GeekSpeak for October 20, 2007
Sustainable Radio
A full contingent of geeks chat about the week's tech news and try one more time to get you to donate to our station, KUSP.
[ Audio 24.6 MB mp3 ]GeekNews
Gaming vs Hollywood
Hollywood Blames Halo 3 sales for Poor Movie Sales
Secure Your Macintosh
Alex suggests this great article that talks about ways to be secure on your Mac, and states things in a way that is reasonably easy to understand.
Schwarzenegger vetoes data-breach bill
"California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill on Saturday that would have prevented companies from retaining certain sensitive payment data and spelled out what information firms would need to disclose in the event of a breach." full article at Security Focus
Retailers look to exorcise credit-card data
From Security Focus, retailers asking PCI toss credit-card numbers
Image-based threat on the rise
Stenography is getting renewed life in the crime world, and even being used as a method of trafficking stolen data (CC #'s, SSNs, etc.)
Astrophysicist Replaces Supercomputer with Eight PlayStation 3s
Suffering from its exorbitant price point and a dearth of titles, Sony's PlayStation 3 isn't exactly the most popular gaming platform on the block. But while the console flounders in the commercial space, the PS3 may be finding a new calling in the realm of science and research.
The attached news we did not cover, but here is some stuff that we did talk about:
Useful Links
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Trying to be anonymous online Tor, but it has some vulnerabilities
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Alex's great article on internet connectivity and safe computing



