Tech News Today 54

Tech News Today Episode 54

"Lose A Term Paper, Gain A Squid"Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Erik Lanigan, Darren Kitchen Recorded: August 16, 2010 Published: August 16, 2010 Duration: 36:51 Transcript Previous episode – Next episode

Contents 1 Tech News Today 54: Lose A Term Paper, Gain A Squid 1.1 Hosts 1.2 Topics 1.3 News Fuse 1.4 Calendar 1.5 Feedback 1.6 Email 2 Sponsors 2.1 iStockphoto 3 Production Information

Tech News Today 54: Lose A Term Paper, Gain A Squid

The dreaded Squid virus, Verizon hits 1 Gbps, and legislated FM radios.

Hosts

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

Topics

• Verizon hits 1Gbps in real-world FiOS test

• Uh-oh: Early Droid 2 Units Having Signal Issues?

• Motorola DROID Pro, World Edition and Tablet all found in Verizon Wireless systems

Other Stories

• Radio, RIAA: mandatory FM radio in cell phones is the future

• New Xbox 360 hacked to play 'backup' discs, public release underway?

• PSP ad mocks iPhone gaming, promotes older games

• GPUs democratize brute force password hacking

• Ikatako Virus Replaces Victims' Files With Pictures of Squid

News Fuse

• Both Verizon Wireless iPhone and next generation iPad about to hit field testing?

• Apple manager charged with taking kickbacks from suppliers

• Ubuntu bringing multitouch to Linux

• Facebook 'dislike' scam warning

• Dutch Hackers Create Wi-Fi Sniffing Drone

• Best Buy smacks down God Squad

Calendar

• Internet Explorer Turns 15
• Verizon confirms original Droid will be getting second Froyo update in the next few weeks
• Toshiba's dual-screen Libretto W100 laptop on sale in America for $1,100
• All six 'Star Wars' films will be released as a Blu-Ray boxed set in Fall 2011.
• TWiT at Dragon*Con. Meetup tentatively for Saturday night September 4

Feedback

Voicemail from Don in Wisconsin on the ubiquity of text over voice

Email

Yes, wikileaks founder Julian Assange is going to write the odd article for "Aftonbladet" (which means Evening Paper)

Straight from the horses mouth: http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article7616188.ab

(And strangely enough Google translate won't translate the page - but you could always cut and paste if you don't read Swedish ;) --HateBadDesign

Hey guys just wanted to comment about the Android smudge attack you mentioned last week.

It would seem the simplest defenses against this attack is to clean your screen well or play games that produce non-password smudges.

Also, someone mentioned biometric security so I thought I'd let you know that some Japanese feature phones included fingerprint scanners or facial recognition for years.

Thanks for the great show,

KyleHase Tokyo, Japan

Hey TNT, I know of a video game solution that can help Tom out!! I know he wasn't as lucky as me to be born in the early nineties before the Internet bubble but hey, that doesn't mean he shouldn't go out and get himself a copy of Typing Of The Dead for Dreamcast or PC! And maybe it could be a great experiment to see if it actually helps him learn to type overtime, like SEGA claims ;) . Imagine Tom, armed only with his keyboard, saving the world, typing zombies into oblivion!

"The Typing of the Dead is an offbeat first-person puzzle-action game for the Dreamcast and PC that lets you fight hordes of gruesome zombies by quickly typing out words that appear onscreen."

--Trent Sunny Seattle!!

Sponsors

iStockphoto

• iStockphoto.com/technews
• ad times: 00:34-00:45 and 07:23-08:56

Production Information

• Edited by: Erik
• Notes: CacheFly upload: 4:18-4:32; Mediafly publish: unknown (Bryan contacted re error)

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