Aug 5th 2014
Tech News Today 1064
Getting Out of the BlackBerry Jam
Hosted by
Mike Elgan
PayPal's Two Factor Authentication Hacked
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Hosts: Mike Elgan and Joe Panettieri
US Department of Transportation may ban phone calls on planes, BlackBerry memo suggests layoffs are over, Samsung plans to continue to purchase from Chinese suppliers that use children as workers, Microsoft Surface performance, PayPal two factor authentication hacked, and more.
Guests: Roger Cheng
and Gregg Keizer.
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Running time: 39:06
Links
- US Department of Transportation may ban phone calls on airplanes
- An internal memo from BlackBerry suggests layoffs are over and that the smartphone maker is actually looking to make some hires
- Samsung plans to continue doing business with a Chinese parts supplier that use children as workers
- How is Microsoft Surface performing financially?
- A security researcher has figured out how to bypass Paypal's two factor authentication and hack into an account.
- Today's show notes