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04/05/2010

The Information Security Forum warns of cybercrime. Malaysia starts its first crowd-sourced film. South African start-ups turn to crowd funding. Microsoft downloads an Arabic keyboard.

Andy Jones from the Information Security Forum reveals its 'Threat Horizon', the list of perils posed by cybercrime.

Jennifer Pak reports from Malaysia on the film makers who have employed crowd sourcing to help develop the script for the film, Your Grandfather's Road.

A new scheme in South Africa called Crowdfund has raised more than 150,000 US dollars to help start up tech companies. Its founder the web strategist, Eve Dmochowska, explains how it might kick-start the start-ups.

Eva Dadrian is given a demonstration of Microsoft's Maren, a free download that allows users to type an Arabic script on a standard Latin keyboard.

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28 minutes

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Wed 5 May 2010 00:32GMT

Chapters

  • Internet Security

    Andy Jones warns of future threats to internet security.

    Duration: 05:43

  • Malaysian crowd-sourced film

    Jennifer Pak reports on the first Malaysian film developed by crowd-sourcing.

    Duration: 05:42

  • South African Crowd-funding

    Eve Dmochowska unveils a plan to fund South African start-up tech companies.

    Duration: 04:50

  • Microsoft Maren and Arabic keyboards

    Eva Dadrian is given a demonstration of Maren, Microsoft鈥檚 tool for an Arabic keyboard.

    Duration: 06:02

Broadcasts

  • Tue 4 May 2010 09:32GMT
  • Tue 4 May 2010 14:32GMT
  • Tue 4 May 2010 19:32GMT
  • Wed 5 May 2010 00:32GMT

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