Tech Talk RealAudio Archives
January 2001
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Saturdays at Noon EST on WMAL NewsTalk Radio
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It's everything you always wanted to know about computers
and information technology, but were afraid to ask.
     David Burd and Dr. Richard Shurtz, President of Stratford University, host Tech Talk, a program about computers and information technology.
     Links to selected programs are below. All programs are archived in RealAudio format. Just click on the show's date to listen. Older shows are archives as transcript summaries. You can listen live over the Internet by clicking ListenLive during show time.
 
Show Selected Topics

Jan 27, 2001
RealAudio 0:43hr
Not archived

 
  • Viruses in the wild exposed (Kak, Navidad, Hybris, Backdoor/Sub7). Update your Antivirus software.
  • Windows 98/Me power down problem in fast computers with IDE hard drives Patch available from Microsoft.
  • Bring back the dot com bubble. A satire on the new economy bubble. (www.satirewire.com)
  • My favorite dotcom website is DotComFailures (dotcomfailures.com). Dedicated to "kicking 'em while their down."
  • Making your own website. See links from May 13, 2000 Tech Talk Show.
  • Stratford website makeover
Jan 20, 2001
  • Show Canceled
  • Preempted by Inauguration of George W. Bush
Jan 13, 2001
RealAudio 0:43hr
  • Year 2001 Tech Talk special
  • An "interview" with Hal9000 of 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
    • Hal tries to take over the show.
    • Hal exhibits paranoia and intelligence.
  • Can computers achieve Hal9000's intelligence today? tomorrow?
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Artificial Neural Systems
    • A deterministic machine can never be human
  • Next fifty years of computing (processors, input/output devices, networking)
  • Social implications of ubiquitous computing
  • See Beyond Calculation, edited by Denning and Metcalfe, Copernicus Press, 1997 (ISBN 0387985883)
Jan 6, 2001
RealAudio 0:45hr
Not archived
  • Linux Update (2.4 Kernel Released, see www.kernel.org, Linux stocks tank to all-time low)
  • 107th Congressional Legislative initiatives (Privacy, Broadband, Telecom Reform, Spam)
  • E-mail viruses active in December (Navidad, Creative, Loveletter)
  • Navidad fix (Symantec Navidad AV site)
  • Patch available for Internet Explorer (Microsoft Security Bulletin MS00-093). Fixes vulnerabilities discovered by Guninski (www.guninski.com)
  • Bugnet reports McAfee Antivirus update SuperDat 4110 for the 4.1.20 engine, released in December destroys the Master Boot Record on NT servers using NTFS. It was immediately retracted and should be destroyed. The current SuperDat 4114 has no reported problems.
  • Birthday Lookup (www.anybirthday.com)
  • Many calls as usual
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