In Studio With Sully

I get to talk with Rich Sullivan every Friday on 640 am WGST with the "Limpert Tech" tech segment.

We always do it via phone, but this week I popped into the studio to show off some new laptops and do the segment with Sully.

Have a listen:

My Appearance on WGST's "The Sully Show" 5/16/14 Talking Tech Topics and More

Here's what we talked about when I joined Sully this week on 640 am WGST

listen to ‘The Sully Show May 16, 2014’ on Audioboo

Rick attended the Twilio/Google Roashow in Atlanta this week,  The show's focus was on customer service  what do customers have to look forward to?

* Rumor - Apple to buy Beats Electronics
What does this add to Apple?  Not sure. Makes Dr. Dre and the folks at Beats even more wealthy of it happens


That Undersea Train from China to the U.S. - You mentioned this last week...

"China is planning to build a train line that would, in theory, connect Beijing to the United States. According to a report in the Beijing Times, citing an expert at the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Chinese officials are considering a route that would start in the country's northeast, thread through eastern Siberia and cross the Bering Strait via a 125-mile long underwater tunnel into Alaska."

Physician Operates On Server, Costs His Hospital $4.8 Million

A physician at Columbia University Medical Center (CU) attempted to "deactivate" a personally owned computer from a hospital network segment that contained sensitive patient health information, creating an inadvertent data leak that is going to cost the hospital $4.8 million to settle with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The error left patient status, vital signs, laboratory results, medication information, and other sensitive data on about 6,800 individuals accessible to all via the Web. The breach was discovered after the hospital received a complaint from an individual who discovered personal health information about his deceased partner on the Web. An investigation by the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) found that neither Columbia University nor New York Presbyterian Hospital, who operated the network jointly, had implemented adequate security protections, or undertook a risk analysis or audit to identify the location of sensitive patient health information on the joint network. "For more than three years, we have been cooperating with HHS by voluntarily providing information about the incident in question," say the hospitals. "We also have continually strengthened our safeguards to enhance our information systems and processes, and will continue to do so under the terms of the agreement with HHS." HHS has also extracted settlements from several other healthcare entities over the past two years as it beefs up the effort to crack down on HIPAA violations. In April, it reached a $2 million settlement with with Concentra Health Services and QCA Health Plan. Both organizations reported losing laptops containing unencrypted patient data."


DOJ Requests More Power To Hack Remote Computers

"The U.S. Department of Justice says it needs greater authority to hack remote computers in the course of an investigation. The agency reasons that criminal operations involving computers are become more complicated, and argues that its own capabilities need to scale up to match them. An ACLU attorney said, 'By expanding federal law enforcement's power to secretly exploit "zero-day"' vulnerabilities in software and Internet platforms, the proposal threatens to weaken Internet security for all of us.' This is particularly relevant in the wake of Heartbleed — it's been unclear whether the U.S. government knew about it before everyone else did. This request suggests that the DOJ, at least, did not abuse it — but it sure looks like they would've wanted to.

My Appearance on WGST's "The Sully Show" 5/1/14 Talking Tech Topics

I joined Sully again this week to talk the tech topics of the week. Always a blast!

Have a listen:

listen to ‘The Sully Show May 1, 2014 ’ on Audioboo

My Appearance On and Congrats to Waves of Tech - Episode 200

It was my pleasure to make an appearance on the 200th episode of "Waves of Tech" with Steve and Dave.

Waves of Tech Show 200

With Episode 200 being such a milestone for the show and the NetCast Studio network, we thought we could take a quick trip down memory lane and share some stories as to the start of The Waves of Tech and say a few Thank Yous as well.  Without the constant support of you, the listener, the show would be nothing.  Thanks for the support and thanks for getting The Waves of Tech nominated during the 9th Annual Podcast Awards.  Thanks to everyone that sent us a congratulatory message.  You guys are awesome!!  Be sure to tune in as we have some great giveaways!!  Just follow the rules and you can get yourself a sweet prize from the NetCast Studio family.

Messages from listeners

Jim Meeker:  ”My time with Waves of Tech was one of the happiest times of my life.  Working with Steve and Dave was like getting together with your best friends to catch up on what’s going on in the tech world. Congratulations  NetCast Studio and Waves of Tech!”  I miss both of you tremendously and wish you the best.

Mike Swartz:  Congrats on your 200th episode! You’ve come a long way since the Desert Wheels and Edwards! Good job!

Dan Fugate:  Congratulations to the whole team! Wow, 200 episodes. You have come a long way, and I’m sure you’ve got plenty more tech talk in you. Keep it up.

Andy Kossowski:  Congratulations from all of Latin America.

Busy Ladies:  We are so excited that you have your 200th show. Congratulations on doing a fantastic job!!! You guys rock!!! Keep up the good work!!!

Nicholas and John Hanlon:  Congratulations Waves Of Tech on 200 episodes! Miss talking to you guys all the time. But we still try to catch an episode whenever we can. We also wanted to congratulate you guys on becoming a finalist in the podcast awards. Looking forward to the next 200! Congrats again, John and Nicholas from the retired Google at a Glance podcast.

iPhone Blindness

Definition:

iPhone Blindness - An acute condition which renders the sufferer incapable of remembering why he or she unlocked their iPhone, even when this was done as little as one or two seconds previously.