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CourseCast 55: Open Mobile Software and News Briefs
This week's CourseCast brings you up-to-speed on open mobile software and covers a number of news briefs.
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CourseCast 54: Eyes in the Skies, Internet at the Speed of Light
This week's CourseCast explores the controversy over satellite surveillance and latest high-speed Internet option, Fios.
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CourseCast 53: US Leads in R and D, Congressmen Hacked, The Internet Police
This week's CourseCast covers the US's role in leading research and development in science and technology, the latest responsibility of Internet service providers Sprint, Time Warner Cable and Verizon, and the three congressmen whose computers were hacked.
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CourseCast 52: Cable Internet Providers Break Down in Tiers, Worldsourcing, Colleges Fight Illegal File Sharing
This week's CourseCast discusses how cable Internet providers are beginning to regualte Bit Torrent traffic by offering new tiered network subscription plans, how worldsourcing impacts the growth of the gloabl market place and why colleges are cracking down on illegal file sharing.
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CourseCast 51: Mapping the Brain, Cyber Security
This week's CourseCast covers how scientists are mapping the brain with new developments in AI and why you should be cautious with your Wi-Fi.
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CourseCast 50: Napster is Back, Professor Sues Class Notes Company
This week's CourseCast tells you how Napster is back in action and why a Florida professor is suing HowIGotAnA.com.
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CourseCast 49: Arms Race, Muni Wi-fi, Hyperconnectivity, Wireless Life and Death
This week's CourseCast updates you on the US race in the botnet war, the fate of Muni WiFi, hyperconnectivity, and the matter of white space.
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CourseCast 48: Microsoft Goes to the Prom, Next Gen Wireless, Rogue China
This week's CourseCast checks in on which company Microsoft has its sites set on now, catches up on 3G rollouts, and explores why China is going rogue with its standards.
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CourseCast 47: HP's Memristor, Google and IBM, iPhone II
This week's CourseCast gets you up-to-speed on HP's memristor, follows up on the latest between Google and IBM, and gives you the latest scoop on the iPhone II.
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CourseCast 46: BBC's iPlayer, Microsoft's Mesh, Zombies against Zombies
This week's CourseCast checks into broadband concerns at the BBC, gets you up-to-speed on Microsoft Mesh, and looks at how bots are battling bots.
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CourseCast 44: FCC and Net Nutrality, Shoppers Don't Want to be Followed, Back to Undersea Cables
This week's CourseCast discusses the FCC's regulation of Network Nutrality, why online tracking is becoming so unpopular, and explores the possiblity of espionage with the undersea telecommunication cables.
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CourseCast 44: Hi-Speed Wireless Services, Microsoft Applications, Google-Hosted Applications, and PC Control
This week's CourseCast brings you up-to-speed on hi-speed services, uncovers new Microsoft applications, explores Google-hosted applications, and asks who has control of your PC.
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CourseCast 44: Hi-Speed Wireless Services, Microsoft Applications, Google-Hosted Applications, and PC Control
This week's CourseCast brings you up-to-speed on hi-speed services, uncovers new Microsoft applications, explores Google-hosted applications, and asks who has control of your PC.
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CourseCast 43: Blocking YouTube, Open Internet, Botnets, and MySpace vs. iTunes
This week's CourseCast segment finds out why Indonesia is blocking YouTube and China is blocking Internet Olympics, the latest on fighting botnets, and why MySpace is going head-to-head with iTunes.
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CourseCast 42: Sprint Gets Help with Xohm, Musicians Create Their Own Social Networks
This week's CourseCast segment gives you the latest on Sprint and Xohm and tells you how musicians are creating a new social scene.
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CourseCast 41: A New Model for Purchasing Music, Google Expands Spreadsheet Tool, Wireless Spectrum Auction Closes, Microblog your Class
This week's CourseCast segment gets you up to speed on the latest in music downloads, Google's spreadsheet enhancements, the wireless auction, and microblogging.
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CourseCast 40: Exploding Digital Universe, Verizon P4P Technology, Online Advertising Set to Ramp Up
This week's CourseCast segment takes you to the latest in the exploding digital universe, brings you up to speed on P4P, and tells you why online advertising is on the rise.
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CourseCast 39: iPhone SDK Released, Microsoft R and D, and Mobile Malware
This week's CourseCast segment checks up on the latest on the iPhone, looks at the latest developments on Microsoft R and D, and talks about how malware is going mobile.
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CourseCast 38: Pakistan vs. YouTube, Wikileaks is Back, CAPTCHA hacked
This week's CourseCast segment looks at latest from Pakistan on YouTube, delves into Wikileaks, and follows up on the latest in spamming on Gmail.
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CourseCast 37: Student Gossip, Telecom Balloons, Mind-Reading Game Controller
This week's CourseCast segment looks at student gossip, telecom balloons, and mind-reading game controllers.
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CourseCast 36: Citizens, Phones, and Neutrality
This week's CourseCast segment follows developing citizen journalism on CNN, looks at modular cell phones, and revisits net neutrality.
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Conspiracies, Weddings, and Pirates
This week's CourseCast segment follows up on the latest with undersea cable outages, updates you on the Microsoft + Yahoo deal, and finds out what put Pirate Bay in court.
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Yahoo! Offer, Underseas Communications, and Contactless Payment
This week's CourseCast segment reviews Microsoft's offer to purchase Yahoo!, updates you on the communications damage under the sea, and follows up on the latest developments from contactless cell phone payment.
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Auctioning the 700 MHz Spectrum, Keeping Your IP Private, Campaign for Free Online Education, and Internet Warfare
This week's CourseCast checks out the 700 MHz auction, private IPs, online education, and Internet warfare.
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New Apple Products, Semantic Web, the Bandwidth Crunch
This week's CourseCast checks in on MacWorld, follows up with the latest on semantic Web, and looks at the bandwidth crunch.
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Hi-Def Disk Battle Update, Getting Close to Ubiquitous Computing, Amazon Signs Sony BMG
This week's CourseCast checks out the hi-def disk battle, ubiquitous computing, and follows up on DRM-free music.
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Wikia Takes on Google, Identity Theft on the Rise, The Terabyte Notebook is Here - Almost, Endemic Surveillance in the US
This week's CourseCast finds out the latest on Wikia and Google, takes a look at identity theft, and revisits the state of survelliance.
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Technology 2007: A Year in Review
This week's CourseCast takes a look back at the top six stories of 2007 and offers some insight into technology trends for 2008.
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Google to Take On Wikipedia, Lights, Cameras, Lecture!, Microsoft Office Gets Cloudy
This week's CourseCast takes a look at Google's latest take on the wiki, uncovers how lectures may soon be coming to an iPod near you, and follows up on cloud computing.
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Facebook, Google, and Doubleclick are Watching You, News from the Frontlines of the Botnet War, Tougher Penalties for Copyright Violators
This week's CourseCast follows up on Facebook-Beacon privacy issues, gives you the latest on the botnet war, and examines the future of copyright violation penalties.
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Searching College Lectures, Attending Class on Your Cell Phone, Google Knows Where You Are; Facebook Turns Off Beacon
This week's CourseCast looks at cell phone lectures, Google's new tracker, and Facebook's response to Beacon.
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Meet the Kindle, Student Challenges RIAA, Typosquatting
This week's CourseCast meets new reader Kindle, follows up on the RIAA suits, and checks out typosquatting.
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New P2P Bill, Linux in the News, IBM's Blue Cloud, Data Centers go Underground, Yahoo Settles in China Law suite
This week's CourseCast looks at the P2P battle, Linux desktops, cloud computing, and underground data centers.
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Goggle-powered Cell Phones, The Semantic Web is Coming, Document Sharing come to Facebook, Social Advertising
This week's CourseCast explores Google's entry into the cell phone market, the semantic Web, and Facebook's work in document sharing and social advertising.
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DARPA Urban Challenge, Google's OpenSocial, Movies to Go, Wiki Term Paper
This week's CourseCast takes a ride with AI driven race cars, looks at Google's new OpenSocial, tells you how to get movies to go, and finds out how student's are changing Wiki.
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Student Makes iPod Commerical, Twitter Assists Fire Victims, Texting with Zombies
This week's CourseCast looks at consumer-created product advertising, how online social networks can be used in emergencies, and the latest in "performance" art that incorporates the audience.
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Global Library, Comcast's Tiered Network, College Storage Crisis
This week's CourseCast looks at how the world's library are going digital, finds out how Comcast is blocking Internet traffic, reviews the college storage crisis, and looks at unifying communications..
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Citizen Journalism, iPods in the Classroom, Saving Whales on the Internet
This week's CourseCast explores the future of citizen journalism, finds out what iPods are doing in the classroom, and looks at how the Internet is helping to save the whales.
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Cyborg Memory, Free Music, RIAA Wins, Dr. Microsoft, One Laptop Per Child
This week's CourseCast segment looks at how we're headed for cyborg memory, follows up on the future of free music, explore Microsoft's new health plan, and tells you how to buy a computer for only $400.
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AmazonMP3, Free with Ads, AI Cameras in Chicago
This week's CourseCast segment explores what Amazon is doing to keep up with iTunes, looks at how more may become free with on-demand media advertising, and looks at AI cameras in Chicago.
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WiMax in 2008, Don't Tase Me Bro, New Online Music Services
This week's CourseCast segment tells you what to expect from WiMax in 2008, explores the power of communication from "Don't Tase Me, Bro" to Jena, Louisiana, and looks at the future of online music services.
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International Cyber-Battles, Botnet Armies Attack, and Ads on Your Cell Phone
This week's CourseCast segment discusses international government security and the internet, looks at the latest spam distribution engine, and questions the next generation of mobile advertisments.
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People Searching, Brain Game Control, and Cloud Computing
This week's CourseCast segment explores your identity through Spock bots, delves into brain game control, and looks at the future of cloud computing.
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Virtual Big Brother, Printing Body Parts, and Windows Genuine Disadvantage
This week's CourseCast segment looks at the virtual big brother policing China's Web, explores how inkjet printers are revolutionizing transplants, and tells you why your copy of Vista may have seen a genuine disadvantage this weekend.
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Cabbies vs. GPS, Speaking of Privacy..., A DRM-Free World
This week's CourseCast segment brings up issues of privacy and digital technology, the pros and cons of DRM-free music, and what's new on the technological gadget front.
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Wiki College Classes, Dangerous Flash Drives, and Power-Hungry Data Centers
This week's CourseCast segment looks at Wiki-driven college courses, flash drive dangers, and the future of energy at power-hungry data centers.
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Pearl Jam, State of the Net, and Game Ads
This week's CourseCast segment explores the fight against telecom net nannies, why the net isn't all that strong, and how advertising is revolutionizing video games.
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YouTube Debates, Facebook Offenders, and the Last Available Wireless Beachfront Property
This week's CourseCast segment weighs the party line for YouTube debates, reviews Connecticut's claims against Facebook, and prices out wireless beachfront property.
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Faster Cell Service, Deep Packet Inspection, and Phishing for College Students
This week's CourseCast segment announces faster cell service, explores deep packet inspection, and warns you about phishing on campus.
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iPhone, Contactless Payments, Online Storage, Net Neutrality, and more!
This week's CourseCast segment looks at the much anticipated iPhone, explores the elements of contactless payment and online storage systems, takes you behind the fight for net neutrality, and more!
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Cameras Everywhere, People Power Search, Tabletop Computing, and more!
This week's CourseCast segment hits the streets with Google Maps new views, looks at the power of people as search engines, and checks out surface computing.
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Music Shares, Text Messaging, Cell Phone Purchases, and Online Communities
This week's CourseCast segment takes you from Congress and the RIAA to text messaging in Ireland, cell phone credit cards to exploring online communities.
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DRM-free music, Cellular Bar Code Technology, and Free MIT Courses
This week's CourseCast segment takes you from iTunes to Yahoo, free MIT to the job market, cell phones to bar codes, and more!
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Zetta Data, Hybrid Drives, and New Ways to Access Information
This weeks CourseCast segment looks at data in 2010, the future of computing education, hybrid hard drives, and more!
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Windows Vista and Office 2007, Web 2.0, Tera, and DRM
This weeks coursecasts covers: Windows Vista, Microsoft Office 2007, Web 2.0, Dual-Core Processors, Digital Rights Management.
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Hardware, Wireless and Privacy, and High Tech Colleges
This weeks coursecasts covers: advances in flash memory, the use of RFID chips, a virus warning and the top 10 most connected colleges.
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