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We Talk Tech, Monday 7-8pm WHCR.org 90.3fm New York
Show Notes – November 16th, 2015
WHCR’s 30 for 30 membership drive
In January 2016 WHCR will be 30 years old. And to
celebrate our 30th anniversary, I’m asking 30 of you
to send in $30 in support of technocolor show.
For $30 you will receive a WHCR-90.3FM
membership card for your keychain. This card will
allow you to get $5 off any WHCR event we will
have in 2016 and we are planning a big anniversary
You can send your donation as a check or money
order to:
WHCR/CCNY – Technocolor
160 Convent Ave, NAC 1/513
New York, NY 10031
Or you can go to our website www.whcr.org and
click on the donation tab at the top of the page and
make a donation using your credit or debit card.
If you would like to call and make a pledge, please
call me at 212-650-8606. Let me know if it is ok for
me to thank you on-air. That’s 212-650-8606.
Hank William – RIP you are missed
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Anne Frank foundation moves to keep famous diary copyrighted for 35 more years Anne Frank (1929 – 1945) writes at her desk in Amsterdam prior to her and her family going into hiding during World War II. (credit: Anne Frank Fonds via Getty Images) The diary of Anne Frank is just six weeks away from entering the public domain in most of Europe—but it might not happen. The Basel-based Anne Frank Fonds, which owns the copyright, has a plan to keep retain ownership until 2050
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6 Reasons You Need to Be Using a Custom ROM Stock Android has come a long way over the years, and the Nexus program has replaced custom ROMs as the fastest way to experience the latest version. Other manufacturers may still make various tweaks to the software, but the experience isn’t as bogged down as it used to be. Why, then, would you still want to find and install a custom ROM? (And what exactly is a custom ROM?) 1) Increase Privacy Sma
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PSA: Yes, You Can Still Hack Your Wi-Fi Router Legally, Says FCC A few months ago, the FCC announced rules that seemed like it might start restricting consumer Wi-Fi hacking. If that had you worried, rest easy. The FCC has altered its plan and you can modify your router firmware with no legal barriers whatsoever.While Wi-Fi hacking was never technically illegal, there was a concern recently when the FCC proposed new rules included phrases implying routers would
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The Windows 10 Apps That Are Actually Worth Using Microsoft has made a big deal about its new Universal Apps for Windows 10. While some developers are slow to jump on the bandwagon, a few have developed new versions of their apps just for Windows 10, and they’re worth taking a look at.The new Universal style apps you can find in the Windows Store are still pretty new, and not all of them are as powerful as their traditional counterparts. However,
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Watch Out for Fake Restaurants on Seamless and GrubHub If you like to try new restaurants through food delivery services like Seamless and GrubHub, you might want to make sure the restaurant is actually real before you order.A recent report from NBC New York found that slightly more than 10% of the top 100 New York City restaurants on Seamless and GrubHub are actually “ghosts,” meaning their names and addresses didn’t match up with listings in the cit
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Noodler Puts Three Million Noodle Soup Recipes and Tips on Your iPhone iOS: If you love noodle soup, you’ll love Noodler, “the noodle soup oracle.” This app ensures you’ll never run out of ideas for your next bowl of ramen or other noodle soups.Consult the oracle and you’ll get a random bowl to make. You can refresh for another suggestion or tap through for the step-by-step instructions. The app also offers essential noodle soup-making tips and covers a wide area of
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Search Any Book With Google – It’s Finally Legal! Google has always had a mission to make information free and accessible to all – and their quest hasn’t always been easy. For over 10 years, a major part of that mission wasn’t even considered legal, but this October, book lovers of the world can rejoice: the Google Books Library Project has finally won the legal right to continue their work. Here’s what that means for you. What is the Google Book
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[][][][][][][][] (Part 4) The new character is Cocoa! 😀 I modeled their art studio after what my own dream art studio would look like, part greenhouse and filled with weird and quirky things :p What could be in those shredded paper? How are they going to piece them all together? Find out next time! In other news, I am looking into getting a Patreon account in the near future to help fund this comic. I’m very busy with lot
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5 Sites and Apps for Quickly Learning Markdown Writing for the web with Microsoft Word is like commuting to work in an 18-wheeler. It wasn’t designed for the job at hand, and is probably going to get in your way more than help. Merging onto the freeway in a massive truck is going to cause you problems, and so is copying text formatted for the printed page into a web-based form. Things just get messy. Which is why sites from Reddit to Github no
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Real Talk Offers In-Depth Career Advice from People in Interesting Fields Android/iOS: If you’ve ever wanted to hear what it’s like to be a veterinary tech, industrial designer, urban planner, or even hair stylist to a superstar, Real Talk puts those experiences—and more—right in the palm of your hand. Hear from people actually doing the job, see their backgrounds, and read how much they make.The team behind Real Talk has interviews and in-depth career advice and inform
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FCC: Yes, you’re allowed to hack your WiFi router A few months ago, the FCC proposed regulations that theoretically banned the use of open source firmware on your WiFi router. Needless to say, that rubbed a lot of enthusiasts the wrong way — how were you supposed to improve features or security on your own terms, especially on routers that were designed to be hacked? Well, you needn’t fear any longer. On top of reassurances from October, the FC
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‘Twas the Week Before the Week of Black Friday theodp writes: It’s almost time for America’s answer to the Running of the Bulls (YouTube), kids. So, if you’re dreaming of a cheap tech Christmas, it’s time to peruse the 2015 Black Friday ads and make your game plan. Get lucky at Best Buy this year, and you could score a $299.99 Dell 15.6″ touchscreen laptop (i3, 8GB memory, 1 TB HD), a $399.99 Microsoft 10.8″ Surface 3 (Atom x7, 2GB m
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Police Body Cameras Come With Pre-Installed Malware An anonymous reader writes: The old Conficker worm was found on new police body cameras that were taken out of the box by security researchers from iPower Technologies. The worm is detected by almost all security vendors, but it seems that it is still being used because modern day IoT devices can’t yet run security products. This allows the worm to spread, and propagate to computers when connected
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Facebook won’t remove photo of children tricked into posing for neo-fascist group The mother a 13-year-old girl has been unable to get Facebook to remove a photo that her daughter and a 12-year-old friend were tricked into having taken, which is being used to promote the violent neo-fascist group Britain First. (more…)
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When a robot car makes a mistake, a human always gets the ticket – The Guardian The GuardianWhen a robot car makes a mistake, a human always gets the ticketThe GuardianA Google self-driving car is pulled over by a police officer in California this week. Photograph: Google. Mark Harris · @meharris. Saturday 14 November 2015 07.00 EST Last modified on Saturday 14 November 2015 07.02 EST. Share on Facebook · Share on …Self-driving car pulled over for going too slowlyThe Denver
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Microsoft building data centers in Germany that US government can’t touch (credit: Carlarocaoporto) Microsoft has launched a new kind of cloud service in Germany where user data is controlled by a “data trustee” operating under German law. Microsoft is unable to access user data without the permission of the data trustee or the customer, even if it is instructed to do so by the US government. If permission is granted by the data trustee, Microsoft will sti
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This Giant Vending Machine Can Dispense Your Next Car If buying a car all seems a little too complex, relax: you can now walk straight up to a five-storey vending machine to choose your new set of wheels, as if it were a gigantic candy bar.You’re looking at a new kind of car dealership that’s been built by Carvana. Featuring a series of robots, a stack of 20 cars and three separate delivery bays, it’s claimed you can be driving away in your new ride
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Tor Project Claims FBI Paid University Researchers $1m To Unmask Tor Users An anonymous reader writes: Have Carnegie Mellon University researchers been paid by the FBI to unmask a subset of Tor users so that the agents could discover who operated Silk Road 2.0 and other criminal suspects on the dark web? Tor Project Director Roger Dingledine believes so, and says that they were told by sources in the information security community that the FBI paid at least $1 million fo
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Successor to Microsoft phone scam pops up in the United Kingdom The phone scam where criminals call people at home telling them is a computer problem has a new variant. Previously the scammers pretended to be from Microsoft, in the new variant they pretend to be a support employee from the internet provider. The scammers try to convince users that there are issues with their internet connection and that they e.g. can make the connection faster. Whatever inter
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Nintendo Explains Microtransactions In The Most Nintendo Way Possible Nintendo’s “free” crane game for the 3DS requires a dollar for every five tries with the crane. Some companies would just tell you to pay and leave it at that. Not Nintendo. They’ve got a cartoon rabbit ready to explain to you why Nintendo needs to do this. All screenshots here are from the game/app/3DS-decorating program Nintendo Badge Arcade, which was released in Japan last year and made it to
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