ASMC The Business of Defense

  • Internet TV options, geo-location techniques, 32-bit vs 64-bit operating systems, Gmail configuration without tabs, chkdsk revealed, hardware vs software firewalls, Profiles in IT (Evi Nemeth, Godmother of UNIX administrators), Erdos number defined, 3D printing of high security keys, encrypted email in Germany (response to NSA data collection), NSA surveillance (the official position vs the Snowden leaks, NSA has not been truthful), Google goes dark for 2 minutes (worldwide Internet traffic drops by 40%), Apple patents may block the import of some Samsung devices, Bitcom now tracked with Bloomberg ticker, Bitcoin features (anonymity, lack of government monetary controls, no bank transaction fees, susceptible to manipulation, will be blocked by government if it become too successful), and Bitcoin money makers (Bitcoin ETF, Bitpay, Butterfly Labs, Coinbase, Silk Road).

    July 08, 2013
  • Steaming TV options, call filtering options (Ooma vs Verizon), weather apps on iMac, batch processing of digital photos (BIMP, Phatch, Resize Me, Photo Drop, Photoshop, DBP), Profiles in IT (Fang Binxing, father of China's Great Firewall), Kurdistan education visit (booming economy, safe, secular government, ready for education), transfering pictures to new iPhone (Photostream vs copying), David Burd surprise visit, Washington Post sold to Jeff Bezos (more streaming media, targeted advertising, new revenue models, a good thing for the Post), Google Wi-Fi ballon project (Project Loon, designed to brign the Internet to the entire world, free floating network of balloons).

    July 08, 2013
  • Best of Tech Talk replaying segments from previous shows.

    July 08, 2013
  • Best of Tech Talk replaying segments from previous shows.

    July 08, 2013
  • iPhone conference calls (supports up to five five connections, UberConference best app), removing personal data from old computer, Profiles in IT (Amar Gopal Bose, founder and chairman Bose Corporation), paralyzed artist paints with mind (uses Intendix Painting software controlled with brainwaves, ALS patient displayed works as Brain on Fire), DefCon asks Feds not to attend hacker conference (too much anger over PRISM), security metrics too complicated for management (disconnect between IT pros and management increases organizational risk), NSA tightens security controls (will implement the two man rule used in nuclear weapon control, changes prompted by Snowden fiasco), 4,000 cyber warriors deployed (will report to Cyber Command, tasked with both offensive and defensive missions), iPhone users electrocuted while charging iPhone (flaw traced to cheap unauthorized chargers, beware), Detroit tech scene is robust (tech scene housed in M@dison building, 35 companies including Twitter, hope for a bankrupt city.

    July 08, 2013
  • Sharing photos online (Flickr, Picasa), getting back a hacked Facebook page, disk storage usage (TreeSize free), malware that takes over webcam, LikedIn vs Facebook, Profiles in IT (Douglas Carl Engelbart, inventor of mouse and GUI interface), MIT Immmersion Tool analyzes your Gmail metadata (graph your interactions), part of the brain responsible for things going viral (temporo-parietal junction activates when when an item could be shared), automatic gate opener (smart phone enabled, iSmartGateOpener), human-powered helicopter wins Sikorsky Prize (64 second flight, 3.33 meters altitude, used four large propellers), and an engineering toy for girls (GoldieBlox, girls solve problems by building simple machines, Kickstarter project).

    July 08, 2013
  • Featured guests: Anjali Varma, Owner, Kidville Scott Orbach, Co-founder & President, EZGSA Christian Dawson, COO, ServInt Dr. Sandra Magnus, Executive Director, American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics

    July 08, 2013
  • Featured guests: DeRionne Pollard, PhD., President, Montgomery College Lynn Gummo, Director, and Todd Workman, Managing Director, SC and H Group, LLC Carlos Rivera, Founder, Chairman, President & CEO, Vyshova Partners, Inc. Zvi Band, Co-founder & CEO, Contactually

    July 08, 2013
  • Featured guests: Steve Little, President & CEO, Zero Limits Ventures Rui Garcia Founder & CEO Acuity and Cameron Doolittle, President & CEO Jill's House Lora Antoine, President & CEO, Absolute Staffers, LLC R Bruce Buchanan, President & Managing Partner, Berlin Ramos

    July 08, 2013
  • Featured guests: Michael Fitzgerald, Founder, chairman, president & CEO, Bank of Georgetown John Condon, Co-founder & chairman and Kim Hayes Co-founder & CEO, The Ambit Group Susan Bailey, CEO, Specialty Hospital of Washington Christina Mossi, CEO, Development Infostructure, Inc,

    July 08, 2013
  • Featured guests: Fernando Galaviz, President & CEO, The Centech Group, Inc Catherine Graham, CFO, 2U Lori Renner, President & CEO, Dakota Consulting Inc. Ed Offterdinger, Executive Managing Partner, Baker Tilly Vichow Krause, LLP

    July 08, 2013
  • Featured guests: Rachelle Roth, Owner & Designer, Urban Country Designs Chris Schroeder, Co-founder & CEO, App47 Bob Dickman, Executive VP & Board Member, McShea & Co Babs Doherty, President & CEO, Eagle Ray, Inc

    July 08, 2013