BLOCKBUSTER Total Access click to activate coupon for $10 off your first month. Free Information on EVault 1-866-928-0735 Cell Phone Boarding Pass Classmates.com Gets Sued Veins Replace Fingerprint ID SDR News is a Daily (M-F) Technology Podcast with Tech News Highlights from Slashdot, Digg and Reddit Click Here to Sign Up for the SDR Newsletter Prefer a Direct Download ? (mp3) Download today’s show. SDR News Links If a news item has disappeared from the Del.icio.us list above, try the full list here. Thumbnail Views: Via Thumblicio.us SEARCH ANY STORY YOU HEAR ON THE PODCAST Apple’s New Opportunity by Andrew McCaskey Apple’s Second Chance Apple has a chance to make another big contribution to the world of podcasting. And, it’s not for any altruistic reason - it is another revenue point just waiting to be tapped. The iTunes Music store happened at the right time to build the base of podcasting - a podcatcher or receiver that interfaced directly with an extremely popular portable player, within a trusted user interface. Apple immediately benefited from a wealth of user generated content, available for free that would draw people to the iTunes music store. The music discovery process on some podcasts undoubtably drove business to the Apple iTunes Music Store. And, as time passed, the independent podcasts were generally replaced (at least in the Top 100) by corporate produced content. Here’s a chance for Apple to make some more money The rumored podcast download capability on the next iPhone software upgrade could be an opportunity for Apple to cash in on a large part of that user generated media. Very simply, use the App store ecommerce engine (already tied to the phone number and credit card) to process monthly subscription payments for podcasts. Say $2 or $3 a month. Then, the podcaster could present two feeds- one feed including advertising content, the other paid subscription being ad free. A listener could make the choice, the podcaster (just like the iPhone app programmer) could receive payment for those listeners who chose to upgrade, Apple could rake 30% off the top, and the listener could elect to listen to the regular program, including ads, just as before. End of the month, the timer points back to the version with ads - or the podcaster could set up annual subscription plans. How About It ? Contact Us CES 2008 Coverage for Tech Podcast Network IR Vein Viewer at NEXTfest Watch Today’s Video Episode Click to view videos submitted or recommended by other SDR podcast listeners. . . If you find a YouTube video that pertains to one of our news items, or have produced an item that would be of interest to SDR listeners, please send us the link slashdotreview{at}gmail.com Save $10 on any order of $50 or more at GoDaddy.com! Be sure to sign up for our upcoming roundtable. We will be using GoToMeeting. Also, be sure to check out GoToMeeting. Why? Because you can hold meetings right over the Net — from anywhere. Plus, you can hold all the meetings you want for one flat rate. To get your free 30-day trial , visit www.gotomeeting.com/techroundtable. Take 10% off any order at GoDaddy.com! Code SLASH Take $5 off any $30 order at GoDaddy.com! Code SLASH2 .com Domains $6.95 at GoDaddy.com! Code SLASH3 More blogs about SlashdotReview… Slashdot Review by Email - Sign up here: Enter your Email Powered by FeedBlitz Less

The Washington Post is reporting that the shutdown of one hosting company has caused the total volume of spam to drop by 2/3rds. The company in question is McColo Corp. Both Hurricane Electric and Global Crossing pulled the plug today after a damning report revealed a number of illegal activities happening on McColo’s servers. McColo already had a reputation with the security community. When contacted about abuse, the company would often shift servers to new IP ranges instead of shutting them down. Although not the main source of spam, the company was host to many botnet control servers and phishing sites. [photo: mattdork] [via Waxy]        Less

BLOCKBUSTER Total Access click to activate coupon for $10 off your first month. Free Information on EVault 1-866-928-0735 Spam Profits at 1 to 12.5 Million BP Windpower in the US AVG Virus Scan Profile Error SDR News is a Daily (M-F) Technology Podcast with Tech News Highlights from Slashdot, Digg and Reddit Click Here to Sign Up for the SDR Newsletter Prefer a Direct Download ? (mp3) Download today’s show. SDR News Links If a news item has disappeared from the Del.icio.us list above, try the full list here. Thumbnail Views: Via Thumblicio.us SEARCH ANY STORY YOU HEAR ON THE PODCAST Watch for Video Landslide by Andrew McCaskey Watch for Falling Rocks If you are navigating along the mountain road, you will see the occasional sign that warns of random events that may leave some sizable hunks of rock on the road. That is a pretty good analogy to the online video business - the latest chunk of which is the notice that MGM will be placing full length movie content on YouTube. Apparently there is also an agreement in the works for Lionsgate for television shows and short form materials as well. The success of Hulu and direct materials from MSNBC have resulted in episodes that pulled more viewers online that over the air - and that is for a hit show like 30 Rock. The election introduced millions of people who had not consumed online video to the idea of clips, timeshifted and linked/embedded sent to friends for a quick laugh or to make a point. They are just small bits - but like pebbles that roll down the mountain along with larger rocks, they all clutter the roadbed. Our local CBS Affiliate has just proudly announced the construction of a $40 Million Broadcast television center. That is a lot of money to be placed into the 80th largest media market, when the technology is moving so quickly. If the demographic that watches broadcast television matches the national trends, it may not be the most far-sighted investment- unless you are going for an over 55 audience that has lots of time to watch TV but other than that is not particularly desirable for advertisers. For younger viewers, the competition for attention moves to a variety of online video options- or DVD/Roku/Netflix options or PS. You can only hope that broadcasters get a quick return on their money before the falling rocks turn into a landslide. Contact Us CES 2008 Coverage for Tech Podcast Network Segway Polo - Nerdiest Sport Ever Watch Today’s Video Episode Click to view videos submitted or recommended by other SDR podcast listeners. . . If you find a YouTube video that pertains to one of our news items, or have produced an item that would be of interest to SDR listeners, please send us the link slashdotreview{at}gmail.com Save $10 on any order of $50 or more at GoDaddy.com! Be sure to sign up for our upcoming roundtable. We will be using GoToMeeting. Also, be sure to check out GoToMeeting. Why? Because you can hold meetings right over the Net — from anywhere. Plus, you can hold all the meetings you want for one flat rate. To get your free 30-day trial , visit www.gotomeeting.com/techroundtable. Take 10% off any order at GoDaddy.com! Code SLASH Take $5 off any $30 order at GoDaddy.com! Code SLASH2 .com Domains $6.95 at GoDaddy.com! Code SLASH3 More blogs about SlashdotReview… Slashdot Review by Email - Sign up here: Enter your Email Powered by FeedBlitz Less

Can't see the video? Watch this video now in a browser or download this video now. Today on Boing Boing tv we reprise our ongoing SPAMasterpiece Theater series featuring author, PC, and minor television personality John Hodgman. His new book, MORE INFORMATION THAN YOU REQUIRE was released just a couple of weeks ago. Hodgman himself describes this series as the dramatization of "true tale[s] of romance, adventure, infamy, and low-cost prescription drugs, all culled from the reams of actual, unsolicited emails, received here by us and people like you -- what we call SPAM." Today's installment: V1V4 M3X1CO., in which we explore supply chain management solicitations with the help of luchadores, mariachis, beautiful black-n-white señoritas from the silver screen of our abuelitos, and GIANT NARCO-KITTEHS WITH UZIS. A note from our musical director: The adaptation of Jean-Joseph Mouret's "Rondeau: Fanfare" (1735) which opens today's episode was remixed in flagrante 8-bit by Hamhocks Buttermilk Johnson. Also: a special and hearty thanks to the talented and generous Ehrich Blackhound (previously boinged here) for creating our new, typographically-correct opening slates for this parody series. Previous SPAMasterpiece Theater episodes on Boing Boing tv: * SPAMasterpiece Theater, Vol. I * SPAMasterpiece Theater, Vol. II * SPAMasterpiece Theater, Vol III And more Hodgman on Boing Boing tv: * More Information Than You Require. This is not a book trailer, part 2. * More Information Than You Require. This is not a book trailer. * More Information Than You Require. Less

Can't see the video? Watch this video now in a browser or download this video now. Today on Boing Boing tv, we reprise our ongoing SPAMasterpiece Theater series, featuring author, PC, and minor television personality John Hodgman, whose new book, MORE INFORMATION THAN YOU REQUIRE , has just been released. Hodgman himself describes this series as the dramatization of "true tale[s] of romance, adventure, infamy, and low-cost prescription drugs, all culled from the reams of actual, unsolicited emails, received here by us and people like you -- what we call SPAM." Today's installment: The Stomatologist, in which we answer a lovelorn Russian woman's age-old question, "Why I cannot find my special the man?" A note from our musical director: The adaptation of Jean-Joseph Mouret's "Rondeau: Fanfare" (1735) which opens today's episode was remixed in flagrante 8-bit by Hamhocks Buttermilk Johnson. Also: a special and hearty thanks to the talented and generous Ehrich Blackhound (previously boinged here) for creating our new, typographically-correct opening slates for this parody series. Previously on Boing Boing tv: * SPAMasterpiece Theater, Vol. I * SPAMasterpiece Theater, Vol. II Less

BLOCKBUSTER Total Access click to activate coupon for $10 off your first month. Free Information on EVault 1-866-928-0735 Blogs into iPhone Apps Spam Flood Continues Wireless Keylogging SDR News is a Daily (M-F) Technology Podcast with Tech News Highlights from Slashdot, Digg and Reddit Click Here to Sign Up for the SDR Newsletter Prefer a Direct Download ? (mp3) Download today’s show. SDR News Links If a news item has disappeared from the Del.icio.us list above, try the full list here. Thumbnail Views: Via Thumblicio.us SEARCH ANY STORY YOU HEAR ON THE PODCAST Starting to Prepare for CMS Expo by Andrew McCaskey Gearing up for Video Coverage I am gearing up for video coverage of the Content Management Association Expo in Denver. Most of the day has been spent trying out CamTwist for the MacMini, and BoinxTV for the MacBook Pro. I feel sure that there will be some additional PC based hardware in the mix before it is all over. Combining unknown software, beta test evaluations and consumer grade video hardware may well be the prescription for disaster. On the other hand, the CES coverage with Flip cameras turned out to generate such interest that this entire field of informal video is a great opportunity. There are all sorts of outlets available for distribution: Vimeo, Blip.tv, stickam, justin.tv, ustream.tv and there must be a host of others. For CMS, we are looking to team with some of the RawVoice members for the coverage, and provide both streaming and recorded content. Let me know if you will be in Denver Dec 4-5. And you can follow, as always on Twitter axmc. Contact Us CES 2008 Coverage for Tech Podcast Network Compromising Electromagnetic Emanations of Keyboards Experiment 2/2 from Martin Vuagnoux on Vimeo. Compromising Electromagnetic Emanations of Keyboards Watch Today’s Video Episode Click to view videos submitted or recommended by other SDR podcast listeners. . . If you find a YouTube video that pertains to one of our news items, or have produced an item that would be of interest to SDR listeners, please send us the link slashdotreview{at}gmail.com Save $10 on any order of $50 or more at GoDaddy.com! Be sure to sign up for our upcoming roundtable. We will be using GoToMeeting. Also, be sure to check out GoToMeeting. Why? Because you can hold meetings right over the Net — from anywhere. Plus, you can hold all the meetings you want for one flat rate. To get your free 30-day trial , visit www.gotomeeting.com/techroundtable. Take 10% off any order at GoDaddy.com! Code SLASH Take $5 off any $30 order at GoDaddy.com! Code SLASH2 .com Domains $6.95 at GoDaddy.com! Code SLASH3 More blogs about SlashdotReview… Slashdot Review by Email - Sign up here: Enter your Email Powered by FeedBlitz Less

Can't see the video? Watch this video now in a browser or download this video now. Today on Boing Boing tv, we continue our SPAMasterpiece Theater series, featuring author, PC, and minor television personality John Hodgman, whose new book, MORE INFORMATION THAN YOU REQUIRE launches next week. Hodgman himself describes this series as the dramatization of "true tale[s] of romance, adventure, infamy, and low-cost prescription drugs, all culled from the reams of actual, unsolicited emails, received here by us and people like you -- what we call SPAM." Today's installment: Barrister Abbey and Diana Khan in "Wuthering Wire Transfers," a tempting tale of financial transactions and naked lust that requires your soonest response. A note from our musical director: The adaptation of Jean-Joseph Mouret's "Rondeau: Fanfare" (1735) which opens today's episode was remixed in flagrante 8-bit by Hamhocks Buttermilk Johnson. * Previously on Boing Boing tv: SPAMasterpiece Theater, Vol. I Less

Can't see the video? Watch this video now in a browser or download this video now. BBtv is launching a series of episodes featuring author, PC, and minor internet personality John Hodgman, as the world waits breathlessly for the launch of his new book, MORE INFORMATION THAN YOU REQUIRE . We have read it, dear viewer, and it is splendid. Today, the debut installment of Boing Boing tv's SPAMASTERPIECE THEATER, which Hodgman himself describes as the dramatization of "true tale[s] of romance, adventure, infamy, and low-cost prescription drugs, all culled from the reams of actual, unsolicited emails, received here by us and people like you -- what we call SPAM." We'll be releasing more of these in the coming weeks. Each one is composed exclusively of actual, unadulterated, unsolicited email. Like virtual raw foodists, we would not think of cooking perfect fruit that falls so gracefully from the internet's tree of life. We hope you enjoy. { fade to black, fade in Hodgman in the library chair, surrounded by spam ephemera} A note from our musical director: The adaptation of Jean-Joseph Mouret's "Rondeau: Fanfare" (1735) which opens today's episode was remixed in flagrante 8-bit by Hamhocks Buttermilk Johnson. Less

I ran into this site the other day. It’s called Twittin’ Secrets: 100+ Of The World’s Greatest Twitter Tips & Twitter Secrets. Speaking of spam, the way I started this post gave me a de ja vu feeling of the last time I visited an article scraper blog. I need to watch it. I like Twitter. And if you compare my initial reaction to Twitter to the way I use it now, you might say I love Twitter. When I first heard of it, I thought it was useless. What can you say with that much of a limit? What use is it to know what someone else is doing right this second? The limit on Twitter makes it fast. The limit on Twitter makes it easy and quick. The quickness of Twitter may mean you meet a much different person than the “blogger” you are used to. And who needs an article when a few sentences will do. It is also much easier to follow 1000 people on Twitter than keep up with 100 blogs. And those people who use Twitter most likely will announce the biggest news there first. They will announce their newest posts, deals they found and any possible big news related to their interests. A “Tweet” can be scanned. It’s a bite sized piece of info. Usually self-contained, but if there is a link, you can choose to follow it or not. Following people on Twitter saves time. It gives you the overview. So back to spam. You might have already checked out the link. Every person defines spam for themselves. Most black hat techniques are white hat techniques taken to the extreme. How far you take things is up to you. Some of what I see there, I would call spam. But I think car salesman are air spammers. Hype hides a lot of things. But seeing something like Twitter marketing at the extreme end of it’s scale gives you many more options. You can see more of what is possible and then choose what you want to do. You might see some things you missed in your own exploration, new tactics to try. So take a look at what this guy has for you and learn to use Twitter, because you are missing out if you’re not. Starting following people until you get it and one day, Twitter will just be an extension of what you do. Less

I ran into this site the other day. It’s called Twittin’ Secrets: 100+ Of The World’s Greatest Twitter Tips & Twitter Secrets. Speaking of spam, the way I started this post gave me a de ja vu feeling of the last time I visited an article scraper blog. I need to watch it. I like Twitter. And if you compare my initial reaction to Twitter to the way I use it now, you might say I love Twitter. When I first heard of it, I thought it was useless. What can you say with that much of a limit? What use is it to know what someone else is doing right this second? The limit on Twitter makes it fast. The limit on Twitter makes it easy and quick. The quickness of Twitter may mean you meet a much different person than the “blogger” you are used to. And who needs an article when a few sentences will do. It is also much easier to follow 1000 people on Twitter than keep up with 100 blogs. And those people who use Twitter most likely will announce the biggest news there first. They will announce their newest posts, deals they found and any possible big news related to their interests. A “Tweet” can be scanned. It’s a bite sized piece of info. Usually self-contained, but if there is a link, you can choose to follow it or not. Following people on Twitter saves time. It gives you the overview. So back to spam. You might have already checked out the link. Every person defines spam for themselves. Most black hat techniques are white hat techniques taken to the extreme. How far you take things is up to you. Some of what I see there, I would call spam. But I think car salesman are air spammers. Hype hides a lot of things. But seeing something like Twitter marketing at the extreme end of it’s scale gives you many more options. You can see more of what is possible and then choose what you want to do. You might see some things you missed in your own exploration, new tactics to try. So take a look at what this guy has for you and learn to use Twitter, because you are missing out if you’re not. Starting following people until you get it and one day, Twitter will just be an extension of what you do. Less

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From head to toe, from pillar to post this podcast yet again delivers a little something for everybody. From dissecting ICANN to help with turning Gmail into your default e-mail client for all of your e-mail addresses, this week’s hosting podcast promises to deliver the goods*. Format might have changed a little but one thing will never change, I’m hyped, excited and ready to deliver you the best hosting podcast you’ve heard in a long time. Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 163! Running Time: 11 minutes | File Size: 5.02 MB Here are just a few topics from this week’s episode: What is ICANN and What Can It Do For ME? Get IP Based Info with Firefox Import POP3 Accounts into Gmail Trademark vs Copyright for Webmasters Here are this week’s web hosting news headlines: School Spreads 1.5m Spam Emails Web Host HostGator 21st in Inc 5000 List WebHostingBuzz.com Wins Award for Best Web Hosting Support Changing things up a ‘bit this week. A little change never hurt anybody, right? Also tune in this week to check out the new Web Hosting Show theme, which I must say does rock.  What else would you expect coming from the web hosting industry’s media rock star? * - actual promises of delivering may vary.  This citation was just an excuse to plug the re-written about page on webhostingshow.com.  Go check it out to learn more about me and this podcast. Free Download: Download Your Free Copy of My Best of the Web Hosting Show Guides eBook! © Mitch Keeler - like this? visit Mitchelaneous.com | FirefoxFacts.com | WebHostingShow.com   Less

Did you know the peaceful Swiss people have problems with spam?  The king of all spam has also met his fate.  Spams not the only thing we got on the line up today, there is a lot of hosting news, and information coming to you.  So stand back, there is a Web Hosting Show coming through! Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 157! Running Time: 10 minutes | File Size: 4.97 MB Here are just a few topics from this week’s episode of the Web Hosting Show. Why Not Setup a Data Center Out of Your Basement? The King of Spam to be Sentenced to Hard Time! What is Domain Name Front Running? What Country Tops the World in Spam? ICANN Blames What Domain Register for Recent Hack? Short on words this week, but since we do have an awful lot of SPAM talk this week: Have you taken the Web Hosting Show’s fan survey yet? If not, listen to the show and then get it done. Your feedback given there could dramatically change the production of this podcast! Be heard and give me you thoughts! Free Download: Download Your Free Copy of My Best of the Web Hosting Show Guides eBook! © Mitch Keeler - like this? visit Mitchelaneous.com | FirefoxFacts.com | WebHostingShow.com   Less

Daily TIPs, Spam, Data breaches Neil Savage wrote: Little Headway Gained Against Spam and Malware A report from Commtouch, a maker of antimalware, says the amount of spam on the Internet remains fairly constant, despite the efforts of companies to counter it. Botnets, in which viruses infect computers and allow them to be used to dispatch spam, continue unabated, says Ars Technica, with Turkey, Brazil, and Russia leading the pack of “zombified” machines in the second quarter of 2008. Supreme Court Judge Illustrates How File Sharers Risk Personal Data One source of data breaches that Internet users should be aware of are peer-to-peer software programs such as Limewire. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer found that out the hard way, when a file sharing program exposed his social security number. The Washington Post’s Security Fix blog expands on the newspaper’s story. Everyone’s Talking the Global Warming Talk, Few Walking Despite statements from world leaders that talks on global warming by the G8 industrialized nations were productive, the agreement actually has very few concrete goals to curb carbon emissions, says the New York Times. One climatologist, Michael Schlesinger at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, characterized the results as “talking the talk” rather than “walking the walk.” Offshore Wind Energy Mapped by NASA Companies looking for sites to place offshore wind turbines can thank NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory for identifying the best spots. CNET News reports that 10 years of satellite data led to a map showing the sites where wind is steady and strong for most of the year. California Startup Seeks to Reuse Carbon Emissions Carbon Sciences, a startup in Santa Barbara, CA, says it has developed a relatively simple method to take the carbon dioxide emitted during mining operations and turn it into precipitated calcium carbonate, or PCC. The Environmental News Network report s that the company hopes to keep the carbon out of the atmosphere by turning it into useful products, at the same time earning money from what used to be waste. PCC is a component of many everyday products, including paper, wallboard, and fertilizer. Earthquake Prediction May be Coming Imagine if state and city governments could get 10 hours’ notice that an earthquake was expected, giving them time to evacuate their citizens and start an emergency response. Scientists at the Carnegie Institution in Washington, DC, have discovered subtle geological changes that occur hours before a quake and might lead to such an early warning system, reports MSNBC. It will take more study, and possibly another decade or two, to develop such a system, the researchers say. Volt’s Gas Tank to Be Smaller, Says GM General Motors has been hyping its Chevy Volt, a car that would run 40 miles on a battery before having to burn gasoline to keep going. While the original plan was to have a 12-gallon tank that would allow the Volt to travel 600 miles after the battery ran out, using the gas engine to recharge the battery, the KickingTires blog reports that’s changing. GM won’t say how many gallons the redesigned tank will hold, but the range has been reduced to 360 miles. Comments | Permalink | Share |  E-mail Less

Cloud Computing Physical Access and Social Engineering Lock in Gas Prices SDR News is a Daily (M-F) Technology Podcast with Tech News Highlights from Slashdot, Digg and Reddit Click Here to Sign Up for the SDR Newsletter Contact Us Prefer a Direct Download ? (mp3) Download today’s show. CES 2008 Coverage for Tech Podcast Network Anton Talks About The Digg Recommendation Engine from Kevin Rose on Vimeo. The Digg Recommendation Engine Watch the You Tube Episode Today’s Headlines Include… Cloud Computing Physical Access and Social Engineering Lock in Gas Prices SDR News Links If a news item has disappeared from the Del.icio.us list above, try the full list here. Thumbnail Views: Via Thumblicio.us SEARCH ANY STORY YOU HEAR ON THE PODCAST BLOCKBUSTER Total Access click to activate coupon for $10 off your first month. Audacity of Audacity by Andrew McCaskey I get a big charge out of the recurring theme that security is often the weakest in the most obvious places. The publicity surrounding identity theft, corporate espionage and general mischief obscures the more consistent threat of social engineering. The story today concerns the news item from DarkReading.com of a penetration team that relies upon faked documents, timing, projection of authority and capitalizes upon the good nature and willingness to help for successful compromise time after time. One of the consequences of an open society is that the helpfulness of strangers is often an open door invitation to social engineering. Telecommuting from remote areas of the country into metro areas is becoming more and more common. Expect to see those who specialize in the dark arts to start to probe those isolated employees as opportunity for technical and social espionage. Their connectivity and laptops are just as valuable as the VPN card and hand written passwords on sticky note nabbed in the O’Hare airport or a theft in Sunnyvale. Click to view videos submitted or recommended by other SDR podcast listeners. . . If you find a YouTube video that pertains to one of our news items, or have produced an item that would be of interest to SDR listeners, please send us the link slashdotreview{at}gmail.com Save $10 on any order of $50 or more at GoDaddy.com! Be sure to sign up for our upcoming roundtable. We will be using GoToMeeting. Also, be sure to check out GoToMeeting. Why? Because you can hold meetings right over the Net — from anywhere. Plus, you can hold all the meetings you want for one flat rate. To get your free 30-day trial , visit www.gotomeeting.com/techroundtable. Take 10% off any order at GoDaddy.com! Code SLASH Take $5 off any $30 order at GoDaddy.com! Code SLASH2 .com Domains $6.95 at GoDaddy.com! Code SLASH3 More blogs about SlashdotReview… Slashdot Review by Email - Sign up here: Enter your Email Powered by FeedBlitz Less

Websense, empresa de tecnología integrada para la protección de la Web, la mensajería y los datos, ha lanzado un comunicado a los usuarios de internet de América Latina señalando que se detectó una campaña de correos electrónicos no deseados malicioso (spam), que amenazan sobre la expectativa del lanzamiento del iPhone 3G de Apple, para el [...] Less

Cyber Attack Basics Ultracapacitors (Again) iPhone and GPS SDR News is a Daily (M-F) Technology Podcast with Tech News Highlights from Slashdot, Digg and Reddit Click Here to Sign Up for the SDR Newsletter Contact Us Prefer a Direct Download ? (mp3) Download today’s show. CES 2008 Coverage for Tech Podcast Network World War 2.0: Estonia Bot Attack Watch the You Tube Episode Today’s Headlines Include… Cyber Attack Basics Ultracapacitors (Again) iPhone and GPS SDR News Links If a news item has disappeared from the Del.icio.us list above, try the full list here. Thumbnail Views: Via Thumblicio.us SEARCH ANY STORY YOU HEAR ON THE PODCAST BLOCKBUSTER Total Access click to activate coupon for $10 off your first month. Will It Scale ? Let’s Hope Not by Andrew McCaskey The video today concerns the full attack that was conducted against Estonia - a bit of public awareness on the scope and severity of botnet attack on a small but well defended country. The early hours of the attack concentrated upon newspapers, banks, radio and television sites and other critical infrastructure. Sound like a familiar strategy ? The quick reaction of the Estonians to purposely disconnect their networks from the outside world preserved their systems, and only through the cooperation of sys admins around the world was the attacking botnet neutralized one IP block at a time. The question raised by the video is not will the attack scale - but will it scale quickly enough to be an offensive weapon against a determined defender. Conversely, if the defender is not payng attention the scale might not be nearly as important. It is hard to imagine the effect that a well timed cyber attack, in combination with perhaps 40 cities under attack by two man teams operating along the lines of the DC mobile snipers in the days immediately after 9/11. Hard to realize the damage that could be caused by less than 100 bad guys and say $100Million to hire a botnet for a weekend. That’s even more to be concerned about than $7 a gallon gasoline. Funny, I’ve never heard this in any of the debates. Takes too long to tell the story. Click to view videos submitted or recommended by other SDR podcast listeners. . . If you find a YouTube video that pertains to one of our news items, or have produced an item that would be of interest to SDR listeners, please send us the link slashdotreview{at}gmail.com Save $10 on any order of $50 or more at GoDaddy.com! Be sure to sign up for our upcoming roundtable. We will be using GoToMeeting. Also, be sure to check out GoToMeeting. Why? Because you can hold meetings right over the Net — from anywhere. Plus, you can hold all the meetings you want for one flat rate. To get your free 30-day trial , visit www.gotomeeting.com/techroundtable. Take 10% off any order at GoDaddy.com! Code SLASH Take $5 off any $30 order at GoDaddy.com! Code SLASH2 .com Domains $6.95 at GoDaddy.com! Code SLASH3 More blogs about SlashdotReview… Slashdot Review by Email - Sign up here: Enter your Email Powered by FeedBlitz Less

Can't see the video? Watch this video now in a browser or download this video now. In our latest installment of Boing Boing TV's "SPAM THEATER" series, a cash proposition from a faraway land, and the secret to what girls want. Special thanks to Erik Sheppard of Voice Talent Productions for contributing -- well, voice talent! Previously: SPAM THEATER: Love Song of Kseniya SPAM THEATER VOL II Less

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I received the following email the other day from Doug: I’m still surprised at times when I get an e-mail forwarded to me that claims something is true without anyone having checked the validity of the contents. I recently got an e-mail regarding a Dr Dobson petition, and there were almost 3000 names on it already when it came to me. To me it should be common practice to people to do a quick & simple internet search to find out more information before blindly forwarding stuff to everyone on your contacts list. Even if the e-mail already has a link attempting to validate the information, I’m going to want more than one source reporting the same thing. One person forwarding an e-mail with 0-1 sources does not validate the contents. I will usually copy/paste some main part of the text into Google and I’ll typically quickly find several resources that discuss the origin and validity of the information in the e-mail. Then I will reply to all on the e-mail I got and post a few of those links letting them know where to find more information and encouraging them to do likewise in the future when they get e-mails like this and are tempted to forward them to people. I would like to think that the audience that watch your videos are internet savvy enough to already know this but even if they are, perhaps they would encourage their circle of contacts (friends, relatives, community, etc) to squash useless e-mail chains instead of fueling them. What the world needs now is more useful information and less useless information to fill up our in-boxes, bog down the mail servers, and waste our time reading the garbage. So I wanted to see how you felt about doing a video to your audience on this topic. One of the first things you should do when receiving an email claiming “You’ll save this little girl’s life by forwarding this!”, or “Send me to ten friends right now!”… is to check with Snopes. The Snopes website is a huge ‘database’ full of urban legends and truths. I’ll bet 99% of the time that the email chains you receive are useless junk. As Doug stated in his email, you can also paste a small part of the text of the email into Google, and research it. Don’t blindly forward an email like these. Know what it is you’re sending out. Know whether it’s even legitimate or not. Also, stop sending emails to people with videos embedded in them. It’s horrible to do! There are SO many places online you can host the video for free. Then, just send out the link to the video. It’s smaller, and faster to send a simple link to someone. It’s just not cool to send entire videos in an email. Rocket Spanish! *New* Higher Payout! The Muscleheads Guide To A Godlike Physique. Rocket French- New Product! Want to embed this video on your own site, blog, or forum? Use this code or download the video: <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HaQ0LpaG8xU"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HaQ0LpaG8xU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://chris.pirillo.com/">Chris</a> | <a href="http://live.pirillo.com/">Live Tech Support</a> | <a href="http://media.pirillo.com/">Video Help</a> | <a href="http://feeds.pirillo.com/ChrisPirilloShow">Add to iTunes</a> Less

http://live.pirillo.com - Doug writes: "I'm still surprised at times when I get an e-mail forwarded to me that claims something is true without anyone having checked the validity of the contents. What the world needs now is more useful information and less useless information to fill up our Email, bog down the servers, and waste our time reading the garbage." Less