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Hosts: Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar, and Alex Gumpel. The Xbox One's feature set is a cord cutter's dream, Facebook wants its own rating system, Stephen Elop is gonna chop Microsoft to pieces and more! Guests: Darren Kitchen and Len Peralta 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. Please take the TWiT Audience Survey at http://twit.tv/showsurvey. It only takes a few minutes and we'd love to know what you think. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 51:44

In today's episode, Iyaz shows you how to create a data-only phone, Padre explains mobile VPN solutions and more! Data-only phone Iyaz hates using cell phones (in particular, the high cost of cell phone plans). For years, he used a combination of a hotspot and an iPod touch with Google Voice. With the Apple iPad, a super-cheap data plan popped up. Verizon only charged $20 for 1GB of data on its LTE network. So, Iyaz had the bright idea of popping an iPad SIM into a regular Verizon LTE phone. This will likely violate Verizon's Terms of Service, so use this tutorial at your own risk. SIM SIM Revolution The theoretical execution for Iyaz is an iPhone 5S with a Verizon iPad SIM. If you're using an iPad 4 or lower, it uses a Micro SIM while iPhone 5S uses nano SIM. Surprisingly, you can cut your larger SIM into a smaller one. Iyaz took his Micro SIM from his iPad 4 and used a SIM cutter tool from Noosy. That SIM was placed into an iPhone 5S. If you cut your SIM, how do you put it back in your iPad? Iyaz picked up a SIM adapter kit for a couple of bucks. If you don't want to cut your SIM, you can always buy a second SIM from somewhere like Amazon. Activate that SIM on an iPad, then chop that card up! If you try to activate a nano SIM in an iPad 4 with the hopes of using that in your iPhone, you'll run into an issue. Activation of a nano SIM in an iPad that uses a Micro SIM will lead to an activation error that tells you to contact Verizon. When you contact Verizon, they'll tell you that the nano SIM you're using is incompatible with your device. iPad Air and iPad mini use nano SIM cards, which streamlines this process. Did it work? Placing an already activated Verizon iPad SIM into another Verizon LTE phone worked great on a Windows Phone (HTC 8X), an Android phone (Samsung Galaxy SIII), and the iPhone 5S. The device could receive data on the phone using Verizon's network. Phone calls won't work using the regular phone apps on the devices. You'll have to do a workaround for voice calling like Google Hangouts or Skype. Google Voice is a great tool to receive texts. If you don't care about voice calling, data ought to be enough. Take pictures and upload them over the Verizon network! VPN on your Mobile Devices! Simple Solutions VPN Service – ProXPN Easy to install. Easy to Use. If you know how to download an App and enter a Username/Password, you can use a VPN service like ProXPN. On the downside: There’s a monthly service fee, it doesn’t help you get back into your own network. Dedicated Security Appliance Intermediate difficulty to install and configure. Easy to use. If you can download an app and enter username/password, you can use a dedicated Security Appliance. This solution can put you behind the firewall of your own network. (You can securely access all the network-attached devices of your network. On the downside: EXPENSIVE! – You’re still going through your own ISP, so... Building your own CHEAP VPN with DD-WRT! Step 1: Get DD-WRT! See Episode 3 of KH – Learn how to flash your router with DD-WRT You need a DD-WRT compatible router with a version of DD-WRT that has the VPN tab under services. If you don’t have the VPN tab, update your installation. You need some power! If your router is struggling under its standard load, this will most likely put it over the tipping point. PLEASE don’t do this to your production router. You don’t want your connection to the Internet to die when you’re doing this project, as you may need to access the Internet to troubleshoot the installation. Step 2: Document your Installation Too often our installations go bad because we don’t take the time to document your settings. DON'T BE THAT GUY! You need your Username/Password You need to know the EXTERNAL IP of your Router (192.168.1.201 in our example) You need to know the INTERNAL IP of your Router (192.168.200.1 in our example) You need to know the INTERNAL DHCP range of your Router Step 3: Enable the VPN Server Please Note! – The DD-WRT VPN Server has been deprecated because of a security flaw, but that flaw takes quite a bit of work to exploit. It’s still a good STARTER VPN server, though eventually you’ll want to move to OpenVPN. Login Go to the "Services" tab Go to the "VPN" subtab There are two boxes, "PPTP Server" and "PPTP Client" – You want to enable "PPTP Server" In the "Server IP" box, you want to type the EXERNAL IP of your router In the "Client IP(s)" box you want to enter a range of IPs that connecting computer will use. For example, 192.168.200.200-210 – You need use the INTERNAL range of the router. The CHAP-Secrets section is where you put Usernames and Passwords The Format is ("Username" * "password" *) Put each entry on a new line. Step 4: Enable the Client This will be SLIGHTLY different for each mobile client. I'm going to show off Android and iDevices Android (4.1 and above) Go into Configuration "More Networks" "VPN" "+" Add VPN Give it a Name Type in the Server Address Click "Save" Click the Connection Enter your Username Enter your Password Click "Connect" – When you see the key in the upper left, you're connected iOS Settings General VPN "Add VPN Configuration" Choose "PPTP" Give it a name Add the Server address Add your account Add your password Enable "Send All Traffic" Turn on VPN Upgrading to SSD! Step 1: Choose your SSD Look for Capacity and your Price Point Typically you'll see price price linearity between 64-256GB, then jumps between 512GB and 1TB. Up to 256GB you’ll typically see prices in the $0.50-$1.00 per Gigabyte range, depending on performance. After 256GB you can see prices in the $0.75-$2.00 per Gigabyte Range. This is more important for laptops than desktops since there is USUALLY only a single slot for HDD/SDD in a laptop. In a Desktop you could run multiple SSDs or SSD/HD combos. Padre’s "Sweet Spot" is at 256GB Look for Format: MOST SSDs come in the 2.5" format – though the thickness may vary. (Typically 7mm and 9.5mm) There are also SSDs in mSATA and PCIe formats, and their performance can be INCREDIBLE, but they’re not usually in the realm of the casual upgrade. Make sure to CHECK YOUR COMPUTER to see if it's thickness limited. Look for Speed You want SATA 3, which tops out at 6Gbps. Speed is important, but not the ONLY thing you should consider. You want a SSD with above 450MB/s sustained read/write. MAKE SURE TO CHECK THE WRITE SPEEDS! Look for Reliability 1 Million MTBF is the norm. You want something with wear-leveling. The reliability of a SSD isn't determined by the number of hours it can run, but by the number of times it can write to the flash cells in the memory. (The P/E or "Program/Erase" cycle) A 3-year warranty is the minimum. Look for Speed over Time This is the big one: All SSDs get slower as their flash cells start to "wear out" – You want a drive that properly "over provisions" their drive, setting aside 7% or more of their total capacity to replace bad and worn cells. Look for a drive that tells you its TBW or "Total Bytes Written" The Kingston KC300 can do 188TB TBW (Total Bytes Written) before it fails Even if you were to write 100GB a day, it would take you roughly 8 years to wear out the drive Step 2: Clone or Fresh Install? Both Iyaz and Padre suggest that you do a fresh installation to take full advantage of the speed increase of your new SSD If you plan on doing a fresh installation Finding your original disks or Make Backups from your in-OS Recovery Management software Backup data files (not program files) If your computer uses WiFi/Ethernet device drivers that are NOT automatically installed with the new OS, make sure to download them ahead of time and have them available on a device that a fresh OS can read. (i.e. USB Flash Drive) If you’re installing the SSD in a laptop/desktop without an optical drive, either get an external Optical Drive or burn the ISOs into a bootable format on an external hard drive/USB Flash Drive. DO IT! If you plan on cloning your installation Make sure you buy the “kit” version of whatever SSD you choose. (i.e. The Kingston KC300) – The Kit should include mounting gear, cables, a USB transfer device and software to clone your drive. If the total amount of data on the HDD is more than the total storage available on the SSD, you need to remove files from the HDD until you get below the total storage available on the SSD. Follow the Instructions on your Kit Step 3: How much Performance did we get? PCMark Vantage Standard Config: 4222 SSD Config: 6729 59% Increase in Performance Scores! Boot Time: Standard Config: 1:45 SSD Config: 1:04 Quick Tip If you want to reuse the HDD you just took out of your laptop/desktop, it’s a simple matter to put it into an enclosure and use it as an external hard drive. Enclosures with any interface can be had for $10-$200 depending on features The VMultra from Velocity Micro offers an USB 3.0 Optical Drive/USB Hub/Card Reader/SATA Enclosure from $99 and up. Connect with us! Don't forget to check out our large library of projects on this site. 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Hosts: Leo Laporte and Sarah Lane. Leo unboxes his iPad Air, Sarah's horrible iPad mess, Twitter's IPO, an iCloud Duh Tip for families, True Color for color theorists, & more! Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/ipt. You can contribute to iPad Today by leaving us a voicemail at 757-504-iPad (757-504-4723) or sending an email to iPadToday@TWiT.tv. We invite you to read, add to, and amend our show notes. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Please take the TWiT Audience Survey at http://twit.tv/showsurvey. It only takes a few minutes and we'd love to know what you think. Running time:: 1:22:28

Hosts: Bob Heil (K9EID),George Thomas (W5JDX), Gordon West (WB6NOA), and Don Wilbanks (AE5DW). Upcoming ARRL midwest convention, antenna and transmitter switches, Tokyo radio center, questions from the chat room, and more. Guests: Dale Puckett (K0HYD), Cheryl Lasek (K9BIK), Don Wilbanks (AE5DW). Download or subscribe to this show at http://twit.tv/hn. Submit your own video to Ham Nation! HamNationVideos@twit.tv We invite you to read, add to, and amend our show notes at wiki.twit.tv. Thanks to Joe Walsh who wrote and plays the Ham Nation theme. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Please take the TWiT Audience Survey at http://twit.tv/showsurvey. It only takes a few minutes and we'd love to know what you think.

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte Call of Duty: Ghosts is out, Microsoft CEO hunt continues, big updates for Office, and more. Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/ww. We invite you to read, add to, and amend our show notes. Check out Paul's blog at the SuperSite for Windows. Check out Mary Jo's blog at the AllAboutMicrosoft.com. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Derek K. Miller. Please take the TWiT Audience Survey at http://twit.tv/showsurvey. It only takes a few minutes and we'd love to know what you think. Running time: 1:49:55

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell. How much should Twitter be worth, is Square the next big tech IPO, Marvel originals coming to Netflix, and more. Guest: Paul Spain 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. Please take the TWiT Audience Survey at http://twit.tv/showsurvey. It only takes a few minutes and we'd love to know what you think. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 48:12

Host: Chad "OMGchad" Johnson This is a Minecraft game type made by SethBling that's based off of Super Smash Brothers on Nintendo. It's time to get your brawl on! For show notes, including links to everything covered, visit http://OMGcraft.com/107/ Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/OMGcraftShow Email us at mail@omgcraft.com Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show Please take the TWiT Audience Survey at http://twit.tv/showsurvey. It only takes a few minutes and we'd love to know what you think.

Host: Leo Laporte Robert Scoble and Shel Israel talk about their new book "Age of Context: Mobile, Sensors, Data and the Future of Privacy". Guests: Robert Scoble and Shel Israel. Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/tri. We invite you to read, add to, and amend our show notes. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 1:14:21

Hosts:Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Gina Trapani. The new Nexus 5 is out, Android 4.4 Kit-Kat, what's actually in the Google barge, paid HelpOuts, and more. Guest:Kevin Marks Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/twig. We invite you to read, add to, and amend our show notes. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time:1:52:03 Please take the TWiT Audience Survey at http://twit.tv/showsurvey. It only takes a few minutes and we'd love to know what you think.

Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte TrueCrypt Audit, Google versus the NSA, LastPass update, and much more news. 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. Please take the TWiT Audience Survey at http://twit.tv/showsurvey. It only takes a few minutes and we'd love to know what you think. Running time: 1:53:18

Hosts: Brian Brushwood and Justin Robert Young Brian and Justin remember the Diamond Club book trailer, catch up on some viewer email, Justin announces his upcoming book, and more. We invite you to read, add to, and amend our show notes. Find out more at NSFWshow.com Bandwidth for NSFW is provided by Cachefly. Please take the TWiT Audience Survey at http://twit.tv/showsurvey. It only takes a few minutes and we'd love to know what you think. Running time: 1:37:23

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell. Who will be the next Microsoft CEO? Samsung's crazy predictions, a personal Google map for every person, and more. Guest: Jonathan Strickland 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. Please take the TWiT Audience Survey at http://twit.tv/showsurvey. It only takes a few minutes and we'd love to know what you think. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 52:25

Hosts: Aaron Newcomb and Dan Lynch. gpodder.net is a libre web service that allows you to manage your podcast subscriptions and discover new content. If you use multiple devices, you can synchronize subscriptions and your listening progress. It works best with the gPodder application, but you can also use it with Amarok, other supported clients or as standalone web application without any client app. Guest: Thomas Perl. Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/floss. We invite you to read, add to, and amend our show notes. Here's what's coming up for FLOSS in the future. Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email Randal at merlyn@stonehenge.com. Thanks to Cachefly for providing the bandwidth for this podcast, and Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music. Please take the TWiT Audience Survey. It only takes a few minutes and we'd love to know what you think.

Hosts: Jason Howell, Ron Richards, Gina Trapani, and Chad Johnson KitKat inside and out, Nexus 5 in the flesh, a revolutionary video game, mustaches, and more. Guest: Cameron Summerson Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/aaa. Vote for your favorite app from this week's Arena at aaapoll.com/134. 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. Please take the TWiT Audience Survey at http://twit.tv/showsurvey. It only takes a few minutes and we'd love to know what you think. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 1:28:26

Host: Leo Laporte iPad Air, Sonos PLAY:1, Razer Blade Laptop, Nexus 5 and More! 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: 47:45 Please take the TWiT Audience Survey at http://twit.tv/showsurvey. It only takes a few minutes and we'd love to know what you think.