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- 09 / 02 / 09 -
Bernie discusses a Wyndham Hotel security breach that affected him, a revelation that the letter notifying Bernie of this was labeled with a promotional code, the effect of yesterday's Gmail outage, how it's getting harder to avoid using a web-based email client, dealing with phone bill surprises after returning from Europe, a summation of various calling techniques used by people while they were traveling, Emmanuel describes how he was ripped off by a company called Lebara in the Netherlands, Dot Gov of the Week: fema.gov/kids, browsing natural disasters by state, how Hurricane Katrina has been left out of the list of disasters on the FEMA site, a quiz for people in the studio, a disaster rap, advice on calling a number to block telemarketing calls to cell phones, some facts about Lifeline service, a year of computer-related songs begins tonight.
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September 2
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- 09 / 09 / 09 -
An unsuccessful attempt to get Bernie onto a Skype connection, the show was originally going to be preempted tonight because of the Obama speech, evidence that the phones of the princes in England were hacked into, mysterious laptops are sent to elected officials, the new NTSB head forbids employees from using wireless devices while driving, debating how to deal with this and other safety issues, Evan Koblentz discusses the upcoming Vintage Computer Festival, what's anticipated this year and what has happened in the past, requiring people to identify themselves when posting on websites in China, the significance of the vocal opposition to this, what the "3" network is all about, a monitor question, the validity of ethical hacker training courses, an update on Lifeline service for cell phones, a petition for a posthumous apology to Alan Turing from the British government, ideas for E-Z Pass, more on the Google Books settlement, an Obama speech on health care is coming up next.
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September 9
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- 09 / 16 / 09 -
A former employee of the U.S. Attorney's office is found guilty of identity fraud, discussing Bernie's birth certificate, a weird Twitter incident involving Obama and ABC, how the infamous Video Music Awards clip can't be found on YouTube, a training exercise by the Coast Guard on September 11th gets reported as a potential terrorist act by CNN, the radio frequency used by the Coast Guard in this incident, debate on whether CNN acted properly, how it's possible to text the police in the U.K., new voice recognition features, the idea of a text-only cell phone, mobile phones in Japan may soon be able to block illegally downloaded music, the varying degrees of flexibility available for people downloading music, ways YouTube may be able to find copyrighted audio, Mike gives an alternative to YouTube, the debate over the "right to repair," how it's become so difficult to get a new car fixed by an independent mechanic, the connection to other forms of technology, the show is preempted next week.
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September 16
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- 09 / 30 / 09 -
A surprising story from Philadelphia that focuses on people taking pictures in train stations, how this spiraled out of control, surveillance is set up by property owners near the Mexican border to track down illegal aliens, an example of the crowd clearing noise used in Pittsburgh by the police recently, how the public should respond to something like this, Dot Gov of the Week: sslearthquake.usgs.gov, a list of some recent earthquakes, news from the secretive U.S. Special Operations Command, what Google Wave is all about, some of the potential problems, what the hype is saying, why this is news, suggestions on how to deal with the Philadelphia situation.
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September 30
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