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Hosts: Denise Howell and Evan Brown. Google Glass and cars, cars and liability, liability and law machines, pending legislations, and more. Guests: Teri Karobonik and Larry Downes. Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/twil. We invite you to read, add to, and amend our show notes. TWiL on Friendfeed TWiL on Facebook Attorneys may submit a self-study form to their local CLE board seeking MCLE credit approval. Please check the rules and requirements for your specific jurisdiction before submitting any forms. Special thanks to Nigel Clutterbuck for the TWiL theme music. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Please take the TWiT Audience Survey. It only takes a few minutes and we'd love to know what you think. Running time: 1:35:16

Hosts: Amber MacArthur and Sarah Lane Amber & Sarah chat about Facebook's teen exodus, PiP is facial recogntion for lost pets, Pinstamatic opens up Pinterest to everything, FrontBack is creatively odd, Twitter's new timeline, & more! Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/tsh. Contribute to our show! Send us an email at thesocialhour@twit.tv or leave us a voicemail at 2626-SOCIAL (262-676-2425). We invite you to read, add to, and amend our show notes. Bandwidth for The Social Hour is provided by Cachefly. Please take the TWiT Audience Survey. It only takes a few minutes and we'd love to know what you think. Running time:: 59:18

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar. The patent wars gang up on Google, but Google's mystery barge secret is revealed and mystery malware travels by speaker, and more. Guest: Darren Kitchen 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. 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: 48:22

A special Halloween episode full of tech pranks, and all you need to know when choosing a SSD. 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 youíll 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. Padreís "Sweet Spot" is at 256GB Look for Format: MOST SSDs come in the 2.5" format ñ 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 theyíre 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" ñ 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 youíre 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 ìkitî version of whatever SSD you choose. (i.e. The Kingston KC300) ñ 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, itís 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. Your Favorite Tech Pranks We asked you on Twitter what your favorite tech pranks were. Patrick: @iyaz I once put Hanson's "Mmmbop" as a co-worker's startup sound. She never figured out how to remove it and would turn her speakers down. Scott: Putting your toothbrush in the toilet when you weren't in your room in Vegas last year. Tyler: Setting the desktop wallpaper to a screenshot of the desktop/home screen and hiding all the icons" Andrew: @iyaz Change the keyboard assignments. send a script that went to hamster dance in the library on its computers #twitkh Iyaz's Favorite Pranks iOS Keyboard Shortcuts Set up all kinds of shortcuts. In iOS, go to Settings > General > Keyboard > Add New Shortcut. Select a Shortcut (something like "BTW"). Then in the Phrase section, type in something nefarious like "Your kitten is not super cute!" Now, when your victim types in "BTW," it will autocorrect to "Your kitten is not super cute!" To delete the shortcut, you'll have to go back to the shortcut screen and swipe from right to left. The "delete" option will appear and that will let you delete your silly shortcut. infinite iOS message To troll your iMessage-using friends, download this animated gif from MiscellaneousMischief.com. Send it to anyone with an iDevice. Your friend will think that you are writing forever. They may even call you to find out what're you doing, so be warned. The Wallpaper Trick Simply take a screenshot of your friends' desktop complete with icons. In Windows, just hit the "Print Screen" button on your keyboard. That will take a screenshot. Then open MS Paint. Paste in your screenshot with Control + V. Save the image. Then right click the screen and select personalize to change the wallpaper to the annoying one. Right click the screen , click View, and deselect "Show Icons." Now, the icons on the screen are just the icons from your image and aren't clickable. You're a real stinker. Dvorak Means Insanity To drive your friends crazy, change how their keyboards work. In Windows 8, go to Control Panel > Language > Options > Add Input Method. Choose United States Dvorak for left or right hand. Then save the input method. While you're in the Control Panel, remove the original US Keyboard. This will cause madness since every key press won't correspond to the printed US keyboard layout. If you want to be able to fix this, make sure you know what a Dvorak keyboard looks like. Here's Microsoft's Dvorak Keyboard Layout reference. 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 & Sarah show off the latest scary apps in honor of Halloween, Apple earnings wow 'em, iPad Airs are screaming fast, why upgrading isn't always best, a LastPass Duh Tip, & 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. It only takes a few minutes and we'd love to know what you think. Running time:: 1:05:41

Hosts: Mary Jo Foley, Paul Thurrott, and Leo Laporte Mary and Paul review the Surface 2, a first look at the Dell Venue Pro 8, Xbox One 720p controversy, 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. It only takes a few minutes and we'd love to know what you think. Running time: 2:05:53

Host: Chad "OMGchad" Johnson I've got a way for you to instantly set up a server for you and your friends to enjoy! Seriously...instant! It's like magic. For show notes, including links to everything covered, visit http://OMGcraft.com/105/ 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. It only takes a few minutes and we'd love to know what you think.

Hosts: Bob Heil (K9EID),George Thomas (W5JDX), Gordon West (WB6NOA), and Don Wilbanks (AE5DW). Bob's been busy with the Wrecking Crew, how to make a cheap intercom, in depth with multi-band antennas, 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. It only takes a few minutes and we'd love to know what you think.

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell NSA outrages Google with fiber tap, smartphones allowed during takeoff and landing, Sprint promises 1Gbps wireless, and more. Guest: Tom Krazit 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. 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: 47:03

Host: Leo Laporte Tom Standage is a digital editor at The Economist and author of the new book "Writing On The Wall: Social Media, The First 2,000 Years". Guest: Tom Standage 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: 1:10:31

Hosts:Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Gina Trapani. Google channels Pixar, Nexus 5 could arrive in November, massive barge in SF bay is likely a secret Google facility, and more. Guest:Mathew Ingram 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:1:31:28

Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte Firefox 25, LinkedIn Intro, CryptoLocker, SQRL, your questions, and more. 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: 1:53:48

Hosts: Brian Brushwood and Justin Robert Young "Night Attack Live" is out, Andrew Mayne has a TV show on A&E, legit talk about success and things, and more. Guest: Andrew Mayne 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. Running time: 1:37:23

Hosts: Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell iPad Air reviews are in, Twitter's getting a lot more visual, what happens when you drive with Google Glass, and more. Guest: Jeff Cannata 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: 47:41

Hosts: Randal Schwartz and Gareth Greenaway. The oSSum13 program includes keynotes, talks, workshops and a lot of fun. oSSum13 takes place November 15-17, 2013 following SUSEcon , our main sponsors' yearly conference. Registrations finalized before November 1st include free admission to Technology Showcase and Keynotes of SUSECon on Friday November 15.. Guests: Robert Schweikert and Jos Poortvliet. 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.