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Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 37

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Welcome to Episode 37 of the Observed Tech PODCAST where we wrap up our CES 2012 coverage. In this show we try out a slightly different format to spend more time discussing fewer items from the tech news world and introduce our new opportunity to influence show content by using the hashtag #observedtech on Twitter. If you tweet us a question or comment and use that hashtag we will incorporate that info into the next episode of Observed Tech. We also mention the unofficial official news of moving to produce two episodes of the Observed Tech podcast each week. That move will allow us to do the things we are trying out in this episode of the show. This episode is mostly about CES 2012 and some of the hardware and services highlights that I found interesting. There is also news about my hosting issues for the site and the upcoming WindowsObserver Windows Phone 7 App being built by Neuralnet Systems. As usual we wrap up with a look at the past week on WindowsObserver.com so check out the notes below for links to all the sources. . . .

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Cover It Live Experiences Unauthorized Proprietary Data File Access

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“Cover It Live is used by thousands of journalists, bloggers, agencies and large media organizations to engage millions of Readers each month.”

That is the description of their services from their home page and now those thousands of people may have other information at risk.

In an email to users Friday evening . . .

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Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 36

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Welcome to Episode 36 of the Observed Tech PODCAST as we kick off the coverage of CES 2012. In this show we discuss the Tech Podcasts Network live coverage of this years Consumer Electronics Show and our partnership with them to simulcast the show from the site which you will find embedded on our main page. Amongst the subjects we cover in this show are Windows Phone and updates; Kinect for Windows robots; turning your Windows PC into a Windows Media Center machine; new photo sharing service from Warner Brothers; bouncing lottery checks in Illinois; meet your spouse while playing Word with Friends; Facebook Timeline scams; Ramnit worm swipes 45,000 Facebook passwords; NASA Shuttle program announced 40 years ago; independent devs get some increases for XBL Arcade titles; Microsoft and Nokia spending $200 million in US for marketing Windows Phone; Choplifter HD out this week; everything about passwords is wrong; refresh and reset your Windows 8 PC; storage in Windows 8; Chrome gets punished by Google; identity theft protection tips; Comet making and selling forged Windows CDs; 1 million Kindle Fires sold; Windows 7 will take over Windows XP usage in four months; Commodore 64 turns 30; partitioning your hard drives; Windows Phone Metro Design Series; Meet Ask Ziggy and the top 10 spam, malware and cyber security stories of 2011. As usual we wrap up with a look at the past week on WindowsObserver.com. . . .

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Microsoft Security Response Center Releases January 2012 Advance Notification

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This month’s advance notification bulletin has been released in preparation for next week’s Patch Tuesday and according to the MSRC it will include seven bulletins which will take care of eight issues in the following Microsoft software:

Windows XP SP3 Windows XP x64 with SP2 Windows Vista x86 and x64 with SP2 . . .

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TTT: Facebook Gift Card Scams

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Learn to recognize the signs of a bogus Facebook gift card scam.

Video Link: http://youtu.be/FXNwN-Zk2sI

Related Posts TTT: Delete All Cookies in Internet Explorer 9 Microsoft SmartScreen Helps Prevent Phishing Attempts Example of a Facebook Chat Scam Holiday Scams and Malware Steve Jobs Facebook Scams Already Popping Up . . .

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Out of Band Security Update for Vulnerability in ASP.NET Being Released Today

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Late last night the Microsoft Security Response Center sent out notification that they would be releasing an out of band update for the recently revealed vulnerability in ASP.NET that was discussed in Security Advisory 2659883.

The bulletin has a severity rating of Critical and addresses a publicly disclosed vulnerability in ASP.NET that . . .

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