Tech Talk

The Internet has helped open many channels of communication and flow of information and resources for employees. However it also invites Botnets, Spyware and Malware that poses risks to the company. Matt Bennett, Vice President for Asia-Pacific & Japan for Zscaler talks about mobility and security in enterprises and their recently launched cloud-based solution to combat Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) ad Advanced Targeted Attack (ATA).

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Security threats are ever-changing in today’s world. It is critical for businesses as well as government organizations to do more than just blocking malware or stopping targeted attacks. Brian Contos, Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, Advanced Threat Protection Group, Blue Coat Systems talks about advanced and zero-day threats and data-loss.

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In the latest report by a retail firm, Retail Group Malaysia, reported that growth rate for the retails sector for the whole year is expected to come in at 6.2% compared to 5.5% in 2012. And contributing to that growth is the rise of ecommerce trends in Malaysia. Chan Kee Siak, Founder and CEO of Exabytes Network talks about the drive behind this growth and a new ecommerce site that aims to be a one stop online shopping mall, Easy.my

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The Geeks talk about a test for underwater "wi-fi" using sound waves, the same concept used by dolphins and whales. And for all you Skype users, beware! Microsoft will disable all Skype recordings plug-ins come December 2013 and speaking of Microsoft, Windows 8.1 update is out now. Moving along to Google, the geeks talked about how a young boy from India that was lost from home and adopted by an Australian family reunites with his birth mother thanks to Google Maps.

And although Google played the 'Good Cop' in that story, they are certainly playing 'Bad Cop' with their update on the Terms & Conditions that allows them to use your personal data on Google+ for Google Ads. By default, you are already opt in to the service so Google has the rights to use your name and your profile picture for their Google Ads. How do you opt out from this? Here's a step by step.

1) Go to google.com/settings and sign in to your Google account if you haven't sign in yet.

2) At the right hand corner of your browser, click on "Google+" and under "Shared Endorsements" click on edit.

3) Scroll to the bottom and you should see a ✓ at the "Based upon my activity, Google may show my name and profile photo in shared endorsements that appear in ads". Untick that and click save.

4) Click on "Save" and click on "Continue".

5) Now you're all done! Congrats!

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Less than a decade ago – it seems so long already – Apple popularized a minimalist design trend for new technology. We’ve already grown used to the whole ‘less is more’ ethos. But where can it go from here? The future is invisible, says Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage.

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Karamjit Singh from Digital News Asia.com rounds up the Global Entrerpreneurship Summit 2013 KL and talks about a couple of startups from Penang making some noise.

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Japanese and Chinese language website have always been deemed as messy and cluttered but despite all that, they serve their functions very well. How is that possible? What makes their writing system so influential in their websites desing? We speak to Bram Pitoyo, User Experience Designer for Mozilla and also a guest speaker for UX Malaysia.

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These days, everything can be hacked as long as it’s connected to the Internet. Even smart toilet in Japan are getting hack. We ask Chris Farrow (SANS Community Instructor) & Dennis Moreau (RSA Security) about this new wave of hacks and why do hackers do it.

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Squawking alone, Jeff Sandhu gives a review of the Jabra MOTION Bluetooth/NFC headset and realizes that he might be partially deaf and his ears are not the same size on each side. However, if you're looking for ways to pick your lock, head on down to KL this 16th & 17th October for HITB CommSec Village as there are demonstrations on how to pick your lock including a whole bunch of other stuff like LEGO MindStorm EV3, Nokia Lumia 1020 and meet the Facebook US Dev team.

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Edwin Yapp from Digital News Asia talks about some of the past, present and future tech events happening in Kuala Lumpur. Starting off with the Global Entrepreneurship Summit KL 2013 happening this Friday (11th October) & Saturday (12th October), and the two satellite events around it, the Global Startup Youth and MSC Malaysia Cloud conference. Edwin also talks about the Hack In The Box security conference happening next Wednesday (16th October) and Thursday (17th October) and why you should drop by with your own house padlock. He also says congrats to two local boys, QuickSchool & Soft Space.

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