Tech Talk Radio Podcast

LastPass vs. Keepass (password vauls), setting time zone in iPhone, Windows disk clearnup (removing old restore points can reclaim diskspace), open source MS Office alternatives (Open Office, Libre Office), controlling spam (setting filters, reporting spam, masking email address when posting), Profiles in IT (Eben Christoper Upton, creator of Raspberry Pi hacker computer), Devicee of the Week (Rasberry Pi computer, ARM-based PC, five ports, boots Linus from SD flash memory, great way to learn computer science, $35, starter kit $100), Russian hacker outed with webcam picture (Nation of Georgia enticed hacker to download malware, turned on webcam, published photo), Phillips Hue LED lighting system (color and intensity controlled with iPhone app, connected with Wi-Fi, $59 per bulb) and Republicans use more social media (both parties now on par, Dems dominated social media in 2008). This show originally aired on Saturday, November 3, 2012, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

File compression with Zip, cell phone privacy (digital networks are encrypted), password storage (LastPass vs browser cache), disk size arithmetic, transfering files to new Win7 laptop, Profiles in IT (Phillip Walter Katz, creator of PKZIP), technology job trends (social media, big data, jQuery, Platform as a Service, Hadoop, San Jose and Washington DC top cities), worst passwords of 2012 (password, 123456, iloveyou, plus more), Gmail tips (dots and case are ignored), impolite Wi-Fi network names used to communicate with neighbors, and big data to create 4.4 million jobs by 2012 (cloud, mobile devices, social media, data mining). This show originally aired on Saturday, October 27, 2012, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Photo Streams in iOS6 (sharing was never easier), transferring Windows Live Mail to new computer (export and import details), portable MP3 and FLAC players, favorite iPhone apps (Camera+, Viber, Flipboard, plus many more), audio vs data CD formatting, Profiles in IT (Stanford Robert Ovshinsky, American inventor and scientist), how are most iPhones damaged (falling out of users hands is first, water damage is second), Ada Lovelace Day (October 16, Ada was the first computer programmer, created a program for the Babbage Analytical Engine), Day Zero exploits good for at least 10 months (most target Windows or Adobe products, increasingly used for cyber warfare, based on Symantec study), and text spam is on the rise (4.5 billion text spams in 2011, forward spam message to 7726 to report). This show originally aired on Saturday, October 20, 2012, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Disabling IDFA tracking in iOS6, Windows 7 power management, using TreeSize to analyze disk storage, exporting Gmail and contacts to Yahoo, prepaid SIM cards with data in Asia, Profiles in IT (Thomas Anderson, co-founder MySpace), search traffic trending down (mobile app searching on the rise, bad news for Yahoo, good news for Apple), Skype IM worm update (takes over computer, holds contents for ransom, dont click on suspicious messages, update Skype and operating system), and Iran behind Saudi cyberattacks (Shamoon virus shut down Aramco and Qatari gas computers, wiped out critical files, Iran has entered the cyberwarfare race). This show originally aired on Saturday, October 13, 2012, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Scaling online servers, PHP application development (CakePHP vs CodeIgniter), NINITE installer (highly recommended), installing SSD in laptop (challenges revealed), Profiles in IT (Frederick Emmons Terman, co-founder and Father of Silicon Valley), Special gusest (Feroze Khan, Stratford VP for International Programs), market demand for web programming languages (PHP and Java top server side languages, HTML and CSS top client side languages), and scaling facebook for 1B users (hacker culture with rapid code releases, dedicated data centers with custom software). This show originally aired on Saturday, October 6, 2012, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM). This show originally aired on Saturday, October 6, 2012, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Best of Tech Talk replaying segments from previous shows. This show originally aired on Saturday, September 29, 2012, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Best of Tech Talk replaying segments from previous shows. This show originally aired on Saturday, September 22, 2012, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Best of Tech Talk replaying segments from previous shows. This show originally aired on Saturday, September 15, 2012, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Best of Tech Talk replaying segments from previous shows. This show originally aired on Saturday, September 8, 2012, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

iPhone tracking (via iCloud and Find My Phone app), recovering data from DVD backup, thumb drive backup risks , E-ZPass revealed (technology, privacy issues), Profiles in IT (Roy L. Clark, Sr., Godfather of Black Silicon Valley), Facebook account problems (importer friend all feature downside, preventing account hack, use of temp password for public computers), Internet and American politics (timeline from 1997 to present, most significant impact is on funding sources and bypassing traditional media, parity between parties achieved in 2012), stolen MacBook Pro leads to drug bust (GPS tracking via Backblaze led to location, Google Steetview yielded address, police intervention discovered drugs), and NIST publishes draft guidelines for server BIOS protection (an important advancement in security, the last bastion of vulnerability). This show originally aired on Saturday, September 1, 2012, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Online banking safety, tethering cellphone to laptop, replacing CD player, Profiles in IT (Diane Greene, co-founder VMWare), troubleshooting home network printing, account hacking techniques, Wi-Fi speed improvement, space elevator conference (main technical challege is producing nanotube ribbons, may be deployed by 2041, will reduce launch costs a factor of 10), Mars Rover Update (arm deployed, movement and steering tested, ChemCam laser tested, ready for first mission), Device of the Week (Vinturi wine aerator, venturi effect mixed air with wine while pouring), and social media in politics (both parties will feature Facebook and Twitter at conventions, paid bloggers, will seek to get their message out unfiltered by press, Dems slightly more active than GOP). This show originally aired on Saturday, August 25, 2012, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Student computer bargain hunting (refurbished computers from manufacturer, get last years model, use academic software), zBoost cell phone repeater (great way boost poor reception at home, may require directional antenna, as low as $184), Profiles in IT (Marissa Ann Mayer, Yahoo! CEO and former Google exec), YouMail voice mail application (sends voicemail via email, love this free app), hard drive failure (SpinRite may fix bad sectors), Skype security (end-to-end encryption, some questions about MS intentions), Stratford University launches mobile website, novel liquid repeller surface inspired by canivorous plant, iPad rules the market (Apple 68%, Samsung 9.6%, mini-iPad will increase the lead), Bring Your Own Device (security concerns for business, creating opportunities for IT pros who know security), ATT to shut down 2G by 2017, Verizon bandwidth purchase approved (bandwidth for 4G network purchased from cable companies, Verizon agrees to co-market cable and limit FIOS expansion), Mars Rover gets first mi

Airpush Detector (Android adware removal), browser tracking using cookies, online photo storage (Flickr, 500px, SmugMug, Zenfolio), Profiles in IT (Jennifer Pahlka, founder of Code for America), landing a tech job (techniques that work), hackers exploit security flaws at Apple and Amazon to hijack iTunes account and more, Mars Rover lands successfully (complex landing sequence perfectly executed, mission is to find signs of life), and Apple vs Samsung (Apple trying to patent look and feel, Apple should lose, patents should be restricted to engineering-based innovation). This show originally aired on Saturday, August 11, 2012, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Extending Wi-Fi network with repeater or high gain antenna, removing ilitili virus, recovering encrypted files, Profiles in IT (Scott Forstall, creator of iPhone iOS), Apple vs Samsung (Apple sues for iPhone patent infringements, seeks to maintain tablet dominance, outcome not certain), social media and Olympics (Twitter preferred, athletes and fans communicate, some expelled for improper comments, Dr. Ruth tweets away), high tech Olympic gun (speaker behind each runner, eliminates delay caused by speed of sound), Political Website of the Week (OpenSecrets.org, tracks polical contributions, very transparent), Google provides political geo-targeting (AdWords delivered by congressional district rather than by zip code), Curiosity Rover update (Mars landing scheduled for August 6, @MarsCuriosity trwitter account, Curiosity communicates as female, NASA enters the age of social media), NASA awards contract for private-sector shurttle (SpaceX will use the Dragon capsule launched aboard Falcon 9, good news for space

Viber vs Skype (feature comparison), MapQwuest iPhone app (turn-by-turn navigation), Profiles in IT (Ren Ng, inventor of Lytro, a light field digital camera), unsending an email (not really possible), check download speed (speedtest.net), David Burd surprise visit (connecting your TV to the Internet), Amazon cloud outage (detailing the failure), maintaining Facebook privacy (periodic Privacy Settings check advised), SQL injection attacks increase significantly (easiest method to steal passwords), and Yahoo hacked passwords analyzed (400K passwords stolen, 100K passwords not unique, 10 most popular bad passwords). This show originally aired on Saturday, July 28, 2012, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Best of Tech Talk replaying segments from previous shows. This show originally aired on Saturday, July 21, 2012, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Speed cam alerts (GPS based vs Radar detectors), SQL reporting services for business intelligence, password managers (Roboform, Lastpass), sharing Wi-Fi with neighbor (dangers and precautions), Profiles in IT (Aaron Levie, CEO and co-founder of Box.com), troubleshooting a wireless printer, Google Nexus Tablet (7-inch screen, 1280x800 pixels, 1.2 Mpixel cam, 16GB for $199), First Internet Photo posted 20 Years Ago (portrait of Les Horribles Cernettes, a comedy singing group from CERN, girlfriends of the collider boys), management failure at Microsoft (stack ranking, a destructive management technique, led to the lost decade), DNS changer malware update (temporary DNS hosts kept running by ISPs after FBI shut down), Apple playing catch up in mapping (dropping Google maps in iOS6 is a high risk strategy, war with Google), and Voyager apporaches edge of solar system (launched 35 years ago, now 10 billion miles from Earth). This show originally aired on Saturday, July 14, 2012, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Installing iPhone Emoji Keyboard, DNS redirect malware (remove before Monday cutoff), Cynthia Says Portal for 508 compliance, Profiles in IT (Ron Avitsur, creator of Mac Graphing Calculator), Higgs Boson Detected (particlar responsible for mass, major vindication for Standard Model, discovered at CERN Large Hadron Collider), Higgs Boson Trivia (synthesized sounds of the Higgs Boson detector, eerie music by musician named Higgs Boson, Higgs humor and particle physics jokes, Boson de Higgs Beer produced in Montreal), no Flash for Jelly Bean (Adobe announces that Flash will not support Android 4.1, Steve Jobs is smiling from above), and social media and Colorado wildfire relief ( Waldo Canyon Fire Tracker, Red Cross Emergency Response Center, both proved very effective at getting the news out quickly). This show originally aired on Saturday, July 7, 2012, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Hiding browsing and email history, LinkedIn tips and tricks, Facebook datamining, Profiles in IT (Andrew Rubin, Android OS developer), iPhone celebrates 5th anniversary (Steve remembered), rise and fall of RIM (slow to respond to iPhone, failure to sell to consumers, Blackberry 10 Smartphone delayed again), Microsoft must reinvent itself (retooling for the post-PC age, must play catch up with Apple, first salvo is the Surface Tablet, second will be Windows 8), Lobster replacing Comic Sans font (open source fonts make headway using Google Web Fonts), Game of the Week (Agent Higgs, hide the Higgs Boson), and Internet data generation rates (204 million emails per minute, 2 million searches per minute, $272K purchases per minute, and more). This show originally aired on Saturday, June 30, 2012, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Mobile Wi-Fi hotspots (tethering vs standalone device), networked printers, programming career options, Profiles in IT (Alan Mathison Turing, Father of computer science and AI), Stratford University international study program, Googles Alan Turing doodle, Apple iOS6 update (enhanced Siri, Facebook integration, Passbook, Apple-made maps, defines battle with Google), Udacity free online courses (represent a significant trend in education), Maryland teen develops sensitive cancer screening test (uses nanotube technology to make low cost device, wins Intels Science and Engineering Fair), Microsoft Surface tablet (innovative keyboard design, processing power of a PC, unknown availability, MS gets its Mojo), and Flame malware tied to US/Isreali espionage (Whitehouse security leaks must stop). This show originally aired on Saturday, June 23, 2012, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).