This week Benjamin interviewed Richard from Nero Move It. This service allows you to move just about any file from any computer to any mobile device. Check out www.nero.com/moveit for more information.

Additionally, Benjamin interviewed the folks at Lumos Labs, working on Lumosity, a brain trainer program that works to increase memory, coordination, etc.

Benjamin also brought us a plethora of information on safe passwords, like making them long, without common number strings or your birthday, and without common words. You can also replace “a” with “@” “S” with “$” and so on.

With this year’s movie list looking promising, Benjamin gave us a look at technology in science fiction coming true. Star Trek gave us looks at tablet PCs, cell phones, and more, while the Terminator franchise showed killer AI before AI was really around. Nowadays a computer fixes a word if you spell it wrong and college students are writing programs that drive cars through obstacle courses. These will also appear in Terminator: Salvation, in the form of motorcycle Terminators, solving the fact that Terminators wouldn’t need motorcycles to blend into society in a car chase.

For more on killer computers, Benjamin also talked about hackers using computers to kill you. While the possibility is extremely unlikely, what if a hacker worked his way into Air Traffic Control (like in 24 and multiple other movies and TV shows) or intercepted transmissions in experimental long-distance robotically- aided surgeries? Of course, none of these are likely, but they could hack into medicine records and change pharmaceutical information… This is definitely something to watch for.

Benjamin brought us more on AI this week with directed advertising. Some companies are looking to take facial recognition software and put it in malls and stores as directed advertising, much like in the movie Minority Report. This is a scary thought, but the company promises it would only give vague info (Age, gender, etc). This recognition software would then direct the advertising as people walked by – make up for women, toys for children, cars for men, etc.

Another thing Benjamin covered was the closing of Circuit City. Upon their closing, the company was selling things at low prices, but they were sold “as is” and you could not check their condition. This resulted in serious problems for people who bought broken TVs and CDs without the possibility of return. Fox reporters there investigating were even reportedly kicked out… And we wonder why Circuit City went out of business? Hmm…

Experts flubbed recently when they thought they had found the lost city of Atlantis off the coast of Africa on www.googlemaps.com. They saw a grid of lines that looked like streets, but they grid was the size of Wales, much larger than originally thought. Google says it’s an artifact from their map-making process and traces the path of the boat mapping the sea. Even still, many people still want to look into it some more.

This week Benjamin also brought tips on working from home. For instance, set times for breaks and e-mail checks in order to keep on task. Keep the games on the personal computer and work from the business computer. It all relies on keeping on-task. For the rest of the list, listen to the audio below.