Tech Rag Tear Outs (TRTO) #031 [Computer Reseller News, PC Magazine Government Computer News, and SC Magazine]

The 31st podcast of Tech Rag Tear Outs (TRTO) has been posted.  Here are the detailed show notes:

• (00:00-03:27) Introduction
  • TechPodcast.com announces advertising deal with GotoMeeting.com (a Citrix company)
  • Official Beer Of The Show: BridgePort India Pale Ale brewed out of Oregon
• (03:28-12:49) Primary Content
  • Computer Reseller News (www.crn.com):
    • Converged Access offers network compression appliances
  • PC Magazine (www.pcmag.com)
    • Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Tablet (formerly from IBM) gets PC Magazine Editor's Choice Award
  • Government Computer News (www.gcn.com):
    • Product Reviews of PDAs and SmartPhones: BlackBerry 7250 and the Dell Axim X50v are GCN Lab Reviewer Choice award winners.
  • SC Magazine (www.scmagazine.com):
    • Christopher Moody has an in-depth GROUPTEST: Intrusion Prevention that looked at 12 solutions with TopLayer Networks' IPS 5500 Attack Mitigator getting a "recommend" rating and SourceFire's 3D System getting a "best buy" rating.
• (12:50-20:52) Closing
  • Normally I play a Billy Watson  song at the end but today we listen to Minus Vince from Podsafe Music Network
  • Special thanks to DarnPC for the extra bandwidth
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  • Have a great day!