Tech News Radio Podcast

Twitter Updates - Windows, Mac, Events, Virtualization, Mobile, Podcasting, Security

Recent Twitter @ Technewsradio updates --

MICROSOFT WINDOWS:

• Microsoft released SyncToy 2.1 (synchronizes files & folders) on 11/10/2009 [tinyurl.com/synctoy2-1]
• Zephyr-tec.com offer's digital dictation and speech recognition for vertical applications like medical, legal, government, education, etc.

APPLE MACINTOSH:

• Cyberduck 3.3 released (FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Cloud Files & Amazon S3 Browser for Mac)
• Filemaker's Bento (Mac OS X) personal database tool is offering a holiday pack
• Dell's new Inpiron Zino HD is pretty interesting if you are looking for a Win7 media player/server [tinyurl.com/inspiron-zino-hd]
• Mac users can use Windows Mobile 6.5 smart phones thanks to Sync Windows Mobile from Mark/Space [tinyurl.com/4k288v]
• Evernote for the Mac has the option to auto update with new beta editions [bit.ly/1diOhL]
• Filemaker has announced that Bento for the Mac now had a "field encryption" option [bit.ly/1XmC2s]

EVENTS:

• KMWorld is having an online presentation "Web Apps CAN STRETCH Any IT Investment" on Tue 11/17 @ 2:00pm ET [tinyurl.com/km-web-value]
• Via KM World - Conquering Complexity webcast was 11/19 ... you can watch via www.viddler.com/simple_on_site/b03a01a4
• Network World's IT Roadmap LA is going to be Feb. 8, 2010 @ Long Beach Convention Center

VIRTUALIZATION:

• Sun has released VirtualBox 3.1 Beta 1 (not for production systems) [bit.ly/2U92aB]
• Sun has released VirtualBox 3.0.12 (virtualization) for download (Win, Mac, Linux, etc)

MOBILE:

• Qualcomm has announced some new screen technologies that are geared for the eBook and mobile device market [tinyurl.com/qual-screen]
• Mark/Space Newsletter #93 (Nov09) reports a public beta of Missing Sync for Android is available for the Mac - More @ www.markspace.com
• REDFLY Mobile Companion is now compatible with select BlackBerry smartphones www.celiocorp.com
• It appears (as of Tue 11/10 @ 8:47 PM Pacific) that Dropbox is hacked - get warnings from Firefox & OpenDNS

PODCASTING:

• Google's Android mobile phone OS has a built in podcasting client called Listen groups.google.com/group/listen-discuss
• TechPodcast.com Round Table is 11/7 @ 1 pm Pacific - Connectify, PowerPress Podcasting Plugin, Geekazine
• looking for a podcast catcher ... you can do a feature compare at www.podcatchermatrix.org

SECURITY:

• Cisco's Global Security Information now available via Cisco iPhone App [money.cnn.com]
• via email James L has a pointer to an interesting Windows laptop/usb flash drive security tool [bit.ly/1xvrCF]
• Sherpa's Expedite was recently recommend on FIT mailing list for doing email (PST/Lotus) e-discovery [tinyurl.com/sherpa-expedite]

MISCELLANEOUS:

• open source voting project is pretty interesting via Future Tense (@jongordon) [tinyurl.com/ft-opensourcevote]
• O'Reilly Media's Safari Books Online 6.0 is offering a 10-day free sample ssl.safaribooksonline.com/tryitfree
• Scottevest has announced some "new" tech/travel related products
• there is a new Adobe Flash Player v10.0.32.18 for Firefox, Safari, Opera at get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
• Sun is offering a "On-Demand Webinar: Java EE 6 Overview" bit.ly/26kwND [registration required]

Technorati Tags: apple, conferences, mac, microsoft, mobile, podcasting, security, virtualization, windows

TECH NEWS RADIO PODCAST #360 | 091124 | Windows 7 Books, Network Programming, Screencast Tips, & Conference Pointers

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This podcast is sponsored by SCOTTEVEST and Amazon.

Today's TechNewsRadio.com podcast examines: Windows 7 book recommendations, network programming toolkits from Catalyst, and screencast tips (PDF)  via Tech Smith. 

In addition the following conferences are highlighted:

• Manager Tools Effective Manager Conference is in Washington DC on Jan. 13, 2010.
• Manager Tools Effective Communications Conference is in Washington DC on Jan. 14, 2010.
• The O'Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing Conference is scheduled for February 22-24, 2010 at the Marriott Marquis Times Square in New York City. 
• RSA Conference 2010 will be in San Francisco, CA from March 1-5, 2010.

Other links mentioned in this podcast includes:

• Windows 7 Inside Out book
• Windows 7 Secrets book
• Microsoft Press' Windows 7 for Developers book
• Windows 7 Administrator's Pocket Consultant book
• Camtasia Studio for Windows
• Camtasia for Mac

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, conferences, development, network, podcast, screencas, tech, technewsradio

TECH NEWS RADIO PODCAST #359 | 091117 | Mobile Devices, Mobile Security, Driver Update Tool & Conference Pointers

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This podcast is sponsored by SCOTTEVEST and Amazon.

Today's TechNewsRadio.com's podcast examines new mobile worker devices, new mobile security technologies, a Windows driver update tool recommended by MaximumPC.com, and then some conference pointers:

• The 6th Annual Gilbane Conference Boston is Dec. 1-3, 2009 at the Westin Copley Hotel.
• The Blue Coat Regional User Group for Washington DC will have a meetup on Dec. 1, 2009 from 10 AM until 3 PM at the Sheraton Crystal City Hotel.
• O'Reilly Where 2.0 Online Conference is December 3, 2009 with "An Emphasis on iPhone Sensors."

Links mentioned in this podcast includes:

• FriendsInTech.com
• Mobile Enterprise Magazine
• Motion Computing C5 Mobile Clinical Assistant
• Motion Computing F5 Tablet PC
• Corning Gorilla Glass
• IP-54
• MIL-STD-810F
• Getac V100 ruggedized TabletPC
• Nokia Booklet Windows 7-savvy netbook
• Atom Z530 1.6-GHz processor
• PhoneFactor.com
• 3M Privacy Filters
• DriverAgent.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: conferences, drivers, friendsintech, mobile, news, podcast, security, TabletPC, tech, update, Windows

TECH NEWS RADIO PODCAST #358 | 091110 | Free PDF Editing, IBM's VMControl, Extreme Visualizations from HiperWall & Conference Pointers

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This podcast is sponsored by SCOTTEVEST and Amazon.

Today's TechNewsRadio.com podcast examines: OpenOffice.org's free PDF editing extension; IBM's VMControl management tool for multi-vendor virtual machine deployments; and visualization news from media wall vendor HiperWall.

We reference the following upcoming conferences:

• SANS Application Security 2010 will be in San Francisco, CA from January 29 - February 5, 2010.
• The next SharePoint Technology Conference is scheduled for Feb 10-12, 2010 in San Francisco, CA.
• 2nd Annual IEEE Green Technology Conference will be in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas from April 15-16, 2010. 

In addition, the following links were mentioned:

• Tech Republic on OpenOffice PDF editing
• VMWARE
• Microsoft Hyper-V
• Linux KVM
• Xen VMs
• InformationWeek.com article on VMControl
• Visualization framework called TileViewer
• Cluster graphics library called CGLX

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: Citrix, conference, IBM, linux, microsoft, openoffice, PDF, virtualization, visualization

Twitter Updates - Microsoft, Outlook, Power, Mobile, Server, Mac, Security

Over the last week the following were posted to TechNewsRadio @ Twitter.com:

• Microsoft has plans to open up API and data standards for Outlook [tinyurl.com/open-outlook]
• Are standard cell phone power adapters coming soon? [bit.ly/4jKarN]
• SPB Mobile Shell 3.5 has been release for Windows Mobile
• Windows 2008 R2 DHCP capabilities outlined via minasi.com/newsletters/nws0911
• Coveo's "enterprise" search beta is open to the public (Outlook, SharePoint, Files, Blackberry)
• REDFLY Mobile Companion is now compatible with select BlackBerry smartphones
• Mac users can use Windows Mobile 6.5 smart phones thanks to Sync Windows Mobile from Mark/Space [tinyurl.com/4k288v]
• via email James L has a pointer to an interesting Windows laptop/usb flash drive security tool [bit.ly/1xvrCF]
• Sherpa's Expedite was recently recommend on FIT mailing list for doing email (PST/Lotus) e-discovery
• Evernote for the Mac has the option to auto update with new beta editions [bit.ly/1diOhL]
• Filemaker has announced that Bento for the Mac now had a "field encryption" option [bit.ly/1XmC2s]
• TechPodcast.com Round Table is 11/7 @ 1 pm Pacific - Connectify, PowerPress Podcasting Plugin, Geekazine

Technorati Tags: Mac, Microsoft, Mobile, Outlook, Power, Security, Server

TECH NEWS RADIO PODCAST #357 | 091103 | Small Computers, Google Wave, Cisco, & Conference Pointers

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This podcast is sponsored by SCOTTEVEST (SeV) - makers of fine tech clothing.

Today's TechNewsRadio.com podcast examines: Marvell SheevaPlug small computer;  The Complete Guide to Google Wave; Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) ; and Cisco expanded WiMax support in their networking products.

We also highlight the following three new conferences:

• AFCEA's Cyberspace at the Cross Roads will be held Dec. 2-3, 2009 at the National Conference Center, Leesburg, VA.
• Technology Training at has announced a "Configuration Management" course in Las Vegas, NV from Dec. 7-8, 2009, and  "Advanced Configuration Management Course" will also in Las Vegas from Dec. 9-11, 2009.
• SANS Washington DC will be held Dec. 11-18, 2009 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel.

Additional links mentioned in this podcast includes:

• FriendsInTech.com
• MaximumPC.com
• This Week In Google
• Life Hacker 
• Gina Trapani
• Kreg Steppe
• Technorama
• VMWARE
• ComputerWorld.com
• LTG Keith Alexander
• Ms. Melissa Hathaway

The winner of our Tom Bihn Checkpoint Flyer is mentioned in the podcast.  It was Bruce B. No relation to Mr. Tom B. :-) Thanks to everyone that participated!

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 (SeV) - makers of fine tech clothing.

Technorati Tags: book, cisco, conferences, google, linux, mobile, pc, wave, wimax, wireless

Twitter Updates - Audio, Windows, CMS, Virtualization, Streaming, Database

Over the last week the following were posted to TechNewsRadio @ Twitter.com:

• BIAS has announced that Soundsoap Pro 2.0 (noise removal audio tool) has been released - upgrades from previous version are $199
• NS Basic Desktop lets you create Windows .exe applications from VBScript also supports many databases
• Tips on how to pick a content management system (CMS) [bit.ly/LXidz]
• Michael Sampson noted on 10/29 that Microsoft is working on a Mac offline SharePoint tool
• Amazing - the Acer AspireRevo Nettop with Intel Atom processor is $199 at BestBuy, comes with XP vice Win7, uses NVIDIA Ion LE for graphics
• Sun released VirtualBox 3.0.10 (a maintenance release with fixes several bugs and regressions)
• GDGT.com has some new features that bring in social media options and ways to share the tech you want, need, & have with others
• MaximumPC has a good article on how to build a Windows home server [bit.ly/21hVS5]
• Streaming server option #1 - Darwin Streaming Server
• Streaming server option #2 - VideoLAN's VLC media player
• IT Leadership Strategies from 12 CIO Speakers is 11/5/2009 in Chicago
• Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) beta offers full MySQL capabilties
• O'Reilly Where 2.0 Conference is coming March 2010, focus: location, iPhone, sensors, audio, video, games
• Microsoft has a detailed Learning Center Catalog
• Technorati has there annual "State of the Blog" world site updated

Technorati Tags: Audio, CMS, Database, Streaming, Virtualization, Windows