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Best Damn Tech Show, Period. 04.22.08 Phishing and Whaling

BestDamnTech — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:14:52 GMT

Google Maps Predicts Traffic ConditionsGoogle Maps can now predict traffic information for any day of the week and time of the day, based on past conditions. By default, if you click on the Traffic button in a supported area from the US, Google Maps shows real-time traffic information.The Twitter/FriendFeed Desktop Client Arms Race ContinuesA lot of people are addicted to Twitter (microblogging), and a lot of people are addicted to FriendFeed (friends' activity streams). While both are web servicesAlexa Updates Its Web Rankings - Still Not Good EnoughAmazon-owned Alexa has announced a major update to its 10 year old web ranking system. Previously, Alexa's rankings were based solely on data collected from the downloadable Alexa Toolbar, but now the company is aggregating data from multiple sourcesDownload YouTube Videos as MP4 Files(Tip) Answer "No to All" When Copying FilesGoogle's Great American Wireless Auction 'game' annoys US lawmakers Worth mention.IRIS ON THE VIRUSFrom Phishing to Whaling

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Best Damn Tech Show Period 03.18.08

BestDamnTech — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:19:59 GMT

Show Notes - March 18th, 2008

Best Damn News

Quarterlife Dies in the Ass on NBC

Only 3.1 million viewers gets the web-tv series the boot to Bravo

http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/2/nbc_shifts__quarterlife__to_cable

Yahoo

Yahoo to open up search and support the Semantic Web
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/yahoo_supports_semantic_web.php

Tech

Tech Biffo:
Wikipedia leader involved in sex and extortion scandal. Come talk to us Jimbo Wales, we'll give you a fair shake.

According to Nine Inch Nail Ghosts I-IV logged 1.6 million in sales in the first week of release even though it was offered free and widely available via bittorent .
with more on the recording industry, we're getting...

Schmidt Faced
RIAA

Iris on the Virus
Mass compromise via iFrame and site search
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/13/mass_compromise/
US
US copyright domain scam

Tech It Out

AOL to buy Bebo for $850 million
Substory, Bebo rips of Drew Olanoff for "Gap Year" show.

Calling all advertising wannabees. Make an ad for Obama. Head over to http://www.obamain30seconds.org/ brought by moveon.org

Geek Psychic report - after speaking with Jobsy, she leaks to us that Apple is creating a Tivo-like interface for the Apple TV, making it more user-friendly.

Some minor issues are being reported for the MacBook Air, mainly to do with overheating. They're working on it.

Drews Gay News

ANNOUNCEMENT/Exclusive:
Drew Olanoff and other investors purchase Readburner (not to be distributed until after tomorrow)

SXSW Recap
Rock Band causes a stir (show Revision 3 video with Scoble)
People got Drunk (Alex Hillman CONFIRMED)
Zuckermans interview

Around the World Wide Web
Third generation Zune's will be rolled out by 2009 and finally be available to Eurpoeans wanting an ordinary mutilmedia device
http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/third-gen-zune-to-hit-in-2009-make-it-to-europe/

Apple

Apple is plann

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Best Damn Tech Show, Period 12.04.07 The Green Screen Episode (aka The Gay Episode)

BestDamnTech — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 06:00:23 GMT

Our first episode shot entirely using the Chrome Key effect known as "Green Screen". Still working out the kinks so give us a break...

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Best Damn Tech Show, Period. 11.20.07 Fun With Our New Green Screen

BestDamnTech — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 03:36:29 GMT

Need to climb Everest but concerned about cell phone coverage? No more worries there as China's largest mobile phone provider has now installed a transmission station at 21,000 ft. Says a spokesman, "the construction was very difficult". The station was part of the Olympics initiative as they are taking the torch up to the top.

Ubuntu appears to be having an impact. Walmart started selling the $200 Linux machine (1.5 GHz VIA C7 CPU embedded onto a Mini-ITX motherboard, 512MB of RAM and an 80GB) 2 weeks ago and has already sold out. http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=926

Meanwhile

Meanwhile the One Laptop per Child is offering a give one get one program where for $399 ($200 of which is tax deductible) a laptop will be send to a child in a third world country plus you will receive one for the child in your life. In addition, you will receive a year free T-Mobile hotspot access. http://www.laptopgiving.org/en/give-one-get-one.php

GEEK

GEEK CHICK

IRIS ON THE VIRUS
Mighty Morphing Ebay Trojan
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/11/15/trojan_bayrob_morphs/

Ebay

Ebay trojan (Trojan.Bayrob) has morphed yet again. This trojan loads a webserver on the victim's computer and serves up false pages for Ebay motors and CarFax reports to fool people into giving money to the bad guys.

SCHMIDT FACED

Sony?s lackluster PlayStation 3 sales more than doubled recently thanks to the introduction of the new 40GB model and a $100 price cut on the 80GB model.

TECH IT OUT
Google is offering up to $10 mill for developers of apps for their android platform.

Sales of the Sony PS3 are up as a result of the $100 price cut from 40,000/week to 100,000 for this week. They still have a long way to go to catch up with XBOX 360 and Wii which are double the total sales.

Look out for YouTube's "high quality video" rolling out in the next few months.

Viddler has officially announced their monetization model which we have been testing for a couple of months. If you are a publisher go a

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Best Damn Tech Show, Period 11.06.07 Google Show with Live Music!

BestDamnTech — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 05:09:05 GMT

News
From the who gives a shit files, apparently "Tom" Anderson the cofounder of MySpace has set a precedence for lying about ones age on the site. According to his profile, he is 32 but records have uncovered that he is actually 37. Michael Arrington from Techcrunch was outraged "If you can't trust the founders to be truthful in their profiles, how can you trust what anyone says on the site."

Rumor has it that Google and Verizon are in talks to offer the long-speculated GPhone system. Could it be that Verizon are kicking themselves by not agreeing to Apple's stipulations over the iPhone? This may their way at getting some form of redemption. Verizon are well known for their restrictions on phones so this rumor may be a signal that they are willing to open things up - it's tough to imagine. http://techdirt.com/articles/20071031/093942.shtml

Meanwhile

Meanwhile Google are looking to roll out Gmail 2.0 which adds some interesting new features. Proported to be faster and more convenient...we wonder if it will finally be out of beta.

Schmidt Faced
Schmidt's cheap

irus on the virus

Mac porn trojan
(URL: http://www.theregister.com/2007/10/31/in_the_wild_osx_trojan/)
OSX.RSPlug.A
A
A new trojan for the Mac is out. This one uses social engineering to accomplish it's goal as it requires the admin password in order to install.
Users on a dubious site are prompted to view a video. The video appears to be a quicktime mov, but is actually a link to a trojan installer. The user when attempting to view the mov, are informed that they will require a special codec to play the movie file, and are provided a link to download the "codec". What the user is actually installing is a virus known as OSX.RSPlug.A which is a DNSChanger. The site hijacks web requests made to EBay, PayPal, and a few banking sites. So later when a user goes to login to his EBay account, he is unknowingly providing his login credentials to a phishing site. The main thing here is that Macs have been targeted

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Best Damn Tech Show, Period. 08.07.07 Searching For Schmidt...

BestDamnTech — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:30:09 GMT

With the big TV analog switch-off scheduled soon, the FCC has revised the rules for using the 700Mhz spectrum. Google wants to keep these airwaves open and the FCC has agreed stating that there can be no restrictions on the devices and services allowed on the network. Good stuff. Google has pledged $4.6 billion for the lot which, if they stick with their current business methodology, could mean free wireless (and good wireless) for all (maybe with a few ads thrown in.)

Elton John is also having a say (surprise, surprise) possibly as a result of seeing declining album sales for his 'Captain and the Kid'. He is calling for the ban of the Internet to "see what sort of art is produced over that span".
http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/eltons-war-on-the-web/2007/08/02/1185648044623.html
SCHMIDT FACED

Popular preteen hangout Club Penguin has been snapped up by Disney for around $350 mill. Sites like this and Webkinz are challenging parental decisions as to the amount of involvement of online social networking activities for their children.

YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS SHIT BUT IF YOU DONT IGGs WILL TELL YOU
Cell Phone History

TECH IT OUT
A new player in the Best Damn Hottie, Hot, Hot category is Webby or Morgan Webb who has a new daily news show called WebbAlert which can be found at WebbAlert.com

In a sign that Facebook is really starting to make waves, politicians are now having a closer look to determine its liability for letting sexual predators on the site.

Microsoft is testing out ad supported version of Works in an attempt to block moves by Google for the online office suite.

GEEK CHIC
Microsoft Zune sucks so use it to protect your Apple Ipod.
www.hideapod.com

TECH BIFFO
Eminem sues Apple. Reps for the rapper are filing a federal lawsuit claiming that Apple (or more specifically Universal) is allowing users to download music onto iPods without perm

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Best Damn Tech Show, Period. 07.31.07 Schmidt Skateboards To The Studio

BestDamnTech — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:20:31 GMT

One of the earlier players in the MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) marketplace is shutting up shop. Amp?d launched in late 2005 on the Verizon service and was one of the early 3G adopters targeting the 18-35 market. Verizon brought on the bankruptcy ny threatening to cut off its services.

Apple releases its latest update nicknamed Leopard or 10.5 to very hum drum reviews claiming that there is very little new there.

Digg jumps in bed with Microsoft, offering their ads for the next 3 years

Around the World Wide Web
Google Australia is asking kiddies to design their specialty logos for certain days like Australia Day and anzac Day.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/google-wants-your-doodle/2007/07/23/1185043014717.html

Chinese Pirates busted with $500 million of software
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070724-chinese-pirates-busted-with-500-million-of-software.html
US and Chinese officials announced today that they have busted two Chinese software piracy groups in possession of illegal software with an 'estimated retail value' of close to $500 million. The groups operated out of Shanghai and Shenzhen, and sold much of the software through the Internet, according to the FBI.

The Comsec ipod index reveals that Brazil is the most expensive place to buy an iPod nano at around $330 for the 2GB model more than twice that in the US. Canada is cheapest at $144.

TECH IT OUT
$100 laptop program is almost ready to go. Production begins in October and several countries have all but spat on their hands and shaken.

The head of Acer has spoken out against Windows Vista, stating that 'The entire industry is disappointed by Windows Vista'.

Tech Biffo
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