Control Structure #64: Quantum Variable

After trying again, Andrew and Ryan talk about Google, Opera, MP3s, DoS attacks, security, HP, IBM, Samsung, Xanadu, Aaron Swartz, accomplishments, podcast feedback, and some other interesting tidbits.

Banter

• Rise of Nations: Extended Edition on Steam
• Tchau Orkut – Orkut Blog
• Google Takeout – Download Your Data
• Google Apps update alerts: Removal of Quickoffice from Google Play and App Store

News

• Opera 24 for Linux released on the Developer stream – Opera Desktop – Opera Software
• Ryan Maguire – The Ghost in the MP3
• Tally of Cyber Extortion Attacks on Tech Companies Grows
• OpenSSL: About, Roadmap
• Google unveils independent “fork” of OpenSSL called “BoringSSL” | Ars Technica
• Backstage at HP, Ars sees how the sausage gets made | Ars Technica
• IBM Expects Nanotube Transistor Computer Chips Ready Soon After 2020 | MIT Technology Review
• AnandTech | Samsung SSD 850 Pro (128GB, 256GB & 1TB) Review: Enter the 3D Era
• Newegg.com – BITCOIN ACCEPTED
• Updated: PayPal froze account of secure email startup ProtonMail due to “technical problem” — Tech News and Analysis
• Google I/O 2014 – Security at scale at Google – YouTube
• Who Needs Giacomo? Bet on the Fortune Cookie – New York Times
• Now I Know
• Is TLS Fast Yet?
• World’s most delayed software released after 54 years of development | Technology | theguardian.com
• OpenXanadu (sources only)
• The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
• Free to Read | About JSTOR
• Full text of “Guerilla Open Access Manifesto”
• The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz : Brian Knappenberger : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

Deprecate

• R4S – Record for Skype – Home
• Youtube HTTPS Ciphers – Google Groups

Feats

• Router Fan
• ryanmr/tntv-titler · GitHub
• I worked on the next version of our automated titler tool for +The Nexus this…
• Sigil (computer programming) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• ryanmr/ddns-linode · GitHub
• Shuttleworth says Ubuntu is sticking with MySQL | ZDNet
• Plans and Pricing – Linode
• SSD Cloud Hosting – Linode

Podcast Feedback

• One-dollar salary – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Mailpile: Let’s take e-mail back!
• Login to DIGITIMES archive & research
• SSD price war in full swing – Storage – News – HEXUS.net
• Royalty Free Music – Download Free from Musopen.org

Don’t forget

• International Backup Awareness Day

Music

• Bump Foot – Releases – foot132
• Sonata in E Flat Major, D. 568 – Download free
• Music | Big Giant Circles
• Big Giant Circles (BigGiantCircles) on Twitter

This episode of Control Structure has a Fringe episode. You should really listen to The Fringe #239: CS #64 — Torturing Your Body and Brain and Soul!

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