Tech Talk

Last week BFM’s captive tech geeks told you some of their picks for the tech developments of 2014. Still stuck in predictive mode, Kulturpop Autobot Matt Armitage has been crawling round the internet looking for some of the futuristic science we’re going to be enjoying this year.

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Karamjit Singh from Digital News Asia kicks off the first show of 2014 with a story on how too many of today’s so-called ‘tech startups’ are merely services companies that happen to use tech and that the 'old-school' boys are still rocking it. Other stories include Malaysia's 'stealth' software billionaire, a buzzing Japanese startup (BuzzElement) liking overall ‘liveability’ of KL and a hot startup run by young men creating 'Kehmistry' in the industry.

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It’s the year end show and throughout 2013, Jeff Sandhu & Umapagan have both maxed out their credit cards on useless toys, from smartwatches to home made 3D printing equipment. They look back at their bank statements and ponder on what have been some of the best toys that they have spent on.

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He’s back again! Krishna Rajagopal comes in to round up the security industry in 2013 and shares with us the top 10 attacks of 2013 including personal data theft.

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The 'techxperts', Matt Armitage & Jeff Sandhu, looking into their crystal ball and shares with us their 10 predictions that will change the world in 2014. And yes, there's stuff about 3D printing as well.

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And Gabey Goh from DigitalNewsAsia.com rounds up her Top 5 of 2013 that includes a story on turns on Malaysian citizens and geek-out moment with Frank Abagnale Jr.

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Samuel Tan & Bernard Yeoh from MobileFest gives us their views on what happened in 2013 from battle of the OS's to best apps for your smartphone.

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Ashar Javed is a research assistant in Ruhr University Bochum and working towards his PhD. He has been listed Nine Times in Google Security Hall of Fame, Twitter/Microsoft/Ebay/Adobe/Etsy/AT&T Security Pages & Facebook White Hat. In this podcast, he shares his research on “forgot your password” functionality of fifty popular social networks and investigate the security of the password recovery mechanisms. He was able to compromise accounts on six social networks, block account on one big social network due to the weaknesses in the password recovery feature and help from their untrained and naive support teams during the account recovery process.

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The Geeks talk about Wine Glasses, not the kind you are thinking of and also the greatest creation of all time, a full-sized air powered LEGO hot rod!

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He worships at the altar of science, but even Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage would have to agree that sometimes science is downright silly.

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