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I honestly don’t know what is going on with iTunes.  It worked yesterday and now it has decided not to work and is claiming my feed is invalid when nothing has changed.  All I can do is apologise.  The episodes are still there and I hope that everything will be sorted out in the next couple of days.

In the mean time I’m going to continue pulling my hair out trying to figure out what the problem is.

Mark McKinnon was so kind as to do an interview for us today.  Mark is the writer/author (what the correct terminology there?) of the software Drive Prophet.  He talks to us about his software and what he hopes it will add to forensic investigations.  He was a great person to have on the show, excited and passionate about his work.

Mark can be found either at Red Wolf Forensics or his blog.

 

 Episode 8 - Chrome [55:14m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

So, now that I’ve changed everything I’ve noticed that iTunes points to the wrong podcast feed still.  I’ve submitted the changes to iTunes but I don’t know when these changes will filter through.  In the mean while its best to listen on here or download the mp3.

***UPDATE***

The issue with iTunes has now been resolved, ready for the new episode.

You may or may not have noticed but the Forensic 4cast website has changed address ever so slightly.  I have done this so that I can add new features to the site that I couldn’t readily do with the old address.

Also, look at for a new episode later/tomorrow with guest Mark McKinnon, author of drive prophet.  We’ll be talking about Google Chrome and how to extract information for examinations.

You may have noticed that we experienced a little downtime today.  The reason for this is because I’d like to do some things to the website that require a change to the web address, things such as a forum.  Sorry if this caused any inconvenience.

I have also created new email accounts, in future if you want to get in touch you can either leave comments on the site or email us at:  lee@forensic4cast.com or simon@forensic4cast.com.

Hooray! (I hear you cry).  Yes you are quite correct to cheer my friend as the latest episode is now available.

This week Simon and Lee discuss the Private Investigator law (again?), the RIAA, Blackhat, and Lloyds TSB password policies.

I know you’ll be riveted throughout the episode.

(I’ve fixed the player now, apparently there was a bug in the site.)

 

 Forensic 4cast Episode 7 [55:12m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Contrary to popular demand opinion neither Simon or I are dead.  We tried recording something last week but Skype was being EXTREMELY unreliable.  We’ve since joined up with voxalot and set up SIP accounts so the process should be a lot smoother now.

I’m glad to tell you that we’ll be doing a new episode tomorrow evening, that should be available to everyone by Wednesday morning.

Simon was allowed a week off, now I have to concede and say sorry to everyone.  Last week our kids were sick and, inevitably it was passed on to myself. Oh joy!

I spent a night camped out in the bathroom, scared to move more than a few feet away, if at all.

But don’t be worried, Simon and I will actually be recording a new episode in just a few days time, this time we’ll both be at the same desk, at the same computer so the sound quality should be the best yet (pity about the content).

Oh, by the way.  I’m thinking about running a small advert on the site.  This would mainly be for purchasing items for competitions and the like.  Give me your feedback about it.

I am please to announce that episode 6 is available for your listening pleasure.

In this episode we discuss virtual vigilanteeism.  Is it a blessing or a curse when these vigilantes get involved?

We would really like to hear about your first hand experiences of the laws requiring forensic investigators to be registered private investigators, how has it affected you?  Please drop us an email at 4cast@whitfields.org or leave a comment on the web page at http://www.forensic4cast.com.

I made mention of the internet archive the link is right here: http://web.archive.org

 

 Forensic 4cast Episode 6 [45:53m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

So, Simon’s mouth has a big hole in it, but he feels well enough to do a podcast so we’ll hopefully do one on Sunday for release on Monday morning.  It should be an interesting one…

I want to talk about virtual vigilanteeism, among other things.

I also owe a couple of apologies.

Don’t miss it.