Sunday, May 1, 2011

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


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:



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
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Sunday, April 24, 2011

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
and Woes

6-Bit Byte
Judge: Is Wi-fi Packet Sniffing Spying?

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/

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
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Sunday, April 10, 2011

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
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Sunday, April 3, 2011

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/

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:
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Sunday, March 27, 2011

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/


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


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:

Science and Kickers:

(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
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

TDH - A Half Show

Hey, I was bored and in the station at 8:30 on a Wednesday, and a guy didn't come for his show. I had been wanting to try to do a show production and hosting all on my own, and what a better way to try it out? This is only 30 minutes long, and I enjoyed doing it. I need to learn a little more about the switching because that didn't exactly go well. Erik didn't join me for obvious reasons.

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At&t To Aquire T-Mobile
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-20045184-94.html

The Nexus S for Sprint
http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2011/03/introducing-nexus-s-4g-for-sprint.html

Depressed Male Mice Will Do Anything
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/03/serotonin-lacking-male-mice-not-picky-about-sex-of-their-mates.ars

Only 9% of US Internet Users Are Criminals
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/03/only-9-and-falling-of-us-internet-users-are-p2p-pirates.ars

Copy right Trolls
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/03/copyright-troll-righthaven-achieves-spectacular-fair-use-loss.ars

Firefox 4 and IE9
http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/03/23/6327891-firefox-4-soars-thanks-to-microsofts-luddite-customers

Science and Kickers
The Mercury Messenger Probe Gets Toasty
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/messenger/media/MESSENGERPoisedInsertion.html
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Sunday, March 20, 2011

TDH - Absolutely Unacceptable

Today's show was marked with a number of Absolultey Unacceptable things, first off, we started 30 seconds late, and then when you get to the stories, well, lets just say we will be looking back to the good old days of the internet. We enjoyed the show, and I hope that you do too.




The 6 bit Byte:

Mozilla: Firefox 4 launching on March 22nd
http://www.bgr.com/2011/03/17/mozilla-firefox-4-launching-on-march-22nd/#


A glimpse at Amazon’s app store
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/18/amazon_app_store/


Apple’s Phil Schiller confirms white iPhone to be available this spring
http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/13/apples-phil-schiller-confirms-white-iphone-to-be-available-th/\


Microsoft is finally killing the Zune
http://www.businessinsider.com/zune-2011-3?op=1


Facebook Frackups:

Revealed: US spy operation that manipulates social media
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-networks


Facebook not happy with poking inventor action figure
http://micgadget.com/11698/facebook-is-not-happy-with-the-poking-inventor-action-figure/


Science and Kickers:

Nasa is considering shooting space junk down with lasers (Cool Artist rendering of satellites orbitting the earth)
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/03/lasering-space-junk/#

Large Hadron Collider could be world’s first time machine
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-03-large-hadron-collider-world-machine.html



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Sunday, February 27, 2011

It's not Lupis

A fun show today, I was a little worried about getting it all in, but we did, and had a good time doing it. We had a lively discussion about the new features in OS X Lion, and Intel's new Thunderbolt (formerly LightPeak) technology that Apple rolled out in the new Macbook Pros. Robots will eventually outrun us, or they will help us realize that, in fact, it isn't lupis.


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Intel details Thunderbolt (Lightpeak), says Apple has full year head start

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/02/24/intel_details_thunderbolt_as_exclusive_to_apple_until_2012.html
http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/02/24/apple-has-significant-head-start-with-thunderbolt-but-not-exclusive/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-20036033-76.html

Apple Release new MacBook Pro line
http://www.macrumors.com/2011/02/24/apple-launches-macbook-pros-with-thunderbolt-quad-core-cpus-amd-gpus/

Mac OS X Lion developer Preview is released
http://www.apple.com/macosx/lion/


Motorola Xoom rooted in two hours flat
http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/25/motorola-xoom-rooted-in-two-hours-flat-sinister-transforming-ex/

Verizon Asked to Probe 'Alarming' Dropped 911 Calls
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-18/fcc-asks-verizon-about-alarming-number-of-dropped-911-calls-in-snowstorm.html

Internet ‘kill switch’ bill gets a makeover

Lenovo Flaunts ThinkPad with 30 hour battery life

French search company lobs new antitrust Complaint at Google
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/02/french-search-company-lobs-new-antitrust-complaint-at-google.ars


Facebook Frackups

Facebook seeking encryption for apps, mobile
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20036172-245.html


Facebook app lets you stalk — er, monitor relationships
http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/social.media/02/21/facebook.relationship.status/index.html

Kickers and Science

Robocalypse update: Japan holds first robot marathon
http://dvice.com/archives/2011/02/robocalypse-upd.php
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