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April 8th Show Recap & Links!
Posted on: 2006-04-07 19:24:00 The gangs all here this week! Download: http://www.thetechnologygeeks.com/shows/040806.mp3 Links mentioned: Maxtor Tools: http://www.maxtor.com/portal/site/Maxtor/menuitem.8db0c3d6932ced37294198b091346068/?channelpath=/en_us/Support/Software%20Downloads/Top%20Downloads ExplorerXP http://www.majorgeeks.com/ExplorerXP_d4201.html Feature: CNY Technology: o Next week the Association of Computer Machinery will honor their computer professional of the year. At nearly 60 years old, ACM is the oldest organizations of computer professionals in the US. o Many people don’t know the rich technology history we have here in CNY and that, for business, CNY is considered to have one of the best technology workforces in the country. · MONY/AXA acquisition. · Technology Garden (in the shadow of the AXA towers). · National Grid. · Niagara Mohawk/Select Energy. · Syracuse University’s Engineering and Computer Science Department was one of the first university’s in the US to offer a computer science degree. They also have consistently housed many of the most powerful computers in the world. · On the business side Bryant and Stratton began offering Computer Programming Degrees back in the 1970s and has grown to 2 campus in CNY with IT being the largest department. B&S is considered one of the best IT schools for business and has consistently placed over 90% of their graduates in skilled careers at some CNYs most recognized employers. · Seneca Data. One of the largest “white box” computer manufacturers in the US. – Right here in CNY! · Kevin P. Conley – President and Chief Executive Officer of Seneca Data. Conley is responsible for the leadership and direction of Seneca Data’s corporate objectives in the US. He joined Seneca Data in 1984 and has held various leadership positions since his start in the sales department. Through his vision and determination he has transformed Seneca Data from a premier distributor of computer products into the leading custom computer system builder in North America. Conley is listed in Computer Reseller News as one of the top 25 CEO’s in the computer industry (the list includes companies like Dell , HP and e-Bay ). Don’t forget to listen to us LIVE on the web at: o For Real Player go to http://www.WFBL.Com o For Wav format go to http://www.radioshowlinks.com. o Check out our past shows on our website –http://www.thetechnologygeeks.com Jim’s GEEK OF THE WEEK SOFTWARE PICK: Website of the week. ACM ( Association for Computing Machinery ) website – A network of professionals focused on keeping abreast of information technology changes for their own personal growth and the benefit of their companies. http://www.acmsyr.org Announcements: · Computer Professional of the Year o Meeting is Wednesday April 12, 2006 @ 5:30 PM o Location – Holiday Inn, Carrier Circle o Cost: $20 for ACM members - $25 for non-members o Reservation e-mail address is reservations@acmsyr.org · Listen to this station for the “geek break” Heard each day at the 9am hour and 5pm hour beginning April 17. · I will be performing at Cucina Di Amore This Wed night at 8:30pm – Come for dinner and stay for the show. Cost is only $5.00. Call o Of course your calls at 421-9325. News Items Mentioned: Apple Software to Let Intel-Based Macs Run Windows http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=asJ7k2mPoE14&refer=us Apple Computer Inc. introduced software that will let its newest computers run Microsoft Corp.'s Windows XP programs. The software, called Boot Camp, will work on personal computers with Intel Corp. chips, Cupertino, California-based Apple said in a PR Newswire statement today. Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs in January began the shift to Intel, the world's biggest chipmaker, with an iMac desktop PC. Jobs, 51, is boosting performance of Macs to attract customers and capitalize on consumer interest in Apple's iPod digital music player. He plans to move all Macs to chips from Santa Clara, California-based Intel by the end of this year. Shares of Apple fell $1.48 to $61.17 yesterday in Nasdaq Stock Market composite trading. They have fallen 29 percent since a Jan. 13 peak on concern Mac sales may slow as customers delay purchases until the Intel transition is complete. Nigerian E-Mail Scam Price Tag: $5,000 Per Victim http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20060407/tc_cmp/184429531 Wonder how much people lose from that Nigerian E-mail scam--you know, the one in which millions of dollars will be yours if you only pony up some front money? The answer: $5,000. Or at least that's the median loss among those who reported being taken by the fraud to federal authorities. IC3 analyzed 97,076 of last year's complaints to develop a picture of the current state of online fraud. Of that 97,076, some 2.7% claimed to be victims of the Nigerian E-mail fraud. Do the math, and more than 1,300 people paid $5,000 or more to the fraudsters for that one scam, the highest of any of the frauds. Check fraud ranked No. 2 in financial losses, with a median loss of $3,800 per victim. Other types of confidence schemes accounted for a median loss of $2,025. Homeland Security official arrested in child sex sting http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/04/04/homeland.arrest/ A Department of Homeland Security official was arrested Tuesday night on charges of using his computer to seduce a child after he allegedly struck up sexually explicit conversations with a detective posing as a 14-year-old girl, authorities said. Brian J. Doyle, 55, is charged with seven counts of use of a computer to seduce a child and 16 counts of transmission of harmful material to a minor, according to the Polk County, Florida, Sheriff's Office. On March 12, Doyle contacted a Polk County computer crimes detective who was posing online as a 14-year-old girl and "initiated a sexually explicit conversation with her. ... Doyle knew that the 'girl' was 14 years old, and he told her who he was and that he worked for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security," according to a statement from the sheriff's office. As the two continued chatting online, police said, Doyle gave the detective his home and office phone numbers as well as the number to his government-issued cell phone. He also had explicit telephone conversations with the detective posing as the girl, authorities said. Republicans defeat Net neutrality proposal http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6058223.html?part=rss&tag=6058223&subj=news A Republican-controlled House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Wednesday defeated a proposal that would have levied extensive regulations on broadband providers and forcibly prevented them from offering higher-speed video services to partners or affiliates. By an 8-to-23 margin, the committee members rejected a Democratic-backed "Net neutrality" amendment to a current piece of telecommunications legislation. This philosophical rift extends beyond the precise wording of the telecommunications legislation. It centers on whether broadband providers will be free to design their networks as they see fit and enjoy the latitude to prioritize certain types of traffic--such as streaming video--over others. Cybercrooks ramp up against antivirus firms--and each other http://news.com.com/Cybercrooks+ramp+up+against+antivirus+firms--and+each+other/2100-7349_3-6057654.html?part=rss&tag=6057654&subj=news Cybercriminals are increasingly fighting each other, as well as antivirus vendors, in pursuit of illegal gain, Kaspersky Lab has warned. The antivirus provider said Tuesday that as profits from cybercrime grew in 2005, criminals increasingly tried to prevent antivirus providers from developing protection against the latest threats. "Honeypots," or lightly protected systems set up to collect samples of malicious software for antivirus companies, were a prime target, Kaspersky said. Criminals can use legions of compromised "zombie" computers, called "botnets," to bombard honeypot networks with data to hinder or stop them working, according to Kaspersky's "Malware Evolution: 2005, Part 2" report, published Monday. "If the bad guys are aware of a network that looks suspicious because it's too unprotected--to lure bad code--they can take steps like launching (distributed denial-of-service) attacks against that honeypot network. They can then launch other attacks simultaneously (against other targets)," said David Emm, senior technology consultant for Kaspersky. Worms can also be programmed to avoid domains known to be monitored by antivirus companies. "Criminals will employ whatever evasive techniques they can," Emm said. |