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Tech Talk Radio Highlights
This week Tech Talk reviewed Howard Dean's Internet-
based campaign, identity theft, iTunes Music Store,
electronic voting machine performance, a website for
newly coined words, and much more.....
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| Dean's Peer-to-Peer Internet Politics | | |
Even
though Howard Dean may not win the election, he has changed
Presidential politics forever. Using Convio's fundraising technology,
DeanForAmerica.com has
received over 110,000 small contributions, averaging $61 each.
With over 500,000 registered supporters, his goal is to receive
a $100 contribution from two million constituents in order
to match Bush's war chest. This is good for democracy, in
general, and will benefit both parties in the years to come.
His
campaign is decentralized and takes advantage of Internet
peer-to- peer communications, such as Dean
Blogs, Dean Meetings, Dean Media Team, and Dean
Defense Forces.
Check
out Slate's Article
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| Guard Against Identity Theft | | |
Twenty-seven
million cases of identity theft have been reported in last
five years. Total reported five-year losses exceeded $53 billion.
Theives gather their data using the classic techniques: dumpster
diving, purse snatching, and phishing. Phishing is an Internet
scam where a customer is asked to provide account and password
information in order to "verify" the account. Last month Citibank
customers were targeted. Currently PayPal customers are being
phished. Check out the FTC Identity Theft Website
or call 1-877-IDTHEFT.
Check
out the CBS Article
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| Apple's iTunes Music Store is a Winner | | |
Recently
RIAA began suing customers (as young as 12) who illegally
download MP3 songs using programs like Napster or Kazaa . This is the wrong solution.
RIAA really needs to spend time developing a better distribution
system.
Enter Steve Jobs with iTunes for PCs, Macs, and
iPods. iTunes is the right solution at the right time! Users
can listen to part of a song (30 seconds) without charge.
Buying and downloading the full MP3 song is 99 cents. Digital
Rights Management (DRM) is built into the iTunes client.
iTunes was named music Invention of Year by Time Magazine.
Expect song prices to drift downward as this technology
becomes understood and accepted by the music industry.
Check
out the Time Magazine Article
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| Electronic Voting Machine Report Card | | | Students at Johns Hopkins Security Institute analyzed
the computer code for the Deibold Voting machines
purchased by the State of Maryland. They questioned
the process used for code validation and the code's
susceptibility to hacking. Diebold's response was legal
action against those who questioned their code. On
other fronts,
several electronic voting machines malfunctioned in
Fairfax County. Republicans fear that some votes may
have been lost. The MicroVote machines used in Boone
County, Indiana, posted almost 144,000 votes in a
county with only 19,000 registered voters. After some
adjustment, the machines functioned properly.
It seems that now many want to see a paper trail in case
a recount is mandated. California will require all voting
machines to have voter-validated paper receipts by 2006.
Expect other states to follow.
Check
out the Washington Post Article
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| Wordspy Catalogues Newly-Coined Words | | | Our hyperspeed, technology-driven world is coining
new words and phrases at a record pace. Wordspy.com
tracks newly-coined words that appear in print. Here
are a few of the recent additions.
- Butt Call -- An unintended phone call placed by
sitting on one's cell phone.
- Google -- To search for information on the Web,
particularly by using the Google search engine
- Himbo -- A man who is good-looking, but
unintelligent or superficial.
- Brain on a stick -- An intelligent person who lacks
emotion or social skills
- Brain Fart -- Quick-and-dirty creative output
Check out
the Wordspy Website
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