Produced and hosted by Jon Gordon, Future Tense brings you the latest technology topics in daily five-minute capsules. From electronic privacy and digital democracy to spam and computer worms, Future Tense keeps you up to date on the rapidly changing world of technology.
Future Tense is heard in the United States during broadcasts of the CBC's As It Happens.
A Los Angeles television news "reporter" gets the business from a man standing in line to buy a 3G iPhone. There are legitimate questions to be asked about the extent of devotion to Apple, but this morning news clown goes way over the line into stupid-land.
Sometimes a guy just wants to have fun. How could I resist doing a Future Tense segment in which I and my guest get to say "ChunkyLover53@aol.com" over and over again?
Chris Boyd, who heads malware research at security company FaceTime, tells Future Tense listeners today about an exploit that uses an email address given out by Homer Simpson in a 2003 episode to ensnare unsuspecting Simpsons fans into an evil botnet.