Tech Talk Today

Episode 17: Venomous Snakeoil | Tech Talk Today 170

May 13th, 2015  |  25 mins 31 secs

Venom is claimed to be the new Heartbleed threatening datacenters around the world but is it legit?

The new 4k Blu-Ray spec is revealed & the YotaPhone 2 with an E-ink display back is coming to a country near you!

Episode 18: Windows 10 Bureaucrat Edition | Tech Talk Today 171

May 14th, 2015  |  25 mins 28 secs

Microsoft announces seven version of Windows 10, Google updates Fit with more features & Wolfram claims they can identify any picture, so we put it to the test!

Plus Bill Nye the Science guy is also the Planetary Guy. We discuss his new Kickstarter.

Episode 19: Chris Needs a Vacation | Tech Talk Today 172

May 19th, 2015  |  19 mins 47 secs

Today after conquering the technical challenges monster that spent the night in the studio, Chris and the Mumble room reflect on life's larger tech woes.

Episode 20: Browser Pirates | Tech Talk Today 173

May 20th, 2015  |  24 mins 27 secs

Another major flaw in consumer routers needs patched ASAP, the tech of sending messages via tone comes to Chrome & Popcorn Hour lands in your web browser, but there's a major catch.

Episode 21: Corrupt Accomplices | Tech Talk Today 174

May 21st, 2015  |  26 mins 30 secs

Spy agencies target mobile phones, app stores to implant spyware. Linux 4.0 has a EXT4 corruption bug, YouTube brings the fight to Twitch & Netflix has some big updates.

Then we have a Kickstarter of the week to help you men lucid dream, the penis way.

Episode 22: Cortana, Bobs Little Sister | Tech Talk Today 175

May 26th, 2015  |  34 mins 40 secs

Fedora 22 is released and we chat about some of our favorite new features, Charter to Acquire Time Warner Cable & Microsoft is bringing Cortana to Android and iOS.

Is Microsoft repeating their mistakes of the past with Cortana? We’ll make our case.

Episode 23: Google's Tech Tease | Tech Talk Today 176

May 27th, 2015  |  35 mins 38 secs

There is some major smoke around the Google I/O fire, we dig into an in depth discussion about the big Google Picture. Plus Vox buys up Re/Code in a move that consolidates tech news & OnePlus teases us with a new device!

Episode 24: Google's Creepiness Controls | Tech Talk Today 177

June 2nd, 2015  |  40 mins 19 secs

Thunderbolt 3 promise to unify the connector and usher in peace and tranquility. But when will we see it ship? Microsoft has prices & ship dates for Windows 10, Apple has a major Mac Flaw & Google wants to kinda give you better privacy controls.

Episode 25: PowerSSHell | Tech Talk Today 178

June 3rd, 2015  |  28 mins 42 secs

Microsoft announces support for SSH built into powershell, crashing Skype with a simple text chat, Tim Cook defends user’s rights to privacy and encryption & running OS X in VirtualBox.

Episode 26: Solar Freaking Tents! | Tech Talk Today 179

June 5th, 2015  |  27 mins 58 secs

Preparing for a camping trip in the woods has never been more stressful, we debate how much tech to take. Plus the US suspects China breached about 4 million government records, Steam Machines get a ship date & more!

Episode 27: Exploited iOS Email | TTT 181

June 10th, 2015  |  46 mins 30 secs

Spotify announces some major fund raising in the shadow of Apple’s announcement, SpaceX wants to beam Internet from space, thoughts on Apple open sourcing Swift, and…

A special bonus lost episode of Tech Talk Today is embedded at the end of today’s show!

Episode 28: Embarrassed Einstein | Tech Talk Today 182

June 11th, 2015  |  13 mins 55 secs

Was “the biggest” recent government hack in history the result of out of date software & crappy detection systems?

Plus a look at the best Star Trek games of all time, a browser extension that reads that Terms of Service for you & Kaspersky gets hacked!

Episode 29: LostPass | Tech Talk Today 183

June 16th, 2015  |  35 mins 32 secs

LastPass discloses it’s been compromised, we discuss the scope of the hack & what our best and worst options are moving forward.

Plus a recap of the most interesting things from E3 so far & more!

Episode 30: Comcast's Next Prey | Tech Talk Today 184

June 17th, 2015  |  21 mins 54 secs

Vulnerabilities in iOS & Android devices announced today, both are in the wild with no fix yet. We’ll share the details. Comcast wants to buy T-Mobile, Microsoft shakes it up, Kodi gets banned & more!

Episode 31: DuckDuckGoing Up | Tech Talk Today 185

June 18th, 2015  |  24 mins 45 secs

DuckDuckGo sees 600% user growth since the Edward Snowden leaks, we’ll play highlights of an interview with their CEO. Uber has a mess in California, Apple Watch sales numbers are in & solving a major sleep issue for many.

Episode 32: Tactical Token Takeover | Tech Talk Today 186

June 19th, 2015  |  21 mins 14 secs

Poor developer practices expose user data tokens, YouTube plans a news services, Heinz makes a hardcore mistake & Samsung readies an emergency device update.

Plus Amazon announces a major deal to bring Marvel comics to the Kindle store & more!