Tech News Radio

EDITED on 8/2/2014

The most current podcast has been released Tech News Radio #373. 

The following are items currently in the queue for being included in a future podcast (no ETA):

• Wireshark 1.8.1
• BackTrack 5 R2 (with R3 expected in by end of August 2012)

The following are currently items of interest but probably not something we will cover in the next podcast (they propobably will be posted on @technewsradio):

• The 'new' eXploit magazine is devoted to learning about and examining exploits.  The first edition is focused on: Metasploit, PMI, WSDL, SOAP, DoS
• Wickr is a secure communications app for Apple iOS that has no central repository of msgs & includes a msg self-destruct option
• Path is a "social network" that limits your social circle to no more than 150 people (aka Dunbar's number)
• Pair is an mobile application that only allows for communication between just two people

The following items were recently posted on @technewsradio:

• USB hub allows simultaneous syncing of 49 iPads http://t.co/OO9H7HW
• DEFCON 19 Podcast Review #security #news #research #hacker #conference http://t.co/rbCr7hK
• SpokenWord.org gets about 1000 new programs every day & they are looking for curators of categories to make the content more organized
• BigBlueButton is a open source collaboration and training system that integrates a bunch of open source projects http://t.co/mEL5dDS  
• PC World has more details on the recent news from Qualcomm about their planned updated Snapdragon mobile processor http://t.co/lQQO8y4  
• YouTube has a great overview presentation on how "Prezi for iPad" works http://t.co/sHFJBSo  
• Amazon EC2 is now supporting Virtual Machine (VM) Import to Amazon EC2 instances http://t.co/35n2UtJ  
• IObit has announced a freeware version of Game Booster v2 for Windows that is geared for improving game performance http://t.co/Q0lWB4D  
• Via Box.net ... you can get e-signatures features via DocuSign services integrated with documents stored on Box.net  
• Getting started with project management? - "scope, time & "cost" - a good reference at Wikipedia http://t.co/oVIzQIX  
• "Heroes of the Computer Revolution" original book looked at hackers & nerds from the late 1950s to the early 1980s http://t.co/H4Vz2kM   
• arborjs.org - a graph visualization library using web workers and jQuery http://t.co/Zao0gyv

DEFCON 19 was in Las Vegas, NV from August 4-5, 2011.  This yearly computer network security and hacker conference is full of cutting-edge research, detailed demos, awesome presentations, and a lot of partying. The podcast coverage was pretty good also. Here are my recommendations:

• Network Security Podcast
• Southern Fried Security Podcast: #59 Defcon Review
• Social-Engineer.Org: Live at Defcon 19
• PaulDotCom Security Weekly - Episode 254 Part 2 (08-11-2011) [wiki]
• Exotic Liability: #78 Con-dom
• Eruo-Trash Information Security Podcast
• InfoSecDaily 

If you are interested in hearing my thoughts about DEFCON 19 then check out the PaulDotCom.com podcast (08-11-2011).  I am the boring "IT Guy" trying to avoid the topic of "hot" women visiting the PaulDotCom.com booth.  If you'd like to see a copy of my notes (13+ pages) then drop me a personal email to: "s h o l d e n @pobox.com."

Here is a Picasa collage from the Network Security Podcast meet-up at DEFCON 19 that was "infected" by Paul & Larry @ Pauldotcom.com's little red balls from one of thier sponsors:

Looking through my listened to podcast list for this past week, I'm going to recommend the following as potentially interesting:

• MacCast 2011-07-26: Review of Apple Mac OS X Lion Release (News, Tips & Tricks)
• Author Debriefing (August 16, 2011) - The Triple Agent: The al-Qaeda Mole Who Infiltrated the CIA
• Southern Fried Security Podcast: Interview with Andy Ellis @CSOAndy [#58] & Interview with Rich Mogull [#57]
• IT Pro Show by Same3Guys: Detailed look at OpenStack
• KPBS Midday Edition: Social Media - Can It Keep You From Getting A Job? 
• This Week In Google (TWIG) #108: Excellent coverage of the Google & Motorola News

Today's podcast examines three stories about computer network security:

• New browser tab and window phishing attack threats. 
• Barry Rosenber at Federal Computer Week examines DARPA's National Cyber Range plans.
• Tim Wilson at DarkReading.com has coverage of new microphone hijacking attack options. 

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Here is a pointer to some recent technology related podcasts that might be of interest:

• Windows Weekly 221: Mango, Windows 7 security, Hotmail, etc.
• MobileTechRoundup 245: tablet news, new phones, latest mobile updates
• Security Now 313: How The Internet Works: ICMP & UDP
• Marketplace Tech Report: 911, eBooks, riots, fantasy footboll, Wikipedia
• Typical Mac User Podcast 237: Lion FDE, Dropbox, PadPivot And Denoising Audio
• Wall Street Journal Tech News Briefing: All the latest business tech news fro WSJ.com

If you have a suggestion or a link to a good technology podcast to let others know about then drop us an email, message @technewsradio, or leave a comment below.

Rusty Hodge at Groove Salad recently published a great soundscape and news report entitled "The Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery". 

It includes a mix of music and sounds at the Space Shuttle Discovery STS-133 launch from the NASA Launch Complex 39 VIP & Press viewing area.

It is a great listen with excellent production.  I highly recommend listening with a good set of headphones if possible.

 Listen! (Size 2.6 MBs, Running Time 2m36s)

Today's podcast examines the latest version 3.1 of VMware Fusion for the Apple Mac OS X. 

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Today's podcast examines portable audio recording options and some podcast production and distribution technologies.  Links mentioned in this podcast include:

• Yahoo's Podcasters Mailing  
• Zoom H4n
• Zoom H2
• Edirol R-09
• Zoom H1
• Marantz 660
• Apple iPad
• WordPress Audio Player
• Google Player
• Playtagger from Yahoo
• Amazon CloudFront
• Encoding's Apple & Amazon Streaming

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This podcast is sponsored by SCOTTEVEST and Amazon.