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NOTE: This episode should be online Thursday afternoon.
This the last installment of the Tech Talk podcast.
Thanks for listening these past few years!
This week’s show features a recap of the year’s major technology headlines and a gear roundup that includes digital-audio amplifiers and a solar-powered keyboard.
Links
Logitech Wireless Solar Keyboard K750 for Mac
Logitech Wireless Solar Keyboard K750
FiiO E10 USB DAC headphone amplifier
FiiO A1 digital amplifier
Times Topics: Steve Jobs
One on One: Walter Isaacson, biographer of Steve Jobs
A sister’s eulogy for Steve Jobs
Social media gives protests a global reach
Arabic surges as a language for tweets [Wired]
Twitter, Facebook and YouTube’s role in Arab Spring [Social Capital blog]
F.A.A. approves iPads in cockpits, but not for passengers
Bits blog posts on the Kindle Fire
Media Decoder blog posts on tablet computers
Netflix 2011 coda: Blunders cost CEO $1.5M [IT World]
RIM’s year of misery
Biggest Loser: MG Global and Netflix [DealBook]
Adobe to kill mobile Flash, focus on HTML5
TIP OF THE WEEK: Flixster Movies for Google Chrome
Flixster mobile apps
Fandango mobile apps
Apple Movie Trailers app for iOS
The New York Times Personal Tech section
NYT Bits blog
NYT Gadgetwise blog
December 22, 2011
Nick Wingfield of The Times sorts out the recent patent ruling that favored Apple over phone-maker HTC, and Pedro Rafael Rosado offers gift ideas for audiophiles.
Segments (time on counter)
News (25:42)
Nick Wingfield (19:01)
Audio-gadget roundup (11:35)
Tip of the Week (4:27)
Links
HBO GO [TWCable Untangled blog]
Lightsaber rattling in an online galaxy
Star Wars: The Old Republic
Nuance buys Vlingo [Yahoo Finance]
Truckjackers steal 5,000 PlayBooks [TG Daily]
Skype offering free holiday Wi-Fi at select U.S. airports [Skype blog]
U.S. backs Apple in patent ruling that hits Google
Philips Fidelio docking speaker for Android
Sol Republic Tracks headphones
Sol Republic Tracks HD headphones
ThinkSound ms01 8mm studio monitor earbuds
SRS Labs iWow 3D
Cowon iAudio 10
TIP OF THE WEEK: Setting icon view options in Mac OS X [Dummies.com]
Shorten the Finder’s ‘‘Show Item Info’’ text [Macworld Mac OS X Hints]
The New York Times Personal Tech section
NYT Bits blog
NYT Gadgetwise blog
Bits: Tech Talk on Twitter
Bits: Tech Talk on Facebook
December 15, 2011
Sarah Wheaton and Jonathan Ellis of The Times talk about the new Election 2012 smartphone app and Pedro Rafael Rosado takes a look at AirPlay-certified gear for streaming media.
Segments (time on counter)
News (29:39)
NYT Election 2012 app (16:01)
Media Streamers (8:27)
Tip of the Week (2:54)
Links
Elvis monkey and coloured gecko among 200 new species discovered in Vietnam [Telegraph]
New generation GPS satellite starts tests in Colorado [ABC News]
What the next-generation satellite upgrade means for you [PC World]
Pandora listenership continues to rise despite increased competition [TechCrunch]
APNewsBreak: Facebook aims to help prevent suicide
Giant space plane in the works [TechFlash]
Webroot Holiday Party Sobriety Test app
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 passes $1 Billion in sales
Election 2012 app
Denon AVR-1912
Nuvyyo JetStreamHD
TIP OF THE WEEK: Preview the Windows 7 desktop [Microsoft]
The New York Times Personal Tech section
NYT Bits blog
NYT Gadgetwise blog
Bits: Tech Talk on Twitter
Bits: Tech Talk on Facebook
December 8, 2011
Daniel Mohan of ID Watchdog discusses identity-theft prevention and Will Lucas, creator of the app Thankyouagai.in describes how the program works to ‘‘collect the good.’’
Segments (time on counter)
News (29:39)
ID Watchdog (20:04)
Tech Term (12:52)
Thankyouaga.in app (9:46)
Tip of the Week (3:32)
Links
Facebook flaw lets you view someone’s private photos [CNet]
Online uproar as India seeks social media screening
Steve Jobs: From Garage to World’s Most Valuable Company [Computer History Museum]
Kindle Fire is the No. 2 tablet, trailing only iPad [Fortune]
10 billion Android Market downloads and counting [Google blog]
Android Marketplace tops 10 billion downloads
Programmer raises concerns about phone-monitoring software
Carrier IQ, carriers, manufacturers hit with wiretap lawsuits [InformationWeek]
Carrier IQ data technically legit, says researchers [InformationWeek]
Facebook acquires Gowalla
Cisco’s bigger bundle of networking
E-commerce sales are booming
The Future of Computing
ID Watchdog
Avoid ID Theft [Federal Trade Commission]
Thankyouaga.in
TIP OF THE WEEK: iTunes Remote app
About the Remote app for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch [Apple]
Remote for iTunes [AppBrain Android Market]
The New York Times Personal Tech section
NYT Bits blog
NYT Gadgetwise blog
Bits: Tech Talk on Twitter
Bits: Tech Talk on Facebook
November 30, 2011
Steve Lohr of The Times explains how a new software tool from Dartmouth researchers reveals just how radically digital photographs have been altered and Patrick Carter of Digital Folio discusses his company’s application for dynamic comparison shopping.
Segments (time on counter)
News (31:24)
Steve Lohr (17:49)
Patrick Carter (11:15)
Tip of the Week (3:46)
Links
Cyber Monday sales give retailers a holiday shopping boost
Asset sale may be next for AT&T
AT&T’s 11th-hour plan to save its deal with T-Mobile [DealBook]
iPhone almost goes boom on an airplane [The Register]
Seagate boosts speed, capacity of Momentus XT hybrid SSD [Seagate Technology]
What Fox effect? Hulu sees little downside from authentication [GigaOM]
Verizon Fios on Xbox [PCMag.com]
Linux Mint 12 ships [LinuxMint.com]
What’s new in Linux Mint 12 [LinuxMint.com]
Facebook agrees to F.T.C. settlement on privacy
Up to 4 million pages of historical newspapers now searchable online in British Newspaper Archive [British Library]
The British Newspaper Archive
Photoshopped or not? A tool to tell
Digital Folio
TIP OF THE WEEK: Google Mobile Voice Search
Voice Actions for Android
Cluzee is the Android Siri alternative [SlashGear]
Cluzee for Android
Voice Search for Google Chrome
The New York Times Personal Tech section
NYT Bits blog
NYT Gadgetwise blog
Bits: Tech Talk on Twitter
Bits: Tech Talk on Facebook
November 23, 2011
The author Phil Simon discusses his new book ‘‘The Age of the Platform: How Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google Have Redefined Business’’ and Tanzina Vega of the media desk at The Times explains how BrightTag’s One Click Privacy button works.
Segments (time on counter)
News (42:35)
Tanzina Vega (29:21)
Audyssey (21:29)
Phil Simon (12:44)
Tip of the Week (4:38)
Links
Staples launches consumer electronics trade-in program with Gazelle [PR Newswire]
Best Buy E-cycle program
Windows 8 promises faster installation and 11 step upgrade [Ars Technica]
Improving the setup experience [Building Windows 8 blog]
Some Xbox Live users targeted in online phishing scam [BBC]
Penguin Books suspends e-book availability to libraries
‘‘Goodnight, iPad’’ by Ann Droyd
4.74 degrees of Facebook separation
EBay’s plans for Hunch: recommendations galore
A forward step on piracy in China, software makers say
Flipboard adds its first iPad catalog for Gilt Taste
Company offers Web sites a button for visitors’ privacy settings
Audyssey
‘‘The Age of the Plaform’’ by Phil Simon
TIP OF THE WEEK: Windows 7 desktop overview and auto-arrange [Microsoft]
Mac 101: The Menu bar [Apple]
The New York Times Personal Tech section
NYT Bits blog
NYT Gadgetwise blog
Bits: Tech Talk on Twitter
Bits: Tech Talk on Facebook
November 17, 2011
Patricia Schultz, author of ‘‘1,000 Places to See Before You Die,’’ discusses the conversion of her well-known travel book into an iPad app by the creative team at the Wonderfactory design studio, and Quentin Hardy of The Times talks about new cloud-based employment opportunities.
Segments (time on counter)
News (35:33)
Quentin Hardy (23:16)
Tech Term (17:41)
‘‘1,000 Places to See Before You Die’’ app (14:23)
Tip of the Week (4:52)
Links
Facebook blames porn attack on browser bugs [InformationWeek]
Rushdie runs afoul of Web’s real-name police
Google offers opt-out for Wi-Fi location database [PC World]
Google: Location-based services help files
Co-founder of Diaspora website dies at age 22 [CNN Money]
The 10th anniversary of the Microsoft Xbox [TG Daily]
The Xbox is now a TV box
iTunes Match arrives [Business Insider]
Cloud computing makes everything (and everyone) work harder
Big data, speed and the future of computing
The big business of ‘‘Big Data’’
‘‘1,000 Places to See Before You Die’’ [Workman Publishing]
The Wonderfactory
TIP OF THE WEEK: The best barcode scanner apps [Gizmodo]
RedLaser
PriceGrabber
Pic2Shop
The New York Times Personal Tech section
NYT Bits blog
NYT Gadgetwise blog
Bits: Tech Talk on Twitter
Bits: Tech Talk on Facebook
November 10, 2011
Deborah Forte, the president of Scholastic Media, discusses how the company creates smartphone and tablet apps for children and Pedro Rafael Rosado tests out three new pairs of in-ear monitors.
Segments (time on counter)
News (37:44)
Damon Darlin (24:02)
Scholastic Media (20:12)
Earbud Roundup (11:39)
Tip of the Week (2:23)
Links
Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet [BarnesandNoble.com]
Nook Vs. Fire: 5 Comparison Points [InformationWeek]
A potential iOS app security flaw [Forbes]
Firefox 8 adds Twitter search [Mozilla blog]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 hits stores? [SFGate]
Verizon double data deal rules clarified [SlashGear]
Google Launches Google+ pages [ZDNet]
Scholastic apps
Screen time higher than ever for children
Zero to Eight: Children’s Media Use in America [Common Sense Media]
Andrea SuperBeam Buds SB-205W
Polk Ultrafit 3000
Beyerdynamic MMX 101 iE
TIP OF THE WEEK: How to drag files to the taskbar to open them in Windows 7 [How-To Geek]
The New York Times Personal Tech section
NYT Bits blog
NYT Gadgetwise blog
Bits: Tech Talk on Twitter
Bits: Tech Talk on Facebook
November 3, 2011
Claire Cain Miller discusses Google’s recent update to its Google TV product and Nick Wingfield reports on battery-life complaints from new iPhone 4S users.
Segments (time on counter)
News (35:52)
Google TV (23:27)
Tech Term (13:50)
iPhone 4S battery woes (10:48)
Tip of the Week (4:26)
Links
Samsung’s new phones will have flexible screens [VentureBeat]
Lumia means prostitute in Spanish [MSNBC]
Google begins indexing Facebook comments [Digital Inspiration]
Malware attacks designed to steal info from chemical companies [InformationWeek]
Anonymous to take on Mexican crime syndicate
HP TouchPad is back at Best Buy [PC World]
Amtrak adds free Wi-Fi to more trains [Amtrak]
Google tries again with Google TV
What’s really next for Apple in television
New iPhone faces battery complaints
TIP OF THE WEEK: Canned Responses in Gmail
The New York Times Personal Tech section
NYT Bits blog
NYT Gadgetwise blog
Bits: Tech Talk on Twitter
Bits: Tech Talk on Facebook
October 26, 2011
Doug Andrea, the chief executive of Andrea Electronics, chats about his company’s long history in the audio industry and Quentin Hardy of The Times discusses ‘‘Big Data.’’
Segments (time on counter)
News (37:23)
Andrea Electronics (25:52)
Iomega external hard drives (16:58)
Big Data (11:56)
Tip of the Week (5:48)
Links
How Nokia can change the Windows Phone game (PCMag.com)
With new smartphones, high hopes for Nokia and Microsoft
Windows XP at 10: No life support (Informationweek)
Netflix loses 800,000 members
Tribute concert for Steve Jobs (Associated Press)
Apple quietly updates MacBook Pro line (AppleInsider)
Grand Theft Auto is back (CNet)
Computer scientist cracks 18th-century secret code (TG Daily)
The Copiale Cipher
The Voynich manuscript
Kryptos sculpture
Andrea Electronics
Iomega Helium portable hard drive
Iomega Mac Companion external hard drive
The big business of Big Data
TIP OF THE WEEK: Sorting and arranging bookmarks in Firefox
The New York Times Personal Tech section
NYT Bits blog
NYT Gadgetwise blog
Bits: Tech Talk on Twitter
Bits: Tech Talk on Facebook
October 19, 2011
Claire Cain Miller of The Times talks about how people use Web search differently on mobile devices than on desktop computers and Miguel Penella, the chief executive of the Acorn Media Group, explains how his company’s Acorn TV video-streaming service is bringing in a new American audience for British television shows.
Segments (time on counter)
News (34:59)
Mobile search (17:27)
Acorn TV (9:57)
Tip of the Week (3:58)
Links
Emotion, music and humor at Steve Jobs memorial
Edgar M. Villchur, hi-fi inventor, dies at 94
Unwrapping Ice Cream Sandwich in the Galaxy Nexus (Google Mobile Blog)
Google unwraps Ice Cream Sandwich (Wired)
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich now official, includes revamped design, enhancements galore (Engadget)
The Razr is back (Engadget)
RIM offers free apps in apology
Cell phone bill shock warning
DeLorean returning in 2013 as an electric vehicle (PCMag.com)
Can mobile search be as big for Google as desktop search?
Acorn TV
TIP OF THE WEEK: Facebook Mobile Texts FAQ
Facebook Text Messages
Twitter: How to add your phone via SMS
Twitter: SMS commands
Google+: Post via SMS
The New York Times Personal Tech section
NYT Bits blog
NYT Gadgetwise blog
Bits: Tech Talk on Twitter
Bits: Tech Talk on Facebook
October 12, 2011
Sam Grobart, the Personal technology editor, previews his latest article; the technology reporter Jenna Wortham speaks about the potential impact of free text-messaging services on wireless carriers; and the film director Tiffany Shlain, discusses her documentary, ‘‘Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology.’’
Segments (time on counter)
News (43:48)
Pioneer AppRadio (28:43)
‘‘Connected’’ (21:11)
Jenna Wortham (10:44)
Tip of the Week (4:41)
Links
Failure to launch: Google+ growth spurt short lived (Chitika Insights)
Facebook iPad app finally makes the scene (PCMag.com)
ORNL awards contract to Cray for Titan supercomputer (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Netflix nixes Qwikster (MediaDecoder blog)
AT&T releases five new Android phones (AT&T)
Kohler Numi
Free texting apps pose threat to carriers
Jenna Wortham on Twitter
Pioneer App Radio
‘‘Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology’’
TIP OF THE WEEK: Mac OS X Lion Recovery
OS X Lion: About Lion Recovery (Apple)
The New York Times Personal Tech section
NYT Bits blog
NYT Gadgetwise blog
Bits: Tech Talk on Twitter
Bits: Tech Talk on Facebook
October 5, 2011
Alan Yacavone of the News Technology department at The Times discusses the new iPhone, iPods, and software announced earlier this week by Apple and Pedro Rafael Rosado explores the concept of a ‘‘virtual personal assistant.’’
Segments (time on counter)
News (31:08)
Apple fall announcement (21:56)
Tech Term (13:46)
Tales from the rumor mill (10:23)
Tip of the Week (4:00)
Links
Leonard Nimoy says goodbye to Star Trek conventions (TG Daily)
Facebook turns to Websense for malicious URL detection (PC World)
ABC News and Yahoo announce partnership
Microsoft aiming to clean up Hotmail user’s inboxes (CNet)
Microsoft says no more Zunes, it’s all about the phone now (PC World)
Kindle Touch 3G can’t touch most of Internet without WiFi (Ars Technica)
RIM shares drop immediately after Apple announcement (Chicago Tribune)
Apple introduces a new iPhone with a personal assistant
Hal9000 (Robot Hall of Fame)
Cyberdyne Industries (Terminator Wikia)
Majel Barrett / Star Trek Computer Voice (Memory Alpha)
Rosie the Robot (The Infosphere)
TIP OF THE WEEK: Getting to know Google Maps
Google Lat Long blog
Bing Maps
Yahoo Maps
The New York Times Personal Tech section
NYT Bits blog
NYT Gadgetwise blog
Bits: Tech Talk on Twitter
Bits: Tech Talk on Facebook
September 28, 2011
Jeff Hardy and Derek Curtis of SmarterTools discuss the value of an e-mail address, Larry O’Connor of Other World Computing chats about the durability of solid-state drives and David Streitfeld of The Times talks about the efforts of tablet computer makers to topple Apple’s iPad.
Segments (time on counter)
News (34:20)
David Streitfeld (24:29)
Larry O’Connor (18:22)
Jeff Hardy/Derek Curtis (9:55)
Tip of the Week (3:44)
Links
Facebook tracks you, even after you leave the site
Facebook denies tracking users (ZDNet)
Spotify catches heat for Facebook ID requirement
Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 released (Adobe)
Microsoft rollout of Windows Phone 7.5 Mango update begins (Windows Phone blog)
Firefox 7 released with better memory management (Mozilla blog)
Apple to announce new iPhone
Amazon has high hopes for its tablet competitor
Amazon Kindle Fire
Amazon unveils tablet that undercuts iPad’s price
Other World Computing
SmarterTools, Inc.
The value of e-mail (SmarterTools blog)
‘‘The Lesson of the Ten: Why Google and Microsoft Want Your E-mail’’ (YouTube)
TIP OF THE WEEK: Paste and Go in Firefox (Mozilla Links)
Save an extra click while pasting URLs in Google Chrome (Techie Buzz)
Microsoft: Internet Explorer 9 keyboard shortcuts
The New York Times Personal Tech section
NYT Bits blog
NYT Gadgetwise blog
Bits: Tech Talk on Twitter
Bits: Tech Talk on Facebook
September 21, 2011
Stefan Gromoll, a co-founder of DOTGO, explains how his company’s technology allows users to browse the Web by SMS text messages, and David Perry of Trend Micro security discusses the work of a recent hacker who may have compromised many corporate networks.
Segments (time on counter)
News (35:41)
Stefan Gromoll of DOTGO (23:14)
Tech Term (15:05)
David Perry of Trend Micro (12:09)
Tip of the Week (4:56)
Links
Google Wallet makes its debut
Google’s virtual credit card can replace plastic (David Pogue)
Will your Google Wallet be stolen in 18 minutes? (PCMag.com)
Google opens its social network to everyone (Google blog)
GeekDad review of ‘‘Star Wars’’ Blu-ray box set (Wired)
Latest move gets Netflix more wrath
Online game Foldit helps anti-AIDS drug quest (BBC)
Fold.it
SETI@Home
Satellite to land, somewhere
Moving on, but running in first gear
Cellular South joins DOJ case to block AT&T/T-Mobile merger (CNet)
DOTGO
Soldier SpyEyes a jackpot (Trend Micro blog)
TIP OF THE WEEK: Safari Reading List
First Look: Safari 5.1 (Macworld)
The New York Times Personal Tech section
NYT Bits blog
NYT Gadgetwise blog
Bits: Tech Talk on Twitter
Bits: Tech Talk on Facebook
September 14, 2011
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