360 http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/twistedpair/ en-us 2009 Network World Inc. Jason Meserve and Keith Shaw's off-center look at the week in tech news and other fun items. Keith Shaw and Jason Meserve Network World editors Jason Meserve and Keith Shaw offer their twisted insights on the week's technology news and other fun stuff. Keith Shaw and Jason Meserve twistedpair@nww.com no Keith Shaw and Jason Meserve Keith and guest co-host Neal Weinberg discuss whether IT spending or job news will ever get better, the world's stupidest hacker, and what would happen if healthy snacks ever invaded their office. Plus: The Walkman Turns 30, and Keith reveals his Walkman Tragedy Story of the '80s. (35:05) /podcasts/twistedpair/2009/070309twistedpair.html Thu, 2 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 35:05 IT spending, IT salaries, economy, Bay Networks, Nortel, Security, hacking, crime, cybercrime, ring tones, gadgets, Walkman, iPod, survey says, podcast, Twisted Pair, Keith Shaw, Neal Weinberg. Keith Shaw and Jason Meserve Keith and guest co-host Matt Hamblen talk about Twitter's role in Iranian unrest, whether the Palm Pre can disguise itself as an iPod, and why most of us are still behaving badly with our cell phones. (50:49) /podcasts/twistedpair/2009/061909twistedpair.html Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400 50:49 Iran, Twitter, iPhone, Palm Pre, mobile phones, IT jobs, IT hiring, podcast, Twisted Pair, Network World, Matt Hamblen, Keith shaw Keith Shaw and Jason Meserve Keith and guest co-host Denise Dubie talk about whiny iPhone owners, whether IT budget cuts will continue, and why there are 999,999 better words and phrases in the English language other than "Web 2.0". (50:31) /podcasts/twistedpair/2009/061209twistedpair.html Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400 50:31 security, iPhone, iPhone 3GS, AT&T, CubeGuard, Palm Pre, T-Mobile, data security, Symantec, McAfee, IT budgets, Gartner, Cyber-Ark, IT data snooping, Facebook, Trend Micro, Web 2.0, English, movies, week in review, technology news, podcast, Network World, Twisted Pair, Denise Dubie, Keith Shaw Keith Shaw and Jason Meserve Keith and guest co-host Neal Weinberg discuss how they'd stop cybercriminals, the state of college network security, tiny domain names, and how they keep their work stress in check. (40:35) /podcasts/twistedpair/2009/060509twistedpair.html Fri, 5 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400 40:35 cybercrime, malware, Web attacks, network security, health records, .biz domain names, Palm Pre, Sprint, Windows 7, Microsoft, Office, employee survey, layoffs, stress, movies, podcast, Twisted Pair, Keith Shaw, Neal Weinberg Keith Shaw and Jason Meserve Keith and guest co-host Matt Hamblen from Computerworld talk about Microsoft's Bing, how they circumvent e-mail capping limits and why texting while driving is a really bad idea. (46:41) /podcasts/twistedpair/2009/052909twistedpair.html Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400 46:41 technology week in review, technolgoy news, Microsoft, Bing, spam, Symantec, security, AT&T, Apple, iPhone, 3G, wireless, Nokia, Ovi, e-mail, texting while driving, movies, podcast, Twisted Pair, Keith Shaw, Matt Hamblen Keith Shaw and Jason Meserve Keith and guest co-host Denise Dubie talk about where the hot IT jobs are located, good news on the IT spending front, and why the office refrigerator really can be harmful to your health. (35:57) /podcasts/twistedpair/2009/051509twistedpair.html Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400 35:57 technology news, week in review, podcast, Denise Dubie, Keith Shaw, Twisted Pair podcast, IT jobs, IT spending, job hunting, fun tech news Keith Shaw and Jason Meserve Keith and guest co-host Neal Weinberg talk about wicked fast wireless, whether the new Amazon Kindle DX will save the newspaper business, and why the Star Trek warp drive may be a possibility in the future. Plus, the continuing story of Neal's prize-winning fish. (36:00) /podcasts/twistedpair/2009/050809twistedpair.html Fri, 8 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400 36:00 WiGig, wireless, 802.11ad, Microsoft, Amazon, Kindle DX, IE, browser wars, Windows 7, Windows Vista, McAfee, spam, week in review, podcast, Twisted Pair, Star Trek Keith Shaw and Jason Meserve Keith and guest host Jonathan Summey discuss swine flu mania and malware attacks, possible good news for IT spending, and the return of the Movie Madness prediction contest. (36:22) /podcasts/twistedpair/2009/050109twistedpair.html Fri, 1 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400 36:22 swine flu, business continuity, malware, security, IT spending, Apple, iPhone, Verizon, AT&T, tech podcast, weekly news, Network World, Twisted Pair Keith Shaw and Jason Meserve Jason and guest-host Denise Dubie talk about the big Oracle-Sun news, VMWare's vow to overhaul the data center, which IT skills might actually get you a raise and the high-tech tools used to track down Boston's Craigslist Killer. (35:31) /podcasts/twistedpair/2009/042409twistedpair.html Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400 35:31 Oracle, Sun, Einstein, Craigslist Killer, DNSstuff, VMWare, VSphere, IT skills, EarthLink, Baby Shaker, Apple, salary cuts, texting, Second Life Keith Shaw and Jason Meserve Jason and Keith talk about malicious code spreading like wild fire, Twitter-mania spreading like wild fire, and why NOT being a team player can affect your mental health. (42:26) /podcasts/twistedpair/2009/041709twistedpair.html Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400 42:26 security, malicious code, symantec, verizon business, organized crime, microsoft, windows xp, iPhone, AT&T, Twitter, NASA, team spirit Keith Shaw and Jason Meserve Keith and Jason talk about the collapse of the IBM / Sun deal, Windows 7 getting some major love from IT, and why they're looking up spondylitis on WebMD. (33:27) /podcasts/twistedpair/2009/041009twistedpair.html Thu, 9 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400 33:27 iPod, washing machine, IBM, Sun, cybercriminals, US electric grid, hacking, Black Hat, job loss, Microsoft, Windows 7, Kaiser, OctoMom, Nadya Suleman, DVD copying, employee health Keith Shaw and Jason Meserve Keith and Jason talk about Conficker's Big Whimper, why surfing the Net is good for your career, what songs we'd put on the Queen of England's iPod and realize theye're not very good at math. (41:51) /podcasts/twistedpair/2009/040309twistedpair.html Fri, 3 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400 41:51 virtualization, conficker, worm, cybersecurity, Obama, fraud, FBI, Microsoft Office, iPhone, RIM. BlackBerry, App store, Microsoft, Encarta, iPod, productivity, WIBL, math Keith Shaw and Jason Meserve Jason and Keith discuss possible IBM layoffs, Baby Boomers finally adopting technology, and why Keith has 87 episodes of Hogan's Heroes on his DVR. (51:31) /podcasts/twistedpair/2009/032709twistedpair.html Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400 51:31 IBM, layoffs, offshoring, outsourcing, power grid, security, psyb0t, bluepill, ransomware, h-1b visa, TARP, carbonite, twitter, social networking, blockbuster, tivo, rock band Keith Shaw and Jason Meserve Jason and Keith discuss the IBM/Sun rumors, whether basketball fans watching games at work will really slow down the network, and why college computer science majors still aren't very cool. (50:34) /podcasts/twistedpair/2009/032009twistedpair.html Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400 50:34 IBM, Sun, servers, open source, Cisco, Pure Digital, Flip, march madness, productivity, WAN traffic, ScanSafe, Waledec worm, Tim Berners Lee, identity theft, IT spending, computer science, mobile internet Keith Shaw and Jason Meserve Jason and Keith discuss ways of getting their hands on some of that broadband stimulus money, why old people continue to flock to Facebook, and how we're going to drive the crazy teenagers away from the mall. (45:57) /podcasts/twistedpair/2009/031309twistedpair.html Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400 45:57 Vivek Kundra, broadband stimulus, Symantec, Downadup, Conficker, Iridium, David Kernell, Sarah Palin, social networks, economy, sleeplessness, Ryanair, Barry Manilow Keith Shaw and Jason Meserve Jason and Keith return from the California desert with their favorites from DEMO 09, along with a few companies that they have questions about. (40:34) /podcasts/twistedpair/2009/030609twistedpair.html Fri, 6 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500 40:34 DEMO 09, OnTier, Pixetell, Symantec, Project Guru, SmartyCard, Silverstone Solutions, Xandros, Presto, Avaak, BluBuzz, Kutano, cc:Betty, Gwabbit Keith Shaw and Jason Meserve Jason and Keith discuss more bad news for Nortel and server vendors, why ex-employees are stealing more than staplers when they leave, and why video game players are getting more injuries than ever before. (50:38) /podcasts/twistedpair/2009/022709twistedpair.html Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500 50:38 Shamrock Shake, McDonald's, Nortel, AT&T, servers, virtualization, Google, dashboard, employee data theft, iPhone, Verizon, Apple, AppStore, web site vandals, online tax filing, playstation, palmar hidradentitis Keith Shaw and Jason Meserve Keith and Jason talk about faster wireless speeds, envision what a Microsoft retail store would look like, and discuss whether Facebook causes cancer (or just embarrassment). (41:43) /podcasts/twistedpair/2009/022009twistedpair.html Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500 41:43 Verizon, LTE, Long Term Evolution, wireless, wi-fi, mobile phone, Windows Mobile 6.5, Microsoft, microsoft retail store, social networks, health, card counting, iPhone, worker productivity, employee morale Keith Shaw and Jason Meserve Keith and Jason talk about colliding satellites, ATM heists, and whether they're excited by the Amazon Kindle 2. (43:09) /podcasts/twistedpair/2009/021309twistedpair.html Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500 43:09 Snuggie, FAA, hack, ATM ripoff, RBS Worldpay, Heartland, data breach, satellites, Microsoft, Windows 7, engineering, Amazon, Kindle 2, ereader, audio books, facebook, teenagers Keith Shaw and Jason Meserve Jason and Keith talk about good news for IT security pros, why Windows 7 may be even more confusing than Vista, and shocking news about what grandma is doing online. (35:00) /podcasts/twistedpair/2009/020609twistedpair.html Fri, 6 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500 35:00 layoffs, information security, DNS, Amplification attack, parking ticket, DTV, digital TV, Windows 7, e-mail usage, Pew Internet Keith Shaw and Jason Meserve Jason and Keith discuss why employees are now Security Threat #1, what we want in a new iPhone, and what Britons are doing on Sunday mornings (they're not watching sports). (50:19) /podcasts/twistedpair/2009/013009twistedpair.html Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500 50:19 economy, data theft, Fannie Mae, time bomb, malvert, desk security, passwords, cost cutting, digital tv, next-generation iPhone, apple, camera click, facebook Keith Shaw and Jason Meserve Keith and Jason discuss yet another massive credit card data breach, layoff woes at Microsoft and of a major executive office that may be as technologically behind the times as they are. (44:22) /podcasts/twistedpair/2009/012309twistedpair.html Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500 44:22 mobile explosion, Heartland Payment Systems, data breach, TJX, Downadu, Conficker, Microsoft, layoffs, careers, IBM, Apple, earnings, Obama, Blackberry, White House, WiMax, Nokia, n810, Lotus, Notes, iPhone Keith Shaw and Jason Meserve Jason and Keith are back in the studio, talking about the new Yahoo CEO, the temporary Apple CEO, and a bunch of new surveys that came down the pike. (49:34) /podcasts/twistedpair/2009/011609twistedpair.html Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500 49:34 Apple, Steve Jobs, Tim Cook, Nortel, bankruptcy, Yahoo, Carol Bartz, Gartner, IT budgets, YouTube, copyright, encryption, social network, Nintendo, workplace edicate Keith Shaw and Jason Meserve Keith and Jason tackle CES 2009 in Las Vegas covering everything that's hot and not in the world of consumer technology. (24:57) /podcasts/twistedpair/2009/010909twistedpair.html Fri, 9 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500 24:57 CES 2009, HP, ioSafe, Palm, Pre, Sprint, WebOS, AT&T, Microsoft, Windows 7, iosafe, Seagate, D-Link, Lenovo, Purosol Keith Shaw and Jason Meserve Jason and Keith celebrate the holidays by discussing their favorite holiday music, movies and traditions. Plus, it's the return of the Blooper Reel. (23:30) /podcasts/twistedpair/2008/122308twistedpair.html Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 23:30 holidays, traditions, movies, music