TDH - Company Frackups

Our last show before summer, Erik rejoined me. This week we run down all the shenanigans that have occurred in the corporate space in the last week. Its quite an impressive (or depressive) list. Also, Apple and Sony get disdainful publicity, and the Royal Wedding happened, at the expense of science.

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Mac vs PC: the stereotypes may be true
http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/04/22/mac.pc.users/index.html?hpt=C2
http://blog.hunch.com/?p=45344

Microsoft collects locations of Windows phone users
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20057329-281.html

Microsoft: Windows Phones Do Not Store Location History
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2384239,00.asp

Apple is sued over location tracking
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2011/04/26/apple_is_sued_over_location_tracking/

Apple Q&A on Location Data
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2011/04/27location_qa.html

Apple: We’ll fix iPhone tracking ‘bug’
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-20057815-266.html

PlayStation data breach in ‘top 5 ever’: researcher
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2011/04/27/technology-playstation-data-breach.html

PlayStation Network Breach Could Cost Sony $24 Billion
http://www.businessinsider.com/playstation-network-breach-could-cost-sony-24-billion-2011-4

PSN hackers Attempt To Sell 2.2 Million Credit Card Numbers Back To Sony
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/28/hackers-claim-to-have-playstation-users-card-data/?ref=technology
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/139672/20110429/psn-attempt-to-sell-2-2-million-credit-card-numbers-back-to-sony.htm

List of Companies that have had Security Breaches This Week

Apple (iPhone Location)

Sony (PlayStation)

NY Yankees

DSL Reports

Justice Dept: FBI Cybercrime agents aren’t up to the job
http://www.tgdaily.com/security-features/55646-fbi-cybercrime-agents-say-they-arent-up-to-the-job

Innocent Man Accused Of Child Pornography After Neighbor Pirates His WiFi
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/24/unsecured-wifi-child-pornography-innocent_n_852996.htm

T-Mobile Takes a Dig at Verizon for LTE Outage
http://www.tmonews.com/2011/04/t-mobile-pokes-fun-at-verizon-wireless-after-lte-outage/

6-Bit Byte:

Nook Color gets Flash support, curated app store
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20056488-1.html

Sony’s father of CD, PlayStation dies
http://www.digitalspy.com/digitaltv/news/a316272/sonys-father-of-cd-playstation-dies.html

The iPad’s Progenitor -- 123 Years Ago
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/04/26/2312213/The-iPads-Progenitor-mdash-123-Years-Ago

DEVASTATION: White iPhone 0.2mm Thicker Than Black One
http://techland.time.com/2011/04/29/devastation-white-iphone-0-2mm-thicker-than-black-one/

Facebook Frackups:

Facebook unveils “Sharing,” death of the “Like” button?
http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=10150158394647131

Science and Kickers

SETI silences alien-seeking telescope array
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-20057533-71.html

New laser will be powerful enough to rip apart space itself
http://dvice.com/archives/2011/04/new-laser-will.php

Space apologies to the royals
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/04/26/scitech/main20057449.shtml

TDH - Privacy

Today on the show, Erik was off, and Chris joined me to talk about everything from environmentally friendly datacenters to your privacy in the face of Dropbox. I'm not trying to paint Dropbox as the bad guy here, but you should be a little concerned. The 6-Bit Byte, Facebook Frackups and Science and Kickers rejoin our show today, as new concerns about Google Streetview cars and the power of 9-Volts are explored. Enjoy!

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Greenpeace Criticizes Apple, Twitter, Facebook for ‘Dirty’ Data Centers
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2383915,00.asp

Apple location tracker file: Congressman asks Steve Jobs to explain by May 12
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/04/congressman-asks-apple-about-location-tracker-file.html

Android users “hate” Apple
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-20055181-71.html

EU Decides against Net Neutrality rules

http://paidcontent.org/article/419-eu-decides-against-stricter-net-neutrality-rules/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13134494

Oracle gives up Control of OOo

http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2011/04/oracle-gives-up-on-ooo-after-community-forks-the-project.ars

Dropbox Growth

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/04/18/reviewing-dropboxs-vision-of-the-future/

and Woes

http://www.businessinsider.com/dropbox-updates-security-terms-of-service-to-say-it-can-decrpyt-files-if-the-government-asks-it-to-2011-4?op=1

http://paranoia.dubfire.net/2011/04/how-dropbox-sacrifices-user-privacy-for.html

http://dereknewton.com/2011/04/dropbox-authentication-static-host-ids/

6-Bit Byte

Judge: Is Wi-fi Packet Sniffing Spying?

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/reviews/2011/04/judge-was-wifi-packet-sniffing-by-google-street-view-spying.ars

Facebook Frackups

Facebook Ramps Up Lobbying Spend In Q1 2011, Up 400 Percent To A Record $230K

http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/21/facebook-ramps-up-lobbying-spend-in-q1-2011-up-400-percent-to-a-record-230k/

Facebook accidentally turns on all e-mail notifications for some users
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/TECH/social.media/04/20/facebook.email.glitch/

Obama at Facebook: let’s go science!
http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/20/obama-i-want-people-to-feel-the-same-about-the-next-internet-breakthrough-as-they-did-about-the-moonwalk/

Science and Kickers

A 9V Battery To Your Brain Can Improve Your Gaming
http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110413/full/472156a.html

NASA Ponies up $270 Million for Commercial Spaceflight

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20055253-17.html

TDH - Tom Merritt Interview

This week on the show, we have an interview with Tom Merritt of twit.tv! Erik and I really enjoyed talking to Tom, hearing about his career history, and talking about some major tech topics concerning us today. We definitely enjoyed ourselves. No show next week due to Carnival here at Carnegie Mellon.

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Career History

Tom Merritt: a guide to success

Net Neutrality

Mobile Space Competition

Cloud Storage

Social Media

Keeping Yourself Safe Online

TDH - Less than Impressed

I was less than happy with today's show in general, and then the stream got reset so we don't even have a full recording of the show. Everything should be okay for the Tom Merritt interview next week. I am definitely looking forward to interviewing him about his experiences in the tech industry. Today was a nice smattering of stories, and I enjoyed discussing them. Please feel free to read the articles, and listen to the first quarter and last quarter of our show. Positive outlook for next week!

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Amazon faces backlash over music locker service
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/29/us-amazon-idUSTRE72S13H20110329
http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20110329/amazons-cloud-service-is-a-legal-b-illegal-c-probably-here-to-stay/

Amazon Cloud Player Doesn't Work On iOS -- But It's Not A Flash Issue
http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/28/amazon-cloud-player-ios/

Google Reaches Agreement On FTC's Accusations Of "Deceptive Privacy Practices" In Buzz Rollout
http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/30/google-reaches-agreement-on-ftcs-accusations-of-deceptive-privacy-practices-in-buzz-rollout/

And the winner of the Google ultra-fast Internet is …
http://mashable.com/2011/03/30/google-fiber-kansas-city/

How fast is the Internet at Google? Mind blowing.
http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2011/03/29/how-fast-is-the-internet-at-google-mind-blowing/

Color App Hack Lets You Spy On Anyone’s Photos Anywhere
http://blogs.forbes.com/andygreenberg/2011/03/28/color-app-hack-lets-you-spy-on-anyones-photos-anywhere/

India to oppose .XXX domain for porn sites
http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-03-24/news/29181495_1_new-domain-internet-corporation-websites

Microsoft files European antitrust complaint against Google
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/03/microsoft-files-european-antitrust-complaint-against-google.html

6-bit Byte:

Verizon's spring portfolio leaked: DROID Charge, Incredible 2, Galaxy S 2 in tow
http://www.bgr.com/2011/03/30/verizons-spring-portfolio-leaked-droid-charge-incredible-2-galaxy-s-2-in-tow/

Paul Allen rips ‘mercenary’ Bill Gates in autobiography
http://www.itworld.com/tech-society/142004/paul-allen-rips-gates-autobiography

Obama says federal fleet to run on alternative fuels starting in 2015
http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/31/obama-says-federal-fleet-to-run-on-alternative-fuels-starting-in/

@jack is back @twitter -- Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey ...
http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2011/03/28/jack-is-back-at-twitter/

Science News:

California Healthcare Provider Wants Illness-Predicting Algorithm
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/03/30/0340216/California-Healthcare-Provider-Wants-Illness-Predicting-Algorithm

NASA snaps first image from Mercury orbit
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-20048490-76.html

Journey planned to the center of the Earth
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-20048489-76.html#ixzz1I6I0XNXe

TDH - Happy Sun

A very fun show today, as Google underestimates the nerdiness of its Android users, and we talk about how the US Air Force uses a PS3 based super computer. The title of our show comes from one of our many ideas for projects or products... most of which will never actually come to fruition. Just listen...

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ATT buys Tmobile for $39B
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-20045184-94.html

…regulatory hurdles
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-20045236-266.html

…why it’s bad for consumers
http://gigaom.com/2011/03/20/in-att-t-mobile-merger-everybody-loses/

ATT press annc
http://www.mobilizeeverything.com/home.php

FCC official: AT&T's T-Mobile deal will face "steep climb"
http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/24/fcc-att-tmobile/

Google Holds Honeycomb Tight
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2011/tc20110324_269784.htm
http://gigaom.com/mobile/heres-why-google-is-holding-honeycomb-back/

RIM opens up BlackBerry PlayBook to support Android apps
http://www.bgr.com/2011/03/24/rim-opens-up-blackberry-playbook-to-support-android-apps/

Iran-linked attack spoofs Yahoo, others
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20046340-281.html

Air Force Supercomputer Made From PS3′s
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/03/23/1948232/Air-Force-Supercomputer-Made-From-PS3s

Mac software VP Bertrand Serlet leaving Apple
http://gizmodo.com/#!5784786

The 6-bit Byte:

Porn store for Android targeted in Apple’s ‘App Store’ trademark defense
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/03/23/porn_store_for_android_targeted_in_apples_app_store_tradem

Duke Nukem Forever delayed … no, seriously
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2382536,00.asp

Facebook Frackups:

Facebook Relaunches Questions: No Threat To Quora, More Emphasis On Friends
http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/24/facebook-relaunches-questions-no-threat-to-quora-more-emphasis-on-friends/
http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=10150110059982131

Facebook Tries To Squash 21 Squatted Domain Names
http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/24/facebook-tries-to-squash-21-squatted-domain-names/

Science and Kickers:

Brown dwarf star likely the coldest star yet discovered
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2011/0323/Brown-dwarf-star-likely-the-coldest-star-yet-discovered

(Neuro Marketing) NeuroFocus makes first wireless EEG sensor headset, don’t call it a thinking cap
http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/23/neurofocus-makes-first-wireless-eeg-sensor-headset-dont-call-i/

Holy Smoke! New Tech Creates 3D Images Projected Into Mist
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2382559,00.asp