Tech Talk

The Geeks talks about the Amazon Kindle Fire but things kicked off slightly differently as Techmaestro Jeff Sandhu wonders why Matt Armitage decided to go solo on his music career. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

While you might never turn into Bono or Barbara Streisand, it’s never been easier to make music and get it heard and even seen. Technology is opening up the way musicians and even ordinary people can start playing and jamming. With us is Matt Armitage, from MN8 and Kulturpop.com, who claims to be one tone short of deaf. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Recently there has been a lot of talk about “Big Data”, especially in the US. But “Big Data” isn’t just a buzzword, it’s a legitimate concern for companies across the board. Noel Pettitt, VP of Teradata South Asia talks about this. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After the success of the recently completed HackWeekend and GTUGKL hackathon, activities as such seems to be coming in quick and fast. HackWEEKDAY is a 24-hour code off that runs alongside the 9 th annual HITB Security Conference in Malaysia – Asia’s premier deep-knowledge network security event that routinely brings together some of the world’s leading security experts under one...

There’s a common knowledge in the IT world where Mac OS X users are virus free. This maybe true to a certain extent, however, with the current rise of Mac OS X users, hackers alike are finding Mac users more interesting to be their victim. Goh Su Gim, F-Secure’s Security Advisor Asia talks about threats for the Apple fan boys. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ever wanted the ultimate music collection? You very own library made up of millions of tracks right now and more added every week? Play anything and everything you want, from newly released songs and albums, to hard-to-find old favorites. Chung Jaan Hao, CEO of MNC Wireless talks about WOWLOUD. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Geeks talks about the Avatar themed attractions at Disney Parks and wonders if we could ride on those "banshee's". We also warned the citizens of the world about getting hit with a NASA UARS Satellite tonight as NASA predicts the chances of a person getting hit by it is 1 in 3200. We then go on and talk about how Australian men seems to hate shopping at IKEA hence the launch of IKEA's new MANL...

Here on Tech Talk we like to talk about the ideas that could shape the future and change the world. But for every life changing concept or development there have been 10 that have simply disappeared into the darkness. Rummaging through the intellectual lost property bin is Matt Armitage from Kulturpop.com and MN8 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Social Media has plenty of benefits. We’ve spoken about this time and time again but how do you utilize social media to grow on online business? Teow Han Meng, Managing Director of Hanventure talks about the e-way of doing business. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Everyone is trying to figure out the future of content and just recently, a debate was sparked among prominent thought-leaders in the marketing and media industry. Jorn Lyseggen, the CEO and Founder of Meltwater Group and also one of the participating members of that debate talks about the future of content. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Handling double digit data growth rates with single-digit budget increases is the lot of most CIOs, according to InformationWeek’s third annual Analytics State of Enterprise Storage Survey. With Fluid Data though, it’s all about being Intelligent about Data. Raymond Victor, the Enterprise Director at Dell Asia Pacific and Sean Oon, Storage Solutions Specialist at Dell Asia Pacific talk...

The Google Street View is a technology featured in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides panoramic views from various positions along many streets in the world and previously, we were only able to use this features in countries that are miles away from us. A few years down the road and we now soon will have the Google Street View Malaysia. Sajith Sivanandan, Country Head of Google Malaysia ta...

A Malaysia Day special where we went out and ask around the people in town "What does Malaysia Day mean to you?" and this is what they had to say. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s come to that time of the year again where we bring in our own techie fortune teller in Kashminder Singh, the Group Managing Editor for Mobile World Magazine as we predict what is to come out from now till early next year. Should you buy an iPhone now? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cross-media publishing, or repurposing, has been talked about ever since the advent of the Internet in the mid-1990s. Every year we hear claims from vendors that cross-media publishing is a reality. Remco Koster, Managing Director for WoodWing Asia Pacific talks about this. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Internet medium has become even more important in today’s business world, more than ever. Even a moment of Internet downtime can cause a lot of disruption to. As such, the Internet connection availability is vital at all time. Noor Helmi, CEO of IX Telecom talks about global managed network solutions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Geeks talks about how Karol Bartz (ex Yahoo! CEO) got fired. And ever wonder what is the world's most powerful handheld laser pointer? We talk about The S3 Krypton and what can you use it for. We also got news about the iPad3 and also the iPad4 and how the iPhone 5 prototype is missing (again). Geek Tip of the Week involves some pepper to spice things up and how you can finally drink rainwater...

After all the media and paparazzi attention that everyone at BFM received during our anniversary celebrations, we thought it might be a good idea to catch up with the world of flashing, lenses and bodies. Of course, we’re talking about cameras. Juggling his analogue and his digital with his light meter is Matt Armitage from Kulturpop.com and MN8 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inform...

It’s a take-no-prisoners kind of war. This war is in full swing now and victory will determine who rules for the foreseeable future. We’re talking about the mobile OS wars and Kashminder Singh, Managing Editor of Mobile World back from his Merdeka-Raya holiday shares with us the latest from the battle lines. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Malaysian Software Testing Board or MSTB is a non-profit organization that represents the national industry interests and promotes the broad profession of software testing. Mastura Abu Samah, the Director and President for MSTB talks about the economic importance of software testing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mobile data usage is skyrocketing and mobile network operators are feeling the capacity squeeze. With the advent of richer content and services on the Web, a more advanced network is becoming increasingly necessary. Stein Erik Paulsen, Manager for Radio Technology for Telenor Group talks about LTE networks. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Last month, we spoke about hackweekend and how it hopes to generate more local content in the ever-popular social media scene. A month gone since the even and it’s time to rope back the fellows and see what were some of the interesting things that came out of it. Kal Joffres, Director at Tandemic and Shara Palanivel, programmer from mindvalley and Zafrul Azhar, founder of Motionworks talks a...

The Geeks (or Geek since we're one geek down) talks about Steve Jobs resignation, how we humans have been cooking for 1.9 millions years so far and where's your free energy? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A few weeks ago we were talking about the final Space Shuttle and the end of an era in terms of manned space flight. But since then it seems that NASA’s scientists have been busy. Now, they’re preparing us for a possible alien Armageddon. Brushing up on his Klingon language skills is Matt Armitage from  Kulturpop.com  and MN8. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informati...

We all know that the mobile space has generated great content and also huge profits for some companies, as it’s deemed as the next generation of profit earnings in the coming years. Wan Murdani, Head of Digital Infrastructure of MDeC and Nur Hafizah Razali from Geoflex talks about ICON2 programme. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.