Tech Talk Radio Podcast

Best of Tech Talk replaying segments from previous shows. This show originally aired on Saturday, September 10, 2011, 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 3, 2011, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Memristors revealed (resistors with memory, a new type of circuit element developed by HP), Spotify (streaming music with offline storage, may be better than Pandora and iTunes), wi-fi security (session highjacking with Firesheep, packet sniffing with Wireshark), Profiles in IT (Samuel Morse, inventor of telegraph and Morse code), Edinburgh Fringe funniest joke about password with 8 characters, Steve Jobs resigns as Apple CEO (legendary leader turned Apple around twice, creator of iApple, leaves for health reasons), hurricane physics (counter-clockwise rotation because of Coriolis force, low pressure zone in center has higher water level or surge), and HP TouchPad bites the dust (squeezed out by iPad and Android tablets. This show originally aired on Saturday, August 27, 2011, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Best of Tech Talk replaying segments from previous shows. This show originally aired on Saturday, August 20, 2011, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Buying a laptop for college, VM Password advice, securing your online medical account, Facebook privacy, Profiles in IT (Anthony M Fadell, father of the Apple iPod), BART cuts wireless service to stop protest, World Wide Web turn 20 (Tim Berner-Lee launched the first website August 6, 1991 at CERN), IBM PC turns 20 (PC announced in Waldorf Astoria on August 12, 1981, cost $1,565, 4.77 MHz Intel 8088, 16 kB RAM), Perseid Meteor Shower (peak nights this weekend, images available via webcam for first time), DARPA lostes Mach 20 aircraft (reached speeds 20 times the speed of sound, telemetry failure after 13 minutes), and Black Hat Conference (held in Las Vegas, many security vulnerabilities discusses included certifcate authority system, UPNP on wireless routers, new phishing techniques). This show originally aired on Saturday, August 13, 2011, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Domain name owernership and IP address lookup, resetting wireless router defaults, multiple devices on one iTunes account, Profiles in IT (Rob Glaser, founder of RealNetworks), infrastructure controls vulnerable to hacking (many SCADA devices improperly configured, easily located with Google, featured at Black Hat Conference), Website of the Week (www.shodanhq.com, database of vulnerable Internet devices), FCC finds broadband advertising to be mostly accurate (substantial improvement over 2009 results), RIM releases Blackberry OS 7 (hopes to compete with iPhone and Android, may be too late), National Archives hires first Wikepedian in Residence (will make holdings available on Wikipedia), DHS develops software security tools to help agencies audit security, ATT requires voicemail passwords (responding to UK voicemail hacking scandal, follows Verizon lead), and SpaceX to provide 12 International Space Station cargo missions (funded with $1.6B contract). This show originally aired on Saturday, August 6, 2011, a

Restoring data from crashed disk, MAC and IP addresses revealed, Profiles in IT (Mark Pincus, co-founder Zynga), Pakistan blocks encryption, ATT throttling high bandwidth users, Facebook pays for security bug reports (follows Google and Mozilla lead, MS and Oracle take note), Netflix pricing designed to force the shift to Internet delivery (may be the deathnell of DVDs), Dumb Idea of the Week (elite750.com, ultra expensive email service for suckers), Obama drops Twitter bombs on debt-ceiling debate, Federal CIO quits (severe budget cuts prompt departure, Vivek Kundra was making a difference), and another hacker data dump embarrasses FBI (ManTech hacked by AntiSec, 400MB of data released, ManTech is FBI cybersecurity contractor). This show originally aired on Saturday, July 30, 2011, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Targeted Internet ads (contextual, cookie-enabled), hijacked email address used in spam, Wi-Fi security settings (reset password, encryption), Profiles in IT (James Chu, founder and CEO of Viewsonic Corporation), video streaming for home video (using Wi-Fi enabled TV, DVD, or game console), Blackberry Playbook only tablet to get FIPS security certification from NIST, cloud computing driving gloval job creation (Asia expected to be biggest beneficiary), Google is changing how we think (brain relying on more on quick Internet retrieval than memory), judge reduces damages in MP3 copyright infringement case ($1.5M to $54,000, upholds infringement case for 24 songs), SANS list of 20 best jobs in Information Security (including forensics, security engineer, Director of Security, penetration tester, security-saavy software developer), Pet Peeve of the Week (email hijacking, using a reply for a new email), and Website of the Week (cio.gov, great way to see where Federal government IT headed). This show originally air

Browsing with Firefox NoScript addon, replacing an aging CD boombox, Profiles in IT (Bjarne Stroustrup, creator and developer of C++), speech recognition software (Dragon Naturally Speak is best option, PC or Mac, first developed by Drs. James and Janet Baker in 1982), Nintendo celebrates 30 years of Donkey Kong), HTC loses International Trade Commission patent ruling against Apple (Apple in all out war against Android), NASA probe headed into orbit around asteroids (will orbit around Vesta and then dwarf planet Ceres, Dawn spacecraft originally launched in 2007), and space politics (government vs private secord LEO exploitation, International Space Station versus Moon space colony, manned versus unmanned exploration, budget cuts). This show originally aired on Saturday, July 16, 2011, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

XM Radio on iPhone, Blackberry vs. iPhone email security, converting CDs to MP3, Profiles in IT (Sehat Sutardja, co-founder and CEO of Marvell Technology), Facebook vs Google (valuation, traffic, upside potential), fastest growing tech jobs (network administrator, database manager, desktop support, mobile app development, security professional, cloud computing), Atlantis takes off for last Shuttle mission, Android patent infringement (Microsoft and Oracle file claims against Google), and sharing your computer with the grid (World Community Grid, Seti@Home, Folding@Home, Einstein@Home). This show originally aired on Saturday, July 9, 2011, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Safely stopping unauthorized virus download, mobile apps for online learning (Moodle and Blackboard platforms), Profiles in IT (Pehong Chen, founder and CEO of Broadvision), social networking goes corporate, Blackberry may be obsolete (iPhone and Android challenge is taking its toll), Website of the Week (Verizon Usage Calculator, computer your monthly data requirements, streaming video a real data hog), Social Media Day 2011 (online connections meet in person), and Microsoft enters the cloud (Office 365 formally released, targets enterprise customers, responding to Google Apps, monthly fee). This show originally aired on Saturday, July 2, 2011, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Internet speed test, digital TV converters, hacked Hotmail, Profiles in IT (Wilmot Reed Hastings, founder of Netflix), iPad2 applications review (DocsToGo, DropBox, Heritage, Wikihood, Flipboard, Qwiki, MyPad, need keyboard for long docs), and IT trends (outsourcing data center to cloud, cybersecurity, data mining, business intelligence, vituralization of everything, thin clients, open source, wireless networking). This show originally aired on Saturday, June 25, 2011, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Best of Tech Talk replaying segments from previous shows. This show originally aired on Saturday, June 18, 2011, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Best of Tech Talk replaying segments from previous shows. This show originally aired on Saturday, June 11, 2011, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Print to file feature, using one monitor for multiple computers (KVM switch option, remote desktop option), Profiles in IT (Reid G. Hoffman, co-founder LinkedIn), Google playing catch up with social networking (four years late, Facebook has advantage, may affect ad revenues, threat to future growth), Skype protocol cracked (code reverse engineered, code released, hacker wants to create an open source Skype client, Skype fights back), hacking activity on the rise (Pakistan Cyber Army, Anonymous, prOf, Lulzsec, Chinese military, cybersecurity degrees in demand), top ten thriving businesses (led by VoIP providers), and top ten dying businesses (led by wired telecom carriers). This show originally aired on Saturday, June 4, 2011, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Best of Tech Talk replaying segments from previous shows. This show originally aired on Saturday, May 28, 2011, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Using BCC in emails, VoIP options when travelling, Profiles in IT (Janie and Victor Tsao, co-founders of Linksys), Playboy puts all content online (every issues since 1957, creates website for iPad, bypasses Apple controls), Netflex largest source of downstream Internet traffic in US, Marvell chip designed to improve LED light quality (controls two colors for color balance, Wi-Fi enables remote control via network applicance), LinkedIn IPO (stocks double first day, $8.9B valuation, 10% of shares released), couple names daughter Like in honor of Facebook, and Amazon e-books outselling print hardcover and softcover books. This show originally aired on Saturday, May 21, 2011, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Saving Word documents, Organic Light Emitting Diode Displays (will replace LCD for flat panel TV, faster, larger screens, higher dynamic range, eventually cheaper), running XP mode in Windows 7 Virtual PC (best way to run legacy programs), Profiles in IT (Hakon Wium Lie, creator of Cascading Style Sheets for browsers), US innovation ecosystem theatened (policies are driving new companies to India and China, restrictive Visa policy, high taxes), Costa Rica attracting high tech (excellent workforce development, lower taxes, good infrastructure), last typewriter factory in the world shuts down in Mumbai India, Microsoft purchases Skype (overpaid, difficult to integrate with products, based on old Kazaa peer-to-peer technology), Sony attacked by Anonymous (10 servers compromised, 77 million customer records downloaded, attacked using Amazon clould), Osama bin Landen sneakernet (couriers carried thumbdrive to CyberCafe to send and receive email), and Google Chromebook announced (available June 15, Acer and Samsung

Best of Tech Talk replaying segments from previous shows. This show originally aired on Saturday, May 7, 2011, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Best of Tech Talk replaying segments from previous shows. This show originally aired on Saturday, April 30, 2011, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).