XWE Podcast: Recent Episodes
Christopher Fikes & Matthe
Allergies attack the show this week as both Chris and Matt are feeling the effects of pollen and bad weather. Intel has another leaky CPU bug and Google introduced Gmail Confidential Mode.
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Links and Show Notes
Windows Lite: Microsoft’s OS for dual-screen and Chromebook-like devices - The Verge
Thunderbolt 3 becomes USB4, as Intel’s interconnect goes royalty-free | Ars Technica
SPOILER alert, literally: Intel CPUs afflicted with simple data-spewing spec-exec vulnerability • The Register
Teenage Hacker's Evil App Steals Apple Mac Passwords
G Suite Updates Blog: Keep data secure with Gmail confidential mode (beta)
G Suite Updates Blog: Use Vault for Gmail confidential messages and Jamboard files
Panic Week sets in on the guys as they deal with Apple Podcast changing rules that could potentially remove the podcast from iTunes, one of their ISPs going bankrupt and Momo resurfaces.
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Links and Show Notes
Apple clarifies changes to metadata requirements for Apple Podcasts in new email - 9to5Mac
Windstream, ISP with 1 million customers, files for bankruptcy | Ars Technica
What is the Momo challenge? Police issue warning to concerned parents after "Momo challenge" resurfaces - CBS News
Joose Rajamäki ???????????????? on Twitter: "It's interesting to observe the evolution of natural language processing when my own native language (Finnish) is such an adversarial case that it breaks every system. I haven't seen even a functioning spell checker. Here some reasons why this is the case. #NLP #AI Thread 1/8" / Twitter
Facebook content moderation is an ugly business. Here's who does it - CNET
Chris sets up an "Inception Linux" and Matt switches his secondary browser from Google Chrome to FireFox. The guys then discuss their cybersecurity concerns for their school districts.
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Links and Show Notes
Download Firefox — Free Web Browser — Mozilla
Microsoft Edge lets Facebook run Flash code behind users' backs | ZDNet
Google says Nest microphone was 'never supposed to be a secret' - Business Insider
15 real-world phishing examples — and how to recognize them | CSO Online
Jigsaw | Phishing Quiz
Have I Been Pwned: Check if your email has been compromised in a data breach
Firefox Monitor
Use an 8-char Windows NTLM password? Don't. Every single one can be cracked in under 2.5hrs • The Register
Cisco warns on HyperFlex security vulnerabilities | Network World
CORSAIR on Twitter: "This is your RAM.
And THIS is your RAM on Chrome.… "
Matt is back from TCEA in San Antonio with some information about the new AMD powered HP Chromebooks. The guys also discuss the latest enterprise application issues between Facebook, Google and Apple.
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Links and Show Notes
HP Chromebook 11A G6 EE First look: First AMD-powered Chromebook
Dell Unleashes Next Generation Chromebooks For Education
Facebook has been paying teens $20 a month for total access to their phone activity - The Verge
Apple Shut Down All of Facebook's Internal Apps When Revoking Enterprise Certificate [Update: Fixed] - MacRumors
Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps - The Verge
Serious FaceTime bug allows you to listen remotely before anyone answers — Apple to fix ‘later this week’ - The Verge
Roughly 500,000 Ubiquiti devices may be affected by flaw already exploited in the wild
TCEA | Advancing Teaching and Learning with Technology in Education
LEGO Education
Microsoft Office is finally in the Mac App Store with rumors of potential changes of the Office 365 subscription, some new ways to install tools on Windows, and new Chromebook hardware.
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Links and Show Notes
Verizon Promises to #ReverseTheFee on Remind After Educators’ Outcry | EdSurge News
Microsoft Office Debuts on the Mac App Store – MacStories
Microsoft 365 might replace Office 365 soon, but what is it exactly? – BGR
Microsoft Employee Hints at Windows Core OS Open Source Components
Scoop
Chocolatey - The package manager for Windows
Want to spin up Ubuntu VMs from Windows 10's command line, eh? We'll need to see a Multipass • The Register
Microsoft unveils more cheap hardware, Teams features, and pens for education | Ars Technica
HP Unveils Latest Education Chromebook Lineup Ahead Of BETT
The Great Google Hangouts Shutdown begins October 2019 | Ars Technica
Google Chrome Has A Nasty Surprise
?Buna Cougar Stickers on the App Store
?Word Wall Words on the App Store
Welcome to 2019! This week we find out how Matt's fiber upgrade project went and how Chris moved to Linux again. AMD announces some new stuff at CES and Verizon and Remind are having a battle.
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Links and Show Notes
KDE neon
Looking Glass - Looking Glass
AMD CEO Lisa Su's 2019 CES Keynote - YouTube
HP Launches First-Ever AMD Chromebook
Windows 7 End of Support
Windows 10 will chew up another 7GB of disk space to make sure it can update | Ars Technica
Verizon charges new “spam” fee for texts sent from teachers to students | Ars Technica
For our last show of 2018, we discuss three of our favorite pieces of tech from this past year. We also discuss what we're looking forward to in 2019.
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Links and Show Notes
Download a Windows 10 virtual machine - Windows app development
Windows Sandbox - Microsoft Tech Community - 301849
Google Voice for G Suite now supports calls to emergency services - 9to5Google
Enterprise Container Platform | Docker
Portainer Management, Docker User Interface, Container Software - Wynyard Quarter, Ponsonby, Parnell | Emerging Technology Partners
Watch - Apple
Samsung Galaxy Note9 - Unrivaled Phone Battery & Processor | Samsung US
System Center Configuration Manager Overview | Microsoft
Ubiquiti Networks - Democratizing Professional Network Technology
Centipede | Amplified Labs
Methods for managing YouTube for G-Suite users.
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Links and Show Notes
Super Micro says independent audit found no spy chips - 9to5Mac
Chrome Extensions are coming to Microsoft’s new Edge browser - The Verge
Your content & Restricted Mode - YouTube Help
Restrict YouTube content available to G Suite users - G Suite Admin Help
Add YouTube video and channel approvers - G Suite Admin Help
Approve YouTube videos and channels - G Suite Admin Help
Remove YouTube videos or channels - G Suite Admin Help
Manage your YouTube settings - G Suite Admin Help
Tools
PowerShell Script to Build DNS Zones
Screenshots
YouTube DNS Zones
YouTube A Record
YouTube Overview Settings
YouTube Content
YouTube Default Permissions
YouTube Staff Permissions
Google Classroom Permissions
Google attempts to simplify its messaging services and Microsoft is embracing Chromium as the new base for Edge. Chris shares with Matt a way to make native apps for websites.
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Links and Show Notes
EGF Home - Electronic Gaming Federation
No, Google Hangouts is not shutting down — it's just rebranding | Android Central
Google is shutting down Allo - The Verge
????Google Santa Tracker
AMD Ryzen 3000 Specs & Prices Leaked, Upto 16 Cores & 5.1GHz on AM4
AMD Navi RX 3080, 3070 & 3060 Specs & Prices Leaked - RTX 2070, GTX 1070 & GTX 1060 Challengers at $249, $199 & $129
The latest on Messages, Allo, Duo and Hangouts
GitHub - jiahaog/nativefier: Make any web page a desktop application
Microsoft is embracing Chromium, bringing Edge to Windows 7, Windows 8, and macOS | VentureBeat
Google welcomes Microsoft’s move to Chromium, but Mozilla doesn’t - The Verge
The guys are back from the Thanksgiving break. Matt buys his first gaming keyboard and mouse and gets some new Chromebooks for his district. Chris finds a bug in his Ubiquiti firewall that blocks Apple's iOS upgrade verification process.
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Links and Show Notes
Discord - Free Voice and Text Chat for Gamers
Redragon USA
Redragon USA
Microsoft briefly dethrones Apple as the most valuable US company (AAPL, MSFT) | Markets Insider
Meet the new icons for Office 365 - YouTube
Amazon's homegrown 2.3GHz 64-bit Graviton processor was very nearly an AMD Arm CPU • The Register
VyOS release model change - blog.vyos.net
Centipede | Amplified Labs
As the guys are winding some projects down and getting ready for the Thanksgiving break, Matt discovers a group policy setting they have been needing for a long, long time.
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Links and Show Notes
How to Automatically Delete User Profiles Older Than a Certain Number of Days Using Group Policy - TechNet Articles - United States (English) - TechNet Wiki
November 13, 2018—KB4467708 (OS Build 17763.134)
What is VMM? | Microsoft Docs
Buy Surface Dock - Microsoft Store
Surface docking stations
New Docking Stations with USB -Type C Connections | Dell United States
Dell E-Port Replicator Docking Station with USB 3.0 | Dell United States
Matt rants about his disappointment in the new Apple products and Chris has some news about some exciting new AMD products.
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Links and Show Notes
Microsoft Edge web browsing issues being reported following upgrade/installation of Windows 10 version 1809 (Redstone 5) - Sophos Community
iPad Pro - Apple
MacBook Air - Apple
Mac mini - Apple
Radeon™ Instinct™ MI60 Accelerator| Deep Learning and HPC | AMD
AMD Announces 64-Core 7nm Rome CPUs, 7nm MI60 GPUs, And Zen 4
Matt gets over his fear of changing the Active Directory Schema and finally installs System Center Configuration Manager.
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Links and Show Notes
Cognitive Buffet: Understanding Email Headers, Part II - The Basics
How does Gmail decide to thread email messages? - Web Applications Stack Exchange
Veeam Backup Free Edition for virtual machines (VeeamZIP)
VMware vSphere Essentials Plus Kit
PowerShell Script to Backup VMs in Veeam
System Center Configuration Manager Overview | Microsoft
PrajwalDesai.com – Blog on SCCM, Configuration Manager, Microsoft and Other Technologies.
How to Install Configuration Manager 2016 (SCCM / ConfigMgr 2016) on Windows Server 2016 and SQL Server 2016
Matt's feeling burnt out on technology. Chris cleans up his Active Directory and Google Cloud Directory by automating the synchronization of the two.
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Links and Show Notes
Active Directory - Wikipedia
Google Cloud Directory Sync
Security Assertion Markup Language - Wikipedia
Single sign-on - Wikipedia
Chris and Matt both have some adventures installing and upgrading Windows Server. Also, the fire alarm goes off.
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Links and Show Notes
The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies - Bloomberg
What Businessweek got wrong about Apple - Apple
Update Office 2019 (for IT Pros) | Microsoft Docs
Windows Server 2019 | Microsoft
WORKDONE 3.5 inch Hard Drive Caddy Tray for Dell PowerEdge Servers
Duplicati
Deploy Drive File Stream - G Suite Administrator Help
Chris and Matt discuss the Bloomberg article about tiny infiltration chip out of China. Matt then talks about how he automated some TVs in the cafeteria. Chris talks about how he's using an EdgeRouter Lite as a temporary firewall solution before mentioning AMD's CES news.
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Links and Show Notes
The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies - Bloomberg
Vizio SmartCast TVs now play nice with Alexa
GitHub - nfarina/homebridge: HomeKit support for the impatient
Home Assistant
NetSpective WebFilter - Wireless Byod
Ubiquiti Networks - EdgeRouter™ Lite
AMD to Keynote CES for First Time, Showcase 7nm Products
Microsoft Surface event 2018: the 5 biggest announcements - The Verge
Deploy Office 2019 (for IT Pros) | Microsoft Docs
Chris and Matt continue their discussion on renaming a Windows domain. The guys also gripe about some issues with the Google Admin Console for Chromebook Management and finally get around to talking about PRIs and SIP trunks.
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Links and Show Notes
What is a PRI Line, what are the advantages and limitations of PRI circuits
SIP trunking - Wikipedia
Elon Musk sued by SEC for securities fraud - The Verge
Chris and Matt were going to talk about phones, PRIs, SIP trunks and e-faxing on this episode, but instead, they ended up talking about network switching and wireless.
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Links and Show Notes
RENAME ACTIVE DIRECTORY DOMAIN NAME - YouTube - DO NOT TRY THIS ON A PRODUCTION NETWORK FIRST!
Step-by-Step guide to rename Active Directory Domain Name - RebelAdmin.com - DO NOT TRY THIS ON A PRODUCTION NETWORK FIRST!
UniFi
Ubiquiti Networks - EdgeMax Products
Ubiquiti Networks Community
Cisco Meraki
Cisco Kills Flip video camera line
Aerohive Networks
This week the guys talk about the new iPhones, Apple Watches and a few other random topics when they talk some more about Chris's new district.
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Links and Show Notes
iPhone - Apple
Watch - Apple
Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Commercial Video [2018] - YouTube
Enterprise Cloud Networking | Aerohive Networks
All Macs without T2 chip vulnerable to recently discovered cold boot attack | 9to5Mac
macOS Mojave - Apple
AMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. stock and investing information on StockTwits (AMD)
AppLocker - Wikipedia
NetSpective WebFilter
MDM for Education - Mosyle Manager MDM
Follett - Educational Products, Services and Technology
On this week's episode, construction at Matt's district has finally started a year after the storm and Chris moves to a new school district. They guys discuss what challenges that will bring.
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Links and Show Notes
NIGHTLOCK LOCKDOWN 1
Licensing options for industries | Microsoft
What is VMM? | Microsoft Docs
Physical-to-Virtual - Wikipedia
Disk2vhd - Windows Sysinternals | Microsoft Docs
VMware vCenter Converter: P2V Virtual Machine Converter
PaperCut - Print management software used by 50k organizations to control and quota printing
Ubiquiti Networks - Products
UNMS - Ubiquiti Network Management System
pfSense - World's Most Trusted Open Source Firewall