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Words from Nerds 200: Our 200th Episode

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Same3Guys in Words from Nerds

Summary:

Our 200th episode! We’ll discuss the latest tech news this week, including some huge announcements from Google and Apple. A mobile app that doubles your storage space and our usual roundup of Nerd History. Please join us for this special episode.

Hosts: Tom Kresic, John Kresic, Mike Kresic

Running Time: 29:13

Mobile App of the Week:

iDouble App – iTunes – Android – automatically uses legacy stacker and QEMM386 technology to double the built in memory of tablets and smartphones.

Nerd News:

The YouTube “Contest” that’s been taking place since 2005 is finally nearing its’ end.
This makes a lot of scents. Google has a new technology in beta.
Google adds Treasure Map feature to Google Maps.
GMail Blue takes the mail client to a newer, bluer level.

Apple iPhone features new application now supports Android apps too.

This Week in Nerd History:

April 3, 1885 – Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
April 2, 1954 – Plans for Disneyland park are announced
April 1, 1960 – The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space.
April 1, 1976 – Apple Inc. is formed by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne

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Words from Nerds 195: That’s No Moon

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Same3Guys in Words from Nerds

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Summary:

A mobile app pick that will help you stay safe when scanning QR codes. News about PlayStation 4, Internet Explorer 10 and a busy week for Captain Kirk. All this, the week in Nerd History and much more!

Hosts: Tom Kresic, John Kresic, Mike Kresic
Running Time: 44:31

Mobile App of the Week:

Norton Snap QR Code Reader provides a safer way to scan those short codes with short URLs. It’s free and available for iOS and Android.

Nerd News:

Lots of Apple iOS patches lately. 6.1.3 in beta to address lock screen bugs. Whatever happened to quality control?
Now Mozilla wants to get into the act with a FireFox OS for mobile devices.
Sony announces PlayStation 4 with second screen experiences for smartphones and tablets. But there are more questions than answers right now.
Big changes for Microsoft with IE10 for Windows 7
Google Pixel, a high-end laptop? why?
Lower the boost on your booster, says the FCC
A moon called Vulcan? Shatner may have helped the voting for Pluto’s moon.

This Week in Nerd History:

February 28, 1954 – The first color television sets using the NTSC standard are offered for sale to the general public.
February 28, 2013 – Pope Benedict XVI formally retires from the papacy, leaving the seat of Peter vacant for the first time since the death of Pope John Paul II.

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Words from Nerds 192: Pi Million Dollars

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Same3Guys in Words from Nerds

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Summary:

Maybe the World ended on Monday, because Facebook was down for three hours. Oh no! Microsoft Surface Pros are ready to ship and some kids in the UK are really happy thanks to Google. We’ve got plenty of cool tech news, a couple of nerdy mobile apps and, of course, the week in Nerd History.

Hosts: John Kresic, Tom Kresic, Mike Kresic

Running Time: 50:10

Mobile App of the Week:

Get ready for the big game with the official SuperBowl Program or SuperBowl Guide app. Like everything else SB related, its expensive.
THX tune-up app from the THX Ltd people who invented the spec.

Nerd News:

Some people probably thought the world ended yesterday when Facebook was down for hours in the US. Meanwhile, 7 Million U-Verse customers had no connectivity, voice or TV for days.
If you’re thinking about getting one of the new Microsoft Surface Pro devices, be aware that you will only get about 36 of the advertised space after the OS and pre-installed apps take what they need.
Google donating 15,000 Raspberry Pi’s – not the kind you eat – to schools in the UK. (Thanks to Shannon for this tip.) They also are offering Pi million dollars for hacks.
Kindle Fires are the hottest Android tablets, outpacing Nexus 7 tablets.
LG’s new Google TV. Scanning everything in your house. Just kidding. We hope.
Home automation is getting a little easier thanks to WeMo from Belkin.
Got cable TV? Need to expand your home network? Need better signal strength? Wi3 may be able to help.
Bionic eyes almost here!

This Week in Nerd History:

Jan 27, 1785 – The University of Georgia is founded, the first public university in the United States
Jan 27, 1939 – First flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
Jan 31, 1967 – The man, the myth, the legend. Mike is created.

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IT Pro Show 116: 12.24.2012

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Same3Guys in IT Pro Show

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Executive Summary:

There were a lot of stories that made news in Enterprise IT in 2012. We take a look back at the stories, from comings and goings in top Exec positions, to cloud services, storage news, big data and more. And we ponder some of the big questions in store in 2013. Please join us for our Year in Review episode!

IT Pro News:

Are you planning a Virtual Desktop deployment?
Users abandoning aged Windows XP OS; Windows Vista and Office 2007 out of mainstream support now.
Seagate dealing with flooding issues
SSD prices fell in 2012 and are at that magic price point according to researchers.
Congratulations on becoming a $1 Billion open-source company
Oracle unhappy with offer of $2.8 Billion and a small part of the Android sales
Microsoft buys or ‘aquihires’ Yammer for $1.2B to accelerate the social enterprise
Microsoft’s ‘major announcement’ was the Surface Tablet RT and a Pro version.
Former Google Exec Marissa Mayer named new CEO at Yahoo.
Windows Server 2012 launches on Sept 4.
How will your company get Office 2013: buy or rent?
HP CEO Witman says “We’re Screwed”; More bad news from HP as they prepare to take a $8 Billion accounting charge from Autonomy acquisition.
Sinofsky and Forstall let go.

DATA:

Hadoop winning over Enterprise IT
What is a Data Scientist?
The day of the database? IBM releases the first big upgrade in four years.
In Redmond, Microsoft releases a major SQL Server upgrade of their own. See the changes.

CLOUD:

AT&T joins OpenStack with CloudArchitect
Amazon offers Windows Server micro instances for free for the first year.
Azure Leap Day cloudtage
Google Compute Engine goes IaaS for very big loads and isn’t positioned against AWS.
VMware acquires network virtualization company Nicira for a cool $1.2B.
OpenStack turns 2
eBay buys into OpenStack
VMWare joins the OpenStack group for cloud standards
Amazon re:Invent conference recap
- Cloud storage is getting cheaper from Google, Amazon.
- Redshift is petabyte-scale database warehousing. You can sign up for the limited preview here.
Outlook.com passes DMARC tests
Major Azure upgrade adds IaaS
Another cloudtage for Amazon. Was it pilot error?
Google Cloudtage on 12/10. Did it affect your enterprise?

MOBILE:

RIM names Heins its new CEO as the former co-CEOs step aside
Is it too late for RIM? Check out the BB10.
Dell dropped out of mobile
And this little company in Redmond, WA decided to get in the mobile game, too.

HACKS:

24 Million Zappos accounts hacked.
HackedIn Why LinkedIn had a security issue and what you need to be aware of
Massive data breach in South Carolina exposes 3.6 million Social Security numbers.

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Words from Nerds 186: Google’s Winter Cleaning

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Same3Guys in Words from Nerds

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Holiday sales for mobile apps, plus an easy way to gift them. Google Maps makes a triumphant return to iOS. And Microsoft thinks you are starting to get used to Windows 8. We’ve got these stories, plus some great nerd history items this week.

Mobile App of the Week:

Halfbrick Studios is making all of their iOS games available for free for 24 hours, including Fruit Ninja HD. Get it fast!

Nerd News:

Google will drop Exchange support in Gmail, Calendar and Contacts on January 30th. Why this is a big deal.
Better Google news as Maps returns to iOS.
Just in time for the holidays, Apple returns AppStore gifting option to iOS.
Oh, and that F# major chord is now patented by Apple.
So, you’re liking Windows 8?

This Week in Nerd History:

December 17, 1903 – The Wright Flyer travels over the sand at Kitty Hawk, NC.
December 17, 1969 – Project Blue Book: The United States Air Force closes its study of UFOs.
December 16, 2003 – President George W. Bush signs the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 into law. The law establishes the United States’ first national standards for the sending of commercial e-mail and requires the Federal Trade Commission to enforce its provisions.
December 17, 2003 – private SpaceShipOne goes supersonic
December 21, 2012 – the end of the 13th baktun (13.0.0.0.0) of the Mayan calendar.

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Apple, Google, Microsoft