Show #99

[Download Show #99 as MP3]

News

• First Commercial Rocket to reach orbit
• Microsoft Sues over Scareware
• People that create programs that look like a windows prompt to tell you of a fatal error, you go download their app, then they scare you into purchasing a useless product
  
• Washington Spyware Act Enabling prosecution
• includes claims of misrepresentation, harassment, and high pressure sales
• Nintendo Planning new DS
• Camera Sold on eBay contained MI6 files
• Top Secret document detailing encryption used by MI6 field agents
• Material was purportedly relating to Abdul al-Hadi al-Iraqi, a high-ranking al-Qaeda officer, who was captured by the CIA in 2007
• From a security perspective, this is why you should clear your computer, camera, cellphone, etc before you sell it or give it to someone else. This information not only divulges secrets about MI6 operations, operating systems and previously unheard-of departments, but it could put lives at risk.
  
• Man tracks down his own stolen computer
• How can you do this?
• Citrix GoToMyPC
• LogMeIn
  
• Remote Desktop
  
• VNC
• Apple Finally Drops the iPhone NDA
  

Tech Picks

• Told ya Flash would come for the iPhone!
• YouTube is testing a new upload tool allows up to 1GB uploads (per video) instead of the previous 100MB as part of this beta.
• Test your favorite website: See how it looks in BrowserShots
• Follow the election TwitterStyle!
• And almost anything else you want to follow on Twitter, for instance digg.com
  

Power Tip

• Recover windows files after failure with Ubuntu CD
• Take your MP3s and their player - Portable VLC
• Anonymous Computer Control - DemocraKey
  

Gamer's Corner (Conferences, New Developments, Game Reviews)

• Glowing Lightsabers for Wii-mote
  
• New games this week (Brief Mentions)
  
• Silent Hill Homecoming
• PS2 Mortal Kombat Collection - Mortal Kombat: Deception, Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, and Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks
• Resident Evil 5: Screenshots
  
• AC/DC is the first Rock Band Single band offering
• all the tracks from the Live at the Donington album
• No online play and no character creator with AC/DC look-alikes
  
• Will be available for RB1 and 2
  
• Not without gotcha's
• Can only be transferred once per disc (there's a code on the sleeve)