Last episode of the season!!!11 (self-proclaimed) duke and duchess of snapchat Konrad and Erica sit down with us to talk about their new obsession (begins at 13:04). Akshay, Tesh and Tara discuss the upcoming Xbox, the difference between computers and game consoles, and whether or not Glass will take off.

- Everything we think we know about the upcoming xbox
- Divinity: Original Sin (already funded already done sorry)
- No Feed for Chrome
- The Leap Motion controller

(apologies for lack of intro, blame it on the shortened reading week)

It’s tax week and money’s in the air, so we asked ourselves: what are bitcoins exactly? We delved deep into the details of this new currency, looking into its origins, security issues, stability over time and how it will exist alongside other currencies. Listen below! More links after the jump. 

• Kickstarter: Coral-bots, robots that repair coral reefs
• Check out Shodan, the “Google for hackers”
• Will Twitter Music be, as Akshay predicts, a #painintheass?
• Breeze through your final papers / put off actually starting them by downloading  Mendeley (free) or Papers (on sale right now!)
• &, &, talk to your senator about CISPA, the cybersecurity bill that the House passed today and that could seriously threaten privacy.

+ in our new segment, FRINGES, we discuss a solar powered airplane that apparently looks like a flatbread, but flies a great deal further.  

LINKS:

- Benevolent Google’s patent vow
- Smart Peruvian water-producing billboard
- Made in the USA: Google Glass
- Anti-Spamhaus slowdown?
- Kickstarter of the Week: MiiPC (Power to the Parents!)
- AND PROTIP, if you don’t have YalePrint, get it now now
- And here is the plane in question, make your own judgements on its appearance and usefulness and tweet us your opinions @fsckwybc

With guest host Konrad Coutinho. Podcast below, click through for hyperlinks and for last week’s episode ———————————–>

Kickstarter: Bartendro, the robot bartender.
rc.local: Next Issue Media (netflix for magazines), Nine Eyes,
Protip: check out Google Sets to see how Google thinks we think.

AND LAST WEEK’S EPISODE: are computers going to take over the world?? (aka user interfaces of the future)

Tweet us @fsckwybc and see you after the break

Will the world be better with more computers everywhere? Yes, probably, but where should these computers be, what will they look like, and how will we interact with them? The three of us figure out what we want from user interfaces of the future and discuss trends and new developments including SpaceTop, a new interface that strives to unite the digital and physics. We also talked about….

- new developments at Mobile World Congress 2013: Ubuntu touch, sapphire screens and smart walking sticks
- Bitcoin reaching an all time high
- Interconnected mice brains, what
And our Kickstarter of the week, MYCESTRO, oh my.

This week we sat down with Thomas Rokholt and Evan Frondorf to discuss the origins of the Harlem Shake and what happens when a piece of culture is appropriated, interpreted differently and spread throughout the world via the Internet. Is this necessarily a bad thing? If so, who is to blame?

Also in this episode: the new PS4, omfg Hey Glass, Intimacy (the hottest dress ever), and the 3Doodler. Protip: get Google Calendar to ask how you’re doing throughout the day —  just don’t try to reply.

• Steam is now on Linux for real, and they’re celebrating by selling lots of games for cheap
• Tesla vs the New York Times! Original scathing review here
• More flaws in iOS 6
• Vertu Ti, most expensive phone ever, doesn’t even have 4G (buy this for your loved ones?)
• Apparently there is a team of ~100 people working on an Apple iWatch — srsly ??
• Someone pirated the pirate bay and now the pirate bay is OUTRAGED
• Kickstarter of the Week: the VuPack Pole, for awesome 3rd person POV videos

Protip: 50GB of Box space FOR LIFE FOR FREE FOR EVERYONE

Our Kickstarter of the week was HarvestGeek, and our protip is that you can use Gmail Meter to get advanced statistics and find out how good you are at email.

Also in the episode:

• Kickstarter of the Week: The Good Night Lamp and The Treehouse at Yale
• Protip for you Yale nubs: Sign up for Box at Yale! 50GB free cloud storage for life. YES, LIFE. We’re excited too.
• Akshay talks about BlackBerry.

- Amazon in Ubuntu?

- INTERNET ADVERTISING: Does it work? Why are web ads still so annoying? Why can’t we just “share” instead of “advertise”?

- Protip: Create a Wikipedia account and go to the settings if you want to hide that huge donation banner.

- Tweets from @Bill_Nye__Tho at 40:35

And that’s it! We’re done for the semester, but we’ll be back. Follow our Twitter for updates and check out our archives (almost all 50 are up)!

- The TI-84 in COLOUR
- Fighting against ceasing and desisting Middle Earth (or the Middle Earth Roleplaying Project) (petition here)
- ORCA, Project Narwhal, Project Dreamcatcher and how Messrs Obama and Romney used tons of information and technology in their campaigning
And, as always, a quote from an INSPIRATIONAL STEVE. This week’s is Wozniak.

Don’t miss the dollar deal on our Kickstarter of the week, the Backbone mobile stand ($1, including shipping, limited stock!).
We talk about that, the iPad mini + nook HD, and how to start torrenting.

Also, protip: before you vote, learn if your senator is tech-friendly over at CrunchGov.

AND WE’RE BACK! We’re talking bout the Like A Hug Vest, being poked by robots, and then we get all philosophical and layer blanket statement on blanket statement in our discussion of FOXCONN and Asian factories that literally make everything. What do they make? How? Forced internships? What is an internship, even?? All this, life-saving protips, and more — tune in below.

Last last week’s episode in which we debate whether or not we need to be in a physical classroom anymore, with special guest Arvind Mohan and another appearance from ghost host DJ Main Engines.

Kickstarter of the week: Nerf Gun Accessory Holder

Is the physical classroom necessary anymore? Tune in today at 5:30pm as we figure out the role of online education. PLUS! Tech news, protips and more right here on file system check.

Listen here, tell your friends and tune in this Sunday at 5:30 pm for MORE

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THIS WEEK at 5:30pm EST on Sunday (TODAY!) MacBoy69 has some interesting ideas about the future of the PC.

ALL HAIL THE 125.3 +/- 0.6 GeV/c^2 HIGGS BOSON

Tragedy of tragedies: fsck is done for the season — but check out our old episodes here.

• iPad controlled prison robots
• Kickstarter of the Week: TapCaps
• Speaker Technology Today: Plasma Speakers (make your own here), bone vibrations and noise pockets!
• Are your speakers set up right? Find out here.

• The Terrafugia Transition, the world’s first licensed flying car
• Kickstarter of the week: Hermes Spacecraft
• Aircraft technology today: the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, the Airbus A350, Virgin Galactic (book your ticket here!)… and what happened to the Concorde?

• Ecobots - trash robots… in space?
• Facebook’s IPO
• Kickstarter of the week: soundlazer
• Google Project Glass: a phone on your face??

MORE PODCASTS SOON, KEEP CHECKING
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• SKYPE DECRYPTION
• PLAYSTATION4 IS GONNA BE LOCKED
• KICKSTARTER OF THE WEEK: PRIVLY, SOCIAL NETWORK SECURITY EXTENSIONS

LISTEN IN AT 5:30 TODAY AND ALL THURSDAYS FOR MORE FILE SYSTEM CHECK

THIS WEEK WE TALK ABOUT WASTELAND 2 AND ITS:

• NEW PHOTOSHOP (RESULTS)
• BOOT 2 GECKO
• MAGNETIC RINGING TATTOOS FROM NOKIA
• KICKSTARTER OF THE WEEK: WASTELAND 2

CHECK BACK EVERY WEEK THURSDAYS AT 5:30 P.M. FOR MORE FSCK

Today on fsck we’re interviewing internet pioneer Barry Shein. Back in ’89, he was the first person to make the net available to the public. How?? Tune in at 5:30pm EST to find out.

WE INTERVIEW ROBIN FELDMAN, PROFESSOR OF LAW AND PATENT SPECIALIST TO TALK ABOUT WHAT’S UP WITH PATENTS

AND AS ALWAYS WE BOOTSTRAP THE USERSPACE WITH RC.LOCAL:

• OS X Mountain Lion COMING SOON TO A MAC IN FRONT OF YOU
• PONYTAILS GET PHYSICS
• RAMOS THE DEFUSABLE AND ANNOYING ALARM CLOCK

HIT US UP EVERY WEEK THURSDAYS/5:30 PM

FSCK, TALKING ABOUT TECHNOLOGY IN CARS, OR AT LEAST TRYING TO WHILE AKSHAY KEEPS SIDETRACKING US ABOUT FUEL EFFICIENCY AND OTHER RANDOM TANGENTS

WE ALSO COVERED

• SMART/POSSIBLY SELF-AWARE CARS BY GOOGLE
• SATELLITE PHONES GETTING HACKED
• NEW WAYS OF GETTING FREE SPACE ON DROPBOX
• AMAZON GETTING A REAL LIFE STORE (BAD PHOTOSHOP BRO)
• OTHER STUFF

STAY TUNED THIS COMING THURSDAY AT 5:30 PM FOR OUR INTERVIEW WITH ROBIN FELDMAN, PROFESSOR OF LAW AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SPECIALIST, AS WE TALK ABOUT PATENTS

• GRAPHENE, MEGA MATERIAL CAN DISTILL VODKA, PURIFY WATER
• FIREFOX 10 RELEASED, GET A FRESH COPY
• NABES, A THEATER ON YOUR FACE
• JONATHAN COULTON, INTERNET ROCKSTAR/FACEMELTER TALKS ABOUT HOW COOL HE IS

CHECK BACK NEXT WEEK, THURSDAYS AT 5:30

ALSO, RASPBERRY PI IS A CHEAP COMPUTER, NOKIA LOSES A TON OF MONEY, AND MEGAUPLOAD GETS MEGAPWNED

UPDATE FOR JUSTICE: I DID IN FACT CALL MY CONGRESSMAN

THIS WEEK: SPORTS TECHNOLOGY, THE KINDLE FIRE, iPOD NANO REPLACEMENTS, AND SIRI HACKING.

CHECK OUT OUR KICKSTARTER OF THE WEEK: UNICODE ART EDITOR.

WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THIS WEEK?

• MW3 GETS JACKED FROM A FRENCH TRUCK
• GOOGLE’S GMAIL APP
• MICROSOFT’S FUTURE AS A COMPANY
• KICKSTARTER PROJECT: CLOUDFTP

CHECK US OUT 5:30 PM EASTERN STANDARD TIME HERE ON WYBC’S X

↯ THIS WEEK WE’RE TALKING ABOUT INTERFACES OF THE FUTURE

WATCH THIS VIDEO ON THE FUTURE THAT MICROSOFT ENVISIONS

WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR COMPUTING? MORE TABLETS? MORE TOUCHSCREENS? OR SOMETHING BETTER?

Dark Sky app (featured on the show)

THIS WEEK WE’RE TALKING ABOUT ALTERNATIVES TO THE CLOUD AND YOUR PRIVACY GETTING INVADED
HOW CAN WE ESCAPE THE CLUTCHES OF COMPANIES LIKE GOOGLE? WHY BOTHER WHEN THERE TECHNOLOGY IS SO FREAKING GOOD? LET’S FACE IT, YOU GOT NOTHIN’ ON GOOGLE GOGGLES

I’M SHERWIN AND I’M AKSHAY
THIS WEEK COMING AT YOU AT 5:30 PM AS ALWAYS

LISTEN UP: CLICK HERE
IPHONE OR M3U STREAMING: TAP HERE
ANDROID: TAP HERE

WYBCX COMING AT YOU WITH A BIG PILE OF TECHNOLOGY TALK SHOW
WE SPARE NO ONE OUR FURIOUS TALKIN’

I’M SHERWIN, AND I’M AKSHAY

this episode:
- iOS 5, breaking Rocky’s phone, and what’s new in the mobile world
- Steve Ballmer on the Android
- UEFI secure boot more like locked boot
- locking firmwares, should we do it?

The May podcast series still includes your favorite segments—RC.LOCAL, Protips for Nubs, and the Perlisism of the Day.

Download the podcast or click here to stream it directly.

The May podcast series still includes your favorite segments—RC.LOCAL, Protips for Nubs, and the Perlisism of the Day.

Download the podcast or click here to stream it directly.

The May podcast series still includes your favorite segments—RC.LOCAL, Protips for Nubs, and the Perlisism of the Day.

Download the podcast or click here to stream it directly.

The May podcast series still includes your favorite segments—RC.LOCAL, Protips for Nubs, and the Perlisism of the Day.

Download the podcast or click here to stream it directly.

The May podcast series still includes your favorite segments RC.LOCAL, Protips for Nubs, and the Perlisism of the Day.

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The May podcast series still includes your favorite segments RC.LOCAL, Protips for Nubs, and the Perlisism of the Day.

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RC.LOCAL:

• Upcoming guests announcement
• Nokia cuts 9000 jobs due to its outsourcing of Symbian OS, which is expected to die out in favor of movement towards WP7
• John Dragoon, Marketing Chief/Chef leaves Novell as the merger with Attachmate was finalized yesterday. Sad to see Novell go, they made some cool stuff back in the day (90s).
• fsck special report: bug found in iOS relating to notification scheduling that will brick your phone. According to author, your device will be “fscked.”
• Mozilla to speed up 2D rendering on Firefox to make it even faster, whether it beats Chrome yet is to be seen
• Amazon’s ElasticCloudComputing had an outage on Saturday, 1:15 a.m. PT. Reddit, Twilio, SmugMug, Netflix, SimpleGeo, and many other services relying on the system were affected. What’s that about cloud computing?

Lifestreams

pkill -9: Bedrock Computer Technologies v. Google judgment (being appealed)
Protips: BeagleBoard XM, rubberbanding.com, get a job
Perlisism: (31) Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.

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Be sure to check back for our download-only podcast series!

RC.LOCAL:

• Upcoming guests announcement
• Dinner panel for careers in IT & CS at Davenport, 5:30 p.m. Davenport Fellows Lounge
• Copyright school
• Museum of Digital Art & Entertainment
• Boxee
• George Hotz donates to EFF
• Intel changes graphics driver

pkill -9: Canadian Internet caps
Protips: Humble Frozenbyte Bundle; go outside; free Gold on XBL this weekend

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Quantum computing

pkill -9: Graf_chokolo served by Sony, gets his equipment taken away; Sony not done shutting people down for putting OtherOS back on PS3; USAF not pleased by removal of OtherOS
Protips: Lilliput USB monitors (Lunox compat.), Audiotool, Tweetbot
Perlisism: (69) In a five-year period we get one superb programming language. Only we can’t control when the five-year period will be.

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RC.LOCAL:

• an update for Color (app)
• voting extended for the Art of Video Games at the Smithsonian American Museum of Art
• EA Sports class action lawsuit if you’ve purchased EA-brand football games between 2005 and now
• Mobile apps don’t ccomply with Free Software Licenses (only ~30% on Android/iOS)
• Mozilla Seabird phone — projects keyboard, touch area, monitor (?) onto flat surfaces
• Browser version inflation: Firefox 4, 5, 6, 7 to be released this year
• Gnome 3.0 released

File formats (.wwf, .odf, text)

pkill -9: Stop patenting human genes
Protips: ?

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