Tech Talk Radio Podcast

iPhone vs. DroidX, email delivery lag (caused by client update delay), clean install of Windows with upgrade disk, Profiles in IT (Steve R. Russell, creator of first computer video game Starwars!), Mothers Day tech gifts (iPad, Smartphone, Internet radio receiver, Kindle Wi-Fi, Digital photo frame, Xbox Kinect), XXX domain names go live (will gross $30M for registrar first year), Smartphones serve as digital fingerprint (real time scan of phone used by police when stopping drivers, used by forensics teams during investigations, may require warrant), iPhone hidden tracking file (unencrypted file stores location data with timestamps, consolidated.db stored in hidden subdirectory, Apple silent on purpose), Lyrid meteor show this weekend (expect 10 to 20 shooting stars per hour), Website of the Week (www.singularityhub.com, tracking the pace of accelerating technological advances), Book of the Week (Start with Why, explains why great companies keep innovating, they never lose sight of the reason for their existe

Using Wi-Fi hotspot safely (activate firewall, use SSL for email and social networks, use different passwords), Profiles in IT (Drew Houston, co-founder of Dropbox), Level 3 acquires Global Crossing for $3B (global fiber network in safe hands, excellent purchase), Internet access cut in Georgia and Armenia by scrap metal scavenger, MS Bing grabs 30% of search market, Internet Explorer 9 released (looks like Chrome, lots of open space, much faster, good standards compliance), Google selects Kansas City for New Gigabit Fiber Network (will be used to evaluate broadband applications, telepresence, telemedicine, and more), and HTC Thunderbolt (feature rich Android 2.2 with 4G access, short battery life is a show stopper). This show originally aired on Saturday, April 16, 2011, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Flash Cookie Cop ($7.95 download, Flash cookies can be cleaned by free CCleaner), Windows Live Mail Configuration (adding and updating accounts), working around email spam filters, Profiles in IT (Charles Simonyi, software engineer who oversaw the creation of MS Office), Grand Opening of Stratford Richmond Campus (located in Shortpump, 53,000 sf, Gerard Robinson, Virginia Secretary of Education, was keynote speaker), star torn apart by black hole in middle of galaxy (emitted a burst of high energy X-rays), RSA hacked successfully (employed a phishing attack, Flash attachment which exploited xero-day vulnerability, Poison Ivy RAT remote admin tool), Facebook doubles capacity with new datacenter (plans released in the spirit of open source hardware development, complete details at www.opencomputer.org), and superconductivity discovered 100 years ago in Netherlands. This show originally aired on Saturday, April 9, 2011, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Home theater options (surround sound, flat panels, 3D, Bose Videowave, Netflix streaming), Flash cookies (saved outside of browser, called Local Shared Objects, used by Adobe Flash Player), Profiles in IT (Pradeep Sindhu, founder and CTO of Juniper Networks), Googles April Fools Jokes (Gmail Motion, Docs Motions, Teleportation, Outsourcing Autocompletion, Voice-alyzer, Body Browser, YouTube 100th Anniversary), Microsoft caves to polical pressure (removes HTTPS option for troubled countries, most in the Middle East and former Soviet Union), Tip of the Week: Getting rid of headphone cable kinks, cyber attack compromises websites (28,000 sites compromised with malicious code that warns of virus infection, SQL injection used for penetration), Apple turns 35 (started by Jobs April 1st in 1976, three partners, one sells back 10% stake for $2300), Book of the Week (How Science will Change Daily Life by 2100 by Michio Kaku), and Website of the Week (Solar System Scope). This show originally aired on Saturday, April 2

Buying a global mobile phone, streaming Internet radio, challenges of biometric ID, Facebook pre-IPO valuation, Profiles in IT (N. R. Narayana Murthy, co-founder and first CEO of Infosys, an Indian outsourcing company), the wisdom of an India entrepreneur (life experiences of Murthy, formative events, four lessons from life, importance of giving back), Mobile App of the Week (Color, sharing your pictures with those around you), Trend of the Week (cell phones have made watches obsolete), and French chess team accused of high tech cheating (video streaming, text messaging, elaborate signalling). This show originally aired on Saturday, March 26, 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, March 19, 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, March 12, 2011, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

IPv6 transition with Leredo, content filters for Internet, erasing Skype history, Profiles in IT (Leila Chirayath Janah, founder of Samasource), Tech Moment from History (first webcam displayed a coffee pot), iPad2 specifications released (dual core A5 chip, iOS4.3, front and rear camera, faster graphics, 33% thinner, same price, same battery life, sales start March 11), iPad Ecosystem allows lower pricing (no licensing fee with Apple-only tech, direct sales to consumers, App Store, iTunes, iBooks for additional sales), Libya blocks Internet access (traffic tracked with Google transparency report, government changed routes rather than shut down ISPs), and Internet governance update (NTIA seeks guidance on role and management of IANA, ISOC plans to respond, important policy decisions will come from this action). This show originally aired on Saturday, March 5, 2011, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Anonymous hacktivists, spambots, RAM leakage in cell phones, deep packet inspection, buying a used laptop, Profiles in IT (Pony Ma, founder of Tencent), the real story behind the HBGary hack (repraisal for investigating Anonymous, SQL injection compromises password database, poorly implemented password encryption, short passwords allowed, password reuse by key officials), problem with the Dancing Pigs in security, and Trivia of the Week (Pi computed to 5 trillion places, interesting but not useful). This show originally aired on Saturday, February 26, 2011, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Academic software pricing, disabling Facebook Instant Personalization, data in digital images (camera, settings, date, location), Profiles in IT (Liu Chuanzhi, founder of Lenovo Computers), IT and the Federal budget (IT outsourcing flat, cloud computer up, data center down, biotech up, clean energy up), Obama meets tech leaders (twelve tech leaders discuss ways to increase US job creation through innovation), Verizon launches to program to link home to wireless net for less (death of the land line), and Mobile World Conference (Facebook phones, Android phones, Chinese manufacturers, mobile money). This show originally aired on Saturday, February 19, 2011, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Buying a laptop, ISO/IEC 20000 standard, Profiles in IT (Andrew Mason, founder of Groupon), Unexpected Hero (Weal Ghonim, organizer of Egyptian Facebook protest, an unauthorized Google marketing executive, creator of Revolution 2.0), Website of the Week (Google Transparency Report, censorship and traffic volume by country), Honeycomb Revisited (Andoid 3.0 designed specifically for the tablet, Motorola Zoom will be first 3.0 tablet, includes camera for video conferencing, graphics accelerator, convenient app store), Nokia partners with Microsoft (Symbian to be replaced by Windows 7 Mobile, can this compete with iPhone and Android, may be too little too late), Voyager 1 leaves Solar System (10.8 billion miles from Earth, launched in 1977, spectacular NASA success). This show originally aired on Saturday, February 12, 2011, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Video buffering problems with YouTube, cleaning computer hard drive, Profiles in IT (Andrew Rubin, creator of Android mobile operating system), Android 3.0 (code named Honeycomb, designed specically for tablets, includes video chat, high speed graphic support, encrypted hard drive, Chrome browser), Verizon iPhone (CDMA, supports hotspot tethering for up to five devices, same price as ATT, 3G network only, unlimited data $30), protestors bypass Internet blockage in Egypt (Googles Speak-to-Tweet using voicemail for Tweeting, international dial-up connections, VPNs, proxy servers), Vodafone network hijacked by Egyptian government for broadcast texting, and IPv4 addresses fully allocated (last five blocks of 16.8 million allocated to regional registrars, all 4.3 billion addresses now allocated, need to switch to IPv6 imperative). This show originally aired on Saturday, February 5, 2011, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Windows LIve Mail configuration, Office clipboard troubleshooting, Profiles in IT (Mark Cunningham, creator of the Wiki), Egypt shuts down Internet (Facebook, Twitter, texting used to organize riots, government makes tactical error), Facebook versus Google (Zuckerberg against Page, the new rivalry in tech), Facebook supports SSL finally, Social Buying (the next battleground, Google and Facebook take on Groupon), text messaging dominates in India (both for advertising and social networking), and Computer Electronics Show (tablets, smartphones, Internet TV, cars, home applicances). This show originally aired on Saturday, January 29, 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, January 22, 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, January 15, 2011, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

IPv6 deployment, VoIP troubleshooting, missing emails, Profiles in IT (Amar Gopal Bose, founder and chairman of The Bose Corporation), Net Neutality Debate (FCC Ruling, FCC legal authority, pros and cons, next steps, relevance of Comcast-Level 3 dispute), Computer Electronics Show, and iPhone App of the Week (World Lens). This show originally aired on Saturday, January 8, 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, January 1, 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, December 25, 2010, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Avoiding unwanted software installs, whois protection defined, smart phones reviewed, Profiles in IT (Timothy Brooks Westergreen, founder Pandora Radio), Internet Society fights UN initiative to control Internet, Web Tool of the Week (Google Books Search Tool, analyzes trends over the past two hundred years), Net Neutality reviewed (underlying issues, FCC limitation of authority, governmental over reach), Times Person of the Year (Mark Zuckerberg, CEO Facebook), Voyager update (leaving the solar system, a tribute to NASA), and SpaceX launches Falcon9 capsule into space (secret payload revealed). This show originally aired on Saturday, December 18, 2010, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Doc-to-Help documentation software, saving web preferences, VPN basics, write protected USB drive, Profiles in IT (Justin Frankel, creator of Winamp media player and Gnutella), Wikileaks update (US to file spy charges, defectors forming competing site called OpenLeaks, military bans portable storage), Stuxnet worm revisited (first cyber weapon, effective against Irans nuclear program), Google Chrome OS (creating a notebook that is nothing but Net, another challenge to MS), and Geminid meteor shower (will peak Tuesday morning at 6 am, 60 to 80 meteors per hour). This show originally aired on Saturday, December 11, 2010, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).