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Episode 33: Chromium Bugging Bug | Tech Talk Today 187

June 23rd, 2015  |  32 mins 43 secs

Google wants to improve your search experience for you automatically, with your microphone. We debate.

Plus the Core Infrastructure initiative throws a little money around, the US Navy is sticking with XP & more!

Episode 34: Agonizing over Adoption | Tech Talk Today 188

June 24th, 2015  |  24 mins 10 secs

Samsung is actively disabling Windows Update on at least some computers, Car Hacking is 'Distressingly Easy', new iOS feature auto-deletes apps & Chromium follow up!

Episode 35: Holo Promises | Tech Talk Today 189

June 25th, 2015  |  19 mins 30 secs

Batman gets pulled for the PC, a homemade gadget that can read the radio waves emitted by your laptop & the ultimate solution to the ultimate house troll.

Then it’s our kickstarter of the week & much more!

Episode 36: Openly Acquired | TTT 190

June 30th, 2015  |  21 mins 9 secs

Cisco announces plans to buy OpenDNS, the European Government agrees on Net Neutrality rules, Microsoft selling Bing imaging to Uber & display ads to AOL, PayPal kills it's terrible robocalling policy & more!

Episode 37: Organic Chinese Wifi | TTT 191

July 1st, 2015  |  20 mins 10 secs

Pregnant Woman Mode is coming to a wifi router near you & we discuss the launch of Apple’s first 24/7 radio station.

Plus we explain why NSA phone records surveillance are turned back on early, the 11 attacks on San Francisco-area Internet lines & more!

Episode 38: Politics of Encryption | TTT 192

July 2nd, 2015  |  34 mins 56 secs

The Plex forums have been hacked, the fascinating corruption around the Silk Road case & David Cameron doubles down on backdoors in encryption.

Plus the big tech rumor of the week & more!

Episode 39: Reddit Summer Of Drama | TTT 193

July 3rd, 2015  |  25 mins 11 secs

Major controversy is brewing over at Reddit & we’ll share our perspectives. Microsoft signals a deathblow to Silverlight, new iPhone rumors, a spacecraft update & our Kickstarter of the week!

Episode 40: Hackception | TTT 194

July 7th, 2015  |  23 mins 1 sec

A slick talking, high rolling hacking group “Hacking Team” gets hacked. Some of the details in the data dump expose issues in SELinux, Android & iOS!

Big changes are coming to Firefox, 2TB SSDs coming to a desktop near you, Prime Day is near & more!

Episode 41: Logi Bear | TTT 195

July 9th, 2015  |  19 mins 46 secs

Google Glass might be coming back in a big way, Microsoft is scaling back on Windows Phone dramatically, Logitech to rebrand as “Logi" & we finally have a new version of VirtualBox!

Episode 42: Remember Your Pluto | TTT 196

July 10th, 2015  |  24 mins 56 secs

More details about the massive government breach show 21.5 million people impacted, Pluto’s big weekend is coming up & we share the historic goodies already beamed home.

Plus our Kickstarter of the week & more!

Episode 43: EMerging Science | TTT 197

July 28th, 2015  |  26 mins 38 secs

The new OnePlus 2 specs, price, availability & more are out. Motorola doubles down on Moto X with Style, Play & updates Moto G. Microsoft’s Arrow Launcher for Android, Razer acquires OUYA & Scientists confirm 'impossible' EM Drive propulsion.

Episode 44: Get Tracked with Windows 10 | TTT 198

July 29th, 2015  |  19 mins 48 secs

Windows 10 is released to the public, but the devil is in the details.

Plus how the mainstream is reacting to the new release, the sliding market share of the iPad & the teleportation breakthrough scientists are reporting.

Episode 45: Androids Go Silent | TTT 199

July 30th, 2015  |  15 mins 15 secs

Hammertoss malware using GitHub & Twitter for command & control gets exposed, the US sets out to build the world’s fastest Supercomputer, the second major Android flaw this week & the return of Top Gear ...sort of.

Episode 46: When Tablets KILL | TTT 200

July 31st, 2015  |  23 mins

Windows 10’s first day numbers impress, Google has a new version of Glass, BitDefender gets hacked, Nvidia Tablets catch fire, tiny robots that walk on water… And our Kickstarter of the week!

Episode 47: Pitching a Tent | TTT 201

August 4th, 2015  |  23 mins 48 secs

Mac security is having a really bad week, two bugs without patches are getting a lot of attention. We’ll share the dirty details. Plus Chris reviews the high-tech Cinch Pop-Up Tent.

Episode 48: Lousy Lollipop Adoption | TTT 202

August 5th, 2015  |  22 mins 55 secs

A fresh version of LibreOffice hits the web, another Flash attack in the wild, this one uses “malvertising”. What the heck is malvertising? We discuss.

Plus what the state of Android looks like in 2015, another OS X bug & more!