Tech Break (Video)

Scott Wilkinson and David Vaughn of Sound & Vision talk to Jocelyn who has a Samsung blu-ray player that won't play one of her X-Files discs, yet it plays on her neighbor's device.

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Megan Morrone and Jason Howell discuss Zack Whittaker's investigation into a Kindle scammer who used 83,899 fake email addresses, anonymized bots run thru the Tor webserver, and a stock photo of a "businessman in shirt with pleased expression" on his website to sell typo-filled books to unsuspecting readers. Read Zack's article on ZDNet: http://www.zdnet.com/article/exclusive-inside-a-million-dollar-amazon-kindle-catfishing-scam/

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Iain Thomson from The Register joins Megan Morrone and Jason Howell to discuss how Apple's iMessages is contributing to a log of contacts that users intend to contact, and how its accessible to seizure by authorities.

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The Nintendo Classic Mini: Nintendo Entertainment System arrives in November, and Jason Howell talks with Jonathan Strickland about newly unveiled features like display modes and save states.

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Lou Maresca talks to Tim Hoskin and Aparna Sinha about Kubernetes, an open-source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.

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Alex Wilhelm from Mattermark joins Jason Howell and Megan Morrone to discuss why Disney might be interested in buying Twitter.

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Jason Howell, Jeff Jarvis, Ron Richards, and Kevin Marks talk about Spectacles, the wearable camera announced by Snapchat.

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Father Robert Ballecer and Patrick Norton take a Call for Help from Jack in Flagstaff, AZ. Jack wants to know how to start his own podcast. Patrick and Padre break down software, hardware and setting priorities.

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Jason Howell and Megan Morrone discuss Amazon's plans to deliver packages to the insides of your house. A report in The Information says Amazon has working relationships with two companies that might someday give the online retail giant direct access to your home. August is a company that creates smartphone controlled internet connected locks for the home, and GarageIO builds connected garage door openers. At checkout, a user could opt for in-home delivery utilizing those products.

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Jason Howell and Megan Morrone talk to Dan Ackerman, section Editor at CNET and author of The Tetris Effect. Dan explores the history and the cultural phenomenon of the game created by Alexey Pajitnov. He also explains how Tetris can alter your brain, and what it was like to record the audio version of his book.

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