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Hosts: Leo Laporte, John C. Dvorak, Devindra Hardawar, and Rob Reid Amazon announces a $199 Siri-like speaker called Echo, Microsoft Office goes free for iOS and Android, Google reveals Gmail 5.0, breach fatigue leaves users vulnerable, Google Wallet usage up after Apple Pay launch, Silk Road 2.0 seized by FBI, Taylor Swift wants no part of the 'experiment' that is music streaming, and more. Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/twit. For additional show notes, visit twit.tv/twit/483. Bandwidth for This Week in Tech is provided by Cachefly. Running time: 2:13:40

The Tech Guy for Sunday 9 November 2014 - Show 1134 Host: Leo Laporte. Guest: Chris Marquardt Details on the new Amazon Echo speaker that's always listening, how to choose an external battery to extend the life of an iPhone 6, syncing Google Drive with a NAS, and more. Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/ttg. For detailed show notes, visit techguylabs.com. Bandwidth for the Tech Guy podcast is provided by Cachefly.

The Tech Guy for Saturday 8 November 2014 - Show 1133 Host: Leo Laporte. Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet and Dick DeBartolo More details revealed on the Home Depot breach, finding a feature phone with a keyboard, booting into safe mode on Windows 8, and more of your calls. Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/ttg. For detailed show notes, visit techguylabs.com. Bandwidth for the Tech Guy podcast is provided by Cachefly.

Bridget Carey experience's all the glory that is "Too Many Cooks," a '90s sitcom one-off from Adult Swim. We'll also uncover new details about Amazon Echo and run through changes coming to Facebook.

Facebook adds new controls to clean up your News Feed, and Amazon's Echo voice assistant answers to other names besides "Alexa."

Hosts: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, Curtis Franklin and Brian Chee. Home Depot gets owned, why Google's barge was scuttled, Microsoft Band, Troll bounties, deep dive on WireLurker, and more. Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/twiet. For additional show notes, visit the wiki page for this episode. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 1:05:47

Host: Sarah Lane New ways to report harassment on Twitter, what did Mark Zuckerberg say in his first public AMA? The FBI takes down more Dark Web assets, AT&T will acquire Mexican wireless company for $2.5 billion, Microsoft will unveil non-Nokia Lumia smartphone, Asus will start selling ZenWatch in the U.S., and why does Uber want another $1 Billion in funding? Guest: Roberto Baldwin Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/tn2. For detailed show notes, visit twit.tv/tn2/211. Bandwidth for Tech News Tonight is provided by Cachefly. Running time: 19:51

Host: Mike Elgan and Christina Warren The Amazon Echo, Women Action and the Media, Zuckerberg live streamed a Q&A, Walmart developed a Chromecast competitor, Germany and Brazil want the United Nations to crack down on the harvesting of meta-data for mass surveillance, and more. Guests: Caitlin White , Garett Sloane, and Brad Linder. 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: 29:03

Amazon surprises everybody with a crazy talking home speaker, Apple puts down roots in the Seattle region, and two 12-year-old twins and their dad come up with an innovative solution to the question of what to do with dog poop. Plus, an App of the Week that promises to solve inbox overload, and a brand new GeekWire Trivia Challenge.

Stand aside, Siri. Amazon's Echo smart speaker, with its Alexa voice assistant, has plenty to say. Also, Microsoft makes Office free to use on mobile, and most messaging apps score poorly on security.

Dan Graziano is in the studio today to help Jeff figure out what Amazon Echo is. Been watching South Park lately? It's mostly been about tech. We'll take a look at last night's episode that tackles freemium mobile games.

Host: Scott Wilkinson Wilfried Van Baelen, CEO of Auro Technologies, goes in depth about Auro-3D Immersive Audio from how it works, to horizontal & vertical audio space, to the history of how it came to be including discoveries Wilfried made about human sound perception along the way. Guests: Wilfried Van Baelen Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/htg231. We invite you to create, add to, and amend our show notes. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 01:11:03

Host: Sarah Lane The FBI takes down Silk Road 2, TechCrunch's Anthony Ha talks about the Aereo layoffs, Apple blocks Chinese iPhone hacks, LivingSocial cuts 400 employees, how hackers got credit cards from Home Depot's computers, the Moto 360 in metal, Facebooks wants your help to fight Ebola, and how do you get Microsoft Office for free? Guest: Anthony Ha Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/tn2. For detailed show notes, visit twit.tv/tn2/210. Bandwidth for Tech News Tonight is provided by Cachefly. Running time: 13:56

Google[x] Reveals Nano Pill To Seek Out Cancerous Cells * For a while now, Google has been working on health-tech: -- They've created a smart contact lens for diabetics that can detect glucose levels -- They invested in an auto-stabilizing spoon that allows Parkinson's patients to feed themselves by cancelling out the hand tremors Now they're getting REALLY ambitious: * They want to create a pill filled with nanoparticles that will spread out through the body and latch on to abnormal cells. -- A device outside the body can then query the nanoparticles to find out what abnormalities they have found. * If the devices are programmed to seek out cancerous cells, then they can also be designed to flouresce, which means that cancerous growths with show up much earlier and more clearly. Ideally, they want to develop the tech to the point where people could swallow a pill once in a while and have a wearable device collect data from those nanoparticles over time. -- That means instead of a snapshot of your health, like you would get with a doctor's visit, you can see your health over time! Bootable OS X 10.10 Yosemite USB install drive Parts Needed: - 8GB or more USB - A Mac... Step 1. - Go to the App Store - Download Yosemite Step 2. - Plug in USB - Open Terminal - Paste sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Yosemite.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Yosemite.app —nointeraction Understanding Lithium-Polymer (LiPo) battery packs Live Section What does this all mean? 1. Using a bigger motor and prop can give you more speed and lift, but they require more current and will draing your batteries more quickly AND you need to make sure that you can SAFELY provide enough watts to drive them. 2. Bigger batteries will give you more capacity and more maximum safe current, but they'll weigh more, which will take away performance. 3. You can buy a pack that is optimized for voltage (6s 18.8v) which will allow your props to spin faster, but you'll sacrifice flight time at it's maximum speed. 4. You can buy a pack that is optimized for capacity (3s3p 11.1v 10amp) which will give you more flight time, but you'll sacrifice performance AND you'll lost more power to resistance 5. You COULD get a small motor-prop//large battery combo and get a slow quad with GREAT flight time. 6. You could get a large motor-prop//small batter combo and get a FAST quad with poor flight time. ** So.. YOU get to choose what you use, depending on what you need your quad to do! Johnathan Turner "So, about that quad copter repair episode. . . I got my Syma caught in a tree and after I was able to get it down one of the props isn't working. What should I do to diagnose it? The prop spins freely so I think it might be something with the motor. Matt Antes Just re-watched KH78 and I'm ready to build a new FreeNAS box. But I can't decide on buying something more pro-grade like a SuperMicro server case, with redundant PSU and SuperMicro motherboard versus saving a bunch of money and using a consumer grade case, standard PSU and ASUS motherboard. Planning for something with 8 drives to start and expandable to 16. Can someone convince me of one way or the other? Taylor Graham """Where did you find batteries for your syma quad +Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ? I remember you saying you ""upgraded the battery"". Are you using the Turnigy 750mAh nano-tech batteries? I'm one of the masses that bought the syma per your recommendation (bet their sales went up). I got the quad sans camera (x5) and removed the prop guards (6g), and the landing gear (3g). With my 500mAh battery, I'm getting 11-12 minutes. I have some 600s on the way as well, but batteries of this size are kinda hard to get.""" Cheap PoWeR for your Trainer Connect with us! Don't forget to check out our large library of projects at www.twit.tv/kh. - Google+ Community at gplus.to/twitkh - Tweet at us at @padresj, @Cranky_Hippo and @

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