Tech News Radio Podcast

TECH NEWS RADIO PODCAST #371 | 2010-07-16 | VMWare Fusion 3.1

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Today's podcast examines the latest version 3.1 of VMware Fusion for the Apple Mac OS X. 

Feel free to follow along with Steve Holden at: Twitter, FriendFeed, and/or Delicious.  For tech news only updates follow TechNewsRadio on Twitter.

This podcast is sponsored by SCOTTEVEST and Amazon.

Technorati Tags: Apple, Fusion, Mac, OSX, Virtualization, VMWare

TECH NEWS RADIO PODCAST #370 | 2010-07-14 | Portable Audio Recording & Podcast Distribution

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Today's podcast examines portable audio recording options and some podcast production and distribution technologies.  Links mentioned in this podcast include:

• Yahoo's Podcasters Mailing  
• Zoom H4n
• Zoom H2
• Edirol R-09
• Zoom H1
• Marantz 660
• Apple iPad
• WordPress Audio Player
• Google Player
• Playtagger from Yahoo
• Amazon CloudFront
• Encoding's Apple & Amazon Streaming

Feel free to follow along with Steve Holden at: Twitter, FriendFeed, and/or Delicious.  For tech news only updates follow TechNewsRadio on Twitter.

This podcast is sponsored by SCOTTEVEST and Amazon.

Technorati Tags: audio, mp3, player, portable, recording, steaming, tools

TECH NEWS RADIO PODCAST #369 | 2010-07-13 | OpenOffice.org News

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Today's podcast examines some recent news from OpenOffice.org that Petroleo Brasileiro SA is rolling out a big BrOffice.org deployment to over 90,000 systems; and that v3.21 of Open Office has been release with v3.3 expected this Fall 2010.  Two additional links mentioned in this podcast include: Open Document Format (ODF) and Oracle.

Feel free to follow along with Steve Holden at: Twitter, FriendFeed, and/or Delicious.  For tech news only updates follow TechNewsRadio on Twitter.

This podcast is sponsored by SCOTTEVEST and Amazon.

Technorati Tags: broffice, odf, openoffice, opensource, oracle, podcast, tech

TECH NEWS RADIO PODCAST #368 | 2010-07-12 | Apple iPad Review & Book Pointer

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Today's podcast is a quick review of the Apple iPad and a pointer to a new book "iPad: The Missing Manual" [ISBN: 978-1-4493-8784-6] by J.D Biersdorfer with David Pogue. Links mentioned in this podcast include:

• Steve Holden's iPad Review (Part 1)
• Steve Holden's iPad Review (Part 2)
• How to automatically load PDFs into iBooks
• Steve Holden's Newton & iPad Unboxing Video
• David Allen's Getting Things Done (GTD)
• Answers@O'Reilly
• Missing Manuals Series
• Apple iTunes

Feel free to follow along with Steve Holden at: Twitter, FriendFeed, and/or Delicious.  For tech news only updates follow TechNewsRadio on Twitter.

This podcast is sponsored by SCOTTEVEST and Amazon.

Technorati Tags: book, GTD, ipad, missing manual, pdf, podcast, review, tech

TECH NEWS RADIO PODCAST #367 | 2010-07-09 | Amazon's Improving Cloud of Computing

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Today's podcast is a couple of tech tidbits that examine recent news from Amazon S3 with regards to:

• Reduced Redundancy Storage (RRS);
• Amazon Cloudfront HTTP & HTTPS; and
• S3 Bucket Services (via ReadWriteWeb).

Feel free to follow along with Steve Holden at: Twitter, FriendFeed, and/or Delicious.  For tech news only updates follow TechNewsRadio on Twitter.

This podcast is sponsored by SCOTTEVEST and Amazon.

Technorati Tags: amazon, bucket, cloud, cloudfront, computing, podcast, RRS, S3, tech, technology

TECH NEWS RADIO PODCAST #366 | 2010-07-08 | Web & Wireless Security

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Today's podcast covers two quick pointers to some information security related news.

First up, Dan Goodin based out of San Francisco recently wrote an interesting article entitled "Google tutorial lets developers play malicious hacker" for the UK's The Register. 

And our second item is from Bruce Schneier's CRYPTO-GRAM newsletter for May 15, 2010 with a reference to a Network World article entitled "WIFI cracking kits being built in China.".

Feel free to follow along with Steve Holden at: Twitter, FriendFeed, and/or Delicious.  For tech news only updates follow TechNewsRadio on Twitter.

This podcast is sponsored by SCOTTEVEST and Amazon.

Technorati Tags: china, development, Google, networkworld, schneiers, security, theregister, wifi

TECH NEWS RADIO PODCAST #365 | 2010-07-07 | Flash Via JavaScript In HTML5

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Today's podcast takes a look at an open source project called Gordon from Tobias Schneider (@tobeytailor) that enables Adobe Flash to run in an HTML5 browser using JavaScript.  Additional links mentioned in this podcast include:

• IT Conversations
• Apple Safari
• Google Chrome
• Penetration Testing

Feel free to follow along with Steve Holden at: Twitter, FriendFeed, and/or Delicious.  For tech news only updates follow TechNewsRadio on Twitter.

This podcast is sponsored by SCOTTEVEST and Amazon.

Technorati Tags: Flash, Gordon, HTML5, JavaScript, Podcast, technology

TECH NEWS RADIO PODCAST #364 | 2010-07-06 | Having Fun With Your Apple iPad

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Today's podcast is a pointer to an O'Reilly webcast entitled "Five Ways The iPad Can Entertain You" with J.D. Biersdorfer the author of the book "iPad: The Missing Manual." The webcast is going to focus on: Books,  Photos, Movies, Music, and Maps; plus offer time for Q&A.  The webcast is currently scheduled for 10 - 11 am on Friday, June 9, 2010. You can sign up via: REGISTER >

We also play a short promo for Chuck Tomasi and Kreg Stepp's companion podcast called "Teach Yourself WordPress in 10 Minutes ... in 10 Minutes" that is a great supplement to their book "Teach Yourself WordPress in 10 Minutes".

Feel free to follow along with Steve Holden at: Twitter, FriendFeed, and/or Delicious.  For tech news only updates follow TechNewsRadio on Twitter.

This podcast is sponsored by SCOTTEVEST and Amazon.

Technorati Tags: apple, book, entertain, ipad, news, podcast, tech, wordpress

TECH NEWS RADIO PODCAST #363 | 2010-07-05 | Getting Started With WordPress

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Today's podcast examines news from fellow FriendsInTech.com members and Technorama podcasters' Chuck Tomasi and Kreg Stepp. They have a new book out called "Teach Yourself WordPress in 10 Minutes" from SAMS publishing, and a companion podcast called "Teach Yourself WordPress in 10 Minutes ... in 10 Minutes".  For reference the main WordPress sites are: WordPress.org and WordPress.com.

You can also learn more about WordPress from a newsletter tip from Geeks.com.

Feel free to follow along with Steve Holden at: Twitter, FriendFeed, and/or Delicious.  For tech news only updates follow TechNewsRadio on Twitter.

This podcast is sponsored by SCOTTEVEST and Amazon.

Technorati Tags: Book, FriendsInTech, Geeks.com. newsletter, podcast, SAMS, tech, Technorama, TNR, WordPress

Twitter Updates - ePub, TurboCash, iPad, Windows, Box.net, Evernote, etc

The following is a summary of tweets posted to TechNewsRadio@Twitter over the last week:

• OpenBook Specification for ePub (xhtml, css, etc) - some tools: Calibre & Adobe InDesign http://bit.ly/bGryk8
• TurboCASH has released the 4301 Update (5/5/2010) - this is an interesting open source financial mgmt application http://bit.ly/cwBVEP
• Just posted on my personal blog "An Apple iPad ~2 Month Later Review & Update" http://bit.ly/dAl3ml
• MacWorld has good references on on ePub & iPad http://bit.ly/ckDgSy
• Celina Jacobson has an interesting post examining "100 Excellent Lifehacks for Your Long Commute" http://bit.ly/bjsLuS
• Mark Minasi's TechNewsletter#89 Secrets of Creating Default User in Windows 7, Cleaning Up Setup's Little Security Hole http://bit.ly/cQBbEV
• Box.net is now beta testing drag-n-drop functions to the cloud using HTML5, Firefox 3.6, and Google Chrome
• Possible Evernote User Group Meeting in San Diego being discussed http://bit.ly/ble1sk

Technorati Tags: box.net, chrome, epub, evernote, ipad, lifehack, news, podcast, sandiego, tech, tip, turbocash, twitter, windows

Twitter Updates - Google, Amazon, Windows, Chrome, TweetDeck, iPad

The following is a summary of tweets posted to TechNewsRadio@Twitter over the last week:

• This WEEK in GOOGLE42 bit.ly/9SYkfL Check out: Ribbit, Android Kindle app, Google Reader Play, Diaspora, Google Wave open to all
• Per @LeviathanChrons the podcast novel "Leviathan Chronicles" has a big update on 5/26 http://bit.ly/8ZzfDq
• Amazon has announced a Asia Pacific Region AWS datacenter in Singapore (EC2 S3 SimpleDB RDS SNS CloudWatch Cloudfront) http://bit.ly/9NMCNc
• TechPodcast.com Roundtable is today - Sat. May 22nd at 1pm PT / 4pm ET - Stitcher Radio, Green Screen HowTo, 5 Top Windows Utilities
• standardizing all my computers with Google Chrome as the default browser - it seems to be faster, more reliable, etc than Firefox
• TweetDeck 0.3.4.1 seems like a nice upgrade: more meaningful icons, location, scheduled updates, translations, etc
• OpenOffice.org is looking for proposals their 10th year conference in Budapest, Hungary from 08/31- 09/03/2010 http://bit.ly/b6d6cQ
• Checking out Apple's "iPad : The Missing Manual—New from O'Reilly" - new book $25 - http://oreil.ly/90aNZO
• Mark/Space has announced Android Calendar Sync Version 1.4 Beta bit.ly/aDLSrX
• The new Apple OS X Snow Leopard Security Guide is now available online http://bit.ly/9Rm19H via PDF http://bit.ly/cSanMT
• Slysoft.com has released AnyDVD6.6.4.2 with support for Avatar, more encryption updates & other fixes http://bit.ly/c0tub1
• Willow Garage has a new open-source initiative for institutions and universities to build upon a robot platform bit.ly/9muTgs
• OpenBook Specification for ePub (xhtml, css, etc) - some tools: Calibre & Adobe InDesign http://bit.ly/bGryk8
• Just installed the new VMWARE 3.1 for Mac -- reports about Bootcamp VMs being faster seem true - more info: http://bit.ly/vmware31
• PhatWare has announced WritePad for iPad - an advanced handwriting recognition software http://bit.ly/aSuNXT
• Checking out Tweekdeck v0.34.2 (upgrade from v0.34.1) --- I wonder what is new?
• Checking out PersonalBrain 5.5 (visual information management) for Mac, Windows, Linux http://bit.ly/bpWZ7Y [free 30 day demo]
• AppleCentral.com is now the new "centralized" home for MacTech, Now Software, MacNews, MacsimumNews, MacMinute, etc
• Manager Tools Effective Manager Conference at Denver Marriott City Center has been announced for June 7, 2010 http://bit.ly/akUuI3
• SitePoint's newest book "Create Stunning HTML Email That Just Works!" looks like a good HTML intro: http://bit.ly/cs7ZCk
• How to Upgrade Your MacBook's Hard Drive bit.ly/benw4m -- Is a good reference!
• Anyone interest in an Apple iPad meetup in San Diego, CA - Wednesday, June 9, 2010 http://bit.ly/985fSY

Technorati Tags: amazon, apple, chrome, google, ipad, news, open, podcast, radio, security, tech, twitter

Twitter Updates - Chrome, TweetDeck, OpenOffice, iPad, Amazon, Etc

The following is a summary of tweets posted to TechNewsRadio@Twitter over the last week:

• TechPodcast.com Roundtable is today - Sat. May 22nd at 1pm PT / 4pm ET - Stitcher Radio, Green Screen HowTo, 5 Top Windows Utilities
• Standardizing all my computers with Google Chrome as the default browser - it seems to be faster, more reliable, etc than Firefox
• TweetDeck 0.3.4.1 seems like a nice upgrade: more meaningful icons, location, scheduled updates, translations, etc
• OpenOffice.org is looking for proposals their 10th year conference in Budapest, Hungary from 08/31- 09/03/2010 http://bit.ly/b6d6cQ
• Checking out Apple's "iPad : The Missing Manual—New from O'Reilly" - new book $25 - http://oreil.ly/90aNZO
• Mark/Space has announced Android Calendar Sync Version 1.4 Beta http://bit.ly/aDLSrX
• This WEEK in GOOGLE42 http://bit.ly/9SYkfL Check out: Ribbit, Android Kindle app, Google Reader Play, Diaspora, Google Wave open to all
• Per @LeviathanChrons the podcast novel "Leviathan Chronicles" has a big update on 5/26 http://bit.ly/8ZzfDq
• Amazon has announced a Asia Pacific Region AWS datacenter in Singapore (EC2 S3 SimpleDB RDS SNS CloudWatch Cloudfront) http://bit.ly/9NMCNc
• Just loaded up my old TabletPC with latest Ubuntu 10.4 LTS .. now I have OS X, Win7, Linux, & iPad running at home ;-)
• Per @georgestarcher you can trouble shoot PC/Windows problems with Ubuntu Live CD/USB [LifeHacker, How-To Geek] http://bit.ly/bKgaER
• LaCinema Mini HD Connect is interesting High Definition Media Player with full HDMI, USB 2.0, and Network http://bit.ly/bvJDPT
• TOM BIHN has introduced the Co-Pilot travel bag - sized specifically for travel essentials, including your iPad http://bit.ly/cdDPvP
• SoundSoap 2.4 has been announced with many bug fixes & several enhancements plus a new 14-day trial version http://bit.ly/cnbTgD
• Jason Westland book "The Project Management Life Cycle: A Complete Step-By-Step Methodology" has a software service via http://bit.ly/dtsMEK
• How to Skip the Trailers and FBI warning on DVD players by @acedtect via CNET/videosift.com http://bit.ly/dm4aGL
• On Monday, 5/3/2010 Apple announced that after only 28 days they sold more than 1 million Apple iPads http://bit.ly/blhTan

Unboxing Newton MessagePad & Apple iPad - TechNewsRadio Special Report

Steve Holden at TechNewsRadio.com and his family do a dual unboxing of an Newton MessagePad 100 and a new Apple iPad 16-GB.

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Feel free to follow along with Steve Holden at: Twitter, FriendFeed, and/or Delicious.  For tech news only updates follow TechNewsRadio on Twitter.  You can also get other great podcasts and content at FriendsInTech.com.

You can also watch the video on YouTube if you want.

More information about the topics, products, etc can be reviewed via:

• Newton history and devices
• Apple's new iPad
• AT&T EO
• Franklin Rex

This podcast is sponsored by SCOTTEVEST and Amazon.

Technorati Tags: apple, handheld, ipad, mobile, newton, technewsradio, technology

Twitter Updates - Evernote, SimpleDB, Beatweek, Dynamism, Python, Etc

The following is a summary of tweets posted to TechNewsRadio@Twitter over the last week:

• checking out an old reference from my Evernote library - Digital Home Recording Tips, Part 1 - O'Reilly Media [bit.ly/cRgYOm]
• For all you database guru's out there - Amazon SimpleDB now supports "consistent reads and conditional puts & deletes" [bit.ly/d2gHGk]
• How to get Windows updates in an ISO image so you can burn them to DVD for systems not connected to the Internet [bit.ly/9JUsMS]
• if you do internet based research & data analysis then you might want to check out Context Discovery
• There is now a video library of content for igniteshow.com that is scheduled for March 1-5, 2010 across 60 locations on 6 continents
• Checking out the new Beatweek (formerly iProng - music, new media, podcasting, mobile gear) fan page on http://www.facebook.com/beatweek
• Opus.com has announced iMacros for Chrome - automates common tasks such as posting feedback, checking visitor statistics & downloading info
• Dynamism.com has the new viliv S10 tablet computer with 10.1” HD LCD, multitouch swivel screen, Intel Atom CPU, 10 hour battery, optional 3G
• the other "Steve Holden" is offering an online course Python 1: Beginning Python ($199) 
• SlySoft.com has announced the AnyDVD (HD) 6.6.2.3 Update - this is a great Windows DVD copy/backup program that works well with Handbrake
• Mark Minasi has shared some great Microsoft Active Directory tips related to ADSIEdit & LDAP 
• VIZIO’s XVT Series HDTVs now come with integrated & upgradeable Internet Apps (Demand, Flickr, Netflix, Rhapsody, VUDU & Yahoo TV Widgets)
• Oracle recently released VirtualBox 3.1.4 with improved stability & bug fixes.
• OpenOffice.org Conference (OOoCon) will be from 08/31-09/03/2010 in Budapest, Hungary

Technorati Tags: tech, technewsradio, technology, twitter, updates

Friends In Tech - Original Geek Christmas Story Released

Members of FriendsInTech.com have created an "Original Geek Christmas Story" audio program for this holiday season:

“Mattie Stevens, a young boy of the early 80’s, dreams of owning a Commodore 64. He sets out to convince everyone this is the perfect gift. But, along the way runs into opposition from his parents and everyone around him including old Santa Claus.”

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Technorati Tags: audio, christmas, friendsintech, holiday, podcast, story, technology