Mike discusses what his business has noted after using Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms. Plus we bust some myths, discuss use cases and advantages, the disadvantages.

Plus you great feedback, some follow up and more!

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• How I learned to program Scala: The Nexus 5 Experiment

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• Xamarin Review | dominickm.com

Recently, we at Fingertip Tech, INC have been doing a lot of work in Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms. All in all, things have been going fairly well and the tooling seems to get better everyday!

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You won\’t believe how cheap a botnet is these days, then we play a game from your leaked Adobe passwords.

Plus we answer uber batch of your questions, and our answers all that much much more, on this week’s episode of TechSNAP!

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Cost of stolen identities at all time low due to excessive supply

• There is so much supply of stolen identities that the going price for a US identity has fallen to a record low $25
• Foreign identities are worth only $40
• Credentials for a bank account with between $70,000 and $150,000 costs a mere $300
• \”Fullz,\” or personal identities, went for $40 per U.S. stolen ID and $60 for a stolen overseas ID in 2011 when Dell SecureWorks last studied pricing in the underground marketplace.
• Now those IDs are 33 to 37 percent cheaper.
• Pricing trends are interesting, says Raj Samani, CTO of McAfee. But they also can be misleading, he says, because prices are all over the map.
• “You can have varying prices depending on the sources you go to.\”
• McAfee in its June cybercrime study found a DDoS-for-hire service for $2 per hour, and another for $3 per hour, for instance, he says.
• Dell SecureWorks found DDoS services anywhere from $3- to $5 per hour, $90- to $100 per day, and $400 to $600 a month.
• The cost of getting a website hacked runs from $100 to $300, with more experienced black hat hackers charging more for their services. In an interesting twist, the researchers found that these attackers stipulated that they don\’t hack government or military websites.
• Doxing services—where a hacker steals as much information as they can about a victim or target via social media, social engineering, or Trojan infection—ranges from $25 to $100.
• Bots are cheap, too: 1,000 bots go for $20, and 15,000, for $250.

Adobe top passwords crossword

• For once, we can have a little fun with a major site being compromised
• The website is a crossword puzzle, made up of some of the top passwords that have been bruteforced or guessed from the ‘encrypted’ Adobe database
• The ‘clues’ are peoples password hints
• Because Adobe did not use a ‘salt’, all users who had the same password, had the same encrypted password, so by combining the password hints of all of the users with the same password, it gets much easier to guess common passwords
• It seems many people use names of people they know, parents and grandparents using children seems excessively prevalent
• Top 100 actual passwords

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• Setting up a pfsense/FreeNAS box. FreeNAS within pfsense, or vice versa?

• Back that *** up

• How to reaching my home-server without port-forwarding

Submit your best of stories for the end of the year special

• Stories from 2013 that Went BIG or went BUST?

Round Up:

• Stories from 2013 that Went BIG or went BUST? : techsnap

• Windows 8.1 on 3711 floppy disks

• Kevin Mitnick: How to Troll the FBI
• Hacking sprees against government agencies a widespread problem List of Agencies includes US Army, DoE, and DHHS, vector was Cold Fusion (same as the Adobe hack)
• GitHub resets user passwords following rash of account hijack attacks
• [Video] Brendon Gregg @ LISA13 – Blazing Performance with Flame Graphs
• Without a disruptive technology, experts warn Super Computing will plateau
• My SaaS vendor told me this is a bullet proof vest
• Fun with .bashrc

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The guys discuss what the heck is going on with the price of Bitcoin, and what you can expect. The cost of running the bitcoin network is coming up against the price of the coin, we’ll discuss how these two elements are coming to a head.

Plus: The big theme from the Bitcoin London conference, the ridiculous anti-Crypto currency rhetoric from the G8 summit, your questions, and more!

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• Bitcoin at the G8 Summit (pg 60)

Written by “John Lyons, chief executive, International Cyber Security Protection Alliance”

As world leaders gather at the G8 summit in Northern Ireland this year, they will be considering and debating some of the most pressing global issues of our time. Those that specialise in the cyberspace arena hope that they will also have time to address the deeply worrying trends that threaten the economic and social benefits that the internet can deliver to humankind.

As highlighted by the latest initiative of the United States to arrest some of the suspects that were involved in Liberty Reserve (a group indicted for money laundering that ran a $6 billion worldwide operation out of Costa Rica), alternative payment mechanisms, such as Bitcoin and a host of others, can enable criminal and terrorist groups to launder money and fund their operations.
Governments around the world could take two measures that would have a significant
and long-lasting effect on the ability of online criminals to secure their ill-gotten gains: 1. Outlaw alternative payment mechanisms for trading currencies online; and 2. Introduce legislation to confiscate the proceeds of online crime.

If treasuries and financial institutions around the world were to block those transactions and permit only legitimate currencies to be used on the internet through regulated payment service providers and cards (such as Visa, MasterCard and American Express), then the flow of many billions of dollars to criminal groups would be stemmed. Furthermore, if those same countries introduced, if necessary, additional legislation to confiscate the proceeds of such online crime, these funds could be either returned to those who had been defrauded or used to fund international projects that could bring about a more safe and secure internet environment for all citizens.

If the leaders of the European Union and United States could be convinced to take a lead on these initiatives, that would be a huge contribution to making the internet a safe place for financial transactions. At the same time, it would also strike a blow against those who would try to destroy the fabric of our the world’s well-being.

• We\’re FUNDED on Kickstarter! Here are the Stretch Goals

It\’s hard to believe, but in less than two weeks, our Kickstarter campaign was funded. We planned this out so we can do a quality documentary, but an increased production budget means a much better film. With our stretch goals, we can span the country and even the globe to talk with the world\’s experts on bitcoin, crypto currency, and currency in general.

Bitcoin London Happening Now:

• Twitter / btclondon: @vessenes 1200 attendees @ …

@vessenes 1200 attendees @ San Jose, 60% members of @BTCFoundation outside US. #metrics for #Bitcoin #btclondon

• Regulation Means The Bitcoin Gold Rush Will Not Happen In The US, Say Experts | TechCrunch

Europe is better positioned as a better place to create Bitcoin-based startups than the US. That was the message coming out of Bitcoin London today, the first major conference in London to cover startups, investors and business models. Covering the broad sweep of businesses, technologists and institutions involved in the Bitcoin space, the conference heard that the US may have made a fatal strategic mistake in classifying Bitcoin as if it were money so early on in its development.

What has emerged is that Bitcoin is being treated in many different ways: as money, as an asset class, as the first highly secure P2P global information exchange, as a technology platform and even as a if it were a startup entity in its own right

• Winklevoss twins work to make Bitcoin more legit with SEC filing | Internet & Media – CNET News

The \”Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust\” aims to give commodity buyers more exposure to Bitcoins. According to Business Insider, the trust will apparently operate like an exchange-traded fund, which is an investment fund that can be traded like a stock.

\”The investment objective of the Trust is for the Shares to reflect the performance of the Blended Bitcoin Price of Bitcoins, less the expenses of the Trust\’s operations,\” the filing reads. \”The Shares are designed for investors seeking a cost-effective and convenient means to gain exposure to Bitcoins with minimal credit risk.\”

• BBC News – Winklevoss twins plan $20m Bitcoin trust fund

The Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust will initially sell $20m (£13m) worth of shares to investors, according to a filing with the US regulators.

• Winklevoss Twins Make Best Case Against Bitcoin Fund – Bloomberg

Their company, Math-Based Asset Services LLC, filed forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday.

OMG THE PRICE!!one!!

• Bitcoin Hash Rate
• Bitcoin Mining Operating Margin

• BTC Guild Selling Block Erupter USBs

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Chris covers the software he uses to make Jupiter Broadcasting\’s weekly shows, plus his simple setup for audio podcast. And how he kicks things up a notch when he wants a project to have some extra polish!

Plus a few tips and tricks to help you with your projects, and some viewer questions and answers!

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Q: erad84 Writes:

You didn\’t say what software you use when you demoed the browser live streaming. Can you let us in on what you use there?

Q: Stefan Writes:

How much money did the studio and editing cost as it is now?

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Is there a Wirecast like software project that is open source? What about software for Windows?

Gear:

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Prevous Tours:

• Behind The Scenes of our HD Studio Part 1
• Behind The Scenes of our HD Studio Part 2
• Behind The Scenes of our HD Studio Part 3
• Behind The Scenes of our HD Studio Part 4
• Behind The Scenes of our HD Studio Part 5

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Yesterday, the world celebrated the fifty year anniversary of the day humans first made the epic leap to leave our terrestrial bounds, and sail among the stars. In celebration of this epic event, we’re dedicating tonight’s episode to the Yuri Gagarin, and then using this historical discussion as a launching point to talk about the end of the US’ Space Shuttle Program, and the retirement of our four existing space shuttles.

Joining us for this epic space tale, is our resident space geek, Heather (aka “Mars_Base”).

Let’s get spacey!

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Our journey has taken us from the science of space propulsion, to the practical issues of a manned space flight to Mars. If we made it to Mars, what challenges would we face? What epic efforts must we undertake to survive the “Red Planet”?

Plus we share a little insight into the efforts underway here on earth to prepare us for our future missions on Mars!

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Although AOL helped pave the way for the modern internet we have today, it has become clear today that they are completely out of touch with today’s internet business models. Leaked documents have turned up showing a major change to their internal corporate culture and procedures that WE TAKE SUPREME ISSUE with.

Tonight’s episode is going to start with a quick trip down memory lane, and then lay out the Ranty McRantersons all over your unsuspecting faces. Prepare yourself, cuz you’ve got FAIL!

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Online music services like Spotify, Pandora, and many others are exploding. But how do they compare? What features do they each have that make them unique?

Tonight we look into some of our favorite music streaming service, and answer those questions, and many more!

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PANDORA
www.pandora.com

Pros:
– Good for finding new music that is similar to songs you like.
– Easy to purchase songs you like.
– Separate stations for different “moods”

Cons:
– Commercials
– Free service limits the number of songs you can skip.
– No downloadable client unless you pay for the service.

Price:
– $36/year for desktop subscription
– Mobile app is free but includes ads, customer feedback indicates it doesn’t multitask well

last.fm
www.last.fm

Pros:
– Social music sharing experience (FB/Twitter sharing, and on-site socializing)
– Allows purchase of songs you like right from the site.
– “Scrobbler” download parses your existing library and sets up your preferences automatically.
– Live event listings

Cons:
– Small library in some genres, lots of repeated music.
– Premade stations aren’t that great, better to build your own playlists (which takes time)
– Download client doesn’t fully implement social features, just the music scrobbling.

Price:
– Free, free, free.

Grooveshark
https://listen.grooveshark.com

Pros:
– HUGE library of songs
– Lots of variety under the “Radio” function
– Powerful UI, easy to use.

Cons:
– No prebuilt playlists
– Can’t sort searches by music genre

Price:
– Free in the web player
– $6/mo for ads-free client
– $9/mo for mobile app access with account syncing

I <3 Radio
https://www.iheartradio.com/index.html

Pros:
– Listen to your favorite local radio no matter where you are.
– Some original stations

Cons:
– Commercials and talk just like normal radio
– Not all stations use it.
– Audio quality seems inconsistent on some stations.

Other Options:
Slacker
Yahoo! Music (aka Launchcast)
1club.fm
Sirius or XM Satellite Radio

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It’s not nearly as much fun when it’s water up to your waist instead of snow. Tonight we’re looking into some of the current flooding epidemics around the globe, as well as some historical epic floods from days gone by.

Noah? NOAH, are you THERE? GET OUT THE ARK!

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STOked Season 1 Episode 19: We cover the latest Star Trek Online developments from Open Beta, go over the different subscription plans and if they are a good deal.

Plus we reflect on our trip to Cryptic, the makers of Star Trek Online.

Then we give you a quick tip on capturing video of your gameplay with WeGame!

Our STOked App:

Grab the STOked iPhone/iPod App and download STOked plus bonus content on the go!

Lifetime / Yearly / Monthly Prices Announced 

1-Month Recurring	USD: 14.99	CAD: 16.49	GDP: 8.99	EUR: 12.99	DKK: 82.45
3-Month Recurring	47.97	46.17	25.17	35.97	230.84
6-Month Recurring	77.94	85.73	46.14	65.94	428.67

For those who pre-ordered:

$239.99 - USD
Lifetime Access to Star Trek Online
Playable Borg (fully customizable in character creator) 
2 Additional Character Slots

$119.99/yr - USDHi
Annual recurring subscription locked in at the discount price
2 Additional Character Slots

Playable Borg Details:

Q: What are the playable Borg’s in-game traits?

A: The Liberated Borg begins with the following two traits. You can select another two traits from a general list.

Borg Nanites: +10% Health Regeneration

Description: Ground Trait. Constantly regenerates shields and health.

Efficient: +5 Starship Shield Efficiency, +5 Starship Engine Efficiency, +5 Starship Energy Weapon Efficiency, +5 Starship Auxiliary Systems Efficiency

Description: Space Trait. Provides a bonus to efficiency stats, improving the effectiveness of many of your power management abilities.

The Liberated Borg also has a unique optional trait. 

Neural Blast: 30 second debuff. Drastically reduces run speed. Every 4 seconds 

Neural Blast has a 40% chance to hold the target for 3 seconds. Description: Activatable Ground Trait. Inject the target with neural toxins, which continually attempt to hold the target for the duration. Also reduces the target's movement speed.

OUR TRIP TO CRYPTIC:

• Jeremy and Chris visit Cryptic Studios, we report!

jupiterforce.org is active!

https://jupiterforce.org/forum.php

• There is a "Home Page" containing content we haven't had time to modify yet.
• www.jupitercolony.com to discuss the show's content

OPEN BETA REPORT:

• Our reactions to beta (no NDA now!)
• Etc
• Server capacity reached!

Most of Saturday, and on/off this morning, the STO servers were popping up a "Server is Busy, please try again later" box.

It was announced that this was due to the hard-coded server capacity limits they've put in place, based on hardware performance.

https://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?p=1473371#post1473371

• No hard numbers on what that cap is, but I'd imagine it's quite high (like Bryan's ego).
• You can keep clicking and sneak in when someone else logs off/disconnects.
• Relatively stable performance under such a load!  (No worse than the rest of the week was)
• We warned them... Silly Cryptic!

QUICK TIP:

• WeGame - www.wegame.com

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