Author: Jim Collison

Social Engineering, Windows 8 Enterprise, Raspberry Pi and USB Monitors – HT085

Jim, Andrew and Christian are joined this week by Nathaniel Lindley and Bryan Auer for Show 85 of The Home Tech Podcast. Nathaniel talks about how Mat Honan from Wired was hacked through social engineering security flaws in Apple and Amazons’ password reset mechanisms. MozyPro–secure online backup for businesses Join us for the show live… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Rich’s Random Podcast Generator: LastPass with Amber Gott – Online Password Security, Multi-factor Authentication, One-Time Passwords, Phone Apps, LastPass Security Challenge – RRPG020

“The Last Password You’ll Have to Remember!” Amber Gott, Online Community Manager for LastPass.com joins Jim and Rich to talk about online password management and security. Online security has always been a hot topic, and it’s only going to be more so as time goes on. With that in mind, there’s never been a better… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Home Tech Podcast Special Edition: Raspberry Pi, In the Beginning

Jim is joined in this special by John Zajdler and Chris Barns of the Digital Media Zone and host of thEndUsr Podcast. Chris and John spend some time talking about their experience with the new Raspberry Pi in this hour long podcast. Listen Mobile:   Raspberry Pi Specs: Broadcom SOC 700 MHz ARM11 with a… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Blogging from Windows 8 using Windows Live Writer 2012

It appears that the word “live” didn’t get removed from all the old Windows Live Essentials 2011 Apps when they upgraded the suite to Windows Essentials 2012 (WE2012).  I just installed WE2012 on a newly minted Windows 8 Enterprise Laptop (I am a Microsoft TechNet subscriber and the RTM version is available there now) to test the user experience and discovered that like Windows Live Mail and Windows Live Messenger, the live brand has yet to be removed from Windows Live Writer (WLW).  Good, one less thing I have to change. Surface RT, now starting at $349 at Microsoft Store

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Home Tech Podcast: jpeg2RAW Photography for the Average Guy

  Jim and Christian are joined this week by Mike Howard, Tim Kemperle and Kathleen Bowie, all from http://jpeg2RAW.com for a special of The Home Tech Podcast.  The hosts of jpeg2RAW joined this week to talk photography for the Average Guy. The Drobo Giveaway concluded and the winner was: Amish Gangar.  Congratulations Amish. Listen Mobile:… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Drobo Giveaway, Mars Curiosity Rover, Dell UltraSharp U2412M Monitor, Tim’s Core i7 Gaming Build, AVG Internet Security, Raspberry Pi for Backup – HT084

Jim and Christian are joined this week by Mike Howard from http://jpeg2RAW.com for Show 84 of The Home Tech Podcast.  We had a NASA insider (Christian) and chatted some about the Mars Curiosity Rover, a Dell Ultra Sharp U2412M Monitor, covered Tim’s Gaming Rig and more.  Listen all the way to the end for some… Click for more / Podcast Player>