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Hour 1

Team Rush Wins FIRST Robotics State Championship

 Steve Hyer and Team Rush members, Cameron Razdar and Jennifer Ray report on their exciting win and the  upcoming World FIRST Robotics Championships in St. Louis, MO on April 25, 2014.

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Stopping the Bleeding from Heartbleed

Richard Stiennon, Chief Research Analyst at IT-Harvest, is a noted security expert and our frequent contributor, gives us the big picture on the Heartbleed bug which has been described as one of the worst security holes in Internet history because of the depth of impact.  Ironically it has been generally unexploited for over two years until it was discovered recently by security researchers.  Richard gives us the big picture of the consequences of this bug and what we can do about it.

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Firefox Browser Plug-in That Checks for Heartbleed Vulnerability

The Business of Promoting Michigan’s Business

Business makes Michigan tick and Michigan’s businesses are the primary concern of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.  Mike Finney, President and CEO of the MEDC joins us to talk about …

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Hour 1

Amazon Prime Price Jumps $20: Still A Good Deal

Rick Broida our resident Cheapskate and Gadget Guru tries to convince us that Amazon Prime is still a steal at $99.

WWW Turns 25

Mike Ammann Pres. San Joaquin Partnership, San Jose, CA was with Gary Baker way back when the WWW first appeared and gives us some history lessons about the difference between the Internet and the World Wide Web that Sir Tim Berners-Lee developed in 1989.

MyLead: Raising Up the Next Generation of Leaders

David Sweetman, President and Founder of MYLead  (Michigan Youth Leadership Conference) talks about his dream of building leaders for our future.  Four students who are participating in the program shared the soundstage: Ish Aijazuddin (Senior, Lamphere High School), Samantha Nadwie (Junior, Henry Ford Community College) and Heather Lake (Grand Valley State Univ.)

MiTechNews Report

The MiTechNews Report is a weekly feature with Mike Brennan, editor and  publisher of MiTechNews.com which focuses on technology headlines and the impact of our tate’s growing high tech sector. MiTechNews Report is brought through the support of:

• ITA and New Horizons Computer Learning Centers.  New Horizons
• ITC

Show Notes

Hour 1

Alternative Energy Sources

Allan O’Shea is a solar panel manufacturer and co-chair of the Michigan Energy Fair.  He is also the founder of AWEA the American Wind Energy Association.  He will talk about energy alternatives to produce the juice that runs our beloved devices without pouring carbon clouds into the air.

Mask/Careto Super Virus and the Conquest of the Cyberworld

Richard Stiennon, an internationally recognized authority on Security joins us to explain what this latest super virus is and how long it has been in the wild.  Is the the next generation of Stuxnet?  Another national cyber war super weapon?

MiTechNews Report

The MiTechNews Report is a weekly feature with Mike Brennan, editor and  publisher of MiTechNews.com which focuses on technology headlines and the impact of our state’s growing high tech sector. MiTechNews Report is brought through the support of ITC, the nation’s largest independent electricity transmission company,  Warner, Norcross & Judd attorneys at law, and the Engineering Society of Detroit, representing 16,000 engineers in southeast Michigan.

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Hour 2: Answering Your Questions

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