DETROIT - On the Internet Advisor, Steven Fox, a Senior Cyber Security Officer, US Dept. of Treasury outlined changes that have occurred in exchanging security information with Europe since the Edward Snowden revelations. Safe Harbor originally allowed very liberal boundaries for exchanging data but the new regulations under Privacy Shield provide for very serious penalties for
DETROIT - Joe Bastian announced the creation of a crowdfunding project to raise the money necessary to create a short film about Detroit’s famous Red Dwarf (Nain Rouge). To listen to this podcast, click on http://internetadvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IA-1611-Nain-Rouge.mp3
DETROIT - Lisa Kujawa, the Assistant Provost at Lawrence Technological University, share the exciting line up of 30 summer classes for high school students coming this summer. Classes cover everything from CSI-like forensic science to design and engineering and microtechnology. The classes are for 10th, 11th and 12th grade students who can either commute or
DETROIT - What in the world is going on? Is Microsoft really forcing Windows 7 users to switch to Windows 10? We let our listeners call in to tell us about their experiences and got some confirmations. We also received information from one of our listeners on how to avoid the forced upgrade completely. Shane Hamelin
DETROIT - Meetup.com is the world’s largest network of local groups. Meetup makes it easy for anyone to organize a local group or find one of the thousands already meeting up face-to-face. More than 9,000 groups get together in local communities each day, each one with the goal of improving themselves or their communities. Worldwide, MeetUp
DETROIT - Tim Fisher is one of the many experts who are part of About.com the most helpful site on the Internet (IMHO) For 10 years he has been handing out excellent advice about computers for ordinary folks including one article that became the focus of the discussion 13 Ways You’re Screwing Up Your Computer
Jack Wallen is a renowned columnist for TechRepublic who recently published a fascinating article entitled, “Earables, the Next Big Thing”. It turns out that the ear canal is a far better place to be harvesting biometrical information, listening to music and gathering fitness data. That is just the beginning of what will be a wild
Richard Stiennon, chief Analyst at IT-Harvest and an internationally recognized security expert joined us to give his feedback on the RSA conference just concluded in San Francisco. Richard also shared his analysis of Project Cumulus, a “honey pot” developed by security firm Bitglass to attract hackers in the deep web to steal tainted data and then follow
DETROIT - On this episode of Internet Advisor, the gang talks about the order from a federal judge to Apple that it create a backdoor to crack an iPhone used in a terrorist attack in California. Two perspectives on the debate: Apple vs FBI: Top 5 distortions, delusions, and downright lies. FBI wants Apple to
DETROIT - On this episode of Internet Advisor, the gang tackles one of its most frequently asked questions: What do you recommend we buy for our next laptop? Each member of our team chimed in with helpful tips about everything from CPU speed to display size. To make the discussion a little more practical, we
