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After astronauts make the first tentative steps onto the surface of Mars, a big goal will be colonization of the Red Planet. The first trailblazers who try to live on Mars will have their work cut out for them, being in an environment totally hostile to life. What challenges will they face, and how might they overcome them? No comments

We ran across this article the other day and it seems that GPS in the very near future might be able to assist you with your safety.

Honda’s new GPS warns drivers when they’re about to leave their car in places where it is likely to be stolen, broken into or otherwise vandalized. The new technology, available from today if you live in Japan, links to local police stations and provides crime ratings by location, and if area is particularly dangerous it issues an alert. No indication of when or if this’ll come to the US. Originally posted at: InventorSpot

Well as you can imagine this system brings to the surface a huge potential for argument of what and where “High Crime” neighborhoods are and what constitutes a “high Crime” neighborhood but as technology moves forward it seems we will be seeing much more integration with this type of technology to add to our arsenal of items to help keep us safer in today’s world.

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Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte

Our regular mailbag episode with questions and comments from our listeners.

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Running time: 1:30:45

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We're learned about the failed missions to Mars in the past, and the current spacecraft, rovers and landers currently exploring the Red Planet. But the real prize will come when the first human sets foot on Mars. Robots are cheaper, but nothing beats having a real human being on the scene, to search for evidence of water and life. No comments

Check out the video on Gizmodo…

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You can see it here:

http://us.mcafee.com/en-us/local/docs/Mapping_Mal_Web.pdf?cid=45044

Introduction and Key Findings In March 2007, McAfee released the first comprehensive map of malicious web sites across the world. For the first time, Mapping the Mal Web offered a comprehensive guidebook for web tourists—where it was safe to surf and where searchers should avoid. A year later, we revisited the data and found both remarkable continuity—and remarkable change—in the web safety landscape.

Overall risk in 2008 remains roughly • constant compared to 2007, with 4.1 percent of web sites in these 74 domains rated red (avoid) and yellow (use caution), the
same percentage as last year.

• At 5.26 percent, .com (the most heavily trafficked toplevel
domain, or TLD) is riskier than the average web site
by 1.16 percentage points, or 28.3 percent.

• Hong Kong (.hk) soared in 2008 to become the most risky
country TLD, with 19.2 percent of all sites tested rated
red or yellow. China (.cn) was second with 11.8 percent.
By comparison, last year, Tokelau (.tk) was first with
10.1 percent.

• The most risky generic TLD remains .info, with 11.8
percent of all sites tested rated red or yellow. The most
popular domain, .com, is rated ninth riskiest overall with
5.3 percent, and is the fourth riskiest generic TLD.

• In the Europe, Middle East, and Africa regions, Romania
(.ro) and Russia (.ru) continue to be risky surfing
destinations; 6.8 percent of Romanian and 6.0 percent of
Russian domains are rated risky.

• In the North, South, and Latin America regions, the
United States (.us) domain is riskiest, with 2.1 percent.
The Americas TLDs remain relatively safe to surf.

This is just a small snipit of the 14 page pdf

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Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte

An overview of next-generation behavioral tracking and profiling systems.

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Running time: 1:07:16

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Finally – TWIP Steps up and solves some basic issues – Mainly the issue that no one deals with the basics anymore, they all assume everyone knows what all their equipment does right out of the box and knows how to set it all up….

Scott over at TWIP did a very good primer on basic studio lighting and basic setup…

http://twipphoto.com/index.php/archives/431

It is well worth a watch for the beginner to studio lighting……

He makes it easy to understand and also covers the basics that many just toss aside…..

Thanks goes to Scott and the folks at www.twipphoto.com for finally putting together a photo podcast that truly does not suck…

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