Free to be 3D

Free to be 3D
Number	2209
Broadcast Date	April 9 2014
Episode Length	31:22
Hosts	Tom Merritt
Guests	Jason Hiner

Jason Hiner is on the show today, we’ll chat a bit about Heartbleed, Windows XP and dig into whether 3D printing belongs in the home or the factory.

Guest

• Jason Hiner
• techrepublic.com

Headlines

• the Heartbleed vulnerability affects around 18% of SSL 1.01 servers that implemented TLS-Heartbeat

As we discussed yesterday, the Heartbleed vulnerability affects around 18% of SSL 1.01 servers that implemented TLS-Heartbeat. SysAdmins have been scrambling to patch their systems and issue new security certificates. The simple advice is to wait for confirmation of a fix from vulnerable websites before logging in. If you don’t want to wait, GRC’s Steve Gibson recommends using ssllabs.com to check if a site’s server has had their SSL version upgraded to 1.01g and the security certificate was reissued AFTER the update.

• Attack of the week: OpenSSL Heartbleed

Matthew Green has an excellent discussion at cryptographicengineering.com of the code error itself, if you’re interested in how the bug happened in the first place.

• 70% of the market in China still uses Windows XP, which received it’s last security patch yesterday

Reuters reports that 70% of the market in China still uses Windows XP, which received it’s last security patch yesterday. Microsoft has partnered with Lenovo and Tencent to provide continuing support. Tencent will provide permanent XP support free of charge with two 24-hour hotlines.

• E-filing of Canadian taxes shut down because of Heartbleed bug
• 6,000 websites still running on Windopws XP including 14 hosted by US governments

A Netcraft survey showing 6,000 websites still running on Windopws XP including 14 hosted by US governments. If that sounds bad, it’s nothing compared to the 500,000 or so websites hosted on Windows 2000 which stopped being supported in July 2010. There are even 50,000 sites running Windows NT4 which ended support December 31, 2004.

Submitted by tm204

• Amazon’s claim to have tripled its streams over the past year, making its instant video site the third largest behind Netflix and YouTube,

The Verge passed along Amazon’s claim to have tripled its streams over the past year, making its instant video site the third largest behind Netflix and YouTube, passing up Hulu, according to numbers from video-delivery firm Qwilt.

• Facebook now has more than 100 million active users in India, the second country in which the social network has reached that milestone

The Economic Times reports Facebook now has more than 100 million active users in India, the second country in which the social network has reached that milestone. The first was its home country of the US. 84 million of that 100 access the site from their mobile devices. Brazil, Indonesia and Mexico round out the top 5 countries for Facebook, in that order.

News From You

• Google would like all you XP users out there to have a new PC

Android Central story about Google taking $100 off Chromebooks when purchased through the Chromebooks for Business program. If you’re really attached to Windows apps, Google is offering $200 off Chromebooks for Business with VMWare’s DaaS virtualization suite, and 25% off Citrix XenApp Platinum Edition.

Submitted by MikePKennedy

• Comcast considering their own mobile phone service, using WiFi as the main delivery, with cellular data leased as a backup

Android Central story about Comcast considering their own mobile phone service, using WiFi as the main delivery, with cellular data leased as a backup. Sound familiar? Google was rumored to be meeting with Verizon about the same sort of plan. The Information reported the story originally with sources saying Comcast would like to create a nationwide network, though implementation is still far off.

Submitted by tekkyn00b

• Intel will shut its assembly and test operation in Costa Rica, eliminating 1,500 jobs

A Reuters report that Intel will shut its assembly and test operation in Costa Rica, eliminating 1,500 jobs. Intel spokesman Chuck Malloy said Intel will move assembly and testing from its site in Heredia, Costa Rica to existing sites in China, Malaysia and Vietnam, over the next 6 months. Intel’s R&D efforts will continue in Costa Rica, employing some 1,000 people. Intel announced in January it would reduce its worldwide workforce by 107,000 this year.

Submitted by habichuelacondulce

• Sesame Street launching its own streaming video service

Verge report about Sesame Street launching its own streaming video service. Sesame Go is browser-based but US-only and works on Mac, Windows and mobile devices. For $4 a month or $30 a year, you can watch hundreds of Sesame Street episodes as well as the animated series Pinky Dinky Doo.

Submitted by draconos

• Computer logic units built using slime molds

ScienceDaily report about a study published in Materials Today describing computer logic units built using slime molds. The work by Andrew Adamatzky of the University of West England, and Theresa Schubert of Bauhaus University, exploited the interconnected tubes of slime molds to process information. To make the tubes work the way they wanted to, they fed tubes oat flakes where they wanted to grow them and salted areas where they didn’t want tubes. Using dyes with magnetic nanoparticles and tiny fluorescent beads, allowed them to use the slime mold network as a biological “lab-on-a-chip” device. “The slime mold based gates are non-electronic, simple and inexpensive,” according tot he study.

Submitted by tm204

Discussion

• The missing link in 3D printing: User-friendly software
• The Micro: The First Truly Consumer 3D Printer

Pick of the Day

• dban.org SSL Labs

Messages of the Day

Shawn

• Fitbit Partnership With HTC Gives It A Leg Up In The Fitness Tracking Space

Links

• dailytechnewsshow.com/dtns-2209-free-to-be-3d
• patreon.com/acedtect
• subreddit

Preceded by: "The Bleedin’ Internet’s Broken"

Free to be 3D

Followed by: "News From You The Third"