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Tech News for Monday January 9, 2017Yahoo says Marissa Mayer will leave board after Verizon deal closes, and will operate under new name Altaba. Read more at venturebeat.com.Leading up to the opening of the North American Auto Show in Detroit, John Krafcik from Google's Waymo showed off an entirely…

Please be advised this transcript is AI-generated and may not be word for word. Time codes refer to the approximate times in the ad-supported version of the show.Leo Laporte (00:00:00):It's time for Security Now, Steve Gibson is here. Wither Voyager too. We've got an update on that story. You know,…

Obama BlackBerry-less, the WPA/TKIP issue, Maradona stops hand of Yahoo, and your calls.For detailed show notes, visit techguylabs.com.

Improving cellular data reception on your property, playing MKV files on Roku, how to properly secure your Yahoo Mail account, computers on a stick, automating your home without the internet, and more.

Yahoo's email surveillance, taking a selfie with your Pitbull or election ballot may get you in trouble, the Slants in the Supreme Court, the FCC's upcoming vote on broadband privacy, and more!

XDrive and Yahoo Music done for, Scott Wilkinson on Blu-ray, Grammar Girl, and your calls.For detailed show notes, visit techguylabs.com.

China says the iPhone is a threat to their national security, Amazon wants to start testing drones for package delivery, the FCC's controversial plan to expand WiFi at schools, and Yahoo buys RayV.

Yahoo to buy Flurry, Facebook launches Save, Oculus is officially part of Facebook, the suspicious "back doors" on every iOS device, Verizon offers symmetrical speeds, and Politicians upset over the Microsoft layoffs.

Google's Project Ara has a launch date, what Amazon's smartphone looks like, Roku now has voice search too, Yahoo's earnings, Google Glass goes on sale for one day only, and Twitter buys Gnip.

Setting up a desktop email client, choosing the right microphone for a project, building a system to convert old videotapes, backing up Yahoo! email, switching LastPass back to the old interface, and more of your calls!

E3 and social gaming, Microsoft-Yahoo re-do, iPhone activation, Scott Wilkinson on Blu-ray, and your calls.For detailed show notes, visit techguylabs.com.

Dvorak's off to Orlando for the PMA then Hannover for CeBITHe's looking for a tour of Berlin - email him if you live thereDoug, Leo, Patrick, and Bill Gates all have a piece of the Berlin WallThe point by point refutation of Dvorak's column on Apple switching to WindowsApple's big announcement is…

Microsoft Store, Microsoft Signature, Microsoft takes on Google and Yahoo, and more.Our guest is Kevin Eagan, chief technology strategist for Microsoft's Store division.

The NSA's plan to infect millions of computers, Yahoo gets help from Yelp to fight Google, Angry Birds creates a RPG, Tunes Radio might break free from iOS 8, and what we learned from SXSW.

Is Apple late to the VR/AR game? Has Palmer Luckey's support of Trump trolls hurt Oculus? Who will buy Twitter? Snapchat announces $130 camera Spectacles. And Yahoo has possibly the largest data breach ever.

The iPhone is released, Viacom vs. YouTube, BOSS Yahoo Search, Scott Wilkinson on AV, and your calls.For detailed show notes, visit techguylabs.com.

Sarah Lane talks about the future of search for Siri and Safari on iOS with the news that Bing and Yahoo may be in talks with Apple to replace Google as the default search engine.

Yahoo has been sold to Verizon for $4.8 billion, improving your home internet connection, backing up your iTunes music, best hardware for Google's Chrome OS, recovering data on an Android phone, and more of your calls.

Please be advised this transcript is AI-generated and may not be word for word. Time codes refer to the approximate times in the ad-supported version of the show.00:00 - Leo Laporte (Host)It's time for TWIT. This Week in Tech, a live studio audience for the first time in four years. Great to have…

Steve Gibson talks about a record setting June and July for high profile malvertising attacks, affecting Yahoo!, AOL and the Huffington Post.Watch the full episode at twit.tv/sn/521.

The future of Microsoft Windows, do I need to use a VPN?  Home theater projectors, capturing video on MiniDV tapes, Bob Heil's DIY Pineboard Project, running Windows on a Mac, Yahoo's new Terms of Service, and more of your calls!

Vodafone's secret wire taps are no longer secret, the Apple watch may have a real launch date, the CIA loves social media, Flickr users must log in with a Yahoo account, Google rumored to be in talks to acquire Songza and more.

China says the iPhone is a threat to their national security, Amazon wants to start testing drones for package delivery, the FCC's controversial plan to expand WiFi at schools, Yahoo buy RayV, and should the FTC investigate Facebook's mood study?

China says the iPhone is a threat to their national security, Amazon wants to start testing drones for package delivery, the FCC's controversial plan to expand WiFi at schools, Yahoo buy RayV, and should the FTC investigate Facebook's mood study?

U.S. threatened Yahoo with massive fines or release data, Chromebooks can now run some Android apps, Verizon plans to off TV service over the internet, Chinese iPhone workers go on strike over moon cakes, and RadioShack may file for bankruptcy.

Yahoo releases quarterly earnings report, Facebook adjusted their algorithm so you see more from your friends and less from big companies, this generation's Y2K is here, a man nearly gets swept out to sea to save his drone, and more...

iPhone shopping techniques, music software, and Yahoo's new CEO...For detailed show notes visit techguylabs.com.Bandwidth for the Tech Guy podcast is provided by DSL Extreme

Trump meets with tech leaders. Yahoo reveals a new hack of 1 billion accounts. Google's self-driving division is now a new Alphabet company called Waymo. Google Assistant will add Actions on Google. Android Things, Google's IoT platform, gets a developer preview. Is Magic Leap a hoax?

Verizon will reportedly pay $4.8 billion for Yahoo, Elon Musk unveils his "Master Plan, Part Deux," why you need to update your Apple products now, Milo Yiannopoulis banned from Twitter, Softbank buys ARM, and the end of free Windows 10 is July 29th.

Apple might announce new iPads on October 16th, Apple sued over iPod digital rights management, Yahoo to invest in Snapchat, Facebook is getting into healthcare, Marriott is fined $600,000 over hotspot jamming, and it seems everyone is interested in mobile messaging...

We React to YouTubers trying to copyright reactions. Why the future of media is on Instagram. Yahoo to lay off 15% of workforce. UL will certify hoverboards to make sure they don't burn your house down. And do you want Google Now in your bathroom?

The Pentagon tweets about air strikes in Iraq, Yahoo will use PGP encryption for email, Russian public WiFi requiring passport or ID before use, authors plan to publish open letter slamming Amazon, Coco the cat wearing the WarKitteh probes for open WiFi networks, and more.

John covered CES without ever leaving home.Kevin and David taped Diggnation there.Patrick and Robert did three episodes of DL.TVWatch for the In Digital CES special with Andrew Hawn, Hahn Choi, and other former TechTV Lab Rats, January 10 at Revision3.comThe best reason to go to CES is to get the…

We explain why the AMD ATI merger is doomed, why YouTube must fail, and why Intel's very fast Core 2 chips are actually closer to Pentium III than Pentium 4.AMD is rumored to purchase ATI for $5.5 billion.Microsoft is to buy back $40 billion of its shares.YouTube hits 100 million videos per…

Laptop border patrol, iPhone modems, trolls, Switzerland, Icahn a no-show, a wet Mars, and more.Users' laptops now seizable at border sans suspicionNetShare shares your iPhone's connectionAT&T/Apple iPhone to extend to 2010FCC slaps Comcast's wrist, lightlyIs your ISP is holding you back?…

Uber thumbs nose at new self driving regulations in San Francisco, what you should do with your Yahoo email after the hack that compromised 1 billion accounts, how to speed up older Android devices, home theater systems, troubleshooting error messages in Windows, and more of your calls.

Tech summit at Trump Tower. Why fake news appeals to your lizard brain. 1 billion Yahoo accounts hacked. Why Pebble had to sell to Fitbit. Uber refuses to stop testing self-driving cars in San Francisco. Google creates a new self-driving company, Waymo. Apple's new emoji in iOS 10.2.

Microsoft-Yahoo, Dr. Web Rick Alber, Ron Rosberg's gadgets, search engine spyware, and your questions.For detailed show notes visit techguylabs.com.Bandwidth for the Tech Guy podcast is provided by DSL Extreme

The Blueant handsfree, Yahoo makes a big change, and why you should never run as administrator...For detailed show notes visit techguylabs.com.Bandwidth for the Tech Guy podcast is provided by DSL Extreme

Samsung spills the beans on why its batteries exploded, Google Voice gets a MUCH needed update, Yahoo is under the SEC spotlight for its history of hacks, The many challenges of funding a documentary on Kickstarter, and the FCC gets a new chairman. What does that mean for Net Neutrality? 

The Equifax breach, an app to find your family members, protection for your electronics from lightning, Anti-virus malware, transferring video tapes to a computer, why lenses are circular even though pictures are square, recovering a Yahoo email account, finding a camera for a starting photographer…

Jitsi (formerly SIP Communicator) is an audio/video and chat communicator that supports protocols such as SIP, XMPP/Jabber, AIM/ICQ, Windows Live, Yahoo! and many other useful features.Emil Ivov is the founder of the Jitsi project and current project lead for the jitsi.org community.

Pidgin is a graphical IM program that lets you sign on to AIM, Jabber, MSN, Yahoo!, and other IM networks. It supports many features of these chat networks, such as file transfers, away messages, buddy icons, custom smilies, and typing notifications. Pidgin runs on Windows, Linux, and other UNIX…

On this week's episode...We talk about My Google, Yahoo's $5 subscription, and predict Apple's response, Xbox vs. PS3 vs Nintendo. WiMax, 3G networks. Star Wars big weekend. A pessimistic vision of the future. Yoshi makes another big announcement. Kevin makes a really big announcement. Then we all…

David Pogue is a technology writer, author, and founder of Yahoo Tech. Previously he was the personal-technology columnist for the New York Times. His latest book is "Pogue's Basics: Essential Tips and Shortcuts (That No One Bothers to Tell You) for Simplifying the Technology in Your Life."

Chinese DDoS attacks, troubleshooting an issue getting Yahoo Mail on the iPad Mail app, driving traffic to a self published book, can someone find your physical address based on your email address? How to avoid being tracked by email spammers, cloning a hard drive, best gaming PC for $1500, and…

Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo, Joshua Green on Super Tuesday, Leo's behind-the-scenes chat, and your questions.For detailed show notes visit techguylabs.com.Bandwidth for the Tech Guy podcast is provided by DSL Extreme

Polaroid shutters factories, Dick Debartolo's gadget of the week, Yahoo plans to reject Microsoft's offer, and your calls.For detailed show notes visit techguylabs.com.Bandwidth for the Tech Guy podcast is provided by DSL Extreme

Resolve those unlit tasks with the magnetized, fold-out Stealth 17-LED Flashlight.For more details and a chance to win the Mad Magazine "What The Heck Is It?" contest, visit GizWiz.Biz.

Covert Redirect - a security bug that's hard to fix, U.S. security contractors searching for security flaws, Yahoo is tracking you again, Apple buys LuxVue, will AppleTV and wearables bypass WWDC?, a GoPro-Like camera that takes 360-degree video, and do those new glow in the dark streets in the…