Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jason Calacanis, Ryan Block, and Loren Feldman

TechCrunch50, Dr. Horrible’s Emmy, gadget theft, iPod Nano, Facebook, Skype, and more.

Show Notes

MacBreak Weekly 158: They Don’t Have That in the US

Hosts: Leo Laporte,Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Wil Harris

Zune HD, iPod Nano camera, cameraless Touch, Apple TV price drop, dream acquisitions, and more.

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Security Now 214: Listener Feedback 75

Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte

Steve addresses feedback on GSM security, cookies, router admin passwords, proxy servers, and more.

Show Notes

Windows Weekly 123: There Might Be Shrimp

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte

Zune HD, student pricing for Windows 7, Microsoft Office web application, Bing visual search, and more.

Show Notes

This Week In Google 8: Freckly States

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Gina Trapani, Jeff Jarvis, and Clint Boulton

Google book settlement, Brightcove rumor, Android Click/Hero, Mint, Skype, and more.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jason Calacanis, Ryan Block, and Loren Feldman

TechCrunch50, Dr. Horrible’s Emmy, gadget theft, iPod Nano, Facebook, Skype, and more.

Show Notes

MacBreak Weekly 157: The New iPods Are Here

Hosts: Leo Laporte, John Siracusa, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Dane Golden

Live Apple coverage: Steve Jobs returns, iTunes 9, iPhone/iPod OS 3.1, Nano video, and more.

Special Contributors: Ryan Block and Brad Stone

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Security Now 213: Cracking GSM

Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte

The inherent insecurities of GSM, the pseudo-random bitstream cipher protecting data for billions of phones.

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Windows Weekly 122: Blowhard

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte

Paul’s book on Kindle, Media Center, Best Buy, Ford SYNC, new iPods, and more.

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This Week In Google 7: This Week In Goats

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Adam Pash

Search bar expands, Answers.com, Google book settlement, real-time search, Twitter’s TOS, and more.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte, John C. Dvorak, Wil Harris, and Neha Tiwari

Skype buyback, San Jose fiber cut, Twitter hacked, Steve Jobs, Yahoo/Microsoft, IBM/Sun, and more.

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MacBreak Weekly 136: EULA Schmeula

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Scott Bourne, and Andy Ihnatko

New iMacs, monitors, upgrading schemes, Palm Pre, iPhone 3, Android, and more.

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Security Now 192: Listener Feedback 64

Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte

This mailbag episode discusses new Firefox plugins, Conficker, buffer overflow, and more.

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Windows Weekly 103: A New Kind of Death

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte

Office 2010, Windows 7 Build 7106, PC Marketshare, Internet Explorer 8, and the Xbox 360 E-74 errors.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte, John C. Dvorak, and Becky Worley

UVA kills computer labs, RIAA, open cloud manifesto, new Microsoft ads, and more.

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MacBreak Weekly 134: Leaky Bits

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko

iPhone Skype app and backing up, September Macworld, Safari exploits, MacHeist 3, and more.

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Security Now 190: Your Questions, Steve’s Answers 63

Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte

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

Show Notes

Windows Weekly 101: The Turbo Button

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte

Windows 7 build 7068, Server 2008 Foundation, Encarta dead, Conficker dud, DOSBox, and more.

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Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte

Windows 7, Netbooks, UAC issue overkill, Microsoft Fix It, new Kindle, Google Ocean, and more.

Windows 7 product editions (or “SKUs”) announced

• There will be multiple product editions again (duh) but only two will be mainstream offers for individuals
• Regardless, a lot of false indignation from people
• Microsoft: We have over one billion users with many different needs and wants; One SKU does not make sense for all of them, sorry
• Paul actually agrees with Microsoft for the most part but the lineup could be a little simpler

Windows 7 on a netbook: Guess what? It works. Paul’s IdeaPad S10 arrived today. Good news so far.

The UAC issue that wasn’t: Bloggers uncovered Windows 7 flaw; Microsoft says, not so fast

Microsoft’s new Fix It service. Finally: Instead of telling you how to fix problems via its Knowledge Base (KB) articles, Microsoft is starting to automatically fix these problems for you with a new FixIt button.

New Kindle rumored to be coming next week

Tip of the week:

• Virtual Earth update: Check out the stunning Bird’s Eye imagery of Europe at Paul’s Winsupersite
• New version of Google Earth, lets you explore the ocean and mars

Software pick of the week:

• Foxmarks Syncs browser bookmarks/favorites between PCs/Macs, Works with IE/Firefox (Windows) and Firefox/Safari (Mac), Bonus: Includes Web site password sync (Firefox only)
• Skype 4 for windows now available

Audible picks of the week: What Would Google Do? Unabridged, By Jeff Jarvis, Narrated by Jeff Jarvis. For a free credit toward the audiobook of your choice, visit Audible.com/windows.

Check out Paul’s blog at the SuperSite for Windows for more information.

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So, finally, I called Philips support for some help. I spent five minutes talking to the tech and he had me preform one simple test, which I should have thought about. I turned off the Extreme and got a nice clear call.

We started having trouble after I changed the Extreme Wi-Fi channel to 11. I changed it to 3 and turned everything back on and made a phone call. Crystal clear again!

So, Philips VoIP trouble, check your Wi-Fi channel.

iron wil

I have been using Skype for a few years and I am quite happy with it. I have friends and family making calls and we are trying to get one of my grandmothers online too. I am still waiting for the phone call to make that happen. Recently we moved into a new apartment and I am dead set against paying for services we don’t really need – like a phone line. Really, why pay 60$ a month for static? Standard cell phones have all the services that we ‘need’, including 911 – if my memory serves me correctly.

The wife wanted a handset, why when she has a cell and can Bluetooth the Skype Pro account on the iMac – I don’t know. So, I convinced her that we just need to get a phone for our Skype account. I was surprised that she went for it, but at about 90$ a year for the phone number and unlimited US calling why not!

So, a few weeks later the Philips VOIP 841 arrived. I bought it through the online Skype store, since I wanted to go back to them and complain if it didn’t work. Not only does it work, the wife is very happy with it, her only complaint is that it doesn’t have all our phone numbers in it [yet]. My only complaint is that each handset runs off 2xAA batteries. They don’t seem to last more than a day or two if you are making phone calls.

They are super easy to setup and I had the main handset and base station setup in about 10 minutes. It took a few days for the second handset because I hadn’t read the directions. The second handset automatically links to the registered [Skype] account and the handsets sync through the base station, unless the account is actually managed there [which is my thinking].

Overall, the system is a buy, just remember that you don’t have 911 service and you can’t video chat.

iron wil

I am really looking forward to seeing how Android shapes the future of Mobile Phones and Mobile Computing [which the iPhone has really pushed to the forefront]. I am really excited to see [hands on] what the software will be capable of doing. With the expected changes [Verizon & AT&T opening their Wireless Networks] coming this year, I hope to see both AT&T and Verizon pick this up when it is a finished and polished product. It will also be interesting to see where and how other coders and system hackers implement the software. With open Wi-Fi becoming more pervasive and the availability of systems like the ASUS Eee PC, PSP, iPhone, and Nokia’s [N800] Internet Tablet; we may see system hacks that revolutionize the Mobile Phone/Computing markets.

I know that whatever happens, we are moving into exciting times. Now, if I could get the iPhone [without having to hack it] on my preferred wireless carrier.

iron wil

Notes:

1) dot.life article, Under the bonnet of Android

2) Open Handset Alliance

In about a second, it transitioned my call window to a triple stacked call window showing each person and what kind of volume Skype was getting. The bar graph lit up green when someone talked. I loved it and was impressed by how quickly it transitioned from a normal call to a conference call. It didn’t put my #2 brother on hold while I added my #3 brother to the call. I was able to carry on the conversation the whole time!!!

I have to admit that the more I use Skype the more I love it! We have been using it for the last 2 months to video call my parents who live out of state. This allows the boy to ‘see’ his grandparents. They, meaning the boy, Mimi, and Papa, really get a kick out of it. It is also nice to be able to chat and see my parents, however I feel it is much more important for the boy to connect to his grandparents. Skype lets it all happen with a camera and microphone [another reason I love Mac systems - built in iSight camera and microphone - woot woot!!].

iron wil

Note:

BlueAnt is an Australian company that creates some awesome Bluetooth tools like the Z9 and the X5! Look for my upcoming review of the Z9.

Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte

Our regular mailbag episode with a dozen questions and comments from our listeners including our Great Idea of the Week…

iPhone & iPod Touch SDK [Software Development Kit], iPod Touch WiFi Security, Windows Home Server, UPnP Problems, Windows Vista, and Skype Supernodes.

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