Tech Talk Radio Podcast

Extending Wi-Fi range (use higher gain antenna or repeater), putting same songs on two iTunes devices, getting a tech job, Profiles in IT (Mark Russell Benioff, co-founder Salesforce.com), Cyber Command logo mystery solved, Apple iPhone update (free case is fix to bad antenna design), beware of automatic photo geotagging (your location may be revealed inadvertently), new batteries can be recharged by shaking, unmanned solar plane remains in air for 7 days and counting, and HP ePrint technology enables printer to print email attachments automatically (print from any computer without print drivers). This show originally aired on Saturday, July 17, 2010, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Internet governance, copying protected webpages, Profiles in IT (Mike Lazaridis, creator of Blackberry), patent troll sues more phone makers (NTP previously won $613 million from Blackberry, expanding patent infringement case, makes it clear that US patent laws need revision), Google to remain in China (adjusts content filtering policy slightly), iPhone4 users petition Apple for fix (Jobs refuses free rubber case), solar plane flies all night long (paves the way for a round the earth flight), Government proposes online identify plan using private sector (good mix of public policy and private sector), Senators email hacked (he was scammed, sent his email and password to a stranger), and scareware on the rise (beware of fake virus protection pop-up ads). This show originally aired on Saturday, July 10, 2010, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Cybersecurity legistation, Profiles in IT (Philip Rosedale, creator of Second Life), The Love Machine (a novel crowd-sourced review and bonus system), Website of the Week (99Designs.com, crowd-sourced design work), Apple iPhone denial (antenna shorted by touching case, Apple denies problem, easily fixed with rubber case), robotic cargo Russian spacecraft misses Internation Space Station (loss of telemetry lock, cargo floats away), and the Goddard Center for Climate Simulations (Discover supercomputer with 15,000 nodes, primary climate science computer in the US, funded with simulus dollars). This show originally aired on Saturday, July 3, 2010, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Kill Switch (Liberman sponsored bill, bad idea that violates unpinning independence of the Internet), Profiles in IT (Robert Li, co-founder of China's most popular search engine, Baidu), iPhone4 released (1.5 million sold first day, antenna problems if held in the wrong way, higher resolution, longer battery life, 5 MP camera, HD video recording, multi-tasking), iPad reviewed (great screen, apps lacking, good Internet browsing, Wi-Fi, 3G, GPS, accelerometer, hard to carry), ICANN approved .XXX domain (porn finally has respect), Android security (app install and removal without user consent, apps run in different sandboxes), and 10th anniversary of human genome sequencing (announced June 26, 2000, complete sequencing finished 2003, more to analyze since junk-DNA seems to be important). This show originally aired on Saturday, June 26, 2010, 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 19, 2010, 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 12, 2010, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Transferring pictures from your camera, advice when upgrading BIOS, replacing PC battery, Profiles in IT (David Ulevitch, founder of OpenDNS), ATT to end unlimited data plan (iPhone owners beware), Pakistan reinstates Facebook (offending page removed), wave power to drive desalination plant, Intel loses mobile marketshare to British firm ARM (hopes to make comeback with Atom chip), and SpaceX successfully launches rocket (first step to privitization of space). This show originally aired on Saturday, June 5, 2010, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Webcaming options, reading Office 2007 files, deleting Facebook account, Profiles in IT (Inder Guglani, co-founder Guru.com), Websites of the Week (Google Analytics and Google Webmaster Tools), Stratford.edu traffic analysis (traffic from 44 countries, 72% use IE, 84% have broadband), Webmaster Tip of the Week (use 301 redirects when changing website content map), Google shows that Facebook is most trafficked site, FCC to relassify broadband (shifting classification to enforce Net neutrality will have adverse impact on innovation), and landing a tech job (select a tech project to complete at home, act like a pro even before you are employed. This show originally aired on Saturday, May 29, 2010, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Extending Wi-fi range (attach booster antenna to router, install Netstumbler on computer, adjust antenna position to get at least 30db SNR), Profiles in IT (Mathhew Charles Mullenweg, founding developer of Wordpress), Facebook responds to critics (promises to give more control over privacy to users, share less with advertisers), Website of the Week (www.WolframAlpha.com, curator of worlds information, strengh in scientific areas), Google TV announced (promises to merge the Internet and the family television set), Pac Man celebrates 30th birthday (first released May 22, 1984), and Andoid 2.2 released (sales may surpass iPhone, speed improved, APIs for corporate management tools). This show originally aired on Saturday, May 22, 2010, 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 15, 2010, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Bootlegging wireless legality, using a public hotspot (SSL, confingure POP3 email properly, consider VPN), Profiles in IT (Robert Kalin, founder and CEO of etsy.com), Facebook privacy policy (designed for revenue generation, beware), ICANN launches internationalized domain names (first three top level domaains are arabic, 20 more to follow), Picasa3 (face recongition helps organize pictures), Feds sieze bogus networking gear (Cisco hardware made in China sold to Department of Defense, fear of hardware backdoor), Website of the Week (MIT Open Courseware, 1900 free courses available online), and Google search tricks. This show originally aired on Saturday, May 8, 2010, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Wiping Hard Drive (Formatting, Data wiping software), Profiles in IT (Aaron Patzer, founder of Mint.com), Website of the Week: Gapminder.org (data mining global health statistics), Apple and Adobe feud over Flash, Google Android makes room for Flash, Symantec 2009 Internet Security Report (based on global data collection network, available on Internet), Hacking Trivia (50 years of hacking exploits and interesting facts), University of Tennessee student found guilty in Palin email hacking case, and Gulf oil spill cleanup uses high tech (real-time NOAA satellite imagery, real-time data from sensor-laden buoys, real-time Integrated Ocean Observing System data, remotely piloted submarine with robotic arm to stop leak). This show originally aired on Saturday, May 1, 2010, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Broadband options (FIOS, cable, satellite), Word2007 PDF add-on, Profiles in IT (Sabeer Bhartia, co-founder Hotmail), iPad helps elderly with poor vision, Speaks4Me gives the autistic a voice, Qakbot worm gathers sensitive data (2GB per week collected via FTP, initially spread via web page containing malicious Javascript, widespread penetration), Apple engineer loses iPhone4G (sold to Gizmodo for $5K, legal action pending), NASA releases hi-definition images of SUN (Solar Dynamics Observatory quad-sensor pack delivers), Bad Idea of the Week ( EyeDriver software, steers car to where driver is looking), Verizon 4G wireless close to deployment (uses 700 Mhz spectrum reclaimed from analog TV, named Long Term Evolution, VoIP exclusively, 12 Mbps data rate, 30ms latency, connection for phones, TVs, appliances, cars, multiple devices). This show originally aired on Saturday, April 24, 2010, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Adding second hard drive to desktop, NOD32 antivirus, faxing using Ooma VoIP, converting Word doc to pdf, Profiles in IT (Christopher Isaac Stone, co-founder Twitter), anatomy of a botnet attack on financial institutions (network uncovered by NetWitness, used Zeus Trojan for hire, 2,500 institutions penetrated), Google Chrome OS (soon to be on netbooks, open-source print cloud architecture), Feds drop attempt to access Yahoo mail without warrant, and Website of the Week (What is Reality, excellent description of the quantum world). This show originally aired on Saturday, April 17, 2010, 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 10, 2010, 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 3, 2010, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Ooma VoIP reviewed (Telo base unit, porting old phone number, configuation options, Premier Service option, savings), Profiles in IT (Frances Elizabeth Allen, pioneer in optimized compiler development, first female Turing Award winner), Jhai foundation (providing tech support to Laotian farmers, started by Vietnam war vet with PTSD, Internet access for remote villages), and Sex.com (into bankruptcy after being purchased for $14 million, may go on sale again). This show originally aired on Saturday, March 27, 2010, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Ubuntu device drivers, XP installation disk image, VoIP (Vonage, Ooma, Skype), Profiles in IT (Garrett Camp, co-founder and CEO StumbleUpon), Android developer out to kill iPhone, IndexedDB will be local storage cloud computing standard, looking back at 1995 Internet pridictions (misguided and humorous), Google to leave China rather than comply with government demands, and technology to help blind soldier see (signal sent to imager for the tongue, initial trials promising). This show originally aired on Saturday, March 20, 2010, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Subscribing to Tech Talk podcast, email options (POP vs web based), Profiles in IT (Timothy OReilly, founder of OReilly Media), Zeus tojan for hire (full function version $10K), ICANN delays decision on XXX top level domain, tumbleweed could be next Mars rover, Large Hadron Collider to be cranked up to 7 TeV (50% of max power), new Federal IT security certfication program, Pi Day is March 14 (record for memorization is 67,890 digits), Website of the Week (Escape Motions, make your own art and save the jpg), and Stratford in India ($1M scholarship program attracts innovators). This show originally aired on Saturday, March 13, 2010, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Blocking text message spam, searching Tech Talk archives, removing rootkit from Win7, creating macros in Word, Profiles in IT (Edward E. Iacobucci, founder of Citrix), Viral Video of the Week (A Brief History of Pretty Much Everything), Twitter delivers 10 billionth tweet, auto-captioning of YouTube videos now available, FBI expands cybersecurity initiative (actively seeking applicants from private sector, seeks corporate cooperation), and Stratford in India (integrating critical thinking in the classroom, offering $US 1 million in scholarships). This show originally aired on Saturday, March 6, 2010, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).