Monthly Archives March 2016

1612 Virtual Reality and Hacking Fingerprints

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[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Steven FoxSteven Fox, is a Senior Cyber Security Officer, US Dept. of Treasury outlined changes that have occurred in exchanging security information with Europe since the Edward Snowden revelations.  Safe Harbor originally allowed very liberal boundaries for exchanging data but the new regulations under Privacy Shield provide for very serious penalties for data breaches. Basically the Europeans don’t trust us any more.

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Rick also had valuable comments to make about using VPN (Virtual Private Network) software to protect our data while surfing away from home or office.

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1611 LTU Summer Camps, Windows 10 forced upgrades and the Nain Rouge

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[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”12139″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]CalCall Carson speculates what Apple will reveal Mach 21 during its latest round of devices and upgrades.  One of the main questions is whether the Cupertino crowd will say anything about its recent battle with the FBI.

 

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Shane_HamelinLargerWhat in the world is going on?  Is Microsoft really forcing Windows 7 users to switch to Windows 10?  We let our listeners call in to tell us about their experiences and got some confirmations.  We also received information from one of our listeners on how to avoid the forced upgrade completely.  Shane Hamelin shared his insights from a call to Microsoft’s info line.

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Lisa Kujawa, the Assistant Provost at Lawrence Technological University, …


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1610 Mr. Fix It Tim Fisher and Meet Up.com

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[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”12088″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERATim Fisher is one of the many experts who are part of About.com the most helpful site on the Internet (IMHO) For 10 years he has been handing out excellent advice about computers for ordinary folks including one article that became the focus of the discussion 13 Ways You’re Screwing Up Your Computer

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[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”black” border_width=”3″][vc_column_text]MiTechNews Headlines for March 12, 2016

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Catch Mike Brennan and Matt Roush on their new podcast: M2 TechCast, live, Mondays at 3PM on PodcastDetroit Network[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”black” border_width=”3″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”12081″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]Meetup.com is the world’s largest network of local groups. Meetup makes it easy for anyone to …


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1609 Earables and Scamming the Dark Web

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[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”12057″ img_size=”large”][vc_column_text]Richard StiennonRichard Stiennon, chief Analyst at IT-Harvest and an internationally recognized security expert joined us to give his feedback on the RSA conference just concluded in San Francisco.

Richard also shared his analysis of Project Cumulus, a “honey pot” developed by security firm Bitglass to attract hackers in the deep web to steal tainted data and then follow them to see where they went.

Click Here to Listen to Richard Stiennon on RSA[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”12055″ img_size=”large” alignment=”right”][vc_column_text]Jack Wallen_Heidi's Pick SixJack Wallen is a renowned columnist for TechRepublic who recently published a fascinating article entitled, “Earables, the Next Big Thing”. It turns out that the ear canal is a far better place to be harvesting biometrical information, listening to music and gathering fitness data.  That is just the beginning of what will be a wild ride in the next decade and we are all invited to “stick it in your ear!” ;-D

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