I'm for him, but he's ugly

Merry Christmas to everyone! I recorded a short show, but hopefully, you'll enjoy it. It hits the high points of the holidays, like making money, Twitter did, and Red Hat too! Your E-books are now DRM free, and Apple is still a spoiled brat.

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Twitter? Profitable? Really?
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10419569-36.html

Microsoft loses Word patent appeal
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BL3FV20091222

White House appoints cybersecurity chief
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10420268-83.html

Web staggers under pre-Christmas DDoS attack
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10421567-2.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10421577-265.html?tag=mncol;txt

Nexus One Full Specs, Invite only retail
http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/exclusive-nexus-one-full-specs-detailed-invite-only-retail-sal/

Red Hat's Q3 earnings defy gravity
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10420488-16.html

Hackers claim to crack Kindle copyright armor
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10421296-1.html

Apple To Demo Tablet In January, Asks Developers To Get Apps Ready
http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-to-demo-tablet-in-january-asks-developers-to-get-apps-ready-2009-12

REALLY US Military!?

I talk about the sheer madness of the US Military's drone video feed being hacked, the judicial precedent on lawyer's friends, and cell phone warrants. I don't go so googley eyed about the new Android device, and Chrome is now the #3 browser.

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Chrome Mac, Linux betas push browser into No. 3 spot
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9142286/Chrome_Mac_Linux_betas_push_browser_into_No._3_spot

Paramount to start online service to sell movie clips
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/business/media/15film.html

Google Phone/ Nexus One
http://gizmodo.com/5426316/more-photos-of-the-google-nexus-one
http://gizmodo.com/5426554/googles-nexus-one-may-be-coming-on-january-5th

4G network comes to Scandinavia
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8412035.stm
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10414665-94.html

Man turns Christmas lights into Guitar Hero game
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10414561-71.html

Judges can’t “friend” lawyers in Florida
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/12/11/1846208/Judges-Cant-Friend-Lawyers-in-Florida

Ohio Justices: Cell Phone Searches Require Warrant

http://eff.org/r.3ec

Hackers access Predator drones
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126102247889095011.html

Nook hacked with Web browser, Facebook, Twitter apps for starters
http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/nook-hacked-with-web-browser-facebook-and-twitter-for-starters/

LED traffic lights are great — except they’ll kill you
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/12/15/national/a133205S26.DTL&tsp=1

Money In Space!

Some Apple Tablet conspiracy theories, some piracy, and hacking. I also talk about some social engineering, and some that aren't that social. Besides the obvious money story, well, there are other money stories.

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Microsoft’s Bing goes down
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10409175-56.html

Google introduces Favorite Place info using QR Codes
http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/google-goggles-brings-visual-search-to-android-favorite-places/
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/explore-whole-new-way-to-window-shop.html

Man “beats” World of Warcraft
http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/12/03/1456243/Man-Beats-emWorld-of-Warcraftem

New Senate bill targets unfair early termination fees
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/new-senate-bill-targets-unfair-early-termination-fees.ars

US agency’s balloon hunt tests Internet accuracy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8397649.stm
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34303629/ns/technology_and_science-innovation/

Branson unveils next step toward space flights
http://news.cnet.com/8301-19514_3-10410601-239.html

U.S. no longer leading the world in spam
http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/12/08/2042253/US-No-Longer-Leading-the-World-In-Spam

EA CEO: “I think of pirates as a marketplace”
http://kotaku.com/5421466/ea-ceo-i-think-of-pirates-as-a-marketplace

Apple buys Lala service
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/12/apple-buys-music-streamer-lala-but-whats-it-getting.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10410206-261.html
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/12/07/apples_lala_purchase_could_bring_browser_access_to_itunes_content.html

Apple tablet set for spring launch?
http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/12/09/apple-tablet-set-for-spring-launch/

WiGig alliance creates next-generation wireless networking standard
http://venturebeat.com/2009/12/10/wigig-alliance-creates-next-generation-wireless-networking-standard/
http://gigaom.com/2009/12/10/coming-soon-to-your-hd-home-theater-7gbps/

Harnessing the Cloud for Hacking
http://www.technologyreview.com/web/24127/?a=f

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Art contest! -- Take the current logo (the one on the blog) and redesign it, or you could submit an image for the banner on the blog, of why not both!
Winners will get to see their work as the logo, and a gift certificate to the local retail business of your choice (no more than $20). If you would like to participate, email me, and I will send you a large version of the current logo. The winner will be announced on the first show in 2010, so submit early, and submit often!

Baron takes a Hiatus

This week, I was not availible to record, so Justin (@mcafee15) stepped in and recorded the entire podcast himself, there is no intro music this week either, as my being away made it difficult to edit in the intro. @mcafee15 did a great job in my absence, but you can expect me to be flying solo for the rest of the December.
Justin did a great job talking about the topics this week, which were all over the place.

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Macs are Amazon’s most wished for, PC’s most given
http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/11/29/macs-are-amazons-most-wished-for/

Online “guilds” mirror real life gangs
http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/11/30/1358241/Online-Guilds-Mirror-Real-Life-Gangs

After Apple agreement, Psystar officially halts sales of clone Macs
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/12/02/after_apple_agreement_psystar_officially_halts_sales_of_clone_macs.html

Current ACTA drafts ban DRM interoperability laws
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/current-acta-drafts-bans-drm-interoperability-laws.ars

Apple iPhone may go to T-Mobile next
http://www.thestreet.com/story/10634548/1/apple-iphone-may-go-to-t-mobile-next.html

AT&T gives up on Verizon ad lawsuit
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10407717-266.html

Google wants to eliminate drivers
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10407264-1.html

Google Embraces Twitter, Some More. In a Non Facebook Kinda Way.

http://battellemedia.com/archives/005066.php

Intel shows off 48-core chip
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8392392.stm
http://news.cnet.com/2300-1001_3-10001951.html

Texting and Twitter make kids BETTER writers, not worse
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8392653.stm

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Art contest! -- Take the current logo (the one on the blog) and redesign it, or you could submit an image for the banner on the blog, of why not both!
Winners will get to see their work as the logo, and a gift certificate to the local retail business of your choice (no more than $20). If you would like to participate, email me, and I will send you a large version of the current logo. The winner will be announced on the first show in 2010, so submit early, and submit often!

Lungs Beyond Economical Repair

So I this is the second attempt at a co-host show, and the audio actually worked this time, so we will do this from now on. This week, I have on Erik Boyer from NWOCA, he unfortunatly doesn't have a twitter account I can give out. While you were off grabbing some great deals on this black Friday, we were talking about things ranging from the LHC to the ACTA treaty. Remember to call your senators!

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Cern’s Large Hadron Collider makes first collisions
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8375486.stm

Nook sold out for the holidays
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10402710-1.html

Smoking may void Applecare warranty due to “health hazard”
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/11/21/smoking_may_void_applecare_warranty.html

Recession pushes more workers to steal data
http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/11/23/1927248/Recession-Pushes-More-Workers-To-Steal-Data

Intelsat launches hardware for Internet routing from space
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/11/24/1334203/Intelsat-Launches-Hardware-For-Internet-Routing-From-Space

Two US senators demand publication of ACTA
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/24/two-us-senators-dema.html

Wikileaks offering 9/11 pager intercepts
http://911.wikileaks.org
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/11/25/taking_liberties/entry5770280.shtml

Why the Android platform is more natural than iPhone
http://phandroid.com/2009/11/25/motorola-led-flashlight-reviewing-the-legend/

Saab will no longer innovate as a deal falls through
http://www.smh.com.au/drive/motor-news/koenigsaab-deal-falls-through-20091125-jrcp.html?autostart=1
http://www.saabmuseum.com/innovations/index.html

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Art contest! -- Take the current logo (the one on the blog) and redesign it, or you could submit an image for the banner on the blog, of why not both!
Winners will get to see their work as the logo, and a gift certificate to the local retail business of your choice (no more than $20). If you would like to participate, email me, and I will send you a large version of the current logo. The winner will be announced on the first show in 2010, so submit early, and submit often!


Call for Co-Hosts! You must have Skype, (so that I can record the conversation and put it into the podcast)
If you are interested, shoot me an email, and we'll talk about it.
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Google Chrome OS Review

To make up for no audio yesterday, today I did a review of Google's Chrome OS which you too gan get and play around with at gdgt: http://gdgt.com/google/chrome-os/download/

I hope that this makes up (at least a little bit) for no real podcast yesterday.

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Google Pulls an Apple?

Ok, well this is the first time that I have had a cohost, and I think that @mcafee15 did a great job, but unfortunatley recording the skype call with callgraph wasn't so successful. My apologies for the poor audio, I have a better idea for the next time I have a cohost. We put on a great show, if only in our minds, the audio quality was just too poor to publish. Here are the show notes, if you want to look through the articles that we talked about:

Also,
I said that the image contest would be ending today, but I changed my mind, you have until the end of 2009 to create and submit your design.


President Obama Admits That He's Never Used Twitter
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/15/president-obama-twitter/

Apple wins important round In Psystar copyright case
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20091115-703736.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10397876-37.html

The Pirate Bay Tracker Shuts Down for Good
http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-tracker-shuts-down-for-good-091117/

Swedish Retailer Pirates the Pirate Bay Logo
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/11/piratebay-logo-registered/

New dating sites match people through DNA tests
http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/11/15/1734238/New-Dating-Sites-Match-People-Through-DNA-Tests

Lab worms are stunned by ‘phaser’
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8367081.stm

MIT Robot Rides Shotgun to Make Us Happier Drivers
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/11/mit-robot-rides-shotgun-to-make-us-happier-drivers/

The Nokia 900 comes to the US [This or the GSM Droid?]
http://www.nokiausa.com/find-products/phones/nokia-n900/specifications#sharing-bi

Modern Warfare 2 tops entertainment industry, not just games
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-10400394-235.html

Liveblog today: Google Chrome OS press conference
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10401095-2.html
http://mashable.com/2009/11/19/chrome-os-differences/

Try out Chrome OS for yourself
http://gdgt.com/google/chrome-os/download/

Goog & MSFT

I thought I would be talking for a while due to the number of stories I had, I got a little worried. But I kept myself tame, a few minutes spent on Droid, a few on that other smartphone, and then there is Nokia. Then Google vs. Microsoft talk, back and forth, need to work on my transitions though.

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First look: Motorola Droid

Here is a link to engadget:(the milestone) GSM Droid
http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/motorola-milestone-headed-to-telus-in-early-2010/

Apple said to be working on ‘world-mode’ iPhone
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10392936-94.html

Smartphones beat recession, Nokia still on top
http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2009/11/smartphones-beat-recession-nokia-still-on-top.ars

Google to offer free Wi-fi in approximately 50 airports for holiday season only
http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel/20091110_free_airport_wifi_holiday.html

MSFT to do the same, we think
http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/11/happy_holidays_google_and_microsoft_roll_out_free_wifi.html

Google hopes to remake programming with Go
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10393210-264.html

Microsoft Patents Sudo’s Behavior
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/11/11/2055226

Story recommended by a listener!:
Microsoft exec: Mac OS inspired Windows 7

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10395980-71.html

How we really designed the look and feel of Windows 7
http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/archive/2009/11/11/how-we-really-designed-the-look-and-feel-of-windows-7.aspx

The Day of Droid

I have Droid news, and Droid stories, did I mention, a Droid story? You are probably sick of the phone by now, but that was the way that I felt with the iPhone. I talk about some other things as well, so don't worry too much, just start a little less than half-way through. I forgot to mention in the audio, so I'll put it here:

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Winners will get to see their work as the logo, and a gift certificate to the local retail business of your choice (no more than $20). If you would like to participate, email me, and I will send you a large version of the current logo. The winner will be announced on the Nov. 20th show, so submit early, and submit often!
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Unconfirmed reports say Droid may also be headed to T-Mobile
http://www.brighthand.com/default.asp?newsID=15838

Want a Droid for work e-mail? It’ll cost you extra
http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobilize/want-droid-work-e-mail-itll-cost-you-extra-575

UPDATE: Personal Droid data will cost $30
http://www.gearlog.com/2009/11/personal_droid_data_will_cost.php

Space hotel on track for 2012 – requires 8 weeks of training
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091102/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_space_hotel;_ylt=AppcrpbEAKVXEHRSsMudbLx0fNdF

Leaked ACTA Internet provisions: Three strikes and a global DMCA
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/11/leaked-acta-internet-provisions-three-strikes-and-
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/03/secret-copyright-tre.html

LHC Shut Down Again -- By Baguette-Dropping Bird
http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/11/06/0824213/LHC-Shut-Down-Again-mdash-By-Baguette-Dropping-Bird?from=rss

Business Loooveeee

After a successfully completed first round of college applications, I bring you the late podcast from last week. Facebook and Myspace to Apple and Verizon, it is all about the corporate friendships this week.

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Facebook and Myspace getting cozy:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10383501-36.html

iPhone coming to Verizon?

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/28/apple_predicted_to_sacrifice_sweetheart_att_deal_for_verizon.html

Verizon and Motorola unveil the Droid
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10384994-266.html

Microsoft and Yahoo delay signing search deal
http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-and-yahoo-delay-signing-search-deal-2009-10
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10385671-56.html

OK, Apple Tablet/Slate thing:
Bill Keller: Apple Tablet ‘Impending’
http://gawker.com/5389636/bill-keller-apple-tablet-impending

Amazon to take on PayPal with PayPhrase
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE59S0FH20091029

Software that fixes itself
http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/23821/

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Happy Halloween eve!

Due to college applications (Due November the 1st), you won't be getting this week's episode today. It will however be availible for download and listening pleasure on Monday the 3rd. This allows me to finish my applications today and tomorrow, and also incorporate some more stories.

I hope you have a good Holloween weekend, and remember to check back on Monday!

Second Ep!

Digital Hazard Podcast Episode 2
Apple and Windows and Verizon Oh My!

Happy Mole Day! This week I talk about the Motorola Droid, Apple's continuing love for multi-touch, some e-readers, and of course, Windows 7, which was, as I failed to mention in the show, the highest pre-ordered thing of all time says Amazon.

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Driod Ads
http://www.droiddoes.com/
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/10/23/motorola-droid-preview/

Apple announcement (mouse)
http://www.apple.com/magicmouse/

B&N nook & e-readers in general
http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/barnes-and-noble-nook-color-e-reader-out-tuesday-for-259-says/
http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/barnes-and-noble-nooks-first-close-up/

Win7 launch
http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/44377/140/
http://www.cnet.com/windows-7/

Some Complications

Okay,

This was a little unexpected.

I have the first episode, and if you want to hear it feel free to email me, and I'll be glad to send it to you. mbaron50[at]gmail[punto]com.

To clarify, this is sorta going to be the way that it goes, but only for a little while. I will post here the show notes on Fridays until I put the audio up as well.

Hit up the email if you want it, and I realize that I didn't really explain anything in this post, about why the audio didn't go up, but if you want that, I'll send it to you in the email too.

F1RST P0ST!

Hello all, 

My name is Matthew Baron and I will soon be hosting and producing my podcast calld The Digital Hazard

This is just preliminary stuff, and if you want more information about the podcast, check the first episode which is set to launch October 16.