Episode 16

==Miscreants, missions and manuscripts==
Hard-drive locking virus, Discovery Launch, Podcasts on iTunes, Google Library lawsuit threat, 
===Stories Covered===
* Virus locks up files on infected hard drives, and charges $200 ransom for unlocking them. Tom and Molly suggest the "miscreants" behind the virus "didn't think things all the way through," as it seems the money could easily be traced back to the authors.
:http://news.cnet.com/Miscreants-encrypt-files,-hold-them-for-ransom/2100-7349_3-5718678.html?tag=mncol
* Space Shuttle Discovery scheduled for launch in July 2005. Molly wants to be sent by CNET to witness the launch; Tom suggests he and Molly should be on the actual mission. Molly takes notes of scary cracks on the shuttle's landing gear, but Tom points out that the cracks are on the shuttle Atlantis, a different shuttle altogether.
:http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn7415--crack-found-in-shuttle-landing-gear.html
* Podcasts are being added to iTunes v. 4.9. Tom plans to keep using iPodder. Molly pities Adam Curry.
: http://www.macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/5830/
* 125 non-profit publishers threaten to sue Google for copyright infringement with the Google Library project. Tom and Molly point out that the publishers receive a great amount of revenue from academic journals. Molly is dismissive of the non-profit academic journals’ importance. She then threatens to quit and go home, apparently in response to Tom’s lack of cynicism.
:http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2005-05-24-google-library-battle_x.htm
 
===Quotes===
*”Geeks love space stuff” - Molly
*”You wanna be cool? Be Google. How's That for a transition?” -Tom