Association of the Computer and Multimedia Industry Malaysia (PIKOM) and eight other organisations.

A rugged handheld computer, designed for mobile workers on mission-critical tasks, is the first in the world to be upgraded with Windows Mobile 6.1, says a global supply chain solutions firm.

According to Intermec Technologies, the CN3 mobile computer is for performing mission-critical tasks for in-field and in-premise applications.

Databases are fast becoming the next target for cybercriminals, says analyst firm IDC.

According to IDC research director Charles Kolodgy, databases are becoming the next major target for cybercriminals due to the sensitive and valuable information they hold.

Volunteer organisation 'Gorgeous Geeks' maintains that work-life balance is even more crucial for women IT professionals. This was a key message at the annual "Women in Technology" event at Microsoft Tech.Ed SEA 2008 last week in Kuala Lumpur.

The forum, moderated by the government agency Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) vice president Ng Wan Peng, was driven by four prominent women in the technology field -- Microsoft Malaysia managing director Yasmin Mahmood, Woman Entrepreneur Network (WENA) ICT Bureau's Nuraizah Shamsul Baharin, mobile service provider Digi corporate communications head Yohani Yusof, and events firm Crystal Edge Sdn Bhd founder and managing director Suriza Hing Abdullah.