Tech Talk Radio Podcast

Laptop screen brightness adjustment, Profiles in IT (Sam DiVita and Richard Sturzebecher, proposed fused silica for low-loss fiber optics), size of digital universe, bloatware-free computer options (Sony, Dell, Everex), www.donotreplay.com is getting replies, Questionaut BBC kids site, NSA security configuration guides (applications, operating systems, routers, switches, databases, wireless), Google versus Yahoo leadership (technology versus Hollywood), 700MHz wireless auction (Verizon and ATT winners), trends in virtualization (dealing with scalability and multi-OS), White House appoints techie to guard government sites, practical jokes (phantom keystroke device, annoy-a-tron), salt flats on Mars, and web-based applications (Google docs, Splashup, Gliffy, iConv, Flickr, Gmail, YouOS, app2you). This show originally aired on Saturday, March 22, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT Radio (WWWT).

GMS tri-band phones for travel, Profiles in IT (Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO of Facebook), Pi Day (March 14), AOL buys Bebo, Gates in Washington (raise H1-B quota, support research, improve education), Net neutrality and BitTorrent collide, New DARPA projects for robust battlefield networks, and Food Science (sugar substitutes). This show originally aired on Saturday, March 15, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT Radio (WWWT).

Origin of TWAIN, UPS radio frequency interference, Profiles in IT (Pierre Omidyer, founder and chairman of eBay), microfinance (Grameen Bank, banking for abject poverty), Google hacking database (ihackstuff.com), Tactical Ground Reporting System (Google maps for troops), brain-controlled headset (www.emotiv.com), MS lowers Vista hardware requirements to help Intel, Food Science (baking and brewers yeast), and penetration of Pentagon more serious than previously reported. This show originally aired on Saturday, March 8, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT Radio (WWWT).

Google Checkout, Lifehacker.com, Arstechnica.com, Profiles in IT (Richard Stallman, founder of Free Software Movenment and GNU Licensing), Jamaica (politics, education, and the economy), Website of the Week (wikileaks.org), Taliban demand cell phone shutdown at night, Food Science (baking powder versus baking soda), Neural networks and learning (learning rate/capacity, associative memory and memory hooks, impact of expectation), and high efficiency solar thermal power (oil heated to 400C used to drive steam turbines). This show originally aired on Saturday, March 1, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT Radio (WWWT).

GIMP, GIMPShop, Profiles in IT (Konrad Zuse, inventor of modern computer), workforce education in Jamaica (HEART Trust/NTA and Jamaican Prime Minister speak), Jamaican technology in the news (cable monopoly, cell phone installation by Chinese, telco rate hike), Website of the Week (w3schools.com), Yahoo update (rejection of MS offer, shareholder lawsuit), rootkits that hide in Master Bood Record, and laptop inspections by customs on the rise. This show originally aired on Saturday, February 23, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT Radio (WWWT).

Printer sharing, making your own ringtones, Profiles in IT (Leonard Kleinrock, inventor of packet switched networks), Domain Keys Identified Mail (DKIM) standard will force sender address validation, QWERTY versus Dvorak keyboards, digital TV update ($40 coupons distributed to help buy digital converters), Valentines day Storm Worm attack, and best/worst Valentines Day text messages. This show originally aired on Saturday, February 16, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT Radio (WWWT).

Surge protectors specifications, Profiles in IT (Michael Dell, founder and CEO Dell Computers), FCC 700MHz spectrum auction update, One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) uses AMD chip and Linux OS, defendant cannot be forced to reveal password, creating a strong password, Open Courseware Consortium, Diebold posts picture of voting machine master key, Sun Microsystems to acquire MySQL, Google opposes Microsoft hostile takeover bid for Yahoo, malicious programs reach epidemic levels, Internet cable break update, and sex or plasma TV. This show originally aired on Saturday, February 9, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT Radio (WWWT).

Microsoft makes bid for Yahoo, Netscape Navigator is dead, profiles in IT (David Filo and Jerry Yang, co-founders of Yahoo), three undersea fiber-optic cable cuts cripple Internet in Middle East, Sysinternals troubleshooting utilities for Windows, NTIA Broadband in America Report 2008, SANS Top Ten Cyber Security Menaces for 2008, and National Geographic Genographic Project revisited. This show originally aired on Saturday, February 2, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT Radio (WWWT).

Performing a clean install, transfering files from an old computer, TWAIN software for scanners, profiles in IT (Radia J. Perlman, Mother of the Internet), printer recurring cost comparisons (inkjet versus laser), Google research seminars, Unix 2038 millenium bug, missing Whitehouse emails, and food science (Sous Vide low temperature cooking). This show originally aired on Saturday, January 26, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT Radio (WWWT).

Gmail slowdown, profiles in IT (John von Neumann, originator of von Neumann computer architecture), Ted.com (insightful lectures online), five things entrepreneuers can learn from Einstein, Google Talk real-time language translation bots, Food Science (five primary tastes, measuring threshold of taste), Network Solutions and other registrars unethical domain name grab, and AMD versus Intel CPUs for laptops. This show originally aired on Saturday, January 19, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT Radio (WWWT).

Anti-virus comparisons (av-comparatives.org), tech and science news sites, profiles in IT (Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz, inventor of binary number system), Consumer Electronics Show highlights, Bill Gates keynote acknowledges the cloud, Warner backs Blue-ray DVD, network security utilities (Network Mapper, Nessus Security Scanner, John the Ripper, Wireshark, Eraser, Netstumbler), Queen plays Wii, and Gmail hacks using cross-site scripting. This show originally aired on Saturday, January 12, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT Radio (WWWT).

Bluetoothing (AKA bluejacking), 32-bit vs 64-bit operating systems, NOD32 antivirus versus Verizon security package, profiles in IT (Thomas Kurtz, co-developer of BASIC), MIT's Hardware Year in Review (touch screens, tactile feedback, context-aware gadgets, multicore computers, autonomous vehicles), JP Morgan's 2008 Internet stock predictions, and mathematical modelling traffic jams. This show originally aired on Saturday, January 5, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT Radio (WWWT).

Getting an IT job without experience (the five-step plan), profiles in IT (James Russell, inventor of CD), interesting web applications (Bubbl.us, Buzzword.com, Empressr.com), IBM five-year predictions (smart energy, smart driving, smart buying, smart phones, smart medicine), PC Mag predictions for 2008, asteroid may hit Mars, and food science (five mother sauces, Italian/French connection). This show originally aired on Saturday, December 29, 2007, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT Radio (WWWT).

Printing over wireless networks, photos for the web (istockphoto.com), profiles in IT (Grace Murray Hopper, mother of COBOL and IT pioneer), Verizon FIOS installation (first impressions), cable versus telco report, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Hubble repair, satellite prep, data visualization, computational science), NoradSanta.org (Santa tracking and games), Google versus Microsoft (the cloud versus the desktop). This show originally aired on Saturday, December 22, 2007, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT Radio (WWWT).

Sypyware, academic software deals, profiles in IT (William Shockley, co-inventor of transistor), transistor celebrates 60th anniversary, Indian graduate student perspective on US education, identifying unkwown computer files, Egyptian and Babylonia time division (24 hour days, 60 minute hours), intercepting wireless keyboards, food science (important protein changes during cooking), first registered domains (a look back), and social network privacy issues (Facebook caught). This show originally aired on Saturday, December 15, 2007, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT Radio (WWWT).

Making ringtones, profiles in IT (Ken Thompson, co-developer of Unix), science of snowflakes, quad-core processors (Intel versus AMD), tech gifts 2007, digital picture frames, mp3 players, external hard drives, digital cameras, laptops, Nintendo Wii, robots (Pleo the Dinosaur, Rhooma the vacuum, Lego Mindstorm robot kit), remote control toys (helicopters, planes, blimps), gadget selections (women versus men), food science (low fat baked goods), origin of the word byte, and reasons to avoid Yaari. This show originally aired on Saturday, December 8, 2007, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT Radio (WWWT).

Thumb drives (safe removal, trojans, security risks, enabling technology), downloading and installing malicious payloads for thumb drives, profiles in IT (Robert Rivest, co-inventor of RSA), IPv6 parody presented at RIPE55, IPv6 address space, chip math errors could break RSA, flour science and cooking, new Seagate hard drives infected at factory with trojan, Google maps at the pump, and security consultant becomes botherder. This show originally aired on Saturday, December 1, 2007, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT Radio (WWWT).

IPv6 resources, voice recognition software, Walmart gPC is Google PC, Profiles in IT (Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com), Amazon.com new ebook reader, food science for Thanksgiving (perfect turkey, gravy with no lumps), cell phone jammers and the law, National Geographic Genographic Project (mapping your DNA back to Adam and Eve), banner ads with malware, and Googles StopBadware.org. This show originally aired on Saturday, November 24, 2007, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT Radio (WWWT).

iPhone (kickbacks from telcos, sales limits), geeks and nerds defined, Profiles in IT (Phil Zimmerman, creator of PGP), gifts for the sheek geek (Thinkgeek.com, Robotstore.com), password management (Roboform, Passsword Safe), web comic for geeks (xkcd.com), inventor of three finger salute (Ctrl-Alt-Del), and strategies for IT job search. This show originally aired on Saturday, November 17, 2007, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT Radio (WWWT).

Audio CAPTCHAs, avoiding CAPTCHAs with akismet, Google's ESP game for image labeling, Profiles in IT (Karlheinz Brandenburg, father of MP3), Virginia Tech places 3rd in DARPA Urban Challenge, electronic voting machine update, installing Ubuntu Linux, and free opensource software (Open Office, GimpShop, Audacity, MediaCoder). This show originally aired on Saturday, November 10, 2007, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT Radio (WWWT).