Iron Wil

Issue #14

This month, we’re proud to introduce a new column, Command and Conquer. We’ll be taking a look at the command line and hopefully how to make it a little less scary for you.

Other stuff:

• How-To : Create an Ubuntu Plug ‘n’ Play Zone, Create Your Own Server Part 6, Using GIMP Part 3 and Put Photos on your iPod.
• Command and Conquer - Man pages, and what not to type.
• My Opinion - Excited About Ubuntu in South East India
• MOTU Interview - Soren Hansen
• Our usual: Letters, Q & A, My Desktop, Top 5, and more!

Issue 17 (July 2008)

• Open redirect vulnerabilities: definition and prevention
• The future of security is information-centric
• Securing the enterprise data flow against advanced attacks
• Bypassing and enhancing live behavioral protection
• Security flaws identification and technical risk analysis through threat modeling
• Migration from e-mail to web borne threats
• Security training and awareness: strengthening your weakest link
• Assessing risk in VoIP/UC networks
• Building a secure wireless network for under $300
• Reverse engineering software armoring
• Point security solutions are not a 4 letter word
• Corporate due diligence in India: an ICT perspective
• Hacking Second Life
• AND MORE!

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Bye-Bye Bill

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte

Gates goeth gracefully, Microsoft innovation through time, hacking your life, and more.

Topics:

• Gates leaves Microsoft full-time
• The “Gates and innovation” game
• Lifehacker: Hacking your life, and “Upgrade Your Life: the Lifehacker Guide to Working Smarter, Faster, Better” by Gina Trapani.
• Email: The zero inbox rule
• Live Mesh

News:

• Yahoo and Microsoft, phase 3
• Hyper-V RTM
• Google Android delayed (sort of)

Vista tips of the week:

• Get (more) high-quality Vista wallpapers
• How to Make Windows Vista boot more quickly on dual-core machines was a hoax

Software of the week: John’s Background Switcher

Microsoft product timeline through 1995: Detect the Innovation

Find out more about how to avoid DVT, deep-vein thrombosis.

Audible.com books of the week: In honor of Bill Gates, “Business @ the Speed of Thought: Using a Digital Nervous System” by Bill Gates, “Microsoft: First Generation (Unabridged)” by Cheryl Tsang, “World War 3.0: Microsoft and Its Enemies” by Ken Auletta (previous choice), (and various Charlie Rose interviews)

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 44

Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte

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

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.

Audible.com book of the week: Snowcrash by Neal Stepehenson.

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Sporn

Hosts: Leo Laporte, John C. Dvorak, Wil Harris, and Harry McCracken

Whither Yang and Yahoo, little Billy Gates, XP/Vista, tweeting ice on Mars, Firefox 3, and more.

Links to all our stories are at http://del.icio.us/twit/148.

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Celtics Win

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte

Firefox 3, Microsoft advertising, MSN Music, Lotus Symphony, your taskbar, and more.

Topics:

• Paul attends Celtics finals victory in Game 6
• Firefox 3 download day: 8.3 million downloads for the record
• New features: new UI, extensibility, awesomebar, library, malware protection and more.
• Microsoft hires new advertising firm
• Paul bought a new MacBook … to run Windows Vista
• MSN Music

News quickie: Lotus Symphony 1.0 released

Vista tip of the week: Master the taskbar (includes start menu and tray)

Software of the week: Twhirl

Also: Google Talk Labs Edition

Audible.com pick of the week: The Spies of Warsaw (Unabridged) by Alan Furst

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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ISP Privacy

Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte

An overview of next-generation behavioral tracking and profiling systems.

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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