the digital hazard

This week on the show, we talk at length about new touch things. How Yahoo is updating its homepage once again to try to stay relevant in the new world of the touch interface, how RIM’s touch and security centered BB10 OS made it past government standards, and how you will be able to touch your credit card soon. Jam with some friends on Google’s ‘Jam with Chrome’ while you wait for your bank to call you about getting a new card, or tune in next week!

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Me.Ga Hits a new Snag
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57546132-93/megaupload-redo-is-shut-down-even-before-debut

Australia Stops Internet Filtering
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/11/australia-comes-to-its-senses-abandons-national-internet-filtering-regime/

Twitter Kills the “Fail Whale”
http://allthingsd.com/20121107/on-election-day-2012-twitter-kills-the-great-white-fail-whale/

Microsoft Turns Spoken English into Spoken Mandarin
http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2012/11/08/microsoft-demos-amazing-english-to-mandarin-translation-allowing-for-real-time-audible-translations/?fromcat=all

MS Office for your iPhone, and Android
http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/7/3612422/microsoft-office-mobile-ipad-iphone-android-screenshots

Yahoo to Redesign Homepage to be Touch Friendly
http://allthingsd.com/20121109/touch-a-touch-a-touch-me-yahoos-latest-new-homepage-redesign-tries-interactive-tile-look/?mod=atdtweet

Blackberry 10 gets US Gov Green Light
http://thenextweb.com/ca/2012/11/08/blackberry-10-gets-us-government-certification-first-time-rim-products-approved-ahead-of-launch/

Master Card Rolls Out Card with keypad
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57546761-1/mastercard-rolls-out-credit-card-with-display-and-keypad/

6-Bit Byte:
Google’s ‘Jam With Chrome’
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2012/11/08/google-jam-chrome/1691501/

Facebook Frackups
Romney Looses Facebook Friends after Tuesday Night
http://www.examiner.com/article/romney-loses-thousands-of-facebook-friends-post-election

Science News:
Earth Like Planet rediscovered from Old Data
http://arstechnica.com/science/2012/11/old-data-reveals-super-earth-lurking-in-a-nearby-stars-habitable-zone/

This week on The Digital Hazard, we talk a fair amount about smartphones and their future in society. Everything from how we hope there will no longer be a reason to steal them, to how Microsoft hopes to convert iPhone users with a good sync experience on their Macs. I talk lightly about my fear of policy makers regarding internet regulations, as motivated by Russia’s new Deep Packet Inspection laws.

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Hurricane Sandy and the Internet
http://gigaom.com/cloud/superstorm-sandy-wreaks-havoc-on-internet-infrastructure/

Cell Carriers Enable Stolen Phone Database
http://www.zdnet.com/all-four-major-us-wireless-carriers-enable-stolen-cellphone-database-7000006760/

iPad Mini Launch Draws Small Crowds
http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/02/apples-ipad-mini-launch-draws-smaller-crowds-than-previous-product-debuts/

iFixit teardown of iPad Mini
http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/1/3584888/ipad-mini-teardown-ifixit

Apple Loses Right to iFone Name in Mexico
http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/11/01/mexican.ifone.registered.trade.name.four.years.before.apple/

Microsoft ‘Testing’ Phone Hardware
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57544163-94/microsoft-testing-its-own-smartphone-with-suppliers-wsj/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=title

Windows Phone sync for OS X
http://www.wpcentral.com/microsoft-releases-30-windows-phone-sync-app-osx

Russia’s New Internet Filtering Laws
http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/2/3589354/russia-internet-filtering-law-surveillance

RMS: Limit Power of Copyrights in Software
http://www.wired.com/opinion/2012/11/richard-stallman-software-patents

Facebook Frackups:
Facebook’s Free Wi-Fi for Checkins Program
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57544135-93/facebook-tests-free-wi-fi-hot-spots-in-exchange-for-check-ins/

Science News:
Curiosity’s First Chemistry Test
http://arstechnica.com/science/2012/11/sands-of-mars-taste-a-lot-like-volcano/

This week on the show, I talked at length about the latest DMCA exemptions, Apple’s latest hardware offerings, and about how Iceland crowd-sourced the writing of their new Constitiution. I wish the country the best of luck, and I hope that it all works out for the best for them, as a model for the future of government in this digital age. Also folks, be safe about your phones this flu and cold season.

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New York Times Readers Pay More Than Ever
http://allthingsd.com/20121025/readers-pay-more-for-new-york-times-advertisers-pay-less/

New DMCA Exceptions
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/10/jailbreaking-now-legal-under-dmca-for-smartphones-but-not-tablets/

Tim Cook on the iPad Mini
http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/25/3555876/tim-cook-we-would-never-make-a-7-inch-tablet

New iMac 21.5 No User Upgradable RAM
http://www.macrumors.com/2012/10/23/21-5-imac-has-no-user-upgradable-ram-27-has-four-accessible-ram-slots/

Apple to Release Pandora Competitor in 2013
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-10-25/apple-s-online-radio-service-to-challenge-pandora-in-2013

Nexus 4 Product Page From UK Retailer
http://www.zdnet.com/uk/nexus-4-outed-by-uk-retailer-brings-jelly-bean-4-2-along-for-the-ride-7000006387/

Windows 8 Debut
http://www.eweek.com/mobile/surface-windows-8-debut-as-big-stakes-product-launches-for-microsoft/

Windows 8 is Too Far for Enterprise
http://www.informationweek.com/windows/operating-systems/windows-8-a-bridge-too-far-for-enterpris/240009702

6-Bit Byte
Icelanders Approve Crowdsourced Constitution
http://gigaom.com/europe/icelanders-approve-their-crowdsourced-constitution/

Facebook Frackups
Zuckerberg Still Touting Mobile
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57538627-93/zuckerberg-people-dont-get-how-good-mobile-is-for-us/
Science News
New Wireless Protocol to Increase Bandwidth
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/429722/a-bandwidth-breakthrough/

Smartphone Germs
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444868204578064960544587522.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

This week on the show, I was a little distracted with Felix Baumgartner’s record setting jump from the edge of space as I talked about the science and technology policies of the two presidential candidates, among some other time filling stories. If you are interested in the jump, at the time of writing, Felix was able to break all the records he set out to break with the exception of the longest time in free fall, that record will remain with his mentor Joe Kittinger. Thanks for listening, and go Vote!

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Presidential Policy Segment

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/10/10/romney-obama-show-little-love-for-tech-policy
http://thenextweb.com/us/2012/10/13/obama-and-romney-talk-technology-policy-in-letters-to-the-ny-tech-meetup/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57531912-38/obama-romney-outline-policies-toward-tech-startups/

Acoustic Barcodes
http://chrisharrison.net/index.php/Research/AcousticBarcodes

Apple and the Swiss Rail’s Clock
http://blog.evernote.com/opportunitynotes/2012/10/time-stands-still/

Reading someone’s Gmail isn’t an Offense
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/10/reading-someones-gmail-doesnt-violate-federal-statute-court-finds/

3D Printer DRM
http://torrentfreak.com/3d-printer-drm-patent-to-stop-people-downloading-a-car-121012/

Science News
Nobel Awarded to Quantum Computing
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/backissues/2012/10/quantum-computing-wins-a-nobel.html

This week on the show, I talk about a fair amount of things, ranging from Microsoft’s rumored acquisition of the streaming service Rdio, to the possibility of a wristwatch that could replace the smart features of your smart phone. It is a real point of change for people as they have the power to comment on politics on Twitter, and have access to many books through Google’s library project. Enjoy!

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Sony Halts New Xpieria Rollout
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19845239

Microsoft to Acquire Rdio?
http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/10/03/rumor-microsoft-is-in-talks-to-buy-rdio-beefing-up-xbox-music/

Sprint to Fight T-Mo for MetroPCS
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-04/sprint-said-to-eye-metropcs-bid-to-rival-t-mobile-offer.html

MegaUpload Users MIGHT Get Data Back
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57526409-93/megaupload-users-will-get-their-day-in-court/

Google and Book Publishers Settle
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57525928-93/google-book-publishers-settle-long-running-copyright-case/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=title

Google Patent Hints at Glass Wristwatch
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57525456-1/new-patent-hints-at-google-glass-wristwatch

Lockitron, Unlock you Door with a Phone
http://allthingsd.com/20121002/new-lockitron-the-keyless-lock-will-message-your-iphone-when-someone-knocks/

Apple Remembers Jobs
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57526614-37/apple-remembers-steve-jobs-on-first-anniversary-of-death/

Presidential Debate saw 10.3 Million Tweets
http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/04/first-2012-presidential-debate-saw-10-3m-tweets-and-gave-politics-a-new-dimension/

Facebook Frackups
Facebook Hits 1 Billion Active Users
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57525797-93/facebook-hits-1-billion-active-user-milestone/

Facebook Tries to Convince People that It and The Internet are Synonymous
http://qz.com/5180/facebooks-plan-to-find-its-next-billion-users-convince-them-the-internet-and-facebook-are-the-same/

6-bit Byte
Republicans out Democrat on WoW
http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/ingame/republicans-out-democrat-world-warcraft-witch-hunt-6283586

Our Robot Overlords can Already Play Catch
http://boingboing.net/2012/10/02/quadcopters-playing-catch.html

All alone this week as I talk about some of the snafus that the iPhone 5 is facing as it comes out, between iOS 6’s Maps application to Samsung naming the iPhone 5 in the ongoing lawsuits between the two companies. Germany urges the public to stop using IE, and you should too. On your trip over, take a Boeing aircraft so that you can help keep social media’s history from disapearing.

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iPhone5 Finally Arrives
http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/gadgetbox/apple-fans-rejoice-iphone-5-goes-sale-worldwide-1B6029250

Nokia Takes Crack at Apple’s Maps
http://allthingsd.com/20120921/nokia-map-apps-cant-be-built-overnight-just-look-at-apples/

Setbacks for Apple in Samsung Suit in Germany
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/21/us-apple-patent-germany-idUSBRE88K0K920120921

Samsung Adds iPhone 5 to Lawsuit
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/20/us-samsung-apple-idUSBRE88J0H520120920

Matias Duarte: Android is Only ⅓ the Way There
http://www.androidauthority.com/android-33-percent-done-116117/

T-Mobile Names Legere New CEO
http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/19/3356780/t-mobile-usa-john-legere-ceo

German Gov. Urges Against Use of IE
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/19/uk-microsoft-browser-idUSLNE88I01L20120919

Microsoft Releases Fix for IE
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2010180/microsoft-offers-one-click-workaround-for-ie-vulnerability-permanent-fix-coming-friday.html

6-Bit Byte:
Boeing v Airbus in the Area of Wi-Fi
http://www.zdnet.com/wi-fi-on-a-plane-more-boeing-aircraft-get-wireless-mobile-access-7000004631/

History Being Lost!
http://www.technologyreview.com/view/429274/history-as-recorded-on-twitter-is-vanishing-from/

Facebook Frackups
Facebook Satisfies Europe by Disabling Auto Tagging
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57517662-93/facebook-scores-points-in-europe-after-disabling-facial-recognition/

Science News
Shuttle Endeavour To Tour LA
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/09/next-for-shuttle-endeavour-a-two-day-parade-through-la.html

This week on the show, I’m all alone, but I go on at length about how I think the Ligthning connector is both a blessing and a curse. Of course the new iPhone was announced this week, and everybody is gaga about it. I think the real technological advancement this week came from Intel and their announcement of the digital radio on chip. Just think about how much R&D went into that. I could talk about it for a while. Enjoy the new ebay logo, and do let me know what I don’t know about font.

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That Hot Newly Announced Product is Now on Sale: The Kindle Fire!
http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/14/3330966/kindle-fire-hd-7-available-buy

iPhone 5 Sells Out, Shipping Slips to 2 Weeks
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57512798-37/iphone-5-sales-exhaust-initial-supply-trip-up-servers/

Lightning Adaptors Coming Soon
http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/13/3329062/apple-lightning-hdmi-vga-cable-adapter-coming-months

Lightning Isn’t a Step Forward
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31322_3-57511687-256/apples-dock-connector-change-is-awful-dont-kid-yourselves/

Woz: I Hate Apple v. Samsung Litigation
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57512463-71/woz-i-hate-the-apple-samsung-patent-fight/

Intel’s New Radio on Chip: A Decade Later
http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/13/after-a-decade-of-research-intel-shows-off-its-digital-radio-chip/
Extends Mobile Batterylife
http://www.pcworld.com/article/262295/intel_works_to_extend_mobile_device_battery_life_by_solving_radio_problems.html

SSL Falls To Attacks
http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/09/crime-hijacks-https-sessions/

Microsoft Finds Mal-ware Preinstalled
http://www.infoworld.com/d/security/microsoft-finds-new-computers-in-china-preinstalled-malware-202398

6-Bit Byte
Ebay Redesigns Logo
http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/13/3326716/ebay-logo-redesign

Facebook Frackups:
Zuck: HTML5 Was Our Worst Decision
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-09-11/questions-loom-for-zuckerberg-in-1st-post-ipo-chat

This week Chris joined me on the show as we talked about the phones that Nokia and Motorola released ahead of the week of Apple’s iPhone announcement. We dive into an article about how google maps are made, and we struggle to understand the intricacies of the NYC Taxi and Limo service laws. Join us before the Voyager I Space Probe reaches the edge of the Solar System!

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Update to Oracle Java Story from Last Week
http://www.informationweek.com/security/attacks/java-still-not-safe-security-experts-say/240006876

Apple Cuts Samsung Memory from iPhone
http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/09/07/apple-samsung-idINDEE88600Q20120907

Apple Plans Web Radio Alternative to Pandora
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/07/technology/apple-plans-to-challenge-pandora-in-web-radio.html?_r=1

How Google Maps are Made
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/09/how-google-builds-its-maps-and-what-it-means-for-the-future-of-everything/261913/

Taxi App a No Go in NYC
http://betabeat.com/2012/09/taxi-and-limousine-commission-tells-uber-they-cant-legally-operate-in-new-york-city-uber-ceo-disagrees/

Moto’s New Droid Phones
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/09/motorola-google-announce-next-generation-of-droid-razrs/

Nokia’s New Phone
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19491421

Windows Server 2012: Windows 8 for the Cloud
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/09/windows_server_2012_first_look/

Facebook Frackups:
Mark Zuckerberg Won’t Sell Stock Anytime Soon
http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/04/facebook-cancels-secondary-offering/

Science News:
Voyager Hits Edge of Solar System
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/343862/title/Voyager_chasing_solar_systems_edge

This week on the show, I’m all alone, so that means I decided to let the show run short. I talked about the impending anouncement of the 6th iPhone, and how when Windows Phone 8 comes out in late October, not that many people will really care. Oh! and Oracle finally got around to fixing a over 4 month old vulnerability in Java. Happy Updating everybody!

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Oracle (finally) Fixes Java Security Vulnerability
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-08-31/oracle-fixes-java-exploits-four-months-after-hacker-flagged-bugs

Windows Phone 8 Launch Dates
http://www.zdnet.com/mark-your-microsoft-calendars-windows-8-windows-phone-8-launch-dates-revealed-7000003450/

Why You Can Forget Those Dates Right Now
http://www.bgr.com/2012/08/29/windows-phone-analysis-nokia-bernstein/

AT&T Opens “Flagship” Store in Chicago
http://www.theverge.com/2012/8/30/3277842/att-chicago-flagship-store

iPhone 5 and the A6 Chip
http://www.technobuffalo.com/companies/apple/iphone/iphone-5-said-to-be-running-on-a6-chip/

Recycle your 4S While You Can Still Make $345
http://thenextweb.com/apple/2012/08/29/apple-will-now-give-345-old-iphone-4s/

iOS Appstore Updates
http://www.jailbreaknation.com/ios-6-app-store-updated-to-look-more-like-chomp-includes-genius-recommendations