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Host: Leo Laporte Reviews of the Papago GoSafe 520 dashcam, UFCIT Extendable Selfie Stick, a preview of the Samsung Galaxy Gear VR headset, and the HTC RE. Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/byb. We invite you to read, add to, and amend the wiki entry for this episode at wiki.twit.tv. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 47:27

Hosts: Jason Howell, Ron Richards and Bryan Burnett. This week, we'll be discussing Project Ara, Gear VR preview, Google Glass, Xiaomi's Mi Note, and more. Guest: Florence Ion Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/aaa. We invite you to check out the full show notes for today's episode here. We invite you to read, add to, and amend the wiki entry for this episode at wiki.twit.tv. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 1:35:49

Anchor: Megan Morrone The State of the Union goes high tech all the way, HealthCare.gov gives some data to outside companies, Facebook tries to eliminate hoax content from your newsfeed, Google invests $1 billion in SpaceX, Google signs the student privacy pledge, why Twitter bought ZipDial, how to stream the Super Bowl for free, and DARPA shows off their newest untethered Atlas robot. Guest: Harrison R. Weber Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/tn2. For detailed show notes, visit twit.tv/tn2/257. Bandwidth for Tech News 2Night is provided by Cachefly. Running time: 16:28

Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte Why the President was sure it was North Korea, a few Sci-Fi recommendations from Steve, and separating fact from fiction about Cryptographic Backdoors. Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/sn. We invite you to read, add to, and amend our show notes. You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page. For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. Bandwidth for Security Now is provided by Cachefly. Running time: 1:12:33

On today's show, we discuss how a 3D-printed model saved a girl's life, watch Super Mario play his own game with the help of AI, and check out some amazing zoetrope sculptures inspired and built with the Fibonacci sequence in mind.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Rene Ritchie, and Jason Snell Chipotle "very interested" in Apple Pay, Apple patent points to iCloud-based Touch ID syncing and fingerprint-protected Apple Pay terminals, Overcast's sales numbers, Monument Valley team reveals the cost and reward of making a hit iOS game, Intel CEO responds to rumors of ARM-based Macs, and more. Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/mbw. We invite you to read, add to, and amend our show notes. Bandwidth for MacBreak Weekly is provided by Cachefly. Running time: 02:00:18

The most commonly used passwords are painfully bad, but soon we'll all use fingerprints to log into apps. Meanwhile, learn what Microsoft has in store for its Windows 10 event.

Lead Anchor: Mike Elgan and Co-Anchor: Joe Panettieri President Obama will deliver his state of the Union address tonight. We're also expecting to hear a lot about the state of privacy, security and technology. Twitter has acquired India's most interesting marketing startup. Is Facebook good for the economy? Facebook thinks so! and more... Guests: Jason Abbruzzese and Sam Schechner Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/tnt. Submit and vote on story coverage at technewstoday.reddit.com. Check out the full show notes for today's episode. We invite you to read, add to, and amend the wiki entry for this episode at wiki.twit.tv. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 40:15

Andy Levitt… from Live Nation, loves ALL SPORTS… Let’s just say that I know nothing about all of these sports and I think I even wreck the Harlem Globetrotters joke I attempt. NOTE: We are at lunch, so we are eating. That’s what makes it an EXPEDITION in this case. His love of ALL SPORTS is awesome. Enjoy. This month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Financial Advisor, helper Magoo Darla Kashian! She reads HER OWN AD. She pronounces our last name different and she’s at www.darlakashian.com Heh. Enjoy that. We all know I have an hour comedy video out at www.allthingscomedy.com/jackiekashian right? Cuz I do. $5 download. It’s called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” because comedy is all about soul ;) … Own it today and forever. OR get a hard copy (or the CD) on the Merch page on my website. www.jackiekashian.com It’s January. DONATE to the dork forest. If you love the show and have $10/month to donate, and the memory to do it each month, do eet!! If you want to support the show in other ways, talk us up! Get a shirt or CD/DVD at www.jackiekashian.com or www.dorkforest.com Credits: Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos: Really good Web designs. http://hiredguncoding.com If you like a specific app – they are available with bonus content: iPhone or Android. Libsyn is also just PUBLISHING the bonus content, for free, with Andy and I talking about the show for a sec, on tdf.libsyn.com… no App needed. There you go.

Airing on Tuesday, January 20, 2015: First up on today's show, we'll talk to Christopher Soghoian, principal technologist at the American Civil Liberties Union, with a preview of the privacy policies in the State of the Union address. Plus, Tennessee's Oak Ridge National Laboratory may once again be home to the world's fastest supercomputer. Its current machine was the fastest when it went live in 2012. That title only lasted six months - then a computer in China took the top spot. But the U.S. recently put aside more $400 million to keep itself in the race.

Going Linux #267 · What to do when things go wrong on Linux-Introduction Listener Dave suggested this topic. We detail how to recover from a crashed or frozen system. The topics we outline are: How to restart the Cinnamon desktop environment, how to restart the display server, how to restart and how to shut down a partially crashed responsive computer, and how to restart and shut down a completely unresponsive computer. We also walk through recovering accidentally deleted files from your hard drive or removable drive. Episode 267 Time Stamps 00:00 Going Linux #267 · What to do when things go wrong on Linux-Introduction 00:17 Introduction 00:48 Just Larry 02:38 Examples from Linux Mint 03:33 How to restart Cinnamon 05:35 How to restart X 10:14 How to restart a responsive computer from the command line 12:38 How to shut down a responsive computer from the command line 13:46 How to restart an unresponsive computer 18:05 How to force shut down an unresponsive computer 20:26 How to recover accidentally deleted files 25:52 Using PhotoRec step-by-step 35:11 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe 36:30 End

 1885 – Sounding like anything but a roller coaster, the Gravity Pleasure Switchback Railway was the first American designed amusement coaster designed by LaMarcus Adna Thompson. Only 5 cents to ride, the Switchback was a simple coaster that took you about 600 feet to the next tower at six miles per hour. It had a height of 50 feet and a drop of 43 feet. It opened on June 16, 1884 and eventually was replaced. But on this day, the roller coaster saw one of its first patents from this ride. Learn more about Patents: Ingenious Inventions, How they work and How they...

On today's show, Bryan Bishop of "The Film Vault" fills in for a sick Khail. Our stories include a fleet of robots at a San Francisco hospital, Amazon Original Movies announced, an antique radio converted into a podcast player and a Kickstarter for an under-desk foot hammock.

Hosts: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, Curtis Franklin and Brian Chee. Marriot backs off their de-authoring of WiFi hotspots, Google wants to run with the Enterprise Big Boys, the post PC era, and more. Guests: Steve Gibson. Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/twiet. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 1:11:11

Anchor: Megan Morrone Elon Musk plans for internet satellites, the NSA hacked North Korea in 2010, Microsoft Outlook hacked in China, Uber CEO claims the company made 3.5 times more than taxis in San Francisco, France wants tech companies to cooperate on counterterrorism, the app that tracks if you like other people, and how some tech giants honored Dr. Martin Luther King Day. Guest: Megan Geuss Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/tn2. For detailed show notes, visit twit.tv/tn2/256. Bandwidth for Tech News 2Night is provided by Cachefly. Running time: 16:07