Breakfast Bytes Archives

Please note that "Breakfast Bytes" programs will be available after they have aired on the dates listed below.

(may contain portions of previous programming)
2-6-10 Breakfast Bytes-Cell phones and 4th amendment; AD recycle bin in 2008 server; Year 2016 bug; The real skinny on Fac
1-30-10 BB Over Easy, with Christine and Dave: Apple Pad pros and cons; Delta color eReader; Bank sues cyber theft victim; 'Bytes' explained. .
1-23-10 Hyper-V vs. VMWare for students, testing, and business applications
1-16-10 BB Over Easy with Christine and Dave. The topic: The Big Las Vegas Electronics Show!
1-9-10 Cybercrooks stalking small businesses online – deep dive.  See this DOCUMENT.
1-2-10 Felicia and Eric (on this repeat show) talk about digital cameras and more.
12-26-09 No show because of the holiday.
12-19-09 "Over Easy" today with Christine and Dave. Topics include 3D Television, digital recording, and laserjet printers.
12-12-09 Felicia and Eric talk about digital cameras and all about "phishing" and the government.
12-5-09 Breakfast Bytes Over Easy: Joining Christine today is former Breakfast Bytes co-host Ray Koukari, who is the Dean of the Racine Campus of Gateway Technical College.
11-28-09 Felicia and Eric talk about Macs, teens and their computers, hot camera tips, and solid state hard-drives.
11-21-09 Breakfast Bytes Over Easy: Black Friday and what to expect during the holiday season when it comes to big-time sales on electronics.
11-14-09 Breakfast Bytes--Solid state drives not available in PATA or IDE 7200 RPM; Windows 7 versions and review; ATI video driver issues; VDesk vs VMWare View and Sun Global Desktop.
11-7-09 Breakfast Bytes Over Easy--HD radio; differences between client-based and web-based email.    
10-24-09 Breakfast Bytes "Over Easy:" Backing up: The What, Why, Where, When, and How: Best Practices on back-up methods.
10-17-09 JRSS feeds, and podcasts; internet freedom petition:  chooseliberty.org; WiFi (in)security and what you can do about it.
10-3-09 Hijacking System Restore, Windows 7 Upgrade Paths, Core i5/i7 releases, malware, and wireless carrier goodness.
9-26-09 A tale of two clients: backup methods and the value of not running as administrator
9-19-09 AT&T broadband definition, FTC forces Sears out of spyware business, Facebook and Netbook stuff and robot bears help nurses?
9-12-09 Apple iPod event news, Petabytes on a budget, protect yourself from identity theft, and more.
9-5-09 Review of legislation that would give president authority to turn off Internet
8-29-09 Bill would give president emergency control of internet, one minute wifi crack, iphone and social networking news, and Windows 7. Eric Doherty hosts along with Derrick Domes.
8-22-09 VMWare View does not support IE 8; Palm Pre reports you to Palm against your will; Skype is under threat of shutdown; HP software restores creases in photos; Seattle man uses LimeWire for identity theft.
8-15-09 Technology on vacation; An example of how NOT to implement technology; NEC SV8100 phone system for under $15,000 with 24 phones. 
7-18-09
7-4-09 Microsoft extends XP to 2011, Windows 7 will likely be more secure than Leopard; spammers are running out of steam.
6-27-09 News laptops, battery life on laptops, Google voice and the Associated Press issues strict Facebook and Twitter guidelines.
6-20-09
6-13-09 Top 5 stupid things people do with their phones and Smart Phones.  How to hack a Smart Phone.  How to protect your Smart Phone from being hacked.
6-6-09 How to hack your cell phone, and the security problems involving cell phones.  What you can do to prevent your phone from being hacked.   
5-30-09 VoIP solutions; Compelling reasons to disable TXT messaging on your cell phone. And the first in a series of conversations on how your cell phone can be used to spy on you and hack your friends.
5-23-09 Card skimmers yield over $2 million to thieves in NY; Web attack poisons Google results; Password reminders; Cyberbullying bill pitfalls; Pandora predicts first-ever profit; The end of blogging?; Legal file sharing app, Drop box (www.getdropbox.com) 
5-16-09 The importance of having independent audits; Example of PCI security done right; Cloud computing is security nightmare.
5-9-09 Eric talks about the importance of doing backups..backups...backps!  And, a discussion about the new WINDOWS 7. Bye bye Vista?
5-2-09 Both sides of net neutrality. Why consumption based internet billing is idiotic.
4-25-09 Texting gone stupid and PIN crackers. Felicia and Eric co-host today's program.
4-18-09 Conflicker worm can easily be defeated by using OpenDNS and Microsoft Update.  The electricity grid hacked by spies.
4-11-09  WinXP mainstream support ends soon, but, security patches will still be available. FlashPlayer favored for MLB.Com over Silverlight.  AntiVirus 2009 and why you need imaging software and daily data backups. Ghostnet-Chinese government hacking 53% of all countries.
4-4-09 Chinese spy who defects tells all; Proposed shift of cyber security to White House. 
3-28-09 psyb0t worm: First piece of malware to attach home networking equipment at the hardware level; Major IPPA changes that affect medical practitioners and anyone who does business with them.
3-21-09 We replay a program from several years ago in which Felicia attempts to steer small businesses and non-profits away from some of the pitfalls that typically pop up in setting up a presence on the internet. Felicia, as it turns out, routinely bails out novices who think they're done the right things but wind up being taken advantage of by unscrupulous vendors.
3-14-09 Interview with Jim Alves, Executive V-P of Product Marketing and Strategy for Kaseya. Jim talks about the nirvana of IT management with Kaseya as your tool.
3-7-09 MicrL0phtcrack is on its way back; Downadup worm may hammer a bunch of websites DDoS; Facebook to let users have input on website policies; Microsoft lawsuit over FAT patents could open up Pandora's box; Asus makes a Lamborghini laptop; pureSi debuts first 1 TB 2.5' solid state drive. .
2-28-09 Microsoft offers $250K reward for Conficker virus writer; Updates on the Heartland Payment Systems breach; Physical security is just as important, if not more, as cybersecurity; and the breach at Los Alamos National Labs.
2-21-09 Twitter Exposes 186 Email addresses, Vista to XP downgrade lawsuit, Internet Explorer 8 coming out in March, Behavior researchers go through 60 TB of MMORPG data, and Anonymous Caller???  No more...
2-14-09 Global ATM caper net $9 million in one day, WhosHere iPhone update-iPod touch owners beware; Porn industry bailout?; 1.5TB Seagate hard drives need firmware update; Heartland Payment Systems breach; Microsoft sues CEO of Ancora.
2-7-09 iPhone-WhosHere=sex predators; Digital TV convert coupon fraud; Scams against and perpetrated by children; Tiny charges on credit card leads to credit card fraud. 
1-31-09  HD DVD is dead; Top 500 worst passwords; whatsmypass.com; police in UK routinely hack personal computers without warrant; FISMA not real security measure.
1-24-09 A computer tech's view of Gary Becker and his hard drives; Netbooks and Windows 7; The downadup worm and 1.1 million infected PCs.
1-17-09 Felicia and Eric
1-10-09 Windows 7 beta first impressions, new Apple hardware and iTunes now DRMless, Netflix Streaming TV, Viacom/Time Warner near blackout, DTV coupons running out, and HP buying back old hardware.
1-3-09 Recent string of thefts in Racine; How to mitigate physical computer thefts with physical security; and Full identity theft Red Flag Rules.
12-20-08 IE Bug and what to do about it; Cybercrime is punishable by death in Pakistan; and ID theft red flag intro.
12-13-08 Fun with hard drive encryption technologies, new full disk encryption technologies, FBI agent gets jail for hacking FBI database, Russian mafia is largest cybercrime syndicate.
12-6-08 No Show Because of our Early Start Time for the Opera.
11-29-08 iPhone--Firmware update, avoiding speed traps, and how to set up Exchange email; Battle between Blockbuster and Netflix streaming video devices; Widescreen YouTube videos; Money-conscious shoppers eyeing cheaper gadgets.
11-22-08 Crashing the iPhone; Computer security expert gets 20 years in prison for child porn; Software able to exactly duplicate keys from a picture; DIY home security system review.
11-15-08 CNN hologram intro; update on barn sound system deployment; IT security datacenter installed on Bermuda; iPhone security problem with snapshots; Spam gets one response per 12.5 million emails. 
11-08-08 RAID5 goes bust in 2009, potentially using RAID6 in the future; WPA and WPA2; WiFi encryption cracked by Russians; DOC files 40-bit encryption useless; angry online divorcee 'kills' virtual ex-hubby.
11-1-08 Creative ways to put sound systems into your barn or garage, avoiding laptop keyboard disasters and migrations from Novell to Windows networks.  
10-25-08 Ray joins Felicia today for a look at some interesting topics.
10-18-08 Eric is today's host.
10-11-08 Felicia hosts today's show.
10-4-08 Electronic toll systems put you at financial risk 10 ways you might be breaking the law with your computer
9-27-08 Background of differences between proprietary and non-proprietary media players Comparison of iPod to MuVo  and the new Creative Zen X-Fi Pros and cons of various media players
9-20-08 Felicia's topics today are:  Corporate lawyers pressure Mythbusters to not expose RFID vulnerabilities; Comcast puts a cap on internet downloads--end of free internet?; Most government department data transfers are now encrypted.
9-13-08 Felicia tacles these issues today: Recap on Racine Wireless; Exchange server recovery software; Cardinal rules of server migration.
8-30-08 Felicia's topics this morning for your consideration: Rise of malware being hosted on legit websites and how you can avoid it; Techie stuff on video cards and gaming laptops; Racine County expands wireless (high speed internet).
8-23-08 The rise of legit malware sites and how to avoid being a victim, VOIP compression makes calls insecure and the XP vs Vista debate goes on.
8-16-08 The rise of legit malware sites and how to avoid being a victim, VOIP compression makes calls insecure and the XP vs Vista debate goes on.
8-9-08

Website design flaws make banking websites riskier and Medical identity theft

8-2-08 Airport travel scams and how to avoid them and Smartphone encryption software
7-26-08 All about the iPhone.
7-19-08 Cloud computing and software as a service; what is it and what risks exist? Lime Wire causes leak of confidential customer data. Disgruntled San Francisco city engineer locks out other admins from all network devices. 1.5 TB desktop drives
7-12-08 Join Felicia for Mygallons.com =Scam?; Data encryption & cold boot attacks; and 5 most common business scams.
7-5-08 Felicia's topics are: ARP cache poisoning and how to avoid it; Innocents being framed by RIAA; and understanding defense in depth and how it saves you money.
6-28-08 This week's host, Eric Doherty takes a look at the new Firefox version 3.0; how to cancel your cell phone service;and what's the story about some guy in Australia who's trying to sell his life on E-Bay. How's that for a line-up?
6-21-08 Here are the hot topics for Felicia's show this morning:  Ten steps to cell phone security; Making sense of Payment Card Industry data Security Standard Compliance for your small business; and what's the story about a guy who loses his job and is publicly smeared by a virus that puts kiddie porn on his laptop?
6-14-08 Felicia's topics today are: Trickiest credit card scams; How to take your home off of Google map streets view; 7 things you must do if you believe you are a victim of identity theft; Defense in depth preview.
6-7-08 Money laundering through online gaming; Vista user account control a security risk? How to tame Vista's user account control.
5-31-08 Full update on XP SP3 and why not to be an early adopter of technology; How long can we survive with WinXP SP2; Windows 2008 advanced firewall--egress filtering; FBI exposes counterfeit Cisco routers--why you should care.
5-24-08 More about Electronic Personal Health Records (EPHR); Bluetooth security risks to people and businesses; and surveillance cameras as a deterrent and as a irrefutable evidence collector.
5-17-08 A conversation with Jessica Broy, a graduate of Cisco Networking Academy at Gateway Technical College.     
5-10-08 Felicia's topics this morning are: WinXP SP3: Features and when to install; Understanding XP system restore versus imaging; The new E--Spionage threat.
5-3-08 Microsoft Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor, how to get back deleted Recycle Bin, Windows XP availability and downgrade options; and XP v Vista: Death match continued!     
4-26-08 Electronic gadgets that come loaded with viruses, pay-by-touch disappears, frightening aspects of biometric authentication, pet owners who run afoul of the law for refusing to implant their pets with computer chip ID's and the XP versus Vista debate.       
4-19-08 Beware of Craig's list in selling a home, VoIP insecurity, who's snoooping on you and 'payment by fingerprint' disappears.      
4-12-08 Felicia's hot topic for today's show is all about IP network-based surveillance cameras and why analog in not a good choice anymore. Felicia's special guest is Fredrik Nilsson, General Manager of Axis Communications North America.
4-5-08 Today's topic is: "10 Immutable Laws of Security."
3-22-08 Felicia's topic this week is: Online fraud
3-15-08 Felicia's topics this week are: Diskeeper and Undelete - An interview with Marcus Galindo. Also, GOOGLE begins testing on their health records system; extracting wireless "passphrases, and other password recovery utilities.
3-8-08 Common mistakes that can lead to identity theft. Should you defragment your flash drive? How to hack a 787?
2-23-08 Records retention policies, federal rules of civil procedure, electronically-stored information and how to keep yourself protected in this mire of liability risk.
2-9-08 Part One: Is your Internet service provider (ISP) charging you to download spam?  Part Two: Continuation of the February 9th show.
2-2-08 Are you a victim of someone else's website? Caught on the web --hazards of social networking websites. Hibernation and self-destructing hard drives.
1-26-08 The ten biggest headaches of 2007. Also, which antivirus product is best for me and why? And, what to do with that super-old computer.
1-19-08: XP v Vista, or should we go back to Mac? How much longer will XP be available? Also, Dell discounts, 2008 security predictions and how to set yourself up with a secure and stable computer that'll last a good 5 years.
1-12-08: How to maintain your hard drive performance, Vista Toolbox and a caution for anyone thinking about downgrading Vista to XP.
1-5-08: Tips and tricks for 2008, cool and free image editing, smart phones and GPS software.
12-29-07: What was great about 2007. Bad? Looking ahead to 2008.
12-22-07: The good, bad, and ugly of 2007.
12-8-07: Answers to listener questions, cleaning up temp files, back to basics with backups and imaging, off-site automatic storage and Ray's view of the cost of IT.
12-1-07: Black Friday madness, business plans for Vista adoption--Is Vista ready? & where's Linux in all of this? Also, licensing Windows and MAC.
11-17-07: Wii Internet free for all!; .net 1.1: Why you might need to load it. Also, what to purchase over the holiday season, USB thumb drives, USB HD, imaging software. And new notebooks on the market; Difference between incoming and outgoing email; PTR record domain name validation; Example MX record to IP instead of hostname.
11-10-07: Using Exchange to reduce SPAM, ActiveSync 4.5 update, Comodo Update now Vista ready & Web video congferencing tips and tricks.
11-3-07: Update for fall DST Windows Mobile, Black Friday, U-Verse, IT ethics and IT people becoming better communicators.
10-27-07: AT&T UVerse, non-profit webhosting, Exchange server incorrectly installed, Master File Table fragmented.
10-20-07: Why are colleges and universities buying the world's largest SUPER computers? Blue Gene Supercomputers--uses, solutions, costs and benefits to a community. Guest: IBM's Jim Saxton, Blue Gene Project Manager.
10-13-07: Getting around channel limitations on wireless networks. Guest Greg Funk of Beldin, Inc. discusses new wireless solutions to eliminate co-channel interference with Ray and special guest host Randy Reusser.
10-6-07: Linksys NAS NSS6000 technical support, Unisys and Homeland Security, FCC 700 Mhz auction and what's Multicore?
9-29-07: Gateway instructor Randy Reusser talks about the school's partnership with Belden, one of the largest U.S. manufacturers of hi-speed electronic cables and associated products. There's a huge need for telecommunications techs trained in the latest technology, and Gateway's partnership with Belden is helping to fill that gap
9-22-07: Technology in Germany with exchange students Steffen Breiding and Bernd Hesse. They're visiting the U.S. for the first time.
9-15-07: College students' guide to identity theft; the 8 most dangerous consumer technologies, an update on a story about gaining control of your domain and reasons for small businesses not to in-source Exchange Server.
9-8-07: DNS stuff, WiFi Max and back-ups for small business.
8-25-07: File clean-up cautions and back-to-school tips for high school and college students.
8-11-07: Broadcasting live from the U.S. Cellular Kenosha Days of Discovery. Guest: Pat Hoppe, Lead Electronics Instructor and District Chair for Engineering Technology. Pat talks about the department's new Engineering Technology Center at CATI in Sturtevant.
8-4-07: An interview with Melih Abdulhayoglu, CEO of Comodo. Free excellent security tools for your home PC.
7-28-07: How to catch an ID thief; More scams & PC troubleshooting.
7-21-07: Vista, I-Tunes' wireless problem, external hard drives, back-up and imaging.
7-14-07: Network surveillance camera technology; Gateway IT programs
7-7-07: Collaboration tools; United Airlines--lessons learned for all businesses; tips and tricks for Vista.
6-30-07: ITunes & IPod patch; overheating computers; dust issues; worn-out PDA's; kids' gaming addictions & special server considerations.
6-23-07: Privacy and security issues; Vista
6-16-07: Live at Harbor Market Place! See you there, and bring your questions!
6-9-07: Rob Richardson, Racine County government's top IT guy, has been spearheading the effort to spread wireless internet connectivity from one end of the county to the other. Rob is today's guest. Also, Windows updates and VMWare updates.
6-2-07: BITS (Background Intelligent Transfer Service): Disk Keeper helps your hard drive; IPOD-Vista problems and how to avoid getting sued by Microsoft!
5-26-07: Get control of your business receivables--Interview with Suzanne Gizella of Financial Control Solutions.
5-19-07: A MAC Expert - Dan Rodgers, MAC Administrator for Racine Unified will discuss how to lock down MAC's. Tools of the trade and tips, Dan is responsible for over 3,500 MAC computers at RUSD.
5-12-07: Microsoft patch problems; things parents should know about games and their kids gaming habits; problems with emails and how to resolve them.
5-5-07: Tips on Vista, picking a software package and more of the best and worst internet laws.
4-28-07: Netflix, Outlook and DNS server patches; Partition viruses; the importance of being a USER in Vista and the best and worst internet laws.
4-21-07: Learn about how people who use accessibility tools use their computers and what software they use.
4-14-07: Future trends in IT education; Network Area Storage project & maybe more on VISTA.
4-7-07: Tell-tale signs that your IT service isn't so hot.
3-31-07: German trip report from Ray.
3-24-07: #1 way businesses and non-profits get ripped off in the technology field.
3-17-07: Windows Mobile 6: identity theft protection made easy: Daylight Savings Time update: USB flash drives & your car radio.
3-10-07: Windows Mobile 6; Paying medical bills with credit cards.
3-3-07: Guest--Deb Davidson, Gateway Technical College Executive Dir. of Advanced Technology Centers
2-24-07: Prison for Pop-ups! More on Vista and the pros and cons of partitioning your hard drive.
2-17-07: Credit card compromise caught immediately due to credit monitoring service: Cell phone excellent as auto-magic notificatioin system for critical messages (emails) (Credit alerts); How to save BB shows using juice and podcasts.
2-10-07: PST backups, I-POD tools, 2007 Malware trends.
2-3-07: Ray's in Germany--Felicia takes the program solo!
1-27-07: PST backups, I-POD tools, 2007 Malware trends.
1-20-07: Getting and removing malicious software, Vista security and more fun facts.
1-13-07: Tips and tricks for navigating the internet and using popular software.
1-6-07: Gateway Technical College engineering programs, certifications and kid events with robots.
12-16-06: Internet Explorer and IM updates; 2006 technology advances.
12-9-06: Identity theft; Student identity theft; Trends for small/medium business in 2006; Vista concerns.
11-18-06: Tips on protecting you and your family from your online data being exposed from Laura Yecies, vice-president at Check Point and general manager of ZoneAlarm.
11-11-06: Achieving an effective presence on the web for your business. Our guest is Tom Kerkman.
11-4-06: How to avoid pitfalls when buying a computer. Also, ISP's blocking spam (or what they think is spam!).
10-28-06: 64 bit OS's, Intel Core 2 Duo/Quad processors and AMD's response. What works and what doesn't!
10-21-06: Net Neutrality. Internet freedom at stake?
10-14-06: Web site history scanning and Net Nanny updates.
10-7-06: Jobs, technology analysis-paralysis and fun facts.
9-30-06: User problems with backups (when, how and why), and jobs, jobs, jobs!
9-23-06: Real-life examples: How We Got Started in Information Technology. The discussion will include career paths and skills requirements.
9-16-06: Firewall and anti-virus protection ratings
9-2-06
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9-9-06:
Technology and what to do with it from the business owner's perspective with guest Nancy Pierce of Thistlerose LLC.
8-26-06: First-Sale Doctrine which covers software license use. Also, setting up your college student for wireless computing.
8-19-06: Protecting your data. Encryption. What and Why?
8-12-06: Disaster recovery for student work stations; Using wireless on your laptop.
8-5-06: Things to consider when buying a PC or a notebook computer.
7-29-06: IT careers.
7-22-06: How to use technology to minimize business outages.
7-15-06: Latest from Microsoft: No more windows 98 updates and more.
7-08-06: Ray broadcasts live from the dragon boat races.
7-01-06: Well-known computer consultant Audri Lanford on internet scams
6-24-06: The six dumbest ideas in computer security
6-10-06: Live from Harbor Marketplace
6-3-06: Stop Zilla and host file, Newsreader
5-20-06: Moving DNS, e-mail, and web hosting, but keeping domain name
5-13-06: Making sense of DNS, domain registration, e-mail, and web hosting-part 2
5-6-06: Making sense of DNS, e-mail, and web hosting
4-29-06: e-mail and web interface issues
4-22-06: Purchasing a PC/notebook; controversy over Dual Core vs. 64 bit
4-15-06: Pay by Touch
4-8-06: Upgrading your PDA to Windows Mobile 5.0
4-1-06: How Hackers Infiltrate Your Network
3-25-06: Credit card security
3-18-06: Virus checking and anti-spyware
3-11-06: Protecting personal data
3-4-06: Speed testing your internet connection
2-25-06: Backing up your home/small business systems
2-18-06: Exchange hosting
2-11-06: Multidimensional Security and data security policies part 2
2-4-06: Multidimensional Security and data security policies
1-28-06: IT service providers-small shops, issues
1-21-06: Product changes and Q&A
12-17-05: Gateway Engineering career training programs
12-10-05: IT-related career tracks-II
12-3-05: IT-related career tracks
11-26-05: Christmas shopping list-external hard drives, flash media cards
11-19-05: Christmas shopping list-III
11-12-05: Christmas shopping list-II
11-5-05: Christmas shopping list
10-29-05: New products, case study on buying a new computer
10-22-05: Preventive maintenance
10-15-05: Troubleshooting
10-8-05: The disposable computer--environmental impact of computing
9-24-05: Exchange-based e-mails-II