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Meltdown and Spectre: A Tear at the Foundation of Computer Security – CF042

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This week on Cyber Frontiers we jump into full coverage of the 6-day old public disclosures of the meltdown and spectre vulnerabilities. With some issues mitigated, the news is a gravitational force that has dominated cybersecurity early into 2018 and could continue to engage industry for years to come. We discuss the short and long term security implications and performance debacles, and provide technical and non-technical explanations for the two classes of vulnerabilities disclosed. We review the mitigations users can start employing now, and discuss impacts for the average guy and the enterprise. Cyber Frontiers is all about Exploring Cyber

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Virtualizaton, Citrix ZenServer, Microsoft Hyper-V, Disk2vhd, Openfiler, VMware Workstation, ESXi Hypervisor -HT120

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Jim (@jcollison) is joined this week by Mike Howard from jpeg2RAW.com and Jay Moore for Home Tech episode #120.  Mike started the conversation off with some discussion around Citrix’s ZenServer after having trouble installing ESXi.  Jay Covers his work with ESXi and both home and at work. Join us for the show live each Thursday at 8pmC/9E at http://theAverageGuy.tv/live. Don’t forget the Home Server Show / Surface Geeks / The Average Guy Meetup in Indy on September 21st?http://hss2013.eventbrite.com/ Listen Mobile: Join the Average Guy Facebook Group and you can win!  https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/ We are at 165 members right now, when we

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Skype Endless Updates, iPhone vs Android, Drobo Server, Android ROM’s and Photo Imaging Software – HT047

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Jim and Andrew and Christian are joined by Mike Howard from Jpeg2RAW for this week’s installment of the Home Tech Podcast. The guys start off with some Skype chat, relating to the aggressive update cycle since Microsoft acquired Skype, and draw some comparisons to the Group Chat feature within Google Plus, as well as talking about the Facebook and Skype integration. Listen Mobile: Jim tells us that his wife is buying a new iPhone 4S, and the merits of iPhone vs Android vs Blackberry devices, and discuss the recent Blackberry Outage, and if the advancements in iPhone and Android could

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Watching March Madness, Super Routers, pfsense, Home Automation and iPads in Trucks – HT017

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March 17th, 2011 – St. Patrick’s Day Special – With the week almost gone, the Home Tech Podcast loaded up in preparation for a long weekend of green parties and college basketball!  Along with regulars Christian Johnson and Andrew Morris, we were joined by Special Guests Mike Howard and Bill Paulman. New Show Notes format this week.  What do you think? Join us for the show live each Thursday at 8pmC/9E at http://theAverageGuy.tv/live. Listen Mobile: Jim’s first thoughts: March Madness: Watch all games live here Feature topic: Pfsense: Super Router and Firewall. Monitor, shape, allow, and block all Internet traffic

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