Tech Talk

Last week, we spoke about security threats that have hit the year 2011 and today; we’re looking into our crystal ball to see what will be knocking our firewalls in the year 2012. Jeff Sandhu spoke to Krishna Rajagopal, CEO of Akati Consulting and here's what Krishna thinks of what's coming up. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New research commissioned by HP indicates that cyberattacks increasingly plague businesses and government organization, resulting significant financial impact, despite widespread awareness. So what are some of the current trends in security issues? Freda Liu spoke to Dr Prescott Winter, CTO of Arcsight and started asking about some of the security issues and risks that the private and public secto...

Over the last quarter century, the latest innovations, technologies and platforms in the field of design have been for most part, specifically design for industry professional but as technology changes and evolves, there has been a growing recognition that more and more people are looking to express themselves visually in the simplest way possible. CS Tan, Country Manager for Autodesk Malaysia tal...

With the proliferation of all the devices that can access the Web, it’s gotten much easier to cruise the Internet from just about anywhere. But all that data zipping back and forth through cyberspace creates huge stress on networks and can be a huge problem for companies trying to do business on the Web. So, the question is, do we need a “traffic cop” for businesses? Lee Chen, Fo...

Peter Norton once said that the computer viruses did not exist, he compared the phenomena to a famous urban legend about alligators living in the sewage. This statement from a computer guru is now considered as false; computer viruses do exist and they are evident with computer virus attacks that stunned the world before and at the dawn of the 21st century. Krishna Rajagopal, CEO of Akati Consulti...

Matt Armitage from MN8 / Kulturpop.com goes solo as he talks about how Facebook could get you sacked and an iPhone exploded. Looking for a privacy screen monitor? Look no further when you can DIY at home! We're talking about Secure Communications in 3D. Then Matt's goes into his conspiracy theory about NASA's Mysterious Space Plane and he ends with Spotify's New App! See omnystudio.com/listener fo...

Could it be true? After tens of millions of years the worlds of Jurassic Park and Primeval could be set to return. Is it the result of global warming or a man made conspiracy but could we really be playing with dinosaurs in 10 years time. Swimming in the soup of ancient DNA is Matt Armitage of MN8 & Kulturpop.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With our beloved earth heavily polluted with many different kinds of harmful gas, bigger companies are looking at many different ways to reduce its CO2 emissions and also improving CO2 efficiency. David Ng, Managing Director for DHL Express Malaysia about this. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mozilla recently came down to KL and we managed to get Jay Sullivan, Mozilla's Vice President of Products for a short interview on what's coming up for Mozilla in the coming months. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With soaring energy costs in the country, business are definitely feeling the pinch as their electricity bills can go up into the thousands per month. However, Malaysian businesses don’t realize that as much as 70 percent of their budgets can be tied up in managing IT that is outdated, complex and inflexible for business purposes. John Atherton of APC by Schneider Electric talks about how en...

Organizations have a wide range of data-driven solutions, many of which are tactical in nature and change over time. Needs change due to the fluid nature of market competition, process and management, the product environment, and the emergence of new markets. Steve McManus, the Regional Manager of FileMaker Inc Asia Pacific and Leong Meng Foo, FileMaker Developer for Evopac talks about FileMaker S...

According to Norton Cybercrime Report 2011, in every second, 14 adults become a victim of cybercrime. Today’s threat landscape is evolving faster than it did even a year ago and cybercriminals are becoming increasingly sophisticated and determined in getting consumers to unwittingly fall for those scams. Effendy Ibrahim, Internet Safety Advocate & Director for Consumer Business Asia Syma...

Wu Han, Chief Designer at MindValley and Hui Leong, Application Developer at 40 Square Software talks about WebCamp KL. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Arshan Saha, Regional Director for Innity talks about Online Video Advertising. What is Ad Network and the challenges faced in the industry as well as an outlook for 2012. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

JTechmaestro Sandhu (that's not a typo mistake), speaks his heart out on Google Music, another music service that does exactly the same as the others with no real innovation involved as we still can't get it here in Asia. Ever wondered how dangerous a virus attack can be? We explain to you an example that happen to New Zealand and all of it's 12 inhabitants there. Moving on swiftly is the big news...

Apparently Over the course of the next 40 years, science is poised to create more knowledge than humans have created in all of recorded history. And yet, at the same time there is a huge popular backlash against science and scientific knowledge. The question we all want to know, can Matt Armitage of MN8 & Kulturpop.com fix science in the next 15 minutes? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

With the rise of consumer gadgets in recent years, the rise of “geeks” has also increased drastically! Two tech addicts, Samuel Tan, co-founder of MobileFest and Bernard Yeoh, core member of MobileFest talks about their non profit organization, MobileFest and also they give us their insights on the current mobile trends. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gopi Ganesalingam, Managing Director and Arjunan Arichandran, Business Development Manager for Lava Protocols talks about to transform your business to the new social reality thanks to the development of social media  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We are living through a kind of information anarchy now where transgressions are both rampant and over-punished. The recent episodes with WikiLeaks and the exhilaration of lawlessness seen in groups like Anonymous, LulzSec and the #AntiSec Movement are giving way to potentially authoritarian crackdowns, which themselves are both dangerous and lawless. The question begets – can the law k...

Looking for a new smartphone or just itchy to get your hands on a new gadget? Well, look no further. We have the geek heaven Samsung Galaxy S II, the delicious Nokia N9, the Blackberry Bold 9900 in a suit and the freakily smart Siri, iPhone 4S. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Geeks intoduces for the first time on-air, their Facebook page (facebook.com/geeksonbfm) followed by Kaizer Soze's interruption on Dennis Ritchie's tribute. Matt then think that maybe Steve Jobs is Kaizer Soze as he is in the running for TIME Magazine's Person of the Year. We also hear what Matt says to his wife every morning when he wakes up and also how Matt is now trying to broker a deal fo...

With markets around the world in turmoil, social unrest across Europe and the Middle East and law enforcement agencies turning their attention to the Internet, a new tech savvy breed of social activists is emerging. Calling themselves Anonymous, these self-styled cyber activists are using hacker tricks for political gain. Matt Armitage of MN8 & Kulturpop.com tries to get a handle on an organiz...

The consumerization of IT is real, or is it? A recent IDC survey shows that 40% of devices used to access business applications are personally owned but we’ve to fully agree on a BYOD method. Ray Teske, Avaya’s Regional Director for ASEAN talks about the consumerization of IT. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 2009, IBM launched its first global CIO Study: The New Voice of the CIO. This year, the 2011 Global CIO Study: the Essential CIO, elaborated further on the many responsibilities of the CIOs today – shifting and expanding from “what to do” to “how to do it”. Giuseppe Bruni, Business Sales & Delivery Executive, Strategy & Transformation, IBM ASEAN Global Busi...

The Internet has been instrumental in developing and creating opportunities for everyone. Gone were the days of having an idea but not being able to execute them. Rayyan Haries, the CEO and Founder of  warehouzs.com  talks about how his idea became a business for him thanks to the Internet. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.