Tech News Today 34

Tech News Today Episode 34

Tech News Today 34: Take Off Your Pants, America

Verizon 4G details leak, smartphone makers fire back at Apple, Microsoft confirms zero-day shortcut vulnerability, and more.

Hosts

• Tom Merritt (@acedtect)
  • TomMerritt.com
• Sarah Lane (@sarahlane)
  • sarahlane.com
• Darren Kitchen (@hak5darren)
  • hak5.org
• Erik Lanigan (@eriklanigan)

Topics

• Bomb-making tips, hit list behind Blogetery closure from CNET

• Verizon's LTE rollout is imminent, computers updated for 4G SIM cards from Engadget

• RIM, HTC, Nokia want no part of Apple's "self-made debacle" from ArsTechnica

• Apple responds to query about privacy policy changes from CNET

• Finding celebrity locations via Twitter — Celebrity Exif data mining from ZAA Labs

• New Windows Shortcut zero-day exploit confirmed from ArsTechnica

• Foursquare 'in talks with Google, Microsoft and Yahoo!' about search partnerships from The Telegraph

• Times’ Paid Model: The Unofficial Numbers Come In from PaidContent

• Dutch gamers break world record by playing for 50 hours straight from Joystiq

Lightning Round

• Nokia Siemens Acquires Motorola’s Network Business for $1.2 Billion from Mashable
• All KIN sales being stopped, being sent back tomorrow from WMExperts
• Sharp to Introduce VR-100BR1 Triple-Layer Blu-ray Disc Media from Sharp World
• NetFlix coming to Canada from Twitter
• HP Files for ‘PalmPad’ Trademark: the WebOS Slate? from MyHPMini
• Apple's Magic Trackpad gets FCC approval? from Engadget

Feedback

• Email from Nick about Australian elections
• Email from KyleB about iPhone 4 reviews in the wild
• Email from Brian about various background noises during TNT

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Production Information

• Edited by: Erik
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