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We covered the following topics: 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 [...]
We covered the following topics: 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 [...]
We covered the following topics: 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 [...]
We covered the following topics: 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 [...]
We covered the following topics: 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 [...]
We covered the following topics: 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 [...]
We covered the following topics: 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 [...]
We covered the following topics: 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, [...]
We covered the following topics: 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 [...]
We covered the following topics: 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 [...]
We covered the following topics: 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 [...]
We covered the following topics: 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 [...]
We covered the following topics: 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 [...]
We covered the following topics: Bluetooth vulnerabilities (discovery, pairing), Profiles in IT (John Atanasoff, Inventor of Digital Computer), Sly Dial (calling cellphone voicemail directly), Google data center design (hardware clusters, Google File Systgem, BigTable, MapReduce), Defcon and Blackhat Conference (history, trends, games, culture), DNS vulnerability (exploit explained by Kaminsky, checking your DNS using doxpara.com), Politics 2.0 (Presidential Debates on Facebook, House Republicans Twitter, NRC launches BarackBook, McCain on YouTube, Obama on Scribd, Obama dominates blogs), and Food Science (how the microwave oven cooks food). This show originally aired on Saturday, August 9, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT Radio [...]
We covered the following topics: Setting up a blog (blogger.com, wordpress.com, vox.com, typepad.com), Profiles in IT (Jack St. Clair Kilby, inventor of integrated circuit and handheld calculator), NASA update (Pheonix Mars Lander finds water in soil sample), Cuil.com (new search engine sets it sights on beating Google, started by former Googlers), 3-D printing (shapeways.com, fabrication of polymer samples from 3-D digital renderings, $50 to $150), AMD gets new CEO (must focus on fabrication of next gen chips, must become competitive with Intel again), FCC rules Comcast violated net neutality rules, Tech Zombies (technologies that don't know their dead, Phone Books, [...]
We covered the following topics: Universal remote (Logitech Harmony 880), Profiles in IT (Steven J. Sasson, inventor of digital camera), Luddites (who are they?, where did they come from?), DISA seeks cloud computing solutions, NubuAd deep packet inspection may violate wiretap laws, China has more Internet users than US, Service of Week (call voicemail directly with SlyDial), CherryPal releases cloud computer (Linux OS, SSD, $249), Asus Eee revisited (product may have started a race to bottom), IPv6 update (June 30 deadline passed, IPv6 delayed because NAT reduced demand for new addresses in US), anchor charged with email hacking (may [...]
We covered the following topics: Clear Card for airport security check, NTIA digital TV converter box program update, Profiles in IT (William Hewlett and David Packard, founders of HP and Silicon Valley pioneers), the HP Way (employee brainpower was the company's most important resource), Google versus Yahoo mission statements, ten most important things at Google, GPS tracking system used to beat speeding ticket, EULA (end user licensing agreement, key clauses reviewed), undersea fiber cable to connect Cuba and Venuzuela (Cuba eases controls on Internet after Fidel's retirement), what makes the unique sound of a Stradivarius violin, and Food Science [...]
We covered the following topics: Profiles in IT (Alan Curtis Kay, developer of graphical user interface, object oriented programming, first laptop), Singularity is Near (book review and discussion about man-machine evolution, genetics, nanotechnology, robotics), Website of the Week (Dreamspark, free Microsoft developer tools for students), solid state disks (are they worth the price?), Apple 3G iPhone (pros and cons), domain name server system patched (required multi-vendor coordination), Comcast may have violated net neutrality (FCC expected to act), and Food Science (why is fish meat white?). This show originally aired on Saturday, July 12, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT [...]
We covered the following topics: Digital TV, antennaweb.org, saving wet cellphone, Profiles in IT (Ray Kursweil, pioneer in OCR, text-to-speech synthesis, speech recognition, electronic keyboards, artificial intelligence), AI Singularity (when computers are smarter than men, six epochs of man-machine evolution), Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Google ogle defense (search terms used to establish community values), Google Trends (use and implications), Google privacy policy, Bill Gates steps down from Microsoft, National Cell Phone Courtesy Month (cell phone etiquette), hackers steal $2M from Citibank ATM users, useful Google search features (calulator, unit conversion, dictionary, spell checker, fill in the blank), and [...]
We covered the following topics: Digital TV converter box, Profiles in IT (Anders Hejlsberg, Turbo Pascal developer, C# and .Net architect), maintaining US competitive position (comments by Nicholas M. Donofrio, IBM VP, and Newt Gingrich, Republican thought leader), ICANN and IANA websites hacked, defending against cybersquatting (ICANN's Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy, Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act), website of the week (Linux online), shortage of night vision goggles, FBI cracks phishing ring, and Food Science (making a soufle). This show originally aired on Saturday, June 28, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT Radio [...]
We covered the following topics: LHC controversary revisted, Profiles in IT (John T. Drapper, aka Captain Crunch, notorious phone phreaker), worlds fastest computer (built by IBM, Linux cluster, 8 terabytes of RAM, 1 petaflops), SQL injection database attack (definition, examples, blocking methods), Space News (Earth-like planets discovered circling a third of the stars, ice on Mars), Website of the Week (build your own star), Toy of the Week (MegaZooka, air ball gun), Verizon purchases Alltel Corp (now biggest wireless carrier), Firefox 3 Download Day (Guinness world record, 8 million downloads), Genographic Project report (human race near extinction 70,000 years ago), [...]
We covered the following topics: Bandwidth defined, Profiles in IT (Don Becker, co-founder Beowulf Cluster Project), lawmakers hacked by Chinese (only triggers more resolutions), Pheonix lander update (first oven filled with soil), Automotive Idea of the Week (inflatable electric car with swappable battery packs), Large Hadron Collider update (Higgs particle defined, black hole generation unlikely, big bang less than a month away), gravity express (42 minutes to reach other side of earth), and Food Science update (Maillard reaction between sugar and amino acids makes foods brown, cooking vegetables without losing color). This show originally aired on Saturday, June 14, 2008, [...]
We covered the following topics: Low-noise UPS, Profiles in IT (Edgar Frank Ted Codd, inventor of relational database), virtualization and thin-client software challenge Microsoft, Rubiks Cube (solved in 23 or fewer turns, inventor and history), Document of the Week (NIST Security Document Summary), Spam statistics (China in the lead), Device of the Week (Botanicalls Twitter kit, lets plants post health to Internet), Website of the Week (Corkd, wine social network), hard drive with critical data sold at auction (Best Buy lets down customer), Food Science (tea history, tea processing, types of tea), and Mars Pheonix lander update (robotic arm scoops [...]
We covered the following topics: China update (web censorship, cell phone and IPv6 technology), translating websites (Google language tools, Yahoo Babelfish), Profiles in IT (Jim Knopf and Andrew Fluegelman, originators of shareware), Asus puts Splashtop Linux on all motherboards, free kits with phishing tools, cloud computing (defining the cloud, Google cloud, Amazon cloud, Yahoo cloud, scalability, performance, reliability), Google cloud research program (Tsinghua Univeristy), Space News (Phoenix Mars Lander successfully lands on Mars, seeks water and signs of life), and Food Science (history of chopsticks, types of rice). This show originally aired on Saturday, May 31, 2008, at 9:00 AM [...]
We covered the following topics: Live braodcast from China, guests (Dr. James Flaggert, Dr. Prem Jadhwani), Profiles in IT (Liu Dong, founder Beijing Internet Institute), IPv6 deployment in China (China's Next Generation Internet), Olympic technology update (IPv6 applications, surveillance sytems, intelligent lighting control systems, taxi monitoring in Beijing, RFID chips in tickets), Great Firewall of China (choke points, blocking methods, using proxies and VPNs to bypass filters), and earthquake commmunication in China. This show originally aired on Saturday, May 24, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT Radio [...]
We covered the following topics: Email privacy, SPAM and spoofed email addresses, academic software update, Profiles in IT (Paul Baran and Donald Davies, co-inventors of packet-switched networks), Microsoft and Yahoo scuffle, recovering data after hard drive failure, 400 MB hard drive reclaimed after Columbia Shuttle crash, carpet bombing in cyberspace (an Air Force proposal to go on the offensive), Swiss schools switch to Ubuntu Linux only, Google will surpass MS in 2009, solar panel prices will drop dramatically, Website of the Week (games with a purpose), Good Idea of the Week (floating windmills on tethers), and Twitter provides latest news [...]
We covered the following topics: WinXP SP3 crashes some AMD machines, Profiles in IT (Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, Jawed Karim, co-founders of YouTube), counterfeit Cisco equipment from China, hackers top six database attacks, Deal of the Week (MS Office Ultimate 2007), worlds first digital camera, memrister will eliminate RAM, DoD fears hardware trojans (DARPA Trust in IC Program), food science update (emulsion sauces with egg yoke emulsifier), and NASA plan to land on asteroid. This show originally aired on Saturday, May 10, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT Radio [...]
We covered the following topics: Linux support alternatives, Profiles in IT (Craig Newmark, developer of Craigslist), IBM scientists imagine technology in 2050, Creative Video trashes software modder, more hospital patient records exposed, deep packet inspection by FBI discusses in Congress, Microsoft sweetens Yahoo bid, hackers next target will be large online businesses, Bathsheba sculpture combines art and science, (In)Secure e-Magazine is a great resource, Asus Eee PC gets good reviews, and food science update (behavior of protein during cooking). This show originally aired on Saturday, May 3, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT Radio [...]
We covered the following topics: Windows XP retirement delayed, Profiles in IT (Shawn Fanning, developer of Napster), Google docs with Gears, SPAM celebrates 30th birthday, Twitter helps get release from jail, top ten technology majors according to Dice, physics of whipped cream, real-time traffic on Google Maps, and ten most expensive domain names. This show originally aired on Saturday, April 26, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT Radio [...]
We covered the following topics: Laptop phone cards, Profiles in IT (Marc Andreessen, Co-founder Netscape), Back-to-the-future Email, Ubuntu 8.04 Reviewed, Eighteenth Century e-mail (optical telegraph), Large Hadron Collider (open house, optical data grid), Wireshark 1.0 (free network protocoal analyzer) released, and removing phone number from Google database. This show originally aired on Saturday, April 19, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT Radio [...]
We covered the following topics: Batch renaming of files in Windows, Profiles in IT (Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Thawte and Ubuntu Linux Project), Intels Classmate PC competes with OLPC, Food Science (herbs and spices), dumb idea of the week (scent tones for cell phones), memory lane (Computers and Society, Time Magazine, April 1965), Big Dog military backpacking robot, DARPA celebrates 50th anniversary, and Keeloq encryption cracked (RFID entry systems at risk). This show originally aired on Saturday, April 12, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT Radio [...]
We covered the following topics: Multi-boot options (boot managers, VMPlayer, Apple Boot Camp), Profiles in IT (Jeff Hawkins, founder of Palm and Handspring), Vista SP1 Installation (features, performance), Microsoft security policy blocks bad apps, software award scams, April Fools jokes (gDay, Gmail custom time, Virgle, and more), CanSecWest hacking contest (MS Vista SP1, MacBook Air, Linux Ubuntu), Vista crash statistics (Nvidia drivers lose), and tire pressure monitoring systems (wireless security problems). This show originally aired on Saturday, April 5, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT Radio [...]
We covered the following topics: Flash memory (speeds, types), Profiles in IT (Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger, co-founders of Wikipedia), Adobe Photoshop Express (free service), Blu-ray BD+ copy protection defeated (slysoft.com), Blu-ray DVD technical details, fruit fly flight decision making revealed, Google Code University, MySpace picture privacy cracked, Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) released, Obama Internet fundraising success, OpenOffice Version 2.4 released, and Chinese weather modification program for Olympics. This show originally aired on Saturday, March 29, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT Radio [...]
We covered the following topics: 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, [...]
We covered the following topics: 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 [...]
We covered the following topics: 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 [...]
We covered the following topics: 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 [...]
We covered the following topics: 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 [...]
We covered the following topics: 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 [...]
We covered the following topics: 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 [...]
We covered the following topics: 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 [...]
We covered the following topics: 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 [...]
We covered the following topics: 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 [...]
We covered the following topics: 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 [...]
We covered the following topics: 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 [...]
We covered the following topics: 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 [...]
We covered the following topics: 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 [...]
We covered the following topics: 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 [...]
We covered the following topics: 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 [...]
We covered the following topics: 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 [...]
We covered the following topics: 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 [...]
We covered the following topics: 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 [...]
We covered the following topics: 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 [...]
We covered the following topics: $199 Wal-Mart Linux computer, Linux in Russian schools, Profiles in IT (John Backus, developer of Fortran), outsmarting the CAPTCHA with porn, avoiding identity theft, tech phrases you never expected, good things about Vista, getting rid of WWW, and technologhy predictions that proved false. This show originally aired on Saturday, November 3, 2007, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT Radio [...]
We covered the following topics: GPS basics, portable GPS systems, Profiles in IT (Vic Hayes, father of WiFi), doggie cell phone, DARPA Grand Challenge, more free Google services (code search, house search, trend search, alerts, book search, page creator, notebook, 3D sketch), click fraud, and Firefox ad blocker. This show originally aired on Saturday, October 27, 2007, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT Radio [...]
We covered the following topics: DECT6 wireless phones, Profiles in IT (Martin Cooper, inventor of cell phone), cell phones on airplanes, 700MHz spectrum auction, cell phone etiquette, Ubuntu Linux 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon), new SETI@home antenna array, Chinese Internet Security Response Team website hacked, and Net access tax relief in Congress. This show originally aired on Saturday, October 20, 2007, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT Radio [...]
We covered the following topics: Nobel Prize in Physics (enabled high density magnetic storage), Profiles in IT (Reynold Johnson, inventor of hard drive), H-IB Visa debate, political cybersquatting, Opensecrets.org, Universe in powers of 10, cell phones as electronic wallets, China blocks RSS feeds, and 2007 Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Awards. This show originally aired on Saturday, October 13, 2007, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT Radio [...]
We covered the following topics: Sputnik remembered at 50, Profiles in IT (Larry Page and Sergey Brin, founders of Google), programs that slow Windows, homemade Wi-Fi range extender, IE7 drops validation, RIAA wins big, betavoltaic batteries (a hoax), iPhone patch, Halo3 and Bungie, Linux attacks in the rise, HubbleSite.org skywatch, and jMemorize.org flashcards. This show originally aired on Saturday, October 6, 2007, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT Radio [...]
We covered the following topics: DHS network hacked, Profiles in IT (Larry Ellison, founder of Oracle), Linux identity crisis, Biomimicry (design guidance from nature), Vonage on the ropes, Chinese hacker in demand, FON (free community Wi-Fi), and Google job interview questions. This show originally aired on Saturday, September 29, 2007, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT Radio [...]
We covered the following topics: Steam Punk, GSM Cellphone 20th anniversary, Profiles in IT (Douglas Engelbart, inventor of the mouse and GUI), six programs most hated by IT, Rogallo wing, NSA kids page, and college students' use of IT. This show originally aired on Saturday, September 22, 2007, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT Radio [...]
We covered the following topics: Email's BCC:, science and technology in India, Profiles in IT (Bob Metcalfe, inventor of Ethernet), AllofPM3 reopens, fight to control the Net, Spamhaus wins appeal, ISPs most supportive of spammers, Google Earth flight simulator,and Ironkey (encrypted thumb drive). This show originally aired on Saturday, September 15, 2007, at 9:00 AM EST on Washington Post Radio (WTWP) [...] | | |
