Trader Tim via Compfight

Sponsor: GoDaddy

blu22 – 10% off any purchase

hostpod22 – 20% off your web hosting

The news

We will be carrying a live video stream for the opening keynote of Google IO 2013.  For more information, click(or tap) here

30 per cent of airline passengers don’t switch off their devices during takeoff or landing.  67 per cent say that they do.

Cylance compromises Google’s Warf 7 building in Australia

Spotify fixes free song download hole

Feature

In this week’s feature, we talked about Bitcoin, a peer-to-peer digital currency which is decentralised.  It was originally coined back in 2009.  Bitcoin can be traded for goods and services just like other currencies and is not regulated by governing bodies.

A brief timeline of bitcoin 2008–2009

·         In 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto posted a paper describing the Bitcoin protocol on the internet.

·         In 2009, the Bitcoin network came into existence with the release of the first open source Bitcoin client and the issuance of the first bitcoins.

2010

·         The initial prices for bitcoins were set by individuals on the bitcointalk forums. One notable transaction involved a 10,000 BTC pizza.

·         On 6 August, a major vulnerability in the Bitcoin protocol was found. Transactions weren’t properly verified before they were included in the transaction log or “block chain” which allowed for users to bypass Bitcoin’s economic restrictions and create an indefinite number of bitcoins.

·         On 15 August, the major vulnerability was exploited. Over 184 billion bitcoins were generated in a transaction, and sent to two addresses on the network. Within hours, the transaction was spotted and erased from the transaction log after the bug was fixed and the network forked to an updated version of the Bitcoin protocol. This was the only major security flaw found and exploited in Bitcoin’s history.

2011–2012

·         In June 2011, Wikileaks and other organizations began to accept Bitcoin for donations. The Electronic Frontier Foundation suspended Bitcoin acceptance, citing concerns about a lack of legal precedent about new currency systems, and that they “generally don’t endorse any type of product or service.

·         In late-2011, the Bitcoin exchange rate crashed from over $30 in June to below $2 in October.

·         In October 2012, BitPay reported having over 1000 merchants accepting Bitcoin under its payment processing service.

2013

February

·         The Bitcoin-based payment processor Coinbase reported selling $1 million in bitcoins in a single month at over $22 per bitcoin.

·         The Internet Archive announced that it is ready to accept donations as bitcoins and that it intends to give employees the option to receive portions of their salaries in Bitcoin currency.

March

·         The Bitcoin transaction log or “block chain” temporarily forked into two independent logs with differing rules on how transactions could be accepted. The Mt.Gox exchange briefly halted Bitcoin deposits and the exchange rate briefly dipped by 23% to $37 as the event occurredbefore recovering to previous level of approximately $48 in the following hours.

·         In the US, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) established regulatory guidelines for “decentralized virtual currencies” such as Bitcoin, classifying American “Bitcoin miners” who sell their generated bitcoins as Money Service Businesses (or MSBs), that may be subject to registration and other legal obligations.

April

·         Payment processor BitInstant and Mt.Gox experienced processing delays due to insufficient capacity

·         On the 10th, the Bitcoin exchange rate dropped from $266 to $76 before returning to $160 within six hours.

You can indeed do what’s called mining bitcoins.  However, you need to have a high-performance machine to get the best results.  Some people that we have talked to have mined 2 bitcoins and one lucky person managed to mine 50 bitcoins, but he wiped his hard drive so he lost them.

Pros:

• It’s free to create your bitcoin wallet
• you can mine bitcoins with any PC, Mac or Linux box.
• it’s free to create a bitcoin wallet
• bitcoins are divisible to 8 decimal places, meaning there is plenty of bitcoin to go around

Cons:

• You need a powerful machine to effectively mine bitcoins
• There is no reputable way to convert bitcoins into real money
• bitcoin is not backed by anything 

Whilst it might not be worth the effort to mine bitcoins, we’re going to give it a go for ourselves and let you know whether it’s worth mining bitcoins.

Picks of the week

Adi’s Pick: iRig Pre XLR Interface for iOS and Android devices

Chris’ Pick: Daily Linux Commands (DLC) for Android

Follow us on Twitter

Like us on Facebook

Subscribe to our show on iTunes

Download our shows from Blubrry

Subscribe to us on YouTube

Download our shows from TechPodcasts.com

Subscribe to our shows on Miro

If your shopping on Amazon, then please remember to go to MHFTech.net/amazon if you’re in the UK or MHFTech.net/amazonusa if you’re in the USA. A small percentage of your purchase will go towards helping us out.

props to Pronobozo for the music

props to Derail Sane for the sound effect we used in the oddbox segment

Yes folks, we are back with a bang.  We’ve been gone for a time but normal service has been resumed.

The news:

Samsung announces the Galaxy S4

Microsoft were fined for not showing their browser choice screen for users in the EU.

Volvo are launching new proximity tech in their upcoming cars.

Facebook are changing their news feed yet again.

The Odd Box

Weddings via Skype are on the rise

Freezing an android phone can reveal confidential data

How to receive alien signals from outer space

Review Corner

Adi reviewed the Harman Kardon USB Soundsticks. He determined the speakers are a great replacement for the speakers which come with your PC. They are definitely a buy for him. This model is no longer available but you should look on eBay or craigslist to see if you can find one.

Picks of the Week

Adi’s pick: Joby Gorillapod Flexible Tripod

Chris’ pick: Cathode

You can send us an email to feedback@mhftech.net

Follow us on Twitter

Like us on Facebook

Subscribe to our show on iTunes

Download our shows from Blubrry

Subscribe to us on YouTube

Download our shows from TechPodcasts.com

Subscribe to our shows on Miro

If your shopping on Amazon, then please remember to go to MHFTech.net/amazon if you’re in the UK or MHFTech.net/amazonusa if you’re in the USA. A small percentage of your purchase will go towards helping us out.

Sponsor: GoDaddy

blu22 – 10% off any purchase

hostpod22 – 20% off your web hosting

The news

Canonical is going to release a version of Ubuntu for smartphones.

Angry Birds scored 30 million downloads for mobile devices during the Christmas holidays.  8 million of them coming on Christmas day alone.

Spotify disables music downloads in the UK.

Self-driving cars to make an appearance at CES 2013.

Feature

In this week’s feature, we covered the topic of artificial intelligence(AI). There has been a lot of research into AI in the last 40 years.  In fact, AI has been in the games on your home games console for years.

AI has also been around us in such modern day applications as car number plate recognition systems and facial AI recognition systems.  Even at your airports there are systems which scans luggage.

The main goal of AI is to understand a human as a machine.  AI also aims to arrive at a general theory of intelligent action in agents.  An agent is something capable of intelligent behaviour.  That means a robot or a computer program could be an agent.

For further reading, check out the AI Wikipedia Article

 Picks of the Week

Chris’ pick of the week:  Western Digital My Passport 500GB External Hard Drive.

Adi’s Pick of the week:  Canon PowerShot SX150 IS.

We’ll be doing a Google+ hangout soon so stay tuned.

We’re also bringing you the Tech Podcast Network’s live video coverage of CES all of this week.  Simply visit our homepage or visit TPN.TV.

You can reach out to this show by sending an email to feedback@mhftech.net.

Follow us on Twitter

Like us on Facebook

Subscribe to our show on iTunes

Download our shows from Blubrry

Subscribe to us on YouTube

Download our shows from TechPodcasts.com

Subscribe to our shows on Miro

If your shopping on Amazon, then please remember to go to MHFTech.net/amazon if you’re in the UK or MHFTech.net/amazonusa if you’re in the USA. A small percentage of your purchase will go towards helping us out.

Sponsor: GoDaddy

blu22 – 10% off any purchase

hostpod22 – 20% off your web hosting

We started off with headphones. In the lower tier we recommended the JVC HA-FX1X Xtreme Xplosives headphones at £14.  We also recommended the Sennheiser HD 202 Closed Back On-ear Stereo Headphone set at £25.  In the middle tier, we recommended that you check out the Klipsch Image S3 In-Ear Headphones – Grey.  At the top tier, if you have enough money to spend then you might want to consider theBowers & Wilkins P5 Mobile On-Ear Headphones  at £249.99.

In the portable gaming category we also mentioned some great options such as the Nintendo 3DS Handheld Console  at £136. You also have the PlayStation Vita (Wi-Fi only)
from £189.

Of course there are some decent games consoles out there such as the Xbox 360 Console 250GB Model with Kinect  at just under £250.  The Nintendo Wii U
just came out and will also make for a good gift choice at just under £240. Last but not least there is the Sony PlayStation 3  with a 500GB hard drive.

E-readers are also a big thing right now.  Of course, Amazon has the Kindle with the e-ink display at £69 and the Kindle Paperwhite at £109. WHSmith has their own e-reader called the Kobo Glo at £99 .

Media Center computers are also a good way to go.  In fact you can make your own computer into a media center computer using XBMC which is free to download. There are also some decent media streamers which plug into your TV.  Starting off with the Western Digital TV Live Streaming Media Player at £66.10. In addition to that there is also the Roku 2 XS 1080p Media Streamer for £99.99 with a free copy of Angry Birds. Finally, you have the 2012 Apple TV also at £99.

Tablets are the final thing that we covered.  In previous shows we’ve reviewed the Google Nexus 7, the Amazon Kindle Fire HD and Apple’s iPad Mini. In the final part of our series of reviews we looked at the Surface with Windows RT, which ships with Microsof Office 2013(Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote). It’s got a full-size USB 2.0, a Micro SDXC card slot and headset jack.  Of course you also have the usual Wi-Fi and BlueTooth 4.0 adapters built-in as standard.  So how did it fare against the other three which we have reviewed? Well, we thought that the Google Nexus 7 came in first, the iPad Mini came in Second, the Microsoft Surface with Windows RT came in third and the Kindle Fire HD was in last. However, if you want a decent tablet, then you might want to go four the iPad with it’s superb retina display starting from £399.

Adi also did a small guest spot on TWiT’s “The Giz Fiz” show with Dick DeBartolo.  We will have the link for it as soon as we can. We’ll be gone for the holidays but we’ll be back in 2013 with more shows.

If you have a how to that you want us to do, or any questions, comments or feedback or anything that we have missed, then send us an email to howtos@mhftech.net.

Follow us on Twitter

Like us on Facebook

Subscribe to our show on iTunes

Download our shows from Blubrry

Subscribe to us on YouTube

Download our shows from TechPodcasts.com

Subscribe to our shows on Miro

The news:

Apple have finally released iTunes 11 after a 1-month delay. You can get it from iTunes.com or from the Updates section of the Mac App store

It turns out that some samsung printers have come with a backdoor which could allow for an attack on a network.

The people behind the humble bundle have teamed up with THQ to bring you the Humble THQ Bundle.  For the next 8 days, you will be able to pay what you want for a selection of 6 THQ games, but you must have a steam account and a Windows PC.

Review corner:

Adi reviewed ScreenFlow 4 for the Mac.  New features include:

• Chroma-key filtering
• recording timer
• nested clips
• The ability to export out in MP4

Adi has already done a couple of test screen captures and was really impressed. He noticed that exports were faster especially when exporting out in MP4.  In terms of buy, try or don’t buy, Adi gave it a Buy! ScreenFlow 4 is a $25(£18) upgrade or £65 for a new license but you can use it on up to two computers at a time.

Feature:  Cookies

Cookies make a delicious treat, but we were talking about the digital type of cookie today.  A cookie is a small piece of data that gets stored on your computer in your browser.  Cookies were designed to remember the users’ visit to a website.

In particular, we looked at first-party cookies, third party cookies, the dreaded zombie cookie and the super cookie.  If you’re a Google Chrome user then you can go to Settings-> Advanced Settings -> privacy and tick the box which says “do not track” . Under content settings, tick the radio button which says “Keep local data only until I quit my browser”.

You can also use AdSmasher.  It gives you a 15-day free trial, after that it’s $19.99(£13).

Picks of the week:

Chris’ Pick – The LG/Google Nexus 4

Adi’s Pick – TuneIn Radio  In addition to being available on iOS and Android, it’s also available on Windows Phone and some BlackBerry devices.

We’ll be doing a Google+ hangout soon so stay tuned.

You can reach out to this show by sending an email to feedback@mhftech.net.

Follow us on Twitter

Like us on Facebook

Subscribe to our show on iTunes

Download our shows from Blubrry

Subscribe to us on YouTube

Download our shows from TechPodcasts.com

Subscribe to our shows on Miro

If your shopping on Amazon, then please remember to go to MHFTech.net/amazon if you’re in the UK or MHFTech.net/amazonusa if you’re in the USA. A small percentage of your purchase will go towards helping us out.

The news:

EA denies that their origin store was hacked

Skype fixes a nasty email vulnerability with regards to passwords being reset.

RIM releases a new version of BBM complete with free BBM-to-BBM VOIP calling.

Android is now the leading smartphone OS with over half of the market.

Review corner:

Chris reviewed Apple’s iPad Mini. It has a 7.9″ retina display and weighs just over 300 grams.  You have your usual home button, headphone jack at the top, sleep/wake button at the top and microphone at the top. At the bottom you have the new lightning port and built-in speakers.

It has a front-facing FaceTime HD Camera and a 5MP iSight camera which can record 720p HD video.  In his tests, Chris thought that the cameras on this device were streets ahead of the competition. On the software side you get iOS 6.0.1 as standard. In terms of sensors you have a 3-axis gyro, accelerometer and compass.

Overall the device was good for surfing the web, reading a book(or newspaper etc) or looking at photos.  The build quality is second-to-none

On the cons, it was a bit pricey, underpowered for the price and cannot play back 720p HD video.  Chris gave the iPad Mini a Try it rating.

Need For Speed: Shift (PC DVD)Adi reviewed Need for Speed Shift, a racing game with an interesting career mode.

In the main career the way you progress is with stars.  You get more stars for finishing in first and completing the race objectives.   You also get profile points based on how clean or dirty you want to drive.  You also have some awesome cars to drive such as the Aston Martin DB9, the Dodge Viper and the Bugatti Veyron.

Pros: A great game with great graphics, real cars, real tracks, a superb career mode and good online play.

Cons:  Career mode was a little short, not the best experience with a keyboard as opposed to a steering wheel or a PS3.

Buy, try or Don’t Buy?  Buy.

Picks of the week:

Chris’ Picks: FreeSound and SID Player for Android

Adi’s Picks: ESET NOD32 Antivirus V5 (For 3 PCs) and DeTune

Think we missed something? Leave a comment below!

You can reach out to this show by sending an email to feedback@mhftech.net.

Follow us on Twitter

Like us on Facebook

Subscribe to our show on iTunes

Download our shows from Blubrry

Subscribe to us on YouTube

Download our shows from TechPodcasts.com

Subscribe to our shows on Miro

The news: Apple has announced that they are going to be delaying the launch of iTunes 11 until the end of November. A spokesperson confirmed that they wanted to get this version just right before they unleash upon the masses.

Microsoft has just released the Surface tablet with Windows RT, starting from £399 you will get 32GB of storage, a 10.6” cleartype display, Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint and onenote and 2GB of RAM.  You can get one right now, however there is limited availability of the 64GB edition with a black touch cover  at the time of recording.

Facebook has moved quickly to shut down a loophole which made some accounts accessible without a password. The bug was exposed in a message posted to the Hacker News website. The message contained a search string that, when used on Google, returned a list of links to 1.32 million Facebook accounts.

Google have announced a new tablet called the Nexus 10 which will have a 10-inch screen, a dual-core CPU, 2GB of RAM and a 5 megapixel camera on the back. It will be available from November 13th Onwards starting from £319 for the 16GB version.

Review corner:

Adi reviewed Crazy Taxi for iOS. This game has you driving around two different cities, picking up customers and dropping them to their destinations as quickly as you can. There are four ways to play each city: arcade-style, 3, 5, and 10 minute games.  Not only that but you can jump, drift and drive close by other cars and trucks to gain extra money along the way.  You also have 16 mini games in the crazy box mode plus achievements and leaderboards with game center integration.

Of course, some of the place names have changed, but the original sound track(The offspring and bad religion) is back.  If you want to use the music on your iOS device then you can also go into the settings for the game and do just that.

In terms of the controls, you can either tilt the device left or right as a way to steer the car or drive using just the touch-based controls.  The touch-based controls work well but the tilt-based controls will take some time to get used to.

The graphics look as good as they did way back when the game was released on the Sega Dreamcast and Sega have done a good job with the graphics on this one.  However, if you have the original iPad(released in early 2010), or an iPhone 3GS, then the main game will not work and it will crash and throw you back to the home screen of your iOS device.  Adi gave this game a “don’t buy” rating.

Chris reviewed the Kindle Fire HD.  It weighs 395g and has a 7″ display and has dolby dual-driver stereo speakers.  On the front you also have a 7″ display with It has a dual-core CPU and a Power VR 3D graphics chip.  Not only that but you have 1.2MP 720P front-facing camera and a Micro USB port at the bottom.  Chris found this tablet easy to use, good for reading books, surfing the web and watching movies.  He found the audio to be second to none and found the display on the device to be colourful and really sharp.

On the other hand, he found that playing games on the device were slow and unresponsive.  There is nothing that you can customise.  All-in-all he gave it a Try It rating. It’s a great device which will make a great Christmas present. If you’re a power user and want more customisation or more performance then you might want to check out the Google Nexus 7 tablet.

Picks of the Week

Adi’s pick of the week was PC Per’s SSD Decoder.  If you want to see how the SSD you’re going to buy will perform against the rest then this tool could be useful.

Chris’ pick of the week was Eternity Warriors 2, a free RPG for iOS and Android.

 
You can reach out to this show by sending an email to mhftechnet@gmail.com.

Follow us on Twitter

Like us on Facebook

Subscribe to our show on iTunes

Download our shows from Blubrry

Subscribe to us on YouTube

Download our shows from TechPodcasts.com

Subscribe to our shows on Miro

As the first product on the show we featured Reflection.  A huge thanks to the people at Squirrels LLC for sending us a copy for this review.

In the previous episode of The MHF Judgement Room we talked about AirParrot which would allow you to use most Macs or Windows PCs on your HDTV via the Apple TV Box. Essentially reflection allows you to show the screen of your iPad 2 or iPhone 4S or newer iOS devices on your Mac’s or PC’s screen.  Launch the app on your computer, use the multi-tasking dock to AirPlay the device to your computer, turn on mirroring and you’re good to go. However, you can still use reflection to show video from a first generation iPad(early 2010) and an iPhone on your

Adi had a week to play with this app and he found it very useful.  He noticed a slight lag between the time he tapped on something and that action showing on his computer.  The delay was ever so small.  However, if you are doing a training video then this should not be a worry for you. However, this should not be a worry if you’re making any instructional(tutorial) videos using this product.  Buy it, try it or don’t buy it?  Adi said that this one was a Try It.

Reflection costs $15(£9.50) and will work on Macs or Windows PCs. They also offer a free trial.

Chris reviewed Google’s Nexus 7 tablet computer.  It normally retails in two flavours: an 8GB model for $199(£159) and a 16GB model for $249(£199). Let’s get to the specs:

• 7″ IPS-backlit LCD gorilla glass display with a resolution of 1280×800 (16:10 aspect ratio)
• 1.3GHz quad-core CPU
• 1GB of RAM
• Accelerometer, GPS, Magnetometer, Compass, Gyroscope
• Supports the latest version of Google’s Android OS(Jelly Bean AKA 4.1)
• 1.2 megapixel front-facing camera
• 802.11n Wi-Fi

On the battery life, you will get 300 hours of standby time, 9.5 hours of HD video time and 10 hours of surfing the web over Wi-Fi.

The tablet also comes with Google Play, giving you access to a whole slew of games, apps, movies, books and more.

Chris has been using this tablet and loves it. Since getting it he can’t put it down! It’s fast, portable and won’t make your hand ache.  Overall, Chris recommended it as a definite Buy It!

For the last review, Adi took a look at Zen Pinball for iOS. When you download it you will get a free table to get you started but you will have to buy more tables if you want them.  You can buy more tables for either $0.99(£0.69) or $1.99(£1.49).   On the first generation iPad(early 2010), it plays very smoothly, however on an iPhone 4(released mid 2010) there will be a slight delay with the inputs registering on the game. If you’re on a newer iOS device then there should be less of a problem. It’s a good app but the choice of tables are OK.  Buy, try or don’t buy? Adi gave it a Try it rating.

You can reach out to this show by sending an email to judgement@mhftech.net.

Follow us on Twitter

Like us on Facebook

Subscribe to our show on iTunes

Download our shows from Blubrry

Subscribe to us on YouTube

Download our shows from TechPodcasts.com

Subscribe to our shows on Miro

Instructions for nominating for the podcast awards

Our Amazon Pick(Link for UK listeners):Google Nexus 7 Tablet PC – 8 GB

Our Amazon Pick(Link for US listeners): Google Nexus 7 8GB Tablet

Recently, Wired Writer Matt Honan had his digital life completely trashed. He had his Amazon account hacked, his Google Account destroyed, his Apple account hacked into just to name a few things. One of the things he could have done to limit the damage was to set up two factor authentication.

When we sign onto different places on the web there are three ways or factors that they use to authenticate us. These are known as “something you know”, “something you have”,  ”something you are”.

Something you know would be something such as a username and a password or a pin code.  Something you have would be something such as a phone or an RSA token. A lot of banks such as HSBC provide you with a small gadget with a small display that generates a time-sensitive one-time passcode.  Google does this with Gmail as well.

Something you are: The way this works is that you would use a part of your body to prove that you are you.  A lot of laptops have a built-in finger print scanner where you swipe your finger across it in order to log into your laptop.

We looked at two-factor authentication by using something you know alongside something you have.  We did this first with Gmail(Google’s email service). To do this you need the following:

• A Gmail account(which is also your Google account)
• A mobile phone

Open your favourite web browser, Go to the google home page and log in with your Google account. Click on your name and click on Account.  Click on security, find two-step verification(another name for two-factor authentication), and click on the Edit button.  You will be asked to enter in the phone number you want your code to be sent to.   You’re code will be sent to your phone momentarily.

You can then choose to flag the computer as a “trusted” computer.  This means that you won’t have to enter in a time-sensitive one-time passcode. If you’re at work or on holiday then leave this setting disabled. Google will also allow you to print off a list of these pass-codes which you can store away in you’re wallet.

For some other applications such as Microsoft Outlook, Gmail, Calendar Sync and many others you will need application specific passwords.

You can also enable two-factor authentication on other servers(such as DropBox and Lastpass) using a smartphone app called google authenticator. To do this here’s what you’ll need:

• A DropBox or a lastpass account (both are free to set up)
• The Google Authenticator app for iOS or Android
• An iPhone or Google Android phone

Starting with dropbox, go to the dropbox home page and sign in.  Click on you’re name and click security.  At the bottom of the page find the two-step verification setting and click Edit. On your phone launch the Google Authenticator app and hit the plus button at the bottom of the screen.  Then tap scan barcode and use your camera to get the barcode inside of the marked area.

Once you have done this, simply type in the code that Google Authenticator gives you and you’re good to go.  You will then be given an emergency backup code to use should you lose your phone.

With lastpass it’s a similar process.  Log into your account by clicking the LastPass icon in your web browser. Then click on the icon again and click on “my lastpass vault”.  Click on settings and choose the security tab. Launch google authenticator on your phone, click the plus button and tap “scan barcode”. Use your camera to scan the barcode.

In the same place find the drop-down menu called “google authenticator authentication”. Click it and select “enabled”. If you’re asked to do so then type in your LastPass master password and click update.

There are other places on the web that use two-factor authentication such as Paypal, Box.net, Yahoo Mail and Amazon Web Services. All of these and others allow you to have a text message with a one-time passcode sent to your phone via text message(SMS).  Dreamhost(a web hosting company) also does this using Google Authenticator.

If a hacker does get hold of your password he will still need a time-sensitive one-time passcode from your phone or RSA token in order to enter your account. This code is only good for somewhere between 30 seconds to a minute. After this a new code must be generated.  Essentially it’s like burning a log of wood in that you can’t get the wood back and burn it again once you have burnt it. It might be slightly inconvenient but in the end you’re giving up some convenience in return for security.

This episode was brought to you by Amazon

Our Amazon pick of the week – The Behringer C-1

The Behringer C-1 Studio Condenser Microphone on Amazon UK

The Behringer C-1 Studio Condenser Microphone on Amazon USA

Support us by going to MHFTech.net/Amazon. Listeners in the USA can go to MHFTech.net/AmazonUSA

During this episode we gave you small taster of what’s to come during IP EXPO 2012.  Taking place at London’s Earls Court on the 17th and 18th of October 2012, the leading vendors in Cloud, Storage, Wireless, Security, IP Networks, and Virtualization will be there.

Aerohive networks will be at the show on stand number A46. Amongst the products on show will be the BR200 Branch Router with gigabit ethernet, 802.11n WiFi, enterprise class wi-fi security and dual-WAN redundancy, the BR100 router and the bonjour gateway.

Dr Mike Lynch OBE will be one of the many speakers holding a seminar at Keynote theatre. Entitled “It’s enterprise technology, but not as we know it”, his speech will cover the changing balances in internal IT, how emerging technology is creating new winners and losers and technologies unleashing new knowledge and creativity.

Security company ESET will be on the show floor at stand number E60.  Amongst the products on show will be NOD32 Antivirus version 4 for Linux and the Mac.  They will also be showcasing ESET endpoint security and ESET remote Administrator.

Day one’s fourth keynote, Accelerating into the Cloud, will kick off at 12.30PM, when Lotus F1 CIO, Graeme Hackland, will discuss the company’s journey to Cloud Computing.

VMWare will be on the show floor at stand F60. Amongst the products on show will be VMWare Vcenter configuration manager, VMWare Cloud Application Platform and VMWare VCloud suite 5.1.

Aruba Networks are also going to be on the show floor on stand C47.  The company will also be running a few seminars including Application networkability in a post PC world and Simple steps to saying yes to BYOD.

Citrix(the people behind GoToMeeting and one of the sponsors of IP EXPO), will be on the show floor.  They will be showcasing many products including Citrix XenApp, XenDesktop and Xenserver.

Cisco and its partners will show how Borderless Networks, Collaboration, Data Centre & Virtualization provide a complete architectural approach to transform your business, allowing people to connect, communicate and collaborate. Within the theme of ‘Architectures for Business Transformation’, Cisco’s focus for IPExpo is on the Virtualization Experience Infrastructure, the New Collaboration Experience and Is Your Network Ready?

You can reach out to the show by sending an email to enterprise@mhftech.net

Follow us on Twitter

Like us on Facebook

Subscribe to our show on iTunes

Download our shows from Blubrry

Subscribe to us on YouTube

Download our shows from TechPodcasts.com

Subscribe to our shows on Miro

Listen to us on stitcher