Tech Talk Radio Podcast

Free online storage (Google Docs, Sky Drive, A Drive), Profiles in IT (Don Estridge, father of the IBM PC), five phases of open source adoption (denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance), GPS system close to breakdown (AF lagging in replacement of old satellites), Book of the Week (Closing the Innovation Gap), Army uses interactive videos to train new recruits for Iraq and Afganistan, top IT technology skills (business process modeling, databases, unified messaging, IT architecture, IT security, project management, data mining, Web 2.0, virtualiztion, IT infrastructure). This show originally aired on Saturday, May 23, 2009, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Hibernation mode in laptops, Profiles in IT (Monty Widenius, developer of MySQL open source database), Virginia Department of Health Professionals hacked (ransom note posted to Wikileaks, no data backup), Aneesh Choptra named Obamas Chief Technology Officer, long term innovation trends (impact of tax and immmigration policy), WolframAlpha search engine launched (answers question like an information calculator, site cannot handle load), new Twitter application (fast food truck marketing and tracking), Facebook phishing attack successful despite user warning, and Food Science (cooking vegetables without losing vitamins and nutrients). This show originally aired on Saturday, May 16, 2009, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Wiring new house for technology, Woodbridge Campus Grand Opening (green building, inviting learning enviroment), Profiles in IT (Shigeru Miyamoto, creative mastermind behind Nintendo), Internet security update (spam down, zombies up, response to shutdown of mayor spammer), Windows 7 beta released for download (same look and feel as Vista, XP mode, drivers available), origin of technology names (adobe, apache, apple, cisco, corel, google), Hubble update (final servicing mission to launch Monday), beware of data charges on your cell phone (YouTube can be expensive), and Entrepreneur of the Year Award ( Stratford in the running). This show originally aired on Saturday, May 9, 2009, 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 2, 2009, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Ferrite chokes on cables, Profiles in IT (Winifred Mitchell Baker, Chairman and CEO of Mozilla Foundaton), DARPA Tactical Ground Reporting System (Web 2.0 multimedia application, allows users to share local intelligence, deployed in Iraq), open source ownership (MySQL case study, community rather than company ownership, fork may be necessary if Oracle is diabolical), laptop replacement cost (nearly 50K, data breach expense, data replacement cost, hardware cost), Pirate Bay court case update (appeal likely because judge had conflict of interest, protests spread to Russia), Website of the Week (torproject.org, open source proxy), and Windows 7 update (virtual XP mode, Tech Net release on April 30, general release on May 5). This show originally aired on Saturday, April 25, 2009, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Buying used computers, Profiles in IT (Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, co-founders Kazaa and Skype), Sweden cracks down on file sharing, cell phone spying (text messages, calls, turning on mic, software options, legality), Pirate Bay founders lose in court (key arguments, appeal likely, Pirate Bay polical party robust), MS spam report (97 percent of emails unwanted, 8.7 computers out of a 1000 infected), Phorm behavioral marketing (legal action by EC, latest attempt at deep packet inspection), and more Google search tricks with advanced search options. This show originally aired on Saturday, April 18, 2009, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

IT career strategies, installation CD myths, Profiles in IT (Jack Dorsey, creator of Twitter), Google and Microsoft eye Twitter, novel applications of Twitter, US electrical grid vulnerabilities (may have been penetrated, SCADA devices vulnerable, DOE Cyber Security and Attack Detection Toolkit for infrastructure), WiFi virus outbreak postulated, tax season scams (fake sites, phishing exploits, precautions), and Conficker virus update (peer-to-peer upgrade in progress, waiting for botmaster to make a move). This show originally aired on Saturday, April 11, 2009, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Hooking old Atari box to TV, recoving Vista admin password, Profiles in IT (Larry Wall, creator of Perl programming language), Cornficker update (four versions, p2p supported, mostly found in unlicensed Windows, April 1 non-event), Conficker Eye Chart, Googles April Fools joke (CADIE, Cognitive Autoheuristic Distributed-Intelligence Entity), complete list of April Fools RFCs, tech employment holds steady for March amid broad US job loss, Website of the Week: www.stopforwarding.us, and Food Science (decaffeination process for coffee and tea). This show originally aired on Saturday, April 4, 2009, 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 28, 2009, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Hijacked Hotmail Account (what can be done, password security), Profiles in IT (Yukihiro Matsumoto, creator of Ruby programming language), technology in crisis (innovation deficit, fear of failure, short term thinking, micromanagement), Big Idea of the Week (adjustable glasses eliminate the need for opticians, glasses for the masses), Website of the Week (NASA global climate change tracking, vital signs for earth), top twenty computer security jobs according to SANS Institute, purpose of fingerprints revealed (sensitivity to textures via vibrations), and voting machine fiasco (Diebold admits that voting logs not accurate). This show originally aired on Saturday, March 21, 2009, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Securing wireless access points (changing password, implementing encryption), Profiles in IT (Irwin Mark Jacobs, co-founder Qualcomm and driving force behind CDMA), Cisco Unified Computing Strategy (combining blades, virtualization, and switches), World Wide Web celebrate 20th anniversary (Tim Berners-Lee speaks at CERN, mobile web key to growth, privacy problem), Congress responds to Googles behavior-targeting with privicy bill, hiding rogue wirelss access points (using channel 14, using 801.11n only, using bluetooth Class 1 device, using wireless port knocking), latest Conficker has evolved (10,000 may be infected) FOSE update (Federal and Healthcare sectors strong, other sectors dip), and Adobe 9.1 released (security update fixes gaping hole).

Submitting taxes online(Federal FreeFile, State iFile), Profiles in IT (Claude Elwood Shannon, father of information theory and digital circuit theory), Shannon-Hartley limit explained, traditional web design is dying (impact of Web 2.0, Joomla and Drupal CMS), digital TV converter box coupon program restarts with Stimulus funding, Website of the Week (Google website optimizer), Obama selects DC Chief Technology Officer for OMB e-Gov Chief, Illinois restores Plutos planetary status to protect native son discover, NASA launches Kepler Telescope to search for Earth-like planets, E-socket camera designed for prosthetic Eyeborg project, and Twitter account highjacking exploit growing.

Dual booting XP and Vista, Profiles in IT (Paul Baron, inventor of packet switching and distributed networks used in Internet), Website of the Week: Random Wallpaper (beautiful free high res wallpapers), tech funding proposed by Obama (DOE, NSF, Commerce, and NASA, rewards innovation and risk), McNealy urges Federal open source policy, RIAA loses support from record labels (massive layoffs, suing potential customers proved to be a mistake), DOD embraces unified messaging using Internet, Facebook update (policy change gives users more control, users officially own their content, rogue applications breach security), Adobe patches hole in Flash, stimulus funds for new expanded SSA Data Center, and Food Science (wine preservation techniques to keep oxygen at bay). This show originally aired on Saturday, February 28, 2009, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Best of Tech Talk replaying segments from previous shows. This show originally aired on Saturday, February 21, 2009, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Installing a second hard drive, using BCC in emails, Profiles in IT (Robert Dennard, inventor of dynamic RAM), Skype 4.0 released, cold virus genome revealed (vaccine looks unlikely), Neanderthal genome mapped (DNA derived from 38,000 year old bones), SanDisk announces 64 GB flash memory, space crash creates debris (Russian satellite collides with Iridium satellie), space numbers (898 active satellites, 17,300 pieces of debris larger than 10 cm), Microsoft issues bounty for creator of Conficker worm, Chrysler announces Wi-Fi hotspot for cars (Internet connection via 3G cellular or WiMax), and Food Science (keeping green vegetables green). This show originally aired on Saturday, February 14, 2009, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

MAC address explained, Profiles in IT (John V. Blankenbaker, creator of KenBak-1 computer, the first personal computer), Americas most wired cities, USB 3.0 defined, digital TV conversion delayed, BMW implements car-to-car communication, WikiDashboard released by PARC, Cox Communication monitors Internet access, Book of the Week (The Medici Effect by Frans Johansson, creating an environment for innovation), biomimicry examples (velcro, gecko tape, sharkskin swim wear), and Food Science (convention oven). This show originally aired on Saturday, February 7, 2009, 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 31, 2009, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Email privacy at work (don't expect it), digital TV transition (cable and satellite users OK, antenna users need set with digital tuner or a converter box), Profiles in IT (Paul Galvin, co-founder and force behind Motorola), SANS top 25 most dangerous programming errors (can be used to specify software procurements), Website of the Week (US-CERT Security publications, securing your computer, recovering from attack, general Internet security), Maintosh 25 years old today (first announced in 1984 in Superbowl ad, redefined the desktop with a graphical user interface and a WISIWYG display), Obama can use Blackberry (highly restricted network of contacts, strict rules relating to saving all messages), Gmail used by Obama and staff until after Inauguration (wh.lastname@gmail.com was the naming convention). This show originally aired on Saturday, January 24, 2009, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Online purchasing (SSL, virtual credit card numbers), Profiles in IT (Adam Osborne, founder of Osborne Computers), Computer Electronics Show (3D TV, in-car computing, ultrathin flatpanels, Palm Pre, wrist phone, Sony netbook, wireless charging), Windows worm infects 3.5 million PCs, 256GB SSD laptops (Dell, Apple), IBM files over 4000 patents in 2008 (innovation will drive the economy), Seagate offers fix for defective Barracuda hard drives, home network attached storage (Netgear, D-Link, Iomega, RAID redunancy), and Obama seeks to delay DTV transition. This show originally aired on Saturday, January 17, 2009, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

R/C microblimp tested, maintaining hard drive (defragmentation, SpinRite repairs), obscuring posted email addresses, Profiles in IT (Andrew S. Tanenbaum, creator MINUX, author of six computer science classic texts), Windows 7 Beta released almost, NASA and DOE Joint Dark Energy Mission, cross-site request forgery attack (may compromise any open browser session), Trivia of the Week (meaning of Lorem Ipsum), multiple social networks can reveal secrets (merging social graphs, advanced datamining may link accounts and reveal too much), and Computer Electronics Show 2009 (life in the cloud, multifunction devices, thin flat panel displays, next door to Adult Entertainment Expo). This show originally aired on Saturday, January 10, 2009, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).