APM: Garrison Keillor's The Writer's Almanac
Each day, The Writer's Almanac features Garrison Keillor recounting the highlights of this day in history and reads a short poem or two. The Writer's Almanac is produced by Prairie Home Productions and presented by American Public Media.
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Wi-Fi Direct seeks to increase flow of conversation between devices
Our disparate gadgets will be able to chat with greater ease when Wi-Fi Direct arrives next year. Guest: Glenn Fleishman, freelance tech reporter
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Five best things about Windows 7
Windows 7 arrives this week. We asked Lance Ulanoff of PCMag.com to come up with a list of the five best things about the new Microsoft operating system.
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What do we give up with technology that's just good enough?
- Download MP3 - iTunes Part two of our interview with Wired's Robert Capps...
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Technology that's good enough
We love MP3s even though they sound inferior to CDs. We can't get by without our mobile phones even though they've tended to sound worse than land lines. We're watching more TV shows and movies on our little computer screens, even as our big TVs sit idle in the next room. It's the Good Enough Revo …
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People still using weak passwords
123456. Believe it or not, that was the most common password on a list of 10,000 e-mail addresses recently revealed after a phishing attack. Guests: Robert Abela, Acunetix; Bruce Schneier, security technologist
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International hacker force a dangerous idea
Part 2 of our interview with John Arquilla, Naval Postgraduate School
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Going on the cyber-offensive to stop shooting wars
The U.S. posture on cyber warfare is largely defensive, with military geeks focused on preventing and mitigating Internet-based attacks on critical infrastructure. John Arquilla, professor of defense analysis at the Naval Post Graduate School in Monterrey, California, believes Pentagon code-sling …
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What does FTC ruling on blogger payola mean to Internet users?
The Federal Trade Commission this week announced new guidelines that would penalize bloggers for failing to disclose when they receive money for endorsing products. The fine could go as high as $11,000. Some consumer groups pushed for the change, saying Internet users need to be aware of payment …
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Will 2010 be year of the tablet computer?
Will people buy tablet computers in meaningful numbers? It looks like Microsoft will unveil a new device next year. We might see an Apple tablet as well. And then there's Apple tablet">Crunchpad.
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Did Apple abuse its software update tool?
Last weekend, tech blogger and book author Ed Bott got an unpleasant surprise when fired up a machine running Windows 7. Apple's software update tool offered him (and other users) a program called "iPhone Configuration Utility." Bott doesn't own an iPhone. He says Apple violated a sacred trust.
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Microsoft Security Essentials: Good enough?
Microsoft has released its free security software package. Does it do the job? We put that question to Dwight Silverman.
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Tech elite get to play with Google Wave today
Google is sending 100,000 preview invitations today for Wave, its real-time communications product that combines e-mail, instant messaging, document collaboration and social networking.
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Google, Microsoft battle for Los Angeles
Rival companies Google and Microsoft fight on many fronts -- Internet search and advertising, for example, and operating systems. A newer battlefield is Southern California, where the companies are competing for a $7.25 million contract to provide email and office software for the City of Los Angel …
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Par-tay down with Windows 7
Thousands of people across the country, at the invitation of Microsoft, are hosting Windows 7 release parties next month. Microsoft is giving away copies of Windows 7 Ultimate to party hosts, who are getting some guidance from Microsoft on how to show off the newest version of Windows at their part …
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Secret questions can be easy answer for malicious hackers
In a recent scholarly paper researchers from Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University argue that secret question mechanisms are insecure. The study involved 130 people who use Web mail services from Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and AOL, all of which have secret questions for password recovery. Guest: S …
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Soviet doomsday machine revealed
In Wired magazine, Nicholas Thompson writes about system known as "Dead Hand." It was designed by Soviet scientists in the mid 1980s to automatically retaliate against a nuclear strike from the U.S. Thompson reports that the purpose of Dead Hand, also known as Perimeter, was to make certain the US …
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Bounty of MP3 players
A new iPod Nano. New iPod Touch. New ZuneHD. It's a good time to be in the market for a new portable music player. Or a head scratching time, if you have trouble making a choice, like I do. Guest: Donald Bell, CNET A new iPod Nano. New iPod Touch. New ZuneHD. It's a good time to be …
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FCC proposes new net neutrality rules
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission is proposing new rules that would require Internet service providers to treat all Web content the same. Under the rules, which apply to both wired and wireless networks, operators would not be able to discriminate on how they handle Internet cont …
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Libraries and the unemployed
Libraries are taking a recession-induced hit even as they become more important for people seeking their way out of economic hard times, according to a new report from the American Library Association. Guest: John Bertot, professor and director of the Center for Library and Information Innovation …
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