This Week On The TC Gadgets Podcast: Apple's New iPad Air And Traveling With Gadgets

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Poverty Toppled Two Egyptian Governments And Still Persists

In the almost three years since Egyptians rose up against autocratic rule there has been one constant: lots of people are still mired in poverty and they're getting poorer. Economic social justice was a main demand of protesters in 2011 and then again in 2013 when protesters took to the streets against Mohamed Morsi. And if Egypt's new leaders don't fix the problem they may face the same problem.

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It's been nearly three years since Egyptians rose up against autocratic rule and one fact of life there hasn't changed. Most Egyptians are poor and they're getting poorer. Economic social justice was a big demand of protesters in 2011 and then again this summer. That's when massive crowds took to the streets leading to the ouster of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi. And economists say if Egypt's new leaders don't do something to address the country's poverty problem, they'll face similar unrest.

NPR's Leila Fadel reports from Cairo.

LEILA FADEL, BYLINE: At an outdoor market in central Cairo, Umm Nasser's vegetable stand bursts with the colors of purple eggplants, green peppers and red tomatoes. She weighs out produce on a scale for her gaggle of customers.

UMM NASSER: (Foreign language spoken)

FADEL: She says business is bad, really bad. People just can't afford the soaring prices of the produce, she says, pointing out all the vegetables that have rotted because no one's buying them. But she says any government attempt to fix prices at lower levels isn't going to work. Last month, the supply ministry announced plans to impose mandatory commodity prices on fruits and vegetables. If they enforce the plan, Umm Nasser says, she and other vegetable vendors will make no money and the black market will grow.

NASSER: (Foreign language spoken)

FADEL: She says, wholesale providers will hide the good produce and sell us bad produce and then, turn around and extort lots more money for the fresh stuff that customers actually want. Economists say measures like this one by the military-backed interim government are aimed at appeasing the population during a time of political unrest. Supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood have been protesting for more than 100 days. Amid continuing violence, the country remains divided and under a state of emergency. And at the same time, prices are soaring, unemployment is growing and economic social justice is still a distant dream.

Samer Atallah, at the American University in Cairo, assesses the government's approach to the economic situation.

SAMER ATALLAH: It's among a program of multiple measures they're trying to do in order to ease a bit the economic strain on the Egyptian households.

FADEL: This week, the finance ministry announced it would spend more on a planned stimulus package, $4.3 billion, and would implement a minimum wage by early next year. The government has something of a lifeline, Atallah says, in the form of $12 billion in aid from oil-rich states on the Arabian Peninsula, announced after the military overthrow of Morsi in July. The aid will help in the short-run but Atallah says, ultimately, the government isn't addressing Egypt's broken economy.

ATALLAH: It can give us maybe few months until it runs out.

FADEL: Nearly three years of political turmoil has scared away tourists and foreign investors. Almost a third of Egypt's budget is spent on an inefficient food and fuel subsidy system as the country continues to spend more than it earns. And about half of Egyptians live on or below the poverty line.

ATALLAH: So we have all of these ingredients in a burning pan that are waiting to explode whenever a crisis comes up.

FADEL: And that means the military backed government could soon face renewed protests because people can't afford to eat. Wael Ziada is the head of research at EFG-Hermes, one of Egypt's largest investment banks.

WAEL ZIADA: As time goes on, I have much less conviction that this government will achieve anything more significant than the previous government or the government before it did achieve.

FADEL: He says the new leadership is more capable of dealing with the economic problems but there still are no serious steps towards economic reform.

ZIADA: Part of that has to do with the difficulty of this period from a political standpoint and the fact that any economic restructuring plans would need a lot of support and obviously compromise.

FADEL: For now, stability is tantamount. Economic reforms would mean that the government would have to cut subsidies and reform the aging bureaucracy with millions of people on the payroll - something a lot of Egyptians won't like. For now, the military is riding a wave of popular support, economists say. This new government just doesn't want to rock the boat. Leila Fadel, NPR News, Cairo.

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Review: Office 365 administration made easy

October 21, 2013

A business that moves its email to a hosted solution such as Office 365 typically hopes to reduce operating and administrative costs, reduce spam, and decrease downtime. Alas, administrators who open up the Web-based GUI for Office 365 discover that several of the commonly needed administration and reporting options for Exchange are not available. In many cases, administrators get around the omissions by running PowerShell scripts against the Exchange APIs -- or by hiring consultants to run the PowerShell scripts, which are not exactly easy or intuitive to create for mere mortals.

Enter 365 Command, a Microsoft Windows Azure Web application, available for a modest monthly fee, that presents a much more complete GUI for administration of Office 365 Exchange. Companies might use 365 Command to eliminate or reduce the need for consultants, who in turn might use it to do more work in less time with fewer errors.

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In my testing, 365 Command worked well for administering my small Office 365 Exchange installation. I didn't encounter any issues that required asking for support, and I managed to make my intended changes without breaking anything for anyone. On the other hand, I more or less knew what I wanted to do.

As far as I can tell, 365 Command currently has no competition.

365 Command helps with administrative actions, reporting, and auditing. An example of an administrative action is converting a mailbox from a User type to a Shared type (see screen image). Why would you want to do that? One reason is that there is (or was) a bug in the conversion software that moves Exchange mailboxes into the Office 365 cloud that makes all mailboxes the User type. When a group uses a mailbox -- such as "sales" or "marketing" -- one good way to manage the mailbox is to make it shared. This also saves a license.

Another reason is that for common aliases, such as "sales," you may want fine-grained control over who sees what folders that you can't get from a forwarding rule in a User mailbox or from group membership.

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Bangladesh politics focused on 2 moms, and 2 sons

In this Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013 photo, Sajeeb Wazed Joy, 42, the son of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, speaks at an election campaign rally in Tongi, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Political observers in Bangladesh say that given a few years Joy or Tarique Rahman, the 45-year-old son of opposition leader Khaleda Zia, could become prime minister of Bangladesh, which has been ruled by their two families since the country's 1971 independence from Pakistan. Joy and Rahman have emerged as the country's most powerful political heirs. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)

In this Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013 photo, Sajeeb Wazed Joy, 42, the son of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, speaks at an election campaign rally in Tongi, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Political observers in Bangladesh say that given a few years Joy or Tarique Rahman, the 45-year-old son of opposition leader Khaleda Zia, could become prime minister of Bangladesh, which has been ruled by their two families since the country's 1971 independence from Pakistan. Joy and Rahman have emerged as the country's most powerful political heirs. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)

In this Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013 photo, a Bangladesh Awami League woman supporter holds a poster of Sajeeb Wazed Joy, 42, the son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, at an election campaign rally in Mymensingh, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Political observers in Bangladesh say that given a few years Joy or Tarique Rahman, the 45-year-old son of opposition leader Khaleda Zia, could become prime minister of Bangladesh, which has been ruled by their two families since the country's 1971 independence from Pakistan. Joy and Rahman have emerged as the country's most powerful political heirs. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)

FILE - In this March 8, 2007 file photo, Tarique Rahman, center, who was charged with receiving bribes, is escorted by Bangladeshi security personnel to a court in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Political observers in Bangladesh said that given a few years Rahman, the 45-year-old son of opposition leader Khaleda Zia, and Sajeeb Wazed Joy, 42, the son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, could become prime minister of Bangladesh, which has been ruled by their two families since the country's 1971 independence from Pakistan. Joy and Rahman have emerged as the country's most powerful political heirs. (AP Photo/Indrajit Kumer Ghosh, File)

FILE - In this October 2006 file photo, Tarique Rahman, the son of former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, smiles during a rally in Dhaka. Political observers in Bangladesh said that given a few years Rahman, the 45-year-old son of opposition leader Zia, and Sajeeb Wazed Joy, 42, the son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, could become prime minister of Bangladesh, which has been ruled by their two families since the country's 1971 independence from Pakistan. Joy and Rahman have emerged as the country's most powerful political heirs. (AP Photo/Jamil Khan, File)

In this Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013 photo, Bangladesh Awami League supporters raise their hands in support of Sajeeb Wazed Joy, 42, the son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, at an election campaign rally in Mymensingh, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Political observers in Bangladesh say that given a few years Joy or Tarique Rahman, the 45-year-old son of opposition leader Khaleda Zia, could become prime minister of Bangladesh, which has been ruled by their two families since the country's 1971 independence from Pakistan. Joy and Rahman have emerged as the country's most powerful political heirs. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The future of Bangladesh depends on two men who don't live there, both heirs apparent to the South Asian nation's most powerful political dynasties.

One is a technology consultant who lives in the U.S. with his American wife and young daughter. The other is reportedly studying for a law degree in London, living in self-imposed exile because he faces corruption charges at home.

The consultant has been traveling the small towns of Bangladesh in recent weeks, stumping for his mother's re-election. The law student is meeting with powerful political aides in Saudi Arabia, helping plan his family's return to power.

But give them a few years, and political observers here say either could become prime minister of Bangladesh, which has been ruled by their two families since the country's 1971 independence from Pakistan.

Sajeeb Wazed Joy, 42, the son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, and Tarique Rahman, the 46-year-old son of opposition leader Khaleda Zia, have emerged as the country's most powerful political heirs.

"Their influence is huge," said Hassan Shahriar, a political analyst in Bangladesh. "It's almost impossible to rise to the top coming from outside these families in the current context."

With national parliamentary elections due by early next year, Joy and Rahman are key figures in early campaigning for their mothers, and are earning serious publicity for themselves.

By all indications, the men are headed for powerful roles in the country's two major political parties — Hasina's Bangladesh Awami League and Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party.

The seeming inevitability of the sons' rise rankles some in Bangladesh, who see it as fundamentally undemocratic.

"This is not a kingdom, why would they come after their mothers?" asks college student Mazharul Islam. "Are there no other people with brains and guts to rule us? This is ridiculous."

But political dynasties are a fact of life in South Asia. Families of independence leaders, first presidents or descendants of longtime leaders often have immense influence in politics. In Bangladesh, Hasina and Zia have headed their parties for decades without any open challenges.

"Look at India, Sri Lanka or Pakistan," Shahriar said. "Bangladesh is no different. Cronies surround these families, back them and strengthen their hands to get slices of power."

In Bangladesh — a nation struggling to overcome extreme poverty, vicious politics and a recent string of horrific accidents linked to the garment industry — photos of Joy and Rahman regularly feature on party posters along with their mothers.

In recent weeks, Joy has toured the country, earning a rock-star welcome in towns where supporters lined up along highways and chanted party slogans. Scrums of reporters followed his motorcade.

"You are the future (of the country). You are the future leaders of this nation. I will always be with you," Joy, who lives in the U.S. state of Virginia, told a crowd of cheering students during the tour, aimed at boosting support for his mother.

"One day he will be prime minister. Why not?" said Mahbubul Haque Shakil, an aide to Hasina. "This is a democracy. If people want, he will surely be."

Rahman, though he lives in Britain, plays a major role in deciding who will get nominations for the country's 300 parliamentary constituencies. Rahman — whose mother was prime minister from 2001 to 2006 before becoming an opposition leader — has campaigned for her in the past and reportedly hand-picked several Cabinet members.

Rahman left the country in 2008 with permission from a court on medical ground after his mother's five-year term expired amid chaos on the streets over elections. A caretaker government backed by the military arrested him and allegedly tortured him in custody.

He holds the title of senior vice president of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. His rise comes despite allegations of corruption that could lead to his arrest if he returns to Bangladesh. A special court indicted Rahman in absentia along with one of his businessman friends in 2011. Prosecutors say Rahman and his friend received $2.73 million in bribes while his mother was prime minister. Another court issued an arrest warrant against Rahman accusing him of masterminding grenade attacks on a rally of Hasina when she was the opposition leader in 2004. At least 24 people died in that attack in Dhaka and Hasina narrowly escaped unhurt. Hasina's party says the attack was designed to eliminate political opponents.

Zia's opposition party has denied all charges against Rahman, saying they are aimed at destroying her family's reputation. If Zia returns to power, it would pave the way for her son's return to Bangladesh.

For now, he is working closely with his mother, but from a distance. He recently addressed some party meetings in London and visited Saudi Arabia to attend another.

"It's just a matter of time. He will return as a hero," said Jamilur Qadir, one of his supporters. "He is the son of a former president. He is the son of a mother who did a lot for the nation as prime minister. I am sure he will come out clean and change things with good judgment."

Zia entered the political fray after her husband, President Ziaur Rahman, was killed in a coup in 1981. Hasina, the elder daughter of independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, entered politics several years after her father and most of her family were assassinated in a 1975 coup.

Together, the women overthrew former president and military dictator H.M. Ershad and restored democracy in 1990. Each has served as prime minister since then.

Now, the two are bitter rivals with their eyes toward the future — both their country's and their sons'.

Dynasties are not necessarily bad, the political analyst Shahriar said — as long as good leadership emerges. In any case, other candidates for power have little hope of rising to the top.

"There are talented people, they have potential," Shahriar said. "But they don't have family connections."

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Complaints claim Egypt satirist defamed military

FILE - In this Sunday, March 31, 2013 file photo, a bodyguard secures popular Egyptian television satirist Bassem Youssef, who has come to be known as Egypt's Jon Stewart, as he enters Egypt's state prosecutors office to face accusations of insulting Islam and the country's Islamist leader in Cairo, Egypt. After more than four months away, the man known as “Egypt’s Jon Stewart” returns the airwaves Friday in a country radically different from the one he previously mocked. Satirist Bassem Youssef’s weekly “El-Bernameg,” or “The Program” in Arabic, mocked the country’s first elected Islamist president and his supporters for mixing religion and politics, took them to task for failing to be inclusive or deliver on people’s demands for change_ to the extent that some said he was one of the main reasons people turned against Mohammed Morsi. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

FILE - In this Sunday, March 31, 2013 file photo, a bodyguard secures popular Egyptian television satirist Bassem Youssef, who has come to be known as Egypt's Jon Stewart, as he enters Egypt's state prosecutors office to face accusations of insulting Islam and the country's Islamist leader in Cairo, Egypt. After more than four months away, the man known as “Egypt’s Jon Stewart” returns the airwaves Friday in a country radically different from the one he previously mocked. Satirist Bassem Youssef’s weekly “El-Bernameg,” or “The Program” in Arabic, mocked the country’s first elected Islamist president and his supporters for mixing religion and politics, took them to task for failing to be inclusive or deliver on people’s demands for change_ to the extent that some said he was one of the main reasons people turned against Mohammed Morsi. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

FILE - In this Sunday, March 31, 2013 file photo, Egyptian popular television satirist Bassem Youssef, who has come to be known as Egypt's Jon Stewart, waves to is supporters as he enters Egypt's state prosecutors office to face accusations of insulting Islam and the country's Islamist leader in Cairo, Egypt. After more than four months away, the man known as “Egypt’s Jon Stewart” returns the airwaves Friday in a country radically different from the one he previously mocked. Satirist Bassem Youssef’s weekly “El-Bernameg,” or “The Program” in Arabic, mocked the country’s first elected Islamist president and his supporters for mixing religion and politics, took them to task for failing to be inclusive or deliver on people’s demands for change_ to the extent that some said he was one of the main reasons people turned against Mohammed Morsi. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

FILE - In this Saturday Dec. 8, 2012 file photo, Egyptian TV host Bassem Youssef addresses attendants at a gala dinner party in Cairo, Egypt. After more than four months away, the man known as “Egypt’s Jon Stewart” returns the airwaves Friday in a country radically different from the one he previously mocked. Satirist Bassem Youssef’s weekly “El-Bernameg,” or “The Program” in Arabic, mocked the country’s first elected Islamist president and his supporters for mixing religion and politics, took them to task for failing to be inclusive or deliver on people’s demands for change_ to the extent that some said he was one of the main reasons people turned against Mohammed Morsi. (AP Photo/Ahmed Omar, File)

Egyptians watch the weekly program of Bassem Youssef, the man known as “Egypt’s Jon Stewart,” at a coffee shop in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Oct. 25, 2013. Egypt’s most popular TV satirist, famed for mercilessly skewering the former Islamist president on his weekly program, dove headfirst back into stormy politics Friday after four months off the air amid the turmoil surrounding the country’s coup. His new target for mockery: the over-the-top pro-military fervor sweeping Egyptians. Youssef returned to the air in a radically different nation, where satirizing the leadership is a far trickier task. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

CAIRO (AP) — Complaints streamed into the office of Egypt's top prosecutor Saturday against a popular television satirist, less than 24 hours after he returned to air following a military coup that ousted the country's Islamist president.

Bassem Youssef, often compared to U.S. comedian Jon Stewart, mocked the new pro-military fervor gripping Egypt in his program that aired Friday night. He also took jabs at the country's powerful military chief, Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, lionized in the Egyptian media as a hero.

By Saturday, at least four complaints had been filed with the country's top prosecutor, accusing Youssef of defaming the military in his show, a judicial official said. One of the complaints accused Youssef of using phrases that "undermine the honor and dignity of Egypt and its people" in a manner sowing sedition and spreads lies.

The official said no investigation into the complaints had started yet. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak to journalists. Such complaints, common under Egyptian law, are often shelved until prosecutors decide to start an investigation.

During Friday's show, Youssef imitated the general's soft-spoken, affectionate way of addressing the public, turning it into a lover's romantic groove. In one skit, a woman named "the Public" calls into a love advice show raving about the love of her life who saved her from an abusive husband.

"He's an officer as big as the world," she coos adoringly, making a pun on a slogan el-Sissi uses in nearly every speech — "Egypt will be big enough to face down the world." Then she adds, "He does have a sovereign streak."

One complainant, well-known politician Ahmed el-Fadaly, referred to the skit of the adoring woman, accusing Youssef of portraying Egypt as a "dallying woman who betrays her husband with military men."

El-Fadaly, who heads an association of young Muslims, also accused the satirist of belittling the armed forces' efforts dealing with terrorism, and of misrepresenting the popular protests against Morsi as a coup.

In a copy of the complaint obtained by The Associated Press, el-Fadaly said the program contained phrases that undermined "the honor and dignity of Egypt and Egyptians and can only be characterized as ... blatant libel and insult that should enjoy no legal protection."

Youssef used satire to criticize Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, ousted by the military following popular protests in July. Morsi supporters also sued Youssef for insulting the presidency and Islam, leading to his brief detention.

Before returning to air after four months of absence, Youssef predicted that he will continue to be pursued legally by his new critics "who allegedly love freedom dearly — when it works in their favor," he wrote in an article.

His late-night Friday show caused a stir in a sharply divided country. Since Morsi's ouster, hundreds have been killed in crackdowns on protesters demanding Morsi's reinstatement. Attacks by Islamic extremists against security forces and Christians have increased. A nationalist fervor gripping the country has elevated the military to an untouchable status, leaving little tolerance among the public or officials for criticism.

For now, Youssef appears to be basking in the limelight. After Friday's show aired, Youssef took to Twitter to remind the public: "It is only an episode in a program, people."

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Scary Halloween Display Prompts Police To Get Involved

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Police say a British man took Halloween decorating too far. He decorated his front yard to raise money for cancer research, but his display — inspired by the movie The Texas Chainsaw Massacre — terrified neighborhood children. It included a mock dismembered corpse.

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Nokia takes on low-cost Androids with trio of Asha phones

Nokia hopes to better compete with low-end Android devices with three new Asha phones, including the Asha 503 with 3G for US$99.

The Asha family has become important for Nokia, as its Windows Phone-based Lumia devices are still too expensive to appeal to a broad swathe of consumers in developing countries. But the Asha phones too are under price pressure from low-cost Android-based products, and as a result sales have suffered.

Nokia hopes to change that with the introduction of the Asha 500, 502 and 503, which were all announced at its Nokia World event on Tuesday and will start shipping before the end of the year. The three phones all use an updated version of the user interface the company announced on the Asha 501 earlier this year.

Users can, for example, swipe on the screen to start the camera; long press to access camera settings, and swipe to switch from the image mode to the video mode or vice versa. A key feature in the user interface is Fastlane, which shows recently accessed contacts, social networks and apps. It can now be personalized by users, who can choose what content they want it to show.

Nokia has been working hard to grow the number of apps available for the new phones, and now announced that WhatsApp is on the way.

The Asha 503 3G phone is the new flagship model of the family and will cost $99 before taxes and subsidies. It has a 5-megapixel camera and a 3-inch screen protected by Corning's Gorilla Glass 2.

The Asha 502 also has a 3-inch screen and a 5-megapixel camera, but there is no 3G, which helps make it $10 cheaper than its big brother. The last addition to the Asha family is the 500 model, which costs $69 before taxes and subsidies. For that users get a phone with a 2.8-inch screen and a 2-megapixel camera.

All three models can access the Internet using Wi-Fi, and hold two SIM cards. Just like most of Nokia's phones they come in a variety of colors -- this time red, bright green, yellow, cyan, white and black -- but to make the new Ashas stand out, Nokia has added a translucent layer of plastic on top of the body.

The phones will be available across Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe and the Middle East, Nokia said without elaborating on specific countries. The 500 and 503 models will also ship in Latin America.

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