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March 25, 2010 - Comment - Like - Share

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Tease: Paul's anti-google rant, a look at the HTC HD2, and the battle of the eBooks - Leo Laporte

Item 1: Google is evil, part 127 Why would anyone applaud Google for exiting China? They're hypocrites. And why we should condemn Microsoft and China even more. It's time to explore the Google Free Life (GFL). - Leo Laporte

Item 2: Silliness alert: Mozilla drops Windows Phone "support" You know, before it's even out. The reason: "Lack of native application development." The real reason: Mozilla has yet to deliver a single mobile browser on any platform in final form, and they've only very recently released a beta version of a mobile browser on a single platform. This company cannot hit a release date to... more... - Leo Laporte

Item 3: Microsoft announces (but does not release) major Bing updates UI, Maps, and more. Oh my. - Leo Laporte

Item 4: HTC HD2 is available It's the best Windows Mobile phone ever made. So what? - Leo Laporte

Item 5: Battle of the eBooks For all the cheap press that Apple gets for its iPad, the real story here is about eBooks I think Amazon's Kindle platform is going to win. The weird thing is, it may require their dedicated hardware to die or become irrelevant. - Leo Laporte

Windows 7 Feature of the Week: Windows Backup It can backup your files and create and restore entire system images. In fact, it's almost perfect ... Unless you have Home Premium and need to backup over the network. - Leo Laporte

Windows 7 Tip of the Week: Using Windows Snap with multi-monitor The key (ahem) is to use keyboard shortcuts. Bonus tip: Here are some more: http://www.microsoft.com/windows... - Leo Laporte

Audible pick of the week: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls By Jane Austen, Steve Hockensmith A prequel to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies ... "In this terrifying and hilarious prequel, we witness the genesis of the zombie plague in early 19th-century England. We watch Elizabeth Bennet evolve from a naive young teenager into a savage slayer of the undead. We laugh... more... - Leo Laporte

Software pick of the week: Microsoft Image Composite Editor "Microsoft Image Composite Editor is an advanced panoramic image stitcher. Given a set of overlapping photographs of a scene shot from a single camera location, the application creates a high-resolution panorama that seamlessly combines the original images. The stitched panorama can be shared with friends and viewed in 3D by... more... - Leo Laporte

Software pick of the week #2: RichCopy 4.0 Supposed to be even better than RoboCopy ... a multithreaded copying tool that can open multiple threads simultaneously, allowing many files to be copied in parallel and cutting the total time required to complete the operation several times over. You can also pause and resume file copy operations, so if you lose network connectivity at any... more... - Leo Laporte

Teracopy is the best of the bunch: http://www.codesector.com/teracop... - Leo Laporte

Which SAN is Leo having such problems with? - Jim K Millard

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May 20, 2010 - Comment - Like - Share

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Security Updates: Adobe, once again: Shockwave (not Flash) Many CRITICAL vulnerabilities in v11.5.6.606 and earlier on Windows and Mac Not "Shockwave Flash" - Just "Shockwave Player" From the SANS Security Vulnerability Alert: The first issue is caused by a boundary error while processing Shockwave 3D block. The second issue is a memory corruption vulnerability caused by a signedness... more... - Leo Laporte

Two new Safari for Windows problems: Last time it was a pop-up handling problem. This week, in v4.0.5, we have: The first issue is caused by a use-after-free error in the way Apple Safari handles references to window objects. A specially crafted web-page can be used to trigger this vulnerability and successful exploitation might lead to remote code execution. The second issue leads to... more... - Leo Laporte

Security News: Truly Horrifying!: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2... - Leo Laporte

*Google WiFi "Spying" Snafu* http://www.google.com/search... - Leo Laporte

How about this google search: http://www.google.com/search... - Leo Laporte

Verisign sells PKI, VIP & SSL to Symantec. - Leo Laporte

Errata and Updates - Leo Laporte

Steve's Twitter handle has changed: @AgileSynapse -> http://twitter.com/SGgrc - Leo Laporte

No he won't send you the plans for the Portable Dog Killer, but you might find the parts at http://www.smelectronics.com/ (42Ave Electronics ... since 1961) - Leo Laporte

Audio tones: http://www.noiseaddicts.com/2009... - Leo Laporte

Question [ 01 ] - Paul Stob in Nashville, TN write about: "The Portable Dog Killer" Dear Steve and Leo: I just wanted to add my voice to the likely thousands of people emailing you about the latest Security Now (about the portable dog killer). It was absolutely wonderful. My wife, God bless her, usually hates Security Now (for reasons that I'll never understand). But she absolutely... more... - Leo Laporte

Question [ 02 ] - Mike York in Seattle, WA writes about our mention of "FIRST robotics" in episode 248* Thanks for the mention of FIRST robotics. I'm been involved with FIRST for seven years serving as a team mentor, a judge and a referee. It does make a difference. A significant difference. We have seen a phenomenal growth of FIRST FRC teams here in Washington state the last few years,... more... - Leo Laporte

*Question [ 03 ] - Listener Matt says: "Please Sir, can I have some more?"... Episode #248 was FANTASTIC!!! Oh … and you're right about ctrl-c but it has been like that for a few years! So much so that it is second nature for me to always now press ctrl- cc and that always works, but it is a pain in MS Office because it brings up a multiple paste toolbar. - Leo Laporte

*Question [ 04 ] - An anonymous listener posted:* "Subject: German citizens responsible for own wireless security" An interesting ruling occurred in Germany where a musician sued a household for illegally distributing copyright content. While the family proved they were gone on vacation during the incident, the judge ruled that they were responsible because their wireless network should have been password protected. - Leo Laporte

*Question [ 05 ] - Jason in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada wonders and worries about "magic packets":* Hi Steve --- I was troubleshooting my network adapter and I came cross a network setting in Windows 7 I have never heard of before. The checkbox said "Allow a Magic Packet" to wake the computer." Should I be worried about the "magic packet"? Is it some strange or secret Microsoft backdoor... more... - Leo Laporte

*Question [ 06 ] - Vegard in Norway asks about: Hosted vs self-hosted blog:* Why are you using wordpress.com and not hosting wordpress.org yourself? - Leo Laporte

*Question [ 07 ] - Richard Doyle in Sydney, Australia stumbled upon Steve's "Legacy Project"...* Dear Steve, I am 32 and have only been listening to Security Now for a few months (but am quickly catching up!)... Your explanation over the last several weeks of the fundamentals of computer architecture, organisation, design and evolution over time has been accessible enough to inspire me... more... - Leo Laporte

Keeping blog codebase updated can be time consuming. There are hosts with automatic installers though. - Mike Chelen

Wordpress.com doesn't insert ads, only search bar (similar to Google Blogger). - Mike Chelen

*Question [ 08 ] - An anonymous listener suggested: "Subject: Let's Design a Network"* I really enjoy your program and am especially impressed by how you take the time to explain the fundamental technology to give your listeners a deeper understanding of the weekly topics you cover in your Q&A and regular episodes. If I may make an episode suggestion, it might be worth while completing... more... - Leo Laporte

Question [ 09 ] - Ashley Black in Reading, Berkshire, England brings us the WONDERFUL GLITCH OF THE WEEK! Subject: Skyhook Hi Steve! Just listened to the podcast where you described the skyhook WIFI location finding system, and it totally explained a strange bug I had been having with my Iphone! When using the Maps application on my iPhone at work, it kept showing my location as the OLD... more... - Leo Laporte

GOOD SHOW daves watchin from ga - daveccorey

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June 2, 2010 - Comment - Like - Share

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Security Updates: None!!! (Whew!) - Leo Laporte

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Tabnabbing: Brilliant "Open Browser Tab" Phishing Hack Mozilla Firefox's creative lead, Aza Raskin Malicious page changes it's appearance when not visible Scripts have access to browsing history, so can choose what to display (Facebook, Citibank, Twitter, Gmail, etc.) - Leo Laporte

More class action lawsuits filed against Google - by different ISPs. FTC has formally asked Google to freeze and data and document destruction for the 33 countrys where it collected data. It has already destroyed data for Denmark, Ireland & Austria after being asked to do so. - Leo Laporte

Symantec discovers gaming stockpile of 44 million login credentials Trojan.Loginck checks, validates, updates database with "level" data. Credentials sell for $6 to $28,000 depending upon gaming value. - Leo Laporte

Rumor being widely reported: Adobe rumored to be considering change to monthly security patches. (Moved from "errata" to "news" due to prevalence.) - Leo Laporte

Errata: For iPad: NewsTap Newsgroups Reader is out of beta: $3.99 - Leo Laporte

Two new personal Blog postings: The Obvious Genius of iPad (Thank goodness Apple can't patent what it gor right!) Pads ARE Next - Leo Laporte

*New *pad oriented twitter feed: http://twitter.com/SGpad* Chad in Baton Rouge, LA (@humidbeing)- "I split my accounts for posts that start with/without prepositions." - Leo Laporte

*AT&T eliminating unlimited data plan. 2GB* Current unlimited "grandfathered" 250MB lasted me 4 days of not doing much. Stuff has gotten BIG! - Leo Laporte

[ 01 ] - Dan in Sioux Falls, South Dakota asks about HTTPS replacing HTTP: Steve, After hearing stories such as Google capturing data that was sent in the clear via Wifi, and ISPs performing deep packet inspection on customers' traffic, I was wondering why we don't move to a system that allows all Internet traffic to be encrypted. For instance, HTTP could be deprecated in favor of... more... - Leo Laporte

Question [ 02 ] - Gary Robinson in Magherafelt, Ireland (pron: Mach-er-a-felt) wonders "What happens AFTER arbitrary code execution?" Hey Steve & Leo, Thanks for a great show in Security Now! (especially the ground-up computer principles series), I've been listening for just over a year now and I've finally caught up on all 250+ episodes (Leo's right, I'd much rather to listen to... more... - Leo Laporte

Question [ 03 ] - KD Martin in Dallas, Texas spends a lot of time gazing at the stars... Subject: Tau Ceti The correct pronunciation of this star is tau see-tie. Every time you say set-tee it really hurts my ears. Credentials: I'm a professional astronomer, member of the American Astronomical Society. Big sci-fi fan with 10^3 books, since the early '50s to today. I like your... more... - Leo Laporte

good afternoon good topic guyys - daveccorey

Question [ 04 ] - Lance Reichert in Backwater, NY wonders about building the Internet... When you address building the 'Net, there is one aspect of routing that I hope you'll cover: how routers choose the path. I have a Masters in CompSci, and had to study many aspects of the 'Net, but I never got a solid grasp on the following concept: suppose I'm a router on the 'Net and I've just... more... - Leo Laporte

*Question [ 05 ] - Chad Masters in Leavenworth, IN says that the iPad is not “Instant On”...* I have heard you mention on several episodes of Security Now that the Apple iPad is instant on. It is not. “Instant on” means that a device can be powered on from a non-powered state and not have to boot an OS before it is ready to surf the internet or play a movie, etc. I can understand how... more... - Leo Laporte

Question [ 06 ] - Ray Siposs in Irvine, CA wonders about emptying trash from an encrypted folder: Steve, I am a Mac user, and have listened to your show since the beginning and have learned much. Thank you for doing it. I purchased SpinRite, several months ago, though as of yet I have not had any need for it. Consider my purchase as a sign of support for the work you and Leo do. I hope... more... - Leo Laporte

Question [ 07 ] - Ben Rexworthy in Bedford, UK asks for Spinrite Licensing clarification: Hi Steve, I've been an avid listener of your podcasts for many years now and have often heard testimonials of SpinRite from listeners telling how they have saved the day with relatives or friends using SpinRite. However when I looked on your licensing options it clearly states that a single license... more... - Leo Laporte

Question [ 08 ] - Scott in Winters, CA shares his "Insecure Hotel WiFi Story of the Week" Hi Steve, Love the show! Short wifi security story… This weekend I stayed at a nice hotel at Lake Tahoe. The hotel wifi was open - no encryption or password. (Note: While waiting for CryptoLink, I tunneled all of my traffic through my own SSH connection for my security.) However, the hotel's office... more... - Leo Laporte

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HEY leo and the gang have a great sunday and agreat weak - daveccorey

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On now: Windows Weekly 173 with Paul Thurrott: Live from Ft. Gay, watch: http://live.twit.tv - chat: http://irc.twit.tv. Notes: http://wiki.twit.tv/wiki...

September 9, 2010 - Comment - Like - Share

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Logbook loans are termed as a powerful financial tool that let you enjoy the money to overcome your cash crisis soon. It removes the hassle related to collateral assessment as the lender just demands car papers as a sense of security. http://www.loansagainstcar.co.uk/logbook... - Hans Romando

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Live now: Windows Weekly 172 with Paul Thurrott. http://live.twit.tv Discuss at http://irc.twit.tv. Show notes at http://wiki.twit.tv/wiki....

September 2, 2010 - Comment - Like - Share

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Tease: - Leo Laporte

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Live now: This Week In Tech with Jerry Pournelle, Andrew Keen, and John C. Dvorak. Watch live at http://live.twit.tv - chat at http://irc.twit.tv.

September 5, 2010 - Comment - Like - Share

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what is the link for the new stories? - Emery Walker

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wow Andrew is quite the D-Bag. - Eric Booth

http://www.markbernstein.org/Mar0701... - Boris Gordon

Comments are usually not worth it ... - Boris Gordon

"The right way to respond to a weblog is to write on your own weblog." - Mark Bernstein - Boris Gordon

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Unusual reunion TWiT coming up tonight at 6p Eastern: Patrick Norton, Roger Chang, David Prager, Robert Heron, and Yoshi http://live.twit.tv

September 12, 2010 - Comment - Like - Share

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Yoshi without Mario? - Outsanity

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awesome. - Gunnyman™

GOOD SHOW HAPPY SUNDAY TWIT CREW - daveccorey

If it's Calacanis-free, then I'm interested. - Fleagle

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September 8, 2010 - Comment - Like - Share

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Live now: iPad Today #9 with @SarahLane and @Leo Laporte. Watch at http://live.twit.tv. Discuss at http://irc.twit.tv. Show notes at http://wiki.twit.tv/wiki...

September 2, 2010 - Comment - Like - Share

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Live now: This Week In Computer Hardware with Ryan Shrout and Allyn Malventano of http://pcper.com - http://live.twit.tv. Discuss here...

September 2, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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Item 1: · Nokia 3G update Spec clarifications: Atom Z530 1.6 Ghz, Windows 7, WiFi, hot-swappable SIM card slot for 3G access, fanless design, 10.1" screen, Bluetooth 2.1, Assisted GPS, HDMI 16-cell user-replaceable batter, claimed 12 hours battery life $800 or so though Is battery life and 3G access worth the cash? - Leo Laporte

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1250 grams is the weight - Mark

Sure looks nice. http://www.engadget.com/2009... - Martin

http://www.unwiredview.com/2009... - Mark

Always about the tablet. I don't want a supersized iPhone, I want a real computer. - Martin

Is the Crucial M225 SSD series any good? The 256 GB one has the best price I've seen so far. - Martin

Leo used the MCI Tech Optibay to add a second drive to his MacBook Pro (so he could keep the SSD boot drive). $129 from http://www.mcetech.com/optibay... Yes it's over priced but it worked great. - Leo Laporte

Item 2: Newegg Intel X25-M G2 pricing debate http://www.pcper.com/comment... $229/$449 previous pricing ($2.86/GB and $2.80/GB) $499/$899 on Tuesday ($6.23/GB and $5.61/GB) $599/$997 retail packaging prices ($7.48/GB and $6.23/GB) Answer from Newegg: We apologize for this inconvenience. Our pricing on Intel G1 and G2 Solid State Disk (SSD) hard drives is correct. Current... more... - Leo Laporte

IDE -> AHCI (and back) isn't all that hard. I did it a couple of times. - Martin

You just have to install the driver before changing the BIOS. - Martin

Item 3: Windows 7 RTM note - moving from IDE to AHCI mode on the motherboard was a breeze! No blue screens, etc. OMG!! :P Instructions here: http://forums.pcper.com/showthr... - Leo Laporte

New WD 2TB drives with dual actuators. http://www.pcper.com/comment... - Leo Laporte

yo dawg i heard you like actuators... - Phil Maxwell

Turbulence in a hard drive... things you never consider :) - Johnny

Sounds like a recipe for disaster. - Martin

Allyn's Drobo Pro disassembly.. - Leo Laporte

Hooray for massive redundant storage! - Johnny

Allyn needs to tidy up his desktop. Looked all messy. - Martin

Gives it enough to stop - Johnny

Is there a PETD? (People for the Ethical Treatment of Drobos) - Johnny

They probably don't want to mention it cause they may not 'guarantee' it - Johnny

· Lynnfield System Building Cases and Form Factor HTPC nMEDIA PC Red Wood ($129, ATX) -... more... - Leo Laporte

Niiiiiiice - Johnny

UGLY. - Martin

'Old Timey' - Johnny

This is the opposite of Apple's industrial design. Also on the opposite end of beautiful. - Martin

You get the job done on the screen, not in the rack - Johnny

Why would you put a Lynnfield in an HTPC? Just get a cheap Pentium DC. - Martin

Martin... Cause you can :) - Johnny

:D My bad, of course! - Martin

YEH THEY went down breifly and came back up again - daveccorey

steves vedio is still down - daveccorey

hey happy sunday every 1good vedio good audio 2 day - daveccorey

Looks like a good post from last year. Time warp? - Thomas Page

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May 25, 2010 - Comment - Like - Share

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my audio book in cd on audio this weak is - daveccorey

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is a 6 cd comedy set by craig ferguson a comedy - daveccorey

STREAMINGS FINE IN GA - daveccorey

coolhow - daveccorey

great saterdayttv live have a GREAT WEAKEND - daveccorey

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May 25, 2010 - Comment - Like - Share

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http://youropenbook.org/ - chaz2b

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:o its search about me ""lost my virginity"hate my jobaryanoxyscomputer medixI'm gay"cheating on my wife""san antonio"Harrisville, NHcartridge worldtuba accordioncheating on my husbandSpankedsexy profile picfolkstonציציםlast night sorrymilfbikini picturesvacation " - chaz2b

i deny any association with these/those results! - chaz2b

i ran the search again, and came up with different, but similar, list, :( - chaz2b

Yahoo!'s CEO Carol Bartz tells Michael Arrington to F-off http://www.youtube.com/watch... here you go mr laporte - chaz2b

hey amber and leo glade your better amber GOOD show - daveccorey

got to go, great show, sorry i have to leave and thanks for sharing! - chaz2b

GREAT SHOW happy hollidays from ga - daveccorey

I GOT 1 of thoes vedios that said i caught u doing some thing da so i deleated it - daveccorey

good show leo the gurks upsidedown though ;0 - daveccorey

good show happy summer gang - daveccorey

EXELONTO SHOW gang and have a good sumer - daveccorey

hey gang cool show - daveccorey

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May 27, 2010 - Comment - Like - Share

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How dangerous is it? ... Dr. Kiki's Science Hour talks about the Large Hadron Collider with Anil Ananthaswamy from New Scientist Magazine... http://live.twit.tv Discuss here....

May 20, 2010 - Comment - Like - Share

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hi from ga its a great weekend in ga have a great day good show leo - daveccorey

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good subject and show leo thats why i ied like too see ff get there on game site like fb has - daveccorey

and who will be the1ist 2 start the next big thing - daveccorey

ive offten thought the next BIG SITE would be like - daveccorey

face book twiter and you tube all tide in 2 gether that would be a AMEZING free social network i think and a gameing site - daveccorey

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May 20, 2010 - Comment - Like - Share

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May 18, 2010 - Comment - Like - Share

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May 16, 2010 - Comment - Like - Share

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Sprint is not and never will be "back" - Ken Sheppardson

You can be super fast but super fast divided between a lot of people is still slow - Johnny

Leaps forward for who? Servicing the uber-geeks is a small part of their market. - Johnny

Maybe he is sick of being held to a fire that he isn't sitting around. - Johnny

He produces toasters. He is being criticized for not making an oven. - Johnny

I can get porn on my iPhone, but I don't have to deal with porn if I don't want to - Johnny

Oh come on Jason - admit it. It's all marketing for you. Of course the open web can be good for commenting. What you're doing is different though - that's why you do it. - Jesse Stay

Ask Jason how much traffic he got from that last post - Jesse Stay

But those 4,000 Harvard students gave their info to a 19 year old kid... Who is the dumb one here? - Johnny

"I don't trust Zuckerberg" - when was the last time Calacanis even talked to Zuckerberg? - Jesse Stay

Now Jason's getting more traffic because he's able to promote it all on TWiT. This is ridiculous. Where's the guy from the other side of the table in this conversation? - Jesse Stay

Or they don't care - Johnny

Yeah - I'm not sure Leo even reads FriendFeed any more, does he? - Jesse Stay

... - Johnny

Leo, don't blame Facebook - it will become public because your friends can always make it public. That can happen anywhere. - Jesse Stay

$170,000 / $10 = 17,000 - Johnny

Remember the groups built where friends share pictures their drunk friends posted to Facebook? That wasn't Facebook's problem. - Jesse Stay

And that was 3 years ago - Jesse Stay

Facebook has "no product"??? - Jesse Stay

I admit I'm losing a lot of respect of TWiT from all this. Leo is much better than this. - Jesse Stay

How do you fund that? - Johnny

These are 4 guys that hate Facebook. Not sure I can watch this any more. Where's the unbiased reporting? - Jesse Stay

opinion pieces are not reporting, they're opinion pieces. there's a difference. - Joe Silence

Joe, but Leo's much more than just opinion. He produces shows that show an unbiased review of various products on the web. He's a reputable journalist, not just an opinion guy (until recently it seems). - Jesse Stay

12 people who aren't quitting Facebook http://www.johnnyworthington.com/... - Johnny

@Jesse: perhaps, but this particular case is opinion, not reporting. important to keep in mind. - Joe Silence

Joe, I understand that, but Leo's not opinion. This is completely changing my desire to watch TWiT any more. I used to watch/listen because I could get an unbiased review of all the latest products and tools on the web. - Jesse Stay

vote with your feet, then. we all do. - Joe Silence

Joe, I just turned it off - I wish he'd get people that could argue this on the majority side. He's making it sound like those 4 are the majority. - Jesse Stay

Not everyone is an early adopter - Johnny

there's a number of us "turning off" Facebook, too. voting with our feet. same idea. we don't like it anymore. if it works for you and you're fine with their policies, fine. if not. well, i scaled way back and am ready to jump ship at any time. whatever works for your needs. - Joe Silence

I'm sure Leo's numbers are through the roof after this. Being controversial brings great ratings. I'm very disappointed. - Jesse Stay

no worse than other sites. - Joe Silence

Joe, that's my point though. Leo's *better* than "other sites". - Jesse Stay

Again, 4,000 people gave their private info to a kid... - Johnny

Johnny, they gave it to an adult, who just happens to be damn slimy. - Jimminy

Jimminy, you're revealing your age ;-) - Jesse Stay

Funnily enough, Jimminy, that doesn't change anything. They gave private info to a person they didn't know... http://www.johnnyworthington.com/... - Johnny

Jesse, I'm only 20, and I understand right from wrong, the biggest stumbling block in wanting to build a service, is my personal need to protect my users information. - Jimminy

Jimminy, I thought I was an adult when I was 19, too ;-) - Jesse Stay

Johnny, everyone gives information out private information all the time. You go to a restaurant and use your debit or credit card, there is a huge bit of personal information, that you just gave to someone you don't know. - Jimminy

"understand right from wrong" != being in business. - Johnny

Exactly. But there are protections. - Johnny

Johnny, I never said anything about business. So what are you talking about Johnny? You love throwing random meaningless shit out. - Jimminy

And you love not getting things. You can speak about ethics till the cows come home but a 19 year old kid has NO concept of the cut and thrust and the tempting corruption of power and money. - Johnny

Johnny, sure there are protections, but even if they don't exist that doesn't mean you can't trust someone, and it sure as hell doesn't mean you can't trust someone because they are young. - Jimminy

Don't take this issue personally Jimminy. You are not the standard for a 19/20 year old. - Johnny

CW, I'm not attacking Jimminy. I was 19 once, too, and I made a whole lot of dumb decisions back then. - Jesse Stay

Johnny, obviously you know nothing, I've been in possession of Fortune 500 CEO's card numbers and private information. If I really wanted, I could have swiped this data. I was 18 when I was handling this kind of info. - Jimminy

CW, but expecting a 19 year old to have the same level of understanding about business and power as a 50 year old corporate head is a important point - Johnny

"Don't take this issue personally Jimminy. You are not the standard for a 19/20 year old" - Johnny

Johnny, and when does someone reach the point where they can handle the concept of cut and thrust and tempting corruption of power and money? 25-28. - Jimminy

Honestly, that's what privacy policies are for. I don't think any of us can trust ourselves enough to not at least think about it, no matter what age (although I argue the younger you are the harder that decision is to make). Privacy policies, and Terms of Use keep us in check. - Jesse Stay

Plus, I'm the manager of a 2.5 million dollar export account. What I knew when i was 19 in regards to business to now (30) you could fill a encyclopedia. I also know smart 20 year olds. I know some smart 15 year olds. I also know some slimy 45 year old managers. What I'm saying is while not excusing Facebook's actions, trusting your private data to a 19 year old is a risky idea,... more... - Johnny

Now Jason's bragging on Twitter how many subscribers his e-mail list has. Has the show even ended yet? - Jesse Stay

Johnny, you don't understand the mechanics behind Facebook though, noone had to know who was behind it, to use it, the people who were, were all 18-24, and they were invited by people they did trust and did know. All Zuckerberg would have had to do is seed the service with people he knew. - Jimminy

CW, Jimminy is also trying to say that he is the standard for 19 year olds. I am not attacking him, I am just pointing out that while he is a smart guy with lots of responsibility, he is the exception, not the rule. - Johnny

That's my point. - Johnny

Johnny, I know I'm not standard, but anyone willing to start a business at a young age isn't standard either. This doesn't mean they are morally sound either. - Jimminy

OK, I admit I am being ageist. I apologize if I offended Jimminy. - Johnny

I know I've said lots of stupid things over IM, not thinking anyone else would read it, usually not really meaning what I said. I certainly did that a lot when I was younger, and I still do that on occasion. - Jesse Stay

Heck, I say stupid things in public some times - Jesse Stay

I'm really just a jerk - Jesse Stay

Jesse, I've said stuff, private and public, that could be taken out of context, or shouldn't have been stated, quite easily, but repeating similar offenses, is hard to ignore. - Jimminy

Alas, I'm off to watch Survivor, have a good night guys. - Jimminy

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Show Title? What's this agrout? Forgive me!!! - Newell Unfried

The show title comes after the show when we know what the hell it was about. - Leo Laporte

An update on the copy/paste fiasco First of all, thanks to everyone who's written in. Now stop doing that please. :) Microsoft says it cannot find a pattern in Windows that causes this bug I now believe it to be app specific - and have learned that apps can (and do) actually flush the clipboard when started/selected in some cases - Leo Laporte

Office 2010 launches in New York Some news about other Office products/releases Office Mobile 2010 available now, for free, to Windows Mobile 6.5 users Related: Bing app for Windows Mobile updated Office 2010 and OWA for consumers (retail, web, PC bundles, etc.) on June 15 as I previously reported - Leo Laporte

Related: Office vs. Google Docs So much for the competition. Office marketshare has been unchanged for three years straight at 94 percent. There is no competition. This means Google Docs has had zero impact. A clue to why: Google says it has 25 million Google Apps users, but almost all of them are non-payers. Microsoft Online Services (MOS, hosted Exchange, SharePoint, etc.) has over 40... more... - Leo Laporte

Intel says that we have crossed a huge milestone: We now sell over 1 million PCs every single day Notes that iPad sales, by comparison, are currently "insignificant." - Leo Laporte

Android outsells iPhone in the US, NPD says And a curious response from Apple (curious because they never respond to this stuff): We still outsell Android worldwide. Right. That's not what the NPD report is about. Hey, at least you're still beating Windows Mobile. - Leo Laporte

Big news: Paul announces the cessation of combat hostilities. - Leo Laporte

Windows 7 Feature of the Week: Windows Gadgets Microsoft's attempt to copy Mac OS X's widgets comes up short, by almost any measure Debuted in Vista. Big changes in Windows 7: Removal of the Sidebar, touch compatibility, high-DPI support, size toggling on most gadgets, and a (very) few gadget changes. Not much else. Note that you can overcome the lack of a Sidebar by using Aero Peek... more... - Leo Laporte

Xwindows had gadgets a lot earlier I think. - Todd Hoff

Audible pick of the week: A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs There are two versions of this book on Audible, so you may want to listen to a sample of both and pick the better reader. (The samples are sadly robotic sounding. I think I prefer the Jim Killavey version.) http://www.audible.com/adbl... Sci-fi... more... - Leo Laporte

Did X predate DOS? - Leo Laporte

X1 was 1984 I think. But I remember having things like clocks and calendar on the screen very early. DOS had TSRs but they were hot key activated, which is somewhat different I think. TSRs were 1985? - Todd Hoff

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday (May 11th) Only two patches, but CRITICAL and affecting every OS and MS Office: Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, Windows 7 (Important), 2008 R2 (Important), Office XP, 2003 & 2007 VBA DLL Stack Memory Corruption Vulnerability Outlook Express & Windows Mail Integer Overflow Vulnerability Microsoft getting some heat for secretly fixing some DNS bugs last month (April) - Leo Laporte

Laptop Camera Surveillance: Lower Merion (Pennsylvania) School District 58,000 pictures of students in their homes! Report commissioned by the law firm hired to defend the school district in the lawsuit brought against it by the parents stated: "... the district's failure to implement policies, procedures, and record-keeping requirements, and the overzealous and questionable use of... more... - Leo Laporte

Yahoo Messenger Worm - Old worm in new clothing: Beginning to spread like wildfire around the world. Appears to be a JPG or GIF image but is actually malicious code It's a Trojan which installs a backdoor in the victim's machine allowing attackers to take over the machine to install more malware, steal files, intercept passwords and other authentication information, launch spam or other... more... - Leo Laporte

New Zero-Day Safari Exploit Windows 4.0.5 and possibly earlier versions. Vulnerability in the way the browser displays pop-ups. Secunia has a demo which open the Windows Calculator in Windows XP SP2 demonstrating arbitrary code execution. - Leo Laporte

Massive A/V Bypass? - System Service Descriptor Table (SSDT) Old news, or not? (Patrick Norton suggests it's many years old) - Leo Laporte

*Errata* Paul Thurrott - Windows Copy & Paste Bug- it's real - Leo Laporte

*Twitter* @AgileSynapse -- approaching 5K followers - Leo Laporte

The Haiku of 140 characters: "When I'm out walking in the morning after breakfast, I see many dogs out walking their people, and I think: That's so good for those people." - Leo Laporte

iPad UI inconsistencies via Jakob Nielsen: http://www.wired.com/gadgetl... - Leo Laporte

The Saga of The Portable Dog Killer In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the invention of the LASER, this week Steve is going to relate a story from his own past, 39 years ago, containing a strong moral about the importance of getting out from behind the video game screen and actually building something. - Leo Laporte

GOOD TOPIC leo i do like freind feed better butt ied like it better if they had a game site like face book - daveccorey

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Android Froyo? Should have been Fritter! - Vezquex

Leo, all browsers identify as Mozilla/5.0 - Vezquex

Tease: we pan youtube's redesign, look at how content creators are using the iPad, and take a taste of Froyo... - Leo Laporte

How do you access the stories they talked about on the show today? - Michael Collins

I think all the stories are at http://friendfeed.com/twit-tw... - Dave

We tuned in to You Tube before "the change" to see Chocolate Rain. Now we tune in to see Chocolate Rain sponsored by HERSHEY or NESTLE. Tou Tube has been revamped for old mainstream commercialization and where they can get the most bang for the buck. Sad really. It's no longer the peoples You Tube. - kam

Gina, as a fellow-geek, I have to say, I am ashamed of you ... you realy cannot say a good alternative to Lotus Notes? What's so wrong with any decent IMAP server and some decent MUA (or Zimbra/Zafara if you insist on integrated browser app)? - mcepl

Lotus did a lot of things that have no good replacement today, such as Lotus Agenda. - Roberto Bonini

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*Security News:* *Firefox Updated Again! (already!)* Update to v3.6.2 at the end of March Now, five days later, we're at v3.6.3 A memory corruption flaw that could be exploited to inject and execute malicious code provided by the attacker. Also fixed a ten-year old "information leak" vulnerability where "visited link" history could be obtained by web sites. - Leo Laporte

Sun's Java Runtime Environment (JRE) From the SANS Institute Summary: Sun's Java Runtime Environment, a virtual machine environment that operates on many platforms, is prone to multiple remote code-execution vulnerabilities. Two buffer overflow vulnerabilities exist in Java's handling of MIDI sound banks. In addition, an input validation error exists in the processing of certain image... more... - Leo Laporte

Apple QuickTime Player on the Windows platform: Apple QuickTime Player prior to 7.6.6 on Windows 7, Vista, and XP SP 2 SANS Institute Description: Multiple code execution vulnerabilities have been discovered in QuickTime, a popular media player developed by Apple. The vulnerabilities involve insufficient validation of user input and might lead to memory corruption and buffer overflows.... more... - Leo Laporte

New "hole" found in Adobe Acrobat PDFs (and Foxit Reader) http://blog.didierstevens.com/2010... Menu: Edit / Preferences... Didier Stevens Used "/Launch /Action" feature of PDFs to run a PDF-embedded executable! A permission dialog does popup, but its text can be manipulated for social engineering: "To view the encrypted message in this PDF document, select... more... - Leo Laporte

Steve's iPad Review: Overall: • Web-Centricity suddenly really makes sense. • No multitasking? Apparently we don't really need it. • Unbelievable amount of buzz - restaurant assault. • "iPad Envy" - EVERYONE who has seen it, wants one. • After my demo... "Only $499???!!!" The Good: My two dreams fulfilled! Instant-On Web Browsing -- surprisingly agile But there do seem to be problems... more... - Leo Laporte

SSL/TLS - When good certs go bad "Certified Lies: Detection and Defeating Government Interception Attacks Against SSL" Christopher Soghoian is a Ph.D. Candidate in the School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University. (http://www.dubfire.net/) Sid Stamm, Ph.D. (also from IU), currently employed by Mozilla. (http://www.sidstamm.com/) Links to the Academic Research Paper:... more... - Leo Laporte

Sounds like the public key system needs to routed around. - Todd Hoff

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Leo's wondering aloud why he still bothers starting these threads on FF. I sorta think between Buzz and FF the audience has just been split/diluted. If it were in once place or the other, I wonder if it'd get "critical mass" - Ken Sheppardson

someone needs to create a social network and only allow Leo - Ryan

woot! getting ready for some WINDOWS WEEKLY! - CG

Add watching ads and movie trailers when you pay to watch a movie at the theatre to the ad models you were discussing pre-show. - Newell Unfried

I agree Ken - Ryan

Ryan: That's army.twit.tv :-) - Ken Sheppardson

I even forgot how to use FF - Paulette

Leo: http://www.youtube.com/watch... your iPad streaming. @ 0:27 there is the image of you in the audience streaming it. - Ryan

Haha Paul, the iBooks bookshelf is exactly like a real life bookshelf, all covers face out - Ryan

Heaven forbid any twit show these days not be proceeded by 30 minutes of iPad convo. ;-) - Ken Sheppardson

Item 1: RIP Ed Roberts Bill Gates' tribute: http://www.thegatesnotes.com/Thinkin... - Leo Laporte

Item 2: *Pink launches next week* I'm sure this will be covered as broadly as the iPad (cough) And: Windows Mobile still a strong number three in phones in US, tied for number 2 in Europe - Leo Laporte

If by "strong" you mean "and dropping like a stone" then that's true. - Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)

Itemm 3: IE 9 "momentum" Whatever -- the big news is that a second platform preview build is coming in mid-May - Leo Laporte

Item 4: *Zune HD 4.5 update goes live* Some interesting new features for the device: - Smart DJ - on-the-fly playlists, more powerful with a Zune Pass - Picks - music recommendations - TV interface to Marketplace (music only) If you have the dock, sort of like Apple TV - but with online streaming (with ZP) - Better codec support - Leo Laporte

Item 5: Xbox 360 and USB storage support Limited but interesting - Leo Laporte

item 6: Wa-wa-waaaaa ... iPad sales fall short of expectations http://online.wsj.com/article... And how come it hasn't sold out? You have to think they didn't make that many Someone else is finally asking this question too. "Apple fell short of [its] target."... more... - Leo Laporte

Item 7: iPhone 4.0 announcement - initial thoughts - Leo Laporte

Windows 7 Feature of the Week: Problem Steps Recorder Windows 7 includes a new utility called the Problem Steps Recorder that captures screen shots of the steps a user is taking so that help desk personnel can provide a fix without physically having to visit the desktop. It's designed for IT pros, but it can be used by anyone to get help, assuming they know someone more technical. - Leo Laporte

Synergy? - Ryan

Windows 7 Tip of the Week: TechNet subscriptions are a cheap way to get Microsoft software Cheapest subscription is $349 - You get full versions of Windows 7, Vista and XP, Windows Server 2008/R2 and 2003, Microsoft Office and standalone Office apps, and more. It's not for commercial use. But that shouldn't stop an individual for using it for personal use. Thanks to Jeff Sprouse for the tip. - Leo Laporte

Audible pick of the week: The Bizarre Truth: How I Walked Out the Door Mouth First...and Came Back Shaking My Head by Andrew Zimmern (and read by the author) http://www.audible.com/adbl... By the host of the Travel Channel's "Bizarre Foods", about his travels around the world and his contention that experiencing other cultures is best done through food. - Leo Laporte

Software pick of the week: iTunes Export http://www.ericdaugherty.com/dev... Ideal for people wishing to interoperate between iTunes and Zune (or WMP) - Leo Laporte

Software pick of the week: 3RVX http://matt.malensek.net/softwar... Replicate the Mac OS X volume overlay in Windows Thanks to Daniel Namahoe - Leo Laporte

We're still here... I would just like the rooms for the shows I listen to live... - Johnny

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ballpark food pyramid http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports... - Leo Laporte

scoreboard gourmet: http://www.scoreboardgourmet.com/sfgiant... - Leo Laporte

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take me out the ballgame - kooky old version: http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Leo Laporte

take me out to the ballgame - Billy Joe Armstrong: http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Leo Laporte

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Since the States are on DST, I can't watch this live (not at work in time) - Johnny from iPhone

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