Full Frontal Nerdity

A bank in Bangladesh loses billions, Dropbox dumps Windows XP, and Microsoft executes the Xbox 360 while Opera and Edge up their browser game and Ubuntu declares this to be the year of the Linux Desktop (still nope.)

Blackberry's encryption is about as secure as their market share, TinyURL's leaving a giant security hole, QuickTime's update cycle is too slow, and Kayne West's credibility is going south. Lots to discuss on this week's FFN!

Lots to talk about this week; you can watch NFL games live on Twitter, or you can watch your friends' boring lives live on Facebook. But hey... if you buy the new HTC android phone, you can stream all that video to an Apple TV! Oh, and you can run linux natively on Windows now. DOES ANYBODY ELSE FEEL LIKE THIS IS STILL APRIL 1?!?

Software Engineer Extraordinaire Keith Telle joins us this week to impart his wisdom as we talk about dearly-departed canaries, Google pranks that need to die, dead-simple password hacking, and a heartfelt eulogy for the old Microsoft as the Build conference unveils a brave new world of artificial intelligence.

This week the war between Apple and the feebs *finally* ends. Another hospital get held hostage when its files are deleted, some guy breaks the internet by deleting 12 lines of code, and Microsoft deletes its AI's twitter account because… racism? Netflix gets throttled on cellular, but you can stream porn on cellular for free and even experience it in virtual reality. It's just like regular porn… but virtual?

This week the FBI hits pause on its court case with Apple, Apple presses rewind and celebrates 40 years with new iPhones and iPads, Microsoft fast-forwards it's Windows 10 rollout to unsuspecting users, and Anonymous tells Donald Trump "let's play!" So throw this week's episode of Full Frontal Nerdity in your walkman and enjoy!

We have special guest Louis Erickson chiming in with his opinion about the ongoing FBI/Apple saga. We also discuss Microsoft opening up it's SQL platform to linux, expanding it's Xbox platform to allow cross-platform gaming, and inviting Evernote users to see the light. We also help Joaquin figure out ways to never have to leave the safety and comfort of his home.

Another exciting episode of Full Frontal Nerdity as we cover the first legit ransomware for Mac OS X in the wild, Joaquin discusses where to locate the VIN on a car while the rest of us discuss using it to hack into a car. Office 365 gets a facelift, and the pentagon invites black hat hackers to register all their personally identifiable information. And, sadly, we cover the passing of Ray Tomlinson, the man who put the @ symbol in your email address.

Special Guest Vince Mayfield returns to FFN to pitch in with his informed opinion regarding the broad range of topics we covered this week; ANOTHER SoCal health institution falls to ransomware, Microsoft and HTC compete for space on your face, Apple fought the law (but who won?), SnapChat welcomes life in the browser and phishing attacks, and Joaquin joins the elite group known as "Pi owners". And if Vince wants back on the show in the future, he'd better order a Hololens STAT!

Joaquin's out sick this week, so the gang is able to have an intelligent conversation about the saga that's unfolding between the FBI and Apple. We also discuss (intelligently) about a hospital being held hostage. Android gets some new flagship phones, and google hires God to voice waze.