Tech Talk Radio Podcast

Landing an IT job (getting the experience to get the job), Profiles in IT (Nolan K. Bushnell, father of computer gaming and founder of Atari), IT predictions for the next ten years, leap second explained, Chineses finally convict software pirates, hybrid cellular/wifi cellphones soon to be released, browser war heats up (IE, Foxfire, Chrome), Zune players cannot handle leap year and freeze, and Food Science (Champagne bubbles). This show originally aired on Saturday, January 3, 2009, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Selecting a flat panel TV (LCD versus plasma, size, resolution, inputs, outputs), Profiles in IT (J. Presper Eckert and John William Mauchly, creators of ENIAC, first general purpose electronic computer), Google year in review, deals of the season (laptops, flat panel displays, memory, GPS navigation systems, digital cameras), Verizon awarded cyber squatting damages, computer mouse is 40 years old this week, 2009 datacenter budgets (stable, increased use of vitualizstion), Printer of the Week (Polaroid PoGo, small, portable, cheap), and Food Science (lumpy gravy). This show originally aired on Saturday, December 27, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Keyloggers, wi-fi sniffing, Profiles in IT (Seymour Robert Cray, father of the supercomputer), three Mediterranean fiberoptics trunks severed, RIAA will stop suing downloaders (will now pressure ISPs), Polaroid in bankruptcy, Gadget of the Week (GPS Angel, speed trap and stop light camera warning device), Homeland Security still without cyber security plan, the rise of the netbook (Asus Eee, HP Mini-note, Dell Mini), more Christmas gift ideas (backup hard drive, personal domain name, set up wireless router, netbook, battery backup system, high capacity RAM, media extender for HDTV, iPod, universal remote, Bluetooth headset, Skype account with headset), and American IT staffing still strong (survey of CIOs). This show originally aired on Saturday, December 20, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Securing your PC against malware, Profiles in IT (Gary Arlen Kildall, founder of Digital Research Inc. and creator of CP/M operating system), McCain sells unwiped Blackberries (phonebook, emails, texts intact), thieves winning the online war (high profits allow innovative code development, pro-active bot defense needed), Website of the Week (BotHunter.net, download software to scan for bots), who protects the Internet (observations of General Kevin Chilton, US STRATCOM Commander, no central control, gated communities), Obama taps Nobel Prize winning physicist for energy secretary, Toy of the Week (FlyTech Bladestar by WowWee, remote control helicopter with autopilot mode), IBM announces virtual Linux desktop (businesses said to save $500 to $800 over MS solution), and 2008 Google Zeitgeist released. This show originally aired on Saturday, December 13, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Buying a laptop (key specifications, recommended configurations), Profiles in IT (Seymour Rubinstein, founder MicroPro and creator of WordStar), AV-Comparatives anti-virus software evaluation (ESET NOD32 wins again), G8 President threatens to regulate the Internet, Fujitsu's Laptop For Life Program (get new replacement every three years), Kogan releases next Andoid handset (Agora Pro),hackers hijack large e-bill payment site (CheckFree.com), Nanotechnology Update (self-powered devices harvest energy using piezoelectrics), leadership on the Net (forums and social websites create tribal leaders), Website of the Week (21stCenturySkills.org, preparing students for 21st century), and Food Science (baking at high altitudes). This show originally aired on Saturday, December 6, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Career options for a web designer, Profiles in IT (Alan Shugard, founder of Seagate Technology and disk drive pioneer), Rovio Wi-fi mobile webcam (great mobile spycam, configuring for external connection, firewall port forwarding, setting up a dynamic DNS, avoiding blocked ports), flat-panel TVs (LCD versus plasma, resolution, size, video inputs, and much more), laptops (AMD versus Intel and other specs), digital cameras (10MP is here, optical versus electronic zoom, stabilization), other gifts for geeks (portable GPS, touch screen cell phones, Wii, iPod, Kindle for e-books, thinkgeek.com), robots kits (Lego Mindstorm, robotstore.com), Joe the Plumber pitching DTV converter boxes, and Food Science (results of frozen turkey experiment). This show originally aired on Saturday, November 29, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Digital TV Converters ($40 coupons, converter features, timeline), measuring broadband performance, Profiles in IT (Mitchell David Kapor, founder of Lotus Development and creator of Lotus 123), DARPA neural computer program (IBM teams with five universities, combines neuroscience, supercomputing, and nanontechnology), gifts for TechExecs (Powerstick), Obama FCC appointments will favor net neutrality, flash drive virus (spreading quickly, Pentagon bans flash drives), long range acoustic device used againsts pirates in Gulf of Aden, space shuttle retirement may be delayed to aid International Space Station, Yahoo to replace Yang, Obama cell phone records breached, and Food Science (cooking frozen turkey produces moister white meat). This show originally aired on Saturday, November 22, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Dealing with computer viruses, Profiles in IT (Charles Geschke and John Warnock, co-founders of Adobe Software and creators of PostScript), wireless revolution (broadcast whitespace to be licensed, allows broadband wireless Internet and more), AMD strategy (create foundries available to fabless companies, Dubai a major investor, good for consumers), Cybercrime report (two thirds of all firms victims of cybercrime), engineering now in demand with collapse of financial sector, tech job outlook (most layoffs since 2003, recovery depends on innovation), Isreali Likud leader copies Obama web design and social networking strategy, Google iPhone app(uses voice recognition to return web results, free), top IT managment concerns (alignment of business and IT, strategic planning, managing change), and Food Science (green tea). This show originally aired on Saturday, November 15, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

IP Addressing using NAT, Profiles in IT (Morris Chang, founder Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company), Hubble Update (history, latest computer failure, next maintenance mission), Windows Azure (architecture to host web applications, Microsoft answers Google), Windows 7 (reviews, shipping date), scientists turn tequila into diamonds, Fermilab CDF may have found a mystery particle, transparent Obama government starts with Change.gov, Obamas position of tech (net neutrality, broadband, R and D tax credits, H1-B visas, Green technology, health care, staffing), Deal of the Week (The Ultimate Steal, Windows Office Ultimate, $59 educational discount, only .edu email required), and Food Science (mushrooms). This show originally aired on Saturday, November 8, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Cell phones for travel (GSM, tri-band, local SIMM card), Profiles in IT (Elon Musk, co-founder PayPal), technology and politics (microcampaigns, swarm politics, continuing role after election, transparency in government), voting machines problems in early voting (screen calibration problems, West Virginia, Tennessee, and Texas), hacking voting machines (Princeton University report, software validation questions, firmware ROM easily replaced, data cartridges modified without detection, optical scanning system better), Product of the Week (Spykee, mobile wi-fi spy robot), cell phones included in political polls, Google uses guinea pig brain waves to evaluate YouTube video overlay advertising, five reasons why Vista failed, and Food Science (chemistry of fudge). This show originally aired on Saturday, November 1, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Robot Kits (Lego Mindstorm, robotstore.com), lynxmotion.com), Profiles in IT (Charles P. Thacker, chief designer of Alto workstation, the first personal computer to use a bit-mapped display and mouse), Einsteins Five Maxims for creative excellence, IT tech trends (convergence, vitualization, open source, distributed applications, mobility), IT employment trends (data centers, application development, database management, internetworking, security management, computer forensics), new class of worm infects social networking sites (uses cross-site scripting), X-rays created by adhesive tape (may led to cheap x-ray machine), National Cyber Security Month, and Food Science (origin of hot sauces). This show originally aired on Saturday, October 25, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Computer careers (computer science, software engineering, information systems, information assurance), Profiles in IT (William Nelson Joy, creator of Unix BSD and co-founder of Sun Microsystems), free wireless nationwide network (uses AWS-3 band, offered by M2Z Networks Inc, favored by FCC), Leobner Prize still unclaimed (latest entries in annual Turing test failed), MP3 player earbuds pose hearing threat (tests show high volume play can damage hearing), Website of the Week (tonzr.com, free ringtones), Richard Gerriott (computer game designer is latest space tourist to ride ISS), Microsoft Cloud (can it compete with Google, MS making it a certerpiece of it tech budget), Yahoo (stock tanks, Microsoft smiles), Buckypaper (formed with carbon nanotubes, stronger than steel, lighter than paper), and Food Science (ice cream, from Emperors to commoners). This show originally aired on Saturday, October 18, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

Securing wi-fi routers (WEP, WPA, WPA2), Profiles in IT (Jonathan Paul Ive, designer of iMac, iPod, iPhone, PowerBook), Gmail tip and tricks, Congress to allow third party websites for members (YouTube watch out), LHC Computer Grid (worldwide high speed fiber network, 11 Tier-1 centers, 140 Teir-2 center, can process 15 million gigabytes of data annually), Skype privacy violated in China, California moving toward open source voting machines, clickjacking is the latest browser vulnerability, World Bank network penetrated six times since 2007, new media to be used against Taliban (citizens will be given cameras to make videos for web and cell phone distribution), and Food Science (cooking with alcohol, how much remains, using Vodka). This show originally aired on Saturday, October 11, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

E-ZPass toll transponders (technology, standards, privacy issues), Profiles in IT (Nic Holonyak, father of the light emitting diode and laser diode, impact on CDs, DVDs, and fiber option communication), Space Elevator update (technical approach, carbon nanotube cable as key technology, expected availability), Website of the Week (Particle Zoo, get your particle pillows now, based on standard model of the atom, includes Higgs Boson and anti-particles), wireless pet fences (technology, cost), strip mining open source software (negative impact on development, why Linux is protected, the story behind GNU licensing project), highjacking GPS trackers (easier than you think, commerical applications are not encypted, easily captured with fake signal), Wall Street collapse is driving more students to IT degree programs, and Food Science (the history of gum). This show originally aired on Saturday, October 4, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

VoIP Security (baseline technology, encrypment methods, impact of CALEA, Skype, Zfone), Profiles in IT (Jon Postel, Internet pioneer, RFC Editor, and Numbering Czar), digitizing books with CAPCHAs (Carnegie Mellon project, 440 million words in one year), 40 million credit card numbers sold (data collected using hacked wireless networks in retail outlets), Thought Helmet to be developed by Army (reading brain waves while talking to oneself), Googles tenth birthday, California favors open source voting machine software, and Food Science (saturated fats, unsaturated fats, trans fats, health implications). This show originally aired on Saturday, September 27, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

GSP Revisted, Profiles in IT (Charles Simonyi, architect of Microsoft Office Suite), Sarah Palin email hacked (password reset weaknesses, lessons learned), Dumb Idea of the Week (tracking doggy poop using DNA), NASA to explore sun (magnetic fields in transition region, Zeeman spectral splitting, solar interference prediction), and Food Science (sauces, Roman sauces, Medici culinary transition to France, five mother sauces). This show originally aired on Saturday, September 20, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).

MacBook OS 10.5 install, GPS route selection algorithm, Profiles in IT (Fujio Masouka, inventor of both types of Flash memory), Large Hadron Collider update (first beam acheived, Standard Model of the atom, Higgs Boson, String Theory and four fundamental forces), US research may be losing out to Europe, Virginia Supreme Course overturns Anti-Spam Law, latest hurricane tracking techniques using VORTRAC, and Food Science (history of chocolate). This show originally aired on Saturday, September 13, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT Radio (WWWT).

Configuring modem-on-hold, easy to use GPS systems, Profiles in IT (Phillip Zimmermann, creator of Pretty Good Privacy email encryption), Google releases browser named Chrome, T-Mobile to offer Android-based phone, Facebook for spies will help connect the dots, hacker breaks into FEMA phone system, Mark Shuttleworth hopes to make Ubuntu prettier than OS X, IT challenges in China (integrating IT and business practices, strategic planning, project management), Website of the Week (drop.io, file-sharing service), Google celebrates tenth birthday, and Food Science (history of cereals). This show originally aired on Saturday, September 6, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT Radio (WWWT).

File backup for clean install, Profiles in IT (Carver Mead and Lynn Conway, creators of the VLSI design revolution), significance of Mead-Conway revolution, how Obama used the web (Blue State Digital, former Deaniacs, MyBo), VP announced via text message, website of the week (Plus Magazine, Internet magazine about the beauty and importance of math), Microsoft marketing initiative (Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates try to make Vista look good), importance of Gmail SSL feature (session highjacking, unencrypted cookies, man-in-the-middle attack, proper use of SSL), Pandora makes last stand (royalty fees take 70 percent of revenue, make have to close doors), commercial CD turns 26 (first produced by Sony in 1982), and Food Science (types of potatoes, effect of starch, cooking methods, taste, texture). This show originally aired on Saturday, August 23, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT Radio (WWWT).

Fixing disk errors (chkdsk, Spinrite), Profiles in IT (Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore, co-founders Intel), cyber attack preceded Georgian invasion by Russia, Air Force Cyber Command established, teaching malware in college (George Ledin called the AQ Khan of the Internet by security companies), MIT students hack Boston subway fare card system (paper at Defcon blocked by courts), Windows Vista security breached (methods used for .NET dlls in browsers not secure, paper presented at Black Hat Conference), identify theft at Olympics a real threat (change passwords frequently, beware of wireless connections and public computers), Chinese use RFID chips for 3 million Olympic passes, GPS for tracking (used by police without warrant), bypassing the Great Chinese Firewall (Global Internet Freedom Consortium to the rescue), and Food Science (two types of pickling, salt and vinegar). This show originally aired on Saturday, August 16, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT Radio (WWWT).