Summary: Difficulties in identifying basic and fundamental Islamic information sources is a common issue amongst Muslim Converts in Malaysia. Inundated with the proliferation of information sources, Converts are unsure of the suitability or relevance of such sources and thus they experience challenges when learning and practicing Islam. Unders

Summary: Online banking is growing tremendously in recent years. This is attributed to the explosion in internet technologies on both computer and handheld-devices platforms. Unfortunately, the growth of online banking is accompanied by a persistent growth of attacks in the form of phishing and malware. Therefore, ensuring security of personal

Summary: Although the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is an excellent and preferred choice for almost all block cipher applications, it is not suitable for extremely constrained environments such as Radio-Frequency IDentification (RFID) tags and sensor networks. Therefore, the demand for lightweight algorithms is very strong and vital. Ligh

Summary: The research aimed to design and evaluate an innovative Web 2.0-based collaborative learning (CL) with the Islamic ethical system to support the problematic issues of CL and enhance its opportunities in the application domain. This study planned practicing Web 2.0-based CL based on the social constructivist theory for formal and infor

Summary: Studies on scholarly use of the Internet are inconclusive. This mixed methods study investigates faculty perceptions on institutional and personal factors relating to Internet use patterns in Nigerian public universities. The objectives of the study are: (1) to examine the Internet Use Patterns (IUP); (2) to determine whether a signif

Summary: There is a general consensus among academics in the fields of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences that people are inherently different and they handle similar jobs in different ways. That is because each individual has unique characteristic patterns of personality traits that modulate and control his/her behavior. However, someone’s

Summary: The wide-ranging adoption of technology over recent years has provided tremendous benefits to society in nearly all fields of human activity – be it in scientific and academic research, entertainment, finances, genetics, archiving, communication, or political election. Despite this promising development, every innovation possesses i

Summary: For the past few years, government of Malaysia and several scholars have paid a substantial amount of attention towards the acceptance, impact and sustainability of telecenter. Although enormous research efforts have been put forth, telecenter are still not fully utilized and not fully populated by the targeted community. The communit

Summary: Nowadays the use of digital libraries for research and other academic purposes nowadays is almost compulsory for postgraduate students of all disciplines. This has resulted into the establishment of digital libraries in many private and public institutions of higher learning, to assist students, academic staff, and various researchers

Summary: The study of information seeking behaviour is important in order to enhance provision of quality services and resources on the part of information professionals. Nonetheless, the factors that influence the information seeking of individuals have received less attention. In the work environment, workers engage in information seeking in