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Windows 7 and Azure

Hosts: Paul Thurrott with Leo Laporte

Paul gives highlights from Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference this week.

• Reviewers Workshop
• Windows 7
• Windows Azure
• Live Mesh/Live Services platform
• Office 14 Web Applications
• Windows Server 2008 R2
• Parties and events

Tip of the week: Shrink and expand partitions with Disk Management (in Computer Management)

Software of the week: PC Advisor

Audible pick of the week: Death in Paradise, Unabridged, By Robert B. Parker, Narrated by Robert Forster. For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/windows.

Check out Paul’s blog at http://www.internet-nexus.com and the SuperSite for Windows http://winsupersite.com for more information.

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I came across this article on Ars Technica about the Remote Code Exploit.

“MS08-067 was pushed out last night to Windows Update to resolve a remotely-exploitable RPC vulnerability. All versions of Windows (from 2000 SP4 to Vista/Server 2008) are affected, and all versions prior to Vista and Server 2008 are suspectible to attack through unauthenticated connections.

The off-cycle release is motivated the fact that trojans exploiting the vulnerability have been found in the wild, and by the potential this flaw has for a worm-based attack. Since RPC runs on every Windows machine, this vulnerability could have the same impact as the Nimda and Code Red worms of the early 2000s.”

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Toxic Tea Party

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Wil Harris, Jason Calacanis, Sarah Lane, and Kevin Rose

Mahalo and other layoffs, MSFT earnings, virtual murder, FOWA, G1 phone release, and more.

Links to all our stories are at http://del.icio.us/twit/166.

Audible pick of the week: The Post-American World, Unabridged, By Fareed Zakaria, Narrated by Fareed Zakaria. To get two free audiobooks, visit Audible.com/twit2.

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PDC Preview

Hosts: Paul Thurrott with Leo Laporte

PDC prep, Zune 3 reviewed, staycations, Quakelight, Format Factory, and more.

• Windows 7: Last minute speculation before PDC
• Paul’s Zune 3 review is done.
• Microsoft touts “staycations”
• Quakelight: Original Quake game ported to Silverlight

Tip of the week: Rip CDs intelligently

Software of the Week: Format Factory

Audible pick of the week: Buyology: Truth and Lies About Why We Buy, Unabridged, By Martin Lindstrom, Narrated by Don Leslie. For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/windows.

Check out Paul’s blog at http://www.internet-nexus.com and the SuperSite for Windows http://winsupersite.com for more information.

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Listener Feedback 52

Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte

Our regular mailbag episode with questions and comments from our listeners.

To sign up for a free audio book, visit AudiblePodcast.com/securitynow.

For 16kpbs versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve’s site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.

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The Dethinkulator

Hosts: Leo Laporte, John C. Dvorak, and Dwight Silverman

Britney Twitters, Apple’s releases, LittleBigPlanet, Google G1 phone, and more.

Links to all our stories are at http://del.icio.us/twit/165.

Audible pick of the week: Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus that Caused It, Abridged, By Gina Kolata, Narrated by Gina Kolata. To get two free audiobooks, visit Audible.com/twit2.

The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance, by Laurie Garrett.

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He’s A Biter

Hosts: Dick DeBartolo with Leo Laporte

Apple Tax, Windows 7, PDC 2008, Hyper-V, Aero, Norton UAC, and more.

• Microsoft talks “Apple Tax”
• Windows 7: What’s In a Name?
• All-Star Bloggers at PDC 2008
• Hyper-V Follow-Up

Tip of the week: Leave Aero on

Software of the week: