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Tech Podcast: Decoding the Stuxnet worm

By Clark Boyd

Technology Podcast 309: The Stuxnet computer worm has made waves worldwide since it was discovered back in June. Global teams of computer forensics experts have been trying to determine more precisely what the worm's targets were, and who might have created it. You'll get an in-depth journey into that computer code in this week's Technology Podcast. more »

Tech Podcast: A Nobel for the Internet?

By Clark Boyd

Technology Podcast 304: The Internet, the late Senator Ted Stevens famously quipped, is "just a series of tubes." Well, now this set of fat data pipes has its very own nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize. Will it win? We'll talk about the chances on this month's podcast round-up of great global technology stories. more »

Tech Podcast: Blogger may face death penalty in Iran

By Clark Boyd

Technology Podcast 303: On this week's technology podcast, we'll have an update on Hossein Derakhshan, aka Hoder. Widely considered to be the "godfather" of Persian-language blogging, Hoder is now in an Iranian prison. Reports from his family inside the country say he may be facing the death penalty. We'll have that story, plus a whole lot more global tech... more »

Tech Podcast 277: High-Tech Ski Treadmills, sOccket, and Pecha Kucha for Haiti

By Clark Boyd

Technology Podcast 277: This is no ordinary soccer ball. It's called sOccket, and it's got some tech inside that allows it to store up energy while it's being kicked around. After 15 minutes, the ball's stored up enough juice to power an LED light, or even charge up something else. Too cool. In this week's podcast, we'll talk to... more »

Increasing Organ Donation, Slime Molds and Solar Eclipse

By Rhitu Chatterjee

Podcast 50: How to tackle the global shortage in organs for transplantation? An update on the recent annular solar eclipse, and some useful information about biochar and slime molds. more »

Tackling the Global Organ Shortage

By Mustafa Al-Mousawi

Forum 8: There's a global shortage in organs available for transplants and a thriving black-market for organs. How do we reduce that shortage? We talk with Dr. Mustafa Al-Mousawi to find out. more »

Tech Podcast: M-PESA, Y2K10, and Call of Duty

By Clark Boyd

Technology Podcast 272: And...we're back, ready for a whole new year of fun and frolics on the Tech Podcast. The centerpiece for this episode is a conversation with Tavneet Suri of MIT's Sloan School of Management. Suri, a Kenyan herself, has been studying the impact of the mobile money transfer system called M-PESA on her native country. We've also... more »

Tech Updates on Iran and China, the Codex Sinaiticus, and Hal and the Big 5

By Clark Boyd

Technology Podcast 250: On this week's podcast, one of the world's oldest bibles finds a new home online. Also, technology updates on the post-election violence in Iran, and the violence in western China. And we'll end with a story of global online musical cooperation. Rock on. more »

All’s A-Twitter in Iran, Kiwanja’s Ken Banks, and Skype Wedding

By Clark Boyd

Technology Podcast 249: On this week's Tech Podcast, we have an in-depth discussion with Ken Banks of Kiwanja and FrontlineSMS. Ken's helping folks around the world use cell phones for all sorts of amazing things. Also, updates on Twitter in Iran and Green Dam, Youth Escort software in China. more »

Twitter and Other Social Media Tools in Iran

By Clark Boyd

Technology Podcast 247: It's all Iran this week, folks. Violence and protests have flaired in Iran following last week's disputed elections. The government moved quickly to shut down the flow of information out of, and into, the country. But Twitter and other social media tools are keeping that flow of information going. In fact, it's not merely a flow,... more »