Tech Talk

It’s been a busy week for the weird wired web. An infidelity site has its user data hacked. A group of journalists succeed in taking remote control of a Jeep and Apple outs itself over a security flaw in its OSX operating system that it announces it won’t be patching until September. Only one man can protect us from this looming electronic Armageddon. It’s Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage.

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Jeff Sandhu and Richard Bradbury a.k.a Bad Gamers is joined by Nintendo lover, Victor Yap from Amanz.net, for a special tribute to Satoru Iwata who passed away peacefully earlier this month. Download this podcast as they share some of their favourite Nintendo games and talk about an old game that Richard is currently addicted, War Thunder. Also in Gaming News, why you're going to need a much bigger hard disk space for Fallout 4 and a special Knight Rider mod for GTA5 for the PC.

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The global banking sector has been under close scrutiny because of the crackdown on criminal activities and increasing terrorist threats. Other than financial loss, the lengthy investigation process and reputation damage is a concern to any financial institution.

As cross border transactions and banking become more common, Malaysian financial institutions will need to grapple with regulatory compliance across different markets. According to an international headhunting firm, the demand for such risk management experts are high this year in Malaysia but there is a lack of ready talent.

Can big data analytics play a key role in improving risk management for financial institutions in Asia? How can financial institutions in Malaysia leverage on such technology to improve their risk management process and protect themselves against criminals that are becoming more sophisticated?

We speak to Subhashish Bose, Director of Financial Crime and Collections Solutions, FICO Asia-Pacific to answer all this.

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Last week, VISA unveiled a proof-of-concept solution called Connected Car at the Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2015 to demonstrate mobile and online purchases on the go. Jeff Sandhu was there to witness this in live thanks to VISA and managed to catch Greg Storey, the Head of VISA Checkout Asia Pacific to talk about the whole drive towards innovative mobile payment technologies and how our wallets will change in the future.

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Facebook and IBM Commerce recently announced that they will collaborate to provide the world’s leading brands with tailored marketing capabilities that reach the right people at the right time with the right message. How? We speak Jason Jameson of IBM Software Group to explain it all.

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Karamjit Singh from Digital News Asia.com talks about MyEG’s latest car portal and MaGIC’s partnership with 500Startups to bring Distro Dojo. Also, we crossover live to China with Jeff Sandhu covering the Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2015.

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StockUnlimited is the world’s first stock image resource offering unlimited content for a flat fee. Think of this like the NetFlix of stock content. Christian Toksvig, CEO of StockUnlimited talks about the stock content industry and their presence here in Malaysia.

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An Italian developer of surveillance software, Hacking Team, which has previously been sharply criticized by digital activists recently suffered a large data breach. Hacking Team develops surveillance tools that are legally sold to governments for law-abiding investigations. And from the leaked information, it revealed that the Malaysian government was among the countries buying services from Hacking Team. Malaysia isn’t the only country. The list includes Colombia, Hungary, Italy, Korea, Thailand and Poland to name a few. So what is this all about? Goh Su Gim, Security Advisor, APAC at F-Secure talks about who are the Hacking Team and should you be worried.

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Jeff Sandhu talks about how Microsoft killed a small town in Finland and our dreams are finally coming true, two giant robots will battle it out against each other using knives! Also find out how you too can make USD$7 million ;)

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That’s right. He’s still on holiday and he hasn’t finished throwing it down our throats. Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage has decided to make you feel bad by sharing some of his favourite travel hacks while you slog away at your desks. If it’s any consolation, where Matt is, it’s always raining.

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