I apologize for the long gap in posts, but I was recently extremely busy.
During November of this year (2007), I realized that the iTunes Store did have some of the content I wanted. Podcasts, and iTunes U, have since then provided a great deal of useful audio, anywhere from (explicit) discussions between Star Trek fans in England, to lectures on search engine technology at some university.
One of the best podcasts to listen to is the weekly “Security Now” involving Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte. It does tend to be a bit tedious, but they do discuss important security issues and other things that may affect one’s privacy. They’ve talked about the PayPal security key — which, by the way, isn’t yet available in Canada. They’ve also discussed the OpenID system and various implementations. Interestingly, they are quite fascinated by VeriSign, with talks about VeriSign’s Personal Identity Provider (another OpenID provider), VeriSign’s credit-card form-factor security code generator, and VeriSign’s system that allows PayPal to maintain its new security key system.
If you’re interested in security and privacy issues, or if you’re just a geek looking for something to listen to, this is an excellent choice.
Another podcast of note, but which I must talk very negatively of, is John C. Dvorak’s Tech5. Now, this daily update of about 5 minutes is a good look at everyday technological news matters, but I do find that Dvorak’s frequent rants and angry attitude are very damaging. There is little unbiased news in here; virtually everything discussed is something of which he is “suspicious” or critical. He’s attacked some people on MacWorld, shot down the reality of Microsoft’s new offices in Siberia, and totally opposed the ever more popular Amazon Kindle (an e-book reader device).
If you’re one of those people like me that are able to sort fact from fiction, truth from opinion, take a listen to Tech5.
I have other favourites as well, but I doubt they are “tech” enough to be mentioned here. Maybe in the Star Trek section, but “Make It So” isn’t exactly suitable for reasons of profanity.
Tech5 and Security Now! are the noteworthy podcasts of December 8, 2007.
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